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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1953 DOC#: NSC075 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - General Sessions - 41st National Safety Congress If ;safety is to keep pace with today's;'rapidly advancing tochnoksfy, we must continually;have ."new 'approaches."'-" *- Each year, at die National Safety Congress, tlie ickas.and prienoes 01 many of . the nation's top safety men are presented in the v-.in.om scss'ois Many of `these ideas, devices and methods, first presented at a Congress session, later-become -generally accepted within their, field. ::rW - lit oidei io present this information conveniently and at m all court the Congress Transactions are published in volumes, ooe for each Section or Division, along with a Gmera! Sessions and Detulei h id to all volumes. The 35 volumes of the 1953 Congress Trais v; c m -y , ; ; v y, ; C ,vh actions are listed on the, last, page of this volume.'/ y ; ;Safety ' directo rs / everywhere ,have Touid ;the ;Coo*ro*>.Tnwy ctiom a nseiu, .ud m their accident prevention program!. In industry, fo example, their judicious distribution to key ]trsoiroe m marLigusmTr and supervision fus proved to be of invaluable service. In preparing these,Transactions, the proceedings of tfae'CMgma have .'been"condensed and edited for reference purposes.; Complete .rign'J manuscripts,'-'with any :charts or -'illustrations which ;were -,w e d ,'aie . available rin .'National Safety Council files. Views expressed a t .the Congress or in this record are those of .the Congress'participait is and are not necessarily those ol the National Safety.JCoundL;'.'. I'I iVj1 1 >< 1 ' i\ " : S lllliillll iiiiliii N ation al iS c ^ ^ !-' ua: -v' ., ; ".*. Si L \\?) ;| W M'u ''`irv , : iM Chairman,(Board o f D irectors; E j .F.; duLBont,^Director,L E m plyj^||g|; : Relations Department,:: E.v,[. du Pont; det Nemours & Co., Inc., C Wilmington, Del. 1-A ffiffiC ffi :vjF h'\ esident, \ m H Dearborn, i resident, National Safety Council, C. Chicago, III. <(-(((: -`i ;:i"-o;o3;v-^C.;l.viCwCiCC;v.C';VF;C`SiC:';?vl,'ift^ i '.-'-. ".-*.: ' AivrS- o i ' i ! ; i - f y 'i!v Vue-President fo r harm s: Guy L. Noble, Managing Director, N a ti inai Committee on Boys and G irk Club W ork, Chicago, III w ,n F ire President fo r -mance, and I'reasurcr- George F C ete, Ik., i 'rsidait, Globe Corp , Chicago, III. M ' i." :,'V':ivW;,: ; : F>,.'i';*-CY`tf'i''''-'.i'i 'i'A'AvlikyCrC.iVjy;11 V-V.*i,i: 1 `t,\i.jW.!j*i'iJ':-i}"*5ii'-ir-n1'*i;.r:i^f,1 life! Cue-'resident fo r H om es: W. A. Stewart, Presidt,.'iAmericsurt` i l i Optical Co., Southbridgc, .Mass. csAC.V'v>C'.:;,'s::..vsL-ie-vicCCk.li:V.k' A^siV'/i,;i7'/ V*m: 1/iiNi? illtiVri: p i :V u e -P r e ^ m fo r d H d s tr y 'ifEjC:, M cF adout V ite -P re sid e n t, T ex a s (::(( Employers' InsurM ce -M sodadonjtlM lasiiT exl; M 00($0 S is Vu e President fo r Local Safety Organisations. R obert R. S nodg li m orass, President, Atlas Auto Finance'C o, Atlanta,'Ga.' ' ' SSSiS ll '"''''G.i's'i-, . 11Wip-1;gifc Vice-President for S tmbershif-: R obert T. Ross, M anager, Employee m Service, Industtial Relations, Ford Motor Company, D earboni, l Mich.' \( ' .;: P'''F-Li?'i ' Acj'll ' ;. : Ai '; -.P>^;'gW ;:N^P- Vice-President fo r Public Inform ation: Boyd L ewis, Vice-President and Executive Editor, N EA Service, Inc., N ew Y01 L, N . Y. "A'W 'A :''a : i" . ' ;: .t ,..-;/|A'-mGGii;jr; Vice-President for. Schools and .olleges ; : D K .vLQ vm ui3.i| lSH E^^|;!i O iairm an,:''N orir Central Association :,of :Colleges and Secondary S: Schools, ' University of Illinois,illrbaha,' !i!> -Vice-President fo r T raffio and Trimportation : Fi^KKttfMKZux^i}:>W : Director, Traffic Division, International A ssociation.of Chiefs oi Police,. 'Evanston, HL Vice-President fo r W o m m 's A c ti vities:. M iss M arion r-E,''->MARnK,^| Commissioner of Labor and Industry, State o -Maine,.'A.ugustaiiMe.% Secretary:' It. L. F orney, General 'Secretary,'National.SafetyjCoimdlijk Chicago, 111. - j'VA aA;' -A; 'a-A: ' . i c.ii' . i i ' cciy-.cl .-p.