Speeches for special occasions - Safer driving, Fund drives, buttering up the boss

Safer driving

The National Safety Council Congress considers that the wisest way to meet the growing traffic toll is to tell the tragic story. The majority of the members agree that America’s motorists-not automobiles or highways-are responsible for the alarming annual accident toll of 40,000 lives.

Research and an analysis of driving faults responsible for these fatal statistics reveal that a surprising number of drivers look upon highway regulations with casual disdain, more or less like cautions for the other fellow to follow; not enough people practice safety, and too many of them are so proud of their powerful engines that they develop psychological quirks that prompt them to test and re-test that high-priced horsepower.

Community fund drives

Even during periods of prosperity, the world is a rough place for some people due to deficiencies of mind or body, bad breaks, or trouble brought on by their own cussedness. Taxes paid to the government support a variety of social and welfare relief enterprises-but a multitude of problems can be handled only through private charity. The test of a civilization is the way it cares for its helpless members, and in the States we have adopted the principle that we are our brothers’ keepers, and that from the youngest to the oldest they are the responsibility of all of us. This obligation calls for teamwork in an annual drive for funds instead of carrying on separate and competing campaigns.

Individually we can do little; collectively we can do much. In this way our contributions are protected and passed out with expert care. It is well to remember that “we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” We might go further and add to that old adage that it is more blessed to give than to receive, by saying that it is more profitable to give than to receive, because it’s deductible.

Buttering up the boss

You may be called upon to pay tribute to the boss. After a resume of his scramble to fame-seasoned with some human interest incidents of common knowledge-you might follow this form if said boss is a diminutive dynamo: The stature of a human dynamo is measured by feats-not feet. He’s a mountain torrent of aggressive acquisition-living proof that it’s not the size of the dog in the fight-but the size of the fight in the dog that counts.

If the boss is a pepper pot with a penchant for dispatch, here’s a softer summary of the merits of his make-up:

Competent executives capable of turning fantasies into facts are in great demand because our rapidly expanding economy has an increasing need for men with management in their makeup.

The keystone of his character is dispatch; he does the worst first.
Qualities of prime importance are these:
Ambition-rooted in reality, as distinguished from just a wishbone itch.
Enthusiasm-that doesn’t drift away.
Daring-that doesn’t hesitate to go out on a limb, if that’s where the fruit is.
Drive-that keeps the fire full of irons.

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