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748<br />
Mr, BTAGGERS. Yes. f might repeht<br />
for the gentleman's infom&tlofl<br />
that it states very pleinly ln the blll that<br />
if tt il il the public lnterest, snd he so<br />
firlds, theh he r:lust come up ln \\'riting<br />
with what these rehsons ffre.<br />
Mr. MOELLER. Mr. Chelnnan, sill<br />
the Hentlelnen yield?<br />
Mr. DINGELL. I yield to the gentlelllan,<br />
Mr. MOELLER. You stated tha.t there<br />
might be some dlfietences ln the stiuderds<br />
set; ls thls correct?<br />
Suppose, for example, a cet m&nufacturef<br />
makes a small, $o-called fun cRrtherc<br />
is one made ill rny dlstrlct. It is a<br />
little, one-cylinder outfit. Io it seld that<br />
this man must follo$ the same safety<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ards that the manu.{ecturer$ of the<br />
large cars such as the General Motort,<br />
Chn'slcr, <strong>and</strong> Ford, follow?<br />
Mr. DINGELL. The Fehtleman Just<br />
heard thc colloquy between ttre chaiffian<br />
<strong>and</strong> nre on the dlfference ln st<strong>and</strong>ards.<br />
Mr. MOELLER. In other words, thefe<br />
rrould be e distincti0rl?<br />
Mr. DINGE;L. I must say thet thls<br />
Btlll is not gotng to authorize the msnufMturEr<br />
of the one-cylinder car selling<br />
lor $750 to ma.rket an un$afe autornoblle<br />
Bw rnore than it ls colns to authorlze<br />
the menufa4turer of a large, luxury-typ€<br />
motor vehicle selling for S5,000 or $6,000,<br />
to menufmture en unsafe vehicle- But<br />
bccause of the dlfierence ln welcht end<br />
b€cause of tlre dlflerence In speed <strong>and</strong><br />
because oI the dlfierent potertlel use for<br />
that type of vehlcle, I would ffiy that the<br />
safety $t<strong>and</strong>ards would not necessarily<br />
b€ as compretren$lve, or 6$ onercuE, for<br />
Urat type of vehlcle as they Dlght be on<br />
the larser, heevier welght vehicle.<br />
But this ls a mBtter of JudFmeut thet<br />
the <strong>Sec</strong>retary will have to exercise. He<br />
wiu still b€ requifed by this leFislEtlon to<br />
merket a vehlcle ttlEt would be safe under<br />
any teasonable Etmdards or occBsloDs<br />
of use.<br />
The Chairman, the gentleman from<br />
We$t Virginis [Mr, SrroornsJ nlght wtsh<br />
to conuflent on tlrat, belns the chlef oEcer<br />
of the commltte.<br />
Mr. STACi{}BS. Mr. Chairman, I<br />
thlnk the gentleman lrom Mlchlsa.n has<br />
ststed lt very thorouchly.<br />
Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Chelrmen.<br />
wlll the sentleman yield?<br />
Mr. DINGELL. I yleld to the gentletnan.<br />
MT. CUNNINGHAM. Mr, ChaIriNEN.<br />
I think the 5lcntlemen from Michigan<br />
brings up a very serlous problem that<br />
may be lnvolved here. He cohes frotfl<br />
en flreB whcre thls pl'oblem wiu pre5ent<br />
Ittrlf.<br />
Mr. DINGEIJJ. I mlsht Bay to the sentleman<br />
that he ls correct. I represent<br />
one of the largest slngle arees of eutomoblle<br />
manufEcture lI1 the country.<br />
Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Ch&lrma,n,<br />
f do not tsnow mybody ln the automoblle<br />
lfldustry. I have not been ln cont8ct<br />
with thcm. But I have reaal in<br />
the pa.pers where under this leglslatlorr<br />
there ls going to be e tremendous ptoblem<br />
tnvolved ln thls to-cslled leadtlme.<br />
Mr, DINGELL. If the gentlemen wlll<br />
permlt, I would polnt out that tlle chelr-<br />
Een has already lndicst€d ln the col-<br />
loquy t'ith rne thf,t the lenBuage ln the<br />
blll is directed at essurlng tlret the <strong>Sec</strong>retary<br />
will teke very cafefu.lly lnto con-<br />
$lderation the problems of leadttmF<br />
<strong>and</strong> not ln an utrreasonable or improper<br />
Iashlon. but certalnly to Eee to it that<br />
the lndustry has reasonable opportunlty<br />
to pre$ent thelr vlews, <strong>and</strong> t{ coffply<br />
wifh tbe requirernents ln a namnsble<br />
fashion-<br />
Mr. CUNNINGHAM. I uhderstahd<br />
that. I hear
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