-k^k5i;kEi'AFl Assistant _Treasurers: B uford B.'IMcCuixoch, President,; B u re a tL o tfl Safety, In c , Chicago, 111.; H . H g G eeenwaed, D ire c to r,'Accountingi ( Division,. National Safety Council, Chicago, III. A A v /''P fjik iip ik liH ill! Hi 'i: . , h 's s *' ) C iilillS ''`ri All* AVjWt'W '.'^.^1 j ) lt ite : '/V-V!-'^'1'!.^'! ' ^ e tY lC o u n c il ' m TRUSTEES ' ' Chairman o f the Trustees: W . S. S. Rodgers, Former Chairman, Tl* Texas Co., \ Te>v York. .. . -: VcerChatrtnan of the Trustees: fo n ti Stilwdll, Yonkers, N. Y. Secretary o f the Trustees: N ed H. Dearborn, President, N atirim i Saiety Council, Chicago, III.,c . ' M em b ers M elvin' H.. Baker, Chairman, Board of Directors, National-Gypsum ';g . Co., Buffalo, .NGY. ; . .. ' J ames B. Black, President, Pacific Gas and Electric-Co., San F.rw i-. cisco, Calif. v../G J :J- G i ' G S. Bruce Black, President., Liberty Mutual Insurance Coi, Boston, .-/'/'Mass. " C: ' . . G /G w G M organ B. Brainard, President, Aetna L ite Insurance C o.,'H artford, Conn. ' - / . : , / - '.i ./GG'/;;- , Cason J. Caixawav, Blue Spring Farm, Hamilton, Ga. J ohn W. Carpenter, Chairman, Board of Directors, Texas/Pow er and Light Co., Dallas, Texas. , * : . / . / W illiam G. C handler, President, ' Scripps-H ow ard Supply Go., New York, N. .Y. ' ... ' / Cleo F. Craig, President, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York, N. Y. :ts F rederick C Crawford, Chairman, Thompson Products, Inc., G t - . land, Ohio. '--'/G ` W alter; J. C um m in gs, Chairman, Board of Directors, Continental Illinois National Bank and T rust Co., Chicago, I1L H arlow H, Curtice, President, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich, N ed H. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, ill. (E x Officio). ' R ichard R. D euprex, Chairman, Board of Directors, P rocter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. E. F. du P ont, Director, Employee Relations Department, E L L au Pont 'de Nemours & Co., In c, Wilmington, Del. (E x-officio).: ; Ben ja m in F. F airless, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Stares Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa. .. . Motioned Safety .Council gS, - . . Calvin F entress, J r., President, Allstate insurance Co., Chicago, ill F rancis j. Gavin, Chairman, Board of Directors, Great Northern Railway Co., St.'Paul,'M inn. E. Roland H arrjman, Brown Brothers H a rrirn a n 1and C o.,-N ew York, N. Y. j Lee W arren J ames, Old Brookvillc, Long Island, N. Y . ..- J oseph L. Lanier, President, West Point M anufacturing C o , W est Point, Gat . , George L. Leighty, .President. Railway Labor. Executives' Associa tion, W ashington, D. C ; .. .'s-v G ustav M etzm an, Chairman, American Railway Car institute, New York, N. Y. - i T homas . P arkinson, Chairman, .Equtable Life Assurance Society, of the United States, New York, Nv. Y. G wilym A. P rice, President, Westinghouse Electric. Corp., : Pitts-, burgh, Pa. W alter P. Reuther, President, Congress of-Industrial Organizations,: Washington, D. C, W . S. S. Rodgers, Former Chairman, The Texas . Co., New York, N. Y. H ekbet E. S m it h , Member, Board of Directors, and Form er Chair man, United States Rubber Co., New York, N. Y. J o h n Stilwell, Yonkers, N. Y. A rthur E. S toddard, President, Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Neb. De. J ohn F. T hompson, Chairman, International Nickel Cor of Canada, Ltd., New York, N. Y. J uan T.. T rippe, President, Pan-American W o rld Airways System, New York, N. Y. T homas J. W atson, Chairman, Board of Directors, International Business Machines Corp., New York, N. Y. .... --u. -a-::. : C. E. W ilson, The Secretary'o f Defense, W ashington, D. .C .r'TPL C harles Deere W im a n , President, Deere an d Co., Mohne, TIL l Robert W. W oodruff, Chairman, Executive Committee, The Coca- Cola Co., Atlanta, Ga, ..... ;N at|^ Safety Council B O A B D O F D I B E T O R S ' Chairman o f the Board o f Directors: EL F. du P ont, Director, Em ployee Relations Dpartaient, E.T. du Pont d e 'Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington; Del. Vice-Chairman: F ranklin M. K reml,'. D irector, Traffic Division, International .Association of Chiefs of Police, Evanston, !11. M em bers M rs. A lmer A rmstrong, Director, Home Department, Indiana' Farm Bureau Cooperative, Association, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. ' J. J ames A shton, Manager, Delaware Safety Council, Wilmington, Del. . J. I. B a n a sh , Consulting E ngineer,W est Los AngelesC'.Calif. W illiam B. B arton, General Counsel, Chamber of Commerce of the " United States,'W ashington, D. C ' C W. BotGQUiST, Evanston, 111. 