Adelstein, George, president, the American Fur Merchants Associa- Albach, Max M., counsel, A. Hollander & Son, New York City.___ Benedek, Manfred H., counsel, Associated Fur Coat and Trimming Manufacturers, Inc., New York City. Bergner, Isidore, chairman, Foreign Trade Committee, Fur Brokers Association of America, New York City.. Edelman, Max, attorney, North American Fur Auctions Association, Francis, Joseph H., executive secretary, National Board of Fur Farm- ing Organizations, Morgan, Utah__ Friedman, Sidney, Afgan American Trading Company, New York Gold, Charles, general counsel, Retail Manufacturing Furriers of Mann, Harvey, representing American Fur Merchants Association, Inc., American Rabbit Dealers Association, Inc., and Fur Dressers 88 61 Miller, Henry, Director, Trade Practice Conferences and Wool Act Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C. 43, 199 Murray, Hon. Reid F., M. C. (Wisconsin) – Stein, Joseph L., counsel, Fur Dressers and Fur Dyers Association, United Fur Manufacturers Association, Inc., New York City.. Reports from- Agriculture Department, dated July 25, 1947- District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, dated Nov. 28, 1947_. Federal Trade Commission, dated Oct. 29, 1947-. Interstate Commerce Commission, dated June 16, 1947- Justice Department, dated December 4, 1947_. State Department, dated Apr. 12, 1948.. Letters from- Aulabaugh, Roger E., president, Central States Furriers Association, Bohlen, Charles E., counselor, Department of State, to Chairman Hames, R. E., chairman, legislative committee, Minnesota Raw Fur Majerus, Paul W., executive secretary, Associated Fur Industries of Excerpts from H. Rep. 907, pt. 2, 76th Cong., 1st sess; wool fabrics Miscellaneous documents, tables, etc.-Continued Table Furs (except silver or black fox), undressed: United States imports, by principal sources, 1920, 1921, 1923, and 1925–46, submitted by Joseph H. Francis-- Table-Undressed furs (except silver or black fox); United States imports for consumption, by kinds, 1946, submitted by Joseph H. List of fur names used for dyed rabbit, but not revealing the fact fur was rabbit, submitted by Federal Trade Commission__. Excerpts from the report of the Chicago Better Business Bureau, dated Mar. 19, 1948, submitted by Joseph L. Stein.. Advertisements and newspaper clippings from various Chicago news- FUR LABELING ACT TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1948 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., in room 1334, New House Office Building, pursuant to call, Hon. Charles A. Wolverton (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The committee has met this morning to hear testimony on H. R. 3734 entitled "A bill to protect consumers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers, dealers, and producers from misnaming, misbranding, improper identification, and deceptive or misleading advertising of fur products and articles made in part or in whole from fur, and for other purposes." (H. R. 3734 above referred to is as follows:) [H. R. 3734, 80th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To protect consumers, retailers, distributors, manufacturers, dealers, and producers from misnaming, misbranding, improper identification, and deceptive or misleading advertising of fur products and articles made in part or in whole from fur, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Fur Products Labeling Act of 1947". SEC. 2. As used in this Act (a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, business trust, or any organized group of any of the foregoing. (b) The term "fur" means the skins or any part or piece thereof from fur bearing animals with the hair or fur fibers attached, either in a raw or processed state, whether domestic or imported. (c) The term "raw fur" means unprocessed fur. (d) The term "processed fur" means raw furs which have been tanned, dressed, dyed, or artifically blended or bleached and made suitable for use. (e) The term "virgin fur" means all fur except reused fur as defined below. (f) The term "reused fur" means fur which has been processed or manufactured into a fur article and which after having been used in any way by the ultimate consumer subsequently has been remade into a state suitable for reuse. (g) The term "fur article" means any article or any portion of an article, which contains, purports to contain, or in any way is represented as containing virgin fur or reused fur. (h) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. (i) The term "Fur Products Name Guide" means the Fur Products Name Guide regulation issued by the Commission pursuant to section 9 of this Act. (j) The term "imported fur" means fur that has been imported into the United States other than fur contained in fur articles. (k) The term "commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia, and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession, or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession or the District of Columbia. (1) The term "United States" includes the Territories and possessions of the United States. 1 |