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As for the Federal Trade Commission, which is supposed to supervise all advertising claims, it, too, came in for its share of criticism. The Congressmen accused FTC of failing "to approach the problems of false and misleading advertising with vigor and diligence," called its actions "weak and tardy." In answer, the FTC said that it had scheduled a conference of cigarette manufacturers to develop uniform standards for testing cigarettes.