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\Vw I'm rnlroail right t be permitted when fea-*mnoved mg should l<c "IV011 <>i Jram< by sounding tlie it accordance with the kivv ! regulation** of dioc requirement' v. ill .-.elves `top crosMug am- nnl\ nn an! to a general Responsibility - arc involved :n per ug accident' S--.ee there automobiles and 2.*2.,.,l|2 .ide. tb.e opporiumiv tor is apparent Tin: ptibiic, . definite responsibility m i and enforcement of such cMill in : *. velum of motor vehicle'' cars vviil be barred from dntion of ii:e iVen'im: of :hosc mentadv and ph\".1 nml those with a record will not he permitted to ; the highway % not only vU at grade cros-mg' but iumIvcs that the wav is npting to ero>s the track*- k.-nrlv show that the rail* .1 s their opportunity pvr- -setual progrc"* in reduc)*|s However. l!:-\ have motorists and tin.) are reach a*' ru<-r:\- mnnit i' nw*es*ary that tiic ;iie cooperation ot state .line osnciT'* m p*!:e:;:g the mssmes m connect mu with s;ics. on the street' ami plan of tin' nature--be ds and the public--woi:id elfcchve mean** of eheck.md recklc's driving over The railroads as a rule i.txpaverf m the cuie> ami inch lliey operate and arc .peratioit. ies in education and law icalion is nierclv a method Slcam Railroad 713 of informing tlie public as to the number *; aeenir:i:their causes am! Inn\ ihev may In: avoided With this limited application of enort. automnbilc accidents of all binds have In eu miistantly increasing. We have immd m our efioru to prevent accidents to emplovccs that wc nni't supplement our educational methods with rule** regulating tlic romiuct of tlu* 'dividual and that Mich rules to he effective must he enforced. It is imperative that a similar procedure be followed if we are to curb tbe recklessness inherent m certain motor drivers. Ninety-live per cent of the motor drivers of this onntry arc competent and careful. It is to them that we appeal to aid us in the enforcement of Mich rules and regula tions as are necessary to eliminate from our highways the one and one-half million drivers who arc reckless and incompetent. THURSDAY AFTERNOON SESSION October 13, 1938 Safety and Public Relations By ROBERT S. HENRY Assistant to the President, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D. C. The .sucty movement, which constitutes one of the proudest chapters of American industrial achievement, naturally falls into two mam divisions Safe conditions must he created, m the first place, hut there must he aKo created a safe stale of mind. No doubt the pioneers of the .safety movement encountered industrial managers willing eunuch to install safe equipment, hut skeptical as to the need or the value of the education and exhortation needed to instill safe wavs of thinking Kverv man knows that to get hurt will cost him tunc and money and Mtuenng, these skeptics might have '.aid, so w hat's the use of going to a lo: of trouble to tell him so?1 He'll take care of b.m-Cif! i'Orli'.iuHo'i, ti'C : a;c tv pioneers realized that 'are:-. a: of the imr. N of men a- muck a 5 a matter of rtacki.'K *. ami ti-.a; ;;. o *: equipment and the 5-m`c't ride* cud not ;n and of thcnwlvcs, make a .- a ;'e man They fougSit tlicir bat- tie for safety :; both front'--safe condi tions, vc', but safe thinking as well, achieved through constant iteration and migration of 'nnple principles. The early leaders of the safety move ment pioneered in a field broader than their direct goal of promoting persona) satety. They pioneered m the field of se curing and organizing the wide-spread nn* dcr standing ami cooperation wit lion t w hich their movement must have failed of its full measure of success. How well they and their successors did tin: job is told in the statistics of declining accident rates, of lives and limbs saved. In these latter years, American industry is laced with (lie need for another sort of understanding and cooperation on the part not only of those employed hut of the whole public which our industry s-civcs. In the short space of little more than a century, our American scheme of enterprise lias settled and civilized a cnntnn-.t It has made possible a standard of mate; nil plenty and well-being unknown befon: in the his- tfny ni the vvoild. and unknown chow here m the w m Id today. We are . !.! mat one- third of the people (.[ the nation arc ill-fe-1. ni-kon-cd ami iii-c;a-i. but it -.-iM b- borne in mind that when tki.- :ai; v.:-.;. of e::tcrp:i-e J-.-r.ri fumrm : c-.r.tury and a half ago. practically tin- .k- !e pop. uiation w;n ill-fed. i!.`-huuCu m.d nbc.'nd, according to our modern Mamhrd' Mis take' have been trade*, perfection j' a long way olf, but then- i- m the record of arhievcmcnl much solid ground for pride. Today, as never before, the iiC't opera tion. the safe functioning, the\:v cxist- cnce of tlc vast and varied organization of our economy of free enterprise, depend upon public understanding and appreciation of what it is, what it does, how* it works, w hat it means to all of us. The safety movement is built upon safe : iI i