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TABLE OF COMMODITIES 1
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
Aluminum siding, residential n
- - - - --- ----- --- ---
Apartment complexes --
-- -- - - - -- ---- - -
Appliances, household - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - --- -- - - - -- - - - - - - -- --- _
1 056Automobile transmissions -
----- ___
875, 894
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Baseball uniforms , men s --
___--_
--.- 716Batteries , dry cell -
.-------
M -
-------- ------ ---
-- 548Bedspreads -- --
------ - ------ ---
--- 185Eed.wetting, eliminating device n
----- - _ ___
- 539Blankets - -
- - ----- ---------
- 185Blenders -
- -
0 -
-- -- - -- - -- -
___-'0 _0
___ - - - -
- 1105Books --
-- -- - -------------
- 1093Children s _
___ - - - - -------
- 1209Bufferin " drug preparation -
. - . - --- ----- --- --- --
780
Carpeting -
- - - - --- ---
663, 1160, 1470Cement, portland - - --
-------- --- ----------
- 1270Charcoal Quartz Cook Outs " electric broilers - 1205
Chemical sealers -- __ 0--
_-- ------
Chinchilas -
-.-- --- .-- ---
569, 706, 727, 736, 1117Clothing -
- - - - - - .- . -- -- - - - - - - ----
- - 0_- - 1430Coats -- - -
- - - - - - - - --- - - - -_. - - - - - --
--- - 1546
Fur - -
- - -- - - - - - -
_0_- -- -
---- - -_.- -
171Wool -
- ---- --- .- -- --- _--
149, 171, 757, 1238, 1438Collars and trim , fur _
-- - -- --- - - -
1152Concrete , ready-mixed --
-------- ---
628, 1270
Construction aggregates - -
-- _
- 628Contact lens -
- - - - - - -- - -- -- - - - - -- - -- --
- 1475
Corn chips -
- - ---- - -- ---- ---- - - - -
- 688Correspondence courses -
----- --- ---
- 866Custom-built residential houses --
--- --- ----
-_u_----
---- - -
- 1174
Dairy products -
- - "- - --- --- -_. - - - -
Debt collection forms -
---------- --- --__
H__ - 306Department stores - --
------
_0 --
-- --
- 1555
Dresses --
-- -- -- -- -- -- - - _
319, 590, 1116
Drug preparation , u Buffcrin
" - - -- --_' -----
780
Electrical:Appliances -
- ----- -- - -- - -- - -- - - - - - - - _
744, 1430Broilers
, "
Charcoal Quartz Cook-Outs
" -- --- --- ---
1205
1 Commodities involved in dismissing or vacating orders are indicated by italicized pagerderence
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PageElectronic equipment --
--------
- 548Encyclopedias , children s -
--- ---- --- -'-- --.---
-- 1209Eyeglasses -- -- -
- - --- - - - .... - -
- 1361
Fabric:Textile fiber -- --_u_----- -- -- on --__
__--
1249, 1462Quilted n
___----_ ___
n'n - 1043Wool _
____
--__n
_--.
_--__n , 69, 1249
Quilted - n - - - - __n n n - - n -
- -- -- -
- n n n n - n - - - - - - n911 , 1043
Fertilizers ----
- - - - ---- - - - --- - -
- 1191Flammable products:
Dresses , ladies
' - -------- ----
- 590Lcis -
----- --- - - ---- - --- -- ----- - _
604Novelty items -
--- ---_._-- --- ---
----- 329Scarves, ladies
' ---- ---- ----__ _--
332, 566, 607, 1090, 1451Wearing apparel --
---- --- ------
-- 669VVood fiber chips -
------- --------
Flashlights nn n - n __--_n
- -
- n
- -
548Food products -
- - - - --- - - --- - - - - - _
154 , 1129Foundation garments n ____n n _n n
.- -
__n - n - 324, 770Fraternity products -
-- --- - - - . --- - - - - --- --- -
345Freezer-food plan -
--- - - - - - ----- - - - -
- 154Freezers -
---- - - -- - - - - - - -
- 154Fruits , canned _
--_
_n n n n - n
- _
_- n
- _
- 776Furniture products _
.. -
- - _n 637, 870Fur products n
- - - - - --_
, 89, 93, 97, 101 , 105
109, 113, 117, 120, 125 , 129134, 178, 213 , 298, 624, 681,
723, 749, 757, 765, 1048 10831135, 1187, 1202 , 1244 12341238, 1254, 1442, 1446 , 1454
1458, 1561 , 1565Coats -
--- -- - - ------- - _
171 , 1546
Collars and trim n __n__ __n _- 1152
Jackets --
--- ----- - - -..- -----
.. 578Sportswear _ n - _.H__._ n _ n _ - 578
Girdles , textile fiber n ______n ___n__
___
_- 136Grocery stores -
------ ----- -
640Health publications -
- - - - -.. - --.--- - - ----- - -
- 1429
Hosiery:Men , textile fiber n _______n 649Women s -
-- - - ---- .---- - -
- 914Wool _ ____--_n n _ ____"n _ n n - 649
Household appliances -
_- --
1056 1UB3Houses:
Custom-built residential -
- __ - _
n--
- ..
- 1174
Leisure shell n
_--_
___n
- ---__--_
n" 1174Hunting apparel n
- .'. ___
610
Instruction courses - --- _n._
___ - - --------
920, 1219
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Insulated apparel
---- - -- - - --- - - - -.--
Insurance --
- - - - -- - - - - - ---- - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - --- - --- - - -- - . - - --
1258Interlining material , wool
------ ---- --- ---
72,
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Jackets
- - ---- ------ --- - - -"- ---
578Boys
' -- - - -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - -
- - -- - 753Wool ---
--- --- ------- ------ --- ---- - --
-- 1155Jewelry -
--- - --- --- ---- - .._--_ ___
1056, 1361 , 1430
Leis, flammable
-- - ------
536, 604Leisure shell houses
--------- --- ---
1174Lingerie , women n- --
------ ------- - --- --
324
Mail order insurance
---- --- --- ------ --- ---
1258Metal crowns
--- -- ------- - . - -
251
Neckties
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - -
Novelty items , flammable
--_'__ ---_. ---- ---
Nursery products
- - ___
_n- __
- - ---
- n
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Paint, water repellent
____--
_____M_
___ --
880Photograph album plan
_---- ____ __- -'_ _-- --
616Polypropylene
--- -------- - -- - ---- - -
141Portland cemen t -
- ------ - -
1270Potato chips
------ _-- -- -- ----- --
688Power tools
- - ---- - ---.---- ---- .- - - -
595Pretzels
- -- - - --- -------- ----- - -
688Publications --
-.-----
166, 1109, 1111, 1112 1113,1114, 1115 , 1116, 1429
Quilts
.-- - - - - ---- ---- -- - - - - - -- -
185
Radios
- - -- - ---- ----- - - -- - -
595, 744Tube testing devices
- - -_..__ _--
1146, 1227Railroad specialty products
- -- __-- ______ _--
217 221, 225, 231
237, 240, 246Ready-mixed concrete
.-- --.--- ..- - - - - - __
628 1270Refrigerators
--- "- --- --- -'--
744
Scarves, ladiesFlammable _.
- -- ---
332, 566, 607, 1090, 1451Textile fiber
-- - - - - -- - - - --- - - - -- - ---
332Schools
- ---- - -- - - .. - - --
920Sealers, chemical
- - - - - -
Sewing machines
- - --- - -
603Siding, Aluminum
_--
887Sportswear
-- -- --- - -- - _ -- -- -- -
578 1432Stage equipment
-- - --- --- ---- --
556Sweaters , wool
. _ --
674
Television:Sets --
--- . -- --- ---
---. 744Tube testing devices 1146 1227
Textile fiber products l71, 337 , 669, 674
757, 1083, 1155
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PageBaseball uniforms, men s -
---
u -
-- -
" 716
Carpeting -
- -- --- ___
663, 1160, 1470
Dresses -
- - -- -
319, 590, 1166
Fabric - -
--- --- ---- --- ---- _
1043, 1249, 1462
Foundation garments, ladies
' - ---
- 770
Girdles -
- - - - - - - - --- - -
- 136
Hosiery-Men s -
- -- - - --- --- - - - -
649
Women s -
--- - --- - - -- -
914
Hunting apparel --
--_.
