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EQUIPMENT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON
EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2865

A BILL TO AMEND THE FEDERAL PROPERTY AND ADMIN-
ISTRATIVE SERVICES ACT OF 1949 TO REQUIRE THE DIS-
CLOSURE OF THE PRICE OF ITEMS OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT
IN THE PROCUREMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

96-045

FEBRUARY 2; MARCH 29 AND MAY 1, 1968

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1968

SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Arkansas, Chairman

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CONTENTS

WITNESSES

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EXHIBIT'S

3. Letter from Senator Ribicoff to Secretary of Labor Wirtz requesting

information on quality differences considered by the Bureau of

Labor Statistics and an explanation of the computations and evalua-

tions made by BLS in reaching its conclusions, April 12, 1966...

4. Letter and enclosures from Secretary Wirtz to Senator Ribicoff, in

reply to Senator Ribicoff's April 12, 1966, request, May 11, 1966-

5. Letter from L.E. Spangler, Acting Commissioner, Federal Supply

Service, GSA, to Robert Wager, General Counsel, Subcommittee on

Executive Reorganization, supplying information on procurement of

Government vehicles, August 11, 1967.

6. Letter of August 16, 1967, from Senator Ribicoff to the four major

domestic automobile manufacturers requesting information concern-

ing that portion of the price of 1967 model cars attributable General

Service Administration standards___

7. Letter from J.M. Roche, president, General Motors, to Senator

Ribicoff, regarding procurement of vehicles by GSA, September 1,

1967, and General Motors news release on prices of 1967 models,

September 22, 1966...

8. Letter from Arjay Miller, president, Ford Motor Co., to Senator Ribi-

coff, concerning the relationship of auto prices to required safety

standards, August 31, 1967___

9. Letters from Virigil E. Boyd, president, Chrysler Corp., to Senators

Magnuson and Mondale, and Senator Ribicoff, discussing the re-

lationship of auto prices to required safety standards, June 2, 1967,

and August 25, 1967-

10. Letter from Roy D. Chapin, Jr., chairman of the board, American

Motors Corp., to Senator Ribicoff, discussing the relationship of auto

prices to required safety standards, September 7, 1967..

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