Thermochemical Products, Inc
Volume 76 · 76 F.T.C. 107
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Thermochemical Products, Inc, 76 F.T.C. 107 (1969). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v076-0020
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IN THE MATTER OF THERMOCHEMICAL PRODUCTS, INC., ET AL.
ORDER, OPINION, ETC. , IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 872.5. Complaint, Jan. 9, 1967-.-Decision July 25, 1969 Order requiring Tew York City marketer of water repellent paints and coatings to cease misrepresenting that it is a division of Union Carbide Co. 01' any other large company, exaggerating the earnings of prospective franchised dealers, misrepresenting the quality of its paints, using a fictitious subsidiary to collect its accounts, failing to reveal that its purchase contracts may be negotiated to third parties, making false guarantees, and using other deceptive means to recruit salesmen and dealers to 8en its products.
COMPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Ther- MARKET FUR DRESSING CORP" ET AL 107 101 Final Order promulgated thereunder to describe such fur products or furs which are not pointed, bleached, dyed, tip-dyed, or otherwise artificially colored, FINAL ORDER No appeal from the initial decision of the hearing examiner having been filed, and the Commission having determined that the case should not be placed on its own docket for review and that pursuant to Section 3,51 of the Commission s Rules of Practice (effective July I, 1967). the initial decision should be adopted and issued as the decision of the Commission: It is ordered That the initial decision of the hearing examiner , and it hereby is, adopted as the decision of the Commission. It is furthe?' O1'dered That respondents, Market Fur Dressing Corp. , a corporation, and Milton Mainwold, individually and as an offcer of said corporation, shall, within sixty (60) days after service of this order upon them, file with the Commission a report in writing, signed by such respondents, setting forth in detail the manner and form of their compliance with the order to cease and desist,