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r '. ty) ld se .r- x `i'C cite 3n a of ly The Packwood-ilatch Bill (S'.192'9) is based on an FfC' report to Congress last May. As FTC:WATCSO reported!eaclusively at the time,, the FTC'staff had originalhy planned to recommend a Trade Regulation Role proceeding to require rotating warning,g - but had decided to defer to CbngXess and recommend legislation. Ford has now completed'the circle. Ford's "dear coll'eague"'letter, dated December 15, said that the Packwood-Hatch Bill "is a misguided effort to achieve through legislation a regulatory policy which the Federal Trade Commission should propose throughirulemakiing procedure. Such a policy, as embodied-in S'.1929, would al so be counterproductive to accomplishing, what should be our nation's highest priority at this time: creating, and maintaining a healthy climate for business andi the j'obs and economic growth it can provide. "Instead', S.19'29 wo.uld damage the economic vitality of an industry which contributes each year more than $57 billion to the gtoss national product and a net favorable trade balance of $2 billion. "... (T)he legislation would establishithe Secretary vi'or.... behavior, bringT"' of H11S' as a czar of personal behar Smoking may be today's targeted' but who~ knows~~ what~ [In 197g', Ford legislation by good for you.]', tomorrow may I i argued' against antismoki'ng, ti pointing,out that tobacco is c  ,ber I.

IFebruarx 5, 1932: ~ more of injecting themselves into matters j before!government regulatory agencies than !~.of'appearing, in private litigation. One (' informed~sourcetold FT'C:IJATCHO that on~the~ question. of R-P'enforcement, "The Justice Dept. has about as: much credibility in the 1 courts as my foot." By joining the Depart- ment in Falls City, this source said, "'the FTC'is leading Justice the aura of its R'rP' I expertise." •' SEES. l61RD, SA?S' FWSHOULD PROPOSE T!t T0 DEAL WITH CIMETTE AD V1RXI116S Sen. Nendell H. Ford (p-1CY)i, one of the chief architects of the 19801FTC Improve- ments Act (which was designed,,among other t}iings, to cut back FWrulemaking activity) has now told the Senate that the FMshould ,ro ose a Trade Regulation Rul;e to increase the number andh strength of cigarette adver- tising warnings of' the healthihaaard's of smoking,. An FmCTrad'e:Regulation,Rule gowerningcigarette!advertising would most likely be basedi onithe "unfairness" clause of the FIl'C' Act. Two years ago, Sen. Ford railed repeatedly against the FTC's planned rer liance on the "unfairness" standard to write a TRR governing advertising toichildren on television. Ford's conversion from a foe,of FTC rulemaking to a fan of same has lef¢ some observers breathless - but probably not for loag,. ` Ford's suggestion that the FTC take up cigarette advertising ru,lemaking,camei'n response to a bill introduced last December by Sen. Bob Packwood (R-OR')', Chairman of the Senate Commerce C'ommittee and Sen. O~rrin . Aigtch (R-Utah), Chairmanlof' the Labor and Human Resources Cbmmittee. The bill would, among,other things, require rotating warnings in advertising,and on all cigarette packages and wouud require cigarette Ysnu- facturers to i'nform the FTC and the Depart- ment of Realthand' R'uman Services of all additives in their cigarettes. 03613634' ~OCIATES' R'.01. BJDG, 222DSPFt~fM6FIELD, WA 22152' !-4g75 ar or a y otlher method 1's IIle all. ~. ... _ I .