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FILE NAME: Curtiss-Wright (CW) DATE: 1957 DOC#: CW013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transactions of the 45th National Safety Council Labor Safety *j *~i SAFETY TOPICS V olum * 15 <^pi; 82127--1 02127--1 oajw -a# .nuM i 02127--22 822J7--21 1 2 3 --24 1 2 3 --m m . I-- 1 2 3 --27 822.27--2 8Z m ~-N 82127--m LABOR SAFETY Trtmam'ttom.,n / tfceS m tim m m l S m fe tg C * m # rm * * (O ctober 21-25,1957, Chicago, IlL) iinim m iiim ill w j 9Xf National S o ftly Cmgrexs This is sheer gain, bat these laws still focus on doing someth] for the man who has met with art accident, rather than on driving full steam into eliminating causes ior accidents. When a ship is sinking, then the whole weight of responsibility rests on maiming the life boats and gel mg the pas sengers and crew off the vessel. When an auto has gone hurtling off a thruway then the weight of moral responsibility is to rush medical care. But neither life boats nor ambulances are the full measure of moral responsibility that rests upon us today when ships still sail the high seas and car* ride the hit sways. Our moral sense has grown up beyond tin t level of moral satisfaction. In its modern con cept moral responsibility stresses preventing the worst from happening on the oceans and on our roads rather than being content wwil lucking up the pieces after the worst lisas happened Tl taL$*Curi,y '* a *a* is beyond our team , but great progress can be made when men of competence and good mil and devo- tusm join together to help each other in every way possible to promote safety rmsa- surm against accident hazards. Th* symbol ihis^stcp is, I suppose, the National .safety Congress itself. It stands for moral responsibility toward these hazards at it *, best, for our deepest responsibility toward the ^ -tim of accidents be to sec In it that: all is done to keep him front becoming a victim. And that is a worthy cam for all of us, wherever we are--in labor and so management, in education and in govern ment.JN ') LABOR'S STAKE IN SAFETY w a x tu rn intemafion 1 president, ft rtxti rml Assoctetion of Machinists- viice president, AFLa K ( 0* Ce* V Vr flirt 'I t limit*. of ! Jn i rdt rs i in- d t. r>-, i3y . ` *'i... i't I,-1'!k;t:j \ *! : nr : id<r ' 1 ; i!'rr;:1-' ir ' I! " " the;. i 1 .. . ir* ` :i, !; 'i a w. i r i ni : < i-n ir 11' 1:, ,: ..T ha n,'i; ail n- T ';*r ,r -1KT)f"`i ;r i .a ! K,>, o ho ite ansi -1.; ' !* : 1 n / t*'W 1, . k ! ,;;0 \v- dir , o ;r '1 1 .me 'it ;' ir: hir is fth) 1i > llu! lalsir's stake m r`e is is oi liout. There! ,o." I wall ; h .3j ^iKMsI. oi the '.uh;u'' 111at are i. , .fret im ed~asfri" ihut n.re s .f.f s'h;1 : r: : i nai TVr?..'i;>s thtf Vif! I'll: I rW ,-i : t" . ,'kfi: o' e-:i*. . O".. .30 TH i; in SAfrry .'tl". "O. i 'is'ii i |s11h!:i. o sO'!"l!0, 'OS - t 'k r '"sf1 : ? 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Fl 1Duki &&w , for ex-  c o t t a * wife *hc c o m l o t .** twgmad oar fc* a a d c w in w * unddevo- * safety roea* The symbol fo r moral at its toward see to ii that a a ' cm ae for all labor ami m id in govern- tor's stake in refore I ill >jert that are a t are somethey are not itroversial. r statements cm tie have he i make than. *ss candid in rrs of indsis ever, that ! for its own ters that comrtm the daily or killed on ion--have a side. I think sent labor or with certain eid of indusm for **> Labor Sof-ety ample, that die objective of b "trial safety should be the preservation of huinm life and the proiectkm of human heal?! W* would farther lyyrec that aw -mployer .as a m n l respoosu lay to preo- i his wor- ts against disca-se, aecic 'ii rneujtaf st: * and infection? from the cor :ion? ? employ ment. We all prides* tr agree s t e r m life is not cheaj that man nc 'Kwtthi.ng to he sacrificed to a machine. At. ! yet, t" -se ethical principles re no* always appBed m day to day life nw' are the; self-" reg In praetka! application *hey coroe it; . con ftict with individual economic in fere*, anti thus must be enforced either through f - ip action, or by society as a liole tht gh politic a! action. As rule, society does not -rove s fas as the need would indicate. 1 e all know, for example, that the first in- .trial rev utian had run its course for more t! .in 100 years before society got around to nlopting and enforcing rules aad regulations of in dustrial safety. For no t .m 100 years indus rial workers were p-ven . o legal pro tection against the risks , 4 hazards of in dustrial employment. Here and there, a 1 oe indivad 1 employer might attempt to provide decent and health ful working conditions for his workers. But on the whole, the story of factory empt vment in the 19th century--and through the early 20th century--was a pretty ghastly one. I don't need to go into the details that are mficative of the cold indifference with which Human life was held in American mines and factories. StdSce to say, it did not seem to matter bow many men, women and children were killed or crippled in the course of a day. There were always more waiting at the gates the next morning--driven by rawpoverty to p3ad for a chance to jeopardize their lives and limbs. s c a r r y o u g h t c h a n g es The point 3 am getting at, of course, is that change--when it came--was not the result of any regeneration of moral and ethical conviction on the part .,-f employers It came rather because society as a whole was thoroughly revolted. It came because the American people were finally shocked enough to correct a condition .hat had pre vailed--and grown worse--for `00 years. So w fiAiilly got ictory laws--and work men's ccuni-oiiati- -a--and an orgaatod effort to rusk., mii:; factories and rain* safer , ->.ces to wor But of all the legislation aimed at this oSriect'e, workmen's compensatKin was ic key For until employers were m;ni.c uirectly