1Ce the tu- sue the ral hat S a en ge 11- the nd TRTRAEIA Ee ame by Ralph Nader WASHINGTON--President : nducted a one-day shearing last week as a prelude creases desired by the profit- glutted auto industry. The hearing was a charade. and AMC, as they did last year, ., to go on welfare if they didn’t ~ get their price increases. As usual, they blamed the price _ increases not on their lust for greater profits but a new . government, pollution and safety standards. They also added that they would be back soon before the CLC asking for . another round of price increas- NE « labor negotiations were com- pleted. , involved in this first round, it is useful to examine how the CLC . saw its obligations to obtain a hearings so that it can make the - auto companies prove their . case. First, the hearing date of ; August 28 was announced in-the - press on August 21, with the first official notice coming on August 22 in the Federal RegisterfaAnyone wanting to testify had just one day to in- form the CLC. With such calculatedly short notice it’s not surprising that the only other witness was by associate, Peter Patkas, a young lawyer who has been watching the govern- ment’s feeble efforts to control prices. Except for Petkas no one challenged the auto industry spokesmen who were financial executives heavy with jargon and light with candor. The CLC officials conducting the hearings, led by James W.. McLean, the Deputy Director, displayed an invincible combin- ation of indifference, ignorance or subservience to the execut- ives from Detroit. ‘Kay Ryan, the CLC’s con- sumer advisor and other staffers were beside themselves with frustration as they wat- ched their superiors go through their languid motions. With numerous TV cameras and press people there trying to get some factual truth to American consumers, McLean and his assistants let the industrialists propagandize without question- ing them closely. The director of the CLC, former Harvard professor John Dunlop, was not there. With his well-known contempt for the press and open democratic procedures, he just wasn’t interested. Diane Davies, daughter of Dr. “and Mrs. Carlton Davies, 35 Machell Ave., Dallas, spent the summer working at Wind River Ranch in DuBois, Wyo. As a wrangler and trail rider, Miss Davies guided groups of tourists. She attended mountain climbing school and with her roommate, Carolyn Crawford, of Georgia, and a group of six others, went on a two-day climb in the Grand Tetons. > The group began the climb at _ Lupine Meadows and proeeeded “to LowegSaddle, which is 11,500 feet ab sea level. There they camped in a bivouac shelter, leaving at 4 a.m. to continue the “ climb of e West Face along the Exom Route. 13,766 feet above sea level, they had climbed 7,800 feet. They made their way down by repel (rope) for the first 160 feet, tra- veling along the Owen Spauld- ing route. In August Miss Davies hosted her parents and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wasserott and their child- ren, Lynn and Paul David. She guided the visitors on a two-day on a raft trip on the Snake iRiver. \ WRI WO 1 1GQC Miss Davies, who has return- ed home, will soon begin an in- ternship in parks and recreation management at Unicoie State Park in Georgia. As the champion of secrecy, Dunlop has infected the entire CLC with this bureaucratic disease. No information sub- mitted by the auto companies to the CLC was made public. This practice makes it almost im- possible for any citizen to comment on the auto companies price increase requests without exhaustive investigation else- where. Under the Economic Stabili- zation Act, the CLC has the authority to make this inform- ation public. But it has chosen not only to keep secret company prenotification state- ments and most quarterly report data, but it has permitted large companies to evade or violate the Hathaway amend- ment to the price control law. This amendment requires more corporate disclosure of com- mercial information. Petkas pointed out the follow- ing gaps in the auto companies statements which the CLC