610
Insulated apparel --
----- ------ ---
-- - 610
Jackets -
--- - - - --- ----- - - - --
- 578
Men s garments -
--- ___ __--
-- 563
Neckties - - n
- - . -
n n
.__
- n n -- 656
Scarves , ladies
' _ _--__
-- 332
Sportswear -
- , - _ _--__
578, 1432
Ties, men s -- -
- -
- 314
Trousers, ladies
' _ - _,
- -- 1140
Ties , men s - -
- - - - -- - - - - - -- --- -- -- - -
- 314
Tools -
- -
- 1093
Power -
- - - -- - --- - -
- 595
Transmissions , automobile .-
- --
875, 894, 1182
Tl'ousers, ladies , textile fiber, _
- _
- 1140
Tube testing devices:Radio --
-- -- - --- - _..- _
u -- _1146, 1227
Television n
- - _ -- _ _.__ --_ ___
1146, 1227
Una-trim " weight reducing product -_
____
-- 1466
Uniforms , baseball , men s - - n
_- _
- 716
Vegetables , canned -
- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
776
Watches _ - - n
- - ___ - ._
595, 1105, 1361
Water repellent paint _. n --_
- _
- 880
Wearing apparel , flammable n
- __
-- 669
Weight reducing product
, "
Una-trim
" - _ ___ - -
- 1466
Wood fiber chips , flammable n
- _ - ._ - .-
Wool products _
- - _
337, 544, 610, 716, 749, 1140
Coats --
-- __-
149, 17I, 757, 1238 , 1438
Fabric --
-- .
- n
--_ - .. ___
, 69, 1249
Quilted -
. _ ---- - - --
911 , 1043
Hosiery, men s _
_-- ___
- - 649Interlining materials n
___ ___
72, 162
Jackets - - - n
- - _ --_
- n 753, 1155
Neckties - -
--- - - - -
656
Sweaters -
-- - - -
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TABLE OF COMMODITIES
ADVISORY OPINION DIGESTS *
Advertising program .,-
--- . - - - ----
- (309)Advertising standards --
- - - --- -- -- -
-- (284)Architect-engineer services -
- -- - --- -.- - - - - - -- -- _--___
- (271)Automotive equipment -
- ---- --- ----
-- (273)
Bakery products - -
- -- - - - - - - - - -- --- - -- - - - -- -. -- -
- (291)Bearings . --
-- -- --- - --
- (295)Beverages - --
-- --
- (290)
Clothing _
- - - - -- __ - -
- (281)Code of ethies __
- - _'__
- (268) 1655 , (305)
Compost peat - n -
-- --
-- Un --
- -
n '
---
-- (289)Computerized control system u
- -- --- - -- - -
(306)Consumers savings group -
-- _
o u
- ._- ---
(2'77)Containers , packaging n _- _n - (283) 1664 , (299)
Contest u n -- - 'u - (300)
Dairy products -
, - ---
- (308)Deodorant spray - - n - _n - u - (265)Drugs _
- -
_u u n
- - _- - _
n n - - (269)
Electrical machineryElevators, country
- --
(276)(279)
Flatware , stainless steel_n
--- -- --
- n _ (284)Food products - - (280) 1662, (294) 1672, (312)Food serving equipment _
_- - - __
'"n (265)Furniture n
- - _- _
(301)
Gaso1ine - n
-- -____
(272)General merchandise n - n - (262) 1648, (304)Glass filter lenses n . n
- ' ----
(298)Grocery products _n
, --_
- (297) 1673, (302)
Household products -- -- n
___-
- --- (263)
Jewclry -
-- - - -
- (292)
Leather -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - -- - - - - - - - - - - -
- (274)
Lenses, glass filter n _ - n _ (298)
:\achinery, eJectrical n (276)Magazines - -
-- --- __
(266):.larkebng association _ - (285)
* The numbers in parentheses indicate digest numbers.
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1657167916741676
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Milkn n n n n -. n - _n _- n - n - - (296)Packaging containers
__-- ___
____n
_-
(299)Poultry products
____ ----
__n
--
(303)Promotional program
---- ----- --- ----
(261)
Restaurant
-- _
- -- n (278)Rings - n
__'_ ___
__n - (313)
Shirt. -
- - -- - - - -- -- - - - -- - --- - --- ._-
- (282)Shoes - - -
- - - - - - - - - .- - - - - - .- - - -
- - (311)Skis __
- _
__n ___n
_"___ _.. _
- (270)Soil - n -
- '_ ___
__n (293)
Tablecloths n - -- n
___
(307)Tennis shoes
- -- - _ -- - . ---
(286)Tourmaline , green
'__ "-- __'-- ___-
(267)
Watchbands _n
___ ___
(275) 1659, (310)Watches
-- - _-- ___
(288)
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DECISIONS AND ORDERS
PageAccreditation or approval of school , misrepresenting as to --
---
- 1219Accredited institution, falsely representing -
--------
- 866Acquiring corporate stock or assets:
Clayton Act. ) Sec. 7 -- 141, 251 , 628, 640,688, 1129, 1191, 1270
Federal Trade Commissi.on Act --
----- ..------
345, 628, 640 , 1129Advertisers Agency," individual or private business falselyrepresented self as ---
--- ----- ------
---.---- 616Advertising and promotional expenses , discriminating in price
through. See Discriminating in price.Advertising falsely or misleadingly;
Accreditation or approval of school --
--- ------ ---
- 1219Accredited institution -
.._-- -" -
------- 866Apartment availability, unrestricted n
- .--
861Business status , advantages , or connections-
Concealed subsidiary, fictitious collection agency --
---"._.._
n 1209Connections or arrangements with others _
- -- ___
- 1219Dealer being-
Guild" - - -- -
- - ---- ---
Manufacturer -
- - - -- --- ._- ---
Photograph processor -- _
- - ---
Individual or private business being-Advertisers Agency" n _n_n 616Alled Liquidators
" - - -----
- 595American Education Center" _n
___
866Associated Chinchila Breeders, Inc.
" -- ---
- n - 1117Marathon Battery Company of Wausau " _n 548
Location n
. - __.
__n1227, 1475
:\ationally publicized , watches - _ - n n 1056Personnel or staff-
Educational consultants - - ." __n n 1209Field registrars n
- --- --- - - -
__'___n "-- 1219Psychologist "- -.. n ___n_._- -
---
--" 539Retailer as wholesaler, jobber, factory distributor - n
- _ _'__
- 1430Size or extent n --__n - ___n 548, 1056Time in business n
___-- ----
_n 736Climatic conditions for nursery products nCompleteness of house -- - n
- - ----
- 1174
569298616
) Covering practices and matters in Commissionof Commodities. Reference to matters involved inby italics.
ordern. For index of commodities see TabJevacating or dismissing orders are indicated
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Decisions and OrdersPage
Composition of product-Fur Products Labeling Act ------ 178, 298, 578, 681
1048, 1083, 1546
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act __ 337, 578, 610, 649663, 716, 770, 1083, 1155
1160, 1166, 1432 1470Dealer or seller assistance --
..___
539, 548, 706, 727, 7361117, 1146, 1227
548, 569, 706, 727, 736
1117, 1146, 1219, 1227Earnings and profits
Endorsement or approval-American Institute of Science -
--- ... --
Better Business Bureau -
----------
-- 616Franchises , exclusive - "-
-------
- 548Free goods or services --
-----_.__
616, 744, 866, 894, 1209Freezer.food plan --
--- --- -.-_'__
-- 154Government approval , connections or endorsement
-- -
, 920,
1258, 1322
Guarantees -
----
298 569 595 616, 706, 727736, 875, 887, 894, 1056 1117
1174, 1182 , 1475Individual' s special selection -
- -
- - - - 548, 616Jobs and employment --
---
920; 1219
Old or used product being new ---- - 1475Opportunities in product-1146PricesAdditional charges unmentioned -- u--
_.._----
- 875, 894, 1056, 1182Bait" offers --
- -
744, 887, 894, 1056,1105 1174, 1361
Comparative --
------ --. - --
595, 870Exaggerated, fictitious as regular and customary
- --
178, 185,
569, 595, 616 , 765, 8701083, 1361 1430
Piggybacking
- -
- 688Price list --
--- - - - ----. - - --
154Retail as wholesale --
-. ----
- 1430
Savings - 185 , 298, 681 , 870
Terms and conditions --
___
875, 1056, 1174, 1182, 1361Usual as reduced or special -
--- _
178, 616, 681 , 765887, 1083, 1209
Qualities or results of product-Durability or permanence_
- -.. - --- - - -
- 887Educational training -
--- --- -- .--
-- 1219
Medicinal , therapeutic , healthful , etc.Bed-wetting, device for eliminating -- -- 539Bufferin " relieves arthritic pain -
-- - .. - --
780Health publications --
---- - -
1429Nursery products --
---- ------- --
Quality of product
- -- --- ____
706, 727, 736Food -- -- -- - - -- --
- -- - - -- _.- - - - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - - - - -- -- - . _. -
154
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Quantity in stock --
-.- -------
- . - - 1105
Repairs , adjustments , or replacements -- 894, 1475Reproductive potentials of chinchilas 706, 727, 736, 1117Scholarships - -
---- -.--------
-- 866Services -
-.
