COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS
TO PROTECT CONSUMERS AGAINST UNREASONABLE RISK
OF INJURY FROM HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS AND FOR OTHER
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCE-
MENT OF CERTAIN INTERIM SAFETY STANDARDS FOR
POWER ROTARY LAWNMOWERS
TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY REDUC-
ING THE RISKS OF DEATH, ILLNESS, AND INJURY ASSO-
CIATED WITH THE USE OF CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Elkind, Arnold B., chairman, National Commission on Product Safety;
accompanied by Dr. Henry Hill, president, Riverside Laboratories___
Letter of July 20, 1971-_-.
Richardson, Hon. Elliot L., Secretary, Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare; and Hon. Virginia Knauer, Special Assistant to the Presi-
dent for Consumer Affairs; accompanied by Charles C. Edwards, Com-
missioner, Food and Drug Administration; Malcolm Jensen, Director,
Bureau of Product Safety; Steve Kurzman, Assistant Secretary for Leg-
islation; James Grant, FDA; William Walker, Deputy Director, Office
of Consumer Affairs; Jack Pearce, Deputy General Counsel, Office of
Consumer Affairs-----
Branscomb, Hon. Lewis M., Director, National Bureau of Standards; ac-
companied by Malcolm Jensen, Director, Bureau of Product Safety, De-
partment of Health, Education, and Welfare; Mel Pyerson, Chief, Prod-
uct Evaluation Technology Division, National Bureau of Standards;
and William Andres, Manager, Engineering Standards....
Dana, Margaret, Counsel, Consumer Relations_-.
Merrill, P. Edward, president, Micro Devices Corp., Dayton, Ohio---
Letter of July 28, 1971
Bergman, Dr. A. B., Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, Wash___.
Hanley, Hon. James M., U.S. Representative from New York.
Lewis, Walter S., Jr., general counsel, Rheem Manufacturing Co., repre-
senting gas Appliance Manufacturers Association, Inc., New York, NY.
Dummy markup bill..
Stevens, Philip H., chairman, Safety Committee, Industrial Designers So-
ciety of America, New York, N.Y.; accompanied by Charles Mandelstam,
general counsel.
Swankin, Dave, Consumer's Union, Washington, D.C----
Keeney, Eugene Adams, president, American Retail Federation; accompa-
nied by Eugene Sherman, director, Merchandise Research and Develop-
ment, Newberry's; and Daniel Chaucer, vice president and director,
Bureau of Standards, R. H. Macy & Co---
Willis, Robert H., president, chief executive officer, Connecticut Natural
Gas Corp., Hartford, Conn.; on behalf of the American Gas Association,
Arlington, Va.; accompanied by Frank E. Hodgdon, vice president and
director of A.G.A. Laboratories; and George H. Lawrence, vice president
and director of Government relations___
Block, Melvin, first vice president, New York State Trial Lawyers Associa-
tion, and editor in chief, Trial Lawyers Quarterly.
Davenport, Larry C., Washington affairs associate, Mobile Home Manufac-
turers Association, Arlington, Va.; accompanied by Henry Omson, stand-
ards director_-_
Terry, Capt. Norman S., USATCI, assistant to the deputy commander
general's office, Headquarters, School Command, Fort Lewis, Wash_____ 340
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS
Stabile, Toni, New York, N.Y., statement__.
Stickney, C. Walter, state fire marshal, Oregon State, letter of July 20,
1971
Stinger, Kenneth F., executive, Consumer Affairs Committee, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, statement_--
Stringer, John D., counsel, American Mutual Insurance Alliance, letter of September 1, 1971.
The Concept and Development of a Safer Rotary Lawn Mower, article_
The Reel Tex Mower, article_.
Trowbridge, Roy P., president, American National Standards Institute,
Inc., letter with attachments of August 9, 1971_
Unreasonably Dangerous Products, article_.
Zeolla, M. N., chairman, Consumer Safety Glazing Committee, statement__
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