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' Compliance , Not Punishment' Slogan Is Paying Off at FTC By Allen Drury The Government’s watchdog over business has a new slogan —"compliance, not punishment” —and so far most observers fa miliar with its work seem agreed that the policy is meeting with success. The Federal Trade Commis sion, created in the Wilson Ad ministration, has passed into the hands of men regarded as * considerably more friendly to - business than those who con trolled it in recent years. But “business raids” on the con sumer have not developed yet, * and even Democrats within the * commission profess to be rela- Z lively satisfied with the new * management’s ideas. * Whether this state of affairs Z will continue depends, in the opinion of top-level officials of “ the agency, on how well business _ keeps its part of the bargain. What business refers to as the “heavy hand of Government” is now considerably less heavy; but the commission says it has no intention of permitting business : to profit unduly from the relaxa » tion. The current attitude of those in charge is that there will be no letup in enforcement and no favoritism for the willful - violator. But the emphasis, as v elsewhere in the Eisenhower ad- Z ministration, is to be on volun tary co-operation rather than big-stick Government. Lawyer Is Key Man. ~ Key man in this experiment with human nature is Republican 7 Chairman Edward F. Howrey, 49- 3 year-old Washington lawyer who r has spent much of his pro fessional life handllhg cases be fore the commission. His an nounced program includes the creation of a Small Business Divi sion; a Bureau of Consultation to t give businessmen full information ; on the commission's 180 sets of ; trade practice rules, its 8.400 * stipulations and its 4,500 cease and desist orders issued against illegal trade practices; an im proved system of checking on compliance with orders: elimina tion of "surprise and tactical - advantages” in administrative i hearings: a survey of past anti * monopoly regulations to de termine if they are still adequate * to meet changed conditions; a review of outstanding cases to :» clean them off the books: and a policy of giving industry advice on what it may do, as well as on what it may not do. ; It Is In this last phase of the ; commission’s activity that some « critics profess to see a danger C of future violations. The open « door policy, they say, may mean l “Open sesame” In the enormous z fields of control granted the FTC 1 under the laws it administers. These are the' Clayton Anti- Trust Act; the Robinson-Patman Act which prohibits discrimina : tions In prices which substan ; tially lessen competition or tend to create monopoly: and the Mc- Z Gulre “fair trade” act which ; requires retailers to abide by Z manufacturers’ price agreements £ in States which have fair trade laws. In most States these laws « require all retailers to abide by t the agreements even if no more ' than one retailer in the State ; has signed up. I So far, however, only two Hey Kids! He’s Back Again! Santa Claus Will Be in KANN'S Corner Window Today, - Sunday, Nov. 29th; * 1 :30 P.M. 2:30 P.M. On Monday 4:00 P.M. 4:30 P.M. ' 5:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M. \ 8:00 P.M. • • • z s Santa Claus will also be : in our Arlington Store, • plus pony rides for the : kiddies. \ tKAMS’S specific charges have been levelled against the new Repub lican-controlled commission: it has fired close to 50 lawyers and economists, and it has • granted a more liberal interpretation of the word “free” in tie-in sales. The firing FTC justifies on the ground that it received a sharp cut in appropriations Congress gave it approximately $4 million when it had requested approximately $7 million —and according to former Democratic Chairman James M. Mead, still a commission member, the com mission “h ad” to fire these trained employes as a result. The “free” case—decided on a complaint brought against a book club which offered a “free” book for joining on con- dition that members purchase an agreed number of books— brought a commission decision RICH T OFF THE BOAT . . . 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His topic will be problem behavior. Rudolph PTA will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Keene Ele mentary School. Miss Katherine (written by Democratic member Albert A. Carretta) that “free” might be used in this way in tie-ins providing the advertiser does not “mislead or deceive the public.” Spirit of Fair Play. In order to accomplish his policy of “compliance, not pun ishment.” Chairman Howrey re cently laid down the principle that “the lawyers, economists and accountants representing the commission must approach each case in a spirit of fair play; they must be governed by the Kann’s—Street Floor—Washington and Arlington —.Vo Mail or Phone Orders See KANN'S Gift Section in Today's (Sunday) Star ,0t i [ Scrivener, director of elementary * education in the public schools, will lead a panel discussion on the subject of a school confer i ence. Woodridge PTA will hold a i luncheon Thursday noon at the school in honor of the principal ! 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