Ford UFO Files

STATEMENT FOR RADIO TAPE FOR 5TH DISTRICT STATIONS
TO BE MADE MARCH 23, 1966.
This is your Congressman, Jerry Ford, speaking to you from the nation's
capital.
I want to talk with you today about a subject which some people are
inclined to dismiss as not very important but which I think demands quick
action by the Congress. It's child safety--protection for our l ittle child-
ren from dangers they sometimes are exposed to in the home toy box and
medicine chest.
President Johnson this week sent Congress a message outlining a proposed
Child Safety Act to provide safeguards against accidental injury or death
for our children from a variety of causes, like an overdose of aspirin tablets.
This is one time when 1 am delighted to support an Administration
proposal. The President has acted none too soon. In fact, 1 cannot under-
stand why he has waited this long to move on this problem.
The bill we're talking about would do a number of things to keep our
very small yougsters out of harm's way in the home.
It would limit the number of candy-flavored children's aspirin in a
single bottle to 15 or 20.
It would stop the sale in interstate commerce of children's toys that
contain dangerous substances.
It would require special safety caps for closing the containers of
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certain patent drugs which are attractive to children.
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