'A E. J. B uhner, Chairman of the Board, Silver Fleet Motor Express,, Inc., Louisville, Ky. A lfred W . Cantwell,, Director, First Aid, W ater Safety and Acci dent Prevention, American National Red Cross, Washington, D. G. / R ay Carr, Advertising Counsel, Portland, Ore. J esse 'C lark, Grand President, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen of America, Chicago, 111. R eginald M.Cleveland, President, G reater New York Safety Council, L ew York, N. Y. 1 j j W illiam: L. Connolly, Director, Bureau of Labor Standards, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. ' : Dr. B. L. Corbett, Executive Director, M ilwaukee Safety Commis,- g ' sion, Milwaukee, Wis. H lJ f C harles -R. Cox, President, Kennecott Copper Corp., New York, . N. Y. g . -E rnest G. Cox, Chief, Section of Safety, Bureau of Motor Carriers, g Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. g ' R. S. D amon, President, Trans W orld Airlines, Inc., Kansas City, Mo. N ation al -Safety-'Council X d H. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, ill. L Dewey Dorsett, General Manager, Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, New York, N. Y. E. F. t>u P ont, Director, Employee Relations Department, .EL I. :du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del, W allace F alvty, President, Massachusetts Bonding and insurance Co., Boston, Mass. Dr. L owell B. F ish ex. Chairman, North Central Association*of Colleges and Secondai-y Schools, University of. Illinois, U rb am ,'ill. K irk Fox, Editor, Successful Farmmg, Meredith Publishm gaCx, Des Moines, la. 1 j1 Geokc.e F. G etz, J r., President, Globe Corp., Chicago, 111. < Gordon C Gils h a m , Supervisor, Safety Education Department,' De, troit Public Schools, Detroit, Mich. H owak.ii Gk a m iic h , General A gricultural Agent, Chicago & Nfurtu W estern Railway Co., Chicago, III. G 0 . G b i h i X, Safety Director, Dravo Coip., Pittsburgh, Pa. Tost* V G rimaldi, Assistant Manager, Accident Prevention Department, A svxrntion of Casualty & Surety Cos, New York, Jv. Y. W. E arl H all, Managing Editor, Mason City Globe-Gmette^M asm City, la. * O. R H akiv.'k., Consulting Safety Engineer, Ciown-ZelSerbadi Cor poration and other companies, Portland, Ore D'c H aihoui K J ack, Supervisor, H ealth and Physical Edueation, Safety and Recreation, State Board of Education, Richmond, Va H arold P. J ackso.v, President, Bankers Indem nity. Insurance Co., Newark, N. J. George A. J acoby, Director of Personnel Services, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich. J oseph M. K aplan, Secretary-M anager, Greater Los Angeles Chap ter, National Safety Council, Las Angeles, Calif. E W. Kemptoh, Assistant Vice-President, . Industrial Relations, United States Steel Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. Council! Mas. F red W. K night, Cartersvillc, Ga. . Mexwvn A. K raft, Director, Department of Personnel & Accident Prevention, American T ransit Association,;New .York, NS -Y.'O' F ranklin M. KSreml, Director, Traffic Division, International A sso ciation of Chiefs of Police, Evanston, III. W alter G. L egge, President, W alter G. Legge Co., Inc., New York, ,-N. Y. . . Boyd Lewis, Vice-President' and Executive Editor, N E A ' Service, Inc, New York, N. Y. ,,> . E. C. McF adoe.y, Vice-President, T exas Employers' insurance Asso ciation, Dallas, Tex. M iss Marios E. Martin, Commissioner of Labor and Industry, State of Maine, Augusta, Me. T. M. M aetin, President, Lion Oil Co., El Dorado, Ark. | I. W. M illard, Chairman of the Board, Industrial Gloves Co., Dsm- ville, 111. . H arry M. M oses, President, Bituminous