Thomas H. Clark This is Me

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1. 1. Vanity Fair - Death Incorporated

   www.gravesource.com/new_resour - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/6/2001   Last Visited: 12/30/2001

   Thomas H. Clark, counsel for the N.F.D.A., was able to report successful lobbying efforts: "We got seventy-three Congressmen and thirteen Senators who signed resolutions condemning the F.T.C."
   
   The rule was adopted by the F.T.C. in 1982, but the industry was given two years to come into compliance; nothing was enforced until 1984.
   
   Consumer rejoicing was short-lived. The F.T.C.'s record for enforcement has been deplorable. Companions by funeral purchasers against morticians in violation of the rule are routinely ignored. The total number, nationwide, of formal enforcement actions giants funeral establishments in 11 years, from 1984 to 1995, was only 42.