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406 Tw enty-first Congress--Rational Safety Council h was decided t* fccnimctul the jir'tM.*cd merger to executive officer?: of tlie Ameri can Kailway A>>ciatM*j and tin? National Safety Council, loth oi which liave ap proved the pr<r<Iurt*. the acitinnancc of which must necessarily depend u]xm the results ofitauicd aruf suitfcqucni sa/ny conditions. It is fully recognized hy t*.;h sections that there is a liroad and fertile held in which each one can carry on its Jaftors. Theft is also the realization that safely on the railroads is essentially the problem of railroad men. * hi the other hand, steam carriers are so chicly irlentified with the public tliat they can. to fine advantage avail themselves of such facilities as arc offered by the National Safety Council toward securing mural active supjmrt in matters oi public safety. Thu?. this rmTUnp. held a! the same time and place with the National Safety Council, is >tnng}y indicative of the work of your Relations Conimhtee. It is fieifeved further things will Ijt arormplishtri hi Irmrinc aln:t eiw*rdmatjnn oi effort in these and all other <*rganizatv*ns laving as their aim tin* advancement of safety for the henrfit of mankind. "Joining Hands* J*i*?!otving Mr. Sr*:t*- r-jin. :!* eeremttfiy oi '*3tinng Ilands" was carried ut. living janiciitfitet! in by representative officers of the Steam Railroad Section. National Safety Council, and of the Safety Section. American Kailway Association. The National Safety Council was represented by George H. Warfel. Assistant to the Vice-President. Cnfon Pacitic System. General Chairman ot /be Steam Railroad Section. and the Safety Section hy C. T. Hailey. Cliicf Safety Agent. Oregon Short I.ine Raihroad. Chairman oi the Safety Section. American Railway Association. Mr. Warfel said in part: My irivtids. I U-lfeve it if entirely fitting that we should liegin these session-: vcrctlirr with a ceremony of "joining bands.** It is significant of a wedding ceremony, although 1 must confess that I have not brought a ring with me. However. 1 do nm know tliat wc amid lie any more firmly married by any ring procuration or any other ormality that might W gone through with. I want to assure you. on liehalf of nne of tin* high contracting panics, tliat 1 do here and now jirnmise on In-half of the organization tliat 1 represent, to honor, love and cherish the jartnrr tliat we have taken, and 1 assume tliat the partner ts willing to make tlie same pledge, to the end tlut togethtr wc may accomplish more, may do what all who team up for a life pttri*nsc seek to arcoinplfeh. to make the world licttcr f;rr tlirir having Iktii in it. to. 1v example, by precept and bv mutual encouragement, accomplish rurv than either -if tis amid cvrr accomplish ajart. And *>. .m liehalf of the National Safety Council. I am clad to here formally ratify the merging of tlie Steam Railroad Section of the National Safety Council and the Safety Section of tlie American Railway Association. Mr. liailcy then <awl in part: Mr. Warfel has expressed the sentiments of one of th- high n ultracling parties to this agreement. I acqmrsce tlmrnupWy in the smtiinenis he oxiiressed. I fed tliat this consolidation is a step in the direction tliat we have all Iurn striving for during a ntmilxT nt years. I feel that the accomplislimcnts of this consolidated safety effort on the part of American Railway safety workers will l- far reaching. It has opened a vast field ior our endeavors and 1 feel that when we have accrj*tcd these resjionsibilitie*. the objects we attain through our ac tivities will Ik* more tar reaching than ever. The Chairman's Annual Report Chairman C. T. JJailev tlien gave his annual rqxtrt of tlie activities nf the Section luring the past year. This was largely a catalog of the various standing committees, with a resume nf their activities, all !*eing mentioned and commended highly. In particular, Mr. llailtv Iiad the following to say of the sustained every-year safety program the railroads have been following: "A resolution was adopted in .salt take City early in 1924. calling lor a redaction Safety Section, A.R.A.--Steam Railroad Section, NS.C. 407 of at (east 35 per cent in accidents by the cml of I'lJO. The general reaction to this endeavor was gratifying. The goal set lias lieen more than accomplished. At the annual meting held in Denver in 1930. it was decided to continue the plan of laving a goal to shoot at, and our all-ihe-ycar--every year--safety program has lieen carry ing on with the slogan 33 by *33. Gratifying progress has lieen nude by all Class 1 railroads in the campaign of reducing the frequency* casualties on American railroads 33 j>er cent hy 1933. In fact, tlie frequency of reportable injuries to tlie I. C. C. tor employees on duty i*cr million man-hours in 1931 was 19/4 per cent less tlun in 1930. and the same pro portionate decrease is apparent for the first six months of 1951 In 1913. tlnre occurred on Class' I carriers of this country 30.89 jK.T-'rna1 injuries to employees on duty reportable to the 1. C. C per 1,000,000 nan-hows worked. In 1931. this had been reduced to 7.51 per 1.000,000 man-hours worked, a total reduction of 75.66 |*cr cent. These accomplishments in reduction oi iktsotuI injuries arc the result of the jdl-tlw-year-cvcry-ycar-safety program." The Cooperative Objectives of the National Safety Council and the Railroad Industry By ARTHUR H. YOUNG Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc., New York City The speaker said in part: It is clear tlat the safety objectives of the railroads divide iherosclres quite naturally into two jian*. The first wc ntfeht term (he internal objective, and the second, the external **r public objective. Let ts consider the cc/-operafi*e objectives of the National Safety Council and the railroads in terms of die first, or internal problem. Long before the days f il- airplane and the autotnobilc. the railroad industry and the public at large both recognized the absolute necessity for safety in railroad operation. This was attested by the regulatory measures imposed by both Federal and State Legislatures. Almost every conceivable kind of legislation tvas created at one time or another to protect passengers using rail transportation. There was little thought oi public obligations and the problem was <*ne which rested entirely upon the shoulders of railroad management. The public denanded that railroad operations lie made safe ami secure, not. it is true, from the stands lint of ihc rail road employee, but rather fur die benefit of railroad users. The first step in the evolution of railroad safety then was. an engineering develop ment working toward the elimination nf physical hazards. This was followed hy the establishment of physical and mental standards requiring railroad employees hold ing responsible positions to prove their cajahililv before they were placed bcliind the throttle or in any other place where their judgment was required to protect lives and projralv. Still the pressure which brought these regulation* into effect emanated from a point of view focused on tlie protection of everything bm the employee's life and limb. Perhaps no other industry can so easily i*rov< the correlation that exists between safety and efficiency of o(eraticm as the railroads. Human tircakdotvu meant disaster to tlie railroad and it is most interesting to observe the paradox that existed at one time in the earlier history when everything possible was being done to insure safety of operation for the sake oi efficiency and economy while at the same moment railroading as an occupation was classed as extremely hazardous. The National Safety Council has played an hotvirable and important pan in this fiue work. The early organization oi the Council's Steam Railroad Section brought together for the first time tlie interests of the railroad safety turn. Through the Steam Railroad Section, which has always been one of the largest and most active groups within the Council organization, tliere has lieen developed concentrated in formation haring to do with the prevention of accident* peculiar to railroad mera-