an" rtnanc lly respon sible for the suits c workers' accidents, they had no ccor aic teat -a ti prevent accidents The whole par m and fabric of our industrial fety pn ran throughout the nation rests entirely on hew good and how effertn our workmen1: comt'-cnsarion and our occupational disease laws are. ECONOMIC REASONS OH, of coarse, you car. point to many other good ecor mic ratkwaiuatkms for in dustrial safety. You can say industrial aecideii's add all hinds of direct and indirect costs to production. You can point to the cost of hiring nd training a new employee, of equipment imaged in a work accident, of the time lost bv other employees when an acrid it occurs. But 1 will throw them all right back to you and say 1i;t the* considerations hiere present long before w had industrial acci dent prog:: .ms--and that it wasn't until ac cident pretention was rein'orced with work men's camper atio. and occupational disease legjshition ;.a t employers really became safety conscious. So it wems that the 'ting that counts here is how good cur woskmen's com;|*risau>n and occupational disease legislation really are. And that's a good question 1 I've spent my whole adult Ihe in the l a t e movement. As a matter of fact, 1 was projected into it by the very thing we are talking atom here today--an industrial accident. I went to work at 17 years of age because my father was totally disabled by a work in jury--an injury that eventually killed hint In the '.-ourse of many years of studying and dealing with the problems of my union --which are. of course, the problems of die members of my union. I realized thal our present system of workmen's compensation and occupational disease legislatirm is com plexeh and win.fly inadequate to meet the needs of our eutnplrx. industrial sociely. I am not alone in that conclusion. There are, in fact, many men in the labor move ment today who feel even more strong! v 17 mT S Safety Congress il** ' ***" ar* nn*y canvmced . * workmen's compensation h u b e n i * 1 * wwlfe on the American worker. T>ia nation ha* tried to deal with a **tonal problem by haring 48 scfwrate, connkting -- and in a scree -- competing tale statmes. And t h e n 'i i no doubt bin that workmen'* compensation is one kind of labor legislation that states use to compete with ne another to attract industry In fact, whenever we go into the state legislatures to get improvement or expan sion of existing laws, we invariably meet employer counter-arguments to the effect that any further improvement in coverage or benefit structure will shove industry into the waiting and sympatlictic arm* of states which are more concerned with ;; rolls-- than with the people on those payroll*. SAPETT INTEREST LACKING Certainly the health and safer. of the nation's work force 'mill not be a pawn in any state's bid for new industry, But that is just what it i*. iride, a system that allows Mississippi Arkansas or flcorgia to competi! for nUistrt by i.rfering low workmen's cun'sensation benefit* and a mini mum of safety regulation the pi. ,t level. Why should an employer pay $40 a week for a temporary total di abiliti n Illinois-- when he cart go to Arkansa anti pay J25 a week for the same injury? The situation in worici en's compensation legislation is , had, in fact, hat the Secre tary of Labor, Mr Mitchell, ith gh speak ing for an admin trai on that n .tally fol low* a ha,.ls-off policy in state legislation. Isas been constrained to <ak out and to plead with the states t.- ring :l. -r jaws into line with ntoder 1 conditio- Bur because em >er* c: i v off one state against another i dii- mtsi.rr. the re- 'tilt* flave 1-teti stane* negligible. T ere *- no tk!i rifior tir - the: rr H i will i;ver catch upwvtiii the m i. until .ere i* brttade recognition that indust r i i wc.de - arc national problem..one if iS tfiil -J ahit only on the national leiit'. The .-.'k of a *tr .e and i*|tiiiahli' work mer;* c>aiiin*ati<>n sysiV'"n leads v a o.i - ' l e n d i n e ,-k o interest in rn orcen wit o safety cotto-, and n"gubi fn ma.tr Mates the Borc.au s' Kaclory nsf. h> whatever name it i;; i"*. under 'i- t1- more than a sop to tl r -.o i~r:r<: he stale legislature In fact, the ingwetion serv ice in sucb a t o is re t only m i e n t i l w l but the staff is underpaid, uMramcdl and lchaka% enqualtfied to do a cengwteni job is a Add that needs * high degree of But as bad as the situation in workmen1* compensation and factory inspection may be. the situation in occupational disease cov erage verges on the criminal And this a matter of move than just poor (gisbitioti It is incrabUe to think that in t second half of the JOth century 20 staters still either have no coverage or Hnwted coverage of occupational disease. But the greater problem is hat there i* too little undm taadm g of the nature and complexity of occupational iw atm . The range and sourer of occupational disease to modem industry is practically limstles* N'one of the ways by which man mali.es a living is completely free of some hatard to itoysica] or mental health. The rusk of oc cupational disease grows greater every day a* industrial processes become more and more depemlent upon and saturated with toxic dusts, fumes, vapors, gases, acids and alkalie* h-very day thousands of workers are ex posed to everything from arsenic to mercury IwMsoning. from henrine compounds to mag nesium poisoning, from sulphuric acid to chromium poisoning. Thousands have no physical or legal protection whatv.ever mraii.M the chemical* and poisi.ti* that arc 'lowly killing them. UNAWARE OF RISKS In act, many are tint even aware ' the risk, fhey wII find out when it is too late. In many -tale* tin- y will also find o) that ce> hav no r it to compensation under the o upati i.nI disease tow. 1 worrier Iww \ <v' : i a a i wfn, lta< : iun111;.i:i iMil tf : .chloride (.Mriiwwimg-. i ;i` :;"i, .ii*;'-pir, that lldr un ilcd t i hench- -Io" *.: jKit ttona1 'val.Hc la s. becau-.' '.