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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1949 DOC#: NSC203 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transactions of the NSC -1949 National Safety Congress - Vol 1 - Index 1949 Nations! Safety Congress (Index to Transactions of ail Sessions) BACK OF BOOK Officers, Trustees, and Board of Directors.............................. 3 Annual Council Meeting Minutes ......................... 9 Remarks on the Proposal to Secure a National Charter for the National Safety Council........................................... II W e Prefer Murder......................................................... II Safety in Transportation......................................................... 13 Safety in Six Easy Lessons..................................................... 17 Banquet No Time to Q u it.......................................................... 23 Safety Exposition Exhibitors.............................................................29 Volume 1 Transactions 1949 National Safety Congress N4TION4L SAFETY COUNCIL 20 Norffi Wacker Drive Chicago 6, liiinois * 0* In safety, as in all other human activities, the question is repeatedly asked, "W hat's new?" Many answers to that question are given every year by those who participate in the various sessions of the National Safety Congress Many new methods, devices, and ideas which later became generally accepted first were'presented at a Congress session. Because o f this fact, safety leaders throughout the nation have always found the Transactions o f the Congress a valuable tool in their accident prevention programs. Publication of the Transactions in small volumes--one for each Section or Division--permits wide distribution o f pertinent portions of the Congress material to key individuals at small cost. The 33 volumes o f the 1949 Congress Transactions arc listed on the hist page. Distribution of these volumes to key personnel is suggested as a valuable aid in the safety program. In preparing these Transactions the proceedings of the Congress have been condensed and edited for reference purposes. Complete original manuscripts, with any charts or illustrations which were used, are available in National Safety Council files. Views expressed at the Congress oi in this record are those o f the Congress participants, and not necessarily those of the National Safety Council. t* National Safety Council OFFICERS Chairman, Board o f Directors: J ames T a n h a m , Vice-President, Industrial and Public Relations, The Texas Company, New York, N . Y. President: N ed H. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, III. Vice-President fo r Farms: G u y L. N oble, Managing Director, N a tional Committee on Boys and Girls Club W ork, Chicago, III. Vice-President fo r Finance, and Treasurer: O. Gressens, VicePresident and Comptroller, Commonwealth Edison Company, Chi cago, 111. Vice-President fo r Homes: D r. D. B. A rmstrong, Second VicePresident, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York, N. Y. Vice-President fo r Industry: Georoe A. J acoby, Director o f P er sonnel Services, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Vice-President fo r Local Safely Organisations: K enneth B. O il m an, Seattle, W ash. j Vice-President for Membership: E. W . K emyton, Assistant Vice- President, United States Steel Corporation of Delaware, P itts burgh, Pa. I Vice-President fo r Public Information: Boyd L e w is, Executive Edi tor, N E A -A cm e, N ew York, N . Y. Vice-President for Schools and Colleges: D r. J ohn W . S tuderakek, Scholastic Magazines, New York, N. Y. Vice-President for Traffic and Transportation: T homas II. M ac D onald, Commissioner of Public Roads, Bureau o f Public Roads, Dept, o f Commerce, Washington, D. C. Vice-President fo r IVomett's Activities: M rs. George W. J a q u a , Safety Chairman, General Federation of W omen's Clubs, W in chester, Ind. Secretary: R. L. F orney, General Secretary, National Safety Coun cil, Chicago, III. Assistant Treasurers: B. B. M cC ulloch, President, Bureau of Safety, Inc., Chicago, III.; H . H . Gree;nwald, Director Account iug Division, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. National Safety Council TRUSTEES Chainiutn of the Trustees: W illiam A. Irvin, Member, Finance Committee ami Board o f Directors, United States Steel Corp., New York, N. Y. ' Vice-Chairman o f the Trustees: Robert C. S tanley, Chairman, Board of Directors, International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd., New York, N. Y. Secretary of the Trustees: N ed II. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. Members W inthrop W. Aldrich, Chairman, Board of Directors, The Chase National Bank, N ew York, N . Y. M elvin II. Baker, President, National Gypsum Company, Buffalo, N . Y. L awrence D. Bell, President, Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N . Y. J ames B. B lack, President, Pacific Gas l i d Electric Company, San Francisco, Calif. S. Bruce Black, President, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company', Boston, Mass. M organ B. Brainard, President, Aetna L ife Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. Cason J. Callaway, Blue Spring Farms, Hamilton, Ga. J ohn W. Carpenter, President, Texas Power and Light Company, Dallas, Tex. W illiam G. C handler, President, Scripps-IIoward Supply Com pany, New York, N. Y. K enneth B. Colman, Seattle, Wash. ' H oward Coonley, Chairman, Executive Committee, American Standards Association, N ew York, N. Y. F rederick C. Crawford, President, Thompson Products, Inc., Cleve land, Ohio. W alter J. C um m incs, Chairman, Board of Directors, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, III. N ed II. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. (E x-O fficio). R ichard R. Deupree, Chairman, Board of Directors, Piocter and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Be n ja m in F. F airless, President, United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh., Pa. H. W. F raser, Chairman, Railway Labor Executives' A sv - iation Cedar Rapids, la. 4 National Safety Council F rancis J. G avin, President, Great Northern Railway Company, St. Paul, Minn. W alter S. G ifford, New York, N . Y. W illiam Green, President, American Federation of I.alior, W ash ington, D. C. E. Roland H auriman, Frown Hrotliers llarrim an and Company, New York, N. Y. W illiam A. I rvin, Member, Finance Committee and Board o f D i rectors, United States Steel Corporation, N ew York, N . Y. W illiam M. J effers, Vice-Chairman, Board o f Directors, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Pasadena, Calif. H orace P. L iversidge, Chairman, Board o f Directors, Philadelphia Electric Company, Philadelphia, Pa. G ustav M etzman, President, New York Central System, New York, N. Y. T homas A. Morgan, Chairman, Board o f Directors, The Sperry Corporation, N ew York, N . Y. P hilip M urray, President, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Washington, D. C. B e n ja m in O 'S hea, Member, Board o f Directors, Union Carbide and Carbon Corp., New York, N. Y. T homas I. P arkinson, President, Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United Slates, New York, N. Y. W. S. S. Rodgers, Chairman, Board of Directors, The T exas Com pany, New York, N . Y. W illiam A. S imeson, President, W illiam Simpson Construction Company, Los Angeles, Calif. I I eriiekt E. S m ith , Chairman, Board o f Directors, United Stales Rubber Company, N ew York, N . Y. Robert C. Stanley, Chairman, Board of Directors, International Nickel Co. of Canada, Ltd., N ew York, N . Y. J ohn Stilwell, Vice-President, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., N ew York, N . Y. J ames T a n h a si, Vice-President, Industrial & Public Relations, The Texas Company, N ew York, N. Y. (E x-O fficio). J uan T. T rippe, President, Pan-American Airways System, New York, N. Y. C. E. W ilson, President, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. C harles E. W ilson, President, General Electric Company, New York, N. Y. C hari.es D eere W im a .v, President, Deere and Company, Moline, III Robert W . W oodruff, Chairman, Executive Committee, T L CocaCola Company, Atlanta, Ga. s National Safety Council BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman of the Board of Directors: J ames T a n h a m , Vicc-Prcsident, Industrial and Public Relations, The Texas Company, New York, N. Y. Vice-Chairman o f the Board of Directors: G u y L. N oble, Managing Director, National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, Chi cago, 111. Members A. F. A llen, President, Texas Employers Insurance Association, Dallas, Tex. D k. D. B. Armstrong, Second Vice-President, Metropolitan Life In surance Company', N ew York, N . Y. J. J ames Ashton, Manager, Delaware Safety Council, Wilmington, Del. J. I. B a n a sh , Consulting Engineer, Chicago, III. C. W . Bergquist, Western Springs, 111. L. A. B lanchard, Assistant to the General Chairman. Federal Inter departmental Safety Council, Washington, D. C. R. A. L. Bogan, Executive