[north]

And in fairness to senior brass at GM that had valid reasons to keep a low profile.

Congress was eying them for antitrust reasons threatening a breakup of the company and was all over them and other automakers abouts safety and emissions so it was a sound policy to act in a respectful and quiet manner rather than showing jet set excesses that would attract un wanted attention and cause lack of respect for GM in the public eye.

[U47]

Originally Posted by north

And in fairness to senior brass at GM that had valid reasons to keep a low profile.

Congress was eying them for antitrust reasons threatening a breakup of the company and was all over them and other automakers abouts safety and emissions so it was a sound policy to act in a respectful and quiet manner rather than showing jet set excesses that would attract un wanted attention and cause lack of respect for GM in the public eye.

You are referring to the very early 60's and not the early 70's when GM was taking a beating from Europe and Japan.

[north]

It's amazing how badly our elected officials treated carmakers! These companies created employment for ove a million employees directly and millions more indirectly, they ran amazingly efficient operations that gave personal mobility to almost everybody at amazingly low cost while providing exceptionally generous salaries and benefits for their workers.

They were constantly demonized, threatened, badgered and regulated to death. No wonder they were gun shy!