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Subscription And Mail Order Book Publishing Industry

16 CFR Part 150 · Trade practice rules · in the Code of Federal Regulations 1943-1978 (13 annual editions)

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Title 16—Commercial

Practices

(This book contains Parts 150 to 999)

CHAPTER I—Federal Trade Commission (Continued)




CHAPTER I—Federal Trade Commission

(Continued)

(Parts 150 to 999)

SUBCHAPTER B—GUIDES AND TRADE PRACTICE RULES (continued)

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Subscription and mail order book publishing in-
dustry ..
Hosiery industry sees
Luggage and related products industry......................
Catalog jewelry and giftware industry ......................
Water heater industry eee
Wood cased lead pencil industry ....
Artifical limb industry
Office machine marketing industry
Optical products industry
Bedding manufacturing and whoiesale distribut-
ing industry
Retating to the sale and financing of motor vehi-
CIES ......cccccsscsesccecccccceccccccccceccecccssccccesosees
Upholstery and drapery fabrics industry. ............c000
Grocery industry i
Commercial and industrial floor and vacuum ma-
chinery industry
Hearing ald industry............
Portrait photographic industry
Millinery industry
Cosmetic and toilet preparations industry ...............
Orthopedic appliance industry

Fire extinguishing appliance industry ssccssccussssusecene

Tire advertising and labeling guides
Guides for advertising fallout shelters...............ccss00
Guides for advertising sheli homes
Guides for shoe content labeling and advertising...
Guides for advertising radiation monitoring in-

struments
Guides against deceptive pricing
Guides for the mail order insurance industry..........

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Guides against deceptive labeling and advertising
Of adhesive COMPOSITIONS ..............sesssesesssscscceesessooooes 161
Guide for avoiding deceptive use of word “mill” in
the textile Industry. ..........ccccsccssssccsssssscccscsssssscsceseeece 162
Guides against debt collection deception.................. 163
Guides against bait advertising.............cccccccccccoersrsseees 165
Guides against deceptive advertising of guaran-
COOS.............ccccscscscscscccssssccccscccccesssssccccccsssccsssssssssscescccscees 166
Guides for advertising allowances and other mer-
chandising payments and SELVICES ...........ccssssccssesses 168
Guides for the dog and cat food industry...............00 178

Guide against deceptive use of the word ‘free’ in
connection with the sale of photographic film
And fil™M PLOCeESSING SETVICE.............cceseccrcrsssscscesssessees 184
Guides for the decorative wall paneling industry... 185
Guides for the greeting card industry relating to

GiscriminatOry PLactiCeEs...........cccccccccscccsesscsssscsssccssece 191
Guides for the watch industry............cccccsscsesccsssesecees 194
Guides for the ladies’ handbag industry..............sse0 202
Guides for the beauty and barber equipment and

SUPPLieS INGUSETY ............ccccccecsssccesccssssocesesceesesooeesssoees 208
Guides for the household furniture mdustry .......... 214
Guide concerning use of the word “free”? and simi-

lar TEPTESENALIONS............scccccsvccccesscseccececcssosecsccssesess 221
Guides for labeling, advertising, and sale of wigs

and other hairpiece ..............ccccsccccssseseseccsesessoessccsoes 223
Guides for the feather and down products indus-

ETY ....ccccccccccscccscccssscccsccescccsccscccesccsccceccssccesccccccescscesesesses 226
Guides for private vocational and home study

SCHOOIS.........cccsccccsscsscssccsesccscccesccccceccsesccesccccccescsesssoessess 229
Guides concerning use of endorsements and testi-

MONials in AAVEtISING ..............cccccccscsscccsscecssccoesccooes . 234
Guides for the law book industry..... . 237
Guide concerning fuel economy advertising for

NEW BUTOMODIIES..............cccccccvscsccsccccssssccscscccscscsceccooes 243

SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF
CONGRESS
Ruies and regulations under the Wool Products

Labeling Act Of 1939 ............cccccsscccsssssscccssssscsccsceseseees 245
Ruies and regulations under Fur Products Label-

ING ACE........ccocccossccsecnccnsscccecncencsccscnccccscsecescseeseneces 257
Ruies and regulations under the Textile Fiber