Vice-President, Greyhound Corporation, Chicago, 111. N orman E. Borgerson, Assistant Superintendent, State Department of Public Instruction, Lansing, Mich. T homas E. Braniff, President, BranifT Airways, Incorporated, Dallas, Tex. F red W. Braun, Vice-President and Chief Engineer, The Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company o f Wisconsin, Wausau, Wis. T heo Brown, Director, Deere and Company, Moline, III. W . F. Brown, Safety Director, Consolidated Edison Company of N ew Y'ork, Inc., New York, N. Y. J ames B. Carey, Secretary-Treasurer, Congress of Industrial Or ganizations, Washington, D. C. R ay Carr, Advertising Counsel, Portland, Ore. K enneth B. Colman, Seattle, Wash. D r. B. L. Coriiett, Manager, Milwaukee Safety Commission, Mil waukee, Wis. C. F. Cornish, Director, Aero Commission of Indiana, Indianapolis. Ind. C leo F. Craig, Vice-President in charge o f Finance and Revenue Requirements, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York. N. Y. A. J. R. C urtis, Assistant Secretary & Safety Director, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, 111. N ed H. D earborn, President, National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. G eorge P. D elaney, International Representative, American Federa tion o f Labor, Washington, D. C. D. C. E verest, President, Marathon Corporation, Rothschild, Wis. National Safety Council W allace F alvev, President, Massachusetts Ponding and Insurance Company, N ew York, N. Y. R. H. F erguson, Manager of Safety, Republic Steel Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio. M iss K atherine F isher, Director of Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping Magazine, N ew York, N. Y. O. Gressens, Vice-President and Comptroller, Commonwealth Edison Company, Chicago, III. W . E arl H all, Managing Editor, Mason City Globe-Gazette, Mason City, la. J ulien H . H arvey, Manager, Accident Prevention Dept., Associa tion o f Casualty and Surety Companies, New York, N . Y. D r. T. L yle H azlett, Medical Director, Westinghouse Electric Cor poration, East Pittsburgh, Pa. M iss E leanor H owe, Editor in Chief, "W hat's New in Home Eco= nomics," Chicago, 111. F red W . H uiibell, President, Equitable L ife Insurance Company of Iowa, Des Moines, la. Du. H erold C. H un t, General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago. III. George A . J acoby, Director of Personnel Services, General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich.1 M rs. George W . J aqua, Sfifety Chairman, General Federation o f Women's Clubs, Winchester, Ind. F rank L. J ones, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the U . S., New York, N. Y. E. W. K empton, A ssistan t!Vice-President, United States Steel Cor poration of Delaware, Pittsburgh, Pa. R. B. K idwell, President, Printograph, Inc., Hollywood, CaliE. W alter G. K ing, Safety Director, American Optical Company, New York, N. Y. F ranklin M. K reml, Director, Traffic Division, International A sso ciation of Chiefs o f Police, Evanston, 111. W alter D. L add, Manager, St. Joseph Safety Council, St. Joseph, Mo. W alter G. L egge, President, Walter G. Legge Company, Inc., New York, N. Y. Boyd L ew is, Executive Editor, N EA -A cm e, New York, N . Y. John E. L ong, Superintendent of Safety, T h e Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation, Albany, N . Y. George H. L owe, Lowe and Huggins, Ogden Utah A. E. L yon, Executive Secretary, Railway Labor Executives' Asso ciation, Washington, D. C. D r. G. F oard M cG in n es, Vice-President fo r Health Services, The American National Red Cross, Washington, D. C. T homas H . M acD onald, Commissioner of Public Roads, Bureau o f Public Roads, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. iY * -/ ` &Y'U .-'i National Safety Council Am D r. A ustin R. M eadows, Stale Superintendent of Education, State Department of Education, Montgomery, Ala. I. W . M illard, President, Industrial Gloves Company, Danville, III. H arold L. M iner, Manager, Safety & Fire Prevention Div., E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del. H arry M. M oses, President, H . C. Frick Coke Company, Pitts burgh, Pa. D. E. M umford, Superintendent of Safety, New York Central Sys tem, New York, N-.-Y.