Show governor praises safety campaign the information that you are prepared to launch again through your clou inns an educational campaign aimed at further reducing the toll of fatalities tali ties and property damage on our highways Is indeed welcome news to me ime in helping to reduce the fatalities on our highways through your safety campaign in 1947 a i reduction that was accomplished in the face of a heavy increase lb in highway trat traffic you made it a tremendous contribution to tile the citizens of oe utah tor for which I 1 am deeply grateful and you fulfilled admirably your pledge made at the conference I 1 called in september of oc 1946 to assist in tho the need for greater safety on our highways current traffic records indicate that the gain we made in 1947 has not been maintained thus far in 1948 so your renewed efforts are doubly important at this time not only to try for further reductions but to to hold the reductions we nye have already made I 1 understand the campaign now being launched under the sponsorship of the utah state press association will continue through the balance of 1948 1 commend each individual newspaper for the efforts devoted to this cause and I 1 recommend full support of it to every citizen or of the state signed herbert 13 maw governor |