Products Identification Act..............cccccsccccsssccscscsees 274


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Rules and regulations under the Hobby 1 Protec:
CION ACL. ........cccccscscccccccccccccccccsccccscccecesces

SUBCHAPTER D—TRADE REGULATION RULES

Advertising and labeling as to size of sleeping bags
Misuse of “automatic” or terms of similar import
as descriptive of household electric sewing ma-
chines
Deception as ‘to nonprismatic and partially pris-
matic instruments being prismatic binoculars......
Deceptive use of “leakproof,” ‘guaranteed leak-
proof,” etc., as descriptive of dry cell batteries ....
Deceptive advertising and labeling as to size of ta-
blecloths and related Products .............cccccccscesssscsees
Misbranding and deception as to leather content
of waist belts
Deceptive advertising and labeling of previously
used lubricating oll
Unfair or deceptive advertising and labeling of
cigarettes in relation to the health hazards of
smoking
Incandescent lamp (light bulb) industry ..................
Deceptive advertising as to sizes of viewable pic-
tures shown by television receiving sets ................
Discriminatory practices in men’s and boy’s tai-
lored clothing industry .............cc.sccscoees
Failure to disclose that skin irritation may result
from washing or handling glass fiber curtains
and draperies and glass fiber curtain and drap-
EYY LADTICS...........cccccccccccccscccccescccccoscees
Deception as to transistor count of radio receiving
sets, including transceivers
Failure to disclose the lethal effects of inhaling
quick-freeze aerosol spray products used for
frosting cocktail glasses
Deceptive advertising and labeling as to length of
extension ladders
Games of chance in the food retailing and gaso-
line industries
Posting of minimum octane numbers on gasoline
dispensing pumps
Care labeling of textlle wearing apparel...................
Retall food store advertising and marketing prac-
ces
Use of negative option plans by sellers in com-
merce
Cooling-off period for door-to-door Sales ..............0.

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432 Power output claims for amplifiers utilized in

. home entertainment Products ................sccsesecoseseeeee 328
433 | Preservation of consumers’ claims and defenses...... 330
435 Mail order merchanGise .................ccccccssssecscosscssesceeseees 331

SUBCHAPTER E—RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENT OF GENERAL
POLICY OR INTERPRETATION AND EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE
FAIR PACKAGING AND LABELING ACT

500 Regulations under section 4 of the Fair Packaging

and Labeling ACt ...........0...0.sccscccsssssscsserecstesscsecscesceses 336
501 Exemptions from requirements and prohibitions

under Part 500 .............ccscccscsccsssssssscseestsesssonscesescssseees 347
502 Regulations under section 5(c) of the Fair Packag-

ing and Labeling ACcct.............ccscccccssssscsesscsssssccecssesceees 349
503 Statements of General Policy or Interpretation ..... 352

SUBCHAPTER F—STATEMENTS OF GENERAL POLICY OR
INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT

600 Statements of general policy or interpretations...... 357

SUBCHAPTER G—RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND
INTERPRETATIONS UNDER THE MAGNUSON-MOSS WARRANTY ACT

700 Interpretations of Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act.. 362

701 Disclosure of written consumer product warranty
terms and CONGITIONS ...............ccccccccccsssecsorcssessccecsocees 367

702 Pre-sale availability of written warranty terms....... 369

703 Informal dispute settlement procedures................06 372

SUBCHAPTER H—RULES, REGULATIONS, STATEMENTS AND INTER-
PRETATIONS UNDER THE HART-SCOTT-RODINO ANTITRUST IM-
PROTEMENTS ACT OF 1976

800 Transitional rule 378

Cross REererences: Animal and Plant Health Inspection ‘Service, Department of Agricul-
ture: 9 CFR Chapter I. Commodity Futures Trading Commission: 17 CFR Chapter I. Con-
sumer Product Safety Commission: 16 CFR Chapter IT. Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion: 17 CFR Chapter II.

SUPPLEMENTAL PuBLICATIONS: Federal Trade Commission decisions, Volumes 1-90 Index
digest af volumes 1, 2, and 3 af decisions of the Federal Trade Commission with annota-
tion of Federal cases. Mar. 16, 1915-June 30, 1921. Statutes and decisions pertaining to the
Federal Trade Commission. 1914-1929, 1930-1938, 1939-1943, 1944-1948, 1949-1955, 1956-
1960, 1961-1965, 1966-1970, 1971-1975.



