Ford UFO Files

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RADIO TAPE - MARCH 23, 1966
But the basic idea of the proposed law is excellent.
It Uumediately caught my attention in the President's Consumer Interests
message received by Congress this week.
Some other parts of the message were controversial. One of these dealt
with the Truth-in-Packaging bill sponsored by Senator Philip Hart of Michigan.
Here, again, I agree with the goals of the proposed legislation. But in this
case, there is a danger that federal regulation of this type would boost
costs to the consumer, and that is not good. Senator Hart himself will
admit that during the two years that Senate hearings have been conducted on
his bill, most of the practices complained about have been voluntarily cor-
rected by the producers and packagers. Where such action has not already
been taken, the Federal Trade Commission is moving in.
The truth about the truth-in-Packaging bill is that it just isn't
needed--so why add another law to those already crammed into the lawbooksl
Where I see a problem that demands federal action--as in the case of
the accidental poisoning of our children--! am among the first to urge enact-
ment of a new law. But where problems can be solved either volUilhlr'Uy or at
the state or local level, I am opposed to having the federal government move
in, with all its controls and inevitable red tape.
This is your Congressman, Jerry Ford, signing off until next week at
this time, same station.
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