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NEw ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEI~S
At this time, Gentlemen, I am going to, turn the meeting back to our
President.
(President Fortier then assumed the.Chair.)
PRESIDENT FORTIER: Does any one wish to make a motion ~on this important
matter?
CHIEF RAY WC’ELLS: I move that this matter of the misrepresentation in
advertising be referred to the Resolutions Committee.
This motion was duly seconded by Chief Scanlon and other members
present and was carried.
PRESIDENT FORTIER: I will now turn this meeting back to Roi ~Thoolley.
(Moderator Woolley then resumed the Chair.)
MODERATOR ~7OOLLE¥: Thank you, Mr. President. Usually, when you
have a Panel of this kind, you hear a lot of words, and there’s a lot of discussion,
and everybody goes away, saying: ’~Gee, but that was swell; but, what was accomplished?
It is like the old days of W:illiam Jennings Bryan; everybody said that
he was the greatest speaker in the world, and that he was wonderful; but,
nobody could remember what he said.
~¢-ell, we have gotten some action here today, and we are going to get
more action. And we can get some action, and that’s, what I like about these
organizations.
CHIEF ANDREWS: It might be of interest to mention that at least in two
cases in New Bedford, over a period of several years, where there had been a
fire from burn’ing off paint, the insurance company paid the loss. to the owner
of the property, and then the insurance .company turned around and sued
the painter for the damage to the said property, and collected from the pai.nter.
So it seems as though the insurance ’companies do have that redress in law.
And furthermore, it is easy for them to prove negligence on the painter’s
part, where he sets the house on fire.
As ! say, that has been done in at least two cases in our city.
MODERATOR WOO~LE¥: And now, I think that we have taken even much
more than our allotted time, and I know that it has. been through the courtesy
of the other speakers to come, who have been willing to make changes in
their program, so that we could go on with the Panel Discussion.
We have only seven minutes more, and if any one has; any questions
from the floor, we would be glad to have them at this time.
CmEF~.ScANLON: May I say, Mr. Moderator, that the questions that
have not been answfired this afternoon, the written questions., are going back
into :the box, and-~[h~y will be used at tomorrow morning’s.Panel Session.
MODERATOR WOOLLEY: If~there are no morse questions, from the floor at
this time, I should like to Summarize, by sayin~ this. I think that in matter~.’
of.policy, this organization has set itself forward on numerous, occasions, witli
benefit to the whole Fire Service of the nation.
We have protested, during the past ]~ew years, about the indiscriminate
broadcasting of emergencies, by the radio and TV, people. We have, protested"
about the wrong use of~the highways, by ~curiosity s_eekers. I hope that_.we,
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