The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 December 1968 — Page 5

Monday, December 9, 1968

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

Page 5

Bennett makes charges against auto industry

By ROBERT F. BUCKHORN W AS HINGTON (UPI)- The nation’s car owners were told today they are being “taken for a ride” in automobiles deliberately designed to produce a bonanza in profit from repairs. The charge was made by Norman Bennett, a member of The society of Automotive Engineers, in prepared testimony for the Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee, headed by Sen. Philip A. Hart, D-Mich. According to Bennett, the automakers go to “ludicrous” extremes to place easily damaged components such as lights and body projections in vulnerable positions. As examples, Bennett cited “decorative” bumpers that can cost $150 to repair even when hit by a minor blow. Once the bumper is smashed, the damage escalates to the car body “in most cases no more than one-half inch away,” he said. According to Bennett, “this type of design is not only unnecessary but inexcusable, except for one reason— it results in expensive repairs.” Billions For Repairs Whitcomb to pick from judges INDIANAPOLIS (UPI)—Gov.elect Edgar D. Whitcomb will pluck his chief staff member in the area of law enforcement and the courts from the ranks of Hoosier judges. Whitcomb is scheduled to return this weekend from California where he has been attending a Republican governors’ conference. No official announcement has been made of Marion County Municipal Court Judge William T. Sharp. But the information slipped out when newsmen observed Sharp getting a briefing on some of his new duties. Sharp, 48, a Republican, was reappointed by Governor Branigin, a Democrat, as one of the judges of the bipartisan municipal court system in Marion County and Indianapolis, when Branigin took office. Sharp is expected to wait to resign until after Whitcomb is inaugurated Jan. 13 so that the new governor may appoint his successor in Municipal Court 4. A Whitcomb aide said Sharp’s duties will be somewhat differ, ent from those now performed by David J. Allen, Munster, for Branigin, but will include part of the same work. This will inelude liaison for the governor in the area of law enforcement and crime prevention. Sharp has been on the bench since 1963. He was a member of the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission under former Gov. Matthew Welsh, and has been chief trial deputy for the Marion County prosecutor. He has been active on various study groups working to improve judicial functions. Whitcomb has several speeches scheduled for next week, including one Wednesday before the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. The speech is expected to deal with his views on legislation since many of the 1969 lawmakers will be present as guests of the businessmen.

Freindship H.Q. AMMAN. Jordan (UPD—In a bid to improve communications, the American Friends of the Middle East (AFME) is moving its headquarters from Amman to Beirut, Lebanon, Virgil C. Crippin, AFME vice president, announced.

NIXON AIDE Col. James D. Hughes (abovei will be the president’s senior military aide in the new administration. The much-decorated Hughes, 46, a native of Balmville. N.Y., has been director of safety for USAF at Lindsey Air Station in Germany.

According to Sen. Hart American consumers spend an estimated $20 to $25 billion to

repair and maintain the nation’s 100 million cars. By comparison, they spend only slightly more—$29 billion a year—for new cars. Bennett said the auto industry promotion of highspeed performance was also a way to boost

profits from repairs. The idea works this way: “Mechanical parts, power transmissions, differential gears,etc. are subject to greater wear and breakdown by the constant impact of high power forces within the mechanical system,”

Bennett said. He also said that speed was a built-in producer of bigger repair bills from accidents. “It is simple physics that if you go twice as fast you hit four times as hard with consequent greater damage” to the car, Bennett

said. Dealers Pressured The subcommittee was told Tuesday that Detroit applies so much pressure on dealers to sell more and more new cars that dealers are forced to take low profits and look elsewhere

for more profit—and find it in cheating their customers through a variety of shady schemes. There is so much pressure, said Dr. William N. Leonard, that dealers consider servicing the cars they sell a “necessary

evil.” Leonard, an economics professor at llofstra college in Hempstead, N.Y., is a consultant to the I ederal I fade Commission. “The automobile service business has become a jungle for the consumer,” he said.

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