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Both Silberman and Guenther claim that none of the suggestions in the memo were carried out; their statement was challenged by the Ralph Nader-affiliated Health Research group. Whether or not the Health Research Group's accusations are true, the fact that a relatively high-level OSHA official viewed his agency as a political tool suggests that some of OSHA's problems are due to a lack of commitment within the agency to the spirit of the original legislation...
Thus in its first five years of existence OSHA has been hampered by shortages of money and manpower, and, perhaps, administrative sabotage...
First, Congress and the President should give OSHA a clear mandate to perform its assigned task--and back up this political endorsement with increased financial support. Secondly, OSHA should undergo a thorough administrative housecleaning. Third, NIOSH funding should be increased so that safe exposure standards can be developed for potentially toxic substances used in industry...
...OSHA's 1976 budget appropriation is $115 million, and the figure for occupational safety and health research is only $34 million. Both are certainly a far cry from the $15 billion which it is estimated an adequate program could save annually...
President Ford recently indicated his dissatisfaction with OSHA and it seems unlikely that Ford's re-election would result in an increased federal emphasis on improving occupational health and safety. None of the other declared candidates has emphasized occupational health and safety as an issue either. It seems safe to say that barring a change of address for Ford or a sudden awakening on the part of his opponents, OSHA will remain an example not of the "American systems at its best," but of business--and politics--as usual...