Show I II I Safety Good Will Good Will Group Entertain At Cedar City Saftey Battey on the highways of the West was stressed at a meeting of ot civic and municipal leaders of ot southern Utah with representatives tives of or the Ule trucking Industry of at southern California Nevada and Utah night Approximately Approximate Approximate- ly tv people were in attendance The Tho meeting was the second held in connection with a good will run of ot commercial vehicles from Los Angelea Angeles to Salt Lake city as aa a apar apart apart part par of the regional conference of motor transport operators held in Salt Lake City last week end The m meeting ting opened after arter a convoy con con- convoy voy of ot 20 heavy trucks arrived rom foss Los Angeles Angelea without mishap and without a break In schedule The convoy was headed by eight Garrett Oar Oar- rett Transfer and Storage company trucks followed by three belonging belonging belonging belong belong- ing to the Conyes company the Arrowhead Transfer company and others other Joseph J. J Milne local truck line operator acted as aa master of ceremonies ceremonies ceremonies cere cere- monies at the the- meeting Introducing ing shippers transport representatives and operators Addresses were delivered by Sam Bam Simpson vice president t and gen gen- genera general era oral eral manager of or the truck Insurance insurance insurance ance exchanges of Los Angeles and andR E. E O. O Sawyer of or Los Ins Angeles publisher pub pub- publisher publIsher lisher of ot the industry magazine Mr Simpson spoke on Safety and told of the rapid strides made in this line by commercial operators ors in cutting down accidents maintaining that that If drivers of passenger cars could do as well th the accident rate of or the west west would be reduced by at least one half Mr Sawyer traced the Ule history of transportation through the west from the time the fire tire priests crossed crossed cross cross- ed to the coast to the present date Stewart wart Russell secretary of the Motor Truck Association of Southern South ern California interviewed drivers of or commercial vehicles who operate on dally runs through this section I and revealed these men are compiling compiling com com- comi i piling remarkable free accident rec rec- orde Men who have driven an anaver aver average e of miles a day six days das a week for tor as long as six and one half years reported that they had never been involved In a 1 Injury accident |