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REGISTER
VOLUME 4

934

AilTEO

NUMBER 191

Washington, Wednesday, October 4, 1939

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Rules Regulations Orders TITLE 16COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
United States of America Before Federal Trade Commission At a regular session of the Federal Trade Commission held at its office in the City of Washington, D. C., on the 25th day of September, A. D. 1939.
Commissioners: Robert E. Freer, Chairman; Garland S. Ferguson, Charles H. March, Ewin L. Davis, William A
Ayres.
File No. 21-307
I n t h e M atter o p T rade P r a c t ic e R u l e s for t h e P u b l i c S e a t in g I n d u s t r y
Prom ulgation
Due proceedings having been held un der the trade practice conference pro cedure in pursuance of the Act of Con gress approved September 26, 1914, as amended Federal Trade Commission A ct, and other provisions of law admin istered by the Commission;
I t is now ordered, That the trade prac tice rules1 of Group I and Group n , as hereinafter set forth, which have been approved and received, respectively, by the Commission in this proceeding, be promulgated as of October 3, 1939.
Statement by the Commission Trade practice rules for the Public Seating Industry, as hereinafter set forth, are promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission under its trade prac tice conference procedure.
The rules provide for the elimination and prevention of false advertising, de ceptive selling methods, and certain other unfair trade practices, and are is sued in the interest of protecting the purchasing public and maintaining fair competitive conditions in the industry.
They constitute a revision and extension of the rules which had heretofore been issued by the Commission for this in1These rules supersede the rules previously promulgated for this industry on June 23,
dustry on June 23, 1931, and take the place of such previously issued rules.
The products of the industry to which the rules relate include fixed or con nected seating for such public places as theaters, auditoriums, lodges, assembly halls, shoe stores, stadia, and other similar buildings and structures; vari ous types of pewing, chancels, choir stalls and related furniture and acces sories for ecclesiastical purposes; seats and benches for courthouses, hospitals, etc.; various types of school furniture;
portable chairs with folding seats in both single and multiple units and portable folding seating in single units for other than household use. These products are fabricated or assembled from wood, ply wood, iron, steel, non-ferrous metals, or any combination of these materials.
Members of the industry are engaged in manufacturing or distributing the abovementioned products. The manufactur ers sales aggregate approximately $25,000,000 annually, according to informa tion furnished the Commission.
The proceeding for the establishment of new trade practice rules was insti tuted upon application of the industry.
In the course thereof a draft of the rules as proposed for the industry was made available upon public notice issued by the Commission to all interested or a f fected parties, affording them oppor tunity to present their views, including such pertinent Information, suggestions or objections as they desired to submit, and to be heard in the premises. Ac cordingly, public hearing pursuant to such notice was held in Washington on August 17, 1939, and all matters sub mitted in the proceeding were duly re ceived and considered.
Thereafter, and upon consideration of the entire matter, final action was taken by the C o m m ission whereby it approved and received, respectively, the rules ap pearing herein under Group I and Group n.

CONTENTS
RULES, REGULATIONS, ORDERS
16 C o m m e r c ia l P r a c t ic e s ;
Federal Trade Commission:
Page Public seating industry, trade 4131
practice rules___________

T it l e
T it l e 24 H o u s in g C r e d i t :

United States Housing Author ity:
Development cost of a lowrent housing project_____

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T itle 25 I ndians :

Office of Indian Affairs:
United States Ships North Star and Boxer, operation o f _________

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T it l e 26 I n t e r n a l R e v e n u e :

Bureau of Internal Revenue:
Losses of brandy and fruit spirits from packages filled from storage tanks in bonded warehouses prior to June 26, 1936____

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T itle 43 P ublic L ands :

General Land Office:
Alaska, air navigation site withdrawal______________

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NOTICES

Department of Labor:
Wage and Hour Division:
Exemption from maximum hours provisions of cold storage of apples in ware houses in Appalachian Area ________________
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Federal Power Commission:
Mississippi River Fuel Corp., hearing, etc_______________ 4141
Federal Trade Commission:
Hollingshead, R. M., Corp., order appointing examiner, etc__4142
National Numbering Machine Co., Inc complaint and no tice of hearing_____________ 4141
THE RULES
These rules promulgated by the Com W ar Department:
Air Corps, Regular Army, ap mission are designed to foster and pro pointment of officers in____ 4138
mote fair competitive conditions in the interest of the industry and the public.
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