seems bent on ignoring: (1) Contrary to the industry’s inference, there are no new pollution control for the 1974 cars required by the govern- ment. (2) The very minimal 1974 government - safety standards have either been met by prior year models or applied to only some types of 1974 vehicles or are much more modest in cost than the companies allege. (3) Judging by prior practice, the CLC has no intention of recognizing quality deteriora- tion, excess profits, or the viola- tion of standards which were given price increases in the past. Yet if these factors along with productivity were consid- ered, the CLC would be giving the companies no price in- creases at all. One clue to the CLC’s dis- interest in curbing price rises is its woefully small staff. The Council simply does not have a fraction of the economist, ac- countants, engineers, and other skills needed to process and challenge the mounds of secret corporate bull. When the CLC makes its decision ont’ the 'autd. and’ other industry price increase requests, it will divulge no reasons and present evidence. As an anti-consumer Czar, it will only issue ‘‘fiats.” In May of this year, the state legislature passed a reorgani- zation bill which made the Governor’s Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse the single state authority for provision of medical, social and psychological services to drug and alcohol abusers in Pennsyl- vania. All state drug and alcohol community education, treatment and rehabilitation services are funded through this council. The state has been subdivided in 41 districts according to the guidelines of the Mental Health- Mental Retardation Program. The Luzerne-Wyoming County Mental Health-Mental Retar- dation Program formulates one district, and a member of the staff of the county adminis- trator’s office has been designated as drug and alcohol specialist to specifically deal with these new programs. A community board representing both Luzerne and Wyoming Counties has been ap- pointed by the county commis- sioners to be the Luzerne- Wyoming County Planning and Implementation Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. This council is made up of 11 Pollution: it's a crying shame People start pollution. People can stop it. Keep America Beautiful fi 99 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 urs Ad A Public Service of This Newspaper & The Advertising Council OMB FORM 48-R0503 12-31-74 an executive proposal JUL. 1, 1973 X |AVOID DEBT INCREASE LESSEN DEBT INCREASE NO EFFECT TOO SOON TO PREDICT EFFECT ESTIMATED TOTAL OF DALLLAS BOROUGH Jun. 30, 1974 $26,524 availability of Revenue Sharing Funds will affect the tax => levels of your jurisdiction? Check as many as apply. BOROUGH SECRETARY WILL ENABLE REDUCING WILL REDUCE AMOUNT OF RATE DALLAS, PA... .. 13612 RATE OF A MAJOR TAX. INCREASE OF A MAJOR TAX. WILL PREVENT INCREASE | ; > EVEN INCREASE [1 NO EFFECT ON TAX LEVELS WILL PREVENT ENACTING 5 % ANEW MAJOR TAX [x] TOO SOON TO PREDICT EFFECT 8 OPERATING/MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES CAPITALEXPENDITURES S| PRIORITY PLANNED PERCENT PERCENT PLANN PERCENT PLANNED FOR: ~~ ED $ | EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES ANTE Reon" puntos EXPENDITURES a DEAT 2 CATEGORIES (A) {B) OF ESTING o) |Soaoe (F) bid LL SR Aus PTY i $ % 9% [|| PURPOSE AND 9 9 PUBLI 0, 0/ ; 9 z bic sare 12,000,600 100 7° [|| GenEnat covr. | 6,524.00 109% % oie 5B " & [ENVIRONM 9 i 2 PROTECHON. $ % % ||eoucation $ % % % % 3 I~ |puBLIC 0 12 o TRANSPORTATION $ % % HEALTH $ % % % % - 0 |4 0, 13 x | HEALTH $ % % ||[TRanspoRTATION $ % % % % < Q|3 $ 9%1 = 9%llisociAL 9 9 9 0 _ 3S |RecReATION % hliZ0caL vv |S % % % % nls ~|l[i5 HOUSING & = $ 9 9% |ICOMMUNITY 9 0 9 0 X |LisRARIES % % |COMMUNITY |$ % % % % 7 16 = [SOCIAL SERVICES | $ 9 9 0 0 < [FOR + & POOR % % DEVELOPMENT {3 % % % % |g 4g 17 7 Eg = W | FINANCIAL 0, 9 0, 0, 0, 0, & | Administration | % % CONSERVATION | % % % % Ta - 18 ORES EXPEND: 3 12,000.00 PusLicsarery |® % % % % -> 19 : (N) ASSURANCES (Refer to Instruction G) RECREATION + 9, 0 0, 0, CULTURE $ % % % } % _|{|20 QIHER(Specify) ! The news media have been advised that a complete copy i it $ 8.000.080 % 100 % % % -> of this report has been published in a local newspaper of general ||57 0THER(Specity) 3 i circulation. | have records documenting the contents of this % %. 