-r legt dautre o "|. ' C u : 1 seen ht . ri:-.'r.|im rr don 11*if5 1r " ,-j..lo r: U! r.".;l's: I- .'i' 1K1"':p,,i Un-fiM 11j"i.t; e ' 1 trul> -ad at stater-.ent |. . lite effect riif m' pr f ifl.oniphtrj'u.i di case is ..1 ;afirn ; ive!**.! cakutatKin" arri "`ir *odiH' :i il. i j.'ipie.-.santil close 'Ir licitate h' . ",J,r d mn` health priblett of mer lb h' th lel'icve lime---t iIsti, Ss rmU'i t isi.itft. O ikrefwj i-lsauge ter tesi Think ,'li6Stfi.lt -Nlived i anr. vtn; un `i .Etoiiis; .fUf Jj '-ni ;iif Nhw .L'-miii nrtfi-ii'lldi m n MIn i 'JLf-t i-#Uy `Ml,il ;M In H ftti.iMi i 'rr ;i!mH.ri i roMii't' vlur r-rri t!`K ' -'!nr*. ' : 'i 1 i f I'M i: n;tr>' u!.'. Y nfl'lL '.'nini' :1fr * Mffh dtgree of second ** (till cither OBtre of k i k t there is f the h m and Mi d r e e The potiom l i H i K in ctkaHy limitless, eh n o naltts a if aome hazard to The ik k of ocevery lay ____ More and Q lliu filcq Wnit acids and workers are ex treme to ntemiry to magadd to lave no etton whatsoever poisons that are RISKS vea aware of the hen rt is too fate, also find nut that mpensation under m. I wonder how contracted carbon w example, that under the oeeupathc legislature of :o rerognize that ing is 1 occupsi- to the effect disease is ' and "it !y close to being of our Labor Satfaty If that is so--and I for one ant inclined to Miere it--it is tragic commentary on our time--on the ethics of a business community that has done so lin k about it. It is even more tragic in view of the fact that we are now entering a new phase in our industrial development--a phase of such sweeping change that some commentators have re ferred to it as a new industrial revolution. Think of that--we are entering a new in broken down under the stress of life m a complicated, impersenai and highly u*h**triaUred society. But we dont know how much more stress people can take, or what effect automation will have on a workers nervous system. At what poem does the iunnan tend crack up from sheer loneliness, hek of contact with fellow workers, from uninterrupted repetition and brainwashing boredom? dustrial revoteskm without ever having full) Milved the problems that attended the old one. * I wonder if it will again take us 100 year* m snake eves a decent start on the health and safety problems that will arise out of uitumatkm id atomic energy. These prob I am not just tossing questions oml at random here. All of the things I am talking about--from workmen's xxnpensatkm and occupational disease to radiation and mental distress--have a valid relation to industrial health and safety--and are proper subjects of labor interest. lems sue not a part of a distant tomorrow but are already a part of the world today. LOOK FOR DANGERS Now more than 1,500 industrial plants are For safety is a broad term. It is defined using atomic materials in one form or as: ( I ) the state or condition of being another--in 1.500 establishments American safe; (2) frqpdom from danger or risk; workers are already exposed to the hazards and (3) freedom from injury. of atomic radiation. ta n we say the state law* in existence today--indeed can we sav that any system Safety means freedom front any kind of danger, risk or injury. When we apply that definitir to industrial condition* we must of state inspection and compensation --are adequate to care for the workers who will get leukemia or bone cancer because of exposure to atomic radiation? think in terms of hidden dangers as well. We must dtange our attitude toward oc cupational diseases--go out looking for them instead of try ing pretend they don't ex ist DON'T KNOW PROTECTIONS Personally, I fed somewhat discouraged about the prospects. How can the states protect and care for victim* of industrial radiation when they haven't yet learned to protect and care for victims of occupational diseases that luive been prevalent for genera tions? We need only look at silicosis and pneumoconiosis to see the failure. And failure to provide adequate treatment and rompensatkm for the dreadfttl dust disease* is paralleled by the failure of industry to finance programs of research that would lead to their prevention at the source exposure. Related to the problem* ut occupational disease am! radiation is another matter that lias received almost no anmtoin in mins try. nr in government Tii;i1 t* the -c or implying if they do exist, that they have no relation to industrial causes. I am not exaggerating when I say that industry has taken a "head-m-the-sand1' at titude up to now. It has tried to cover up occupational diseases rather than to isolate, prevent and care for them. There ha* wen .little research..-cither governmental or private--ir. the field. The Public Health Service spends less than one rent for each worker each 'e a r on the 'pre vention of ocrupational disease*. The N a tional Institute of Health, which ha* made hundred* of research rants during the past three r tour years, lias mark its* than half a d.;mt in the held of occupational health Thrre o an iron curtain of secrecy ;ii'. liin-i slits s', -.-tie subject Nr on Iv does industry i..t1.1 to support mental disease We already knov '"Ttoi:.. .. re-card in ix-cupatia.1 dts- about automation to know that it will ' hr**w 1kii men who have tried to do worker* into a lonely >r, I eerit world in Si '1.'N !! vMSirvh tiii'.ii that it i- virtually habited b> roooo.to- rites -irv .. device*. get facts, ir>formalism. or cn- \V( al*c. know Uul our mental bospii.. * !