Chapter I—Federal Trade Cammissian

8 150.2

SUBCHAPTER B—GUIDES AND TRADE PRACTICE RULES
(Cont'd)

PART 150—SUBSCRIPTION AND MAIL
ORDER BOOK PUBLISHING INDUSTRY

Group I

Sec.

150.0 Definition.

150.1 Misrepresentation of books or ser-
vices.

150.2 Misrepresentation of books as being
free.

150.3 Use of deceptive name or title.

150.4 Deceptive use of names, initials, or
signature in connection with articles
brought forward from earlier editlon.

160.5 Deceptive use of copyright renewal
date.

150.6 Misrepresentation as to editor, con-
tributing editor, etc.

150.7 Deceptive testimonials.

150.8 Disclosure of nature and scope of ser-
vices offered.

150.9 Misrepresentation as to research ser-
vi

ce.

150. 10 Misrepresentation as to price reduc-
tions.

160.11 Misrepresentation as to nature of
business.

150.12 Misrepresentation as to connection
with educational institution.

150.13 Misrepresentation as to societies,
clubs, or organizatlons.

160.14 Misrepresentation as to earnings of
sales representatives.

150.15 Securing sales representatives by
unfair means.

150.16 Promoting ot permitting use of de-
ceptive sales literature, etc.

150.17 Inducing breach of contract.

150.18 Enticing away employees of com-
petitors.

150.19 Defamation of competitors or dis-
paragement of their preducts.

150.20 Imitation of trade-marks or trade

names.
150.21 Bribery and subsidization.
150.22 Aiding or abetting use of unfair
trade practices.

Avrnoriry: Secs. 8(g), 5, 38 Stat. 722, 719;
15 U.S.C. 46(g), 45, unless otherwise noted.

Source: 5 FR 3506, Sept. 4, 1940, unless
otherwise noted.
§ 150.0 Definition.

For the purposes of this part the
term “book” or “books” as used in this
section shall be construed as embrac-

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ing any or all books, supplements,
yearbooks, pamphlets, loose-leaf mate-
rial, and other printed material, sold,
offered for sale, or distribution by
members of the industry, unless the
context of the particular section indi-
cates or implies a contrary construc-
tion. .

§ 150.1 Misrepresentation of books or ser-
vices. .

It is an unfair trade practice to make
or publish, or cause to be made or pub-
lished, directly or indirectly, any false,
misleading, or deceptive statement or
representation, whether in the form of
advertisement, testimonial, endorse-
ment, depiction, illustration, or other
form of representation, however dis-
seminated or published, concerning
the grade, quality, material, size, con-
tents, use, value, price, origin, prepara-
tion, manufacture, or date of publica-
tion or copyright of any book, or the
current or up-to-date character there-
of, or concerning the grade, quality,
material, substance, size, manufacture,
or value of the binding thereof or the
lettering thereon, or concerning any
service offered in connection there-
with, or in any other material respect.

§ 150.2 Misrepresentation of books as
being free.

In the sale or offering for sale of
books, it is an unfair trade practice to
represent, through advertising or oth-
erwise, that such books are given free
and that payments required in connec-
tion therewith are for supplements
thereto or for extension, revision, con-
tinuation, yearbook, or other similar
services, or for services to be rendered
by a researeh or other bureau, when
such is not the fact; or that a certain
number of books have been reserved
to be given away free of cost to select-
ed persons as a means of advertising,
or that a certain number of persons in
a community have been designated to
receive a book or books or any form of


§ 150.3

service free of cost, when such is not
the fact.

$150.3 Use of deceptive name or title.

In the sale or offering for sale of
books, it is an unfair trade practice:

(a) To pass off one book for another
by use of the same or a deceptively
similar name or title; or

(bo) To use a name or title different
from that under which such book or
substantially the same text or content
material is being or has previously
been published and offered for sale in
any form, with the capacity and ten-
dency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers by reason of the use of such
name or title or by reason of the fail-
ure to make proper disclosure of such
other name or titie; or

(c) To represent, in advertising or
otherwise, by the use of an editlon
titie such as “Teachers’ Edition,”
‘Doctors’ Edition,” “Lawyers’ Edi-
tion,” or “School Edition,” or by other
means, that the contents of a book or
edition have been especially adapted
for the use of a certain profession or
class of persons, when such is not the
fact; or

(da) To use any name or title which
has the capacity and tendency or
effect of misleading or deceiving pur-
chasers or prospective purchasers with
rospect to the purpose, use, contents,
or scope of such book, or in any other
matorial respect.

