OF ECONOMIC POWER

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

TEMPORARY NATIONAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

Public Resolution No. 113
(Seventy-fifth Congress)

AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO
MAKE A FULL AND COMPLETE STUDY AND INVESTIGA-
TION WITH RESPECT TO THE CONCENTRATION OF
ECONOMIC POWER IN, AND FINANCIAL CONTROL
OVER, PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
OF GOODS AND SERVICES

PART 8

PROBLEMS OF THE CONSUMER

MAY 10, 11, AND 12, 1939

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UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1939

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.__

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__

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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
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 Maintenance.
526. 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__

529. Same as Exhibit 528, Difference in wording of statement on proprietary product__

1 On file with the committee.

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