Siro Fashions, Inc.

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IN THE l\LATTER OF SIRO FASHIONS, INC., ET AL.

CONSENT ORDER, ETC., IN REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COl\IMISSION AND THE WOOL PRODUCTS LABELING ACTS Docket /61. OOlnlJlaint, Apr. 4, 195" Decision, Aug. , 195"/ Consent order requiring a manufacturer in New York City to cease violating the 'Vool Products Labeling Ad by failing to stnmp or tag ladies' wool dresses so as to show the name 01' registration number of the manufachIrer or other responsible persons, ns required by the Act. llfr. lIlichael J. Vitale and 1111' Tho1nas A. Ziebarth for the Commission.

INITIAL DECISION BY John B. POINDEXTER, I-TEARING EXAMINER The complaint in this proceeding charges that Silo Fashions, Ine. a corporation, and .Jules Both, individually and as an officer of said corporation, hereinafter called respondents, hate violated the provision~ of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the ,Yool Products Labeling Aet, and the R.ules and Regulations promulgated under the last-named ..c\ct, in the operation of their business. After issuance and selTiee of the complaint, the respondents and counsel supporting the complaint entered into an agreement for a eon sent order. The agreement has been approved by the Director and Assistant Direetor of the Bureau of Litigation. The order disposes of the matters complained about.

The material provisions of said agreement are as follows: R.esponclents admit all jurisdictional facts; the complaint may be used in construing the terms of the order; the order shall have the same said agree-force and eflect. as if entered after a full hearing and the ment shall not become a part of the oilicial rec.ord of the proceeding unless and until it bec.or11es a part of the deeision of the Commission; respondents waive the requirement that the decision must contain a statement of findings of fact. :md conclusion of law; respondents ",vnJ-ve further procedural steps before the hearing examiner and the Commission, :md the. order mny be altered, modified, or set. aside in the manner provided by stntute for other orders; respondents waive :mv l'i2' ht to chalJen2.e or contest the validity of the order entered in accordance ",with the agreement; and the signing of said agreement. is for settlement ))111'po:=:('s only and does not constitute an admission by respondents that they have violated the l:nv ns alleged in the comphjnt.

Order 54 F.

The hearing examiner having considered the agreement and proposed order and being of the opinion that the acceptance thereof \will be in the. public interest, hereby accepts such agreement, makes the folJO\ying jurisdictional findings, and issues the following order: JURISDICTIONAL FINDINGS 1. The respondent Silo Fashions, Inc., is a corporation, organized and doing business under the 1:1 \ys of the State. of New Yor1\:, \with its ofllce and principal place of business located at 463 Seventh Ayenue, Xe,y York City, Xew York. The indiyichwl respondent Jules Roth is the president of said corporation and his ofrice and principal place of business is the. same. as that of the corporation. 2. The Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this proceeding and of the respondents, and the proceeding is in the public interest.

ORDER 1 t is olYle'J'ed That the respondents Silo Fashions, Inc. , a corporation and its oflieers, and HIes Roth, individually and as an officer of said corporation, and r~spondents' representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device in conned.ion with the intl'odllc.tion or mHnufaeture for introduction into commerce, 01' the. offering for sale, sale, transportation or distribution in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Federal Trade Commission .Act and the "\Vool Products Labeling Act of 1939 , of ladies' dresses or other " wool products': as such products are defined in and subject to said ,Yool Products Labeling Aet, which products contain, purport to contain, or in any way are represented as eontaining, "wool reprocessed wool" or "reused wool" as those terms are defined in said Aet, do forthwith cease and desist. from misbranding such products by:

1. Failing to sec.urely aflix to or place on each such product a stamp, tag, Jabel or other means oJ identification showing in a clear and eonspieuolls manner:

(a) The percentage of the. total weight. of such \yool product exelllsiye of ornamentation not exceeding five pereentum of saiel total fiber ,yeight of (1) wool, (2) reprocessed "-001 (3) reust'd \yool (4) each fiber other than \yool ,,-here said percentage by \\-eight of suc.h fiber is five, pereentum or more, and (5) the aggregate of all other fibers.

(b) The maximum percentage of the. total ,,-eight of such \yool product of any non- fibrous londing, fillin~' 01' ac1uHeratin!! matter; c, SIRO FASHIONS , INC. , ET AL. 159 157 Decision (c) The name or the registered iclentifiention number of the manufacturer of such wool product or of one or more persons engaged in introducing such wool prodllet into commerce, or in the ofiering for sale, sale, transportation, distribution or delivery for shipment thereof in commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the ,Yool Products Labeling Act of 1939.

DECISION OF THE COMMISSION AND ORDEI~ TO FILE REPORT OF CO:l\IPLIANCE Pursuant to Section 3.21 of the Commission s Rules of Practice the initial deeision of the hearing examiner shall, on the 1st day of August 1957, become the c1eeision of the Commission; and, accordingly :

It is o1'dcred That the respondents herein shad ",within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file ,,'ith the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the manner and form in which they have complied with the order to cease and desist. , , Decision 54 F.'l'