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...commission, said Nader's investigators, never cracked down on moving companies for the common practice of "bumping" the weight of goods-for example, by putting two loads on the same van, and charging twice for the combined weight, or adding up to 600 Ibs. by filling the gas tank just before the loaded van was weighed. The report cites the estimate of a former manager of a moving company that at least half of the people who moved in 1969 were overcharged. Similarly, the commission disregarded travelers' interests by "presiding over the funeral" of the passenger train. When...
Critics of the Interstate Commerce Commission have long argued that it manages to be captive and senile at the same time. Last year seven law students, directed by Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader, delved deep into the ICC's record and conducted more than 500 interviews, mail surveys and statistical analyses. Last week they issued a 1,200-page draft report, devastating in detail, which argues persuasively that the public good would best be served if the ICC were abolished altogether...
...will happen to the report? The students presented their findings to a Senate subcommittee last week, and the Senators invited the ICC to reply. Said an ICC spokesman: "I think I'd say, don't panic. If it just dies down, forget it." The last time that Nader's Raiders documented the failings of a regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission, their report led to a study by the American Bar Association, which essentially backed their findings, but recommended that the FTC be given another chance. The FTC has indeed been improved since then. At the least...
...Ralph Nader's power to sway-and shake-Government and corporate institutions was demonstrated again last week. In February, he and some associates made nine proposals to General Motors-on desegregation, pollution and auto safety-and asked that shareholders be allowed to vote on them. G.M. refused. Last week the Securities and Exchange Commission ordered the company to include two of the proposals in its 1970 proxy statement, to be voted on by shareholders. One would enlarge the G.M. board of directors from 24 to 27, bringing in three consumer representatives. The other would set up a committee...
...getting these two proposals on the proxy statement, Campaign G.M.-a group of Washington lawyers supported by Ralph Nader-hopes to force General Motors to become more responsive to the public welfare...