154, 894, 1227, 1475Special or limited offers --
-. -. _
595, 887 1209Statutory rcquirements-
Fur Products Labeling Act -- 178 298, 578, 6811048, 1546
Textile Products Identification Act -
- -
337, 578 , 610, 649,
663, 716, 770 10831155, 1160, 1166 , 1432
Surveys -
- - - - --- - -- - - - - - --- -- - - - - -
- 1209Terms and conditions -
- -- - - - . - --
548 , 706Insurance coverage - u -
- ---"- -- -- ---
1258, 1322Loans, educational -
-- - -- -- ---
- 920Rental , free -
- - ---
-- 539Sales contracts --
- - - -
154 , 894
Unauthorized --
- - - , _. - - -
-- 1466Advertising matter , supplying false and misleading -- , 548, 569
1174, 1219Allied Liquidators," individual or private business falselyrepresented as -
- -
Allowances for services and facilities , discriminating in pricethrough. See Discriminating in price.
American Education Center " individual or private businessfalsely represented as --
p- - - -
American Institute of Science , falsely claiming endorsements by -Apartment availability, misrepresenting as unrestricted --Associated Chinchila Breeders , Inc. " individual or privatebusiness falsely represented as -
- --
- -- 1117Assuming or using misleading trade or corporate name:
Dealer being- Mil" --
- -- -- --
-- - 674 , 914
Individual or private business being-Advertisers Agency
" -- - -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- -- - --
-- 616Allied Liquidators
" -- - --
595American Education Center
" -- --- - --
866Associated Chinchila Breeders , Inc.
" -
- 1117
Marathon Battery Company of Wausau
" --
- 548Bait" offers , using to obtain leads to prospects - 744 , 887, 894
1056 , 1105 , 1174, 1361
Bed-wetting, misrepresenting as to qualities of device foreliminating --
- -- - -
Better Business Bureau , falsely claiming endorsements by --Brokerage payments and acceptances , discriminating in price
through. See Discriminating in price.Bufferin " relieves arthritic pain , misrepresenting throughmedicinal or therapeutic qualities --
- - --
Business methods , policies and practice , misrepresenting as to .- -
- --
Business status , advantages , or connections, misrepresenting as to.
595
866
861
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See Advertising falsely, etc. ; Assuming, etc. ; Misrepresentingbusiness , etc. ; ::isrepresenting directly, etc.
Clayton Act:
Sec. 2 Discrjminating in price-
Sec. 2 (a)-Illegal price dHferentials-Customer classification
----
u--
.--
Quantity rebates , discounts and schedules -Trade areas -
- - ----- -- - - - - - - - - - -
Sec. 2 (c)-Illegal brokerage payments and acceptances-Lowered price to buyers --
-__ __--
225, 231 , 240, 246Sec. 2 (d)-Allowances for services and facilities-
Advertising and promotional expenses -
---
------.-- 776Sec. 2 (f) -Inducing and receiving discriminations-
Discounts, rebates - -
--- - .. - - - - --
- 1555
Sec. 7-Acquiring corporate stock or assets--
_--
141, 251 , 628
640, 688, 1129, 1191, 1270Climatic conditions, misrepresenting nursery products through --.--
Coercing and intimidating:
Competitors --
-.- _
h --
--- ._- .._- --..
345Suppliers of competitors --
-. -- ,--- - --
- 166Collection agency, fictitious --
, --
306, 1209
Combining or conspiring to:Control allocation and solicitation of customers --
- - ,- -
Control marketing practices and conditions -Cut of competitor s supplies -
- -.-
Fix prices and hinder competition through-fixing andmaintaining prices - 324, 556
Maintain monopoly - -- 166Comparative prices, misrepresenting as to - 595, 870
Competitors:Coercing and intimidating -Disparaging --
-- -- -- - -- -- -- -- -- - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - --
Composition of product, misrepresenting as to:Fur Products Labeling Act -- , 89, 93, 97, 101 , 105
117, 120, 125, 132, 178, 213298, 578, 624, 681 , 757, 7651048, 1083, 1135, 1152 11871202, 1234, 1238, 1244 , 1254
1446, 1454, 1458, 1546, 1561 , 1565Textile Fiber Products Identification Act -- 136 , 314, 319, 337
563, 578 , 610, 649, 656, 663
669, 716 , 770, 1043 , 1083, 11401155, 1160, 1166, 1432 , 1462, 1470
- -
, 69, 72, 149, 162, 171 , 337,
544, 610 , 649 , 674, 749. 753757, 911 , 1043, 1155 , 1238 , 1249 , 1438
Connections or arrangements with others , misrepresenting as to -- - 1219
union Carbide Company --
- - --
-- 880Content of product, misrepresenting as to --
- -
-- 880
637
556556166
345345
\Vool Products Labeling Act
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Control allocation and solicitation of customers, combiningor conspiring to - ---
- --
-- 556Control marking practices and conditions , combining or
conspiring to --
--___ _-- ----
-- 556Court documents , simulating as -- M -
_----
306, 1209Customer classification , discriminating in price through. '.
- --
-- 637Cut off competitor s supplies, combining or conspiring to - -- 166Cutting off supplies or services-exclusive contracts with
suppliers -
- - - - - -
- 166
Dealer falsely representing self as:Guild" -.-- -
- -- .- --
- 569Manufacturer -
- - ---
298, 314Mil" -
- -- _ - --- ---- _--
674, 914Photograph processor --
- - - - -
-- 616Dealer or seller assistance , misrepresenting as to - 539, 548, 706
727, 736, 1117, 1146, 1227Discounts , discriminating in price through -
---
, 1555
Discriminating in price in violation of:Sec. 2 , Clayton Act-
Sec. 2 (a) -Illegal price differentials-Customer classification --
-- -- - -- - -- -- -- -- - -- --
Quantity rebates , discounts and schedules --Trade areas --
Sec. 2 (c)-Illegal brokerage payments and acceptances-Lowered price to buyers --
-- -- . _
225 , 231 , 240, 246Sec. 2(d)-Allowances for services and facilities-
Advertising and promotional expenses -- - 776Sec. 2(f)- Inducing and receiving discriminations-
Discounts , rebates --
---
Sec. 5 , Federal Trade Commission Act-Rebates, confidential-- 217, 221 , 225, 231 , 237, 240 , 246
637
-- -- 1555
Dismissal orders:Amended complaint dismissed against a sel1er of nursery
stock charging it with misrepresenting the growthpotentials of its products -
- -- . -. - . -
Complaint dismissed against a manufacturer of contact lenscharged with misrepresenting the nature and extent ofservices offered by its franchised distributors --
- --
-- 1475
Complaint against a Sec. 7 proceeding dismissed due tochange in Commission s policy -
.-- - - -
- 1129
Complaint charging a department store with knowinglyind-Jcing discriminatory prices in vio1ation of Sec. 2 (f)of the Clayton Act , dismissed --
- - - -- - - - - --
- 1555
Complaint charging a distributor of electric broilers withdeceptive means to recruit franchised dealers , dismissed -- - --
--
1205Complaint charging a large manufacturing drug firm with
deceptively advertising a pain relieving drug --
--
780Complaint charging a mail-order insurance company with
using deceptive means of selling insurance, dismissed -- -- 1322
1698 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISJOXS
Decisions and OrdersPage
Complaint charging a publisher of health books with mis-representing the therapeutic benefits of its publications,dismissed -
--- . "- ---__-- - ----
-- 1429Complaint charging discrimination in selling or leasing of
houses or apartments , dismissed ---
-----
-- 861Complaint dismissed against a producer of metal caps for
bottled beverages charged with violating the antimergerlaw by acquiring a competitor - __n
---
Disparaging competitors -
- -- ----
Divestiture orders. See Acquiring corporate stock or assets.Domestic products, misrepresenting as foreign --
.-----
-- 656Durability or permanence of product, misrepresenting qualities
or results of -
____ __. ..
887
Earnings and profits, misrepresenting as to n 548, 569, 706, 727,736 , 880, 1117, 1146
1219 , 1227
Earnings, securing n - __n
- - -- _
1205Educational training, misrepresenting qualities or results of n
_-
1219Endorsement of product, misrepresenting as to:
American Institute of Science _ . _n
- - - .
