Public Resolution No. 113 (Seventy-fifth Congress) OF GOODS AND SERVICES PART 8 PROBLEMS OF THE CONSUMER MAY 10, 11, AND 12, 1939 Printed for the use of the Temporary National Economic Committee 0.1:0 STATE UNIVERSITY, LAW LIBRARY. UNITED STATES WASHINGTON : 1939 124491 SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS Number and summary of exhibits Introduced at page Appears on page 503. Proposal to investigate and analyze current practices which lead to underconsumption, inadequate returns to farm and factory worker, and business bankruptcy 504. Total number of women and organized groups interested in and affected by consumer movement. 505. Illustration: Dress advertisement... 506. Illustration: Shirt sale advertisement 507. Illustration: Vacuum cleaner advertisement. 508. Illustration: Inlaid linoleum advertisement 509. Illustration: Coffee advertisement.--. 510. Illustration: Electric refrigerator 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. 517. Chart: Tomato juice, sizes and prices in one Washington store.co 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 transactions in which quoted interest rates were 6 percent (Massachusetts) 521. Chart: Carrying charges as percentages of unpaid balances in 31 installment transactions in which quoted interest rates were 10 percent (Massachusetts) -522. Chart: Computed rates of interest on 31 installment trans actions in which quoted interest rates were 10 percent (Massachusetts). 523. Chart: Carrying charges as percentages of unpaid balances in 40 installment transactions in which quoted interest rates were 5 percent (Massachusetts). 524. Chart: Computed rates of interest on 40 installment trans actions in which quoted interest rates were 5 percent (Massachusetts)---525. Quotations from Trade Press on Resale Price Maintenance526. Letter, received January 10, 1939 from Vick Chemical Company, signed by L. Richardson, to a school teacher, describing the Vick Cold Control Plan. 527. Bulletin, Home Makers Educational Service Vol. 24 No. 5, January 1939. Suggestions for studying the common cold, including the Vick Cold Control Plan... 528. Report of Women's National Institute to the Educators of American Youth on the problem of a common cold. 529. Same as Exhibit 528, Difference in wording of statement on proprietary product. 1 On Ale with the committee. |