Quote – Lloyd Skinner, a small businessman and owner of a macaroni company, on behalf of the National Small Business Association. Testimony, Senate Committee on Commerce hearings "Fair Packaging and Labeling". April 28, 1965.

There is no question but that this legislation would put Federal bureaucracy in complete control of the size, the weight, the pictorial matter, and the copy on every food package. I wonder if anyone has stopped to think that the idea of seeking Government authority in advance before making a vital business decision is absolutely inconsistent with some of our most fundamental and cherished American traditions….Unless I have been misinformed all these years, I have been under the impression that we are dedicated to the proposition that within reasonable limitations the American citizen is free to do as he pleases…

Lloyd Skinner, a small businessman and owner of a macaroni company, spoke on behalf of the National Small Business Association. From the Senate Committee on Commerce hearings "Fair Packaging and Labeling". April 28, 1965.

Wednesday, April 28, 1965
Culprits: 
Issues: