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OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS, Continued Haut A. Scmcvtc. Cubed State* Steel Corp. Eau S. Su.trtroL Utica Safety Council Gsx. Jons H. Siicutnm. MafMChuKtts Safety Council Dr. L A. Skol'dv. Bethlehem Steel Ca Eistsr L Siuokm, New Haven Safety Council Carl L Smith. Cleveland Safety Council C W. Smith. Standard Oil Cn. flnd.) Ewi$ C Smith. Blaciestone Valley Safety Council Walter Dext Smith. Delaware Safety Council W. A. Sxow, Construction Section R. T. Sclcxstex, Elliott Service Co. P. Earl Srtrena. Contra Costa County' Safety Council E. C Sprixg. Lansdalc Pa. GtORCC R. Stxmiex*. Safety Bureau. Buffalo Chamber of Commerce Annut M. Ton, Consulting Martnt Engineer Harold M. Toombs. Refrigeraittm Secttoo Geo. G. Tu_\rta. Chicago Safety Council \V. W. Trexcii. Schenectady Safety Council W. D. Tvuniux, San Antonio Safety Council Roatar R- Wauacl Worcester Safety Council Da. C H. Watson*. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Harry M. Wcbrol Retired IL T. Whiter. Western Pennsylvania Safety Council S. E. Wttmsc. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. A. \V. Whitxev. National Bureau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters T. A. Willsox, Acridexn Prevention Equipment Manufacturers' Sec tion T. A. Wilsos. Textile Section W. H. Wi vaxs. Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation C. \V. \Vimi, Rochester Safety Council Harry Wise, Sl, Qmitanooga Safety Council ]. M. Woltl Youngstown Sheet ft Tube Col W. W. Wooo, Steam Railroad Section W. E. Worth, International Harvester Co. E. J. Zauft. Safety Bureau. Duluth Chamber of Commerce Earl W. Zimixcrmax. Safety Dvr. Syracuse Chamber of Commerce G. L. Zwtcs. St. Joseph Safety Council 8 Council Purposes and Policies The fundamental purpose of the Na tional Safety Council is to conserve human life. It seeks this goal through a continuous campaign of accident prevention that is nationwide in scope, applies to at! types of hatardons activity, and di rectly or indirectly reaches the entire citizenry. It is a non-profit organisation, non-sectarian, and free from political af filiations. Since its organization m 1913. it hat won respect as an essential national institution. Inseparable from accident prevention la the Council's work in improving health conditions and preventing* vocational dis eases in American industry. Today there are 4.000 member*, repre senting every state in the Union and many of the Canadian provinces. There are 400 foreign members. The member ship includes industrial corporations, firms, individuals, public officials, schools, chambers of commerce, clubs and civic organisations. ' About 70 per cent are in dustrial concerns, including the large steel companies, the oil companies, most of the railroads in the United Stales, the automotive industry, and others of outsanding importance in our natonal indus trial field. Origin and Growth The history of the Council, an absorb ing story, is too long to be detailed here. In brief, the First Co-Operative Safely Congress was held under auspices of the Association of Iron and Steel Electrical Engineers in Milwaukee, m 1912, and, as a result, the National Safety Council was organized in New York the following year with fourteen members. During the first year the membership increased to 971. The pioneers of American safety worked on the sound premise that acci dents were unnecessary and that through application of proper remedial measures they could be avoided. They set about to nationalize this theory, and to develop the detailed methods and materials through which accidents could he pre vented. The members of the organiza tion now are more than ever convinced that accident* are unnecessary and that they can be and are being prevented. Striking examples of accident reduction m many fields prove (his contention. Results of Organized Safety Since the National Safety Council was organized in 1913. the national accident death rate in all fields excepting motor vehicle has been reduced 39 per cent. The motor vehicle accident problem continue* to lie a serious one. While there was a slight decline in fatalities in 1932--4hc first drop that ever occurred--mcrcue* have occurred in succeeding years, wi;h an all-time high in 1935. Bettcr-tbanaverage results in motor vehicle safety hare been achieved among school chil dren. in commercial vehicle fleets, in states with properly administered drivers license laws and in cities with an effective community safety organization. These bright spots indicate that the national problem can lie solved by a careful study and application of the methods which have already prodoccd result*. The National. Safety Council was started as an industrial safety organiza tion and tire best results are to be ex pected in this field. Here spectacular achievements have been made. The steam raOrosds, for instance, have re duced the accident rate among employees 78 per eent since 1923. A group of our