Total Car Hike Cuts Objective
The White House pressed a rollback of 1973 model auto prices prompting bitterness in Detroit and press disputes. The Price Commission and Cost of Living Council clashed over rules and how consumer price passes through higher costs for safety and anti pollution equipment. The return of the Price Commission raises questions about grounds to deny auto price increases.
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Leonard Silk
New York Times News Service
New York
White House
Detroit
Cost of Living Council
The
Price Commission
Nixon administration pushes auto price rollbacks amid GM compromise
The White House backs reduced price hikes for autos, praising General Motors and pressuring Ford, Chrysler, and American Motors to follow. It argues a rollback would curb inflation and set a model for industry and labor, while the Price Commission weighs profit margins and cost offsets against safety and antipollution upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
White House
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Ford Motor Co
Inland Steel
Kennedy
Inland
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel
Steelworkers Union
G. M
Price Commission
Commission Smee Apne
Masterpiece GOP Pageantry in Nixon renomination
The Nixon campaign orchestrated a staged convention climax with a controlled 14 minute spontaneous display and bused youth support. Scriptwriter Russ Freeburg coordinated speeches and timing while John Wayne delivered lines with revised phrasing. McCloskey ally Mayer was denied a seat and Lujan cast the single vote for McCloskey.
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Miami Beach
Fla
John Wayne
Nixon
Butch Stein
Elkins Park
Gerald R. Ford
Russ Freeburg
Chicago
ABC News
Ford
Wayne
Paul N. McCloskey
Tom Mayer
New Mexico
Rep
Manual Lujan
McCloskey
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Business Week
American
Commission
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Handley
Den
Mediterranean
S.E. 4Th Ave
Decatur
Ala
Freeburg
Sammy Davis Jr
Miami
Beach
Davis
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