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Joseph Louis Zeldon doing business as Guild Institute of Music

Volume 72 · 72 F.T.C. 975

Citation
72 F.T.C. 975
Docket
C-1279
Complaint
1967-12-19
Decision
1967-12-19
Document type
consent order
Case type
consumer protection
Statutes
FTC Act (section 5); Flammable Fabrics Act
Industry
music instruction sales
Outcome
consent order entered
Relief
cease_and_desist
Source
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Joseph Louis Zeldon doing business as Guild Institute of Music, 72 F.T.C. 975 (1967). Consumer Law Library, https://consumerlawlibrary.org/decisions/v072-0047

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manner and form in which they have complied with this order. IK THE :vA TTER OF JOSEPH LOUIS ZELDON DOING BUSIXESS AS GUILD INSTITL'TE OF MUSIC CONSENT ORDER, ETC. , 1'- REGARD TO THE ALLEGED VIOLATIOK OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket C-1279. Complaint, Dec. 1. , 1.67-Decision, Dec. , 19(;" Consent order requiring a Washington, D.C., seller of accordions and music lessons to cease misrepresenting that his music lessons arc free or at reduced prices, that prospective customers are specially selected, that his telephone contacts are for survey purposes only, that his music tests determine musical aptitude, and neglecting to disclose all the terms and conditions of his offer to do business. IPLAINT Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act, and by virtue of the authority vested in it by said Act, the Federal Trade Commission, having reason to believe that Joseph GUILD INSTITUTE OF MUSIC 975 972 Complaint commerce, as "commerce" is defined in the Flammable Fabrics Act; or (c) Transporting or causing to be transported, for the purpose of sale or delivery after sale in commerce any fabric which, under the provisions of Section 4 of the said Flammable Fabrics Act, as amended, is so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals. It is further ordered That respondents Nipkow & Kobelt, Inc. and its offcers, and Werner A. Kobelt and Emil G. Gress, individually and as offcers of said corporation, and respondents representatives, agents and employees, directly or through any corporate or other device, do forthwith cease and desist from furnishing a false guaranty under the Flammable Fabrics Act, that any fabric is not, under the provisions of Section 4 of said Act, so highly flammable as to be dangerous when worn by individuals when respondents have reason to believe such fabric may be introduced, sold, or transported in commerce. It is further ordered That the respondents herein shall, within sixty (60) days after service upon them of this order, file with the Commission a report in writing setting forth in detail the

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