There is no evidence, in our opinion, which requires or justifies the imposition of a Federal police system for safety upon industry at this time...This program will be economically wasteful. There will be duplicate Federal and insurance programs. The program offered...is essentially a policing program, it is designed to force compliance with federally imposed standards.
Wallace Smith, speaking for American Mutual Insurance Alliance, testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Public Welfare for the hearing “Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1968”.
Wednesday, June 12, 1968
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