$150.4 Deceptive use of names, initials, or
signature in connection with articles
brought forward from earlier edition.

In respect to articles or textual ma-
terial brought forward from a former
edition, it is an unfair trade practice:

(a) To use in connection therewith
any name, initials, or signature in such
@& manner as to have the capacity and
tendency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers into the belief:

(1) That the name, initials, or signa-
ture so used is that of the actual
author of the article or textual materi-
al, when such is not the fact; or

(2) That the article or material is
new, when such is not true in fact; or

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(3) That the article or material has
been revised, when no substantial revi-
sion has been made; or

(4) That the article or material or
any substantial part thereof has not
previously been published or used in
any former editions, or otherwise,
when such is not true in fact; or

(b) To mislead or deceive in any
other respect.

$150.5 Deceptive use of copyright renewal
date.

It is an unfair trade practice to set
forth the date of any copyright renew-
al in such manner, whether by omis-
sion of other copyright dates or other-
wise, as to have the capacity and ten-
dency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers into the belief that such re-
newal date is the date of original copy-
right or publication, or of otherwise
misleading or deceiving purchasers or
prospective purchasers with respect

ereto.

Norm When other applicable copyright
dates are properly set out and no deception,
direct or indirect, is involved in the omission
of a copyright dato prior to 1909, such copy-
right dato prior to 1909 need not be shown
under this section.

§150.6 Misrepresentation as to editor,
contributing editor, etc.

It is an unfair trade practice to rep-
resent, by means of any listing, adver-
tisement, or in any other manner, that
any person is a contributor to, or con-
tributing or other editor of, a book,
when such is not true in fact, or to
make any false, misleading, or decep-
tive representation with respect to any
person who is, or is represented as
being, a contributor to, or contributing
or other editor of, a book.

$150.7 Deceptive testimonials.

(a) It is an unfair trade practice for
any member of the industry to use any
testimonial or purported testimonial,
or representation with respect thereto,
which is false, misleading, or decep-
tive; or to cause any testimonial or
part thereof to be used in such
manner as to have the capacity and
tendency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers into the belief:


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(1) That the testimonial was given
without solicitation or payment there-
for, when such is not the fact; or

(2) That the testimonial was given
by a school, library, or other institu-
tion, when in fact such testimonial
was given by an individual connected
therewith but acting in a persoual ca-
pacity and not officially on behalf of
such school, library, or other institu-
tion; or

(3) That the testimonial is a bona
fide and genuine testimonial given by
@ person whose name is used in con-
nection therewith, when the testimo-
nial was not given by such perso”, or
when the testimonial was not given
with respect to the particular book or
books to which it purports to relate, or
when the testimonial is otherwise in-
applicable or misleading or deceptive.

(b) In order to avoid deception in the
use of bona fide and genuine testimon-
ials, the complete testimonial should
be given wherever practicable, and
words, phrases, sentences, or other
parts of such testimonial, shall not be
separated from their context, or rear-
ranged or otherwise used in such
manner as to have the capacity and
tendency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiring purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers in any respect.

§ 150.8 Disclosure of nature and scope of
services offered.

To the end that purchasers and pro-
spective purchasers may not be misled
or deceived with respect to any re-
search, revision, extension, continu-
ation, yearbook, or other type of ser-
vice offered by a member of the indus-
try, full and nondeceptive disclosure of
the naturc and scope of the particular
service offered should be made in all
contracts and order forms, sales litera-
ture, advertising, and other represen-
tations haring reference to such ser-
vice; and it is an unfair trade practice
to conceal such information or to fall
or refuse to make said disclosure
thereof, such concealment or nondis-
closure having the capaclty and ten-
dency or effect of misleading or de-
ceiving purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers.

§ 150.11

§ 150.9 Misrepresentation as to research
service.

