Ronay, Inc.

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IN THE MATTER OF RONAY, INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF TH.r: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 7.137. Complaint, Dec. 1958, Decision, Ap)'. , 1959 Consent order requiring a manufacturer in Long Island City, N. , to cease describing falsely as "wicker " on invoices to dealers, handbags actually made of paper fibers.

M1' . Alvin D. Edelson for the Commission. Pald, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison of New York , by Mr. H. Russell WinokU1' for respondents. I:-ITIAL DECISION BY WILLIAM L. PACK, HEARING EXAMINER , 1958 The complaint in this matter, issued Decemher 16 charged respondents with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act in connection with the sale and distribution of ladies' handbags. An agreement has now been entered into by respondents and counsel supporting the complaint which provides, among other things, that respondents admit all of the jurisdictional allegations in the complaint; that the record on which the initial decision and the decision of the Commission shall be based shall consist solely of the complaint and agreement; that the inclusion of findings of fact and conclusions of law in the decision disposing of this matter is waived, together with any further procedural steps before the hearing examiner and the Commission; that the order hereinafter set forth may be entered in disposition of the proceeding, such order to have the same force and effect as if entered after a full he8Xing, respondents specifically waiving any and all rights to challenge or contest the validity of such order; that the order may be altered, modified, or set aside in the manner provided for other orders of the Commission; that the complaint may be used in construing the terms of the order; and that the agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission alleged in theby respondents that they have violated the Jaw as complaint.

The hearing examiner having considered the agreement and proposed order and being of the opinion that they provide an adequate basis for appropriate disposition of the proceeding, the 1676 FI':DERAL TRADE CO"IMISSION DECISIONS Decision 55 F.

agreement is hereby accepted, the follo\ving jurisdictional findings made, and the follo\ving order issued: 1. Respondent Honay, Inc., is a corporation organized, existing, and doing business under the laws of the State of New York with its principal offce and place of business located at 37- Korthern Boulevard, Long Island City, New York, N. Y. Individual respondents l\Titchell Bienen, Richard Bienen, and Pearl Bienen are oftlcers of the corporate respondent. Their address is the same as the corporate respondent.

2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondents, and the proceedin!' is in the public interest. ORDER It is ordered That respondents Ronay, Inc. , a corporation, and its offcers, and l\Titchell 13iencn, Richard Bienen, and Pearl Bienen, individually and as officers of said corporation, and respondents ' agents, representatives, and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device in connection with the manufacture, offering for sale, sale or distribution of ladies handbags or other merchandise in commerce, as Hcommerce" is defined in the Fedoral Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from misrepresenting on invoices, or in any other manner, the material or materials of which their ladies' handbags, or any other' merchandise, are composed or constructed. DECISION OF THE COMMISSION AND ORDER TO FILE REPORT OF COMPLIAKCE Pursuant to Section 3. 21 of the Commission s Rules of Practice, the initial decision of the hearing examiner shall, on the 11th day of April 1959, become the decision of the Commission; and, accordingly:

It is Qj' dered That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, fie with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with the order cease and desist.

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