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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 Aug 17 DOC#: NMA172 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newsweek Article - A Matter of Life and Death c A P"sttsr of Life snd Death T h e rv w u ftd m a rc c.g y .y b f f ? : 8 9 on p jn rfin f, n u c hw c i w a rn in g e p c v a trrs to v a r p rU e e tiv n guggle* ; b ifi duor r . N a d e r says once w arned a com p a n y d o cto r th a t he w o u ld be lo o k in g fo r a n utber |ob if he p u b lish e d a ic p m t s ip is on p i.m l \\dlK c a n U o n n rt ""D on 't on brr>*Uiuro p a n o ru n g am ong e m p lo yrcs G am b le W ith S a id y ." A nd kr>mel>ou, th e o j " ' 0 *-v Ivt*s c o n v rv t5 u j ' i 'j* o l i I k.*p k u it. A l! f r H . an A F L -O O tflfe+ y com m it- g K .in jjV M ii .'.` T .r iT l ee ia r w w i, llc .i- in c h s trv h o f e e n d p ru lw ltly p c U in c U stics tcM o n ly h o i; the * h > ; l . iru a sa fe r. *i he S a ic iv U n u tc d iiu .li rate err...?-, d<.M :ng <*4 :h ; ! 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S'9? -000 tn ixg m c a sa fcls net m ound t b b * n< SO -nery^ ott xn taster p ral `rTfi^0-di ,h e rasid m ovent b m u y j p b r ' e i t . iid e v ^ Ih r unpetus fo r s tille r standards has b e a m eaw rahb c re a s e d b e w ave o f b j! h T 7 r L ` ,X 'iJ '" J i i " lh r r *l r " ` he p u b V L ' " m Tfl th e v v n rlo y ! m v u h e d K o u tu w Jy. d e a d ly p b g e w a a d u p p e d a l.m t the r o u n t r v lo i% r e e S b g in to p b v .a rt Fum es of the cm ranon f e ^ h ic r , a n tivd rra is a n n u m . le th a l, as d a n ta b y th e d eath o f rig h t S B U S iM L S S AMD FIMANCC resid en ts o f O c t r , N e b ., w lim tw o tank car* c a rry in g stu fi u r t e d e ra ile d there h it ye a r. b m t a ip m any o f tim e lu s r n k im v K e tr.n*%por1atn*-- an d b e - c a v e ra ilin M l a ccid en ts increased b y an a la rm in g bO p e r e ru t be tu r c o 1963 and 196S p n w w latch* has focu sed o n a n p ro v in g th e sJaitcLanb o f th e n a tio n * c e ia k iiih n g ra il n e tw o rk . L a st w e e k , the H o u se a p p io ird a id sent to conference c o m m itte e a b ill p v a s fi U ic D epart* c a t o f T ra n s p o rta tio n b ra n d powers to se t n e w sta n d a rd s fo r the sh ip m e n t of baam rdous car goes. Mo H iding P la c e B ut C ongress bn* yet to come to |tnps with a strmgent, effective national in d u s tria l safety act. The tan e may be at ha n d ; at bag last* m bnen thcwKti are bepnaag to danw for protection. Says an official o f the United Auto Workers: "The m en AUTOS: Enter the V It is , pi unfa ir general s u i u '. "u n liL r a n y o th r W ith l i n t . D c !_ men to G a m ! to th e 1.1 n iT s u aim ed W T f y e a r the tu b e ^ sore enou g h , tk ne w in D e tro it's head-cam en gine its assem bly h r tra ve le d to de#L u n iq u e s ty le la fro n t bum per m ra ilro a d c a n . The Vega, w l h a ve 'aban doned th e fa llm g -o b je c t syrv- M n t m ad to. assum e a g u y co u ld p ro te ct hansels. N o w tW y sec th e re are a tot o f env ironm ental liiu a lo n t that c a n 't be h a n d led b y sa fe ty gog g le* and h a rd -to e h w A w l b rv a rc u p an am ts.* - * *1 ----------------- *1-- A lt. m in istra tio n Ifw sent u p n b ill th a t w o u ld de le g a te tlie p o w e r to e sta b lish a n d e n ia rc e n e w n ft* v rfib tia m to a h a * m an F m n ln iL ii p^i*cl. H u t C o n g re ss is d iv id e d b rtw e e n tb b me a iw o an d a H ou se H ill O u t w o u ld fix e the S e cre ta ry o f I -a lw t ie lin e d a*hi*ttfy to o rd rt co m panies to ebm m ate umsJ c jo b p n e tire s . O r . Mind W bor and tlie vo ca l re fo n u e o . u ^ iw d u i; N a d e r, su p p o rt the H ou se ve rsio n , w h ile th e O w w e h rr e f C o m m e n t and d ie .\a u u u u A itm w iiu it of u iiiiM v iu rc su c i. m e a u u u ih <m . b o a . R c^avuc o f tlu s im porne th e pros p e ct fo r passage o f r le r b ill h rafted f l * R u t a n y exte nded d e a d lo ck seems to ig n ito p ro te s t----------- -- -------------------- --w h o see d ie U c L > as a plum m a tter o f M e a d d e a th . " I m a natsan d e e p ly con cern ed w ith hum an and econo m ic p ro g ic b ," says C c u rg c S h u ltz, "su ch b n c o h d -*---- n . n u lli* fa r itu h c fL * nest m o th , ha than its p n n e v w agen h e ctic, inches lo n ge r t. inches w id c r-- Vega m il be k m t t eng in e , h o rse pow er r=*. cbd not annoiu . w ith in b n rf.m Kvt p rice fo r th .' Am c n ca n NU *1 10,000ci lean firm to a i w ere fn tro d w v hnpes to sell W le t -- -1**1 ih. vt Ho Panto b re r C a rp , e n try w 1 b* 1 Wheeling or d o n m e d i hand the F o rd teatine taapeets e -b i C o a tin o * fa r about a--