A Summary of Activities, 1964-1967U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 61 páginas |
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A Summary of Activities, 1964-1967 United States. President's Committee on Consumer Interests Visualização integral - 1967 |
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Página 37 - The solution to these problems does not rest on a massive program in Washington, nor can it rely solely on the strained resources of local authority. They require us to create new concepts of cooperation, a creative federalism, between the national capital and the leaders of local communities.
Página 25 - I believe the time has come to bury forever the myth that furthering the interest of the consumer must be at the expense of the producer. There is, I am convinced, a common interest between Americans in their capacity as producers and in their capacity as consumers. This mutuality must be emphasized.
Página 43 - Committee shall from time to time consider (1) the Federal policies and programs of primary importance to consumers or the unmet consumer needs which can appropriately be met through Federal action, either under existing laws or new legislation...
Página 21 - I am asking all Federal agencies now engaged in consumer educational activities (a) to cooperate in this effort and (b) to explore fully such possibilities as the adapting of the extension service concept, so successful in rural areas, to an urban setting.
Página 46 - That those recommendations which apply to international standardization, as set forth in the report of the Panel on Engineering and Commodity Standards of the Commerce Technical Advisory Board...
Página 34 - Counsel for the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
Página 51 - ... packaging. Practices have arisen that cause confusion and conceal information even when there is no deliberate' intention to deceive. The housewife often needs a scale, a yardstick, and a slide rule to make a rational choice. She has enough to do without performing complicated mathematics in the stores. It is not enough to hope that such practices will disappear by themselves. The Government must do its share to insure the shopper against deception, to remedy confusion and to eliminate questionable...
Página 5 - The Federal Government has a responsibility to see to it that the basic rights of the consumer are respected and that the consumer interest is fully considered in the formulation of policies.