Bernard Mazur doing business as Major Hosiery Company

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In roe Matrer or BERNARD MAZUR DOING BUSINESS AS MAJOR HOSIERY COMPANY CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FED- ERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE TEXTILE FIBER PRODUCTS INDENTIFICA- TION ACTS .

Docket C-867. Complaint, Dec. 18, 1964-—Decision, Dec. 18, 1964 Consent order requiring a Baltimore, Md., jobber of textile fiber products to cease violating the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act by failing to disclose the true generic names of fibers present and percentages of such fibers, falsely tagging men’s cotton stretch socks as 100% nylon, and failing in other respects to comply with labeling requirements. Complaint Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Bernard Mazur, an individual doing busi- MAJOR HOSIERY CO. 1305 13804 Complaint ness as Major Hosiery Company, hereinafter referred to as respondent, has violated the provisions of the said Acts and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, and it appearing to the Commission that a proceeding by it in respect thereof would be in the public interest, hereby issues its complaint, stating its charges in that respect as follows: Paracraru 1. Respondent Bernard Mazur is an individual trading under the name Major Hosiery Company.

Respondent is a jobber of textile fiber products, with his office and principal place of business located at 110 South Paca Street, Baltimore, Maryland, where the jobbing operation is conducted under the trade name Major Hoisery Company.

Par. 2. Subsequent to the effective date of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act on March 8, 1960, respondent has been and is now engaged in the introduction, delivery for introduction, sale, advertising, and offering for sale, in commerce, and in the transportation or causing to be transported in commerce and in the importation into the United States, of textile fiber products; and has sold, offered for sale, advertised, delivered, transported and caused to be transported, textile fiber products, which have been advertised or offered for sale in commerce; and has sold, offered for sale, advertised, delivered, transported and caused to be transported, after shipment in commerce, textile fiber products, either in their original state or contained in other textile fiber products; as the terms “commerce” and “textile fiber product” are defined in the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act.

Par. 8. Certain of said textile fiber products were misbranded by respondent within the intent and meaning of Section 4(a) of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, in that they were falsely and deceptively stamped, tagged, labeled, invoiced, advertised, or otherwise identified as to the name or amount of constituent fibers contained therein. Among such misbranded textile fiber products, but not limited thereto, were men’s cotton stretch socks which were falsely and deceptively stamped, tagged and labeled as “100% Nylon Exclusive of Ornamentation.”

Par. 4. Certain of said textile fiber products were further misbranded by respondent in that they were not stamped, tagged, labeled or otherwise identified as required under the provisions of Section 4(b) of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, and in the manner and form as prescribed by the Rules and Regulations promulgated under said Act.

Decision and Order 66 E.T.C.

Among such misbranded textile fiber products, but not limited thereto, were men’s cotton stretch socks with labels which failed: 1. To disclose the true generic names of the fibers present; and 2. To disclose the percentages of such fibers. Par. 5. The acts and practices of respondent as set forth above were and are in violation of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, and constituted, and now constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices, in commerce, under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

DECISION AND ORDER The Federal Trade Commission having initiated an investigation of certain acts and practices of the respondent named in the caption hereof, and the respondent having been furnished thereafter with a copy of a draft of complaint which the Bureau of Textiles and Furs proposed to present to the Commission for its consideration and which, if issued by the Commission, would charge respondent with violation ot the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Textile Fiber Products Tdentification Act; and The respondent and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an admission by the respondent of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the aforesaid draft of complaint, a statement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement. purposes only and does not constitute an admission by the respondent that the law has been violated as alleged in such complaint, and waivers and provisions as required by the Commission's rules; and The Commission, having reason to believe that the respondent has violated the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, and having determined that complaint should issue stating its charges in that respect, hereby issues its complaint, accepts said agreement, makes the following jurisdictional findings and enters the following order:

1. Respondent Bernard Mazur is an individual trading as Major Hosiery Company, with his office and principal place of business located at 110 South Paca Street, in the city of. Baltimore, State of Maryland.

2. The Federal Trade Commisison has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondent, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

OUTWEAR GARMENTS, INC., ET AL. 1307 1804 : Syllabus ORDER It is ordered, That respondent Bernard Mazur, an individual trading as Major Hosiery Company, or under any other trade name, and respondent's representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, in connection with the introduction, delivery for introduction, sale, advertising or offering for sale, in commerce, or the transportation or causing to be transported in commerce, or the importation into the United States of any textile fiber product; or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, advertising, delivery, transportation or causing to be transported, of any textile fiber product. which has been advertised or offered for sale in commerce; or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, advertising, delivery, transportation or causing to be transported, after shipment in commerce, of any textile fiber product, whether in its original state or contained in other textile fiber products, as the terms “commerce” and “textile fiber product” are defined in the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act, do forthwith cease and desist from: 1. Falsely or deceptively stamping, tagging, labeling, invoicing, advertising or otherwise identifying such products as to the name or amount of constituent fibers contained therein: ; 2. Failing to affix labels to such products showing each element. of information required to be disclosed by Section 4(b) of the Textile Fiber Products Identification Act.

It is further ordered, That the respondent herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon him of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which he has complied with this order.