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th~ folI~wlng: ~t~te~ i~ the fo~ulatIon and tlon of policies of th~ Governm~n~ of the Uni~d Stat~a arid of the aevarzfl St~t~; whi~ (2) ~o receive, evaluate. &rid n~;otMte vol- sen'lce~ and trade practices detrimen~l to %he economic and other interosts of consum- e~. and %o receive, evMua~e, an~ ~e volunt~ ~dJustment of complnin~ co~umer~ wi~h Governmen% agen~le~ of the United States and of the State~; (3~ to rmce~ve. ~emble. evaluate, act up~n, and d~em~nate infom~atlon helpful to con- s~ers of the UnRed States in performing their economic function mere (4) to consult experts on consumer educa- tion and representatives of orgamzat~ons gaged In fostering and protectmg the eco- nomic and other interests of consumers of g~ds and services within the United States, for the p~se of obtaining information, recommendations, and suggestions nccessa~ or desirable for the effective performance of ~e functions of the Council; and (5) to ~rtorm the duti~ hereinafter v~t~ In the Council. LOC~ u~s AND SEC. 9. (~) By]~WS Of the Councll sha~ clyde, bu~ shR11 no~ be limlt~d, %o pro- vlslon~ (I) for the organlz~tlon and management of local uni~ o~ the Council by consumers wit~n the sevcrM States and within ~litical subdtv~ions thcrco~; (2) prescribing the power, duties, and ~unctlo~ o~ such local units iR con~or~tp ~th the ~wers, dutlcs, and ~unctlo~ con- ~crred u~n the Councit by this Act; (3) ~cqulrlng that members o~ the govern- Ing body o~ each such local uni~, and mem- be~ o~ each such local unit chosen as dele- gates ~ such con~ereuces ~ the Councll may conduc~, be e[ec~ed by the membership such local u~i~ by procedures in con~ormlty with democratic principles o~ election; and (4) providing ~or the election of mem- be~ o~ the Board o~ Directors o~ the Council, on and a~tcr the expiration of ~e ~erms o~" members oZ the first board of directors, by such loc~l units IR conformity with demo- cratic principles o~ election. (b) Membership In the Councll and 1~sl units thereof shall b~ open to ~ll vldu~Is in the United States who ar~ con- sumers. Th* Council may ~p~clfy ~rom ~ time in the bylaw~ o~ the Council a sum not to exceed ........... dollars per annum as • membership ~ee. PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS OF CO~NC~ SEC. 10. (a} Th~ pc~n~nt n~t~onal h@ad- qua~ of th~ CouncH shall b~ located th~ mctropolltRn area of th~ Di~tHc~ ol Co- In all States. The Board ~t Dlrcctor~ of Council may from time to time conduct such conference5 and e~labIish ~uch ~rran~emen~ In cooperation with local uni~ ~ the ~he C~un~ll. time; in the Di;tri¢~ of Colum~i~ a de~l deemed notice to cr ~rvice upon tht CounciL CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE ~o. II, The C~;u~,~I s):~II ~. ~,::,1-~ ~a ~.ra:- and to the ~pe~k~r of the Hcuce of ~cnt2tivcs. ~zc. 12. {a) N~ part of the income or s=ts of the Council or any local urdt thereof shall inure to th~ benefit of au~" o~cer or director of fhe Council or arty l~al unit thcrco~ or be distributed to any such person except ~or the payment oI duly thori~efl salarie~ R~d cxpen~e~, and neither the Council nor any local lmlt thereof may make any lean Zo any o~er, director, ployce, or member of the Council or any l~al ~ thereof. (b) Neither the Council nor any local unit thereof shall have power to J~ue nny shares of stock or other evidence of propHetaW fermst ~ c~pital, or to declare or to pay any dividend, i~ obj~c~ dud purposes being Inn- ited solely ~ the rendition without profit of a service to consumers in order to protec~ and promote the interests of consumers the trade ~nd co~erce of the United Szc. 15 (a) Whenever ~ere is pendinG or before any Government ~gency or tours of the United Stat~ or any State any investiEa- ~lon, hearing, or other proceeding except cAmlnal proceeding which may, In ~hc opin- ion of the Council, affec~ the economic and other interes~ of consume~ within the Unit~ States, ~he Council through its duly dominated attorney may intervene and, pur- suan$ Zo the rules of practice and proc~ure of that agency or court, may ea~er an appear- ~nce In that p~ce~ng for the purpose of represenfimg the h~tere~ of such con- (b) Upon any such lu~ervention, the Coun- cil, through its attorney, shall present ~ agency or couP, subject to the rules of prac- ti~ and procedure thereof, such ~vidence, briefs, and arguments as It shall determine ~o be necm~ary for the effective represon~a- tiom of the ~onomic and o~her interas~ of such co~sume~. The attorney of the Councl[ design~t~ by the Council for such purpose shall be entitled fo enter an appearance b~-~ fore any Gover~ent ~zency of ~he United States ~thout other compliance with requirement for admizMon to practice such a~ncy for the purpose of repre~n~:ug the Council in ~ny proceedin~. SEe. 14 (a) It shall be *he duty of the Council and l~ local units to conduct studto~. and to receive and evaluate complaints ~rom cons~cr~ o~ the United Statea withou~ re- ~ra to membership In the Council. cernln~-- (1) coaster product~ and commercial and trade p~actice~ employed in the produc- tlon. distribution, and furnishing of which may be detrimen~l ~ their economic or other interests; and (2) governmental action or inaction on tho pate of G~vernmen~ a~ncle~ of the S~tez detr~me~l to the econo~c or other tu~ the* dt~t~button ot ~ pr~tcL th~ d~tm~ or by anV ~rcdu,:er. d~r~bt~t:,r, cr S 12187 voltm~ry ,n~loLiatlon or arbitration. ~ In the opinion of the Council st~ch practice t~ in ViDlalion of ~ny lxw of the United ~%t~3 cr any S~te, th~ Council shall refer the plMnt to the Government :~gency who.