HEARINGS

U.S. Congress, House.

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEVENTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 2390

A BILL TO AMEND THE ACT CREATING THE FEDERAL

TRADE COMMISSION, TO DEFINE ITS POWERS

AND DUTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

85257

JANUARY 29, 30, FEBRUARY 27, 28,

MARCH 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 1946

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1946

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CONTENTS

Statements by-

Stason, Dr. E. Blythe, dean, law school, University of Michigan.

Digges, Mr. Isaac W., counsel, National Association of Advertisers..

Murphy, Mr. Charles E., general counsel, Advertising Federation of

America

Hoge, Mr. James F., attorney, Proprietary Association of America__

Mock, Mr. Hugo, attorney, Toilet Goods Association__

Liddy, Mr. Sylvester J., attorney, United States Trade Mark Associa-

tion_.

Perry, Mr. Kenneth, vice president and general manager, Johnson &

Johnson, New Brunswick, N. J.........

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Swain, Dr. Robert L., editor, Drug Trade News, New York City...

Frates, Mr. George H., Washington representative of National

Association of Retail Druggists__

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109

Canfield, Mr. Robert E., attorney at law, New York City, N. Y... 111

Kelley, Hon. William T., chief counsel, Federal Trade Commission 117-130

Davis, Hon. Ewin L., member, Federal Trade Commission___ 129-393-416

Wooden, Mr. Walter B., assistant chief counsel, Federal Trade

Commission___.

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186-189

Montague, Mr. Gilbert H., attorney at law, New York City -

Whiteley, Mr. Richard P., assistant chief counsel, Federal Trade

Commission_.

187-245

Cassedy, Mr. James W., special attorey on the staff of the chief

counsel, Federal Trade Commission..

267-354

Rohr, Mrs. Elizabeth, Washington representative of Consumers'

Union of United States Consumers' Union..

345

Thompson, Mrs. Margaret D., editor, consumer education service of

the American Home Economics Association_.

349

Wubnig, Mrs. Sylvia, representing the National League of Women

Shoppers, Washington, D. C., and New York City..

350

Richter, Mr. Irving, national legislative representative of the United

Automobile Workers, CIO

353

Keyserling, Mrs. Mary Dublin, representing the American Association

of University Women, Washington, D. C

385

Marsh, Mr. Benjamin C., representing the Peoples' Lobby-

391

Freer, Hon. Robert E., member, Federal Trade Commission__.

Williams, Mr. Nathan Boone, representing the Association of American

Soap and Glycerine Manufacturers-Producers, Inc-----

Communications, briefs, statements:

Motor and Equipment Manufacturers' Association, brief for.......
Chadburne, Wallace, Parke & Whiteside, brief for---

Drug, chemical, and allied trades section of the board of trade, New
York, brief on behalf of ___

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Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, resolution by-
Cream of Wheat Corp., brief for--

48

49

Associated Drug and Chemical Industries of Missouri, brief for..
Dunn, Mr. Charles Wesley, letter dated February 18, 1946, from----
Fraser, Mr. Samuel, secretary of International Apple Association,
letter dated February 15, 1946, from

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Hanson, Mr. C. C., secretary of the Association of the Southern Com-
missioners of Agriculture, letter dated February 15, 1946, from
Murphy, Mr. James B., letter dated February 8, 1946, from, to C. C.
Hanson

National Drug Trade Conference, Mr. Ray Schlotterer, secretary,
letter dated February 5, 1946, from.

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