Show Safety Sam Says By 11 Lowell J. J Fanner Farmer I do a n lot of talking about individualism because next to ladies ladles it is what I admire most It is the thing most Important to our country I Ito I would hate to think what would happen If we were all satisfied with the same samo kind of coffee corteo out of tho same kind of cup every overy morning and the same routine ever every day dar Routine people peo peo- plo dont don't make news nor do they thoy make history but ut there are an awful lot of us In the tho world Some of oC us even get so routine wo we forget to vote and that's get- get a little bit bad ad Whenever people get that sleepy they are In tn for trouble I can several years ago when tho the people of or Franco Franc were to to much engaged in their affairs of living to think much about voting They gave their power of government to some big lg fat Cat sleepy gentlemen who were lulled by this tints rich living into thinking running a government government govern govern- ment was simple business Some Somo nations suffered tho the fate of Franco France Others camo came very near to It some too close for comfort You know this from Crom your our own I everyday business of of living I Whenever things get got to going smoothly something happens andIn andin and andin I in nine times out of ten It Is unexpected because you thought everything was 0 O J I K There is Continued on last page i Safety Sam am Says Continued from page one something about smooth living and whatever it is It puts you to sleep You cant can't run a government government government govern govern- ment and go to sleep Government is not simple bus bus- iness mess It is tough and exacting and as far as most of or us are concerned concerned concerned con con- it Is run by the vote It would do us all a lot of or good to get good and anti mad every time thero is an election whether Its It's to vote for President or putting up a fence somewhere Arguments are aro healthy and some of our best government policies were shaped in a barber barbershop barbershop barbershop shop or in the back rooms of stores by Iron stove politicians They are aro the leaders and formulate formulate formulate form form- the tickets and policies We Ve have the final say and can give them the green light or the brushoff by getting out and vot vot- ing Just dont don't get so mad you cant can't see the tho ballot The Salt SnIt Lake Tribune has hal Items of tragic accidents to children children chil chil- dren in the intermountain area almost every day but these Items Item in them themselves ches are not enough to prevent accidents happening If Utah or any other intermountain state has safety organizations they arent aren't doing their job A safety program has to be a drivIng driving ing force all day and ever every day and everybody has to take part pall to make It succeed Aside from an occasional press notice or radio brief brier of some safety group meeting cautioning caution caution- in Ing people to be careful and an Infrequent safety week of some kind or other there isn't much evidence any of at the safety or organizations organizations or- or can justify their exIstence existence ex ex- So far as I know the Utah highway group is the only safety organization doing a good job job job-au an effective ve job A hearted half-hearted safety program is worse than none at all Doddering Doddering Doddering Dod Dod- dering s sat safety a f e t y gr groups UIS had better look themselves themselves them them- selves over The practice of or safety safety safe safe- ty does not comprise the Ule quotation quotation quotation quota quota- tion of cold statistics and lukewarm lukewarm lukewarm luke luke- warm warnings to be careful It must be a warm living thing and when safety groups realize this we will have safety for our children |