>l*-r;sri>.n tr-nu the people in industry who are .ralfc.ii'Is c 'U-*3 ' >'!1 a -plr ^ i`! i-svr re .it a p esatron to help. Worse still, if a *1 1 TOftf# 1957 Afaiwwrf Safety Cmgeeu P*iect does lead to dhow a eorbetween empfaiymeBt and tbe authors find it is ! wm ** their wade published or doctotr* lave testified agaj work** usd for management to occsuattonai eases vm though they knur their taUfeMMy was based. resufc ts a dcplorehle lade of tofovmn- tim about occitoMmai disease. We a n U w* Other countries to this respect. One expert to this field said that research to jWHtaniiuwoiiiewa to this countly is 25 yean behind that of G nat Britain. s ic k i s frevail in (Npusm y Industry actively oppose objective reeanh and free interchange of information on omipaUonal diseases because it is more afraid of the possibility of faying lion benefits than it is that workers will fie It sfaeaM not surprise as that doctor* out be unobjective to these cases where their t^ m o n y is benefit m d paid foe. We lure only to took to the wfefe-apaad dUferemx of optoku among doctors to the effect of agaretto mnfctog to see that tM r tttotowny can somettoses be snmrthint Seas -test truth ltd. Moat doctors who are not to the pay of ogarette coasfantos are eonvtoced by all the scientific evidence on record that cigar ettes undoubtedly contribute to l e g Bat the doctors on the payrolls of the tobecco companies cither deny that _-Bl^ - ,, from tock of proper information and ade- contribote to h u g cancer, or at best nwto- pate precaution. tam that there is not yet enough proof. H e n a n specific examples tint will ilhz* strate this point. There is some medical evidence that the chemicals used to the dye indnlry ami to the manufacture of synthetic rubber cause or contribute to cancer of the Madder. In fact, one of there--aratoa-i* so dangerous that it has been outlawed n r alt industrial uses in Britain since 1951. But efforts to prove, pubhetze and restrict the dangers of this deadly arid have hit stubborn resistance to this country. The large chemical companies have refused to find out if amine does contribute to cancer of the Madder and have strongly resisted in dependent research into this problem. As we contemplate these confiscttog views among professional men--and as we tihoughtfully study the reluctance of indtostry to be honest about this matter of occupational discase -we cannot help bat wonder whether the lust for profits has made many men for get the real purpose of life. What is the real purpose of life? is it produetkKi and profit--or the well-bring of the indhidnel? If there is conflict between the two, do we sacrifice production and profit or the well being of the individual ? The ethical answer is obvious. But the practical methods of reaching the logical ethical conclusion are more difficult. Much the same situation holds true to the asbestos industry. There appears to be de FGDeiAL ACTS NEEDED cided after-effects on workers who produce asbestos to that there is a marked correla tion between asbestos employment and lung cancer. Here again, the industry has been traditionally reluctant so cooperate to a full Kale scientific study of this curious corrria- tkm. This reluctance to do research to health hazards recurs in industry after in dustry'. " '` DOCTORS OFTEN IIASEO But even worse when workers do succumb to cancer of the bladder or the lung, or to some other equally horrible diseases, we are treated to the spectacle of company doctors who testify that the disease couldn't possibly have been caused by their employment. Doc tors are supposed to he above reproach in our society. But as a labor official f have known of too many cases to which company We could make a start by enacting com prehensave federal workmen's compensation and occupational disease legislation to take the ^place of the chaos that results from having 48 different state systems. But ! have no hopes for such a constructive ap proach in the foreseeable future, i am afraid the insurance lobby, and the am plover groups that profit from weak admini.st ration are too strong for us at this time. So we'll just have to make that one of our long range objectives. ' . *?ut !herr ar* roe things we am do right now. We^cas try to have programs set up in the National Institute of Health and m the Public Health Service which woukl recognize the importance of occuaatsonal disea.s-- which would put tbe re search effort in this nation on a par with, that of other civilized industrial matiara. 20 If we oik riwt from tS the tak e me Matty union: Secure bargi quire tlse t amferds se Association he shop. m We are al upplernentri i#nsatow pi quale to in? Although ot willy the 17 hap they v nail eventua non benefitit Tbe Ame itoe purpose Awieriam hi can worker i m public rt Our gar tor many ;o <-gesk for if The reftuh.it with enhgfrb 11i how we I'lents red t member* wc figures cfft ti 1 don't the flat itsto help safety. / ou lame of why of that First. Set`t certainly den fitkal ptuiet icit. But wl "Good CCiWI luiiim im v ditor i id far. We W V m i dUSmM* i to tee effect of 4 dteir ttotimoiiy ; fcto tea* trutht w * fa the pay c w M lrV l Moci that dg*r- ! to fctof cancer. rrol> of the to- f t o t dtiuettet >r b a t mwn- d thought- I to be of for e. What is the production said the iadhddm)? the two, do we fit o r the wdl- oo. But the f the ktgkaf Ifio d t omn' ooapensatkm hhtioB to take it results from But I ap- futere. I am ad the employer c aatodaiMnitkiet time. So we'll * of our bag g w a n do lave programs :tute of Health Service which nee of oocupaadd pot the reon a per with rial J If we m o o t get decent factory rupee.. lion from the stole com m ent, then we in the labor movement most resort to seif-help. Many among are thinking in terms of col lective fcargatamg chum s whkh would retpare * e employer to adopt the safety standards set by the American Standards Associstion as the minimum acceptable in the shop. U tO t FK3HTS KM SELF We are also prepared to bargain for more supplemental injury benefit* when the com [jrtisation provided by state laws is not adepate to sustain a worker and his family. Although our efforts wiB directly benefit nly the 1? million organized workers, per haps they will