Oral History of Joan Z. (Jodie) Bernstein INDEX advertising, children’s, 86-87, 88,90 Agent Orange Task Force, 202-04,205-07 Air Force, U. S., 206 Alderisio, Felix (Phil), 72-73 Aleuts, 184-85 All Writs Act, 194 American Bar Association (ABA), 227 report on FTC, 89-90,97 American Home Products, 201 assurances of voluntary compliance (AVCs), 86-87, 88, 90 Atwood, Brian, 133 Baker, Hostetler, 120-22 Barber, Walter, 214, 222 Bastian, Walter M., 143 Bazelon, David L., 142, 143-44 Beardsley, Kate C., 188-89, 193 Beck, Larry, 215,216 Bennett, Douglas, 208 Bergeson, Steven, 212,216 Bernstein, Alec, 64, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76,238 Bernstein, Joan Z. (Jodie) – Personal birth, 1 brother, 8, 21-23 career decisions, 3941,4849 children, 18, 64-65, 67-68,220 Alec, 64, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 238 Susan, 34-35,64, 67, 70 Molly, 64, 67-68, 77, 80, 220 cousins, 6, 9, 16 discrimination against, 41-42,47, 53-55, 59, 61-62, 68-69, 70, 71 father, 3-4, 11-12, 14, 18, 32, 75 attitude towards women, 8-1 0 family of, 3-4, 5-6 and politics, 29-30, 59-60 fhends, 18 grandparents, 3, 7, 8 high school, 17 husband, 15, 56-57, 58, 60, 63-64, 65,67,68, 71, 75, 83, 125, 162,219,220-21 – Al- and Veterans Administration’s hospitals, 75,220 marriage, 56,58,59,66-67 mother, 2, 3, 5, 9, 10-11, 12, 17,21-23 politics, 29 religion, 2-3, 21 teachers, 20-2 1 University of Wisconsin, 13, 18-20,22-26 family of, 4-5, 1 1 activities, 26-27 classes, 27-29 Daily Cardinal, 23, 27 dormitory, integrated, 24-25 friends, 24-25 Mortar Board member, 22-23,27 professors, 45-47 Law Journal, 37-38,40, 58 legal aid, 38-39 professors, 33-34, 36-37,46,47 Bernstein, Joan Z. (Jodie) – Professional Yale University Law School, 26, 29, 30-33,48,49 agency comparisons, 164, 166-69, 178-79 on attorney/client privilege, 166 at Baker, Hostetler, 120-22 bar exams Illinois, 58-59 New York, 49-50 Chemical Waste Management general counsel, 138-39,217-19,222,236-37,238-39 Chicago job search, 59-61,63-64 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians chair, 180-85, 198-200 precinct work, 60-61, 63 challenges of, 191-93 recommendations of, 196-98 report of, 177, 185-91, 193-95 and D.C. Circuit, 227-3 1 decision-making process, 176-77, 179 Department of Defense interview, 124-26 Environmental Protection Agency general counsel, 126-3 5, 144-47, 148-50, 164-65, 169,236 coordination of regional enforcement, 137-39, 150 publication of Opinions of the General Counsel, 165 acting consumer protection chief, 96-97, 1 19-20 creation of care labeling regulations, 85-87, 92, 98-99, 100-1 1, 169 Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, 1, 98, 178-79 Federal Trade Commission, 8 1, 83, 84-85 – A2- and corrective advertising order, 229-30 Improving the Workplace initiative, 23 1-35 and Internet issues, 178,239-40 Strategic Planning Process, 23 1-35 first assignment, 86-87, 88, 92-93 Gillette marketing program research, 93-96 and FTC transition paper, 123-24 Health and Human Services (HHS) general counsel, 139, 149-50, 15 1, 164, 171, 180 Agent Orange Task Force, 203-04,205-07 Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) issues, 1 60-63 Social Security check issuance, 158-60 architect of Title IX guidelines, 153-54, 156-58, 169 and Illinois Commerce Commission, 59, 117 and litigating attorneys, 230-3 1 membership chair, suburban swim club, 69-73 National Public Radio president candidate, 208 private v. public sector service, 179,241 at Schiff, Hardin & Waite, 61-63 at Sherman and Sterling, 4142,4748, 55-56,65-66 tape analysis and transcription, 68, 77 Wald, Harkrader & Ross partner, 180,208,220 colleagues, 