Better Business Bureau _nEnticing away competitors ' employees _
- _
_"nExclusive contracts with suppliers , hindering competition through nFederal Trade Commission Act:
Acquiring corporate stock or assets nFalse invoicing under _
Sec. 5-Discriminating in price-Rebates , confidential n
251345
616345166
345, 628, 640, 1129, 162
217, 221 , 225 , 231
237, 240, 246306 , 1209
178 , 185 , 569, 595, 616, 765
870, 1083, 1093, 1361 , 14:JO
Fixing prices concertedly. See Combining or conspiring.Flammable Fabrics Act:
Furnishing false guaranties under n 669Importing, selling, or transporting flammable ,year - -
. - -- ._
75, 329,
332, 536 , 566, 590, 604607, 1090, 1451
Food , misrepresenting as to quality n - 154Foreign origin of product, misrepresenting as to
-- _
- 1187
Franchises, exclusive n n _
-- _
_"- __n - n .- 548
Free goods or services, misrepresenting as to _
- -
539, 616 , 744
866, 894, 1093 , 1209
- -
154
Fictitious collection agency _Fictitious pricing n
Freezer-food plan , falsely representing -Furnishing false guarantees. See Guaranties.Furnishing means and instrumentalities of misrepresentation or
deception:Advertising matter - - n 78, 548, 569, 1174, 1219
Nondisclosure of-domestic origin of product _ 656
INDEX 1699
Decisions and Orders
PageFur Products Labeling Act:
Failing to reveal information required by -_u--
- .
, 89, 93, 97,101, 105, 109, 113, 117, 120, 125,132, 171, 178, 213, 298, 578, 624
681 , 723, 749, 757, 765 10481083, 1135, 1152, 1187 1202 12341238, 1244, 1254, 1442, 1446 1454
1458, 1546, 1561, 1565False advertising under --
--- ----
178, 298, 578, 6811048, 1083, 1546
, 89, 93, 97, 101, 105 109, 113117, 120, 125, 129, 132, 171 , 178213, 298, 578, 624, 681, 723, 749
757, 765, 1048, 1135, 1152 1187,1202, 1234, 1238, 1244, 1254 , 14421446, 1454, 1458, 1546, 1561 1565
Furnishing faJse guaranties under --
---
, 89, 93, 97, 105. 109
113, 120, 125, 129, 132, 1711187, 1234, 1238, 1254,
1442, 1458, 1565Misbranding under --
. - --- -- --- ---
, 89, 93, 101, 105, 117120, 125, 132, 213, 298, 578, 624
681, 757, 765, 1048, 1083, 1135 11871234, 1238, 1244, 1254, 1446, 1454
1458, 1546 , 1561 , 1565Mutilating or removing law- required labels -
- ---
- 1048Substituting non-conforming labels -
-- --
- 1546
Government documents , simulating as -- - 1056Government, misrepresenting as to:
Approval , connections or endoresments --- --- 78, 920, 1258 , 1322Standards or specifIcations --
- - - - ---
880Guarantees, misleading -
-- - - -
- n 78, 298, 569, 595, 616, 706727, 736, 875, 880, 887, 894
1056, 1117, 1174, 1182 1475
False invoicing under
Guaranties, furnishing false:Flammable Fabrics Act - -
-- -- '____
_m_ -- 669Fur Products Labeling Act --
- -
84, 89, 93, 97, 105, 109, 113,
120, 125, 129, 132, 171 11871234, 1238, 1254, 1442, 1458, 1565
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act --
- -
_0 136, 171, 656663, 770, 1166
Wool Products Labeling Act -
- -
--n n - -- 149, 1140, 1438Guild," dealer falsely representing self as --
- - - . --
- 569Harassing competitors --
- - - _
345Health publications , misrepresenting medicinal or
therapeutic benefits - - - - OU
- - --- -- -- - -
-- 1.429
Houses , misrepresenting completeness of --
- -- - -- -- - -- - --
- 1174
Imported products, misrepresenting as domestic -
--
1442
1700 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIOK DECISIONS
Decisions and OrdersPage
Importing, selling, or transporting flammable wear:Flammable Fabrics Act -
---- _--
75, 329, 332, 536, 566,
590, 604, 607, 1090 , 1451
Individual or private business falsely represented self as:Advertisers Agency
" --
-- 616Alled Liquidators
" - - --
-- - nU-
- ..
595American Education Center" n
- - - -
866Associated Chinchilla Breeders, Inc.
" -- -.- -- . -- .- --- ---
. - 1117::arathon Battery Company of Wausau
" --.-
u.. - -- 548
Individual' s special selection , misrepresenting as to -- 548, 616, 1093
Inducing and receiving discriminations in violation ofClayton Act, Sec. 2 (f) n
_-- '__ ---- -- - - _
n 284
Institution, accredited , falsely representing --
- --
-- 866
Insurance coverage, misrepresenting through terms and conditions u -- 1258
1322
Interfering with competitors or their goods-harassing competitors --- 345
Interlocutory orders: See also Interlocutory orders with opinions.
