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.
