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l@ wona* fi a ltntt of g mlnutes or to<br />
mlnuter from now could b€ Eet.<br />
Mr. MO€IS. Il thLe debEtc on the sub-<br />
Je|ct of ttme ls SotnS to contlnue, I do<br />
not, yleld further untu I am Blven coEr-<br />
Fensetlh8 tlm6.<br />
Mr. STAc(lmfl. Could 9'6 s8y 5<br />
mlnuts efter 5 debd,te on the Ementl-<br />
E'ent End all Emendments thereto wlll<br />
be concluded?<br />
Mf.SPRINGffi. Mt.ChElrErsn-<br />
Mr, MOS€I. I refu8c to yleld further<br />
ulles I am afforded eddltlonal tlEre to<br />
glve me my fuu 5 minutes.<br />
The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman<br />
lrom CBllIornIB hEB refused to yleld<br />
further.<br />
Mr. MOSS, Ivtr. Chalrmen ond gen-<br />
Uemen. I fintl myselt ln the 6eme<br />
dllernrns a6 the distingulshed gentleman<br />
from Me$sschusetts. f cannot ulderstEnd<br />
why there is such vlgorous opposltlon<br />
to provldtng E crlmlnrl penalty for<br />
wilUully <strong>and</strong> knowlngly vlol8tlru the<br />
pmr.lsions of thls Bct. We ere not talk-<br />
Urg of repe8ling the EdministrEtive or<br />
clvll p€naltles that are provlded. R€member<br />
that ln this act we are not deellns<br />
only wlth the larce eutomoblle menufectuers<br />
or assemblers- We are deeltrg<br />
with many people who are real fly-bynlsht<br />
&rtlstFacces6ory Bhops.<br />
We had testlmony Jut I few years a8o<br />
tn the commlttee, <strong>and</strong> we flffi,lly hed to<br />
report out, 6 btu flxtn8 stendards for<br />
breke flulds, tr€caue ws founal people<br />
wero Enowlngly &nd wlUfully selling ln<br />
lnterstete coilrmeroe, brake fluldg that<br />
wouJd break down under norm8l op€r-<br />
Stlng temp€ratue. Yes, we Elso provlded<br />
criminEl penaltle$ for t€at belts whlch<br />
fsUecl to meet sny reEsonBble tests ol<br />
strensth.<br />
I*t u not kld ourselvee tlrat we e,re<br />
dealing wlth thl$ very cdmpldx Indutry,<br />
oomposed only oI totBuy r€rporolb.le indlvldualE.<br />
Ttre fecord is tm complete<br />
wlttr lnstanc€B to dlsprove thet tfteory.<br />
No damage ls done by adtllng tlrls second<br />
em to the ar8ensl to deal Ftth those<br />
who wlllftilly <strong>and</strong> knowln8ly vlolste-lt<br />
deals slth the matter of those who Impoft,<br />
tho# who offer ln lnterstat€ corn-<br />
Inerc6, end not JuEt nffiessarlly the very<br />
few manufeEturers of Euto[robtles. IJ6t<br />
rn stop corolderlng thls loClglstlon obly<br />
ln context wlttr the Eore respotrBlble s€Ement.<br />
REmemb€r, tlrete Ere many $ho<br />
are not ln that cetcgory.<br />
I UrBe the sdoptlon ol the amendment.<br />
Mr. HATVEY ol Mlchtsru. lv[r.<br />
ChakElBn, I move to Etrlke th6 r€qulslt€<br />
nuber of wordg.<br />
Mr. Ch8lffiEtl, I rl$ ln opposltlon to<br />
tbc e,Eend.E6nt. Mr. ChE|IIIM, no one<br />
hBr6 he^8 complalned thEt the present<br />
p6ualtl6s lu thll blU Ere by Eny Eeana<br />
lnBd6quatr. It hs been Bttrtert that we<br />
BIrouId idal eaother Bm. Eut let m6 fldt<br />
thLe: IB the poslblc flne ot 9400,000 Eot<br />
enouah ot a ctvtl ps6lty?<br />
I can thlnI of B Bood Eal\y auto lndu3tde+-sfter<br />
eU, tbey arr not all F\ord,<br />
<strong>and</strong> they ere not all General Motor8;<br />
there ue a Eood. many small oDea a,8<br />
well, who make trucks <strong>and</strong> pflrte*tor<br />
whom the f400,000 flne would b€ illsastrous<br />
<strong>and</strong> llhmedlstely put th?rq ,.u<br />
banhuptcy, Is not the power of ln-<br />
