TLS as president, one page, 6.5 x 8, White House letterhead, September 24, 1931. Letter to C. W. Berquist, president of the National Safety Council. In full: “Although substantial progress has been made in diminishing industrial accident rates, one cannot complacently contemplate the fact that there are still 99,000 accidental deaths a year in the United States as well as a vast number of injuries. There is clearly a tremendous field still for organized efforts to promote accident prevention, especially in the home and on the highways, and to a considerable extent in industry, in spite of a decrease of one-third in industrial accidents in the past two decades. The fact that there are 33,000 motor-vehicle deaths annually in the United States is a challenge to the efforts of safety organizations and the cooperation of every motor-vehicle operator. The National Safety Council renders a conspicuously important service in promoting safety measures. Please present to its members gathered for the annual safety Congress in Chicago my congratulations on their achievements. I trust that the meeting may be conducive to still greater effort to safeguard human life and property.” Matted and framed to an overall size of 10.25 x 12.25. In very good condition, with scattered toning and soiling. Pre-certified John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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