eddie > First of all, in the beginning lakewood did serve what is called in the vernacular Cholv Stam. When he was made aware of the strong feelings of the bochurim regarding using the heter,
I don’t think this is the right expression. R Moshe was not unique in allowing chalav companies, he was simple unique in statute among those who did. So, it is not necessarily that other rabbonim “relied on rav Moshe’s heter” which creates an impression that status quo in America was CY and then R Moshe permit it. This can look indeed so from the point of view who just arrived from places they were machmir.