Correspondence, reports, and newspaper clippings comprise the case file about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Documents show that President Coolidge replaced FTC member Nelson B. Gaskill with William E. Humphrey, who took pride in having "changed the attitude of the Commission toward business" (November 21, 1925, letter to President Coolidge). Other items reveal discussion about strengthening relations between the FTC and the U.S. Department of Commerce, although Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover's responses show him wary of the idea. Included are materials indicating which businesses and industries stood accused of unfair competitive practices injurious to consumers and other companies in the same industry, among them: tobacco; lumber; steel; gasoline; automobile manufacturing and sales including General Motors; chemical and dye manufacturers including Du Pont; the electric-power industry including General Electric; the anthracite coal-mining industry; motion-picture producers, distributors and exhibitors; poster advertisers; meat packers; and grocers' chain stores. Other case file materials show that General Electric, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Western Electric, and Westinghouse were accused of attempting to monopolize the wireless communication field and the sale and manufacture of radio apparatus. Other documents concern the "truth in advertising movement" and the projected establishment of a new FTC division, known as the Division of Trade Practice Conference, intended to protect consumers from industry fraud.
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| no date | Memorandum from William Coates to US Congress |
| no date | Letter from John Sargent to Calvin Coolidge |
| November 9, 1925 | Letter from John Sargent to Everett Sanders |
| October 17, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Stanley King |
| November 12, 1925 | Letter from Vernon W. Van Fleet to Edward T. Clark |
| November 13, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to John G. Sargent |
| November 21, 1925 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Calvin Coolidge |
| no date | Memorandum from W.E. Humphrey to Calvin Coolidge |
| November 21, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to William E. Humphrey |
| January 21, 1926 | Letter from William R. Tucker to Calvin Coolidge |
| February 1, 1926 | Letter from Alfred Beckman to Calvin Coolidge |
| no date | Memorandum |
| no date | Legal Document |
| December 31, 1925 | Letter from John G. Sargent to Calvin Coolidge |
| June 5, 1924 | Letter from C.W. Hunt to Calvin Coolidge |
| no date | Article from Russell Young |
| February 3, 1925 | Federal Publication |
| January 31, 1925 | Letter from Edward N. Hurley to Calvin Coolidge |
| January 20, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to W.E. Humphrey |
| January 28, 1925 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Edward T. Clark |
| January 27, 1925 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Calvin Coolidge |
| February 9, 1925 | Letter from Herbert Hoover to Edward T. Clark |
| September 3, 1924 | Letter from Walter Edge to C. Bascom Slemp |
| February 9, 1925 | Letter to Mr Hurley |
| March 25, 1924 | Letter from Huston Thomson to C. Bascom Slemp |
| October 26, 1925 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Vernon W. Van Fleet |
| no date | Report |
| February 28, 1924 | Letter from Warren F. Martin to Calvin Coolidge |
| February 27, 1924 | Letter from H.M. Daugherty |
| no date | Notes |
| no date | Report |
| September 3, 1924 | Letter from Walter Edge to Nelson B. Gaskill |
| no date | Notes |
| no date | Notes |
| no date | Notes from Stanley King |
| October 15, 1925 | Letter from Stanley King to Edward T. Clark |
| October 6, 1925 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to W.E. Humphrey |
| October 7, 1925 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Calvin Coolidge |
| September 24, 1925 | Letter from Vernon W. Van Fleet to W.F. Bennett |
| February 7, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Herbert Hoover |
| no date | Notes |
| no date | Legal Document |
| no date | Article from Felix H. Levy |
| May 4, 1925 | Letter from Felix H. Levy to Everett Sanders |
| May 4, 1925 | Letter from Arnold Joerns to Calvin Coolidge |
| April 6, 1925 | Letter from William Humphrey to Edward T. Clark |
| February 12, 1925 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Andrew W. Mellon |
| February 12, 1925 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Edward N. Hurley |
| February 12, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Herbert Hoover |
| no date | Report |
| no date | Article |
| November 10, 1925 | Letter from Edward T. Clark to Vernon W. Van Fleet |
| April 22, 1926 | List |
| February 11, 1929 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge |
| January 2, 1929 | Letter from Abram F. Myers to Calvin Coolidge |
| December 17, 1928 | Letter from Abram F. Myers to Edward T. Clark |
| no date | Article |
| February 11, 1929 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to Abram F. Myers |
| August 18, 1927 | Letter from Abram F. Myers to Edward T. Clark |
| no date | Notes |
| July 29, 1927 | Notes |
| August 17, 1926 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Edward T. Clark |
| no date | Circular |
| April 27, 1926 | Letter from W.E. Humphrey to Edward T. Clark |
| no date | Article |
| July 3, 1926 | Letter from Abram F. Myers to Calvin Coolidge |
| May 26, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Herbert N. Lord |
| May 5, 1926 | Letter from Calvin Coolidge to John P. Nugent |
| June 22, 1926 | Speech from Vernon W. Van Fleet |
| July 6, 1926 | Letter from Vernon W. Van Fleet to Calvin Coolidge |
| July 6, 1926 | Letter from Everett Sanders to Vernon W. Van Fleet |
| July 8, 1926 | Letter from Frank W. Mondell to Everett Sanders |
| July 27, 1926 | Letter from Rudolph Forster to John G. Sargent |
| May 26, 1926 | Notes |