James H. Martin, Inc.
Volume 56 · 56 F.T.C. 1467
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In THe Marver or JAMES H. MARTIN, INC., ET AL.
CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 7738. Complaint, Jan. 8, 1960—Decision, May 26, 1960 Consent order requiring Chicago distributors of phonograph records to cease giving concealed ‘‘payola” to television and radio disc jockeys to induce playing their records in order to increase sales. Mr. John T. Walker and Mr. James H. Kelley for the Commission. Mr. Warren &. King, of Chicago, Ill., for respondents. Initia Decision By Evear A. Bourrie, Hearing EXAMINER On January 8, 1960, the Federal Trade Commission issued its complaint against the above-named respondents charging them with violating the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act in 599869—62—— 94 JAMES H. MARTIN, INC., ET AL. 1467 1464 Decision It is further ordered, That Lumar, Inc., a corporation, and its officers, and respondent’s representatives, agents, and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device in connection with the offering for sale, sale, or distribution of woolen interlining material or any other materials in commerce, as “commerce” is defined in the Federal Trade Commission Act, do forthwith cease and desist from directly or indirectly, misrepresenting the constituent fibers of which their products are composed or the percentages or amounts thereof in sales invoices, shipping memoranda or in any other manner.
It is further ordered, That the complaint herein, in so far as it relates to respondent Martin Rosenbaum, individually and as an officer of Lumar, Inc., be, and the same hereby is, dismissed. DECISION OF THE COMMISSION AND ORDER TO FILE REPORT OF COMPLIANCE Pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice, the initial decision of the hearing examiner shall, on the 26th day of May, 1960, become the decision of the Commission; and, accordingly : It is ordered, That respondent Lumar, Inc., a corporation, shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon it of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing, setting forth in detail the manner and form in which it has complied with the order to cease and desist.