9%: % report and they are open for public and news media scrutiny. ° ol ° 22 OTHER(Specity) a i ho vom el 9 | assure the Secretary of the Treasury that the statutory |[|[23 7 ? provisions listed in Part G of the Instructions accompanying this |ITOTAL PLANNED 700% 7 77 7 7 report will be complied with by this recipient government with |||[CAPITAL EXPENDI1 $ 7 7 i respect to the entitlement funds reported hereon. TURES 14,524.00 i 7 NAME & TITLE — PLEASE PRINT DATE PUBLISHED / h 2537 or 3 bh a Dallas Pest Erin OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DATE NAME OF NEWSPAPER } = ¥ Ralph Garris Secretary Sept. 13, 1973 ‘ORS FORM NO. 3229 JULY 1973 members, and is the local re- presentative of the Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Prior approval of the local council is required before state funds can be used in drug and alcohol service in the Luzerne-Wyoming County Area. The members of the Luzerne- Wyoming County Planning and Implementation Council are: the Rev. James J. Doyle, Richard Gundry, James Leib, Thomas Moran, William Pugh, Joseph Rose, Marylou Schaefer, the Rev. Bruce Shortell, Judith Springston, Josephine Sulewski and Katherine Trumbower. Recently, this council met and held elections for officers. Those elected were: chairman, Richard Gundry, executive director of the Greater Hazleton Council on Alcoholism, and manager of Homes Metallic Company, located in Hazleton; vice-chairman, Katherine Trumbower, member of the volunteer staff of Malabar, Inc., 70 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre; and secretary, Judith Springston, high school teacher in the Tunkhannock School District. The council has been for- service provided and assure a quality of service for the re- habilitation of drug and alcohol abusers in our area. The Luzerne County Trans- portation Authority recently an- new bus service on Evans Street and Cooper Street in Pringle, which will also serve the Valley View Drive Area of Pringle starting Sept. 17. Thomas McGeehan, treasur- er of the L.C.T.A. remarked that this new route will cross Union Street at the Pringle-Lu- zerne Line, and then operate via Evans Street, turning right on Cooper Street, then left on Courtdale Avenue to the present route of the Courtdale line. Mr. McGeehan stressed that service will only operate south on Evans Street, and west on Cooper Street picking up and discharging passengers on the one-way operation. Buses leav- ing Courtdale will return to Luzerne via Courtdale Avenue, Union Street, and Main Street. This new service, operating on a trial basis will provide seven weekday trips and three Saturday trips. No service will be operated on Sunday. Buses Streets, Pringle, weekdays at 7:25a.m., 8:50 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 1:10 p.m., 4:05 p.m., 5:35 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. Buses will leave Public Square for Pringle at 6:50 a.m., 8:05 a.m., 10:15 a.m., 12:25 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 4:50 p.m., and 6:05 p.m, Saturday service will leave Evans and Cooper Street, Prin- gle for Wilkes-Barre at 9:00 a.m., 11:35 a.m., and 3:40 p.m. 8:20 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Mr. McGeehan also noted that service to Courtdale and back road Swoyersville has been in- creased both weekdays and Saturdays. He recommends that interested passengers ob- tain new public timetables from the busdriver, or at the author- ity’s office, 52 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, after Sept. 12. Please Patronize Our Advertisers Are New" ingly sophisticated! The reasons? A custom designed cut for maximum control . . . continuous conditioning for health and shine . . . a perm to hold the lines. 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