~e rc~Iatory or ether authority provl~e~ the moa$ effecttve available means ~o obtaimng apprepriate reIIef or ~ proceed ;,ga~n~ m~cl~ violation of law. (c) If the C0Ullcll fi~ds that no eqt~table voluntary ad)u~ment o~ the complain~ can he obtained, that no pxtblic law h=~ been vio- lated or ~ v~ol~tea the Govermnen~ agency havmg jurisdiction to enforce the law vio- lated fai~ zo nob or Is dilatory in action, tha~ In i~s opl~on legM remcdml action available by individual or class aclion for lief. and the matter involved in the com- plain~ ha~ su~c~en% economic e~ect upon co.users gener~ly, the Council, subJee~ ~o applicable statutes and rule~ of practice and proc~ure, may 111 fur~fish legal and other assistance necessary to the filing and pros- ecution of an appropriate remedial action In a Stare or Federal court of competent jur- isdiction, or 12) institute and prosecute clas3 action ~ obtain appropAate Nvll relief for the benefit of a designated cla~ of con- (d} ~ne ~unc[l may provide for the train- h~g of pemo:m In local areas In the practice of the adjacent or ~e~tlement of consumer complain~ ~hzough voluntary negotiation or arbitration. Such perso~ may be ~sed by the Council and i~ lo~l u~ in ~ny voluntary negotiation or arbitration entered ins for ~he adjus~men~ of e~nsumer complMn~. deemed m3re convenien~ or effective, the Counc~ may employ the servic~ of any arbi- tration or~anizatio~ whose personnel are train~ and ex~rienced In tl~e techniques and pr~e~e~ of negotiation and arbitration. Such ne~o:~a~m or arbftra~3r~ ~hall be spon~ible zo the 1o~l U~ of the Council the loom ~rea ~ which the consumer com- plaint, involved arose. lel ~e Cguncil ahall publish from time to time and di~eminx~ ~o %he public, In such manner and fo~ as %he Council may deter- mine z3 be m~t off.tire. Information con- cernlng~ {11 the funcbions and dutl~ of the ~nn- cil; and ~2} prob:ems encountered by consume~ generally u-ithin ~e Unl~d Stx~e~. Including particular ~mmercial and trade practices which are detrimental to ~he economic i~ter- Src. 15. ~a} ~e ~uncil shall formulate and publish cr[~rk~ for the compariaon of s~clfic c~nsumer product~ or c'ttcgorie3 of Such products which will facilitate the de- ter~n~t:~n of values by cauc, umer3. Such s~ndards m3y be determined by the Coun- cil. derived ~rom Government dcpartmen~ and agencY., from non-Governmeut zat~n~. ~r from c~perazive pr~jraais m~ufar:u:era of au~ prvt,J-t~ or ca~orie~ of pro~uc~ con~umer~ I~ nt:t~" dt~trlbute c, uch p~Ibltc~- tl,-,~ to p'~blic llbr:~rlcs and =U:h other de- ~nforn~a~tsn na~2~.~ Of :.lI klnd:, public T155750208

S I218S ~ct ~f ~y p~u~ar prcdu~-. ~r ~y of ~other. {fl) No~hlng contain~ ~ th~ Act s~ p~ c,$ r~c,mmendlng as ~o~g ~e p~uc~ o£ d~erent pr~ucer~, She relative me~ or s~tabiltty cf prc~Uc~ of ~ny cla~ or t~e over ot~er pmdu~s of the ~amc or t~ or ~ pub~h any such reco~n~- ~o~. ~. 16. (~) I~ shall be the duty of ~e ~uncil in the public inte~t~ (1} ~ conduct strays and ~th ~esp~t ~ ~atte~ involved ~ the p~ duc~on and dtstributio~ of coaster prod- ~ and scr~cc~ which ~ffect ~e econo~o and other interacts of consumers; (2} W ~c~in~ the e~nt of e~ing I~o~atlon ~la~Ing zo g~ds affecting con- s~ers In ~e pozse~lon of Government agencies of ~e United S~ut~s ~efu~ to con- ~s~ers w~ ~ not published tn a ~ ~o co~umers by such agencies tn the pe~ormance of their £~ctlons: (3) ~ co~t, analy~e, and disseminate the public information obtained t~ough nuch inve~ti~tions an~ suzvey~ ~ such mRn- n~ ~d fo~ as may be best a~apted for pubic l~orm~tlon ~d use by consume~ S~. ~7. {a) ~ the p~o~nce of l~ func- tions, the Courier ~ au~orlzed t~ (I) ap~ and defray the expenses Of ~¢b advbo~ ~mml~tees as it may de~r- mine ~ be nece~s~ for the effective romance of it~ functions: (2) de~l~ representa~v~ of the Cou~- c~ ~ se~,e on such committees ~ %he Co~- ell may dateline to be necessa~ or dcz~ble to mMn~in effec~l%~ liaison ~-ith Gove~- meat agen~es of the U~t~d States or amy S~, and ~th nongovernmentM organ~a- tlo~ wh~ are engaged ~ activities rela%ed ~ the func~ons of the ~ouncil; and (S) ~ the exten~ authorlz~ by law, use the services, personnel, facil!tl~, and i~or- ~RtIon. of GOvernment uzencles o£ the United Stnte~ or ~y State ~nd of p~vate agencies and tn~tr~entali~es ~'lth the con- sen~ of such agencies and lnst~en~ties, With or wi~ou~ ~imbu~mcn~. {b) ~pon request made by the Council each Gov~cnt agency of the S~tes 1~ authorized ~d directS- (I) ~ make I~ se~'l~es, personnel ~acill- t~es, ~d i~ormutiom av~lahle to the gzeat- es~ practicable extent ~ the Council 1~ ~o~ of its functlon~: ~d {2) sub~t ~ p~vislo~ of l~w and la~o~ rel~ng ~ the cl~ca~ion of infor- mation IR the ~nter~ of na~oR~ able lnfo~cn, su~est~o~. ~t~i&~. and statlst~ ~ ~e CouncR m~y de~er~ne he ne~ f~r ~he perfor~nce of ~unctlo~. 1~ ~t~ct[o~ ~e Council sha~ h~ve (I) ~u~ ~d be zued In lt~ c~r~te lm~r~torl~, r~rence llbr~le~, nnfl CONGRF_~SIONAL R£CORD -- be a~prcpri~; this Act. ~3vernin~ I~ crga~z~tlonM (6) ndopt, alter, and use an o~cI~l seal ~egister ~nd he Judicially noti~; ~7} engage In. ~nd ~ap~rt, by ~2mt cr ~ntr~t. rese3~ with reapcct to, an~ vc:opmen~ of. objective st~nd~rd~ for non- perishable m~n~ur~ goods (8) charge ~nd coll~t mcmb~hlp dues. mubscrlp~ion ~s, and other f~s for ssrvlces rendered; and (9) receive mo~ey and other property d~ n~d, ~qu~ted. or de%~ed, w~hout tlon or re.freeMen other ~n ths~ It be for ~e pu~es of the Council: un~ to use, ~vc~, reinvest, cell, or othe~:lae dispoze of such prope~ and ~e process ~ercof for th~ pu~ose of ~v~Ing out ~he funcblons of ~he Council. (b) The Co.oil shall not accep~ during say fiacai ye~ mqy ~fts. ~n~s. or donatio~ of money from m%y single ~ource other than approprls~ons made under this Ae~ In amoun~ whlch exce~ In the uzgrcga~e 15 per centum of the W~ ~ount of all g~ts, ~ant~, and donations of mone~ accep~d by the Council during thu~ fiscal year from all so~ces other than uppropriatio~ ~der ~ls S~. 