Denying-Appeals of 38 third parties from an examiner s order
direcing parties to comply with subpoenas duces tecum ---- 1629Petition to set aside consent order of June 25 , 1957, on
grounds of changed conditions of fact, - -- - 1607
Request to appeal from hearing examiner s order relativeto the release of certain third-party documents -- -- - 1642
Respondents1\Iotion to stay filing of compliance report
- -
- :1610
Request to modify decision and order - -
- -
:1617
Granting appeal from examiner s order and for Phi1ipsPetroleum Co. to file comments - - --
-- - -
- 1589
Public hearing ordered to determine whether advertising ofGeritol" is violating the cease and desist order --
-- - - --
1620Reopening case to determine whether The Hearst Corp. is
successor to respondents in this ca e --
- -
1619
Interlocutory orders with opinions:
Denying-Appeal to produce certain documents and request for oral
argument , remanded to hearing examiner --
- - --
- 1574
Application for subpoena duces tecum and release ofconfidential information --
- --
Respondent'Appeal from examiner
Denial to subpoena certain disfavored customersinvolving proof of cost justification --
Orders relating to subpoenas directed to thirdparties -
- -
Refusal to quash subpoenas duces tecum --Motion to withdraw from adjudication to consider
voluntary compliance --
-- --
n 1579
1602
1621- 1589
. n 1608
INDEX 1701
Decisions and OrdersPage
Request to appeal from examiner s denial of dismissalmotion on grounds Commission is conductingindustrywide survey of auto parts industry _ n 1614
Extending time for third party to comply with subpoena anddenying motion to quash --
- - - -- - --
- 1643Findings of Commission that respondents have failed to comply
with order inhibiting misrepresenting effectiveness ofGeritol" liquid and tablets --
.. --
Granting interlocutory appeal and vacating examiner s orderfor hearings in more than one city by restricting them toPittsburgh only -
--- - -- - - -
1579Granting respondent leave to file response to comments filed
by Philips Petroleum Co., but denying respondent's requestand Phillips Petroleum Coo's request to file interlocutoryappeals -
---- --- - - - - - -- - -
- 1610
Remanding to examiner--For further consideration of depositions from six
offcials of third party -
- --
- - 1593
Order denying respondent's request for depositions fromthird party -
The question of subpoenas directed to third-partyconcrete companies n - n
- -
- n 1585Supplemental opinion clarifying interlocutory order as to
policy in ordering postcomplaint discovery
- _
- 1591
Vacating examiner s striking of testimony of two witnesseswhen complaint counsel would not produce investigatorsfield reports. Interprets Jencks doctrine n _ - 1595
Intimidating. See Coercing and intimidating.Invoicing products falsely:
Federal Trade Commission Act n
-- -
Fur Products Labeling Act n
- n 1633
n 1571
- n
- - -
, 162
, 89, 93, 97, 101 , 105, 109
113, 117 , 120 , 125, 129, 132 , 171
178, 213 , 298 , 578 , 624 , 681 , 723,
749, 757, 765, 1048, 1135, 1152, 1187
1202, 1234 , 1238, 1244, 1254 14421446, 1454 , 1458, 1546, 1561 1565
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act _ 669, 674, 1140, 1160Irregulars" or " seconds " hosiery, misrepresenting as to quality - - 914
Jobs and employment service, misrepresenting as to n
- _
920, 1219
Knov.ringly inducing and receiving discriminations in violationof: Clayton Act, Sec. 2(f) n - n - 15.55
Loans , educational , misrepresenting through terms and conditions n 920Location of business , misrepresenting as to _ -- 674, 914 1227 , 1475::aintaining resale prices: Price schedules and announcements nn - 324lanufacturer , dealer falsely represented self as n
- _
n 298, 314Marathon Battery Comapny of "\Vausau " individual or privatebusiness falsely represented as n n
- _
2\ledicinal , therapeutic , healthful , etc. , qualities of productmisrepresenting as to:
Bed-wetting, device for eliminating
548
- -
539
1702 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Decisions and Orders
Bufferin " relieves arthritic pain --
--. - -
Health publications --
- - -
Merger proceedings. See Acquiring corporate stock or assets.Mill " dealer falsely representing self as --
Misbranding or mislabeling:Composition of product
Fur Products Labeling Act -- _
Page780
1429
674, 914
Textile Fiber Products
, 89 , 93, 97, 101 , 105
117, 120, 125, 132, 213298, 578, 624, 681 , 757,
765, 1048, 1083, 1135 11871234, 1238, 1244, 1254 , 14461454, 1458, 1546, 1561 , 1565
Identification Act - --
- _
136 , 314 , 319337 563 578 610, 649, 656,
663 , 669 , 716 , 770 , 1043 , 11401155 , 1160 , 1166 , 143 1462 , 1470
- 64 , 69 , 72, 149, 162, 171
337, 544 , 610 , 649 , 674 , 749753 , 757, 911 , 1043 , 1155
1238, 1249 , 1438
Wool Products Labeling Act -
Source or origin of product-Domestic product as foreign -- --
--
Foreign origin of product --Imported product as domestic
Statutory requirements-Fur Products Labeling Act --
- --- -
- 656- 1187
1442
- -
Textile Fiber Products
- 84 , 89 , 93 , 97, 101 , 105109 113 117 120 125 132171, 213 , 298 , 578 , 624 , 681
757 765, 1048 1083 1135 11871234 1238, 1244 , 1254 , 1442 , 1446
1454 , 1458 , 1546 , 1561 , 1565Identification Act -- - 136 , 314 , 319 , 332
337 563, 578 610 649 656 663,669 , 716 , 757 , 770 , 914 , 1043 , 1140,
1155 , 1160 , 1166 , 1249 , 1432 , 1462 , 1470- 64 , 69, 72 , 149 , 162 , 171
337 544 610 649 656, 674 716749 , 753 , 757, 911 , 1043 , 1155,
1238 , 1249 , 1438
Wool Products Labeling Act
::Iisrepresenting business status , advantages, or connections:Business methods, policies and practice -
- -
Concealed subsidiary, flctitious col1ection agencyConnections or arrangements with others --
Union Carbide Company --
- --
Dealer being-Guild" --
- _
Manufacturer - -
-- - - _
n -
--
298,Mil" --
- - - - - - - --
674Photograph processor --
- - - -- - - --
603- 306, 1209
1219880
- -- -
569314914616
INDEX 1703
Decisions and OrdersPage
Individual or private business being-Advertisers Agency
" - -- _
-- 616
Allied Liquidators" n
_-- - _ - _
595
American Education Center
" -- - ,
- 866
Associated Chinchilla Breeders, Inc. " n - n - 1117
)'farathon Battery Company of Wausau
" --
- 548
Location n
- _
' n
_- _
674 914 1227 1475
Nationally publicized-watches n
- --
1056
Personnel or staff-
Educational consultants - . --
- _ _- --
-- 1209
Field registrars -- . n - n
_- ._
- 1219
Psychologist n n - - - n ' n
- _ -- ,-_
539
Retailer as wholesaler , jobber , factory distributor n
-- -
-- 1430
Size or extent -
- - - -- - -__
548 1056
Time in business --
-- - - -
- 736
Misrepresenting directly or orally by self or representatives:Accreditation or approval of school - -
. - - -
Business status , advantages , or connections-Concealed subsidiary, fictitious collection agency - -Connections or arrangements with others -
Union Carbide Company --Dealer being-
Guild" _ n -Manufacturer --Mjll" -- _
- --
Photograph processor --Individual or private business being-
Advertisers Agency
" -- -- -- -- --
- 616
Associated Chinchilla Breeders , Inc,
" -- - --
- 1117
Marathon Battery Company of Wausau
" - - -- -
548
Location -- --
- --
674, 914, 1227
Personnel or staff--Educational consultants --Field Registrars --
Retailer as wholesaler , jobberSize or extent -Time in business --
Completeness of house --
Content of product --Dealer or seHer assistance --
1219
. --
306 , 1209
1219880
- -
674,
569314914616
- - - -
Earnings and profitsChinchilla breeding -
Endorsement or approval of product-
American Institute of ScienceBetter Business Bureau --
-- --
Franchises , exclusive -Free goods or services --
- -- -- -
- 1209
-- --
-- 1219
factory distributor - - --
-- --
1430
-- --
- 548, 1056736
- -
1174
. -
- - 880
-- _
548 , 706, 727 , 736 11171146 , 1227
548, 880, 1146, 1219 , 1227
569 706, 727, 736 1117
616
- --
548616, 744 , 894
1093 , 1209
1704 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Decisions and OrdersPage
Government-Approval, connections or endorsement - ----
- --
, 920Standards or specifications --
- --
-- 880Guarantees -
------ ------
, 569, 616, 706, 727, 736,
880, 887, 894, 1056 , 1117, 1174, 1182Individual' s special selection _
- - -- --- ---
548, 616, 1093Jobs and employment --
--- _.-_--
920, 1219Opportunities in product ---
---
- 1146Priccs-
Additional charges unmentioned -
--- - _
894, 1182Bait" offers ---
.----
744, 887, 894, 1174Exaggerated , fictitious as regular and customary -- 569, 616
1093, 1430Percentage savings - --
--- - -- ---
- 1093Terms and conditions ---
-----
1105, 1174, 1182Usual as reduced or special --
- -
616, 887, 1093 1209Prize contests -- H'--
. -- -----
-- 1093
Qualities or results of product-Educational training
- - --- -- - ---
- 1219Waterproof paint --
-". -- - --
-- 880Quality of product --
---.- ---
706, 727, 736Irregular" or " second " hosiery - - 914
Refunds -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
880Repairs , adjustments , or replacements.. -- -- 894Reproductive potentials of chinchilla -- 706, 727, 736, 1117Services --
-- -- . ----
894, 1227Source or origin of product-domestic product as foreign -- -- 656Specials or limited offers -
- --
887, 1209
Surveys -
- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - _
1093 , 1209
Terms and conditions - --
.. . --
-- 548 , 70GLoans, educational --
. --
-- 920Sales contracts --
.. -- - - _ - .
