De Forest'S Training, Inc.

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IN THE MA'ITER OF DE FOREST'S TRAINING, INC.

MODIFIED CEASR: AND DESIST ORDER Docket J,Hl. Order, August 30, 191,3 hioctifled order, pursuant to provisions of Section 5 (I) of the Federal Trade Commission Act and in accordance with decree below referred to, in pt·oceecling in question, in which original order Issued on 1\Iarch 23, 1942, 34 F. T. C. 902, and in which Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, on April 22, 1943, in De Forest's Training, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 134 F. (2d) 819, rendered its opinion, and on 1\Iay 14, 1043, entered its decree, modifying aforesaid order in certain 'particulars and affirming the same in other particulars- . acquiring respondent, its officers, etc., in connection with offer, etc., in commerce, of any course of study in television, to cease and desist from representing that that·e are possibllities or opportunities for employment of students of its course in said field until substantial numhers thereof have been and can be employed directly therein; and that there are now or In the ncar future will be possibilities or opportunities for such employment In said field until the commercial development of television is sufficiently advanced to assure immediate availability of such possibilities or opportunities; or mlst·representing In any manner the possibilities or opportunities for employment of students or gruduates of its course In the television field. Modified ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST This proceeding coming on for further hearing before the Federal trade Commission, and it appearing that on March 23, 1942, the Coml!J.ission made its findings as to the facts herein' and concluded therefrom that the respondent had violated the provisions of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and on March 23, 1942, issued and subsequently served upon respondent its order to cease and desist, and it further appearing that on April22, 1943, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rendered its opinion and on l\fay 14, 1943, entered its decree modifying the aforesaid order of the Commission in certain particulars and affirming said order in other particulars.

'.Now, therefore, Pursuant to the provision's of subsection (i) of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Commission issues ~his, its modified order to cease and desist, in conformity with said decree.

t' It is ordered, That respondent, De Forest's Training, Inc., a corporat lon, its officers, representatives, agents, and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the offering 364 FF~DERAL TRADE COMMISSION Decisions Order 37F. T.C.

for sale, sale, and distribution of any course of study in television in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from: 1. _Representing, directly or by implication, that there are possibilities or opportunities for employment of students or graduates of respondent's course in the television field until substantial numbers of such students or graduates have been, and can be, employed directly in such field.

2. Representing, ~lirectly or by implication, that there are now, or in the near future will be, possibilities or opportunities for the employment of students or graduates of respondent's course in the television field until the commercial development of television is sufficiently advanced to assure immediate availability of such possibilities or opportunities.

3. Misrepresenting in any manner the possibilities or opportunities for employment of students or graduates of respondent's course in the television field. - I UTILITIES ENGINEERING INSTITUTE 365 Complaint