___ L acey V. M urrow, Assistant to Vice-President, Association of Amer ican Railroads, Washington, D. C. G uy L. N oble, Managing Director, National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work, Chicago, III. H enry E. N orth, Vice-President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, San Francisco, Calif. H arry M. P ontious, Safety Director, Farm Bureau Mutual Auto mobile Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio. T heodore S. R epi'lier, President, The Advertising Council, Tnc., Washington, D. C. T yler S. Rogers, Assistant to the Executive Vice-President, Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Toledo, Ohio. A. V . R ohweder, Superintendent of Safety & Welfare, Duluth, Mis- sabc and Iron Range Railway Company, Duluth, Minn. D r. K. F rances S cott, President, The National Federation of Busi ness and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., Northampton, Mass. C harles B. S h u m a n , President, Illinois Agricultural Association, Chicago, 111. J udge L ee E. S keei., Appellate Court, Cleveland, Ohio. R. T. Solf.nsten, Vice-President, Elliott Service Company, Mount Vernon, N. Y. L eslie J. Sorenson, City Traffic Engineer, City of Chicago, Chi cago, 111. D r. J ohn W. Studebaker, Scholastic Magazines, New York. N. Y. J ames T an h a m , Vice-President, Industrial and Public Relations, The Texas Company, New Yoik, N. Y. J. E. T rainer, Yicc-Prcsidcnt and Production Manager. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. M iss J udith C. W aller, Director of Puhlic Affairs & Education, National Broadcasting Company, Central Division, Chicago, III. Ivan L. W illis. Vice-President in Charge of Industrial Relations, International Harvester Company, Chicago, 111. D wight W . W in helm an, President, D. W . Winkelman Company, Inc., Syracuse, N. Y. C. E. W ooliever, Director of Pcrsonnal, A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, Wis. Dr. W illiam P. Yant, Director o f Research & Development, Mine Safety Appliances Company, Research Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pa. H arold C. Z ulauf, Vice-President, Alexander Smith & Sons Car pet Company, Yonkers, N . Y. The 1949 Anna National Safety Grand Ballroom cago, on Octobci Dearborn, Preside! Following the Anthem, Presiden quorum present, in was voted to dis; the roll; also to <; o f the minutes of P ing, the minutes I circulated to the nr President Dearh of the Nominating sisted of the follow Yant, Chairman, W. F. Brown, W Lowe, R. T. Solcn Dr. Yant repon mating Committee Constitution mitin. name candidates f tees, to the Board offices except the < President. The sel. Dr. Yant stated, v. rctary of the Co 1 five days before ti nounccd to all me September 9, 1949. Dr. Yant then y tor Trustees of ti. for a three-year l< John W. CarpentBenjamin F. Fairle S. Gifford, William riman, William A T. A. Morgan, F Rogers, and John Note; A complete chiding those nom ii. meeting, as well office from previotr pages 4 and S c; Dr. Yam present rectors, to be elc`'.i year. ( Secretary's @ff<2r s #' th e RAILROAD S1CTIOK N A T I O N A L S A F E T Y C O U N C I L 1949-5 General Chairman--R. P. H A M ILTO N , St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, S: Louis, Mo. Vice-Chairman--J. R. T H E X T O X , The Delaware, Lackawanna Company, Hoboken, N. J. Secretary and News Letter_ Editor--H. B. PILCHER, Wabash Louis, Mo. and Western Railroa > Railway Company, St Association Liaison Committee--*JOHN E. LONG (Chairman), The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation, Albany, N. Y .; *A. V. R O H W ED ER (Vice-Chairman), The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railroad Company, Duluth, Minn.; C. M. KIMBALL Southern Railway System, Washington, D. C. Contest Committee-- *C. L. L A F O U N T A 1N E (Chairman), The Great Northern Railway Company, St. Paul, Minn.; *G. W. E LST E (Vice-Chairman), The Baltimore and Ohk Railroad Company', Baltimore, M d.; F. R. BRADFORD, Boston and Maine Railroad. Boston, Mass. Film and Sound Committee--R. 1. GR EEN FIELD (Chairman), The Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, Quebec; R. S. JAM ES (Vice-Chairman), The Denver and Ric Grande Western Railroad Company, Denver, C olo.; E. H. BLEW ER, N ew York Centra. System, N ew York, N. Y .; M. A. N UG EN T, The Southern Pacific Company, Sar. Francisco, Calif. Health Committee--DR. GEORGE P. M YERS (Chairman), New York Central Systar (retired), Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. Highway-Railroad Crossing Committee--C. M. KIMBALL (Chairman), Soutnecn Railway System, Washington, D. C .; R. C. S A B E N S (Vice-Chairman), The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Cleveland, Ohio; G. R. H U N T O O N , The ChicagcRock Island and Pacific Railway Company, Chicago, 111.; E. L. DUGGAN, The