887 894, 1361Tests or evaluations of product - 880
Misrepresenting prices:Additional charges unmentioned --
- _
875 , 894, 1056, 1182
Bait" offers -
- -- -
744, 887, 894 , 10561105 , 1174 , 1361
Comparative -- --
- - - -- --- - ----
- 595, 870Exaggerated , fictitious as regular and customary - -
- _ --__
178 , 185, 569,595 , 616, 765, 870 , 1083
1093 , 1361 , 1430
Percentage Savings .-
---
-- 1093
Piggybacking" advertising -- -- --
- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- -
688Price list -
- - - - - - - -
- 154Retail as wholesale -
- -- - --
-- 1430
Savings -- - 185 , 298 , 681 , 870Terms and conditions --
- -- - -- -- _
875, 1056 11051174, 1182 , 1361
Usual as reduced or special -- 178, 616, 681 , 765 , 887
1083 , 1098, 1209
INDEX 1705
Decisions and OrdersPage
Modified orders:By narrowing the effective territory of the order from " any city or
market area" to specific locations --
Mail-order merchandiser order modified in several respects pur-suant to a decision of Court of Appeals, Second Circuit - - 1430
Ordcr against a canner of fruits and vegetables modified by setting
aside prohibitions against violating Sec. 2 (c) of the Clayton Actpursuant to a decree of the United States Supreme Court -- 776
Order eliminating penalty provisions against present and futuresalesmen of a sewing machine distributor -- - - 603
Order modifying a prior modification against a publisher by addingthe provision that the book was published "in the English lan-
guage in the United States
" -
1109, 11111112, 1113 , 1114, 1115, 1116
Monopoly, combining or conspiring to maintain -- - - -- 166Mutilating or removing law-required labels:
Fur Products Labeling Act
. --
-- 1048
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act --
- --
-- 332Nationally publicized , misrepresenting watches as --
--
1056Xeglecting, unfairly or deceptively, to make material disclosure:
Composition of product-Fur Products Labeling Act
Wool Products Labeling Act --
- - - --
178 , 298, 578, 681
757, 765, 1048 , 1083, 1152 , !l871202 , 1244, 1446, 1546
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act -- 136 , 319 , 337
563, 578, 610, 649 , 663 , 6691043, 1083, 1140 , 1155, 1160
1166, 1432, 1462 , 1470, 69, 610 , 674 , 749
757, 1438
1111 11121115, 11161083 , 1361
- J 54
- -
- 1109,
1113 , 1114
298, 681 , 765
Old or used product being ne\v-book titles
Prices - - 178Services .
- . - -
Statutory requirements-Fur Products Labeling Act
Textile Fiber Products
, 89, 93 , 97, 101 , lOS
109, 113, 117, 120, 125, 132 , 171,178, 213 , 298, 578 , 624 , 681 , 723,
749, 757, 765, 1048, 1083, 1135, 1152!l87 , 1202 , 1234, 1238, 1244, 1254
1442, 1446, 1454, 1458, 1546, 1561 , 1565Identification Act --
- _
136 314 , 319332 , 337, 563 , 578 , 590, 610 , 649 , 656
663 , 669, 716, 757 , 770 , 914 , 1043, 10831140, 1155 , 1160 , 1166 1249
1432, 1462 , 1470
, 69, 72 , 149 , 162 , 171,
337 , 544 , 610, 649, 656 , 674 , 716
749, 753, 757 , 911 , 1043, 1155,
1238, 1249, 1438
Wool Products Labeling Act
1706 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Decisions and OrdersPage
Terms and conditions-
Insurance coverage - - ---
---
1258, 1322Sales contracts --
-- - -- - --
154, 887, 894, 1361New, representing old or used product as -
_--
1109, 1111, 11121113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1475
ondisclosure of-domestic origin of product _ o - UU 656Nursery products, misrepresenting through qualities or results of -
-- --
Old or used product, misrepresenting as new-
----
1109 1111 11121113, 1114, 1115, 1116 , 1475
Opportunities in product, misrepresenting as to--
--- --
1146Paint, waterproof, misrepresenting qualities of --
--
880Percentage savings , misrepresenting prices through ---
---
-- 1093Personnel or staff , misrepresenting as to:
Educational consultants 'n - 1209Field registrars n n - -- n 1219Psychologist _ - - -- n
- --
- _n 539Photograph processor, dealer falsely representing self as _ - 616Price-fixing conspiracy. See Combining or conspiring.Price list, misrepresenting prices through n
- _
Price schedules and announcements , maintaining resale prices through -Prices , misrepresenting. See Misrepresenting prices.Prize contests, misrepresenting as to _ - -. n 109aQualities or results of product, misrepresenting as to:
Durability or permanence nEducational training n
- -
-- nMedicinal , therapeutic , healthful , etc.
Bed-wetting, device for eliminating_
- - - -
- n
_- - -
539Bufferin " relieves arthritic pain _
--
780Health publications _ n n n 142.
:-ursery products -- -
- -- --
VVaterproof paint -
- - - - -
- 880Quality of product, misrepresenting as to n 706, 727, 736
Food - --
- -- - --
- 154Irregular" or " second," hosiery -
- - --
- 914Quantity in stock , misrepresenting as to n
- - _ - _
- - 1105Rebates , confidential , discriminating in price through n - n 217, 221
225, 231, 237, 240, 246Refunds , misrepresenting as to n
- - - -
880Rental , free, misrepresenting through terms and conditions - -- - 539Repairs, adjustments, or replacement, misrepresenting as to... - - . - 894, 1475Reproductive potentials of chinchilla , misrepresenting as to _
- --
706, 727736 1117
Retailer, misrepresenting self as "\vholcsaler n
-- - - _ _- - _
- 1430Retail prices , misrepresenting as wholesale n
- _
- 1430
Sales contracts , misrepresenting through terms and conditions - _ 154 , 887894, 1361185 , 298681 , 870
866
154324
- -
8871219
Savings , misrepresenting through prices n
Scholarships , falsely representing
- -
INDEX 1707
Decisions and OrdersPage
Securing agents or representatives deceptively:Earnings -
- -- -
Terms and conditions _
__. - -
Securing information by subterfuge: Skip-tracing forms --
- --
Securing signatures wrongfully --
- -
154Services , misrepresenting as to --
- _
154, 894, 1227,
Shipping, for payment demand , goods in excess of or withoutorder
- - -
Simulating another or product thereof:Court documents - -
- - - _
0 -
- - - -- - . - - - _
306, 1209
Government documents --
-. -- - - - --
- 1056
Size or extent of business, misrepresenting as to - 548, 1056
Skip-tracing forms, securing information by subterfuge through - 306Sour::e or origin of product, misrepresenting as to - - 656 , 1187, 1442
Special or limited offers , misrepresenting as to -
-- -
- 595887, 1209
--
12051205
306920
1475
1258, 1466
Statutory requirements, failing; to comply with:Fur Products Labeling Act - --
- --
, 89, 93, 97, 101 , 105
109, 113, 117, 120, 125, 132, 171178, 213, 298, 578, 624 , 681, 723,
749, 757, 765 , 1048, 1083, 1135, 11521187, 1202 , 1234, 1238 , 1244 , 1254 , 1442
1446 , 1454, 1458 , 1546, 1561 , 1565
Textile Fiber Products Identif!cation Act --
-- _
136 , 314, 319, 332
337, 563, 578 , 590, 610, 649656, 663, 669, 716, 757 , 770
914 . 1043 , 1083 , 1140 , 1155
1160, 1166, 1249, 14321462 , 1470
, 69, 72 , 149 , 162, 171, 337
544 , 610, 649 , 656 , 674 , 716, 749
753 , 757 , 911, 1043, 11551238, 1249, 1438
Substituting nonconforming labels: Fur Products Labeling Act -- - 1546
Suppliers of competitors, coercing and intimidating -
- -- - --
166
Surveys , misrepresenting as to -
- - - --
1093, 1209
Terms and conditions, misrepresenting as to --
- -
548, 706 , 875, 1056 11051174, 1182, 1361
Insurance coverage -
- -- - -
1258 13J!2
Loans, educational -
- - - - - - - - - " - - - - - - - -
- 920
Rental, free --
- --
-- 539
Sales contracts --
- --
154, 887, 894, 1361
Tests or evaluations of product , misrepresenting as to -- 880
Textile Fiber Products Identification Act:Failng to reveal information required by --
- --
136 , 314, 319
332 , 337 , 563, 578, 590, 610
649, 656, 66B, 669, 716, 757770, 914 , 1043 , 1083 1140
1155 , 1160 , 1166 , 1249 14321462, 1470
Wool Products Labeling Act --
1708 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Decisions and OrdersPage
False advertising under --
----- ---
337, 578, 610, 649, 663
716, 770, 1083, 1155 , 1160, 1166,1432, 1470
False invoicing under ---
--- -__--
669, 674, 1140, 1160Furnishing false guaranties under -
- --- ---
136, 171 , 656, 663
770, 1166Misbranding under --
- --
136, 314, 319, 337, 563, 578610, 649, 656, 663, 669 , 716,
770, 1043, 1140 11551160, 1166, 1432 , 1462, 1470
Mutilating or removing law-required labels --
-- ----
- 332Time in business, misrepresenting as to --
---------
-- 736Trade areas, discriminating in price through --
- . '---- '---- ------
Unauthorized advertising, falsely representing -
-------
-- 1466Unfair methods or practices, etc. , involved in this volume:
Acquiring corporate stock or assets illegally.Advertising falsely or misleadingly.Assuming or using misleading trade or corporate name.Combining or conspiring.Cutting off competitors ' supplies.Discriminating in price.Disparaging competitors or their products.Flammable Fabrics Act.Furnishing means and instrumentalities of misrepresentation and
deception.Guaranties, furnishing false.Importing, selling, or transporting flammable wear.Invoicing products falsely.Maintaining resale prices.Misbranding or mislabeling.Misrepresenting business status , advantages or connections.Misrepresenting directly or orally by self or representatives.Misrepresenting prices.Mutilating or removing law-required labels.Neglecting, unfairly or deceptively, to make material disclosure.Securing agents deceptively.Securing information by subterfuge.Securing signatures wrongfully.
