Show GOVERNOR LEE PROCLAIMS FIRE PREVE prevention NTION WEEK OCT 713 7 13 each year natural and created resources worth nearly a billion dollars arc are destroyed in this nation by tire fire preventable fires during the past year brought death to at least ten thousand of the nations leading citizen and permanent disability or painful injury to scores of thousands more with the tense world situation and our country engaged in a united effort to build up its own strength as an well as that of free nations everywhere the trag tragedy dy of f fire deaths and need needless ess do destruction st of irreplaceable na natural tur and created resources been becomes meg more real teal and important than ever D despite the growing interest an and d participation in tire fire prevention 11 10 n activities throughout the nation in recent years the toll of life and property continues at a high level in this critical I 1 period in our nations history a greater effort than ever before must be made to curb the destructiveness of tires fires and conserve manpower and resources I 1 am therefore therefor 4 designating the period from october 7 to 13 1931 1951 as FIRE prevention WEEK IN UTAH UTAII and I 1 urge all citizens the agencies of local state ana and federal governments civic and patriotic organizations our schools and other interested groups to promote an effective year round tire fire prevention program against the needless waste and destruction of preventable fires J BRACKEN LEE governor of utah |