Where a research service or a service
for the answering of questions is of-
fered, it is an unfair trade practice (a)
to represent, in advertising or other-
wise, that the service offered is per-
formed by an organization which is in
fact nonexistent, or that such organi-
zation or any organization is indepen-
dent of the industry member offering
the service, when such is not the fact,
or to use the names of well-known au-
thors, editors, or authorities in connec-
tion with such service, when the per-
sons named do not actually perform or
supervise such research or actually
answer or supervise the answering of
such questions; or (b) to cause any
other misrepresentation to be made
regarding any such service offered.

§ 150.10 Misrepresentation as to price re-
ductions.

It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry to represent,
in advertising or otherwise, that the
price of any book or service has been
reduced from what is in fact a ficti-
tlous price, or that such price is a re-
duced or special price when such price
is in fact the regular selling price of
such book or service, or that the regu-
lar price thereof is higher when such
is not the fact, or to otherwise falsely
or deceptively represent the past, cur-
rent, or future price of any book or
service. —

§ 150.11 Misrepresentation as to nature of
business.

It is an unfair trade practice for a
member of the industry:

(a) To use, or to cause or permit to
be used, any representation which has
the capacity and tendency or effect of
misleading or deceiving purchasers or
prospective purchasers into the belief:

(1) That such member is an associ-
ation or organization of educators,
teachers, engineers, or scientists, or of
persons having other professioual or
technical training or other qualifica-
tions, when such is not true in fact; or

(2) That the business of such
member is other than a private busi- .
ness enterprise operated for profit,
when such is not the fact; or


§ 150.12

(3) That such member is a book pub-
lisher, when such is not the fact; or

(b) To misrepresent in any manner
the character, extent, or type of the
business of such member.

§ 150.12 Misrepresentation as to connec-
tion with educational institution.

It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry to represent,
through advertising or otherwise, that
it or its sales representatives are con-
nected in any manner with any school,
college, university, or other education-
ai institution, or with any board or
committee thereof, or with any other
organization, or that any book or ser-
vice sold or offered by it is required,
endorsed, or approved by any such in-
stitution, board, committee, or organi-
zation, when such is not the fact.

§ 150.13 Misrepresentation as to societies,
ciubs, or organizations.

It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry, in selling or
promoting the sale of books or ser-
vices, to offer membership in fictitious
societies, clubs, or other organizations;
or to make any representations or
claims which imply the existence of
any such fictitious society, club, or or-
ganization; or to misrepresent the
value, facilities, services, functlons,
character, or standing of any existing
society, club, or organization; or other-
wise to make any misleading or decep-
tive representatlons or claims as to
any society, club, or organization
which is in existence, or is intended or
expected to be organized, or is ficti-
tious.

§ 150.14 Misrepresentation as to earnings
of sales representatives.

It is an unfair trade practice for any
member of the industry to make or
publish, or cause to be made or pub-
lished, directly or indirectly, any false,
misleading, or deceptive statement or
representation, by way of advertise-
ment or otherwise, concerning the
salary, commission, income, earnings,
er other remuneration which agents,
canvassers, solicitors, or other sales
representatives receive or may receive.

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§ 150.15 Securing sales representatives by
unfair means.

In connection with, or in the promo-
tion of, the sale or distribution of
books, the conditions under which
specified amounts, in the form of sala-
ries, commissions, or other form of
payment, will be paid to agents, can-
vassers, solicitors, or other representa-
tives, should be clearly and nondecep-
tively stated in all advertisements for
sales, representatives in which pay-
ment of specific or minimum amounts
is guaranteed or offered, to the end
that misunderstanding and deception
may be avoided and prevented; and it
is an unfair trade practice to secure or
attempt to secure the services of any
person as agent, canvasser, solicitor, or
other sales representative by means of
misleading or deceptive representa-
tions with respect to amounts guaran-
teed or offered such representatives,
or by any other unfair means.

§ 150.16 Promoting or permitting use of
deceptive sales literature, etc.

