INTERSTATE MAIL ORDER LAND SALES HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FRAUDS AND MISREPRE SENTATIONS AFFECTING THE ELDERLY OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS Printed for the use of the Special Committee on Aging U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 34-856 O WASHINGTON: 1964 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida, Chairman PAT MCNAMARA, Michigan HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey ALAN BIBLE, Nevada FRANK CHURCH, Idaho JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri FRANK E. MOSS, Utah EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts RALPH W. YARBOROUGH, Texas EVERETT MCKINLEY DIRKSEN, Illinois WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont E. L. MECHEM, New Mexico J. WILLIAM NORMAN, Jr., Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON FRAUDS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS AFFECTING THE ELDERLY HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman NOTE. follows: Three hearings on mail order land sales were held and they are identified as Part 1: Washington, D.C., May 18, 1964 II CONTENTS CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Page W. Dan Bell, president and general manager, Denver area Better Business Milton G. Gordon, administrator, Business and Commerce Agency, and 51 Brown, Gov. Pat, of California, as presented by Milton Gordon, real estate Gordon, Milton G., administrator, Business and Commerce Agency, to the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Arizona Land Development Industry, League of Arizona Land Developers. Facts, Portland Better Business Bureau, samples of advertising. Land Developers Guide, education division, Oregon Real Estate Depart- Livery of Seisin and Disseisin, Keith T. Koske, Colorado Real Estate News. Travis, Robert W., professor, "Use of Special Improvement Districts in Webb, Del E., Corp., letters dated December 16, 1963, and January 17, |