Simulating competitor or his product.Substituting nonconforming labels.Using misleading product name or title.
Union Carbide Company, misrepresenting connections or arrangementswith --
-., - .- -
- 880Unordered goods , shipping for payment - 1258, 1466Using misleading product name or title:
Old or used product being new-book titles -- 1109, 1111 11121113 , 1114, 1115, 1116
Quality of product-" irregular" or " second " hosiery -
- -
914Using misleading trade or corporate name. See Assuming or using mis-
leading trade or corporate name
INDEX 1709
Decisions and OrdersPage
Usual prices, misrepresenting as reduced or special --
-----
178, 616, 681
765, 887, 1083, 1093, 1209Wholesale, misrepresenting retail prices as ---
--------
-- 1430Wholesaler , retailer falsely representing self as --
-----
-- 1430Wool Products Labeling Act:
Failng to reveal information required by --
--__
, 69, 72, 149, 162
171 , 337, 544, 610, 649, 656, 674
716, 749, 753, 757, 911, 1043 11551238, 1249, 1438
Furnishing fal.se guaranties under --
---------
149, 1140, 1438Misbranding under -------
___
, 69, 72, 149, 162, 171 , 337, 544
610, 649, 674, 749, 753, 757, 9111043 , 1155, 1238, 1249, 1438
INDEX
ADVISORY OPINION DIGESTS*
Acquiring corporate stock or assets:
Page
Clayton Act, Sec. 7 -- -- (279) 1661
(280) 1662, (291) 1670, (290) 1673,
(297) 1673, (308) 1681
Advertising falsely or misleadingly:Government approval or endorsement --
, -- - -
-- (265) 1654
Prices-Below cost n n n _- n - (305) 1679
Comparative -
- -
- (262) 1648 , (268) 1655
Prize contests -- - (266) 1654, (300) 1675
Qualities or results of product-medicinal, therapeutic,healthful , etc. inhibits body odor, deodorant spray --
- - --
(265) 1654
Advertising on food product wrappers , approved n
- _
(294) 1672
Allowances for advertising and promotion , discriminating inprice. See Clayton Act Sec. 2.
Cents off" coupons and demonstrators, discriminating in pricethrough _ - n n (302) 1676
Clayton Act:Sec. 2-Discriminating in price-
Sec. 2 (a)-Illegal price differentials-Discounts _
- -
- - n n n - (274) 1659
Cooperative advertising programs n
- _
n (309) 1681
Lower price to "stocking" dea1ers n - n n (263) 1649
Quantity and cumulative discounts n - (264) 1653Sec. 2 (d)-Allowances for advertising and promotion - -- (261) 1647,
(269) 1656, (309) 1681
Sec. 2 (d)-Promotional assistancc-
Promotional assistance plan , three party n - - n - (304) 16'79
In-store displays -
- - - -
- (312) 1685
Sec. 2 (e)-Furnishing services or facilities-Cents off" coupons and demonstrators n - - n - (302) 1676
Sec. 2 (f)-Inducing and receiving discriminations-
Promotional allowances n
. - _
- (288) 1668Trade association plan to secure uniform discounts
from suppliers for members -- n - - (281) 1662Sec. 7-Acquiring corporate stock or assets- (279) 1661 , (280) 1662
(291) 1670, (296) 1673, (297) 1673, (308) 1681
Code of ethics , trade association n - n n (268) 1655
Common marketing association, formation of by agriculturalcooperative approved n - n n _
- _
n (285) 1665
The numbers in parentheses indicate digest numbers.
; '
110
INDEX 1711
Advisory Opinion Digests
PageComparative prices , misrepresenting as to -- - (262) 1648 , (268) 1665
Composition of product , misrepresenting as to -
--- - --
-- (293) 1671
Compost Peat" - .
-- _
Od_
'__-- .,_ - -
- (289) 1668
18K-PJat " rings _ - (313) 1686Emerald Green Tourmaline
" --
-- (267) 1655
Marine opal" - - _ n - -- - _0--
_'_-- - -- -
-- u_ - (292) 1670
Compost Peat " using misleading product name as --
---
--- (289) 1668
Computerized inventory control system to be furnished suppliersby third-party promoter, approved subject to certain safe-guards for non-participating retailers - -- (306) 1679
Consumers savings group, formation of, approved -- -- (277) 1660
Cooperative advertising programs , discriminating in pricethrough -
- - - - --- - - - - - - ---- - - --
-- (309) 1681
Danish" furniture , using misleading product name as n - (301) 1676
Deod.orant spray, inhibits body odor , misrepresenting qualities oL(265) 1654Discounts, discriminating in price through. - - - (264) 1653, (274) 1659
Discriminating in price. See Clayton Act, Sec. 2.Domestic and foreign made components, misrepresenting source
or origin of product as domestic only n n (295) 1673, (298) 1674
(307) 1680
Emerald Green Tourmaline " misrepresenting product name as - (267) 1655
Federal Trade Commission Act: Knowingly inducing orreceiving discriminatory payments n - - n n (281) 1662
Food product wrappers , advertising on , approved n - - (294) 1672Foreign:
Assembly, disclosure of not required. n n d . n (276) 1660
Disclosure of origin of uppers used in the manufacture oftennis shoes not required _
. - _
n (286) 1667
Disclosure of origin in container for contents of multiple
foreign origin , required n
- -
- n
- -
-- (283) 1664
Formation of common marketing association by agriculturalcooperatives , approved n n - _ - - - n n (285) 1665
Formation of consumers savings group, approved n
- --
- (277) 1660
Franchise agreement for chain of pizza and sandwicllrestaurant-carry-out shops , approved n - - - n - (278) 1660
Free design services, misrepresenting as to _._ (271) 1659
Furnishing services or facilities. See Discriminating in price.Government approval or endorsement , falsely representing -- - - (265) 1654Humus " soil material , using misleading product name as n _- (293) 1671
Imported products , disclosure of origin required:Cloth for shirts domestically assembled and sewn - n - (282) 1664
Goods -
- - -
(299) 1674
Ski n
. - _ ' _ - -
(270) 1657
Stainless steel flatware , outer cover n
" _ - -
- (284) 1665Upper material used in shoes n- n n _ - (311) 1684
Watchbands n -- n
- _ - .
