Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1935, Page 4

SIGNALS FAVORED FOR PEDESTRIANS Traffic Planning Fails to Heed Rights of All, Says Smithson. Washington is not pedestrian-con- scious and as a result traffic plannirg has not sufficlently taken into account the need for proper pedestrian pro- tection, in the opinion of John H. Smithson, one of the many Washing- tonians who have contributed sugges- tions to The Star Safety Council connection with the present safety campaign. 1f Washington were pedestrian-con- scious, Smithson said, “we would not have aided the autos by putting ln» a white line (called a ‘safety zone’) for street car stops, so the autos ‘would not have to stop—as they formerly did—in order to allow the pedestrian o reach the street car.” “As it is now, the pedestrian has to fight his way to the car,” he con- tinued, “This arrangement has speeded up the travel of autos to the disad- vantage of pedestrians and car users. When the traffic lights were installed, the amber light was stated to be largely for the benefit of the pedes- grian, as it would allow him to clear the walk before the green light came on. As it works out, the amber is only the auto’s signal to get into gear and go through, and let the pedestrian Jook out for himself. Then we had the turn from the center for left and right hand turns. This the auto @rivers objected to and it was changed to the present method, which never leaves the intersections clear for a pedestrian, regardless of the position of the lights. Again the pedestrian was slighted. Sees Need for Penalties. “So long as the pedestrian’s rights are constantly violated in Washing- ton, the large publicity—which will €ill reams in the past two months— will not avail much. The problem must be attacked from the standpoint of the pedestrian’s rights. He does| pot have the sole right, but it is of sufficient importance to start from that engle. But everything here is done for the benefit of the auto. We must speed up. Traffic cannot be delayed— | and the number of victims show the price that is being paid constantly Even the trafic director. who is pre- sumed to represent the pedestrians end the motorists, comes out in & statement that it is safer to drive fast than at a reasonable speed. If this {s correct, drop all speed limits, and let the motorist demonstrate fallacy of this statement. Education of the motorist will not cure the evil. Punishment will, with a system that | starts with the theory that the pedes- trian’s rights should be protected, and until this is done, no real headway will be made. The auto arivers gen- erally in Washington have no regard for the pedestrian. I know because I drive a car and see demonstrations of it every day.” The letter from Mr. Smithson is one of hundreds dealing with the local traffic situation received by The Star Council. Excerpts from some of these other letters follow: “As secretary of the Northeast Washington Citizens' Association, I have been directed to transmit to you the following resolution adopted by our members: “Resolved, by the Northeast Wash- fngton Citizens’ Association In regular meeting assembled this 14th day of October, 1935, that we heartily in- dorse the movement now being carried on in the City of Washington known as the ‘Safety Drive’ and that we further resolve that a recommenda- tion be made urging the necessity for limiting the age for issuance of a driver's permit to those 18 or more years of age. “Very truly yours, “JOSEPH NOTES, *Secretary Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association.” “It seems to me that speed laws should read in terms of stopping dis- tance and not in miles per hour. This would allow greater speeds up hill than down, etc. Roadside signs would then show numbers indicating that distance and each driver would be the | In support of The Star Safety Council’s drive for reduction of street and highway accidents, the Stuart Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association held a safety program at the school Monday evening, the program including the signing of safe-driving pledge cards by members of the body. In the group, left to right, are: of Stuart Junior High School; Edward Griffin, captain of the boys' patrol of the school, and Mrs. H. N. Stull, president of the association. 5 ‘The Union Taxicab Association has joined forces with The Star Safety Council in the campaign to reduce traffic deaths and accidents. Brownlowe, office manager (left), and Adolph Hohensee, president, are shown signing safe-driving pledges, while Driver George Zeich looks on from the window of his cab. to stop within the limit at the speed noted by the officer. “The sign numbers would serve as & guide to safe driving on strange roads, much as curve signs do.” —ALDEN A. POTTER. | “The primary peril lies in the' uncontrollable speed introduced and fostered by the makers of cars. For years I have observed that the mak- ers have strongly extolled and widely | advertised the wonderful and superior speed of their cars as an achievement | much to be desired and that the boast of the average man of the street is that his car made it in 50! or 60 or maybe 75. “The whole thing seems to have gone beyond any control; yet is it not possible to have a ilaw to restrict the manufacture of cars to a speed limit of say 50 miles per hour or less as a safeguard to life on our highways and thoroughfares? So long as a man owns a fast car, he will run it fast presumed to control his speed accord- ingly. Stopped by traffic officers, he would have to demonstrate his ability | Star, 1 promise to: Drive on right of Safe Driving Pledge N THE interest of accident prevention and safer conditions on the streets and highways and in co-operation with the Safety Council of The Evening Never operate at reckless speed. Stop at all 8-T-O-P signs. and this, to me, seems the only pos- sible way to stop him.” —BERKELEY GRIFFITH. highway. B3 NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, TWO ARE CHOSEN FORG. U. FACULTY Krogh and Kaplan Take Posts in School of Dentistry. Appointment of Dr. Harold W. Krogh and Dr. Harry Kaplan to the faculty of the Georgetown University School of Dentistry was announced today by Rev. David V. McCauley, 8.J., gegent of the school. Dr. Krogh succeeds Dr. Sterling\V. Mead as professor of oral surgery and head of the department. Dr. Mead resigned recently after 13 years on the Georgetown faculty to devote more time to his private practice. With the reorganization of the de- partment of oral surgery, Dr. Kaplan was appointed associate professor. Their assistants will be Dr. Marshall E. Brushart, Dr. James L. Cavanaugh, Dr. Bruno Floria, Dr. Harold B. Hert- ford, Dr. Martin Kelley, Dr. Manly Michaels and Dr. Morris Wolf The new head of the department, a key position on the faculty, came to ‘Washington 10 years ago from Roches- ter, Minn. