1. Assistance and Outreach, 1927-1980

Summary: Documents Consumers' Research's aid to, assistance to and relations with U.S. government agencies, business and medical groups, cooperatives, foreign governments or subscribers, and other groups. Files also concern the use of Consumers' Research and the reaction to Consumers' Research's activities by the above groups. Records includes correspondence, magazine and newspaper clippings, and other publications. Subjects include business' loaning samples of products to Consumers' Research, Consumers' Research's relations to business groups, business use of Consumers' Research test data, Consumers' Research relation with the American Medical Association including correspondence with Dr. Arthur Cramp, charitable organizations, use of Consumers' Research by clubs and study groups, cooperatives relation to Consumers' Research, Consumers' Research's relation to farms, foreigners consumer questions, international subscribers, Consumers' Research's relation to Latin America, Consumers' Research criticized as a conservative organization, Consumers' Research relation to liberal, radical, & conservative movements, Consumers' Research relation to the U.S. government, Consumers' Research's assistance to governmental agencies including the military (William Consodine correspondence), use of Consumers' Research by state and local governments, and the use of Consumers' Research by labor, magazines and newspapers, organizations and associations.