50-52,53-55 Pfizer as client, 200-02,217 Waste Management cases, 179,209-1 6,2 18-1 9 Westinghouse case, 209,2 17 Waste Management vice president, 222-23,237 with William B. Wolf, Jr. practice, 80-8 1, 82-83 Bernstein, Judy Chayes, 58 Bernstein, Lionel, 15, 56-57, 58, 60, 63-64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 75, 83, 125, 162, 219,220-21 Bernstein, Molly, 64-65, 67-68, 77, 80, 220 Bernstein, Susan, 34-35, 64, 67, 70 Bickart, David O., 129-30, 136-37 Bickart, Toni, 129 Billings, Leon, 134 Blum, Barbara, 127 Bork, Robert H., 228 Bowles, Chester, 57 Brown, Harold, 124, 125 bubble concept, 132-33, 134 Buc, Nancy L., 86, 87, 88, 188 Buntrock, Dean L., 2 15 Bureau of Competition, 1 15, 120 and Veterans Administration’s hospitals, 75, 220 – A3- Califano, Joseph, 154, 163,210-1 1,2 12,2 15 care labeling regulations, 85-87, 92, 98-99, 100-1 1 , 169 Carter, James E., 122, 125, 199 Chaffee, John, 174-75 Chayes, Abe, 57,58 Chayes, Toni, 57-58 Chemical Waste Management, 138-39,211-12,214,215-16 Chevy Chase, Maryland, 75-76 cigarette labeling, 99-1 00 Civiletti, Benjamin R., 158 civil service reform, 1 17-1 9 Clare, Robert, 53-54,65 Clark, Thomas, 184 Clean Air Act, 121, 127-28, 132, 145, 148, 16465,229 Clean Water Act, 145, 228 Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, 180-200 Congress, U. S., 100, 109, 148, 154, 158, 164, 165 Consumer Product Safety Commission, 97,204 “Consumer Sentinel,” 239 Consumers Union, 9 1-92 Costle, Douglas M., 126, 139, 150, 152, 168 Cromoff, Ishmael V., 185 Curlin, Gil, 54-55 administration, 79, 109, 123, 148, 149, 150, 17 1 , 180-8 1 and Japanese reparations, 182, 191 , 198 Daly, John, 231 Daley, Richard J., 64 Danaher, John A., 143 D. C. Circuit. See United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Defense, U. S. Department of, 124-25 Dixon, Paul Rand, 89-90 Dole, Elizabeth, 120, 172 Dole, Robert, 172, 173-76 Dowd, Terry B., 154, 155,159 Drayton, William, Jr., 127-28, 130-31, 132-34, 146, 149, 236 Drinan, Robert F., 193 Duckworth, Frank, 202 Durning, Marvin, 135, 137, 139 Education, U. S. Dept. of, 204 Elstein, Arthur S., 220-21 Emerling, Carol G., 201-02 – A4- Emerson, Ruth Calvin, 37, 143 Emerson, Thomas, 36-37,46, 143 Engman, Louis A., 119 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 12 1 , 126-29, 154, 155,2 14,228-29 administrative process, 167-68 docketing system, 146-47 records, 144-47 regional enforcement coordination, 1 3 7-3 9 regulatory process, 13 1-32, 148-49 relationship with Department of Justice, 135-37 structure, 166-67 Fahy, Charles, 143 Federal Trade Commission (FTC), 11 8-19, 167,238-39 ABA report on, 89-90,97 advertising, children’s, 86-87, 88 assurances of voluntary compliance (AVCs), 86-87, 88 care labeling regulations, 85-87, 92, 98-99, 100-1 1, 169 cigarette labeling, 99-1 00 corrective advertising order, 229-30 divisions, 86, 97-98 encrustation, 1 10-1 1 , 1 12,232-33 Improving the Workplace initiative, 232-36 institutional change, 90-9 1 and Internet, 178,239-40 Nader 1969 report on, 84,89,91 octane rule, 102 reform process, 1 12-1 6 rule-making, 102-03,104,109-11,112-13, 144 Strategic Planning Process, 232-36 Feldman, David, 26, 3 1,45 Flannery, Thomas A., 147 Flemming, Arthur S., 193 Foreman, Carol, 152 Fortelk, George, 74 Frank, Barney, 198 Frank, Jerome, 40 Fried, Daniel, 79 FTC Act, 94, 95 Gale, Erma, 19, 20 Gale, George, 19 Galesburg, Illinois, 1- 2, 3, 13, 15-16, 17, 19,21, 58 – A5- Garland, Merrick, 77 Gasch, Oliver, 143 Gesell, Gerhard, 143 Ginsburg, Douglas H., 228 Gleason, Gerald, 166 Goldberg, Arthur J., 189, 193-96 Golub, William, 48, 54 Gore, Albert, 114 Great Depression, 11 Green, June, 143 