The Government and the Market Place: An Evaluation of the FTC

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 26 Stat. 209 (1890), 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1 (1963).

Thomas C. Blaidell , The Federal Trade Commission (New York: Columbia University Press, 1932), p. 1.

David A. Shannon , Twentieth Century America (Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1963), p. 28.

Gerald C. Henderson , The Federal Trade Commission (New Haven : Yale University Press, 1924), pp. 2-3, 6.

Shannon , op. cit. , pp. 28-30.

See also J.B. Danish , "The Federal Trade Commission," Yale Law Review, XXIV (November 14, 1914), p. 44.

Robert E. Cushman , The Independent Regulatory Commissions (New York : Oxford University Press, 1941 ), p. 179.

Louis Brownlow , The President's Committee on Administrative Management Report With Special Studies (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office , 1937), p. 210.

Cushman , op. cit. , p. 182.

Danish , op. cit. , pp. 45-46.

See the following documents: Federal Trade Commission Act, 38 Stat. 717 (1914), 15 U.S.C. Sec. 41-51 and U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Interstate Commerce, Report on the Federal Trade Commission, 63rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1914. For a record on Congressional voting, see 51 Cong. Rec. 9912, 13319, 14802 and 14943 (1914).

Cushman , op. cit., pp. 188-205. Professor Cushman provides an excellent analysis of the issues debated in the establishment of the FTC.

See also Brownlow , op. cit., p. 211.

Cong. Rec. 11089, 11092 (1914) (Remarks of Senator Newlands).

Cong. Rec. 11600, 11235 (1914) (Remarks of Senator Borah).

Cong. Rec. 13049 (1914) (Remarks of Senator Reid).

Cong. Rec. 11178, 12651 (1914) (Remarks of Senator Sutherland).

Cong. Rec. 11178 (1914) (Remarks of Senator Hollis).

Humphrey v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 ( 1934), 79 L ed, 55 Sup. Ct. 869.

Herbert Hoover , The Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (Regulatory Commissions) (Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949).

Bernard Schwartz , The Professor and the Commissions ( New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959 ).

Report of the American BarAssociation Commission to Study the Federal Trade Commission. Sept. 15, 1969, p. 2.

Roy L. Ash , A New Regulatory Framework: Report on Selected Independent Regulatory Agencies (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971), p.87.