mandel brothers argued march decided may provisions fur products labeling act prohibit false deceptive invoicing apply retail sales retail sales slip invoice term defined act pp proceeding charging retail department store misbranding fur products violation fur products labeling act federal trade commission found committed numerous violations three six disclosure requirements evidence violations three commission issued order misbranding fur products failing affix labels showing six categories information required held commission abuse discretion making order apply six categories pp commission order rephrased suggest store sold garments contrary disclosure requirements found violated reversed daniel friedman argued cause petitioner brief solicitor general rankin assistant attorney general hansen earl kintner james corkey alvin berman samuel horne argued cause respondent brief anderson owen justice douglas delivered opinion petitioner issued complaint charging respondent retail department store violations fur products labeling act stat violations found order issued one principal violations found many respondent retail sales falsely invoiced violation act term invoice defined written account memorandum list catalog issued connection commercial dealing fur products furs describes particulars fur products furs transported delivered purchaser consignee factor bailee correspondent agent person engaged dealing commercially fur products furs section provides fur product fur falsely invoiced invoiced show name animal produced fur applicable product contains used fur contains bleached dyed otherwise artificially colored fur composed whole substantial part paws tails bellies waste fur name address person issuing invoice country origin imported furs commission found respondent violated invoice provisions act failure include many retail sales slips fur products address whether fur bleached dyed otherwise artificially colored correct name animal producing fur act also provides fur product misbranded falsely deceptively labeled identified affixed label setting forth substantially six items information required invoice label designates animal produced fur name prescribed fur products name guide commission found labels respondent fur products false numerous instances reason failure include information three categories listed second part held however evidence labels deficient three categories information nevertheless issued order misbranding failure include labels required six categories information listed appeal appeals first eliminated prohibitions relating invoicing ground retail sales slip invoice within meaning act second struck order prohibition misbranding omission three categories violations found case petition writ certiorari first invoicing start act whose avowed purpose inter alia protect consumers deception resulting misbranding false deceptive advertising false invoicing fur products furs house report also emphasizes bill designed protect consumers others widespread abuses arising false misleading matter advertisements otherwise title act though limiting plain meaning text nonetheless useful aid resolving ambiguity see maguire commissioner purpose protect consumers others false invoicing fur products furs stat avowed purpose protect retail purchasers improper invoicing therefore read contains definition invoice hospitably end view section unambiguous yet problem penal statute deserves strict construction deal remedial legislation regulatory nature task fit possible parts harmonious whole black magnolia liquor section uses invoice include written account memorandum far retail sales slip included section requires invoice issued connection commercial dealing furs retail sale plainly commercial dealing section requires invoice issued purchaser customer retailer purchaser case inclusion retail sales slip invoice term used act therefore seem complete turned appeals way last phrase person engaged dealing commercially fur products furs held engaged dealing commercially modifies person also preceding terms subsection including purchaser cf standard brewery possible construction conclude however limiting clause applied last antecedent think partial mutilation act construe invoice provisions inapplicable retail sales first place language specifies sweeping language categories persons whose benefit invoicing requirements imposed purchaser consignee factor bailee correspondent agent general person engaged dealing commercially fur products furs added second place construing invoice include retail sales slips full protection act accorded consumers agree point stressed respondent consumer protection found solely label fur product invoices required antecedent step delivery transfer person dealing commercially either furs fur products advertising mislabeling prohibitions act plainly applicable retail sales yet prohibition false invoices contained clause held congress spite desire protect consumers withheld benefits reliable invoices read clauses distributively making applicable retail sales refashioning undertaking consonant task congressional committee judicial construction moreover fur product labels advised pieces cloth sewn garments tags purchaser likely throw away purchase invoice permanent record transaction retail purchaser importance emphasized commission inasmuch invoice may serve documentary link connecting sale specific fur products back retailer records advertisements therefor application invoicing provisions act transactions retailers consumers represents key implement effective administration act finally respondent urges retailer sale local transaction subject exercise congress commerce power misbranding drug held sale shipment interstate commerce held within commerce power sullivan decision predecessors sanction done conclude retail sales slip invoice within meaning act accordingly judgment appeals setting aside part order requires retailer give proper invoice purchaser reversed ii second false labeling commission noted found respondent committed numerous violations three six disclosure requirements contained act noting evidence complied three disclosure requirements order commission however directed misbranding fur products failing affix labels fur products showing six categories information required appeals struck order prohibition respect three categories evidence violation believe commission abused wide discretion choice remedy deemed adequate cope unlawful practices disclosed record jacob siegel federal trade limited prohibiting illegal practice precise form existing past federal trade ruberoid agency like others may fashion relief restrain like related unlawful acts labor board express pub practice outlawed misbranding disclosure required properly branded garment specified disclosure requirements closely interrelated commission might well conclude retailer example failed disclose fur bleached dyed might well default came disclosure fact used fur contained garment one generalize proper scope orders depends facts case judgment extent particular violator fenced sherman act decrees local international salt international boxing club question extent related activity enjoined one kind degree sit determine trier facts exercised allowable discretion episodes misbranding extensive substantial number think permissible commission conclude like related acts misbranding also enjoined prophylactic preventive measure respondent objects wording order saying suggests store sold garments contrary disclosure requirements found violated commission bows suggestion part par order rephrased enjoin misbranding fur products failing affix labels fur products showing element information required act order phase case judgment appeals also reversed order rephrased indicated ordered footnotes introduction manufacture introduction commerce sale advertising offering sale commerce transportation distribution commerce fur product misbranded falsely deceptively advertised invoiced within meaning act rules regulations prescribed section unlawful shall unfair method competition unfair deceptive act practice commerce federal trade commission act manufacture sale sale advertising offering sale transportation distribution fur product made whole part fur shipped received commerce misbranded falsely deceptively advertised invoiced within meaning act rules regulations prescribed section unlawful shall unfair method competition unfair deceptive act practice commerce federal trade commission act section provides purposes act fur product shall considered misbranded falsely deceptively labeled otherwise falsely deceptively identified label contains form misrepresentation deception directly implication respect fur product affixed fur product label showing words figures plainly legible name names set forth fur products name guide animal animals produced fur qualifying statement may required pursuant section act fur product contains composed used fur fact fur product contains composed bleached dyed otherwise artificially colored fur fact fur product composed whole substantial part paws tails bellies waste fur fact name identification issued registered commission one persons manufacture fur product introduction commerce introduce commerce sell commerce advertise offer sale commerce transport distribute commerce name country origin imported furs used fur product label required paragraph section sets forth name names animal animals name names provided paragraph register names hair fleece animals act requires commission maintain cf hughes puget sound electric benson sutherland statutory construction ed note supra see ed hamilton furs advised since case decided commission issued complaints charging violations act involving false deceptive retail invoicing presently outstanding orders relating retail invoicing cases furriers agreed discontinue false deceptive retail invoicing see note supra commission found instances failure label product correct name animal producing fur instances failure disclose product bleached dyed otherwise artificially colored instances failure show country origin imported furs addition violations rules commission provide additional labeling requirements standards see cfr pt