- (275) 1659, (310) 168
Knowingly inducing and receiving discriminations in violation of:Clayton Act, Sec. 2(f) _
- _
(281) 1662, (288) 1668
Federal Trade Commission Act _
- ,_
n (281) 1662
1712 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Advisory Opinion Digests
PageMarine opa) " "Using misleading product name as ----
----
-- (292) 1670Medicinal, therapeutic, healthful , etc. , qualities of product
misrepresenting as to: Deodorant spray, inhibits body odor - - (265) 1654Merger proceedings. See Acquiring corporate stock or assets.Misbranding or mislabeling:
Source or origin of product-Disclosure of foreign assembly for product made of
domestic components not required --
.---
- (276) 1660Disclosure of foreign origin on container for contents
of multiple foreign origin required -
---- --- -- --
--- (283) 1664Domestic and foreign made product as domestic only - - (295) 1673,
(298) 1674, (307) 1680Imported products-
Disclosure of origin not required uppers used inthe manufacture of tennis shoes - _n (286) 1667
Disclosure of origin required-Cloths for shirts domestically assembled and
sewn -
_, __
- (282) 1664Goods --
- - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - -
-- - (299) 1674Ski -
--- ---
- (270) 1657Stainless steel flatware, outer cover n
_--
- (284) 1665Upper material used in shoes - n (311) 1684Watchbands -
.. -
--- (275) 1659 , (310) 1683Misrepresenting directly or orally by self or representatives:
Free design services __n __n
_- _
(271) 1657Prices-suggested resale price schedule __
- -- - - "'_
- (273) 1658Misrepresenting prices:
Below cost -
- -
_--_n ____n (305) 1679Comparative . ._ -- (262) 1648, (268) 1655Suggested resale price schedule n - - - n - (273) 1658
Prices , misrepresenting. See Misrepresenting prices.Prize contests , misrepresentating as to - _- (266) 1654, (300) 1675Program employing data processing equipment to collect and
disseminate actual production and sales information approved n (303) 16Promotional allowances , discriminating in price through.
See Clayton Act , Sec. 2.Promotional assistance plan , three party. See Clayton Act , Sec. 2.Publication of advertising standards approved U n______- (287) 1667Qualities or results of product, misrepresenting as to:
Medicinal , therapeutic , healthful , etc. Deodorant spray,inhibits body odor U --n u__u ____n_
___ - __
n (265) 1654Rings
, "
18K-Plat " using misleading product name as - _ - (313) 1686Sales promotion plan , approved _n -- u
"--
n (272) 1657Source or origin of product, misrepresenting as to. - (270) 1657
(275) 1659, (276) 1660, (282) 1664(283) 1664, (284) 1665, (286) 1667
(295) 1673, (298) 1674, (299) 1674
(301) 1676, (307) 1680 , (310) 1683
(311) 1684
INDEX 1713
Advisory Opinion Digests
PageTrade associations:
Code of ethics -
-------------- ----- ---
- (268) 1655Membership in by brewer under order approved -- - (290) 1669
Publication of advertising standards approved -- - (287) 1667Using misleading prorluct name or title:
Composition-Compost Peat" - n-
--- --- --- -- ._--
-- (289) 1668
18K-Plat," rings _ n "-
------ - --- ---- ---
-- - (313) 1686Emerald Green Tourmaline
" ---- - ._
_.n
--__
- (267) 1655
Humus, " soil material -
"-- ----- ----- ----
- (293) 1671
Marine opal" -
--- -- - - -- - -----
- -_u
- ------ ---
- (292) 1670Source or origin of product- Danish " furniture -- -- (301) 1676
INDEX
ADVISORY OPINION DIGESTS'
Promotional assistance based on percentage of purchases duringa fixed time period --
' - - ..--
Use of manufacturers ' suggested retail prices accompanied by adisclaimer --
- - - - - - - - - .
Lower price to "stocking" dealers -
- - -'-
Stocking, quantity, and cumulative discounts -
. --
Personal deodorant spray --
--- ---
Magazine sponsored contest to win a house -- - _
Legality of describing green tourmaline as "Emerald GreenTourmaline" or "Precious Tourmaline
" - . -
Agreement not to advertise prices --
---- -- - --
Pooling of allowances for purposes of joint advertising n
::ecessity for disclosing country of origin of imported ski - _Adoption of penalty clause which inhibits competitors _Sales promotion plan-opportunity to buy at a savings n
Publication by trade association of suggested resale priceschedule for materials .
_.'
Proposal to reduce discounts granted small volume purchasers -Necessity for disclosing country of origin of imported
watchbands -
- - -- . ---
Disclosure of foreign assembly not required for product madeof domestic components n
--_ --_
Formation of consumers savings group _ - n
- _
Commission approves proposed franchise agreement for chain ofpizza and sandwich restaurant-carry out shops n
Commission advises agricultural cooperatives it has no objectionto proposed purchase of country elevators of financially.troubled direct competitor __
__.__
Commission advised applicant it cannot approve a proposedpartial acquisition of a direct competitor s business that maysubstantially increase applicant's market power _
Trade association recommendations with respect to sales periodsand services furnished by members and cash discounts bysuppliers -
- - - - - -- -
Marketing requirements for shirts assembled in the United
States from foreign components n - n - - nForeign origin-Container disclosure for contents of multiple
foreign origin -
- .
Location of foreign origin disclosure n
---
1714
DigestNo. Page
261 1647
262 1648263 1649264 1653265 1654266 1655
267 1655268 1655269 1656270 1657271 1657272 1657
273 1658274 1659
275 1659
276 1660277 1660
278 1660
279 1661
280 1662
281 1662
282 1664
283 1664284 1665
IKDEX
Advisory Opinion Digests
Formation of commor. marketing association by agriculturalcooperatives u n -
- - - -- -- - - -- -- - - - --
Foreign origin-Labeling requirements for tennis shoes madein Virgin Islands with foreign component --
- --
Publication of advertising standards by private association --Receipt of promotional allowances prohibited by order --
Compost peat --
- -- - -- - - - ---
Membership in trade association by manufacturer underCommission order -
- - - -- - - - _
Commission refuses to grant blanket approval to smal1 bakingcompany to be acquired by anyone including corporationssubject to Commission acquisition-prohibition orders
Paua shell being described as "marine opal" -- n -Commission declines ruling on use of term "humus," and states
Peat Industry Trade Practice Rules apply if material comes
within certain definitions n n - - --Advertising on food product wrapper -- n -Domestic origin marking on product containing foreign made
components n
- - - -- -- -
Failing company" theory applied in Commission approval ofsale of assets to a competitor -- - n
Premerger clearance-- Failing company portion of fixedassets to be sold to keep company in business --
Disclosure of origin of imported lenses finished domestically
Disclosure of country of origin of repackaged goods imported
in bulk -- - -
- -- - - - _
Contest and its advertising by retailer deemed objectionable --Danish" as applied to furniture --
-- -
Promotional plan involving "cents off" coupons anddemonstrators --
- -- -- - _
Commission does not object to program employing data process-ing equipment to collect and disseminate actual productionand sales information -
-- --
- n --Three-party promotional program under investigationSales below cost provision in ethical advertising guide --
Commission does not object to computerized inventory controlsy-stem to be furnished suppliers by third-party promotersubject to certain safeguards for nonparticipating retailers --
Foreign origin of cloth made into tablecloths in L per-missible labeling-proposed trade name and trademark;Commission warnings -- . n
Commission docs not object to proposed acquisition by dairyproducts produccr-processor distributor of another processor-distributor - n
- --- - _
Inclusion of provision in cooperative advertising agreements
limiting price advertising by retai1ers _Disclosure of country of origin of imported watchbands --Origin. disclosure of imported upper material used in shoes --
1715
DigestNo. Page
285 1665
286 1667287 1667288 1668289 1668
290 1669
291 1670292 1670
293 1671294 1672
295 167:
296 1673
297 1673298 1674
299 1674300 1675301 1676
302 1676
303 1678304 1679305 1679
306 1679
307 1680
308 1681
309 1681310 1683311 1684
1716 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION DECISIONS
Advisory Opinion DigestsDigest
No.Commission declined to approve proposed three party promo-
tional plan jn the food industry
---- ---- .._-- --
312Marking of 18 karat white gold ring with platinium baguette
prongs
------ - - -- - ---- - - - --- -- -- --
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