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...prodding of Moss and others, the Federal Trade Commission has just begun a study to determine advertising's part in creating a mood for drug use and what, if anything, should be done about it. The FTC will make a preliminary report of its findings on Sept. 1. Soon after, Moss, who is chairman of the Senate's consumer subcommittee, plans to hold hearings that could lead to legally binding guidelines for drug advertising. In California, a bill was introduced last January to require every drug manufacturer advertising in the state to spend a quarter of its promotion...
Seeking Fast Relief. The consumer groups went to court partly because of their impatience with the slow pace of FTC actions against questionable advertising. Only after ten years of dickering did the commission crack down on the J.B. Williams Co.'s claims that its Geritol and FemIron remedy tiredness, loss of strength or nervousness. The FTC turned the case over to the Justice Department, which is suing for $1,000,000 in penalties against Williams and its agency, Parkson Advertising. Similarly, the FTC has been investigating the advertising promises of Excedrin, Anacin, Bufferin, Bayer, St. Joseph aspirin and other...
What v. How. Thus it is doubtful that Mayo could have mustered the weight to hold his own against men like Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman, two of the aides closest to Nixon. Shultz is expected to have that clout. Moreover, Shultz's new deputy, Weinberger, though on the FTC for only six months, has fast established a reputation as a tough, reform-minded administrator. Like Shultz, Weinberger owes his selection to merit and performance rather than long personal service to the President. He too may bring a new viewpoint to White House deliberations...
...panic. If it just dies down, forget it." The last time that Nader's Raiders documented the failings of a regulatory agency, the Federal Trade Commission, their report led to a study by the American Bar Association, which essentially backed their findings, but recommended that the FTC be given another chance. The FTC has indeed been improved since then. At the least, the students have provided an inexhaustible supply of tinder for any politician who wants to light a match under...
...Federal Trade Commission began a study in December to determine long-term effects of enzyme detergents. An official of the Environmental Control Administration, which is conducting its own study, says that complaints of rashes and asthmatic reactions received by his office have grown "astronomically" since the announcement of the FTC study. At the Food and Drug Administration, which is also investigating, a spokesman said that complaints have been coming in for 18 months and are increasing...