I remember that issue. Incredibly narrow minded - had quality products
been available that condition would not have existed.

Did you know....

During the Carter Administration, Carter had the DOT build innovative
cars and introduce new technologies with an eye to giving it all to
industry to change the automotive world and make cars more fuel
efficient and safer. Three demo cars were built that included anti skid
brakes, airbags, and a host of other features. Carter was right - but
naive. As the Reagan Administrations philosophy took hold, Carters
efforts were rejected out of hand, and the three demo cars destroyed.
The Good Ol' Boys were having none of it. It was "Big Iron" and gas hogs
all the way!  Yet look where we are today. Carter was farsighted in that
respect. He wanted us off of foreign oil, felt we were energy dependent
on the Middle east and therefore vulnerable as a nation. He was right.
Every since Nixon got us off the gold standard and on the oil standard -
the Middle East - and most particularly the Saudi's - have had us by the
um, er, ah - you know! If there is so much as a burp in the Mid- east
oil flow, prices of fuel go crazy. Our civilization is built on it's
transportation - and if that energy flow is interrupted for any reason
for any length of time - we in this country will be in a world of hurt!.
The Kuwait and Iraq wars - all about securing the oil flow - not much
else. All the flag waving and patriotic fervor was poorly spent. It was
about oil - and profits!

John

On 2/21/2014 12:13 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
> (American Cast Iron Pipe Company) or US Steel--and most everybody
> did--you could not park an imported car or motorcycle on company
> property. You had to park elsewhere and walk in to work.
>