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• The Adams Articles, Published in the New York Tribune During the Months of January and February Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, With the Incidental Advertisements (New York: Trow Press, ca. 1915), by Samuel Hopkins Adams, ed. by New York Tribune (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telemarketing fraud : putting phone scams on hold : hearing before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, Washington, DC, September 28, 1994. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1995), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business (page images at HathiTrust)
• FTC's authority over deceptive advertising : hearing before the Subcommittee for Consumers of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on FTC's authority over deceptive advertising, July 22, 1982. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health and nutrition claims in food advertising and labeling : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, second session, June 25, 1990. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1991), by United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Misleading and deceptive mailings to social security beneficiaries : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, March 10, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telemarketing travel fraud : fast facts. (Washington, D.C. : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer & Business Education, [1994]), by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telemarketing travel fraud. ([Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer & Business Education, [1997]), by American Society of Travel Agents and United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Subpoenaed documents from Federal Trade Commissioner Terry Calvani : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, February 24, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1988), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive social security mass mailings to the elderly : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, November 20, 1989. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Child abuse and deceptive marketing by residential programs for teens : hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, hearing held in Washington, DC, April 24, 2008. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2008), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Travel scams : hearing before the Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, first session, July 27, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1988), by Tourism United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gasoline pump labeling : hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, September 27, 1988. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1989), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telemarketing fraud : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session on S. 2213 and H.R. 4101 ... S. 2326 ... September 13, 1988. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1988 [i.e. 1989]), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Direct mail solicitations to the elderly : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, February 4, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1989, and consumer mail issues : hearing before the Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office and Civil Service of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, first session, on S. 273 ... February 28, 1989. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1989), by Post Office United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Federal Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Postal inspectors protect consumers / (Washington, D.C. : U.S. Postal Service, Postal Inspection Service, 1980), by United States Postal Service. Postal Inspection Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deception and fraud in the diet industry : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, Washington, DC, March 26, 1990. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990-), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oversight initiative report from the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Social Security : deceptive solicitations including findings and recommendations of the Subcommittees / (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security, and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive mailings and solicitations to senior citizens and other consumers : hearing before the Subcommittee on Social Security and the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, May 14, 1992. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1992), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Social Security and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Oversight (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile dieting, unsafe over-the-counter diet products, and recent enforcement efforts by the Federal Trade Commission : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, Washington, DC, September 24, 1990. (Washington, [D.C.] : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Consumer protection and patient safety issues involving bogus abortion clinics : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, Washington, DC, September 20, 1991. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1992), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Innovative telemarketing and consumer fraud in Oregon and the Northwest : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, Portland, OR, February 24, 1992. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1992), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Act to Protect the Public Interest and the Future Development of Pay-Per-Call Technology by Providing for the Regulation and Oversight of the Applications and Growth of the Pay-Per-Call Industry, and for Other Purposes. ([Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 1992]), by United States and United States. Communications Act of 1934 (page images at HathiTrust)
• Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on S. 1816 ... April 25, 1984. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Consumer products advertised to save energy--let the buyer beware : report to the Congress / (Washington, D.C. : General Accounting Office, 1981), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Priority mail : advertised 2-day service is not guaranteed : report to the Honorable Arthur Ravenel, Jr., House of Representatives / (Washington, D.C. : The Office ; Gaithersburg, MD (P.O. Box 6015, Gaithersburg 20884-6015) : The Office [distributor, 1993]), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive Mailings Prevention Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, on H.R. 939 and H.R. 1550 ... October 1, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Postal Personnel and Modernization (page images at HathiTrust)
• An Act to Amend Title 39, United States Code, to Designate as Nonmailable Matter Solicitations for the Purchase of Goods or Services, or Solicitation for Donations Which Could Reasonably Be Construed as Implying Any Federal Government Connection or Endorsement, unless Such Matter Contains an Appropriate, Conspicuous Disclaimer, and for Other Purposes. ([Washington, D.C.? : U.S. G.P.O. : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor, 1990]), by United States (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nature and disposition of all cases in which an institution, approved for veterans' benefits, utilizes advertising, sales or enrollment practices which are erroneous, deceptive, or misleading / (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1979), by United States. Veterans Administration and United Sates House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• False and Misleading Advertising (Prescription Tranquilizing Drugs) : hearings before the United States House Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs, Eighty-Fifth Congress, second session, on Feb. 11, 12, 24, 26, 1958. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1958), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• False and Misleading Advertising (Weight-Reducing Preparations) : hearings before the United States House Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs, Eighty-Fifth Congress, first session, on Aug. 2, 6-8, 1957. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1957), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• It's too easy being green : defining fair green marketing practices : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 9, 2009. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2012), by Trade United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Concussions and the marketing of sports equipment : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, October 19, 2011. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2012), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fraud : targeting America's seniors : hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth congress, first session, August 4, 1999. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2001), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Telemarketing fraud : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, July 30, 1992. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1993), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advance fee loan scams : hearing before the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Consumer and Environmental Affairs of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, December 19, 1991. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1993), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Consumer and Environmental Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of regulatory commissions and agencies : interim report of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight. ([Washington D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1960]), by United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Federal Trade Commission oversight--rulemaking, advertising, and consumer access : fourth report / (Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977), by United States House Committee on Government Operations (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Fraudulent medical and insurance promotions : Cleveland, Ohio : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, June 30, 1982. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act : report of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, together with additional views to accompany S. 335, to amend chapter 30 of Title 39, United States Code, to provide for the nonmailability of certain deceptive matter relating to games of chance, administrative procedures, orders, and civil penalties relating to such matter, and for other purposes. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1999), by United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive Mail Prevention and Enforcement Act : report together with additional views (to accompany H.R. 170) (including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office). ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1999]), by United State House Committee on Government Reform (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide for avoiding deceptive use of word "mill" in the textile industry : adopted June 8, 1965 / ([Washington, D.C.] : U.S. FTC, [1965]), by United States Federal Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protecting the elderly : Federal agencies' role concerning questionable marketing practices : fact sheet for the Chairman, Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives / ([Washington, DC] : The Office, 1987), by United States General Accounting Office and United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advertising practices : answers for small business / ([Washington, D.C.?] : The Commission, [2001]), by United States Federal Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spread the word ... about telemarketing fraud. ([Washington, D.C.] : Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of Consumer & Business Education, [1996]), by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Office of Consumer and Business Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guides for advertising radiation monitoring instruments / ([Washington, D.C. : U.S. FTC, 1963]), by United States Federal Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deceptive sweepstakes mailings : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Postal Service of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, August 4, 1999. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on the Postal Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Innovation in telemarketing frauds and scams : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, and the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, Washington, DC, June 21, 1991. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 1991), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation and United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protecting seniors from fraud : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, Indianapolis, IN, August 10, 2000. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, 2000 [i.e. 2001]), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Truth in Savings Act [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Insurance of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, on H.R. 5232 ... August 8, 1984. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by Finance United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking (page images at HathiTrust)
• FDA's continuing failure to regulate health claims for foods : hearings before the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, October 31 and November 9, 1989. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1990), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quackery, a $10 billion scandal [microform] : a report / (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Direct mail solicitations to the elderly [microform] : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One hundredth Congress, first session, February 4, 1987. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public affairs handbook : misleading advertising. ([Baltimore, MD : Social Security Administration], 1986), by United States Social Security Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• FTC's authority over deceptive advertising [microform] : hearing before the Subcommittee for Consumers of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on FTC's authority over deceptive advertising, July 22, 1982. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on erroneous, misleading, or deceptive advertising practices [microform]. (Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.), by United States. Veterans Administration, United States. Federal Interagency Committee on Education. Keeping your school or college catalog in compliance with Federal laws and regulations, and United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Frauds against the elderly : health quackery : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, October 1, 1980. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1980 [i.e. 1981]), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Social security : direct mail solicitations by the Social Security Protection Bureau : report to Congressional requestors / ([Washington, D.C.] : GAO, 1990), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advertising trends and consumer protection : hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 22, 2009. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2010), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unqualified doctors performing cosmetic surgery : policies and enforcement activities of the Federal Trade Commission : hearing before the Subcommittee on Regulation, Business Opportunities, and Energy of the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O., 1989-1990), by Business Opportunities United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Regulation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advertising nutrition & health : evidence from food advertising, 1977-1997 / (Washington, D.C. : Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, [2002]), by Pauline M. Ippolito, Janis K. Pappalardo, and United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Economics (page images at HathiTrust)

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