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N1®0®330D3 NEW YORK TL+MS Nex York, New York June 24, 19ti4 AGENCIES AT ODDS ON TOBACCO ROgS Drug and Trade Control Units Vie for Authority WABHIIrrG9'AN, June 23 (Api-,An inner Government Alepute over cigarette smoking empted In public today with a marning that the result could be no Federal regulation e.t 9111. Tb~ ~ was revealed In teatimany that showed several Federal egamcfes competing for the adbority to tegulate the advertising aad labeling ot cigarettes. The teatimmtiv also showed that the Adml,nlstaratton bad not dedded what kind of lawe It wanted to deal with the ptoblem. The key teettmony esme from Dr .Luttier F Terry. t3urgeon GenerN of the Public Health t;anlce, of the Department of 8eatth. Educatlon and Welfare. Dr. Terry told the House tbm merce Committee that the de- t be3teveA the Food and Admfntstratton, eaotber or brantbea, should have the authority to require c4gan ette mmnfaeturers to put health warning labels on packs Th"nNcts atth the twal- tion of tAe PYderal Trade Cam- mteafon, an indepetdent agea- ey, which llse held hearings an ludous to health. Dr.Tvry also disagreed with the commission's position when he teeu8ed that new legtala- tlon would be needed for the B.T.C. to regulate the adver- tidng of cigarettes. The com- laleelan Mae included such reg. ufauone In Its proposed tvl@s. 7Le committee baa before It 10 b111epropos~ emne kind of /~aderal segulsQone of clg- atetta labeling and adverti:dnft. Dr. Terry esid the den.rtt, meet oould neither aupport nor ta ect t.hese bills aow. t+~tattve Lfonel Van Deer Democrat of CslGfor nla, a member of the commtt- a~TMy e~4ong ~yrq~1ne~ on thls by the Goveramen~, Cwoutd be un- alieed to do aothing: ' TdtM11iE Minneapolig, Minnesota June 24, 1964 Agencies Spl it on Cigarrette W a,rninq W A S H INGTON, D.C. - (UPI) - Government agen- slee revealed Tuesday that they Were saiously split ever the question of how beat to warn the public of the health dangers In cigarette amok- long-time A Iong-time advocate of strong controls an tobacco, 5en. Maurine Neuberger, D- It would be a by if sucht In itnportant matter 'Yell vic- ~ea petty jurisdictional TIlE SPLI'I' was fully es- posed when Surgeon General Luther L Terry confirmed rumors that the Department of H e a 1 t b, Education end Welfare (HEW) is opposed to the plan being considered by the Federal Trade Commis- a i o n t o r regulating ~eiga a a~ la- It was an advisory com- mittee to Tetry's U,S. Public Health Service that laat Jan- uary released the r e p o r t stating that there was a eta-I tlstical link between ciga- rette smoking, lung cancer and otherlorms of cancer, as aell as heart disease. As a result of that study, the FTC held hearings on proposed rules that would ngttlate claims in cigarette advertising and that would r+alulre packages of ciga- r.ettes to carry labels warn- ing smokers that they risked ht)uring their health. TEBEY YESTERDAY went before the House Com- merce Comtnittee, w h i c h opened the first congres- sional hearings Into all phases of the tobacco and health issue. In essence, the surgeon general proposed thst: 71te FTC regulate the ad- vettising of cigarettes, but have nothing to do with the warning labels that go on cigarette packages. The Fi., proltoses dealing with both aspects. Under Terry's plan, the FTC would have to get new legislative authority to regulate advertising. 7rie Food and Drug Ad- miniafttlon (FDA) regulate labeling. He suggested amending an act already ad- ministered by the F D A, which Is part of HEW. The Public Health Service conduct educational and re- search pregtams in connec- tion with smoking. In the opinion of the FFC, i it can proceed to regulate both advertising and labeling i without any new legislation. Those favoring quick actlon to control cigarettes feel that regulations that have to be written by Congress atand ' a chance of being bogged I Page 1 Sen. Tetry Neuberger Beareng tottaeeaee down in the House or the Senate. CaMMiTiEE Chairman Oren Harris, D-Ark., said at the conclusion of the hear- ing that he felt the FTC might have "overstepped" Its authority in issuing its pro- posed regulations. But Sen. Neuberger, the committee's first witness, disagreed. Congress' f o r e- most antismoking campaign- er, she said the F[C had the authority to regulate unfair and deceptive advertising of cigarettes as It had with oher products. "The Information printed on a cigarette package is de. signed to inform the public, as is advertising copy car- ried out on the communiea- tiqns media;' she said. "I fall to see why, at this late date, HEW now feels itil )uNsdictionel toes have beetl trodden upon. In any event, it would be tragic If regula- tions so significant to the health of Americans should fall victim to a petty Juria- dictionaldispute."