Green, Mark, 91 Greene, Harold, 147 Giuliani, Rudy, 2 15 Hall, Judith, 64 Harfield, Henry, 42,48, 5 1, 53-54,65 Harris, Patricia R., 139, 149-50, 15 1, 152,205 Hawkins, David G., 127, 132, 134 Health and Human Services (HHS), Dept. of, 139, 164, 169, 170,204 Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), 1 60-63 Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), Dept. of. See Health and Human Services (HHS) heart transplant protocols, 161-63 Heidiprin, Nicki, 61 Heineman, Ben W., 21 1 Henderson, Karen L., 229 Hirabayashi, Gordon, 183 Hoffman, Joel, 95,202 Hogan, Tommy, 77 Hohri, William, 199 Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Dept. of, 139,151, 152 Hufstedler, Shirley M., 203 Hune, “Bo,” 202 Hunt, Robert, 62,63 Hutt, Peter Barton, 128 Inouye, Daniel K., 181, 182, 186 Interagency Regulatory and Legislation Group (IRLG), 1 52 Internet and FTC, 178,239-40 James, Fleming, 34, 36 Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), 182 Japanese Americans, 182-83, 198 internment, 182, 183-84, 194 – A6- reparations, 1 82, 19 1-92, 196-99 Jellinik, Steven D., 134 Jews community, 2-3, 15, 21, 182-83 discrimination against, 70, 7 1 Germany and, 13-14 law firms and, 47-48,56 midwestern, 15-1 7 Johnson, Lyndon B., 89 Jones, Mary Gardner, 102 Jorling, Thomas C., 132, 134 Justice, U. S. Department of, 159, 176,239 relationship with EPA, 1 3 5-3 7 Kahn, Alfred, 149 Karaganis, Joseph V., 2 10,2 12 Keech, Richmond, 143 Kelikian, Hampar, 175-76 Kennedy, Anthony M., 228 Kirkpatrick, Miles, 84, 89, 91 Koop, C. Everett, 219 Kramer, Albert H., 129 Kron, Frank, 2 17 Lachance, Janice R., 1 18 Lang, Franz, 13 Lang, Frieda, 13 law firms and Jews, 47-48, 56 and women, 47,52-53,59,61-62,65 Lawrence, Gladys, 2 1 Lazarus, Simon, 157, 176 Leventhal, John M., 142, 144, 147, 165 Levin, Betsy, 204-05 Levine, Selma, 85, 94-95, 144 Lungren, Daniel E., 187, 188, 192, 196 MacBeth, Angus, 136, 150, 166 and Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians report, 185, 186, 187, and Waste Management, 2 1 1,2 12,2 13,2 15 189-90, 193, 194, 196 MacKinnon, Catharine, 142-43 MacKinnon, George, 142 – A7- Mafia, 72,73 Magnuson-Moss Act, 109, 1 10, 1 13, 1 14 Mankowitz, Frank, 144 Margolis, Daniel, 190 Marshall, Thurgood, 140 Martin, Joseph, 95-96 Marutani, William M., 185 Matsui, Robert, 182 Matsunaga, Spark M., 182, 188 Matthews, Bumita, 143 McCarthy era, 39-40,49 McDermott, Charles J., 174 McDougal, Myles, 36 McGarr, Frank, 62-63 McGarraghy, Joseph, 143 McGowan, Carl, 142 McGuire, Matthew, 143 McLaughlin, Charles, 143 McNiff, John, 50 Melchior, Kurt, 33 Mezines, Basil J., 84-85, 91 Miller, Judy, 78 Miller, Wilbur K., 143 Millstein, Ira M., 209 Minetta, Norman, 182 Moore, J. W., 33, 34, 46 Moorman, James, 135-36, 150, 166, 189 Muller, Bobby, 206-07 Murphy, Betty S., 122 Muskie, Edmund, 134, 149 Nader, Ralph National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), 103-1 04 National Labor Relations Board, 122 National Public Radio, 208 National Retail Manufacturers Association, 1 03 Needleman, Mort, 96,97, 101, 102, 106, 107 Nixon, Richard M., 89 FTC 1969 report, 84,89,91 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 152 octane rule, 102 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 148 – A8- Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 14849,152, 199 Parker, Barrington, 143 Pearl Harbor, 14 Peeler, C. Lee, 234 Peoria, Illinois, 3,4, 17 Perchuk, Michael, 109, 124, 129,233 Perlman, Selig, 47 Peterson, Esther, 92 Pfizer, 200-02,217 Pine, David, 143 Pitofsky, Robert, 40, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 96, 119, 164, 168, 181 at Arnold and Porter, 201 and care