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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1973 Consumer Bill Considered to Create a Protection Agency Marathon Group Therapy Aids YOU AND Utah Prisoner Rehabilitation A disgruntled Senator Frank E. (Ted) Moss went to bat for consumers again as the. Commerce Committee and the Committee on Government Operations held joint hearings on a bill to create a Consumer Protection Agency. In an opening statement, the Utah Democrat said, Having already considered this legislation in the 91st and 92nd Congresses, its getting a bit tiresome to repeat these hearings. Senator Moss was also irritated by a special night letter he intercepted from the National Association of Manufacturers urging 180 of Americas largest corporations to oppose the consumer protection legislation. The telegrams, signed by N. A. M. President E. Douglas Ken-ri- a, were dispatched as soon as the organization learned that Moss had written the companies asking their views and support for the consumer bill. A bright spot in the Senators long struggle in behalf of the bill is a letter of endorsement from John J. Nevin, President of the Zenith Radio Corporation. Moss said the N.A.M. letter showed an amazing lack of faith in the integrity and intelligence of its members. N.A.M. urged the corporations to respond to Moss by asking him to abandon (the) proposal and support President Nixons transfer of consumer functions to existing responsible departments of the Executive branch. Moss said he will not endorse The Presidents watering down of an already weak consumer posture in the Executive branch. The C.P.A. bill would provide for a Consumer Protection Agency responsible for coordinating federal consumer protection activities, conducting surveys and research and dissimulating But the most important functions of the Agency are its advocacy functions, said Moss. Last fall the Senate Commerce Committee issued a report entitled 'Initiatives in Corporate Responsibility which outlined the positive response of the in meeting the needs of consumers. The comments we received and which were included in the report were most encouraging statements of the responsiveness which does exist in the business community, said Senator Moss. But, the business community does not represent the consumer in its appearances before federal regulatory agencies and trubu-nal- s. No one presently represents consumer. the Moss proposed agency would function, as the consumer advocate. The Senator quoted part of the Zenith letter of endorsement: Zenith Radio Corporation supports this legislation. In our view the interests of the public and the business community would be served by the establishment of an agency that could assist in cordinating the activities of the large number of consumer programs now in existence and that might provide assistance and advice to state and private consumer groups. We also support the concept of a consumer advocate. . . . Moss said he appreciated Zeniths independent evaluation and said the same for many of the corporations that opposed his legislation. I continue to extend my invitation to them to comment, said Senator Moss. For the knee-jer- k conformists to the N.A.M. propaganda line, I suggest you save the U.S. Postal Service the burden of delivering form letters. They just dont count. : busi-commun- ity Page Five YOUR CAR By the Automotive Information Council Friction is both friend and foe in the operation of your car. Without the friction between the tires and the road, you would be unable to set your car in motion. And without friction on command designed into the brakes at each wheel, you would be unable to stop it. Inside the engine, however, friction is an enemy that must be fought in a never ending battle against wear. This is done by a thin, high strength film of lubricating oil which is pressure fed to many moving parts, pistons, valves and bearings to prevent or minimize the destructuve effects of metal to metal contact. If that were all the slippery film had to do in an engine, it probably could be used indefinitely and oil change would be unnecessary. Driving today however, places greater demands on the engine, and oil has become one of the hardest working components in the sysem. In addition to lubricating such fast moving parts as the pistons as they speed up and down in the cylinders (they travel more than 1600 feet for every mile you drive), the oil helps to seal the piston rings and helps to cool the engine. The oil pan beneath the engine acts both as an oil reservoir and as an extra radiator by which heat is dissipated. Equally important the oil has to keep the engines innards spanking clean by carrying particles of dirt and carbon to the filter where they are trapped, and by holding such engine waste products as water and acid in harmless supension. As you drive, the oil becomes saturated with these contaminants and they form a sludge which can plug the filter, oil passages and the oil pump screen. Eventually this leads to wear and damage caused by oil starvation. The battle plan is simple to follow your car makers recommendations on oil change and filter replacement frequency and do it more often if your driving consists mainly of short run trips. Dont slow the frequency to have money as your car ages. That is false economy that undermines your long hard won camapign against engine friction and wear. High School Math Contest at Utah State The preliminary portion of the 17th annual high school contest in mathematics, sponsored by the Utah Academy of Science and conducted by the Mathematics Department of Utah State University, was completed last week. From nearly 1,200 students who took the test, 135 have been invited to participate in the final part of the competition on the Utah State campus Saturday, April 7. Skyline high school led all the high schools in the number of students qualifying for the final competition with 28 students. Others high schools qualifying four or more students include Provo 14, Cottonwood 7, East 7, Bountiful 6, Olympus 6, Highland 5, Granger 5, Box Elder 4, Dixie 4, Granite 4 and Roy 4. Times a great healer, but no beauty specialist. its The room is painted sunshine yellow and sky blue, but the 14 men and women who lounge on its couches are not fooled. They still breathe the oppressive atmosphere and sense the electrically operated metal grid that seals off the daylight end of the corridor outside. They know guards are' located nearby, protected by metal partitions with bullet proof windows. Six of the men in the room are inmates of the Utah State Prison. The women are their wives. Others present are Dr. Gary Jorgensen, director of the University of Utahs Alcohol and Drug Abuse Clinic; and Arthur Hardy, a rehabilitation counselor for the State Board of Education. The group has gathered for the last meeting in a University sponsored marathon group therapy series, the first program of its type ever held in a U.S. prison. Not often does anyone experience the depth of emotion thqt is brought out by the marathon group therapy, explains Dr. times this is the Jorgensen. Many first positive interpersonal relationship the prisoners have experienced. The camaraderie that develops evokes the same feelings as does a good marriage, in terms of trust level, interdependence and ability to express both positive and negative emotions openly, he says. The learning process starts unexpectedly, as the group settles down and most are lighting up their first cigarettes. Someone jokes with an inmate about the cast on his leg (one of the outcomes of a recent brawl), and soon the conversation takes on a more serious tone. Before the evening is over, everyone has participated in th exchange. The Utah psychologist believes such progress could not have been achieved through individual sessions or even conventional group therapy. Some 100 prison- ers have since participated in the hour sessions and voluntary none has withdrawn from the program prematurely. The key, he says, is the presence of the wives. "They are not part of the prison structure. At first the women were dubious of the value of the group and extremely passive and eager to please their husbands, but when they discovered this was a safe place to express their ideas and emotions, they began to confront the men openly. Counselors believe the group discussions may be the first time many of the couples have faced the real issues and feelings troubling their marriages. Some couples who have gone through 9-- 15 . . therapy together have decided to divorce, but most indicate better marital adjustment. One advantage inherent in the University therapy program is the absence of prison representatives. Inmates were apprehensive initially about opening up, but soon found we didnt tell officials things they revealed during therapy. They also liked our approach to the group. We let them know where we stood and confronted them about their behavior, but we never game them the bleeding hearts' pitch, he said. All prisoners who enter the voluntary program are medium or minimum security risks with a high incidence of alcoholism and drug abuse, as well as marital difficulties. The groups have five intensive sessions two or three weeks apart, after which they can elect to continue with shorter four hour sessions until program termination or release from prison. ooo Nature's most nearly perfect food and an array of other dairy foods is brought to you by Utah's Dairy industry whose constant progress provides you with better quality. UTAH DAIRY COMMISSION |