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...developments, the pending enforcement of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 is clearly the more important; the law applies to all banks, finance companies, credit-card issuers, department stores and other major lenders. Congress wrote the act in general terms and left it to the Federal Reserve to spell out just what lenders must do to comply (though the act will be enforced mostly by the Federal Trade Commission). The Federal Reserve last April proposed a fairly strict set of rules but in response to protests from creditors came out in September with a greatly weakened set of regulations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Women Move Toward Credit Equality | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...activist National Organization for Women (NOW) said it was "generally pleased" with the new rules. Nonetheless, women's groups still have some reservations. They are disappointed that the new rules do not force a lender to spell out reasons for refusing credit in writing, but permit it to be done orally. If a creditor had to write out reasons for turning down a loan, feminists point out, he would be answerable in court for a flimsy excuse. Some feminists also wonder how vigorously the law will be enforced. Recently, several states have passed fair-credit laws, but, complains Carole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BANKING: Women Move Toward Credit Equality | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...Yeshiva student named Bernstein (Mel Howard), and prepares for the coming of his wife Gitl (Carol Kane) and infant son from the old country. Jake is not exhilarated by their arrival. They remind him of an older life now past; more important, he cannot break Mamie's erotic spell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Black-and-Tan Fantasy | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...there is a catch to all the movie's charms, it is simply that Hearts of the West stays stubbornly slight, a spell that does not linger long. On his next outing, Director Zieff might try to extend himself a little further. Hearts of the West shows he has talent enough to take the risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High Loon | 10/13/1975 | See Source »

...sorry that Ben-Zion Gold was too polite to spell all this out in his sermon. Today, in 1975, thousands of dollars to Harvard's budget go to the support of Protestant religion, and nothing to any other religion. This, then, is not an issue out of the past. It is a serious matter of religion and a sober matter of deep unfairness. H. Epstein Space Committee Harvard Hillel

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPELLING IT OUT | 10/4/1975 | See Source »

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