COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of-
Anderson, Sigurd, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; accom-
panied by Earl Kintner, general counsel; John T. Laughlin, assist-
ant general counsel; Harry Babcock, director, Bureau of Investiga-
tion; Frederick W. Irish, Division of Scientific Opinion; Charles R.
Moore, legal adviser on deceptive practices; and Thomas P. Baxter,
chief, Division on Management and Organization__-
Ayd, Dr. Frank J., Jr., practicing psychiatrist and medical researcher,
Baltimore, Md..

Bartemeier, Dr. Leo, chairman, council on mental health, American
Medical Association, past president of the Psychiatric Association,
and director of the Seton Institute, Baltimore, Md.; accompanied
by Dr. Lauren A. Woods, associate professor of pharmacology,
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Mich.; and
Dr. Malcolm Phelps, president, academy of general practice, and
member of house of delegates of the American Medical Association__
Dowling, Dr. Harry F., head of the Department of Medicine, College
of Medicine, University of Illinois_-_

Holland, Dr. Albert H., Jr., Medical Director of the Food and Drug
Administration

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Kline, Nathan S., M. D., director of research, Rockland State Hospital,
New York Department of Mental Hygiene..

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Steele, Dr. J. Murray, chairman, committee on public health, New
York Academy of Medicine.

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Stevenson, Dr. Ian, professor and chairman, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va...__

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by

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Anderson, Sigurd, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission:
Court of appeals decision re advertising material.
Excerpt from the Federal Trade Commission Act-

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Federal Trade Commission order to cease and desist-Koch
Laboratories, Inc., et al. (206 Fed. 311 (1953))---

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Ayd, Dr. Frank J., Jr., practicing psychiatrist and medical researcher,
Baltimore, Md.:

Claim of tranquilizer.__

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Comparison between 4 drugs, based on an article published in
December 1956, footnote...

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Excerpt from Associated Press release re drugs.

102

Excerpt from "out of context quotation" involving a drug being
clinically investigated by Dr. Frank J. Ayd, Jr-
Excerpt from report on 92 patients, April 26, 1956-

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Excerpt from statement. -

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Blatnik, Hon. John A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Minnesota, and chairman, Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee:

Excerpt from an editorial by Dr. Joseph Garland, editor of the
New England Journal of Medicine, entitled, "Editorial Respon-
sibility for Medical Advertisements"

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Excerpt from the New York Academy of Medicine report on
advertising of tranquilizing drugs.

Dowling, Dr. Harry F., head of the Department of Medicine, College
of Medicine, University of Illinois: Biographical sketch_
Kline, Nathan S., M. D., director of research, Rockland State Hospital,
New York Department of Mental Hygiene:

Excerpt from an article re grants-in-aid..

Nathan S. Kline, curriculum vitae--personal history.
Statement..

(PRESCRIPTION TRANQUILIZING DRUGS)

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1958

DOCUMENT

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

DIVISION RNMENT OPERATIONS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

FEBRUARY 11, 12, 24, AND 26, 1958

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