OF ECONOMIC POWER HEARINGS BEFORE THE TEMPORARY NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION PURSUANT TO Public Resolution No. 113 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO PART 8 PROBLEMS OF THE CONSUMER MAY 10, 11, AND 12, 1939 Printed for the use of the Temporary National Economic Committee 124491 110 STATE UNIVERSITY, LAW LIBRARY. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1939 503. Proposal to investigate and analyze current practices which 505. Illustration: Dress advertisement.__ 511. Chart: Variations in quality of canned fruits and vegetables sold under the same brand in three cities. 512. Chart: Same as Exhibit 511 with brands weighted by number of cans sampled... 513. Chart: Variations in construction and weights of 2 brands of cotton turkish towels-- 514. Chart: Variations in weight, breaking strength and heat transmission of three brands of blankets... 515. Chart: Variations in sizes and retail prices of a selected list of cosmetics in Maine.. 516. Appears in Hearings, Part VI, appendix, p. 2745. store__ 3347 3348 528. Report of Women's National Institute to the Educators of American Youth on the problem of a common cold.. 518. Chart: Dried vegetables, variation in labeled weights of comparative packages_. 519. Chart: Carrying charges as percentages of unpaid balances in 106 installment transactions in which quoted interest rates were 6 percent (Massachusetts) - - - 520. Chart: Computed rates of interest on 106 installment 521. Chart: Carrying charges as percentages of unpaid balances 523. Chart: Carrying charges as percentages of unpaid balances 525. Quotations from Trade Press on Resale Price Maintenance. 527. Bulletin, Home Makers Educational Service Vol. 24 No. 5, January 1939. Suggestions for studying the common cold, including the Vick Cold Control Plan__ 529. Same as Exhibit 528, Difference in wording of statement on proprietary product__ 1 On file with the committee. V |