The members of the industry shall
use due diligence to prevent the use,
by their salesmen, agents, representa-
tives, distributers, deaiers, or other
sellers, of any representations or other
acts or practices which, directly or in-
directly, may tend to mislead or de-
ceive purchasers or prospective pur-
chasers. Sales literature, advertise-
ments, contracts, and other documents
or representations, written or oral,
supplled by members of the industry
to them cr to purchasers or prospec-
tive purchasers, shall be truthful and
clearly nondeceptive, free from mis-
leading or false implications or other
matter which may tend to deceive or
mislead. And it is an unfair trade prac-
tice for any member of the industry,
directly or indirectiy, to cause to be
used, or to aid, encourage, cr abet a
salesman, agent, representative, or dis-
tributor, deaier, or other person in the
use of, any sales literature, advertise-
ments, contracts, documents, or writ-
ten or oral representations, or selling
methods, which are calculated to mis-
lead or deceive, or which have the ca-
pacity and tendency or effect of mis-
leading or deceiving, purchasers or
prospective purchasers in respect of
any book or service offered by such


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member or in any other material re-
spect.

§ 150.17 Inducing breach of contract.

Inducing or attempting to induce
the breach of existing lawful contracts
between competitors and their custom-
ers or their suppliers, or between a
competitor and his agent or other rep-
resentative, by any false or deceptive
means whatsoever, or interfering with
or obstructing the performance of any
such contractual duties or services by
any such means, with the purpose and
effect of unduly hampering, injuring,
or prejudicing competitors in their
businesses, is an unfair trade practice.

§ 160.18 Enticing away employees of com-
petitors.

Willfully enticing away the employ-
ees of competitors with the purpose
and effect of unduly hampering, injur-
ing, or prejudicing competitors in their
businesses is an unfair trade practice.

§ 150.19 Defamation of competitors or dis-
paragemeut of their products.

The defamation of competitors by
falsely imputing to them dishonorable
conduct, inability to perform con-
tracts, questionable credit standing, or
by other false representations, or the
false disparagement of the grade, qual-
ity, material, contents, use, value,
preparation, or manufacture of books
sold or offered for sale by competitors,
or of their selling methods, prices,
credit terms, policies, services or
values, is an unfaix trade practice.

§ 150.20 Imitation of trade-marks or tradc
names,

The imitation or simulation of the
trade-marks or trade names of com-
petitors, with the capacity and tenden-
cy or effect of misleading or deceiving
purchasers or prospective purehasers,
is an unfair trade practice.

§ 150.21 Bribery and subsidization.

(a) Commercial bribery. It is an
unfair trade practice for any member
of the industry, directly or indirectly,
to give, or offer to give, or permit or
cause to be given, money or anytlling
of value to empioyces or agents of cus-
tomers or prospective customers, with-

§ 150.22

out the knowledge of their employers
or princlpals, as an inducement to in-
fluence or cause their employers or
principals to purchase or contract to
purchase books or services of such in-
dustry member, or to refrain from pur-
chasing books or services from com-
petitors of such member.

(b) Subsidizing school officials to in-
Sluence purchase of books by pupils or
parents. Subsidizing school principals,
teachers, or school officials, or making
payments or gifts to them, directly or
indirectly, to induce or cause them to
recommend, influence, or promote the
purchase of books of a member of the
industry by pupils or the parents or
guardians of pupils, is an unfair trade
practice.

§ 150.22 Aiding or abetting use of unfair
trade practices.

It is an unfair trade practice for any
person, firm, or corporation to use or
to ald, abet, coerce, or induce another,
directly or indirectly, to use or pro-
mote the use of any unfair trade prac-
tice specified in this part, or of any
other unfair method of competition or
unfair or deceptive act or practice.

PART 152—HOSIERY INDUSTRY

Note: Nothing in these rules is to be con-
strued as relieving anyone of the necessity
of complying with the requirements of the
Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 or the
requirements of the Textile Fiber Products
Identification Act or with the rules and reg-
ulations issued under such Acts.

Sec.

152.0 Definitions.

Grour I

Scope of rules; imports and exports.

Deception (general).

“Lisle.”

162.4 “Irregulars,” or “seconds”.

152.5 Removal, obliteration, or alteration
of marks. :

152.6 Misrepresentation as to character of
business.

152.7 Deceptive price representations.

152.8 Substitution of products.

152.9 Size markings and designations.

152.10 Commercial bribery.

152.11 Exclusive deals.

152.12 Guarantees, warranties, etc.

152.13 Push money.

152.14 Prohibited discrimination.

152.1
152.2
152.3

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