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EhelinR Eliding hehnJ ( America Americas . fatal fata1 _ treetiare heet treeti tre treare < ! l are th the main mam traffic thoroughfares thoroughfareswhich thoroughfarwhich es whIch comprltc comprise but 10 % ' 'ot ot 'Of Of ' the thelotal thetotal tltotal lotal total city ! street treet mileage mllease but upon uponwhack up upwhich < which whack occur more than 5096 50 % of all allnight allmght lnight night mght traffic fatalitiesThe fatalities latallties The flr.1t flr1t first . copy 01 of the "Safety Safety 'Safety 'SafetyWith " ' With Illht Iiglat I Rht iglat ( { Manualwas Manual was presentedto presentto to 10 President Roosevelt tlIFoufClJ through throughhis throuhi ( hIS * . secretary .eeretary eeretary Stephen J Ear1y Early EarlyHark , by byhark iy lark hark ) , S 5 Matthew Matthews . * , , Vice-Preaadent Vice Preaadent Vice.Pre VicePre - . d , + , G of f ' the United State Statu States * Junior Cham Chambur Chaitier ' bel bur ' of Commerce The Manual wild wildwow win winAQW wAOW ill AQW wow be he dl dintrihuted distributed tnbuted to the SOOmem 500 SOO mem memltcI memher meifccr ltcI her ' organizations organuatton . of the JllnlOI Junior JuniorChamber JuniChamber or ' Gamber Chamber and the approximately approximate1.100 approximate1100 Iy 1,100 1100 ' .100 100 . , Senior Chambers Chamber Chambeea . of Com Corn Corncoerce Coimerce n "cree cree coerce , " in the nationAccordlnR nationAccording nation nationAccording According AccordlnR : to Mr MatthewM MaUbewfi Matthews , the thenew theaew tlnew ie new aew manual is i . an oatfrrowth outlftowth outgrowth ot otthe o of the thereport tlreport e .eport eport report . of the National Resources ResourcesCOmmittee ResourcesCommittee ResourcCommittee COmmittee . , , appointed by the Presl Presi President Presldent Preident : de-nt de nt dent - in 1937 , in which whih it was wastatctl wasstated w : 11 stated _ tatctl that at iea.t ieat east . 35tJD 35 % of all tllRht night tllRhttraffic t ' ! cralfic traffic deaths c : could ul be pre prevented orevtnt cnted d by provision of moJ modern moJrn rn a Ie If Ic 11Jle 11Jlestre 1 | mate matestreet la , stre street t illumination l11umlnallon Other Olhr Olh r survt'y survty survey ' ) " . have shown that night lJht ( Illumination IlluminationIn illuminalioin In mo most t cities is le less les ! < than on one half halfthe halfthe hathe the minimum required for safety safetyUntal safetyUntil Until Untal antiquated ligl 111(1 1111 Iigi ( t ( n ng facti Pauli PauliUea , tits tlell Uea on most ofour of our city clly ' streets 'itrcch itrcch are areconccte,1 arecorrected conccte,1and correctedand corrected conccte,1 conccte1 , andmodernlled and moderni/ed moderni ed modernlled modernised / the Ihe ever everincreasing vlr vlrincreasing : ( increasingrate increasing rate ofurban of urban ntRht night ntRhtfatahl nightfataldies fatahl fatalities fataldies " 'i i ' will c > ntinue ntnUf nirnut ! said Kenneth Ken Kenneth nclh neth I Rally Oally Dally Chairman of II it e eTraH eTrail TraHc Trailc Traff TraH Trail c Safety Committee Commillee of the theU thelted theUnited th U United lted Stales State'i Statei States ' Junior Chamber Chamhtr Cham cr ofCommerce of ofCommerce < Commerce T TI TIis TH IS program prob probal probably , al ably > ly the most roost complete ofits of its ksnd kind ksndever kindever ever ' set 'iet iet up is designed de'ilgned deilgned ' to pOint pOintthe pointthe 1 the way to too cc c ( ( rrect thest the'ic theic these ' condttioni conditIons conditIonsAnd conditionsAnd condttioniAnd And it II makes available without withoutcharle withoutcharge charge charle ( allmalenal allmaterial all materialincluding material malenal including book booklet booklets let lets s follers rollers tul lers car cards canis , . films hlms ctc etc . , to our member memher organizationsAs organizations ' . As a result relUh ! of the manual several sev- sev several - eral era ) hundred Senior Chambers of ofCommerce ofCommerce I Commerce are expected to carry carryOn carryOn carr ; On local Safety With With Light . ' ' earnpalgns campaigns cam earn palgns paigns withIn the next two 01 or ' three threeyears threeyears years . , , according to Mr Ebebnfl Ebelmg Ebeling , . who addedThe addedThe added The conditions condlttons : ofInadequate of InadequateVISIbility inadequatevisibility inadequate inadequatevisibility visibility might be acce accepted ted if the therCliult thertsult th < rCliultwere rexult rCliult rtsult were not Inevltabl inevitably1 inevitably ) ' ? the aame same aamedeath samedeath am < . -death death - - death and if provision o ofade of . .de de ade adeqrate . .dequate quate qrate ouate illumination lI1umlnatlon In this fllls modern modernday modernday day were not available avallab1e entirelypractical entirely entirelypractIcal entire ! ; ' practical and so essential that to tonetdect toneglect t < > neglect netdect or be without it is shee- shee aheu sheer aheuneghgncc sheerneglig'ncc - negligence neghgncc neglig'ncc negligncc ! ' " . |