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CONSUMERISM Nader on Nader...
...Ralph Nader may have discovered perpetual motion. Now in his sixth year as the nation's foremost consumer champion, he is busier than ever, speaking on campuses, recruiting raiders and issuing reports. In recent months Nader and his associates have released studies on pollution of the Savannah River, the condition of nursing homes, and nationwide water pollution. Two investigations have resulted in books: One Life, One Physician and What to Do -An Action Manual for Lemon Owners. Forthcoming, among other things, are reports on occupational health and safety, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, and California land...
Natural Rebel. Says Nader: "Well, everything begins with the parents. It has to be because of them that I have never felt pressured by the existing status symbols. Actually I had a casual upbringing. What my parents taught, they taught inductively. They knew it was natural for children to rebel. So they didn't talk at us or particularly to us. Just around us, and we listened. They came here [from Lebanon] to be in a land of justice, and they saw justice declining." The concept of beleaguered justice has remained with Nader ever since. At age four...
...ideas took time to mature and more time to put into effect, but Nader has been unerring in his dedication to his original precepts. "You know, a lot of people just don't care what's being done to them. Others do care and ask, 'What can I do?' We are living the answer. We are creating a new professional citizen role. We are developing a reform goal that is noninstitutional [not dependent on institutional power, corporate or government]. In this country we long ago perfected ways to give representation and help to the special interests...
...Professor Hall, HVD's advisor since its birth in 1949 (who will be leaving it at the end of this year), there is no paradox between HVD's activities and Harvard Law School's staid reputation as a training ground for future corporate lawyers. "Where do you think Ralph Nader went to school?" asked Hall...