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Show WORLD NEWS WASHINGTON (UPI) Ralph Nader Wednesday urged creation of an independent government consumer protection agency so powerful and "unabashedly partisan" par-tisan" that it could develop quality qual-ity products and warn shoppers of shoddy goods right in the store. As envisioned by the consumer advocate before the Senate Subcommittee Sub-committee on Executive Reorganization, Reorgan-ization, the agency would test products brand by brand, fight utilities' requests for rate increases, in-creases, and investigate and prosecute pros-ecute fraudulent practices. President Nixon has asked Congress Con-gress to establish by law an office that already exists the White House Office of Consumer Affairs, Af-fairs, headed by Mrs. Virginia Knauer. Nader said this was "grossly inadequate." F. Ritter Shumway, chairman of Syborn Corp., Rochester, Roch-ester, N.Y., who represented the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, endorsed en-dorsed Nixon's proposal and said business was anxious to please consumers. Nader said no President, least of all Nixon, would jump into acriminous fights between consumers con-sumers and business firms. CHICAGO (UPI) A 1968 campaign cam-paign aide to Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy Mc-Carthy told a federal court Jury Wednesday McCarthy's staff and anti-war protest leaders had an informal working agreement before be-fore and during the turbulent Democratic National Convention. The witness, Sam Brown, testified tes-tified that they discussed the pos- sibility of calling off demonstrations demonstra-tions if, on Monday or Tuesday of convention week, the Minnesota Senator appeared to have a "good chance" of defeating then Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey for the presidential nomination. Brown, currently coordinator of the Vietnam Moratorium Committee, Commit-tee, testified at the trial of seven men charged with conspiring to incite riots during the convention in Chicago. He said that during the summer of 1968 he was a member of McCarthy's Mc-Carthy's national staff and during dur-ing the convention he worked as a liaison between the McCarthy forces and the National Mobilization Mobiliza-tion Committee to end the war in Vietnam. OWERRI, NIGERIA (UPI) Biafran refugees from the Nigerian Ni-gerian civil war begged for food and money on the streets of their former capital today while most of the food available was sold for hard cash. A shortage of trucks and other vehicles has impeded the delivery of promised food and other aid to the hungry refugees. Nigerian officials offi-cials said that more trucks were being sent from Lagos. Some food gradually made its way into the former capital of Biafra, which was overrun by federal Nigerian forces 10 days ago and precipitated the final collapse col-lapse of the secessionist state. However, most of the food available avail-able in the city was sold strictly on a hard cash basis and the Ibo refugees from the war have nothing but Biafran money, now worthless. The refugees ignored appeals by Nigerian officials to stay in their homes and wait for food to be brought to them. Thousands milled along the streets, stopping every passerby to beg for food or for valid currency. Fight for food A near riot broke out at one of the distribution centers when one food bag burst open and spilled onto the street. Several dozen hungry hun-gry Ibos fought and clawed to get at the spilled food. In Lagos the first Soviet and American supplies to arrive for the war victims was expected later la-ter today. A Nigerian government official praised Russia as Nigeria's "best friend" throughout the war. |