Word: banzhafs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nothing can be done. So much is made of rules and regulations, of the idea that 'you had better check it out first.' We become very dependent on others to give us cues. This fosters a lack of self-confidence. We become afraid to act." As Ralph Nader, John Banzhaf and other consumer crusaders have proved, the determined complainer can do plenty. For their part, companies could respond by following the example of Avis, TWA and a few other firms. They assign executives to work briefly at service jobs?as counter clerks or even car washers and baggage handlers?...
Once, ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) was John Banzhaf's only pressure group. Now he has CAP, PUMP, LASH, TUBE and SOUP. Startled industries and badgered regulatory agencies are suddenly painfully aware that Banzhaf's Bandits are abroad in Washington...
...John F. Banzhaf III, 29, is the lawyer who staggered the tobacco and television industries with his successful demand that TV stations give free time for antismoking messages. To his amazement, the Federal Communications Commission responded to his "citizen's complaint," an action later upheld in the courts. The victory prompted Banzhaf to quit his New York law firm and devote his time to ASH, which he had earlier organized as a nonprofit foundation. He moved to Washington, and LASH (Legislative Action on Smoking and Health), an antismoking lobby, was started soon after...
Marble Soup. Last fall Banzhaf taught a course in unfair trade practices at the George Washington University law school. He so inspired his 60 students that they split up into activist groups and fanned out to do battle, a la Nader's Raiders, as Banzhafs Bandits. Examples...
While some of the causes are strictly of glass-marble dimension and few campaigns have gone on long enough to achieve hard results, Banzhaf is confident that his squad of 60 will win more rounds than it loses...