19. ~e Counclt an~ each of i~ ~ sh~1 keep co~e~ ~nd complete b~ and reco~ of ac~unt ~d shall keep min- utes of the pro~diaga of l~ members, B~d of D~ectom. ~d commerces having ~y of the audacity of the Board of Direc- to~: ~ the Council shMl keep a~ its prln- ~pal office a record of the names and ~ of l~ members and u~t~ entitled to vote. ~1 bso~ ~d records of the Council may be I~pe~teG by any member or l~al unit entitl~ to vote, or the agen~ or attor- ney thereof, for ~y proper purpose, at any ~e~enable time. Szc, 20, {a) ~e accoun~ of the Council shall be audited annuMlF. In accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, by dcpcadcnt cartload public accountants independent licensed public ¢e~ified or licenscd by a regulatory authority o~ ~ 8tale or other political subdiv[sio~ the U~d States. The audit shall b~ con- duced a~ ~e place or places where the bootm, acco~, financial records, roports. file~. Raft ~1 o~hcr paper~, tlung~, or prop- e~y b~lung~ng t~ or ~ u~ by the Council and necesaaD" ~ facill~e tile audit ehall De made available to the per:on or conducting the aufll~; aua full factlit[e~ vergyin~ tra~actio~ With ~he bal2nce~ or ~ities held by acp~tor~es. £~cal and c~t~la~ ~l bc afforded to ~uch per- (b) A rep~ of such ~dlt shall h~ sub- mlt~d to ~e Con~re:~ no~ l~er th~n sLx m~nths fello~Ln~ the cl,:~e o~ the li~c:~ 5hull $e~ ~o~h the sc:.l:e of the ~,.~d~ ~hall ~clude such aL,~ten~en~ ~ ~re ~on of th~ Council, and ~[~r ~l::h~r:~ cr an2 l(ab~$~, th~ rcm%~In~ :~et~ ~£ the ~'lth the dc~e~inzt~on of the B:..~rd of D~- recurs of ~e Oouncil ~nd In compli:mcc With the hylaw~ of th~ Council an{ M1 Fcder~l and St:~t} hw~ a~pllc~ble thctcw. Szc. 22. ~c Council shMl have the sole and ~xclu~lve rf~t to use the nan:ca "'In- depcndcn~ Consumer C~unc~l.'" The Council ohM1 have the exclusive and =ale ri~h~ use. or ~ allow or re£use ~he use el. such emblem& sc, a!s, and ba~ges as may be adopt- te~e~ or conflict ~th es~bllshed or ve~tcd zlgh~. S~c. ~3. Nothing con~ned In thls Act shall be const~ed to Mter, mo~i~v, or impair any provision of ~y Ac~ providing for the ta~on ~f the ~ade or commerce of the United States, or to prevent or impair the administration or enforcement of ~y such provl~ton of law. S~c. 24. The~ are hereby suborned to be approprluted to the Council such sum~ ~ay be ~qul~ ~ ~rr~ int~ effect pro~lons of th~s AC~. / THE WORLD-FAMOUS CASPER TROOPERS Mr. HANSEN. Mr. President, we of Wy oming have much of out: State to bra2 about. We can ~ast about our majestic mounta~s and our beautiful lakes and rivers. We can d~cribe vdth glowin~ phrasa~ our nationM parks and other scenic wondelu~. %Ve may even exaggerate j~t ~ bit when we spin romantic talcs u~ut our ~lorf~ Weste~ hism~j. But we ~ never say too many g~d thugs or overstate our praise of world-/~o~ Casper ~'oope,~--.~ grou0 of ~gh-stepp~g, high-spiri~d youn~ Wyomingites who have thrillod youn~ and old ~d who have captured the hearts of citizens in evew con~cr of t.bm coun- tD---~d other counttqes, as well, One would have to travel ~ Wyomh~z to truly apprecia~ the magr~ccnce of ore" zcenew. Bu~ there are thousand~ America~ who have never b~n to Wyo- ming. but who have thrilled to the of a Trooper's ba~ drum or marvclcd the split prccbion of an intrica[e Anyone who has seen the Troopers action, as I have, must Imow why Wy- omin~ ¢~ Isve~ ~xc~e yom~ people what they are dear:, and why we haman ~ claim ~ tie with the State thc~" ably represent durin~ their travc4~ gc~d wiI[ amb~.~zdors and ma~ters ~Ic~ny magazines a~r3 newspal~rs ha~, h~il~d ~e acccmpi~:hm~nt5 of group x~d well th<,' ~hould. TI~c o:mt~,)n f~m the ~:,In~ ,:,-hc~e, i~x 15' I~9 :,pect'~ra to ~e X~W national TI5575020£

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE TI55750210

S 11296 - e~ent ~ ~ ~o~ ~ ~e~t d~:~ ~ m~ o~ ~h ~id~ of ~ ~!~ in It ~ no~ youth ~,r.~ ~ f~I -~e~ ~ve~n~~ and has t~en on m~ m~ o~ ~ fo~i~ -ly ~~ve ~ thor n~ds and s~. E~ thee wh~ ~vi~ no cv~ ~- t~t :am ~d a~,o~ ~eyond on- durkee by %he m~ of b,~eaucracy which f~r~loses get~g a simple anger ~vev ~ ~ght ~umber to ~1, t~e ~sica~ ~e f~io~ of the Council a~ "~ it w~ m ~ ~ ombud~an. ~ l~l ~ wo~d ~ the onc-~op compla~ c~r ~or g~pes ~g~st gov- ~ e~en~Fedeml ~d local. No longer need a co~er~ a novice f~b~ng ~ wuy~d~ ~g ~ed from flee ~ o~ce, from agen~ to agency ~ply to ~ ~mct~g ~ which he is en~tle~ ~e Co~c~'z ~enced ~ co~d make it ~ost ~ple to get a s~eet light repla~d, a ~de~'~paired, a ~x bi~ a~d or a ~1 s~u~ty che~ p~ce~e& A~one who ~esflo~ the need for help ~o~d ~ect ~ a~engoa ~ the mus~o~g gm~h of "~ctio~ Line" t~ col~ ia metc~li~d evea ~e~ ~e ~o~ed a great se~- I~no~ o~y ~ sol~g ~dual prob- le~ ~ tn edu~t~ng ~n~ers ~ how ~ ~ ~ ~ o~. ~e o~y compact I ~ve he~d on ~e-~l~ c~ ~mm pub~hem. They ~ear that the col~ns vc~ ~p~arity might ~ pmdgc~g adver~ pubfic rela- tiom. ~ vast is ~e n~r of com- platn~ that only a few ~n be d~lt with ~ p~t. ~ majo~ o~ the ~oNe arc left unaid~d pro~bly more upset than when they ~r~. Ob~o~ly the a~wer ]s no~ ~ ex~ me~ ~ ~vo~ the majority thor ~ ~ such ~1~ but ~ tD~ ~ perfo~ the ~m~ce so as ~ ~erve ~~ ~ ~e Confiner Co~cfi ~d ~ The 1~ ~ ~ woul@ ~ a funnel Ior ~s ~~ have a~ut produc~ or ~,i~ ~cy purcha~. the ~er movem~ ~ m~y ways men. A~ken~ ~sumcm, ~ ge~ ~I value from cRch doll~. ~e not ~ ~l~ed ~ ~w h~e~ the ~n- e~t of the doubL Yet. let us I~ it: ~e cu~tom~ nat KIws~s ~ght~]d ~aws to the con- under the omb~man 5ys~m i typical. the complacent ~ ~I,L only a srn~ ~ the~ are ~t o~y ~O ~rccnt of ¢omp~in~ ~ti~ tion~re wo~hy of Jnv~ti~at~on and attic. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- SENATE no~ de:..2r:e ~ the ~l~ h~na. ~ ~c<d of the time eom~mer~ do d~'e zd- come by ,xhen ~,ey ~aeX them alone. And, as long ~ 90 or some rela~d per- cen~ge of compatriots t~r~ they are rip--yen if they are no,and rc~ive no ~atiafaction their d~enchan~]ent w~th b~ine~ ~o~ ~d festers. ~e ~.~cnd rd~nlficant ro!