Records. Constructive Action, Inc.-Consumer Organizations (inclusive), 1905-1973.

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Records. Constructive Action, Inc.-Consumer Organizations (inclusive), 1905-1973.

Correspondence, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Constructive Action, Inc., a right-wing group opposed to "socialized medicine," 1963; CONSULAR REPORTS (articles about various "cures" reported by United States consuls from foreign countries, especially Germany), 1905-1907; CONSUMER HEALTH, a consumer advice booklet put out by Scott, Foresman and Company, 1973; and consumer organizations, 1928-1972. Some of these organizations co-operated with the AMA and Better Business Bureaus, but a few fought both.

13 folders.

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