Your Really Shouldn’t Be Drinking That Water
The quality of our drinking water is finally an urgent consumer issue. And not a day too soon. Why the…
Falling-Apart Houses
Shoddy housing construction is a national plague. Homeowner complaints are inundating local, state and federal housing officials. Cheated homeowners in…
Death in the Mines
With more casualties to be counted, the Sunshine Silver Mine disaster at Kellogg, Idaho is already the country’s second worst…
Seeing How the Other Half Lives
That inveterate opponent of consumer rights, the US Chamber of Commerce, is now trying to disown the role its staff…
US Chamber of Commerce and CPA
WASHINGTON — That inveterate opponent of consumer rights, the US Chamber of Commerce, is now trying to disown the role…
Highway Booby Traps
A New York City television repairman, named Joseph Linko, takes photographs of highway engineering hazards as a hobby. For five…
Tax Man Mills
WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate, Wilbur Mills, the Congressional powerhouse from Little Rock, is troubled over the gathering revolt against the…
Mobile Chickens Coming Home to Roost
In the past two years, letters from irate mobile home owners have been pouring into Washington. Their complaints cover almost…
Freezing the Consumer
With all the flap about the Pay Board, too little attention has been given to the Price Commission. Headed by…
Consumer Protection Agency
When Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy took to the floor of the Senate recently, he said some things the national…