~ for the counc~ wo~d be ~ ~en, e as co--el." As ~ch, i~ would be the voice of the consumer ~£~re govet~en~ ~d ak~ the R~od to ~ee ~t ag~ci~ ~plement and enforce co~er legis- lation once it ~ ~n enac~d. To date, we have exited govern- mental agenci~ ~ represent cons~- errand have c~ticized them ~ we thought they failed. I sub~t that per- haps the f~ ~ ~e past has b~en not with the agencies but with the system w~ch we expect them to operate. ~rst and foremost, agencies are judges. As ~ch they are presented ~th d~c~ented and Ior~ful ar~en~ • Item the speci~ interests. But, when they t~ to the other Mde of the co~- r~m fro" the representative of the Ii¢, the seat ts vacant. About a brief £or cons~ers, a~nci~ are forced to r~y more on in~tion than fact to comprehend the cons~ers' slde. Unfort~ately for consumers, statistics, charts, and scver~ ~len~d s~kesmen tend to overw~ the persuasiveness of ~tuition. No judge sho~d have to operate such a ~stem. ~e Council wo~d be ~c~d to fiil the existing void. ' As p~ples ~el, the Co~cfi also would appear in lawsuits to ~gue for the consumer. Further, ~der proper cimum- stances, it wo~d ~ authorized to initia~ s~ts on behalf of con~ers to obt~n economic relief. The third and fi~al r~c of the Council would be to disseminate product ~n~or- motion. Supplied by m~actm'ers, gov- ernment testing and tcat~g done by the Council, this information wo~d be dis- sc~natcd with the most modern o£ tcch- nolo~, available. ~ I env~ion it, we would have a work nationwide of computerized out- lets from which~at the deposib of a coin or tw~the co~ler wo~d receive printout of ~formation on the product ~ whfch he is ~terested. ~en, at ~ ~i~rc ~ his home, he ~uld analyze the face--far more com- plc~ than thos~ now available to for produc~ dcciz~o~and decide which model would bc~t suit his n~. T~ Council would not recommend one brand over another. Bu~ it would supply s~cient ~K~rmatlon for the consumer ~, balance th~ individ~ modcl~ f~gain~t hi~ l]ead~, hlo~'e and ~or~, con:~nl~r~ do no~ ac¢~p~ tY~ notion that th~ adv~,r- ~::in~ cl~s alon~ mq2~ be their only baals for a shoDP~ dc~lzlon. "any d;~y no~~ th:y would get a f~- them. £ sere co~ ha~a ~p~d '"~low." We nl~t d,~vcn Ho~e~ly p~opo~al for an ~depcndent C~un~fl x~il cat~ ~]e ~tI~n and ~up~ of s~cicnt Memhcr~ of Ccn- ~ ~ do just t~ There h~ ~en s~m~ q~a~on aS t9 v;hebhcr th~ bill ~ with other bills w~ wo~d estsb~h statuto~ Office Zor Co~umers executh'e branch. The an~w~ lately not." ~ my ~gk they wo~d plement each o~ My f~g the pdma~ co~er need ~ c~t~free Ir~ both Gsve~ent and Ind~ Bu~ such an advoca~ wo~d lead much ea~er ~ie if t~ ~d to~ consumer pog ~t~ the Oovent- merit. Give~ permanent sta~, ~ ~thcr Petersan, Betty ~. or Vir~qn~a ~auer, wo~d have additior~ t~ls with which to work w2th in the ~v~nmcnt In the consumer interest. This ~ go~. ~ia is neccss:~. And much ~nefit v~ll come of such u But basical~, such a ~. still Is sub- /oct ~ the conflict~g denmnds within the executive bran~ r~ng compro- mise and, ~ti~ly, ~zcctioR by the Pr~idcnt. "~depcndcnce" is the k~ ~ successM consumer effo~. Bu~ the ~dc- ~ndent Cona~er Co~ would find work si~plifi~ and i~ effec~vene~ e~ased if there e~ted a pe,~anent con- ~er post ~t~n the exec~ive struc- Mr. President, ~ ~ ~m con- sent that the bill be r~cived and referred to the tom,tree on Commerce. ~e PR~G O~C~.. ~e bill will be received ~d, ~thou~ oblection, will be referred to the Co--tree on Commerce. The biR (S. 2959) to ~tub~h an depender Comumer Co,moll as an in- de~ndent nongov~ental ~ganiza- tisn to rep~ent the ~omic intercJU of cons~ers of goo~ and services available ~ them ~zough the ~xade and commerce of the Urited Stat~ before Federal departmen~ and ~cic~. receive compla~ and ~'bitratc volta;- tory adj~tmcnt~ thereof, to ~thcr and disseminate informa~on for ~m of consumers, to author~e go%-ernmen:M assistance and z~pport, and for p~po~es, ~xtroduccd by Mr. himself and Mr. Moss, waa rcc~ved, twice by i~ title, and referred to Committee off Co~¢rc~ by m~anim~,~u content. Bfr. HART. hlr. Prcaidcnt, I al:o lurnL.hcd to ~ by ~a mcmk~,l~ ui titc ho~d of ~cctor~ b~ printed R~co~, togetlwr wi~i a letter from Aaron S. Woh~em. phie~ and letter ~ cr~rcd t,:, b: T[55750211

Se~fem6er ~5, 1969 D~ much ~ ~t ~r, he ~ ~e ~ 1939, 1~ ~ t~e y~ ~z wh~h he ~ ~ ~ ~m ~e ~ be pub-- ~ ~ ~d o~er ~ft reco~ttfon, m~u~ . d~ln~ World W~ ~ he re~,~ ~ t~e ~r In ~9~, Advert~i~ ~z~cr • " 1~% ~d ~e~g Dlre~r in 19~3. He ~ ~ ~st ~¢ ~ 1961. ~ng ~t ~.~. Bu~t w~ el~ a ~ca ~sldent of ~e ~ a b~d ~ ~l~ent ~or the ~d~ He~ke~ on~ ~de-~tng men~ ~nne~ ~th ~ the ~mp~y's m~g- ~es ~d ~r~ ~ ~e U~. and ~ ~t cap~ty, h~ eEor~ ~ve been con- ~n~ ~ ~e field of m~keting, ~d tn ~ve~ng ~ the ~J~ ~tto~ ~ of m~keMng. He ~ ~a~ ~ee ~esldent " ~an o¢ ~e ~rnattonal ~ttee ~l~ & ~ket~g ~u~v~-In~rna~onal, an~ ]s ~ m~ber of ~e ~ard sad of the m~her of ~e" Natlona[ ~[~ketJng Ad~o~ ~ of the U~. ~p~men~ of Com- m~. ~e w~ a fo~g t~s~ of the ~r- ,. kt-]~, ~ ex~u~ve ~t~ member, - ~d ~al~n ~ the P~a~ng & S~Hng Bu~u~ ~ a~ ~tve ~ a n~r of ~h~ ~e ~d p~f~to~l ~tat~o~. He ~ a me~ ~e Natlon~ ~c ~t~e, ~e ~tto~ ~m~e the ~ark~ ~e ~ ~e Natio~ ecuttve ~ m~ ~ Vtce ~- man o~ t~ b~ oI ~e B~ N~ Foun- ~atto~ and a mCm~r of the ~d of .. a m~ ~ ~e U~ S~ap~ ~e ~c~. ~ ~e publ~g field, he ~cd C~ ~ ~e ~inc Advc~tn~ ~u ~ ~o~ ~ and ~ on i~. ~ecuttve ~. He ~ a~ ~ ~e b~rd ~ the ~b~he~ ~o~on B~eau. "~ ~ N~ York ~ty on J~e 13, 1910, Y~E ~d w~ ~d~a~ f~m ForUm U~- le~t~ ~ 193=, He ~k'~du~ work ~ for m~Jor airman. He w~ one of the o~8tn~ membe~ oL Oener~ ~ Ezp~ in 1933 ~d 1934, l~v~ that comply prior i~ mer~er wl~ the ~ttway Expr~ Com- ~ 1834, ~u~out ~ ~e New York S~k ~e ~ of M~o~ell ~ ~m- & branch m~. ~e l~t ~e ~mpny 1938 to ~me Vl~ ~Idcn~ ~nd Adver- Buckhout w~ h~n~ by F~r~ ~ty In 1957 ~ ~ Awed for A~hiev~ CONGRESSIONAL tLECORD ~ SENATE SI1297 ~. ~ New ~or~ ~.~. ~e7 ~ve ~o • ~, Mrs. Jesse K. Ch~ ~ M~ T. ~lllon. Tno ~u~ho~ h~ve ~de ~elr where h~ I~ active In co~u~ ~, w~ chR~ o~ the 1~7 Co=~t~ Ch~ a dlr~,r of ~e Co~u~ ~t ~d ~uncll E0~r~ T~ B. ~k, ~3, ~Ident of the T~p- p~ Dl~IMon of ~e T~p~n Comfy ~d ~th h~ f~Iy In 1935. ~r ~tlng from L~eld ~or Htg~ ~h~l ~ 1938, he arcaded the ~nee~ng ~llcgc of tho Ohlo S~ U~ver~l~ lmb~. O~o. He left there In ~ se~r ye~ ~ Join Bell ~cr~t ~om~on ~ a project enter a~ B~o, New York ~ M~etta, G~r~a Imm 1942 t~ugh 19~5. He ~n ~ ~r ~ ~p~n In 19~ rough in the Tupp~ Na~om~l Sales Con- ~st. ~r a su~f~ ~ ~ duty in ~les, 8ger-of the W~ ~u~ ~ston. ~ 1952 he b~e an ~ls~t ~ the V]~ ~tden$ ~ of ~n~ng. ~ 1958 he ~ v~nc~ ~ ~o p~[~on of ~ ~n~er. ~ y~s late~he'~t~ed the l~de~p of the Ma~fleld o~ra~on ~ t~ L~er. ~d ~ ~e B~rd of D~rec~rs of ~e Tap~n ~m~ny ~ Feb~ 19~, he m~ ~ ~ ~geles In Ma~h of 1962 ~ ~e ~e du~ of ~ecu~e Vice ~esldent GenerM h~n~er of O~te & ~e~ Com- fy, a wholly o~ Tap~ subsidiary. Under hl~ ~ce ~ ~ew subs~n~Mly an~ In 19~ he ~ pmmo~d ~ ~ldcnt and ~eml 5~er. In Aunt o£ 1966 he re~med to field ~ b~m~ ~den~ of ~e Tappan ~on ~d ~ leademhip of the Mama- field, Ohio ~d M~y. Kentucky o~m~o~. m~ber of ~e ~ccut[ve ~lt~e of ~n ~m~y w~ch Is the p~nt ~za~on ~ ~ the ~ ~o~. With ~s ~ck~ m en~ng, ~, ~act~ ~d ~nL~tion, pl~ ~nc~t f~ ~lng ~c Job done, he ~e Tap~'~n ~on ~ a ~ro~d d~ng 1967. ~e r~ng ~tx a~ctlvc daugh~rs and two young ~ons In u ~ner ~ be emula~d. They r~crve many w~ken~ f~ th¢~ ~fi- ~n ~nd ~e~ f~ends. F~vorite re~eaHonM ac~es are ~ng. f~fly outln~ (includ- in~ ~vel ~ailcr ~p~} ~td h~ng. ~'s b~Ine~ rc~ord places him ~ong th~ who ~ men of ~mpl~hment. ~o~, ~ B. ~k ~ a m~ among men ~d am able I~er of o~ T~ppan 18~ man of t~e ~lvc~l~-~2~e Ph.D. Pm~ Urban and ~gloRal ~dng at ~e U~- ve~Ity of ~=h~. He ~ a p~t m~r ~te Indep~ndcn~ Stud7 Board ~p~inted the ~,$, ~re~/of Co~e~e for for T~hnolc~: on ~e Pr~Ident's ~- ~e Is ~ a me~t~:r o~ th~ Bo:r~ of Dlr~- ~t ~e ~, Utah 8~I12. 3 ~en (Jo~ 6, SIo~ 5, ~.hY 3). ch~etts ~bHc ~ 1~42-1950; ford High ~I 19~195~ Co~lcg*: ~llege, Ch~tnut ~. M~u~ct~. B~. 1958 (with h~o~). ~%" ~1: Gradua~ Sch~l: U~verslty of ~ Micron 1961-1963; O~ ua~ ~ ~e Y~ 1061. ' Publications (Repre;cntatt~e Federalism ~d S~a~e ~tlE~at Enfo¢ce- 49 G~. ~.-J. ~22 (Juven~e 49 Geo. L. J. 1~ (Evidence), 48 Gem L. J. 594 (Intcrl~utor~ Appeals). 1~6 Utah L. ~cv. ~51 (Sta~e Gover~ent}. 1966 Utah L. Rev. 311 {Federalism). 51 A.B~. J. 229 (Federalism) 52 ~ell L. Q. 829 53 Iowa L. ~v. 983 (Antit~ut} reprinted. 1 ~ttt~t ~. & ~on. Reprln~ VoL 1. 1067 Utah L. ~v. 152 (Antitrust} 22 Yanderbtlt ~. ~v. I~ (Ant~t~st). 45 Tex~ L. Rev. 13~1 (Antit~t). Bar Membership: Mem~r, Ma~s~huset~ Bar, Boston B~r, American B~ ~zc~latton, A.B,A. Antitrust S~tion, Applic~t, Utah ~ar ~s~iation. ~gal E~crl~nce: ~ofe~sSr of Law, Uni- versttF o£ Utah 1963-Preset. Visiting ~fes- sot of Law, Unlvemity of ~l~tga~ 1O~. U~. Lair ~partment ~m 19~. ~ltant in several major antitrust ~d unfair com- petition c~cs. Wit~e~ ~fore ~na~ Antt- trust Su~commlt~e ~ ~nate ~nstltu- tlona] Amendments Subcommittee. ~telds of Special~atlon:'Antlt~t; ~mpetttton; R~ula~d Industries; ~curl- ties Re~latton; ~oratlon~; Patents; ~ademar~ and Cop~lgh~. ~mmunity ~rvtce; Chal~an; Board of ~rectors, ~mmunity Mental tIealth Cen- ter. Board of Dlr~to~, Big Brothers of Utah. Board o£ Dir~tors, Amerlcaa C~vil Ll~rttc~ Union, U~h ~tlatc. Dm H~ A, Hm~ Dr. Hcn~ A. Hill. pr~Iden~ o~ ~Iver~Ide Re.arch ~bro~ry. Inc., o~ H~vcrhlll, s~ehuze~z. H~ d~rate In orga~c chem- ~Itu~ ~ T~hnol~gy ~nd he h~ ~ts ~th ~Jor che~¢~l comp~e~. He a mcmb,:r of the N~lon~ Co~l~:ion on ~uct S~ety ~d ~e.Advl~ory Council ~d Mrs. Hlll and %he~ =on Anthony rcsldc Waterto~m, M~Rchu~etts. 5~r. K~ Is ~ p~ctlc~g at~rn~y In %V~h- ~gton, D.C., specializing IR the urea of con- 5~,er affairs, lie 13 a consumer ~ a number of erg~l~tl0~% Ineludlng and the ~latlon%l Co~u~cr L~w ~n~er. Prior to entering Into 1~1 pr~c,~ce. ~lstant Co~ol to the 5en;~b:" n-a%~o cn A~n~nl~trattv~ Pr~ctL:~" of Jc~r~Us~, N~w~m TI55750212

S 11295 ~r of ~.~yor W~h~ngton's Co~it~e Ec~no~c Dcvcl~pme~t ~d Ch~I~n Co~umer Affa~ Subcom~tee. ~om A~guz~ oI I~2 t~ November, h~ w~ Coun~l t~ th~ ~vcznment ~on Su~o~ (the Mo:s Su~om~t~) of ~o Hou~o of ~pre~en~iv~. ~Tlor ~o that, h~ s~¢d a ye~ wlth the A~ Force cluing the ~r~n ~. ~ w~ ad~t~d ~ the B~r of the Dl~Ict of ~l~b~a Im ~p~ember, Is a member of ~e Amerlcan Bar ~d the Feder~ Bar ~latlon. He Is m~- fled to ~e fo~er ~Ime L~ds~om and one daugh~r, Gale, born Ap~l 25, 19~G, and ~ne son, B~an, ~rn In July of 19~ ~ey re- .de ~ Chevy Ch~. D.C. ~. ~ w~ recently appo~d a Corn- " ~oner from ~e DI~trlc~ of ~lumb~a the ~atlonal Coherence of Co~Iss~oners o~ Un~orm S~ ~ws. He w~ appointed t~ ~ltlon by h~yor Wafer W~hing~n, Aught of 1969. B~Y: JAr~ Sco~ KEMP,S, J~. ~tle: President. ~mp~y: Lumbe~e~ Mutual Casualty ~mp~ny. P~nclp~ b~lne~: I~ur~ce. ~usiness addre~: Mubual ~ance Build- l~g, Chicago, ~llnois 6~40. Bus/n~ phone: (31B) ~i-8~0. O~er b~ne~ a~a~ions: - Cu~ent: ~es[dent, ~emperco, ~nc., Amer- Ic~ ~an~re~ ~lu~al Instance Com- ply; ~e~can ~otorlz~ In~u~nce Com- ply; K~m~r~ ~i~ur~ce Company: Cha~ o~ the Board, Iowa ~emper MuSual ~ ~mp~y; ~nomy ~re & Cas- ~ty ~mp~y; ~c~and-Knox Mutu~l In- aur~ Comply: ~rec~r, Empire State ~u~ual Li[e Insurance Company; S~wart- Wa~er ~oF~t~on; The C8I~et Publ[sh- ~ng Comply: Chagrin of the ~ard of ~te~, ~e Instance ~t~tu~ of ~er- ]c~ ~c. ~d ~e American I~tltute Pro~y ~nd ~ab~1lty Unde~Ite~: ~o~er: An~t d~s]on, Department of J~ce; p~v~ p~ctic¢, New York, Ch~ca~o and ~s ~gel~. ~ - ~c ~ti~lt~: Cu~ent: D~ector, National Industrial Con- ference ~d; ~at~on~ Co~c~I on Alcohol- ~, ~c.: President ~d'~tee, ~e James S. Kemper Foundation: ~r~r, Boys" Clubs of ~ca: Ch[cr~o Bo~" Clubs; ~e Amer- Me~ber, Adv~ Council. ~h~l of BuM- nest, Northwes~ Un~vc~ty: ~5~e, College of Induce (New Y~rk); AVe~ley Mem~rl~ H~p~ (~ca~o): U.S. o[ ~ma~o~ Chamber o[ Commerce; ~n~or Ad~ ~3~, Na~lonal Str~te~ Co~tt~ of the ~er~c~ ~c~ty C~un- ell: Dir~r, ~e~om Studies Cen~r Institute for ~c~ ~er: ~eu~n~t ~der, World ~V~r Ho~e phone: (312) ~ ~u~hte~, L~d~: J~dith; Sons, James S. Caurch ~llstlo~: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE ~ ~c[e Club: Eccr:~/: Ciuh be~,er~ ~,~utu~ C~uMtT C~mps~y; ~crcg, Inca Am~r;c~ Manuf~tt~rc~ Mutu~I Insurance Comply; American t,[otori~ ~u~mce C~mpany; Fc~r:d Mutu~ Comply; Y~dell~y L~fe Az~Dz£~tton: Yeder:~ Fire & C~,.