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REGISTER
VOLUME 15

C /A//TED

NUMBER 221

Washington, Tuesday, November 14, 1950

TITLE 16 COMMERCIAL
PRACTICES
Chapter I Federal Trade Commission Pile No. 21-418
P art 195B edding M anufacturing
and
W holesale D istributing I ndustry PROMULGATION OF TRADE PRACTICE RULES

Due proceedings having been held un der the trade practice conference proce dure in pursuance of the act of Congress approved September 26,1914, as amended Federal Trade Commission Act, and other provisions of law administered by the Commission;
It is now ordered, That the trade prac tice rules of Group I and Group II, as hereinafter set forth, which have been approved and received, respectively, by the Commission in this proceeding, be promulgated as of November 14, 1950.
Statement by the Commission. Trade practice rules for the Bedding Manu facturing and Wholesale Distributing Industry, as hereinafter set forth, are promulgated by the Federal Trade Com mission under the trade practice con ference procedure.
Members of the industry are the per sons, firms, corporations, and organiza tions engaged in manufacturing and selling in commerce mattresses includ ing baby crib mattresses, bed pads, bedsprings, box springs, metal cots, metal beds, studio couches, sofa beds, or similar sleeping equipment; also, all per sons, firms, corporations, and organiza tions engaged in selling in commerce as wholesalers or jobbers any of the products or equipment mentioned. Sales at wholesale of such products and equipment are estimated to approximate $350,000,000 per annum.
The rules are directed to. the elimina tion and prevention of unfair trade practices to the end that the industry, the trade, and the public may be pro tected from the harmful effects of such competitive methods, and of providing guidance and assistance to business in the maintenance of free and fair com petition.

Proceedings leading to the establish ment of rules were instituted upon ap plication made on behalf of industry members. A general industry confer ence was held in Chicago, Illinois, at which proposals for rules were submitted for the consideration of the Commission.
Thereafter, a draft of proposed rules were made available by the Commission and public notice given whereby all in terested or affected parties were afforded opportunity to present their views, sug gestions, or objections at a public hear ing held in Washington, D. C.
Following such hearing, and upon con sideration of the entire matter, final action was taken by the Commission whereby it approved and received, re spectively, the trade practice rules here inafter appearing in Group l and Group II.
Such rules become operative thirty 30 days from the date of promulgation.
The rules. These rules promulgated by the Commission are designed to foster and promote the maintenance of fair competitive conditions in the interest of protecting industry, trade, and the pub lic. It is to this end, and to the exclusion of any act or practice which suppresses competition, restrains trade, fixes or controls price thrugh combination or agreement, or which otherwise injures, destroys, or prevents competition, that the rules are to be applied.
Sec.
195.0

Definition; bedding products.
GROUP i
195.1
195.2
195.3
195.4
195.5

195.6
195.7
195.8
195.9

Deception as to used materials and parts.
Other deception through misrepre sentation or concealment.
Misuse of the terms "felt, felting, and felted.
Misuse of the terms latex, foam rubber, latex foam rubber, etc.
Misuse of terms Rx, posture, posturized, posturite, cus tom built, orthopedic, germproof, and waterproof.
Deceptive pricing.
Guarantees, warranties, etc.
Deception through failure to differ entiate between wholesale and re tail transactions.
Misuse of the word "free.
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CONTENTS
Agriculture Department
Pase
See Production and Marketing Administration.
Alien Property, Office of Notices;
Vesting orders, etc.;
Albrecht, Mary Robertson Banco Germanico de la Amer ica del Sud et al________ _
Brose, Else______________Buttelmann, Christopher H
Copyrights of certain German nationals 2 documents-.

7744
7732
7734
7743

7742, 7743
Eggeling, Alfred and Clara__ 7739
Hennings, Julius__________ 7738
Hirschland, Henriette H___ _ 7744
Homfeldt, John___________ 7739
Internationalt Forbund Til Beskyttelse Af Komponistrettigheder I. Danmark 7741
KODA__________
Jensen, Anker Bernhard Ma thias, et al_____________ 7742
Kessler, Sophie___________ 7740
Kodera, Frank S__________ 7739
Ludwig, Rosa and Anton____ 7741
Mangold, Erna___________
7734
Meyers, Henry____________ 7736
Mller, Ferdinand_________ 7736
Nagata,Martha Toda, et al_. 7743
Oefinger, Celestine________ 7737
Orso-Manzonetta, Maria, et al________
7741
Palm, Christian___________ 7737
Rechten, Freda_______ ,___ 7737
Seligmann, Jacob_________ 7735
Soell, Richard____________ 7738
Standard Oil Development Co____________________ 7741
Strakosch, Mika Marie_____ 7741
Streicher, Maria__________ 7738
Truebger, Adolph_________ 7738

Army Department
See Engineers Corps.
Defense Department
See Engineers Corps.
Engineers Corps
Rules and regulations:
Navigation regulations; miscel laneous amendments_______ 7709
7705