European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mowing not append by w Yew the mayor of came Home one Day last june after playing 36 holes of Golf Al his wife rushed out to Cut the in the he Cut off the end of his the place where the he said reached in and pulled i to pull Cut the end of j was in a i grass exits Ket without Thini out the i my Chandler conceded that his Accident was caused by but if Federal Lawn Mower safety standards under consideration by the consumer product safety commission had been passed into his negligence would not have Cost him a one of the devices Nader study by the commission would have shut off the la Winower when Chandler look his bands off the attenuate Tom  Urt their a win every Bate they atop their have stopped the Blade an Daft us us Mower safety standards have been stalled for so Long in the commission that kill 30 people every year and injure a sampling of those injuries include f or father suffered Erml Doc Kabrt he died within Belle ejected by Mower hit a by erf that it knocked his Eye a woman Riding a Mower in an Orchard backed up Over her spearow pm aft meat Institute and in Large was motivated by members of the who manufacture 90 percent of the nations had agreed to conform to safety standards drawn up by the private american National standards in these were adding to the Price of a Wal behind Mower and 118 to a Riding the institutes worried about losing out in Price wanted the government to compel other Lawnmower manufacturers to adopt the same safety in november the Canu Liston agreed that Lawnmower safety Stan Dards were but refused to adopt those already tease by Ibe in the commits Sam said it would ask an Independent organization to develop in july a year after receiving the first the commission advertised for a standards and in october accepted an offer from the new Yor based testing organization that publishes consumer onion engineers met frequently Wilh representatives from Industry and consumer groups while trying to draw up standards to meet Consumers Union presented its recommendations to the commission in july Ibe commission studied Industry spent million lobbying against almost two years Richard the chairman of the resigned and went to work As a consultant to the american National Stan Dards which had developed the Industry us Mower he raid in a recent interview that he thought the device to Stop the Blade but keep the engine running would be a counterpart loan airbag in an automobile and last Hay the commission published its proposed safety standards for John a lawyer in Cam and a expert oat product a acuity who had been one of Ibe More vocal consumer maintained that the co Mumm Union proposals bad been the commissions proposal allowed manufacturers to build an engine that would shut off if the operator took his hands off the it set no limit on Blade Al though it said that a Blade must Slop in five seconds and that Riding mowers could not mow in it removed the requirement to include safely instructions with us Dennis executive director of the outdoor Power equipment called the proposal a classic example of regulatory he contended that the safety requirements would drive is to 20 manufacturers out of business and raise the Cost of a Wal behind Mower 24 percent and a Riding Mower 35 Bui the Issue was far from the commission held a Public hearing in and comments Are still coming Many Consumers say they a not believe they should pay More for Lawi Nowers to protect themselves or other people from their own in not sure i want to be protected Crom wrote John Wehseler of Craft but Robert go ketone of who is interested in hand wrote i few the  la losing sight of the severity of the by Power of the ease with whih these Inta Iet Are received and of the  of seven time loss or loss of a spokesman for Consumers Union declined to comment on the Fate of the Stan Dards until the commission presented its final thai May take a Long Ibe deadline for Public comment after last junes hearings was extended until next which will be almost five years after Ibe first request came new York times the stars and stripes Page 15