release new pressures that will eventually remit in improved legisla tion benefiting all workers. The American labor movement has but one purpose--one reason for existence in American life--to serve and protect Ameri can workers. There are times when we Labor Sqfvty make ourselves pretty unpopular beeww we keep looking for the things that are wrong with American industry and American society. I may have offended industry men with this indictment of the ethics and morals of our business community. But I would be derelict in my duty and false to my trust as art dieted officer of one of America's greatest unions if 1 did not say frankly and candidly that we in the labor movement are not satisfied with present legislation retailing to industrial health and safety, workmen's compensation and occupational diseases. In a sense this is a great challenge to the National Safety Council--a challenge that can be met only if all facts arc squarely faced. If we in the labor movement could count on your assistance in the fight for better legislation and more research on loth the state and federal levels we might, to gether, make id s a far happier, healtJiier and safer nation in which to live and work. M O D COMMUNICATIONS HELP SAFETY fey <heo*** seuvm public relations metor, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Mastic Work* erf America, A R -C IO , Akron, Ohio Our organization has been safety minded for many years. The record on that score speaks for itself in a loud and clear manner The results of our efforts, nt cooperation with enlightened managements, tell the story' of bow we have seen the number of acci dents reduced in the plants ia which our members work. I shall not go into specific figures on frequency rates and such. I don't suppose any of you would dispute the fiat statement that good communications help safety. But I'd like to try and give you some of the techniques, the bow arid the why of that statement. Fust, let's do a little word analyzing. I certainly don't want to sound tike the pon tifical professor lecturing his class on setnatics, But when we say good in our topic, "Good Comrmsnicatiom Help Safety," we immediately infer that there is another kind besides good. And there ceiutinly is. 1 think there is a lot of bad and furry com munications going on in all kids. Within the subject matter at hand. I would say the word flood means that type which gets some concrete reaction and re sults. In the United Rubber Workers, we think our communications have been jyxk1 because we have the results to show for it. MUST HAVE RECEIVER Now for the word commimicatUmt in the phrase You can't have communicatioKi*-- the good type that .s -unless someone is sending the message and someone is re ceiving it. I was in she Air Force in World War II. and E served as a radio operator in the I'acific aboard a B-29 Superfortress. When I sent a message arid no one received it, I didn't have ccmmunicatiomt. I was 2\ lires a um iim im nim unm im . mWBiiMii O fflc m O f IME M A R IN I SCCTION NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 1957-58 Omero! C hm m am ~ L H Q tA C K E N B l SU, vice president. Sfate Marine to rp ., New York. N, Y. iAecttlwe Orner! 0Aarm*~0 ARL F. VAXDER CLUTE. generai manager. Marine devo r l ( Oil orp,, New York, X. Y. 'ite Ormerei Chairmen fAtlantic H re<0~.|O $EPH S. BLACKETT, general operation manager Grace Line. New York, X. YC; W. N. DAMONTE, vice president & manager. Marine dept., Sinclair Refining Co.. N"ew York, X. Y. ; R, K. KELLY, manager, Transportation dept . Eastern division, Tidewater Oil Co.. New York. X. Y. ; T. V. C. M ALCOLI!SOX. genera! manager. Marine dept . The Tesa* co., Xew York, X Y. ; HAROLD W. XORTHCUTT. manager, Staten Island Yard. Bethlehem Steel Co.. S'airn IMarni, N Y ; ROBERT E, O B R IE X. vice president. Operations, MooreMcCormack Line*. Inc., Xew York, X. Y. ; ROBERT J. TARR, operating manager, Ltwket.Wls S S. Co , Brooklyn, X Y : PARKER W ISE, general manager. Marine Transportation dept.. Socony Mobil Oil Co., Xew York, X. Y. Cir (temerai ( hatrman (Onlf A real..<>F.nROli GltlSW OLD, vice president. Gulf Sc S>. Amer. S S co., Xew Orleans. La. i YVe General Chairmen (Pacific A re a )--C \P T . T. C. COXWELL. vice president, Ship O p tru k m , American President Lines San Francisco. Calif. ; A. E, KIHX, president, California Shipping co., San Francisco. Calif.; RANDOLPH SF.YIER. president, Matson Navigation co. San Francisco. Calif. I `iVr General Chairmen iC etai Lakes Area}--DAVID L BUCHAN AX, IRrectnr, Claims division. Pittsburgh S.S division. V. S Steel corp,. Cleveland. Ohio. ; JOHN L HORTON, assistant manager. Marine dept , Cleveland Cliffs Irnn cr>.. Cleveland. Ohio. ; REAR ADMIRAL CHARLES R KHOCRY. CSXR resident, Pittsburgh S.S. hs . - L', S Steel cori1, Cleveland, Ohio ric e General Chairmen tInland H'ateru-ays )- t'tpratumt--F A MKCHLIXG, vice presi dent. A. L. Merhling Barge Lines, .Miei, Ill Membership--WILLIAM C. McXEA ., vice president. Oil Transport co., Xew Orleans. La. J`we lim er/ Chairmen Posse* >tee and Cu-rao .YVrt-iVeO--L. S. AXI iRFAY, S, vice presi .Jet, American Export Lines, New York X. Y.;CAPT. L. A. RE NEH AX, marine sni-rnutendenf. I- arrell 1.itie. Xew. Yc-rk, X \ . Ci.-c tremerai CiM '-hj., '.inkers)--CHARLES 1. BOYLE, ma. age; Niarine Dept.. Stsn' Od co, Mi.:'it- Hi',is. Pa, ; Al i- `LPH It KURZ, i r e presideri! ke;.sr<,ne Ship ping c-i. IT ilade-p-.i.i 1' "ice iiCBrekri , iMirw.rn ("c 'ri.; ,i *j. Hi i Bl 'I TON. .