LegHist.PL89-563.Volume.ONE.Sec.Ten.and

Lffiffi .Ir.-etrU$qEil- Mv onv lntcf,'
est war to det€rmine, slnce the sentlemm
cotne3 lrom m uea that L$ prlmarlly
concerned, whether he ls $atlsfled.
If he l.$ $atlsfled, rt ts all rlsht wlth
me.
Mr. DINGELL. As lon8 es the bl]I ls
lnt€rpreted reEsonably, I do not believe
I could ssert any objedtlon elther to the
leglslatlon or to tlre manner l$ whlch lt
happens to be carrled out. That, of
: COurSe, w{N the principal purpose OJ my
taklng the floor.
Mr. MoSS. Mr. Chairman. wlll the
gentleman yield?
Mr. DINGELIJ. I yleld to the genUeman
frorn Callfornla.
Mr. MoSS. It ls clearly not the lntent
that, unre&sonable standards be im-
I)osed.
Mr. DINGELL. The gentleman Ls Eb-
$olutely correct.
Mr. MOSS. It ls not lntended by the
colloqqy tlre gentlemen hs enaaged tn
wlth such linite care th8t we place the
siamp of spprov8l ulrcn a dragging ol
the feet by the indu.stry.
Mr. DINGELL. The gentlemfln ls Bb-
Eolutfly correct on thEt point. I would
not lmk wlth Eny tslndness, nor wouJd
the comlttee, on B drasstrg ol the feet
or my rrscallty ol the't klnd, end I am
$Eti$ned thBt the industry wou.ld not ensoce
ln th8t klnd of practice.
Mr. MOSS. I think the gentlernan ls
ln B8r€ement with the gentleman lrom
Callforrila. I thmk him for yleldlbE.
Mr. DINGELL. I thank the gentleman
Bnd I thErrk the dtstlnFulshed chEllmen
of the commltt€e for allowlng me tJlls
ilme.
Mr. SPRINGER. Mr. Cha.lmen. I
yleld 3 Br.lllutes to the gentleEan {rou
Ohio [Mf. AyREsl.
Mr. AYRES. Mr. ChairusD. f congratulatr
and commend the chalrEan ol
the Cornmlttee on InterstBte and Forel$l
Colnrnerce, the genileman frotrl
West Vir8inia IMr. Sr/|coERsl. and the
tBnking member, the gentleman from
Illlnols IMr. SpftrNcER]-in fact. for that
hstter, the lull commlttee, and particularly
the Eembers of the committee. the
gentlem8D, froE New York tMr.
o'Buxl, End the gentlem8n from Call-
Iorrila [Mr. Moss]-for the courtesy
they have shown me in working out 6ome
of the difrcullles in comecilon wlth the
Bo-called tire section of the blu.
Representing a city where we have so
Bany maJor tlre mmuJEctur.ets. I c4n.
Essure tlre Cobmlttee Urat no ilre ln8nuf&cturef
hm ever knowingly made m
urE&fe tlre, and wlth the compromiseg
thBt have b€en EEde tn tJrl.s bul. the ure
lnd$try wlll do lta best to coopefat€ lrr
the provlBtona that they will uof,r be reEulEted
under.
But, on the other hsnd, I do not feel
th8t the impreslon should be left thEt
there hs been anythtDg wrong with the
llluuJMturin8 proces$ or ttte type ol
tlre8 thBt heve been mld to the Anerlcan
publlc ln ttre pBst. In rony cases
It wul b6 a llttle difrcult to get the maohlnEry
lnto efect that the blU cBlLE for,
but you wlll fl.Dd tuu coop€ratlon by the
tlre manufa.cturers of this courtry.
Aseln I thEnk the ComElttec for thelr
Datleuce. I thsr* th6m lor llstenlna to
Itrouse Debate
my In6lstence on E{r mrny of ttra proyl-
Blorl.s thst cartre up, Enal I hope that In
the nnal analysl3 the Houjr l$ lts qrlsclour
wlll pas the blu.
Mr. EDMONDSON. M.r. Ch&lftlan,
viu the gentlemdn yleld to me?
Mr. AYRE-B, I yield to the genlteman
trorn OklBhoma.
Mr. EDMONDSON. I thank the gentlemsn
for yieldilg. I wou.ld lfte fo t€ke
thls opporturlty bo join hlm ln the statemerlt
he has Just made regarding the
sLandsrd of excellerrce thet is mahtelned
in the ttre menulacturinE industry End
the contlnulng effort that is made to insu'e
lhai the product is thoroughly sfe
ln sll regerds. We have one ol the gr6at
tlre rnanulaciuing mmpanles of t,he NBtlon
locEted in tlre dlstrlct whlch I represent
at lllaml, OklB. I hEve b€err
through tlrat plsnt seveHl tiriles, AJ1d
I arn $iiti$fred thst there is no indutry
where the quality of workmanshlp and
Lhe conlrnuou effort to turn out a superlor
product Ere any higher.
I b€lieve thEt ttre gentlemen's remarkB
about the stsndrrds Ulai er6 malntalned
ln the tire manufacturlng lndEstry Efe
entllely approprlate. I wmt to mmmend
hlm for makln8 the statement,
',thlch he has mBde.
Mr. AYRES. I tharlk the gentlernan,
Mr. SPRt'{GER. Mr. Chalrmen, I
ytelcl $uch Lirqe as he mey corEufte to t.he
genl.lemBn f rom Pemsylvanla tMr.
JoHNsoil I .
IIr. JOHNSQN of Pennsylvenla. Mr.
chBirrnan, I lntend to support thls leet$lstlon.
I hEve loug been lnterested ln
trighwEy safety, preventlon of accidents
on our rodds, encl fflfety detlces on cars.
Before coming to Cotlgfes I ws E
member ol the PeruylvmlE Stste lxgislBture.
and ln 1962 wff E member of E
comDlttet of tfte PemsylvanlB Ix8lslature
that vlslted the car manufEcturlng
lndustly ln Detroit. We spent 5 dsys on
thls lnspectlon vlsit. We vi$ited the
Ford, Chevrolet and p]ymouth pl8nti,
Bnd the rlseafch laboratortes of all theJ€
flrrns. We were amaued at the huBe
amount of research then belng conducted
by these mEnufa,cturers of cars. &nd thB
many $afety devlccs then perfect€d snd
underway.
We s8w the accomptl.sluents ln wlndshleld
reseerch, seat belts. &utomBilo
door locks, tires, brakes, and meny other
lnventlon$ and de$igns. Gfadually these
safety factors heve been edded to our
cars- Only B reluctant generEl publlc hag
prevented thelr wldespreBd use. Ttre
pessE8e ol thtB leglslRtlon wlll spur on
safety re$earch and glve the EenulEcturerg
B reBson to fully aFply to cars the
mechanlsm necessafy for ssfety,
The $tat4 of pennsylvenla hEs Elwayg
taken the lesd in furthering sBfety not
only on our cRH, but hlshwEys as well.
We [n Pennsylvanla harl the flr$t coftpulsory
car lnspectlon lew, and tode.y tn
Pennsylvenla all cars mut bear E Gafety
Btlcker. whlch E|urt be renewed every
6 months. tbls lBc, slone has cut down
on accldenta ln a very bu$y Bnal growlng
StEte with lt8 many natural blghway
hMards becautr of the mountalnou natue
of the $tat€'s terrBln.
A.l.so Penrsylv8nla |3 noP enassed ln
a reef,enrlnEtlon of Ucensed car op€r-
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