SATIRE ON SLOGAN
"SAPEfY PlftST," BUT WHOSE? DUKE OP YORK A CRITIC . (United tress AieoCiitioa.^^Oopjrright.l LONDOlif,.lgt» January. li There is a. growing feeling among stfliool children that the slogan 'Safety first' means "Your own safety nrgt; be blowed to anybody else's,' " Said Alderman Jenkinson, chairmHn of cothmlttee at the National Safety First Asfidciatioii 's meeting: •. ■ « ■ A heatcfl discussion arose over a letter from the Duke oi York, stiggeatittg a change of name, because the present title lent itself to satire; The" Duke expressed his willingness to meet a deputation and explain Big reasons for desiring an alteration. Mr. J. gtitelitfe, a member, protested that opponents of the present title were cranks and faddists. He laid that some people »rgded that nnieig the title were changed the asseeiatidn Would lose the Duke's patfoMtge; but Mn Sutcllffe thought the snggeition wa« a podi1 compliment t6 the Duke. Other members argued that th« title only meantj "Be careful in erogdin* roads." . Decision was deferred till a sublet quent meeting.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 16, 20 January 1928, Page 7
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166SATIRE ON SLOGAN Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 16, 20 January 1928, Page 7
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