Jurrctl'oll+ thd poper ot re8tr.slJrt that<br />
Eo€B $/lth lnJunctloh enough? It he4<br />
been sald that, no, trstead we Bhould<br />
add Bnother sun. I.€t me say thla, th8t<br />
we sre not adding anothgr gu. Irotead<br />
we ere dolng Just as the gentleman frm<br />
Mlchlgan [Mr. DNcELL], who proceeded<br />
me, s8,1d, \rre flre narrowlng<br />
6tructloft<br />
thg con-<br />
Let Ee read to you from a letter from<br />
the Deputy Attomey ceneral ln thls regErd,<br />
to the ctralrman of the comnrlttee<br />
ln the other bo{y. He sald;<br />
Wo wduld not SencElly favor lHporltlo[<br />
ol crtEhil<br />
pen[lttes lor vlolatton of the et-<br />
Wcra crlmlnsl 8$ctlonr created, the st8tutd<br />
mt8ht h4v6 to b6 narrowed ln tha te8pectr<br />
wo h8ve noted, aDd lt would undoubtcdly<br />
Helve E Dorrower JudlClEl COEtructlon,<br />
' Ttris ls the polnt lhe centlemsn from<br />
MlchigEn made so effectlvely a mlnute<br />
Bgo. My polnt to you l$ that bv dolng<br />
whBt this qmendment suggests, lnsteEd<br />
of adding mother Bun, we ere ln efrect<br />
mEklng E wesker bill, b€c8use wg are<br />
maktnE B provi$ion th8t is Eolng to be<br />
corlstrued more ns.rrowly <strong>and</strong> ls golng to<br />
afiect a mor6 limltetl number ol people.<br />
The provlslon es lt ls dreft€d st the p.e*ent<br />
time ls s broader bill sncl will afitrt<br />
more people end wlll brlng Ebout more<br />
ln the fleld of oafety end conrpulsory<br />
st<strong>and</strong>arde.<br />
I polnt out, 83 I sald esrller, thb 15<br />
a new fleld of legtsllum fof the Congress.<br />
For more then 30 years ttre aut'o lnalustry<br />
hes been turnlng out vehlclea end, by<br />
aU ststlstlc8, safe vehlcles,<br />
ThlB IE 8 trernendoEly lmportsnt lndu3try<br />
not only ln the State of MlchJsan,<br />
whlch I heppen to represent but across<br />
Afterlce. It ls tremendously lhportsnt<br />
[o our economy,<br />
One out ol seven AEerlcana tllrectly<br />
sBlns hls Ilvellhootl froE thls p8rtlcru8r<br />
industfy. In the dlstrlct I represent<br />
rrrore than E hEjorlty rte dlrectly or<br />
lndtrectly Ef,ectcd by lt.<br />
ThIa Congrrss shoultl ln lts wlfiIom Eo<br />
slow ln ttrls regard <strong>and</strong> should not junp<br />
lnto somethlng hastlly, when we do not<br />
tsnow whEt we Ere dolng <strong>and</strong> alo not even<br />
know the man ln the plEnt whoEl w6 wlll<br />
level crlmlnBl penaltles agalnst,<br />
We are not ileBuns q,,lth thuEs <strong>and</strong><br />
hoodlums. we are deallrl8 Tlth a Icsponstble<br />
lndu5try. I &[r proud of them,<br />
both the Eutomobll6 exeoutlve <strong>and</strong> ttr€<br />
ulan on the llne Essembllng verucle8 of<br />
maklng parte.<br />
WhBt thlr amentllrlent polrld do tt<br />
dlsrupt a major Industry. It would melp<br />
ttre executlve eft4ld to makc d,ectslofis.<br />
It would mBk6 th6 worksr altald to do<br />
hls Job.<br />
I $holehesrtedly oppofie the Emenalment.<br />
Mt. O'NEILL of Maesrohusetts. Mr.<br />
Chalmen, I move to strlkE th€ rrqulsltE<br />
nmbcr ol wordg.<br />
Th6 CHAIR^ilIAN. The gentleE.Bn<br />
from MEB$0,chu$etta elreadgr hac been<br />
Ilqognlred rrnder ttle 6-mlnut6 ml6, anal<br />
lB not entttled to fuftlrer feoo8nltlont<br />
Ttre questlon la ou thc amcndncnt ollered<br />
by the Elentleman lro[r Massachu*<br />
setts tMr, Ot{E!,I,].<br />
Ttre questlon wa.s takgn; <strong>and</strong> on a dlvlslon<br />
(dem<strong>and</strong>ed W Mr. O'NEftr ol Mss-<br />
770 Vol.I
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