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6 Tieruty-prst Congress--National Safety Council C. L- Rjce, Chicago Safety Council Da. A. D. Kisteex, The Travelers insurance Company. John* Roach, Chemical Section. OtAS. J. Koii, Newark Saietv Council Tobias Roth, Rochester Safety CoondL John Russell, JtL, Construction Section. G. . Santoro, Gencraf Electric Company. Ht:Nftv G. SeoAfnra, Erie Safety Council. Otto Schenk, Wheeling Safety Council Rouest ],, SchmJTT, Metals Section. Charles 15. Scott. Bureau of Safety. Gen. John* H. Sherburne, Massachusetts Safety Council Djl L. A. Showy, Bethlehem Steel Company. EftN&r 1. Sihgxds. New Haven Safety Council. George P. Singes. Reading-Berks County Safety Council. Ouvex T. Skellet, Safety Division, St. Paul Association. Ciiaiu.es F. Smith, Rubber Section. C. W. Smith. Standard Oil Company {Indiana). E. J. Smith. Power Press Section. HR.. TS.. SScmiixtshs,tAenS,SAEc--ciEdenngtinPeererivnegntSioenctiEonq.uipment Manufacturers* Section. K. C. Spring. Lansdale, Montgomery Co,, Pa.' George R. Stephens, The Safety Bureau, Buffalo Cltamber of Commerce. Etiieuiekt Stewart, Washington, D. C <".\pl Stosck. Automotive & Machine Shop Section i.i-mus S. Storks, United Railways & Electric Co. Alfred H. Swatse, General Motors Corjwation. 7' ttx H. T.sstos, Birmingham Safety Council. Hi.xrv D. Teett. Meat Packing- Tanning & Leather Industries Section. .V-wmax F. Titus. Hudson County Safety Council. .Atmsvk M. Tope, Consulting Marine Engineer. W. D. TinuxcmJLE. San Antonio Safety Council. William F. Yeecii, Rahway Safety Council. Vincent Wakefield, Kansas City Saietv Council. George H. Warfel. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Da. Cassius H. Watson. American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Harry M. Webber, Illinois Bell Telephone Company. Carroll V. Wells, Delivery. Taxicab & Bus Section. Albert C. White. Je^, Springfield Sauty Council. 1V.J. White. Jsl, Cement Section. S. E. Whiting. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. A. H. Whitney, National Rurcau of Casualty & Surety Underwriters. \\\ H. Wixans. Union Carbide fi: Carton Corporation. C. T. Winegab. Detroit Industrial Safety Council. De. C.-E. A. Winslow. Yale Medical School. 7- M. Woltz. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company, Council Purposes and Policies Tlte iundamemal ptirt*o$c of the National Safety Council is to conserve human life. It seeks this goal tltrough a continuous campaign of accident prevention that is nationwide in scoje, applies to all lines of hazardous activity, and directly or indirectly readies our entire citizenry- It is a non-profit organization, non-sectarian, and free from |K>1itical affiliations. Since its organization in 1913, h has won respect as an essential national institution. Inseparable from aeddent prevention is the Council's work in improving health conditions and preventing vocational diseases in American industry. Today there are 4,000 mrmlivrs. rcjiresenting every state in the Union, and many of the Canadian Provinces. There are 500 foreign memltcrs. Tlic membership includes industrial corjKjrations. firms, individuals, public officials, schools, chambers of com merce, dubs and civic organizations. About 70 per cent are industrial concerns, including the big sted companies, the oil companies, most of the railroads in the United Stales, the automotive industry, and others of outstanding importance in mir national industrial field. 71ms the National Safely Council is like a fruitful tree with many branches and firmly imbedded roots that reach out in all directions, lending strength and imma nence to the organized safety movement. Pioneering in Safety The history of the Council is an absorbing story'- Unfortunately H cannot be detailed here. Suffice to say that the First Co-Operative Safety Congress was held under auspices of the Association of Iron and Sted Electrical Engineers in Mil waukee, in 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 went to work on the sound premise that accidents were an unnecessary part of our social order and that through application of jnroper remedial measures they could be avoided. They set about to nationalize this theory, and to develop the detailed methods and materials through which accideuts could be prevented. The members of the organization now arc more than ever convinced that aeddems are unnecessary* and that they can he and are being prevented. Striking examples of reductions in many different fields during recent tears prove this con tention. Results of Organized Safety Since the National Safety Council was organized in 1913. the national accident death rate in all fields excepting motor vehide has been reduced 40 per cenL The motor vehicle aeddent problem is a comparatively new one, yet there are evidences oi progress. Recent studies show that accidents among commercial vehicles have decreased; that grade crossing tragedies have considerably decreased during recent years; that deaths of school children have decreased; that deaths in states having effective license laws with centralized administration and in cities having community safety councils have increased much less than in other states and cities: that deaths to pedestrians of all ages throughout the country* increased very slightly last year. These facts indicate the engineering, educational, and legal remedies for the highway accident problem are producing results where conscientiously applied. Since the National Safety Council started as an industrial safety organization, the best results are to be expected in this field. Here spectacular achievements have been made. The steam railroads, for instance have reduced accidents among employees 74 per cent during the past 11 years. A group of our largest steel industries have