As a public relations writer for the Happy Baby Toy Co., prepare a follow-up news release for statewide distribution about testimony that company president Carlo Geppetto presented before a hearing of...

As a public relations writer for the Happy Baby Toy Co., prepare a follow-up news release for statewide distribution about testimony that company president Carlo Geppetto presented before a hearing of the Senate Consumer Affairs Committee (Subcommittee on Domestic Products) in Washington. Following is a partial text of this testimony: "The Happy Baby Toy Company welcomes congressional investigation into greater safety standards for children's toys, and we would wholeheartedly support a national system of reasonable, responsible standards on this subject. Too often, marginal manufacturers use inadequate materials to produce toys that, while they may be visually appealing to young children, do not meet the minimum standards of Happy Baby and other companies that have voluntarily adopted the Product Safety Standards of the American Association of Manufacturers of Infant and Children's Toys. These AAMICT standards provide a model for this committee as it reviews this issue. Happy Baby stands ready to work with legislators of all political parties to bring reasonable 378 CHAPTER 13. PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING IN THE NEWS MEDIA standards to the manufacturing of toys for infants and young children who, after all, are our most precious yet most vulnerable national resource."