C. R. Anthony Company

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IN THE MATTER OF C. R. ANTHONY COMPANY, BURRELL-BERGER, INC., MISS PLAZA, INC., SAMUEL R. PARNES, INC., AND GORGEOUS FROCKS, INC.

:MODIFIED CEASE AND DESIST ORDER Docket 3894. Ol"der, Apr. 30, 1940 Order modifying prior order of September 12, 1939, 2!:1 F. T. C. 922, 928, so as to require the four corporate respondent sellers of merchandise, and their officers, etc., in connection with sale, etc., of any merchandise or commodities in interstate commerce, to forthwith cease and desist from paying or granting, etc., to respondent C. R. Anthony Co., directly or indirectly, as below specified, Oily fee or commission, or brokerage or allowance in lieu thereof, upon purchases made by said last-named respondent in its own or any other name, and to require said C. R. Anthony Co., Its officers, etc., In connection with purchase by it of merchandise, etc., as above set forth, to cease and desist from receiving or accepting any fee or commission as brokerage, or any allowance In lieu thereof, In its own name, In that of the Anco Co., or in any other name. Mr. Frarnk H ier for the Commission.

Oatn~rell, Savage & McCloud, of Oklahoma City, Okla., for C. R. Anthony Co.

Mr. Meyer Halpern, of New York City, for Burrell-Berger, Inc. Mr. Sa-muel M. Reiss, of New York City, for Miss Plaza, Inc. Mr. Ma[CU)ell Parnes, of New York City, for Samuel R. Parnes, Inc. Goldberg & Hatterer, of New York City, for Gorgeous Frocks, Inc. Modified ORDER TO CEASE AND Desist This proceeding having been heard by the Federal Trade Commission upon the motion of ,V. T. Kelley, chief counsel, to modify the order to cease and desist heretofore issued on September 12, 1939, in this cause, and all respondents having failed to show cause within 10 days from the service of a true copy of said motion upon them by registered mail at their principal offices and places of business why said motion should not be granted and said order to cease and desist not be modified as prayed for :

It is ordered, That respondents Burrell-Berger, Inc., Miss Plaza, Inc., Samuel R. Parnes, Inc., Gorgeous Frocks, Inc., and their officers, representatives, agents, and employees, in connection with the sale and distribution of any merchandise or commodities in interstate commerce, do forthwith cease and. desist from paying or granting or causing or permitting to be paid or granted to the C. R. Anthony Co., directly or under the name of The Anco Co., or in or under any other 1104 FEDERAL TRADE Commisslon DE.OISIONS Order BOF.T. C.

name, its agents, representatives, or any intermediary acting in fact for or in behalf of or subject to the direct or indirect control of the C. R. Anthony Co., any fee or commission as brokerage or any allowance in lieu thereof, upon purchases made by the respondent, C. R. Anthony Co., in its own or any other name.

It i8 further ordered, That respondent, C. R. Anthony Co., its officers, representatives, agents, and employees, in connection with the purchase by it of merchandise or commodities in interstate commerce do forthwith cease and desist from receiving or accepting any fee or commission as brokerage or any allowance in lieu ther~of in its own name, in the name o:f The Anco Co., or in any other name. It ufurther ordered, That the respondents, and each of them, shall within 60 days after service upon them of this order file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with this order. CONRAD SCHICKE,RULING RESEAROH LABO'RATORY 1105 Syllabus