~Ity C~mp~y; Sequ~I~ In&uranc~ Company; Iow~ Kempcr ~.lutu~l In&nrance Comply; Kempcrco Relnsurancc Company; E~cl Co~or~tlon. Gila M. M~dsr, s ~mher of UAW 769. w~ elected ~ the UAW InZern~tlqnsl Executive Board ~ a board member-at-large ~t the lgG6 convention, the ~s~ woman to achieve that distinction, Prior to that time, she h~d been d~rec~r of the union's Recrea- tion Dept. for 19 years, She Is cu~ently director of the union's Dept. of Recrcntion and Leisure-Time Activ- ities, the Dept. of Conservation and Resource Development, the servicing section o£ the Technic~l, OMce and Professional Workers Dept. (TOP) sad the newly-established Dept. of Consumer Affairs. A native of Sykesvllle. PR., she w~ ~adu- ated ~rom Detroit's Northeastern High School In 1933 and received her Bachelor of ~lence donee from Em~rn Michigan University In 1938. She now lives on Detroit's e~t side. Her working career included Jobs on the a~embly line at the ~rysler Kerchcv~l Pl~t and the Bower Roller Bearing Plant, both Detroit, and at the Ford Willow Run Bomber Plant at Ypsflantl, Mich. during World War She also worked as a recreational therap~s~ at the Xpstlantl, Mich. State Hospital, taught school st Flat Rock, Mich. and then worked as recreation director Ior the new defunct UAW Local 50. Prior ~o her election to the board, she had been on the staff of ~he International Union Ior 21 years, a~lgned to the Recreation Dept. After being appointed director of that depart- ment by UAW President W~lter P. Rougher, her firs~ ~signment was" to work with the n~IoR's Fair Pr~tlce~ Dept. to elimh,~te ~cial dls~rlminatlon In organized bowling-- s goal which W~ finally achieved in 19Z0. She also established the first UAW retirees ~ TOP Dept. se~,lcing ~rec~r, she h~ p~ticipa~d In major contract nego~iatio~ for white coll~ workers. Cu~ently one of her major pro]ec~ Is the campal~ against water and air pollution ~d for conservation o£ our natural She ~ ~ Grocer or mem~r of doze~ of c~vlc, re~ea~ion~, prole~xl~n~l, cultural and s~lal Work groups, lnclud*ng the American Youth Hostels. the UAW Retired %Vor~:em Actlviti~ Centem Bo~d, the N~tlonal ,~- $oci~tlon of S~clal Work. the Na%ton~I Geron- tologlc~ Society, the American Parks and ~cre~ttoa ~n.. the Michigan United Fund, %ha Mi~igan Welfare ~a~ue and Uni~ F~r el~h~ 5'cr.~, ~hc w~ ,% Detroit Parl~ member of the Huron-Cl~nb~ Motrop~liu~n ~h9 hel~ to ozt~b!Ish the cl~y's ~ultl- Te:m). ge:red ~ ~provI~ p:~rk ~cl~-in~th p~llCy;" a cI~t[<n from the :.fichig~ Uni~ ~m~o~¢atlon Cluh~ "fore~ and p~k ~e~'atiordst of the ~ on9 of Detrolt's '~op Ton %Vorklng A~u~tlne R. Ma~sl, chaln~n and presl- den~ of Borden, In~., Joln~ the Borden Che~d~l Division In 1939 ~t ~ re~earch lab~te~ In B~hrtdge, N.Y. A native of New York City, ~, Z.~ru~ w~ ~ad~d as a ehemicM en~n~r from ~- selaer Polsx~hnlc ~titut~, ~oy. N.Y., in 1936. He returned to Re~selaer In 1963. when ha w~'~w~ded the h~nor~y de~ee of ~- ~r of Engineering. h 1946, follo~ng service with the Na~ ~ ~mmander of a mine~eep~ In the Pacific, Mr. Ma~l ret~n~ ~ the Chemical Dlvlslon ~ ~es muu~er at Ker- nersvllle. N.C. A year later, he w~ tr~m- ferred to B~[1 as a ~r~tor and generM manager of Alba, S.A., ~orden'a principal ~uth A~eHc~ chemi~l operation. Mr. Magi return~ ~ New York in 1952 and w~ nam~ ~ vice pr~iden~ ~ the Chcm- t~l Dive,on In ~h~ of development bec~me pr~ident of the Chemical Dlvlmon in 1954, w~ elated ~ vice pr~flen~ of p~rent eomp~y in 1955, ~ mem~r of ~ of dlr~rs In 1959, and an execu- tive vice pr~[dent In 1964. Since Fabnla~ 1, 1967, Air. Ma~si h~ ~erv~ ~ presi~an~ of ~orden, ~c., and November 1, 1967. as l~ ch[e~ ex~ut[ve cer. On Au~st 1, 1968, he ~umed the %Ional position of chai~an. Mr. Ma~sI is ~ dir~ of Cheryl Bank. the ~erican Sug~ ~mp~y, ~h~ B~k .~erlca, New York. The Advertising Council. ~c., the GreeD" M~nufacturers of ~nerl~, Inc.. ~e National ~iution of Manuf~m- turem, mad th~ Natlon~l Industri~ once ~ard. and a t~st~ of the Bro~lway Savings Bank, New York. N.Y., the Commit~ for ~onomlo Development, %he Rennzselaer Polyt~c I~tltute. He ~ ul~ a dlreotor of ~he Economic Club el ~ew York. Born In St. Paul, ~innesota. Raised in So. Pasadena, Califo~ia.. Presently living %~%lte Eai~, New York. Education: Graduate of U.C~.A. Graduate work at U.C.L.A., University of We~hin~on and College of Chinese Studies. Peking. China. Family: Late husband was Execuflv~ In- ternational Committee. YMCAs of the U& and Cauada. Died 1968. Four children. Profe~slon;~l Experience: &'~ocla~ Execu- five. YWCA of U.C.L.A., 1937-1949. ~iaff, YWCA. Topeka, ~xns~, 19~1. brary ~de. Wu~ridge Sch~l, P~adena. 1962- 64. Specialist, World Fellowship Education. International Division. YWCA of the U Volunt~r E~porlence: YWCA ~c~rd:~. New York and California. President YWCA of YWCA. Serve~ on foll~wln~ con~nttteo5: College Unlver~tty; P~r~nuel: Aff~ir~: C,~z~%-cntl,~n Girl ~:cu~: Brc, wnf~ and Girl Le~.~aer. C~2~cll T[557502t 3

CONGRESSIONAL P~CORD -- SENATE $11299 c~ber 13, l~fi7. Sworn ~ o~ on J~ua~ 5, 19t8 for a ~ Cha~ ~ on ~p~m~er I~. ~m: J~y ll, 1928 a¢ O~om~ O~oma. Okl~oma ~W. O~oma; W~hln~on. ~hus~$~; ~emp~ ~d ~ Cliff. New ~o~k. A.B. d~. Knox ~ll~ge. OaI~burg, ~ols, 1052. ~ degr~. ~w ~1 of ~e ~verMCy of ~t~ 195~. ~c~: U~n ~u~tlon from law ~loner Nicho~on ~g~ ~ ~w ~ Indlanapoli~, ~n~a~. ~om 1953 ~I ~w ~ o~ ~Ick. B~, ~ck & Ncigh- D~Ict ~; Cou~ of Ap~als, Sixth ~t; end Supreme ~ of the United dU~ with the U.S N~ from 1~ ~ 1948. ~l~ion~ In the U~. ~y Reserve from .19~ 1955. Oha~.'Advis0~ Board of the ~h~l for the Deaf. ~dians~lis B~r ~ clarion (P~ Vice ~lde~. Mem~r B~4 of ~em). ~ ~ Bar ~- ~ation (~ mem~r of Hou~ of Dele- ~s, to~er ~dl~r, ~e$ G~a~; ~uthor of ~titute ~ka on .~ous l~al ~plcs). ~ri~n B~ A~latlon (member of ~ons of Antit~t, A~nistratlve ~w, ~d T~atlon). Lawyer~ ~s~l~tiom of Indiana- ~lla (P~ Dlrec~r ~d ~e~rer). ~er- la~n $udl~t~e ~e~, La~e~ Cl~b of In~napolls. Ch~r a~d Pit~ ~t~e ~r the ~lrd Supreme ~urt Judlcl~ ~atrlct of ~dlana by ~p~ln~ment of Indian Supreme .~urt. Ba~late~ ~lety, Unlv~sl~ of ~n ~w ~h~I. Unlveml~ ~ub of P~ G~ Del~ ~ty. Ph[ Alph~ ~ch, I~dlan~pol~, ~an~ St. ~l~op~l Chu~, ~ghe~. M~land. ~therb~d of St. ~drew. M~It~1 ~tatu$: M~fl ~ ~o~er ~o~ ~: J~es E., 17; ~11~ C.. 15; ~om~ B,, 12; and Jo~ A., 9. A~is~n~ Cou~el of N~CP Legal Defense a~ Educatlonal F-~d. I~c., Sui~ ~030, ~l~b~ Circle. New Y~. N.Y. (212 JU ~97), and of l~ Na~Ion~I ~ce for the ~gh~ o~ the ~d~ge~ [NORI). L~. directs the ~nd's co~umer p~tectto~ test ~tlg~%lon, including ~e recent c~e ~ ~h V. Family Fir~ Co~ {June g. IG~9), ~ ~hl~h the U~. Supreme ~ pre-Jud~ent ~e ~hment. ~e Fund's ~n~er~" c~; ~tIom~ I~ New Ycr~ (H~II t~ enforce S~:ctk, n 43~ o~ the ~nh~n trc~luced In the CI~ Coun~ll a~ the Mayor'~ requ~. ~e Council ~ alxo published ~n anal~s ef ~e ~nlform Consum~ Cr~ ~e, and I~ conduc~In~ ~ cxt~n=l~e in%estl- g~tton cf retail In~tal~en~ ~nI~ ~nd crcdl~ prac~ce~ and abu~e~ In Z;ew York. Author of "Bleak ~o~e 19~: A on Co~ter