Show Step Forward in Utah Safety One of the important recommendations made by the governo governors governor's governors governor's gover gover- no nors nor's s 's highway safety conference which met in Salt Lake Lak Cit City r a afew afew afew few months ago was that a traffic accident analyst be employed by the state The point was made that it is js of little value to have accident ent data reported unless full use of oft the he statistics and reports is made Statistics and figures in themselves are pretty dry and unimpressive The data needs to be an analyzed so we will know from the record why our accidents are taking place and how howth th those se accidents c can n be prevented The state tax commission responsible for the operation of the driver licensing division and fo for the collection of accident data from all parts of the state tate has has' just employed Glen W. W Olsen formerly of Ogden to make such analyses of Utah accident accident accident acci acci- dent data Mr Olsen has been safety engineer for the Ogden air materiel area Hill field He is a graduate of the University of Utah and studied traffic safety at Stanford university He i is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers It will be Mr Olsen's responsibility to study the accident records o of the state and point out where on the record we are failing in our safety efforts Is speed causing our accidents Is i it t poor roads or unsafe cars Is it incompetent drivers What is the most dangerous accident time Careful analysis of the records will e enable law enforcement nt engineering and educational l effort to be concentrated in a selective selective selective tive manner on those situations which th the record proves are causing accidents That makes sense The employment of a trained analyst sh should uld be a real step forward in our Utah safety program Russia has a system of economic justice that is lacking in freedom We Ve have a a system of economic freedom that is lacking in justice Both systems are in need of great modification and must be brought to the bar of Christianity if any good change is to be achieved Dr Mark E. E Dawber of New York executive secretary Home Missions council 1 p i t The The teaching profession should be made so desirable that that IP the nations nation's most able and talented you youth will seek it as alife a life I t f work Mrs John E. E Hayes of Twin Falls Id Idaho 1 o first vice G president resident National Congress of Parents and Teachers k I The w weak k have no assurance assurance of peace They can only accept the future without influence upon General it it General Eisenhower |