| WHISTLE BLOWING The Report of the Conference on Professional Responsibility Ralph Nader (ed.) Peter J. Petkas (ed.) Kate Blackwell (ed.) New York: Grossman Publishers, September 1972 |
Rating: 5.0 High |
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| ISBN-13 978-0-670-76224-8 | ||||
| ISBN 0-670-76224-5 | 302pp. | HC | $? | |
| Page 80: | "One of the foremen and I used to fly together." |
| Since the conversation here is about fishing, I assume Gregory meant to refer to that. His usage here may be vernacular; but in any case the book should have clarified it. S/B "fly-fish". |
| Page 84: | "I suggest that you use pop rivets on lower quarter panels extension. . . . When they repair it with a torch it burns out seal and also paint off the finished job. I have got you stopped using brass in stress points. You should hang up a spot weld gun at Chevrolet and the two main holes at Fisher body. One at the west end hole and and at Chevrolet door at Fisher Body side. This is unsafe practice." |
| This is Gregory's 22 June 1970 suggestion as reproduced in the book. I cannot fully decipher it. This is unclear writing. |
| Pages 124-5: | "We are faced with the knotty problem of why a small handful of people do act while the vast majority remain passive even though its vital interests are at stake." |
| Number errors: S/B "does act while the vast majority remains passive". |
| Page 130: | "In mid-February, Pyle reported, General Counsel Jordan went to Fort Holabird..." |
| The previous sentence makes it clear Pyle is talking about civilian authorities, so this can't be an Army general named "Counsel Jordan." But in that case, he's the general counsel (top lawyer) so his full name should be given. |
| Page 156: | "4. Warren Braren and the National Associaion of Broadcasters" |
| Missing letter: S/B "Association". |
| Page 167: | The text notes that, for reporting that Navy fuel was being pilfered in Thailand, John McGee was reprimanded and threatened with discharge." |
| McGee was a civilian, not a Navy man. Of course a civilian can be discharged (i.e. fired, canned, given the sack), but the term is more often understood to mean dismissal from the armed forces. Here, it does not; the writing should be clearer. |
| Page 213: | "Police corruption may not have been big news, but their repeated failures to get action clearly was." |
| Number error: S/B "failure". |
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