Henry T. Onodera

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IN THE MATTER OF HENRY T. ONODERA TRADING AS PACIFIC IMPORT SALES, ETC- CONSENT ORDER, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACTS Docket C- 980. Complaint. Aug. 4. 1965-Decl "ion. Aug. 4. 1965 Consent order requiring a Los Angeles . Calif., importer and distributor of fabrics, to cease violating the Flammable Fabrics Act by importing and seiling fabrics which are so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals.

COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Acts, the Federal Trade Commission having reason to believe that Henry T. Onodera individually and trading as Pacific Import Sales, and Onodera Silks hereinafter referred to as respondent, has violated the provisions of said Acts, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Flammable Fabrics 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, ststing its charges in that respect as follows: PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Henry T. Onodera is an individual trading and doing business as Pacific Import Sales and also as Onodera Silks. His address and principal place of business is 819 South Santee Street, Los Angeles California 90014. Said individual respondent formulates, directs and controls the acts, practices and policies of said proprietorship.

The respondent is engaged in the importstion into the United States of fabrics and in the sale and distribution of such imported fabrics.

PAR- 2- Respondent, subsequent to July 1 , 1954 , the effective date of the Flammable Fabrics Act, has sold and offered for sale in commerce; has imported into the United Ststes; and has intro- Decision and Order 68 F.TC. duced, delivered for introduction, transported, and caused to be transported, in commerce; and has transported and caused to be transported for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale, in commerce; as "commerce" is defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act fabric, as that term is defined therein, which fabric was, under Section 4 of the Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals. PAR- 3. The aforesaid acts and practices of respondent were and are in violation of the Flammable Fabrics Act and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, and as such constitute unfair methods of competition and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce, within the intent and meaning of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

DECISION AND ORDER The Commission having heretofore determined to issue its complaint charging the respondent named in the caption hereof with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics Act, and the respondent having been served with notice of said determination and with a copy of the complaint the Commission intended to issue, together with a proposed form of order; and The respondent and counsel for the Commission having thereafter executed an agreement containing a consent order, an mission by respondent of all the jurisdictional facts set forth in the complaint to issue herein, a ststement that the signing of said agreement is for settlement purposes only and does not constitute an admission by respondent that the law has been violated as set forth in such complaint, and waivers and provisions as required by the Commission s rules; and The Commission, having considered the agreement, hereby accepts same, issues its complaint in the form contemplated by said agreement, makes the following jurisdictional findings, and enters the following order:

1. Respondent Henry T- Onodera is an individual trading as Pacific Import Sales, and Onodera Silks, with his office and principal place of business located at 819 South Santee Street, Los Angeles, California 90014.

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

FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES , rr-c. 367 365 Complaint ORDER It is ordered That respondent Henry T. Onodera individually and trading. as Pacific Import Sales, and Onodera Silks or under any other trade name or names, and respondent' s representatives agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from: (a) Importing into the United States; or (b) Selling, offering lor sale, introducing, delivering for introduction, transporting, or causing to be transported, in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act; or (c) Transporting or causing to be transported, for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce; any fabric which, under the provisions of Section 4 of the said Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals. 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