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VOLUME 22

1934
d A fIT E D

NUMBER 143

Washington, Thursday, July 25, 1957

TITLE 16 COMMERCIAL
PRACTICES
Chapter I Federal Trade Commission Docket 6712
P art 13D igest of Cease and D esist O rders DICTOGRAPH PRODUCTS, IN C ., ET AL.

SubpartFurnishing means and in strumentalities of misrepresentation or deception: 13.1055 Furnishing means and instrumentalities of misrepresenta tion or deception. SubpartrMisrepre senting oneself and goodsBusiness status, advantages or connections:
13.1490 Nature, in general; 13.1520
Personnel or staff; Misrepresenting oneself and goodsGoods: 13.1663 In dividuals special selection or situation;
13.1760 Terms and conditions; Misrep resenting oneself and goodsPrices:
13.1817 Reductions for prospect refer rals.l SubpartNeglecting, unfairly or deceptively, to make material disclosure:
13.1882 Prices.
SubpartSecuring orders falsely, misleadingly or improp erly: 13.2170 Securing orders falsely, misleadingly or improperly. Subpart Securing signatures wrongfully: 13.2175
Securing signatures wrongfully.
Sec. 6, 38 Stat. 721; 15 U. S. C. 46. Interpret or apply sec. 5, 38 Stat. 719, as amended; 15
U. S. C. 45 Cease and desist order, Dic tograph Products, Inc. Jamaica, L. I., N. Y ., Docket 6712, July 3, 1957

In the Matter of Dictograph Products, InC., a Corporation, Fire Detective, Inc., a Corporation, and Herman Perl, Richard E. Rudolph, Arthur J. Wal dorf, and Malte J. Carlson, Individu ally and as Officers of Fire Detective, Inc., and Stanley Osserman, Individu ally and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fire Detective, Inc.
This proceeding was heard by a hear ing examiner on the complaint of the Commission charging a manufacturer in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., and the cor porate purchaser in Newark, N. J., of its entire production of home fire alarm sys tems for sale to the public through fran chise dealers whose salesmen gave dem onstrations in homes of prospects, with supplying to said franchise dealers 1New.

literature upon which were based the CONTENTS
following acts and representations of Agricultural Marketing Service said salesmen:
Representing falsely th at such sales Proposed rule making:
Currants, dried ; U. S. standards men were not salesmen but demon for grades____ ____________
strators only, desiring to make a fireMilk; in Wilmington, Del., m ar prevention talk to specially selected keting area______________ homes ;
Employing scare tactics to make Agriculture Department sales by exhibiting news clippings and See Agricultural Marketing Serv horror pictures to prospective pur ice.
chasers;
Misrepresenting the cost of the sys Army Department tem and representing falsely th at pur See Engineers Corps.
chasers could earn all or most of it by Coast Guard referring names of other prospects;
Rules and regulations:
Inducing purchasers to sign in blank Licensing of officers and motorcontracts and promissory notes upon the boat operators, registration of representation th at the total cost would staff officers and certification be only slightly above the amount earned of s e a m e n ; miscellaneous by supplying names of prospects and amendments___ ___________
subsequently returning them filled in with the total cost and carrying charges, Defense Department contrary to the representations made; See Engineers Corps.
Engineers Corps and Failing to notify the purchaser th at Rules and regulations :
the contract and note would be dis Hungry Horse Dam and Reser counted with a finance company or bank voir; South Fork Flathead and th at carrying charges would be River, Montana ; flood control added.
regulations ___________
Following an agreement between the Federal Communications Com parties for a consent order, the hearing mission examiner made his initial decision and Notices:
order to cease and desist which became Hearings, etc.:
on July 3 the décision of the Commission.
American Telephone and The order to cease and desist is as Telegraph Co___________
follows:
Epperson, Ralph D., and Wil It is ordered, That the respondents liamsburg Broadcasting Co_
Dictograph Products, Inc., a corporation, Great Lakes Television, Inc., Fire Detective, Inc., a corporation and et al_______________ I----their officers, and Herman Perl, Richard Imes, Birney, Jr. WMOX
E. Rudolph, Arthur J. Waldorf and Malte and Mississippi Broadcast J. Carlson, individually and as officers of ing Co______ ___ _ ----Fire Detective, Inc., and Stanley Osser Mountain View Broadcasting man, individually and as Chairman of Co. et al________________
the Board of Directors of Fire Detective, West Shore Broadcasting Co.
Inc., their representatives, agents and and Westport Broadcasting employees, directly or through any cor Co_____________________
porate or other device, in connection Rules and regulations:
with the offering for sale, sale or distri Incidental and restricted radia bution in commerce, as commerce is tion devices; low power com defined by the Federal Trade Commis munication devices_______
sion Act, of fire detection or fire alarm Federal Power Commission systems do forthwith cease and desist Notices:
from:
Hearings, etc.:
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Representing, directly or by impli Illinois Power Co____ ______cation:
Northern Natural Gas Co.
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