-'rector, valet;. Clu-:mi, W h York Shipping A... New \ t*. N. i i.m eral tVwiwMn Re.ri -nr and rii.nv.ai Sarei-, *; - Vlri'K '.ADM. ALFRED C. RICHMOND Mi- T. S. Coast Goar-1 V>, i.ingtnr.. D. C. Chaieww, AlniMua/iiiij t ri***writer--VtlLi. \ RD . jo X E S . Xew- Y-.rk, X. Y. Secretare tAdmiralty and Maritime Ct-unafl:*-}.. HENRY" C EIDEXBACH, Hagen k Eidenhach. New Y'.1rk, X. Y. 51 '"W w w --REAR ADMIRAL EDWARD 0. KOI. v IT ' v PtmfanK Im ied Suie* P, & I. Agency. Inc.. Ne* w k, i. V ; CAPT. iO N E S if, DEVLIN*. J IL, general manager. United State lin e ew York. ^ ROGERS, ew r. wir* preMdcn, F* Shipping o. ' KELLA, president, I Wta J.me. Slupptr, * * 5 Urtr " ' O H N PKW. ,IR,, vice preside*,.. .Sun Shipp A ImW- m,, C ottier Pa ; REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE W A l CHOPE, executive vice pce*: F*rrd L"**' New Aork, X, Y.,; FREDERIC R PRATT. Sornnv M-GI oi . X w ^Y ork. .V Y.; LEIG H R. SAXEORD, president. Shipbuilder* Cowk.1 N ' "rk %,.Y ..; LOUIS B PATE. Scarwble, X. Y.: REAR ADMIRA! L E E I, SNR (ret.) vice chairman, Moore-McCormack line*. S e Yrl V Y. W ILLARD F. JO N E S ; CARTER KEX D A LE chief itfctv engineer Bethlr `n Steel co, Bethlehem, Pa ; Cari E Holme*. Cranford. X I ; CA PT E. \V K S K E , JR., vice president A manager, Mobil <>ver*ea Tanker* co. Fort Lee. X. : Assistant General Chairman for Tankers --J. R. THOM PSON, a -mslant general manager Manne Dtpt.. Gulf Oil to rp , Xe York, \ A instant General Chairman f Programs. Com-entumsi HAROLD M WICK. asrisut;vice president, American Bureau of Shipping. ,N'e* York. X, Y Assistant General Chairmen /Memhershtf, < \ P JONES F DFVLIX IR T T W ILK IX SO X , Supe. Eng., Marine dept. > 0 .air Refining co.. New Y'nhk, N \ Director^ PnMnr Relation$...FRAXK HR AY'YARD, dim-tor. Bureau o ' Information American Merchant Manne ?n*t.. Ne* York, N Y Assistant Director (Publie Relatnut- J u l l X K T k X X A X T . S fecial assistant im Atlantic CcjDt Iltrcctor, Mariiimf \iirmniA;ranima, NVi York, N V Director. M antime Associations-- Sa/rty Coafieratim and Attendance- R .1. BAKER, secretary-treasure. American Merchant Marine Imt.. Ne' Y'ork, N, Y Director, Safety Information and Posters--!'A PT MILTON BRKECE, manager, E*o Shipping co.. Port of X. Y*. Office, New Y'ork. X. Y". Editar, Manne .Vm-tiVHrr--W ARRF X D LINDSAY', direrr-.r of Safer*,. I 'ni'e.J State line* Xew Y'ork, X. Y". REGIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMITTEES Assistants to vice General Chairman f Coastal ke.su.ms and Internationa, t owtuwfwn>REAR ADMIRAL HENRY C PERKINS, Commander. Third Coa*t Guard Dnct 80 Lafayette St.. New York. N Y. ; COMMANDER ALEXANDER W. WUERKER.. Exec. Secy., Merchant Marine Council. I* S Coat <curd. Uashingv*: 2', D. C .darrtonf Chairmen /Atlantic Regioni Tanker Operati.ms~~i 'APT. WM G A.NDh kS-f'OV. Mgr. of Operations, Marine div.. The Atlantic Refining Co. 3"hsla4e1phta, Pa. , CAPT W II^LIAM B. CH YTFIELI), Ke>*tone Shipping ., Philadelphia. B'a ; \ Y FISCHER, manager. Inland div., Marine Tramp*.ft Dejr. S*-r<iv -Mnhti Osi C o . New York, N. Y. ; I. R. THOM PSON, a*i*iam general manager, Marine Dept. G:1f fV co.f New Y'ork. N. Y'. Assistant ClKumum /Atiantic Region) Cargo and Passenger I 'esse j ---TAMES T C RO W LEY . director of *afet> . Mtaire- Md, 'ormar k Line*. Inc.. New Y'ork. X", Y'. C*d/ Region--Ships and Stevedoring--T. C. BRY'ANT, supervisor, Accident Prevent Em. Lykes Bros,. S. S. co.. Whitney Bldg.. New Orleans. La. ; F.ARI.F. SMITH, *afer> director, Waterman S. 5 Corp,, Mobile, Al a; /> V. VILE \ RRL"BA, claim agem and safety manager, T. Smith & Son, Xew Orlean*. I-a ; E. R. SEAMEX, safety director, Mississippi Shipping co., Inc, Xew Orleans. La. ; CAPT f R RUCKER Marine Inspection Officer, 8th Coast Guard District, New Orleans, La. 52 Pacific ep*r-"W# am F recenti*. Bureau, P AVERY, safety unfit McGURN, marine' iwsp Creai Lakes Regsam...M l CO.* Oeeeland, Ohio. ; End Ohio., COMMA! Guard District, Clewt.n.i pirat'se, M em i ILadcruci j The Ammeait Water. ,*ftnshMi l.hrfiimt. i,tJmmi *tsj,*,rmtr'im Ri* er I A. PI-, IL L KAN, BROWN. IR. T""t A: L H ST OB link, mnt SPECIAL SERVICE COMMIT i.'Imwchm, Aibif* Oume* I can Mrrclurt! 'Mat:fit I Chairman Sf.tiu M,-,r ..retirit traanilii.!, *tue InIr Rd'i.n :h>p>%U4ing md Oi-y fi m.-rup**r, 1 a-.'re . RU' D, ">!' rr;,:t ' BEAT I'K, M.-J : 1 U'V OL -cicce n o r u s is: 01, --1' New| rt Xt*. - '<* V, -, X'", ! M>/. ' ' it ; I1:,mi.; n*I*ci*Ipi J-. ,:* , ..l.H.r "WI -I'llWl H SMITH. -'HV!! V .X Y CAu-ti'-Mwi. ."..uai'e1 1 , 1 At. Iami-" Re Can;;; '"''1 ( Aill' -'l -M- I. .J.1';!-.! '*Ml1f1' i..-1 1*'hr. uri l ,:r:,*-s, Xew CJwscmu. jreat Lakes Pcrsitr'ki*: mgr h.,,,;!r' ^w urdi Committee..1 A C'peratiion div., Mr FISKE, JR , J. M! New Y'ork, X Y L EDWARD . HOLI I. Agency, lue., New (er, Umted States Lines oit. Emo Shipping co ne, Mississippi Shtppine an Shipping & Dry.Wk 'E, executive vice presi. T. Sorony Mol! OU m , hipbaihlec* Council o Y.; REAR ADMIRAL mack Lines. New York, wfety engineer. RettileN. I. ; CAPT. E W ers co.. Fort Lee, N. I. sistant general manager, D M. WICK, a*'Siam Focifk Reptase--Ships and Stevedoring- JOSEPH H. TRAVERS. Prevention Burea. Pacific Maritime Ajan, San Franoaco, CohL ; HAIUIY E. AVERY, safety ovineer. Matson Navigation ox, San Francisco, Calif. ; CAPI . E A McGURN ----*r frff -* officer, !2th Coast Guard District, San Francisco, Calif. Great Lohet R eg io n -B a ll C r n r io r o -m L ECKERT. Mgr., safety dept, laleriake S. S, eta, C tew taS T o id n ; L. C MATIA, Secy.. The Wilson Manne Ttmu.t cn, Ckvetan Ohio.; COMMANDER C E. LEISING, manne inspection officer, ftlh Coast Guard District, Ckveknd, Ohio. Director, / d a d Waterways, operating m d shspbuddmg--BRAXTON B. CARR, president, The American Waterway* Operators, inc., Washington, D C. Assistant Directors, Inland Waterways, Operating m d Shi>&iuWij/--ROBERT L GR A \ , superintendent. River Transportation Dept, Ashland Oil & Refining cm. As .bn-1, Ky ; G. A. PETER K IN , JR-, prsidait, Dixie Carriers, Houston. Texas.; DAVID M BROWN, J R . The American Waterways Operations, Inc., Washington, D. C C A I 1 C. H. ST Q B E R marine inspection officer, 2nd Coast Guard District. S t U uk. Mo. DEVLIN. JR ;T T co.. New York, X Y. turran of Informal ion