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Show OCTOBER 11, 1952. 8 THE JOURNAL Public Apathy Factor in Rise Of Traffic Toll accidents, reported their inability Meantime, state sources agree, to understand the lack of a par- the present force of 81 men on ents crusade for street and high- Utah Highway Patrol duty should be doubled. On the Salt Lake City way safety. There are polio-fun- d in most other communidrives and level,-acampaigns for health education ga- ties, traffic patrols likewise should lore. Yet, although more Utah chil- be doubled, say men most concerndren perish under car or truck ed with present needs. wheels than are killed by polio, Lack of funds deters other necescancer, heart disease, tuberculosis sary steps that could be taken at and rheumatic fever combined, once to cut back the traffic toll. safety education is sporadic. Highly placed state officials say The total budget of the Utah on improved system of accident Safety Council, just $12,500 a year, record-keepin- g and analysis is uris for obviously any gently needed to provide more inadequate sizeable campaign of education. information to guide remeWe need additional funds for the dial measures a lack notably felt purchase and distribution of mate- in the State Department of Public rials, Executive Secretary G. Ern- Safety and the Utah Road Comest Bourno says. If we only could mission. enlist public cooperation in safety Highway patrol officers say that, campaigns, in an accident preven- in addition to an expanded force, tion program, just as the public in more selective placement of ofgeneral has been brought into ficers is required in light of Community Chest work and polio information on where, how drives. and what time of day accidents are Public .Aid Needed happening. What could be accomplished with Study Under Way the help of an enthusiastic public? Meantime, as best it can with Mr. Bourno: Says forces available, the State Road Wherever intelligently planned Commission is making a conclusive accident prevention programs have study of practical speed limits. gained the cooperation of the gen- Commission Chairman D. H. Whit-tenbur- g eral public, the accident rate has admits impractical speed taken a significant drop without limits cannot be enforced. He exception. notes his department is rapidly s (5th of Series by Jack Goodman) Jane H., pretty, blond, d and just 3 is alive today. Shes one of the lucky ones. One sunny afternoon last week she skipped nimbly from her Salt Lake City front yard to play, suddenly decided to cross 10th East, and very nearly became a traffic fatality. Brakes sqealed as Jane darted from behind a parked car. A desperate motorist wrenched the wheel of an. approaching sedan, swung it into the opposite traffic lane, rammed another car but managed to sideswipe the petrified blond tot rather than run her squarely down. blue-eye- Rushed to Doctor up-to-d- up-to-da- parents rushed Jane to a physicians office nearby and happily learned their girl had suffered lacerations and a mild concussion nothing more. She might have been dead, might have been dead right outside our own door, her mother sobAshen-face- d bed. Aside from her neighbors, her parents, the motorists and police officers directly concerned with Janes near tragedy, the 10th East Its been demonstrated time and accident failed to attract public time again that accidents are preattention. ventable. Its been demonstrated We see dozens such cases a here in Utah in cities such as Orem, month, said the investigating of- which had no fatalities in the 1949-5- 0 ficer, Harold Evans. Jane was period; in Price, which had a lucky. clean 1948-5- 1 record, and in American Fork and Springville, where Public Apathetic Later in a Capitol office, traffic the public joined with officials and safety officials, discussing public the schools to cut the accident rate. apathy concerning such near-fatal ate te deficient road sections based on accident records, road traffic volume and maintenance costs on a priority basis as quickly as revenue is available. Progress in road building and rebuilding has been made in the past few years, but, says Mr. Whitten-burthe Road Commission definitely needs sufficient funds to expand Utah Highway construe- g, Colorado River Compact, which has been upheld by our Supreme Court, and also the Upper Colorado River Basin Compact of 1948 which has been approved by all of the states and Congress. Contrary to alarmists, such as ROY (Special) There should be Mr. Granger, the California deleno politics in national defense, gation on more than one occasion Sen. Watkins Addresses Civic Clubs Senator Arthur V. Watkins told members of the Associated Civic Clubs of Davis County here Wednesday night as he assured them that a Republican victory would in no way jeopardize the large defense plants in Utah. During his address, Senator Watkins also characterized his opponent Walter K. Granger as a man whose fear of defeat has made him desperate. Mr. Granger now sees Californias Richard Nixon, the GOP candidate as a sinister figure who if elected would block Utahs reclamation ambitions tn the Colorado River, he said. Senator Watkins said that Mr. Granger should tell the people of Utah the truth. The truth is that cannot stop legisthe unless lation there is a tie vote in the Senate. My opponent apparently is ignorant of the effects of the 1922 (R-Uta- h) vice-president- vice-preside- nt ial has committed itself to approval of the Upper Colorado River development, Senator Watkins said. deTurning to the Weber-Davi- s fense installations, Senator Watkins declared that they were built for strategic reasons and not for political expediency. The Republican party; he said, is just as interested in national defense and in maintaining our national defense establishments as are the Democrats. As a matter of fact, the Republican party wants to see the merit system for employes strengthened and preserved. Republicans advocate good job security for federal employes. The Democrats, Senator Watkins concluded, are spreading the same old election-tim- e propaganda that a GOP victory means the loss of their jobs. Defense workers of Utah should not be deceived. A total of 21,512 loans had been closed and fully disbursed at the end of June. Of these, 20,130 were for purchase of completed homes, 1,333 were for construction of new homes, and 49 were for construc- tion. This, he states, would mean a consistent decrease in accidents, property damage and maintenance of motor vehicles which in turn would effectively decrease trans- tion or improvement of farmhouses. The average loan amount portation costs. Meantime, he notes sadly, more was $6,530. money is paid out by the highway user in Utah for insurance than for The L. construction and maintenance of the highway system. Name Lynn Alien Is as Enduring in Masonry As Is Brick The world well knows the enduring quality of brick construction. And it is a quality that becomes ever more beautiful and of more gentle harmony with surroundings through the years. But to give satisfaction, it should be brick construction that reflects the best craftsmanship in masonry in the first place, and our Intermountain Empire has an organization of mason contractors bearing highest repute the L. 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