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he had taken post grad- uate work at the Mayo clinic. During his practice here, Dr. Krogh had served nine years on the staff of George Washington University Hospital and for four years was assistant in surgery at the George Washington Medical School. Dr. Krogh also served for five years as oral surgeon of the Metropolitan Police and Fire Departments and for two years was on the staff of Gallinger Hospital, His associate in the course, Dr. Kaplan, also served on the George Washington Hospital staff in 1928, five years after his graduation from the Georgetown Dental School. He then started in practice here. He is chief dental surgeon of the Episcopal Eye, Far and Throat Hospital, being also on its Medical Board and has lectured extensively before the American Dental Association, the American Society of Oral Surgeons and various other na- tional and State professional bodies. e T R. W. Strawbridge, principal —Star Staff Photo. Safety (Continued From First Page.) of the former Cab Drivers' Union, is an affiliate of the American Federa- tion of Labor and has its headquar- ters at 220 Massachusetts avenue. The association recently completed an investigation of trafic conditions in Washington, preliminary to fits affiliation with The Star Safety Coun- eil in the present campaign. This survey, Hohensee said, shows clearly that “one of the principal hazards on the streets of the city is the abnormal and unneeded number of taxicabs | operating carelessly and often wan- tonly at all hours of the day and night.” % The association survey, he said, shows that in the metropolitan area, where the majority of cab fares origi- nate, the stream of taxicabs consti- tutes more than 40 per cent of the moving traffic. The association has taken a stand in support of com- pulsory taxicab insurance to protect the public. Others Have Joined Council. The Union Cab Association is one of a number of taxicab companies in Washington which have affiliated themselves with The Star Safety Council in the campaign to curb the local traffic death and accident toll. The Salvation Army, through its Social Service Center, 520 First street, has distributed safe driving pledge cards to all of its drivers and em- ployes. The work is being handled under the personal supervision of Brigadier J. G. McGee, officer in charge. The Army drivers handled 4,200 tons of paper and rags, 7,248 pieces of _furniture, 70452 _garments_and J. A. ~—8tar Staff Photo. Earthquake, Tgrnado, Fire, Rain and Kid- naping Insurance M. LEROY GOFF 1036 Woedward Bids. Nat, 0340 ce—All Branches MISS GERTRUDE M. McNALLY, Secretary-treasurer of the National Federation of Federal Employes, is seen signing the safety pledge of The Evening Star. ; —swsunreo |} Stove Parts Boilers, Furnaces, Stoves Capitol Rock Wool Insulation Air-Conditioning Furnaces Fries,Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. Nat. 1964 Dr. Simon to Lecture. Dr. Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, will deliver a lecture, sponsored by the sisterhood of the congregation, tomorrow at 11 a.m. in the west ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel. His subject will be “A Mid- D. G, WEDNESDAY, covered approximately 150,000 miles during the past year. This does not incluude that of workers who administer to the sick and needy and preach the gospel, it was stated. Two Officials Assisting. Brigadier McGee is being assisted in the Army safety work by Adjt. H. E. Bloomburg and Capt. E. G. Trimyer. Through their efforts, it was said, the Salvation Army is ex- pected to join the roll of 100 per cent organiazijons on the Safety Council rolls. ‘The_red trucks carrylng the Sal- vation Army shield on their sides cover each block of the entire city and suburbs every three weeks, col- lecting paper, books, clothing, shoes, rags and discarded furniture and household These are recon- ditioned and buted for rehabili- tation of homes, thus providing work for the less fortunate and food and clothing for the needy. The paper which is collected is sent to the mills. All of these opeartions necessitate truck and sutomobile operations in every section of the city and the EEAED $20 Allowance For Your Old Gas Range in Trade on the New 1956 GARLAND GAS RANGE Allowance Depends Upon Range Selected Here's your opportunity to replace your old, antiquated gas range with the newest 1936 GARLAND RANGES at an exceptional offer. We will allow you up to $20 on your old NOVEMBER 6, 1935. Salvation Army, as a result, operates in traffic conditions of all sorts to a greater extent than many organiza- tions with the same number of vehicles. —— FISHERIES’ AID ASKED Roper That Given Agriculture. Assistance to the fisheries industry “comparable to the aid given to the agricultural industry” was recom- mended to Secretary Roper yesterday by the Commerce Department’s Fish- ery Advisory Committee. The committee recommended also immediate steps in the interest of con- servation and rehabilitation, educa- tion of consumers as to nutritive value of fish foods, elimination of unfair trade practices, procurement of re- search equipment and enlargement of research activities of the Bureau éf Fisheries. Urges Help Similar -to POLICE BLAME G. U. STUDENTS IN RIOT Richmond Chief Says Visitors Seemed to Have No Respect for Law and Order. By the Associrted Press. RICHMOND, ¥a, November 6.— Georgetown University students were blamed yesterday by Maj. R. B. Jordan, Richmond police chief, for the battle between officers and stu- dents following Saturday’s foot ball game here. Replying to a letter from a Wash- ington citizen in which the incident was termed “degrading . . . vicious and dangerous,” Maj. Jordan stated that “there was never a more dis- gusting sight in Richmond than the one displayed by the Georgetown students, who seemed to have abso- lutely no respect for law and order.” | Maj. Jordan added that his only| regret in the matter was that “our| officers did not have each and every one who took part in the disorderly and outrageous act in our court.” The Washington letter, written by C. N. Triley, 1232 Thirty-sixth street, charged further that the affair was an exhibition of incompetence cn the part of the police and that at Jeast two students had been injured, one of them seriously. 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