T~t Llt[gaflon", 44 Law Re;~ew 115. ~turer In ~w, C~1~bla ~nivc~ity ~h~l. ~chlng a c~r~e [n co~umer pr~ t~t[on ~w In the fall oZ 19~9. Educa~on: A.B. Harvard College, 19~ (mama cure laude); L~.B. Yale Law S=h~l 1967. J~z L. S~as ~. June L. ~ars, Ex~nsion Home Eco- mo~s~, ~ employed ~th the Michlg~n State University C~per~%ive Exte~[on Service. ~m May, 1968, h~. Se~s, W~yne ~d Osk- l~d Co.flea ~x~ensioR ~ome Econom~t, received a USDA clt~io~ for her ou~tanding ~rvlce ~rom Orvllle ~eemau, Secretary A~Icult~e. ~. Sears w~ cited for imigh~ ~nd understanding of people llvlng ~nder ~verss conditions ~d for p~idiug enlighted le~ershlp ~ develop their desires to ]~n and gain self-respect by dolng things for then~Ivcs." ~er work with low-lucern6 families In ~e %wo-co~ty are~ h~ g~ncd her s~-wide and national r~ogniflon. Her o~ce ~ Wayne. She was recently mnm~ ~ the %[on~ Adviso~ ~uRc[l ~ ~e U~. Fo~ ~d D~g A~inist~tlon. ~ 1966 ~e w~ by the Nero ~sinec~ a~ Profcsslonal Women's ~oc[~flon of ~troit ~or out.hal- ing se~Ic~ She is also I~ "Who's %~o ~eric~ %Vomen." h~. Se~s e~ned her B.S. and M.S. degre~ from %vayne State Uni~erslty. Sh~ w~ nmed family living agen~ for the Michigan S~te ~nivemity C~perative Extension Semite 1963 after ~wo ye~s teaching home economics st ~uthwester~ High ~hool, Detro[$. She m~l~ and the nosher of lout children. ~o of the a~Idren are at E~te~ Michlg~ veml~ ~nd the other two (twins) ~e home. ~su~: ~ARY BURNS Addre~: 14 Snow's ~urt N.W., ~arlt~ S~t~: MarrI~ 9-11~8, ~rothy D~vldson. ~ucatlon: ~anbr~k ~h~l, Bl~eld, ~ilh. Michlg~ Gr~u~ged 1953. W~leyaR U~versi~, 1955, 1956. ~ddle- town, ~nnect~cut. U~versity.of Michigan, lOS&, 195~, 195q. Untverslty o~ ~flchi~n, ~ycholo~, 1957- 1960. Univemlty of ~fich[gan Law ~h~l, ~B. Graduate Work: UniverMty of Psychslogy and Graduate Work, 1957-IS~9~ ~nlver~ty of Michigan Law S~hc~l, ~B, ~ofc~ional ~perl~nce: C~vin~n r~tlo~ of brltfs (btfore v/~lous remdat~ry ~, c:~vs~ of C~ngr~lo~l h~qrln~; ~n,~r f~r ~=dy ~ ~I~ Law, J~ne, D:~vI,t A. Sw:~kln, fo~er cx~cutivc dIrec- fcr of ~he ~den~'s ~f~te~ o~ Con- In~n repr~entatI~c of Consumers Un~on on AUD~a~ 15, S%'ankln, a la-~Ter and menU's Bureau of consu~cr ~atln~ and advlso~ ~nD~tion Mr. Swain wDrks with and ls avall~ble gove~mcntal b~l~ ~nd ~gcn~[~ th~¢ dca% with the consumer and ~L~3 for C~umcr ~r~s and other CU publications. - l,~r. Swankln, 3~. h~ h~l~ s~ver~ Ycdcral consumer post~. ~efor~ ~e~ng ~ direc~t of th~ Pzesldent's Comities 1965 and 196~, he w~ executive s~o~a~ lhs President's Co~umer Ad~ory Com- ~tte~ and executive ~is~nt m th~ lh~n Speel~ Assistant to ~he President for Con- sumer ~airs, Mrs. ~ther Po~r~n. In 19GG, he co-authored a z~po~ that exam~ed sumer pro~a~ of European gover~en~ and their )elevan~ to Feder~ prepares the Uni~d States. In announcing Swn~'s ap~ent W~hing~n represcntativ~) Che executive director of Co~ers Union, W~ker Sand= bach, said: "*Although CW h~ not h~ ~ ~rashing~n representative for some years, we Ieel that the ~mpo of coaster actlvitl~ at the .Federal level Is such that it Is now deMrable to reactivate that p~ition. ~Vlth a man ~. SwankIn's ~>~e)lenc~ ~d abilities serving as the orga~zatton'8 eyes ~d ears tn the Capi~l, Consumer Rs~or~ ~'lll now be ~ble to reac~ more quickly ~ the n~d ~or cer~n In-depth s~ries a~ut governmental Issues affeet~g the co~umer." Mr. Swank[~ w~ applaud ~ ~068 ~ the dlr~ctor of the Bureau of Lab~ S~nd~, the same agency where he bcgaR his men~ career ~ ~ management In~rn ~ ~957. ~e had served ~ a sta~ ~slstsn$ to %he sl~ant Secretly of Labor In 19G2 and 1963, and as chief of the S~cMon of Collectlve Bargaining In She Bureau of L~bor In 1961. Educated ~n publlc sohoo~ In BosUn, ~aduated from ~randels Unlve~lty i~ 195~ wlth ~ B.A. de~ee. ~e recelved a m~ter's de~ee In economlcs from %he Unlve~Ity of %Viscons[R ~ 1957 ~nd s law de~ce from O~rge W~hington University In 1962. h~. Sw~nkln resides a~ I~ Chhnney House Road, Reston, A.~ON S. A~on S. Yo~lem 13 one of ~he ~ t~'s le~,~ng spokesman on consumer ~ai~. He attended New York City ~h~Is after graduatiB~ from New York Un[ve~ty ~w S~h~l l~ 1934, Mr. Yohalem b~cam~ an f~c~late of the law ~ which counseled Tie: Be~.t Fc~wls, Inc, ~e o~cially Join&q that company 1~ 1943 ~ 1~ co.orate ~cre)~ry and thcrc~fter se~'~ succ~s~ively i~ p~ts of ~lce pr~ldent in ch~ge of the co~n- p~ny'5 CRnadian o~m~ons, vice president ~atd ~:t~mt v) the prevalent, and cx~u- IL~ w~ elc~tc~ ~ the ~'s B~*~6 of Direc- tor_, In 19~,3 In 19:~3 ~h~:-n ~:Z Fc~a rne~l wkh Cc, rn c.( CPC l~t='rnallon<l T155750214

SI1300 S~tc Oi~c~ D~ "S~ATOR ~T: Y~U ~%'e p~Id mc st~n~l honor by in~2tln~ me ~ ~erve ~n the fir&t ~ard of dlrector~ of the Independent Co~u~er Council. should your bill to create th~ o~tlon ~ enacted into law. ~ ~ ~no~. I h~ve no IIIu~cn ~Imt con- ~er p~bl~ do no~ e~t. Rut I do not ~118ve thst ~ ~ Intere~ of con~umsr~ ~nd the ~onomlo ~y~m ~ ~ whole would ~ ~ell ~e~ed by th~ e~t~bHshm~nt o[ ~n ~en~. In or out o~ ~v~nment. which would huve the res~tblltttes your bill would ~i~ the council. Ac~rdingly. as hsw expl~in~, I must reserve the right op~ thM bill. ~eve~hel~% should Congre~ enact le~slatlon, ~ible buslne~men should ~ wlll~g ~ p~tlclpa~ In the leadership and dl~tlon of the proposed Independent Consumer Council In order ~ give It Wh~t- ever ~nefit they can of their ex~rlence a~ ~uflgm~nt In the p~rfo~unce o£ the o~gunl- ~tlon's r~nslb~Itles. ~us, even though I tory oppose thls legis- l~tlon pubUoly. In g~d conscience I cannot zef~e ~ let my name. be lls~ among the Inltl~l ~oup of prow~ dlrec~. If ~n- ~ fin~ ~t the public In~r~t requizes ~ crestton of the council. I will do aR my power ~ ~ntrlbu~ to s balsn~d re$olu- tl0n of the ~mplcx p~oblems fsclng con- sumers, government ~d buslne~. I am ~tvful for the ~nfldenc~ you have ~ho~ In m~ by ~o~ In~i~tion. Sincerely y~, ~ V{c~ Pre~d~t and Chairman, G~um~ l~e~ CommiStee, ~.S. Ghamb~ of Commercv.. Mr, M~. Mr. Prestdent, it is, indeed, ~ pleas~e for me to join the d~tin- g~ished Sena~r from Michigan ~av) in ~tr~ucing a bill thu~ wo~d ~tabHsh ~ ~de~ndent Consumer CounDfl to represent and sem, e American ¢onsumem. ~ ~ul~un bf ~c Su~ommittee for ~nsumers of the Com~ttee on Com- merce, ~ h~ve h~n ~t~vely t~'ing to prove the lot of ~e~c~n ~n~umer. legislative over~ight hearings and hcaHngs exami~ng new legislative pro- ~sa~ I have encountered certain recur- rent coaster probte~. ~e moat di~turb~g ~roblcm to me this: Within many exist~g govern- mental agenci~ the coaster interest without e~ec~ve repr~en~tion. ~fiy on l~re occasion~ have Rdv~c~t~ of con- s~cr in~re~t~ eff~tively p~'ticipat~d ~ the fo~t~on of im~rtant govern- m~ntal ~lict,~s or far-D:achm~ a~ency declsionz. ~ c0ntr~t, ~e advcc~tcs of ~cial lateral are very adep~ at ~ne- tratlng the ~cr ~rridors of Fede~ and S~ a~strative ~d le~i~lative CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-- SENATE ih~ r~cn5 action by the Teit~d C,:m- re:en~ consumer ~2e-,~p~in~ du~; cIo:cd in mo~t governmen~%l d~ciMon~ the con- ~umer .h~terest is often overlooked ell- th'eIy or given s~ond~, s~-~tu~. Such situation ~hould not I am aware of the fine cffo~ of certain co~umer-oriented grou~ within ing department. Diane McKa~g's ef- Ior~ ~thin the Department el Health, Education, and Welfare, Ior e~ample, h~ve ~en monumental; but she wou~d be the first to admit that her ~trcnuouS efforts h~vc given ~nly slight consumer orientation to health, education, and welfare policy. The President's Adviser on Consumer Inter~ has ul~o been t~ing ~ pro- vide resumer o~enta~ion in the differ- ent deparhnent~ of the Government. Each time Mrs. Knauer bi~s into a g~d Amebean hot dog she probably ge~ in- digestion by r~ulling the battle she wuged ~th the Secre~, of Agriculture over the permi~ible leve~ ~f fat. Her vic- ~ ~y have ~n Py~Thic--she may huve won the battle but in all likelih~d will lose the war. Another problem facing the consum- er is the way busine~ finns listen ~ his complain~. The Amebean consumer, in seeking to have h~ compluinM heard, fin~ that the correspondence computers of ~erican business ure r~ther hard of hea~ng. The ~ttdtion of consumers in their battle ~2th computers is grit. Tod~y it ~ questionable whether that pert young thing ~hind the cus~mer complaint w~dow can he~r any ~t~r than the computer, for many times she is as cur~ as she Is pe~. There are Sta~ and F~eral govern- mental mech~nisms lot bundling con- sumer complain~ and there 8re such nongovernmen~l or8aniz~tio~ ~ the Better Business B~eaus. I ~ll want explore their efficacy ~ heu~ngs. I um ~lso ~ious ~ lea~ about ~e ~erican Arbitration A~iation's pro~l~ for mediation ~,ice in o~ lurge urban ~reas. A t~rd consumer problem ~ the lack of ~emination of product lnfm~ation which enables ~e consumer rutional choice ~ the murketplace. ~ven~mental di~e~nution el objective product, info~ation--not endorsemen~ of products but ~t~ndurdLzed infm~ution about them--is nonexistent. 0nly a re- cent Iaw suit caused ~he Ve~ran~' Ad- m~stration ~ make public important te~ in[o~ation on hea~ng ~i~. Non- govm~en~ ~ution o~ product information ~ not ahvay$ de~i~ncd lead ~ m~ion~l co~umer choice. By far the lar~e~ product Information input ~flve~n~. Seals of Rpproval are not ~uch more re]isbIe. And ~ ~ro reade~ of ~ch pubHc~on~ a~ Coa- ~um~r ~'por~ which d~Jtminak~: le~s~ ~m~ objective prvdugtfon informa- tion. Given the a~ve men~nc~ r~u~eat confiner problem, ~ ~]:,,~_:_~ the ob.'c~ti~~ of th.~ p~:~<, :1 for ~n ~.de~n~n~ C.3r~2mer Co~.c~I ~ my vie~ ~ch ~ or;an~a~k,n c.:.A~. ~.e v~D" w~]I the n~ of th~ ~A~.~r. By providing for the creation of lozal con~un:~r uuit~, th~ bill uflop~ a roo~." n~npob.tical, and independent orientation that is absolutely e~cntial con~er problcm~ are going b3 ~ mira- raised. The national Co.oil with board of dircctor~ el~cted bY l~cal group~ ~ve5 th~ consumer a vehicle for natDnal c~ordination and national attack on com- mon problem~. In many ways the orga- nization parallel5 that of many IRrge corporations who~e rcgion~ offices radi- ate Item the central corpozate spoke. The businessman h~. found that the ten~ion and dialog between i~ re~on~l offices and the home o~ce foster crea- tive solutions to the proble~ which he confronts. A similarly organized con- sumcr organization could meet ~th sim- ilar success, Because the Council bY l~w cotfld not engage in political activities, it would contimmlly serve as R ve~cle for the citi- zen as ~nsumer. There could be no ul- terior motives, real or ~agined, a~i~cd to the bo~rd of directors who would be sblected in a dem~ratic fasten from w~rious regions of the country. The Council's independence from existing governmental structures would make it an ideM ve~cle for ~nduCting objective and sound stu~es of govern- mental and b~iness polioies which daily ~ffect ~he lives of each o( ~ as con- sumers. Such Rn input would ~ invalu- ablc~ Think of R study.o£ competition policy ~,hich approaches the from the standpoint of the coaster free of certain buslne~ bias or precon- ceptions Rbo~t gove~ental approaches for implementing su~ polici~. Bec~9 of the potentiM the Independ- eR~ Consumer Council o~em the Amer- ican consumer, I have joined my distia- guished colleague from ~chigan (Mr. ~ART) in cosponsoring t~ legislation. do not view this bill ~ ~ substitute lot more intelligent gover~ental organiza- tion and approach to con~mer problems, but I do see it as un important vehiclc for fuelling certain.n~ of the ~ncr- ican consumer. My collea~es and I on the Subcom- mittee for Co~umcr~ of the ~cnute ~om- merce Committee will ~e the bill intro- duced today m~ a "working paper" more fully defining tlm me~s of meeting the consumer's need ~ have reprezcuta- lion when government~l rolicic5 arc formulated, ~ have off.tire ~venues for hearing and justly d~,posing el constuner complain~, and to have ob~ctivc prod- uct i~orm~tion di~scm~a~ After f,~ly exp~o~g thee areas iu committee. I ~cel ~y ~st~ng~shcd col- Ica~:ue~ and I will be in a ~sition to make zome final judgmcn~ on the Ic~i~,lation mh~ch will improve the Io~ cf the Amem- c:~n con::~er. And if an Indcpcndcnt Corcumer Co.oil ~ crc~ted, I hope that our h~rmg r~cord wculd ~ ~ ~f~ rc:-~ce for th~ L<,ard d~c~c,r~ m la~chin~ their TI55750215