I", Special ajustan r to . Y m e e k T. BAKER, N. Y IFECE, manager, Esso f Safely. United States mattonai {.Tmrmfm)-- d Coast Guard District. DER W WUERKER. W ashing <m 25, D. C. WM. G. ANDERSON, tiladelphia. Pa ; CA PT bddphia Pa : A F xiy-Mobil Oil Co.. New Marine Dept.. Gulf Oil 's--FAMES T. CROWirk, N. Y. ir. Accident Prevention. ARLE SMITH, safety tRRUBIA, claim agent . R SEAMEN, safety APT. !. R RUCKER, s, La. SMSOAL SEtVKX COMMITTEES Chasrman, Ship Owners Associations Committee--RALPH E. t ASI A, presiden". Ameri can Merchant Marine Institute, New York, N. Y. Chairman, Statistics and Contests Committee--C A P T . C. M Lynch, manager, atis md training, Sinclair Refining co., Marcus Hook, Pa. Shipbuilding m d Skip Repair Committee-- R. B. C H A PPELL. JR-, mdunrisl relatum manager, Electric Boat div,, Cwnen.1 Dynamics corp., Groton, Conn ; R D. DAD RICH, safety engineer, Maryland S. B. & D. D. co... Baltimore, Md. , t` 1C fJc ADBEATER. chief safety engineer, Todd Shipyards corp.. New York. N. ) ; ;:CtC.KK [ G. LEW IS, safety engineer, Bethlehem Steel co, Bethlehem. P:i ; i i P l'1 - L NORDSTROM, safety engineer. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dr. co.. Newport News, Va.; JAM ES O'DONNELL, director of Safety. AvoiHVc .Marine Wavs. New Orleans. La.; J. A. STAFFORD, safety engineer. Ingalls .ihplwjdm g r rp . Pascagoula. Miss.; GILBERT W IDDOW SOX, safety engineer. a S. B & D. D CM, Chester, Pa.; I. C. YATES, director of safety. Alatama >rydoc.i-; A Ship building co. Mobile, Ala. Owuww*. Engineering and Mimimmm Standards Committee--CAPT. R. A. b M Y l H , assistant chief. Office of Merchant Safety, U. S. Coast Guard. Washington, l). v. Chairman, Liaison Committee fo r Cargo Ship and Tanker Discussion Groups- -CAPT^ R. H. SM ITH, manager safety department. United States P. & I Unncv. in-'. ->ew York. N Y ' Chairman, Tanker Safety Discussion Group--CHARLES A. CUIA ER. -,Ms-p engineer, Atlantic Refining co., Philadelphia, Pa Chairman, Cargo Ship Discussion Group- CAPT. ROBERT t.O R N tt ELL, safr:;- director, isthmian Lines. New York. N V :hairman. Great Lakes Safety Discussion Group -ROBERT Personnel mgr.. Columbia Transportation co , Cleveland. >hto KRATZTET. \ e-set twords Com m ittee-CA PT. ROBERT E MACKEY Chairman), assistant: manager. Operatic div.. Marine Dept., The Texas co, New York. X. Y.; C A P I. E. W. F1SKE. JR ; T. M. DEMPSEY, JR . manager. Marine dept., States Marine Lane*. New York, N. Y 55 sreciAL <sovEtNttfiNT comnittks r o t z * m r m national ockmse Cktrmm, S a fety Policies fa r RegedaHme, S k it tm - ADM. H. T. JEWELL, R A D R HXLERT C SHEP Chairman, C aum iitee fa r S a fety m - wnf JO H N I t WILL, USN. Commander. ton. D. C _ ADMIRAL Sea Transportation Service, Washing- A tim tk Areo--R, ' ADM. DONALD T. ELLER, Commander. M.S.T.S., Brooklyn. N. Y. P o d fc Areo-- R. ADM H. S. PERSONS, Gnmnamler M S.T S., Fort Mason, San Fran cisco, Calif, Lastern Attorniti and Mediterranean Area--R. ADM. FRANK L JOHSON, Commander, London, England, c/o Navy 100, Fleet P D., New York, N. Y. U'i'.itrm Pacific Area--. ADM. G. C. WRIGHT, Commander MS.T.S., Yokosuka. Japan. North Pacific Subarea-C A P T . N. A. LIDSTONE, Commander. M.S.T.S., Pier 91. Seattle, Washington. Gulf Subarea...CAPT. J. H. BROWN, USN. Commander M.S.T.S.. Golf Subarea, New Orleans, Lai a im rm m , Safety Commatee fo r V. S. Coast Guard--Safety W ithin the S m ic e -C A P T . I. \WRENCE M. HARDING, safety director and assistant engineer tn-chief. 0 . S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C . Chairman. .Satrni/ Defense T ratufortation--Readmess--C A P T . M. I. GOODMAN, Mari time Administration. Washington, D. C Ckmrmm, Safety Committee fo r Longshoremen. Harbor Workers--R A L P H W. NETTER STROM, Marine Safety Advisor, Bureau of Labor Standards, U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C. Chairman, U. S. N o m i Shipyards Safety Committee--CAPT. H. L. MATHEWS, CEC, USN, director of safety. Office of Industrial Relations, Navy dept, Washington. D. C Sia# Representative--L. W. DUTTON, National Safety Council, Otkago, 111. m is the 1m 1957 SH U B tT SAFETY TOPICS M 1M f t *-- n u t * --? t'WU... <&& 1 --IS u r-4 ) MSJ7~-I4 tt27~ .lt B J7~.lt n jT --ii B S J7~.it n i7 ~ .it m j7 ~ w n i7~ *ii ttJ7~~SS M 17~~ti ni7~>s n i7 ~ ~ tnj7*~*st 0ttJ?~~S7 #I2Jf7--2t ttm u -rt B 7jy~ie 1000 or mui'w * (Ar lock No. 022.17 auadl member-. C A M 11, 1U. RAILROAD INDUSTRY Trmmeaetiom &f the 4 S th N m tim m m t S m fe tg C m m g re # * (October 21-25,1957, Chkwgo, ill.) N A T M O N A M . S A F E T Y C O W JN C M M . 4 1 3 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO 11, liUMOIS iiuHittuum o m e n of m e A s dhrimoo RAILROAD SICTION NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL 1957-5S nettem aut m atom s- G m m d Cheirm m J. LLOYD, jeraey Central Lines, Jersey City, N. J. V iet Ckm rm m L. C HAH KEY. Efew. JoheC ft Eastern Railway to . Joliet, ill Secretary m N e w Letter E S t e e - F. C LEWIS, The Pullman co, O m ag a IH Asmeimte N e w Letter Editort: i, C s * A s frat start oiM * ttie*t> Group t kxarian to Iocs m y pee * is antkipa Sm tkem t-H . C DAULTON, The LomsviBe ft NashvtUe ftaraad e, Lommlfe, Ky. W W --P. H. JENNER, The Western Pacific E l t n , San Franctsoo, Calif. C em trol-) E SLAVEN, Chicago, Burimgtun ft Qttincy H H m , Chicago, Ih. E o r t-} . L BABCOCK. Bangor ft Aroostook L L c o , Bangor, Maine Semtkmrett- G. H KNIGHT, S t Loois Southwestern Railway Lines, Tyler, Texas Comedo--}. G. BELDHAM, Toronto, Hamilton ft Buffalo Ry. co, Hamilton, Ontario Attoetotto Litdsm Committee--W. C. LARAWAY (Chairman), The Delaware A Hiukort R R corp, Albany. N. Y.; A. V. ROHWEDER (Vice Chairman), The Duluth. led bjr G r f Is. Inmatem aa the nftsl* s to dear Missabe ft Iron Range Ry. co, Dduth. M ina; G. W. ELSTE The Baltimore A Ohio R R. co, BattisHR, MR ; G. C, STROMSOR