How Does Congress Expect the Consumer Product Safety Commission to Work with Associations

• Author: Michael E. Lemov
• Published date: 01 December 1974
• Date: 01 December 1974
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/0003603X7401900403
• Subject Matter: Article

HOW

DOES

CONGRESS

EXPECT

THE CONSUMER

PRODUCT

SAFETY

COMMISSION TO

WORK WITH ASSOCIATIONS

by

A few days ago I came across the following Recall Notice

which I think may be of interest to

you:

Grock Realty, Builders of

Walden

Pond, Ltd., a 2,240

home split-level development

near

the city, has announced

the recall of all one hundred

and

twelve homes in

the

Georgian Ranch Model. Until the man from Grock calls

to make the necessary adjustment, homeowners

are

ad-

vised not to open the fireplace damper, the kitchen door,

and

the laundry chute

at

the same time.

Although the Grock people estimate

that

this combina-

tion of openings is likely to come up only once in seven

million times,

it

has already happened twice

at

the six-

month old Walden Pond, Ltd., colony. The adjustment to

the

houses-a

simple shift of stresses on existing

uprights

and

the installation of a lally column in the center of

the

dining

room-can

be accomplished

in

less

than

aweek,

Should aGeorgia Ranch owner inadvertently make

the

prohibited series of openings before the Grock people

correct his unit, he would be well advised to clear the back

yard

promptly as the

rear

wall will fall out in

thirty

seconds. (New Yorker, 1969)

You may have surmised what I was reading is a

rather

fanciful suggestion of what might happen sometime in the

• Bpecial :Counsel, Subcommittee on Commerce

and

Finance,

House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, U.S. House of

Representatives.

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