Show O f T f A A f I Ti LOSS OF LIFE IN AUTO CRASHES I PROMPTS COOPERATION nON PLEA NE E of the last acts of ot the O OXE officials Is of ot the United States I railroad administration before turning back the railroads to I their former heads was to issue a warning to automobilists that rail rail- 1 road-automobile road accidents were Increasing in increasing increasing in- in creasing and to ask their cooperation In lessening lessening- these Following i is what the federal bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau had to say on this point The preamble of the constitution of the United Stat States s among Its other splendid declarations embodies oneto oneto one oneto to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity and it Is apparent that U those ose who framed this preamble had In mind free and unconditional liberty except where violation I of at law dem demanded that such be withheld with with- held held of of this there is no doubt 1 Are y you u enjoying the liberty con con- by our constitution arid and will your posterity continue to enjoy it or have you gradually and unknowingly perhaps permitted yourselves to be deprived of ot that right until you are areno areno areno no longer free but a slave to thoughtlessness thoughtlessness thoughtlessness thought thought- recklessness Indifference or carelessness S Automobile accidents are daily In Increasing Increasing increasing In- In i creasing and referring only to those occurring on railroad crossings the records revealed are appalling We thus address you In this pertinent and pointed manner manne with a desire to have have you personally consider your own ac actions ac- ac assist others and do everything 1 possible and In your power to reduce i ithe the awful toll of deaths and injuries occurring to the drivers and occupants i of automobiles on public crossings crossin gs of I the railroads and for which the railroads railroads rail rall- roads are not responsible and are not I In a position to prevent |