Atlantic Coast R R. co, Wilmington. N. C ; J. R. THEXTON, The Delaware, Lackawanna ft Western Railroad co, Hoboken. N. J. ; D. R MUMFORD, New York Central System, New York, N. Y. rahad dartsnf MCCSS Of tfW a fascA m l ad the tfiw!to the dure ork o f this employees so fety profrare ants, and help xioAtkx rt> becomes otkmal work, rtores opera he safety of | Contest m i Stotistkai Committee--D. P, RUSSELL (Chairman), The Canadian Pacific Ry, Mamreal, Quebec; J. P. KOLOC (Vice Chairman), Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, III. ; D. W. NAFF, The Norfolk and Western Ry. co, Roanoke, Va. ; F. REYNOLDS, Boston ft Maine Railroad co, Boston, Maas.; W, C LARAWAY, The Delaware and Hudson R R carp, Albany. N. Y .; J. L, BABCOCK, The Bangor and Araoatock RJL eo, Bangor. M e; O. W. SMITH. Grand Trank Western R. R. m , Detroit, Mkh. ; C A. BIRGE, Mtssonri-Kaana-Texas Lines, Dallas, Tex. Fdm and Sotmd Crem ittee--R. S JAMES (Chairman), Denver & Rio Grande Western R R co, Denver, C ola; E H. BLEWER (Vice Chairman), New York Central System, New York, N. Y.; H. CONNOR, The Baltimore ft Ohio R R. co,, Pittsburgh, Pa,; B. A. GRUBBS, The Norfolk ft Western Ry. co, Roanoke, Va. ; C M. SCHAEFER, The Cboapeake and Ohio Ry. co, Richmond, V a ; G. R KNIGHT, S t ~mtis South western Ry. lines, Tyler, Texas; M. A. NUGENT, The Soother Pacific co, Sati Francise, Calif.; J. W. THOMPSON, Seaboard Air Line R R , Norfolk, V a greater bene 1 H iffkm ty Radtoed Ctassmg Committee--R. S. JAM ES (Chairman). The Denver & Rio n an ce repre- | Grande Western R. R. co, Denver, Colo.; G. M. DEM PSEY (Vice Chairman), Chicago, bly this t*- Milwaukee, S t Paul ft Pacific R. R. co. Chicago, 111. ; W H. ROBERTS, T ie Chicago other ra3rad ft Northwestern Ry. co, Chicago, 111*; G. W. E L S T E The Baltimore ft Ohio R. R. co, Baltimore, Md. ; C, M. S C H A E F E R The Chesapeake ft Ohio Ry co, Richmond, V a.; E W. HOBBS, Missouri Pacific Lines, S t Louis, Mo.; J. P. KOLOC, Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, H i; G. C. STROM SO R Atlantic Coast Line R. R. co, Wilmington, N C. Heme m d Of-tke-feb Safety Committee: R P. HAM ILTON (Chairm an), S i LottisSan Francisco Ry. co., St. Locos, Mo.: C. M. KIMBALL (Vice Chairman), Southern Ry, Sys. Washington. D. C ; E L. DUGGAN, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Sys, Chicago, III. ; E H. BLEW ER New York Centra! System, New York, N, Y. ; C. D. B L U E Chicago ft: Eastern Illinois R. R co, Danville, IlL; H C DAULTON. The Louisville ft Nashville R. R co, Louisville, Ky ; JO H N D. W ATT, The Mono gabda Gaunecring R R. eo, Pittsburgh. P a 33 itemHtrdp CommUtee--H E. SHAUGHNESSY (Chairman). Erie R. R. ca, Ckvdaadl Ohio; J. J. S IliO N E T (Vice O ainnan), Soo Line R. R , Minneapolis, Minn.; C K HOCH, The Rending co, Rending, Pa. ; R. D. BEDGOOD, Chicago Great Western Ry Kirtsas City. Mo. ; P. H. JENNER. The Western Pacific Railroad co., San Francisco, C ili. ; J. J. NEWBAUER, J R , Richmond. Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R , Rich mond, Va, ; F. A. GIBBS, The Minneapolis A St. Lous R. R- co., Minneapolis, Mirai. ; W. O. C O T T INGHAM. Western Maryland Ry. co., Hagerstown, Md N limitations and Elections Committee--J. H. W ILLIAMS (Chairman), The Texas & Pacific Ry. co.. Dallas, Texas; C T. DeW ITT (Vice Chairman). Northern Pacific Rj. co, St. Paul, Minn.; R. S. JAMES, The Denver A Rio Grande Western R. R. co., Denver, Colo.; R, C SABENS, The New York Chicago A S t Louis R. R. co., Cleve land, Ohta Program Committee--J. F. KOLOC (Chairman), IUinios General R. R , Chicago. III.; G. M. DEMPSEY (Vice Chairman), Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul A Pacific R. R. co, Chicago. III.; F. L, WINEGAR, Chicago. South Shore A South Bend R. R. co. Michigan City, Ind.; R. C SABENS, The New York, Chicago A St. Louis R. R. eo., Cleveland, Ohio; W. F. FRANCIS, Lehigh A New England R. R. co., Bethlehem, Pa.; R. A. NEW TON, Chicago A Western Indiana R. R. Belt Ry. co., Chicago, 111. ; C. K. HOCH, The Reading co. Reading, Pa., G. R. KNIGHT, St. Louis Southwestern Ry Li tes, Tyler, Tex.; E J. FLAHERTY. Lehigh Valley R. R., New York, N. Y.; M. E. 5 'ERNBURGH, New York City Transit Authority, Brooklyn, N. Y. Poster Committee*--W. G. LANDRAM (Chairman), W'abash R. R. co., S t Louis, Mo.; F. C. LEW IS (Vice Chairman). The Pullman co, Chicago. 111.; J. R. BANNERMAN, Cinadian National Rys. Montreal, Quebec; C EDWARD THORNEY, Chicago. North SI ore & Milwaukee Ry. co, Highwood, III. ; P. S. MOCK, Long Island R. R. co, N. Y.; G. M. DYER, Kentucky A Indiana Terminal R. R. co, 1-ouisv.Ie, Ky.; J. E. SLAVEN, Oiicago, Burlington A Qtrincy R. R. co, Chicago, III ; F. L. HILDE BRAND, Duluth. South Shore A Atlantic R. R. co. Marquette, Mich. Fubii otim s m d Review Commitee--J. T. WILLIAMS (Chairman), The Pennsylvania R. R , Philadelphia, Pa.; J. T. ANDREW (Vice Chairman), Great Northern Ry, St. Pi.ul, Minn.; H. C DAULTON, The Louisville A Nashville R. R. co, Louisville, Ky R. A. NEWTON, Chicago A Western Indiana R R. Belt Ry. co, Chicago, HI.; E. D W VLDT, Chicago, Auiora A Elgin Ry. co, Wheaton, III. ; F. B. LEWIS, Union Pacifie R. R , Omaha, N eh; J. F. TOOHEY, New York, New Haven A Hartford R. R e t , Ntw Haven, Conn. Tresfatsmg Committee--C>. R. HUNTOON fChairman), Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ri. co, Chicago, III. ; R P. HAMILTON (Vice Chairman), St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. co, St. Louis, Mo.; j. R. HUTTING. Detroit & Toledo Shore Line R R. Toledo, Ohio; G. W. OXLEY, Virginian Ry. co, Roanoke, Va.; A. L. LENTZ, Akron, Canton 6 Youngstown Ry. co, Akron, Ohio; A. W . SHEA, Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific R. R. co, Chicago, II!.; R F. DVALL, New York, Susquehanna & Western R R. co, Paterson, N. J Staff Representative-- 1~ W. DUTTON, National Safety Council. Chicago, 111.