Evening star., 1953-08-19

America. the special industry
meeting terminated in appoint
ment of a committee to plan a
course of action to eliminate
the death trap. 1t has been made
up of representatives of the va
riouS associations in the refriger-
alton industry.
Several city officials and civic
leaders attended the meeting, in
addition to the. men from the
industry and the associations.
Edgar D. Burger, administra-
tive assistant to Representative
Broyhill, Republican, of Virginia.
said Mr.. Broyhill will introduce
legislation at the next session of
Congress to regulate the aban-
donment Of refrigerators and
provide police officers with ne
cesSary tools for enforcement in
the District.
Confident on Action.
Fred w. Mallon. engineer with
the District Bureau of Public
Health Engineering, who has
BEEN assigned to the task of
drawing up preventive legisla-
tion for Washington, said that.
although there are many prob
lens concerning such legislation,
he is confident favorable action
would be taken.
c. w. Phillips, president of the
Refrigeration Trade Association
of America, read a letter ad-
dressed to the association from
Commissioner Renah F.. Camalier.
George Rowzee, Republican
member of the Arlington County
Board, declared he has long been
aware of the problem and would
welcome any helpful suggestions
made by the industry commit
tee.
A. C. Huber of Baltimore,
speaking for Maryland State
Senator George w. Della, quoted
the Senator as being in favor of
any legislation to eliminate the
dangers of abandoned iceboxes.
Thomas S. Carr. executive
secretary to Gov. McKeldin of
Maryland, telephoned to say the
Governor is concerned with the
problem.
Named to Committee.
The all-industry committee
appointed by Mr.. Phillips, is as
follows:
Ralph Kuhli, representing the
National Safety Council; M. j.
Trautman, serving in a tenn
porary capacity and represent
ing the Refrigeration Equipment
Wholesalers Association; Tom
Carnell, representing the Re-
frigeration Service Engineers So
ciety in Atlanta. Ga; George
Mills, representing the Air Con-
ditioning and Refrigeration In
stitute; Harvey Hotel, repre-
senting, on a temporary basis,
the American Society of Re-
frigerating Engineers, and Will
liam Clagett of the Refrigeration
Trade Association of America,
chairman of the committee.
The legal counsel is Joseph I.
Pines of Baltimore. The COM
mittee chairman also will con-
tact the Commercial Refrigera-
tor Manufacturers Association,
and the Refrigeration and Air
Conditioner Contractors Asso-
citation for representation on the
committee.
Mr.. Phillips charged the COM
mittee with these responsible
ties:
/. Compile all statistics avail
able regarding deaths occurring
from abandoned refrigerators,
iceboxes. freezers and so on. and
make such statistics available to
all associations participating.
Collect Suggestions.
2. Prepare a report on the
safety activities of these, that
the various associations already
have undertaken.
8. Collect all suggestions and
prepare a list of recommended
tions to all the participating as
sociationS so that the combined
efforts of the refrigeration in
dustry will be directed toward a
program eliminating the death
traps.
4. Conclude all these activi-
ties within so days.
In another move last night,
the Air Conditioning and Re-
frigeration Institute, with offices
at 1346 Connecticut avenue NV,
outlined its position on the haz-
ard of the abandoned iceboxes.
George S. Jones. jr., managing
director. made his views known
in a telegram of support to Mr..
| Phillips.