labeling rules, 99, 100, 101 FTC chairman, 223,23 1 , 232 and FTC transition paper, 123-24 and rule making at FTC, 102-03, 104, 105, 106, 107,110, 112-13 Pitofsky, Sally, 107 Platt, Les, 159, 205 Pollack, Stephen, 79 Posner, Richard A., 100 Pratt, John, 143 Prettyman, E. Barrett, 143 Proctor and Gamble, 120-21 Progar, Phil, 121 Prokoff, Ruth, 152 Quinn, Tom, 208 “Rabbit in the Moon,” 182, 183 Reagan, Ronald W., 198,203,204,227 administration, 186, 189, 197, 233 red border process, 13 1-32 Reid, Inez Smith, 155 Reilly, William K., 150 Reno, Janet, 192 Report ofthe Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: Personal Justice Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 145, 146 Richardson, Michael, 202 Richey, Charles R., 147 Rivers and Harbors Act of 1896, 95 Riverside, Illinois, 69-70, 7 1-72 Denied, 177, 185 – A9- Robb, Roger, 142 Robinson, Aubrey, 143 Robinson, Spottswood, 142 Rogers, Jim, 130 Rogovin, Nfitch, 82 Rooney, Philip B., 2 1 8 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 11, 29, 30 Ross, Cherylan, 18 Ross, Stan, 21 1 Rush, Tom, 119 Sarbanes, Paul, 173 Scalia, Antonin, 227 Schiff, Hardin & Waite, 61-63 Schwartz, Dan, 41 Schwartz, Pat, 32,62 Schwartz, Theresa, 41, 164,23 1 Schweinhaut, Henry, 143 segregation, 56 racial, 16, 24, 70-71 religious, 15, 16, 17 Self, Edward, 50 Senior Executive Service (SES), 11 8 Semoff, Louis, R., 121 Shalala, Donna E., 151, 152 Shapiro, Fred, 58 Shapiro, Hazel, 58 Sheehan, William, 208 Sherman and Sterling, 4142,4748, 50-56,65-66 Shuboch, Fred, 13 Shulman, Harry, 47 Simpson, Alan, 205-06,207 Singer, Monroe, 42 Sirica, John B., 143 Skital, Robert, 96 Social Security, 158-60 Steiger, Janet D., 110, 112 Stein, Jake, 9 1 Stevens, Ted, 184 Sturgis, Wesley, 46 Act, 45 Tamm, Edward A., 142 – A10- Taylor, Lauranita, 24-25,40 Taylor, Robert, 77 Thayer, Gerald J., 86, 92, 93-94 Thompson, Jim, 19 Title IX, 153-54, 156-58 Tobecksen, Bruce D., 222 Toxic Substance Control Act, 120-2 1 Train, Russell E., 150 Trilling, Helen, 159 Troop, Allen, 51-52, 54 Ulrich, David, 138-39 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 102, 169,222,227,229-3 1 decisions in environmental law, 228-29 judges, 142, 143, 144,228 United States District Court for the District of Columbia judges, 143, 147 Vamey, Christine, 40 Vera Foundation, 68, 77 Veterans Administration, 75,203-04, 205 Vietnam War agent orange defoliant, 203,205,206,207 veterans, 203, 205, 206 Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), 206,207 Vulcanus 1 and 11,214 Waddy, Joseph, 143 Wald, Johanna, 173 Wald, Pat McGowan, 68, 75, 76, 123 at Department of Justice, 79, 135-36 as law clerk, 40 at United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 13940, 126,227 at Yale University Law School, 32, 34, 36, 37, 39, 57 Wald, Robert, 76, 83, 84, 85, 93, 140, 171-72, 173-74 and law firm, 180, 199,200,208,218,219,220 Wald, Harkrader & Ross, 180,208,220 Walsh, William, 156-57 Ward, Alan, 77, 120, 121 Ward, Mariette, 77 Washington, George T., 143 Washington, Mary Nichols, 24, 25 Waste Management, Inc., 209-10,211-13,214-16,217,221-23,237 nomination, 1 7 1-74 – All- Watson, Jack, 123 Watson, Matt, 83, 84 Weinberger, Caspar, 89, 91 Weiner, Ruth, 30 Weinstein, Jack B., 206 Wettington, Sara, 15 1-52 White, Chris, 91 Winston, Joel, 234 Witte, Edwin E., 26,45-46 WMX Technologies, 222-23 women, 74, 82,201 choices of, 78-79, 81 in government, 123, 125, 151-53 andlaw, 41,47,52-53,59,61-62,65,68-69, 122 Wolf, William B., Jr., 80-81 World War 11, 13, 14, 27 Wright, Frank Lloyd, 69 Wright, Skelly, 142, 144, 165 Yasui, Minoru, 183 Youngdahl, Luther, 143 Zeldes, Mary, 6-8 Zelenko, Benjamin L., 199,200 – A12-