Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-06-24
Consumer
Dope


Spicer Unit Coop Committee
ZENITH is being sued for a
IL million dollars by other
television companies because
of advertisements which they
claim inferred that other sets
would be obsolete and require
a converter" for new ultra
high frequency stations. The
Federal Communications Com
mission has hinted that pres
ent-day television receivers
will not become suddenly and
completely unusuable. Future
changes, however, are inevi-
table.
The May issue of Consumer
Reports is fresh off the press,
and features a fourteen-page
coverage of the automobile
market, complete with statis-
tical table giving information
on 38 models. Such items as
length wheelbase, rear seat
width, shipping weight, COM
preston ratio, brake factor,
gear ratio, revoltions per mile,
piston ravel, gas mixture,
power rating, and other de-
tails of interest to the discri-
minating buyer are given here.
There is no magic in pro-
tein bread-or in any other
special food-which will make
you lose weight. Excess weight
is almost exclusively the re-
suit of overeating, and the
only way to reduce is to take
in fewer calories than you are
using up.
Reducing by restricting
your diet is, however, much
more difficult than it sounds,
and any other supposed short
cut sounds alluring. Some
overweight persons attempt to
to get rid of extra weight by
exercise, but this is not likely
to be very effective. Further
more, we gh t loss which
might come as a result of
exercise is more than likely
to be offset by a correspond
ing increase in appetite. Some
put their faith in proprietary
preparations containing thy
roid or laxative drugs; these
products can have seriously
harmful effects on vital or
gans 1t is true that doctors
occasionally use drugs such
as benzedrine or dexedrine
when they prescribe a reduc-
ing diet; while these prepars-
tlons do not themselves re-
duce weight, in some cases
they will depress the appetite
and thus help a patient to re-
.sist temptation. But unsuper-
vised use of these or similar
drugs is unsafe; they should
be taken only as part of a
supervised dietary program"
The above quotation is also
from the May issue of Con-
sumner Reports, and the sum
and substance of the article is
that If a person really wishes
to reduce in weight the thing
to do is to follow a planned
diet so that the total number
of calories, from all sources,
is limited, while the essential
ingredients of balanced diet
are maintained. This ladies
and gentlemen, is the answer
to the problem, in a very
short and simple sentence.
The greatest challenge to
price-fixing by manufacturers
since the '30's is now being
made. Under the nice sound
ing name of "fair trade"
manufacturers have set mini
mum prices at which their
products can be sold. During
the depression this was some
what understandable, but the
entire price-fixing idea is GER
tainly not in the consumers
interest, therefore not in the
public interest. The way to
win your battle is to write to
Congressman Tom Burke, and
also Representatives Donald
l.. O'Toole IN. ", Emanuel
Celler ON. ", and Francis
Walter PENN, Ask them to
push action on House Resolu-
ton 4003. 1t will repeal the
loophole that now exists in
the antitrust laws which per-