Super Textile Company, Inc.

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IN THE MATTER OF SUPER TEXTILE COMPANY, INC.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATlON OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE FLAMMABLE FABRICS ACTS Docket C-l14'i. Complaint, Dec. 1900-Decision, Dec. , 1966 Consent order requiring a New YOlk City distributor of fabrics to cease im porting or selling fabrics so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn.

Complaint 70 F.

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 Super Textile Company, Inc. , a corporation, hereinafter referred to as respondent, has violated the provisions of said Acts, and the Rules and Regu lations 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, stating its charges in that respect as follows:

PARAGRAPH 1. Respondent Super Textile Company, Inc. , is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the Jaws of the State of New York. The respondent is engaged in the sale and distribution of fabrics, with its offce and principal place of business located at 108 West 39th Street, New York, New York.

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 States; and has introduced, 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 dclivery after sale, in commerce; as "commerce" is defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act fabric, as that term is dcfined 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 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 SUPER TEXTILE COMPANY, INC 1489 1487 Order charge respondent with violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Flammable Fabrics 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 said Acts, 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 Super Textile Company, Inc. , is a corporation organized, existing and doing business under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Kew York, with its offce and principal place of business located at 108 West 39th Street, New York New York.

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.

ORDER It is ordered That respondent Super Textile Company, Inc. , a corporation, and its offcers, 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) Sellng, offering for 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 ordend That the respondent herein shail, 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 this order. Complajnt 70 F.