Coal O perators' Assocnttion, Washington, D. C D. E. Mum ford, Manager of Safety, New York Central System, New York, N. Y. Guv L. Noble, Managing Director, National Committee on Boys arid Girls Club Work, Chicago, 111. H enry El N orth, Vice-President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., San Francisco, Galif. C lifton W. P hale.v, President, Michigan Bel] Telephone Co., Detroit, Mich. ' i H arry L. P owell, M anager,M anufacturers Sales, Goodyear T ire & Rubber Co., Milwaukee, Wis, M rs. Ivy Bakes P riest, T reasurer of the United States, W ashing' ton, D. C. H arry Ria d, Executive Assistant to the Secretary-Treasurer, Con gress of industrial Organizations, W ashington, D. C. A. V. Rohwedek, Superintendent of Safety and W elfare, Duluth, Missabc & Iron Range Railway Company, Duluth, Minn. M otional Safety- Ccmncil Robert T. Ross, Manager, Employee; Service, Industrial Relations, Ford M otor Co,, Dearborn, Mich. P. :L. SiotUJLER, Vice-President, International Association oi* Wa ,; chinistS, Chicago, HI. i. Lee E, S keo, Chief Justice, Coun of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth A p pellate District, Cleveland, Ohio. Roi&skT R. S xodgkass, President, Atlas Auto l-irunce (.xxnpany, A tlanta, .G o ., ; jccCc -Cd; -' I_KSLtE J. Sokeksok, City Traffic Engineer, Cits ot Chicago, Chicago, - in. . ... : y.h Dst H,, J. Stack, Director, Center to r Sat tty Education, New Y ork University, New York, N. Y. J. C SrEKiiExr, Director, Accident and Fire Prevention, National Association ot Mutual Casualty Companies, Chicago, III. W . A. Stewart, President, Amtrican Optical C o, Southbndge, Mass Randall C. Swanson, Farm Safety Specialist, College oi Agricul ture, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis, Cot- W. L. T ubbs, Assistant for Giound Safety, D CS/Personnel, Hq., U. S. .Air Force, Washington, D. C. Ajbthue W. W allaxdee, Assistant to the President, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, N. Y. , M iss J udith W aller, Director of Public Affairs and Education, 'N11a1.tional Broadcasting Company, Inc., Central iDivision, Chicago, C. H. W eises, Plant Personnel Supervisor, Southwestern Bell Tele phone Company, Topeka, Kan. i i M rs. G eohce W elles, J il, Duluth, Minn. I 1 ' A; Dm. Gbcwce M. W heatley, Third Vice-President, M etropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, N. Y. J E. L. W heeled, President, Wheeler Protective Apparel, Inc., Chi cago, 1 1 1 . i Dr. W illiam P. Yant, Director of Research and Development, Mine Safety Appliances Co, Pittsburgh, Pa. i 1 Charles M. Z iegler, Michigan State H ighw ay Commissioner, Lan sing, Mich. ! 9 ' t ) if i I ' J ) 1' I "V olum e 1 2 & 1953; iMi't i>1 1 1 1M L f; ,,' ' T i b ' A , CvOTJ n'i T R A N S A C T I O N S 4 V V 'W W ; Current Safety Topics" in the ae SHii 25' i 12pb PUBLIC UTILITIES i ' <Mi i 1 iv cj! / 1 l\ jl <I1 ' I' I'A'i], ;b : L $ .| ib '/i* 1 Gf pin , < > 1!)!! ...L tl<bibAibU *KI-'T'''G/ : -"vy ^ W . . a s;presented in sessions o i the Public Utilities Section jig at ibz 41$t National Safety Congress A Major League Job in Safety. . Motor Vehicle Accident Reduction Program. How.jto Conduct a Safety Meeting . 12 Gas ^Discussion Group.! . 17 A Rebori on th Water Discussion of the Public Utilities Section of the National Safety Council. Public Employee Safety;'--Vour Problem and Mine. . 18 Comniiunications Safety (A Panel Discussion) 26 NATIONAL SAIBETY COOMOL - 425 Itath Mkhifm kvwm Omm** fk,^ \ ^i, *^ 7 f .1 TyU tr jjt 'O tti*gr\of m m J r , U t . r, j r. !.. Wl .>Iv'S^Hifr^C'"e y;`; h i , V `W t it t' ! " r j , 11 ! - i'1' ,'i - Cl 4- . , fit - PUBLIC UTILITIES SECTION N A T IO N A L SA FET Y C O U N C IL 1fSB54 General Chair mat* P A LL M. G EN TZEL, Safety Coordinator, Ohio Edison Co., Akron," - Ohio. uo-UwioM M -- W'. S. KI T C H E N , System Safety Snpvr., Appalachian Electric Power Co, Roanoke, Va. ,>tertiary H. T. jA h .N E , Sate::} Supervisor, Philadelphia Gas Works, Division of the Unit! Cats Imp. C., Philadelphia, 'Pa. iiifi i }\ roev rintC l.'iCCt! lacet! i s !htot : i11 S 01 IVO Mer the K'r,i irli ,/`I 1 h,i'l'n' 1 'h 'o ij'V