Show b Universal Fingerprinting I 1 ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION-of of Of the Utah Association for fon ORGANIZATION J Universal Universal Registration willy it is to be hoped p I result in awakening sentiment throughout the thc I state for widespread adoption of fingerprinting as as a means mean of infallible identification Similar I action actio by all ll other states is equally desirable and when whim registration n on a national scale becomes be be- II comes a fact Americans will have protection I and security obtainable by no other known means Millions affect affected d by congress' congress recent security legislation are now making applications for listings as beneficiaries Each w will ll receive a little card bearing his account number This he must bust sign at once and keep secure Its value may may- maybe be compared with th that t of a persons person's persons person's persons person's per per- sons son's most valuable papers Its loss would be belittle belittle belittle little short of pf a personal calamity It is possible possible pos pos- sible that far in the future it may become difficult dif dif- fi for the holder of one of these tiny cards to prove that he is the same individual as the one who originally signed it If he cannot he may spend his old age in poverty whereas under the benefits of the law he might continue to live in comfort If the law had made provision for fingerprinting these cards at the time of signing them no such predicament eyer ever could arise It is to be regretted that this was not called for in the law It is to be presumed that the new association will carry carryon on an educational c campaign to convince convince convince con con- vince all of the very many b benefits cn pertain to universal registration In this we hope for its success It has incalculable values to the individual and to society To spread this knowledge throughout the state is of far greater consequence than may be appreciated by those I u unaware aware of vital uses to which fingerprinting I may be applied |