Atch. son, Topeka and Santa I'e Railway Company, Chicago, 111.; C. T. DeW ITT, Th Northern Pacific Railway Company, St. Paul, Minn. Membership Committee--L. E. H O FFM A N (Chairman), St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, Tyler, T e x .; L. J. B E N SO N (Vice-Chairman), Chicago, Milwaukee, S t Pat' and Pacific Railroad Company, Chicago, 111.; W. H. BAILEY, Missouri Pacific Lin St. Louis, Mo.; L. H. PICKRYL, The River Terminal Railway Company, Cleveland Ohio; J. R. N U T T E R , Kentucky and Indiana Terminal Railroad Company, LouisviCt K y.; F. R. C ALLAH AN , The Pullman Company, Chicago, 111.; O. H . BRYAX. Western Pacific Railroad Company, San Francisco, Calif.; R. H. SH O RT, The Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Company, Nashville, Tenn. A D ''S E C T I O N :O UNC I L T94 9-50 - Railroad Industry Xominations' nnd elections Committer--*D. E. M UM FQRD (Chairman), New York Central System, New York, N. Y .; *W. H. ROBERTS (Vice-Chairman). The Chicago and North Western Railway System, Chicago, 111.; *C. M. BOW LING, The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, Louisville, K y .; ROBERT SCOTT, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, Wilmington, N. C. it Francisco Railway Company, St. Lackawanna and Western Railroad Procram Committee--*D. E. M UM FORD (Chairman), N ew York Central System, New York, N. Y .; A. E. D A V IS (Vice-Chairman), Burlington Lines, Chicago, 111.; H. II. ORR, Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Danville, 111.; G. ,1. W ILLINGHAM , Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago, 111. t<, Wabash Railway Company, St. i..urman), The Delaware and Hudson HW EDER (Vice-Chairman), The Duluth, Minn.; C. M. KIMBALL, an). The Great Northern Railway hairman), The Baltimore and Ohio ORD, Boston and Maine Railroad, Chairman), The Canadian Pacific Chairman), The Denver and Rio e H. BLEW ER, New York Central - Southern Pacific Company, San man). New York Central System (Chairman), Southern Railway 3 rman), The New York, Chicago R. H U N T O O N , The Chicago. 111.; E. L. D UG GAN, The Atcfci, ago, III.; C. T. D eW ITT^ The Poster Committee--G. M. ^DEM PSEY (Chairman), Ciiicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Ciiicago, 111.; C. T. D eW IT T (Vice-Chairman), The North ern Pacific Railway Company, St. Paul, Minn.; O.'K. D IA M O N D , Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Shreveport, L a .; B. A. M cDONALD, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines, Dallas, Texas. 1 Safe Practices Pamphlets Committee--F. B. L EW IS (Chairman), Union Pacific Railroad Company, Omaha, Neb.; J. P. W A D SW O R T H (Vice-Chairman), Canadian National Railways, Montreal, Quebec; E. F. T H O M SO N , Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company, Lafayette, Ind. Safety Devices Committee--D. W. N A F F (Chairman), Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Roanoke, V a .; E. E. SE Y F A R T H (Vice-Chairman), The Belt Railway Company of Chicago, Chicago, 111.; G. A. R O B IN SO N , The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Richmond, V a .; C. W. D O W D Y, The Virginian Railway Company. ' Roanoke, Va. Safety Instruction Card and Safetygraph Committee-- C. E. HELL (Chairman), The Reading Company, Reading, Pa.; D. C. IR V IN G (Vice-Chairman), The Pennsylvania Railroad, Philadelphia, P a .; J. E. TOO HEY, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, New Haven, Conn.; L. C. H A H N E Y , Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, Joliet, 111. | Statistics Committee--*T. II. CARROW (Chairman), The Pennsylvania Railroad. Phila| delphia. Pa.; C. D. N O RM AN (Vice-Chairman), The Texas and Pacific Railway i Company, Dallas, T exas; J. W. T H O M PSO N , Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, * Norfolk, Va. , St. Louis Southwestern Railway .n ), Chicago, Milwaukee, S t Paul BAILEY, Missouri Pacific Lines, final Railway Company, Cleveland, final Railroad Company, Louisville^ . Chicago, 111.; O. H . BRYAN, alif.; R. H. SH O R T , The Nash.ishvitlc, Tenn. t Trespassing Committee--*J. R. T E N N E Y (Chairman), Western Maryland Railway Com| panv, Hagerstown, M d.; D. R. PR IN C E (Vice-Chairman), Texas and New Orleans | Railroad Company, Houston, T exas; S. D. COULTON, Wheeling and Lake Erie Raill way Company, Cleveland, Ohio; J. F. COREY, Erie Railroad Company, Cleveland, Ohio. | Staff Representative--L. W. D U T T O N , National Safety Council, Chicago, 111. * .1 ' `Past General Chairman 1 SI l "U V :3 s Si I t;.