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I personally do not approve of Hulda Clark, but I support the cause of medical

freedom.

 

I just wish that the authorities would hold the allopathic medical/drug industry

to the same standards.

 

Prove it is effective and cures or be charged with misleading ads, make them

publish the dangers and all of the side effects, and to take their product off

the market and ban it if they break the rules.

 

That is what they do to alternative products and methods.

 

Frank

 

 

 

" Misty L. Trepke "

Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:21:37 -0000

[s-A] [symphonicHealth] FTC Trying to Close Dr. Hulda Clark's Site-

Help Needed!

 

Comments?

Misty L. Trepke

http://www..com

 

Dr. Hulda Clark's Case Against the FTC is coming to a head

and she needs your help...

 

YOUR ACTION IS REQUIRED!!!!!

 

Dear Guest of www.drclark.net!

by David P. Amrein

 

I had informed about our case against the Federal Trade Commission

in spring. The case is coming to a head now and I really need your

support now. I need you to write letters to the court and to the FTC

to stop their insane action. Below find the addresses you should

write to in order to make yourself heard. Last spring I got 1500

support letters. I think we should go for 5000 this time!

 

If you are a doctor or a naturopath, I need your expert testimony

including your contact information, background, what your experience

with the Clark protocol is and whether you have cases that could be

documented if the need arose.

 

A quick overview of our FTC case

 

Our web site has been a resource for hundreds of thousands on the

web. It is mainly an informational website, consisting of

testimonials, Dr. Clark's recipes and some excerpts from her books

about her basic discoveries. Many people whom I have received

testimonials from would never have known about Dr. Clark if it had

not been for the website.

 

 

 

To finance our activities, we also sell products, the proceeds of

which are invested in research to support Dr. Clark's findings. We

have done one research study in 2002 and three more will be done by

the end of 2003.

 

In 2001 we got a letter form the FTC saying they believe we were

making false claims about the products we sell. They proposed what

is called a consent order. Many of the demands of that order were

unacceptable. For example, the duration of that " agreement " was to

be 20 years. In Europe agreements that last longer than 10 years are

illegal because they borderline on slavery.

 

Also, the consent order required us to take down all the Clark

information from our website, which I was not willing to do. Dr.

Clark has done a tremendous amount of work for us and people must

know about it.

 

Now, the FTC is trying to shut down our website through a court

order. They have submitted a motion to the court in Ohio for a

temporary restraining order until our trial takes place in February.

We assume that once we are shut down, they will go on to attack

other Clark websites, until none is left.

 

The FTC holds that:

 

When we have excerpts from Dr. Clark's books on our web site this is

equal to making product claims;

That our disclaimers are not prominent and unambiguous;

That Dr. Clark's findings are at best a delusion and at worst a

fraud.

We do not agree.

 

We believe in an informed choice. An informed choice can also be

made about approaches that have not yet been clinically evaluated,

as long as the consumer has all the available information at hand.

Dr. Clark's statements are clearly marked as such. The disclaimers

which are ubiquitous on our web site, explain exactly what this

information is and how it has been substantiated or not. There is no

ambiguity any place.

Many hundred therapists and practitioners use the Clark approach in

their practice. And while I will agree that some of what she says

sounds way out there, those professionals report success with their

patients and that is all that counts. Also we receive testimonials

daily, so I know how powerful this approach can be.

We do not claim that any of this is scientific by the standards of

the Federal Trade Commission. And when I look at the lack of success

of orthodox medicine with chronic conditions, that is maybe a good

thing.

To study all that Dr. Clark has researched to the FTC's standards

will take decades and millions of dollars. In the meantime, we think

the people should still be able to find about her pioneering work.

But then again, eventually the consumer must decide whether they

find our web site misleading. So I did two things:

I inquired with my e-zine readers whether they had the impression

that our web site was misleading. In response, I got 1456 favorable

responses, many of them testimonials from cured people; 9 negative

ones and 14 neutral ones. This is a very important group to ask

because these are the actual readers of my website.

I sent a refund request to all 6700 US customers. In response we got

200 support letters, but only two refund requests. This is a very

important group to ask, because they are the actual customers, and

are the ones the FTC is supposedly trying to protect.

But if the customers find that they have been adequately informed

and appreciate the fact that Dr. Clark's information is available

online, then WHO IS THE FTC PROTECTING???? And, are the FTC experts

smarter than you so they should be filtering what you can read??

I would like you to make up your own mind and let the FTC know what

you think. All contact info is below.

 

The attorney on the case is Michael Milgrom. You can find his

contact info below.

The regional office of the FTC where he works is East Central

Region, the Director of which is called John M. Mendenhall.

Please also send a letter to the main FTC office in Washington, DC.

The Chairman of the FTC is Timothy J. Muris.

Send a copy of your letter to the District Court of Ohio where our

case is pending. We do not know which judge has been assigned to our

case. The chief judge is Hon. Paul R. Matia.

Finally, send a copy of the letter to us for the file.

Please write the letters now, and to all of the above and get all

your friends who are in favor of freedom of choice to write letters

also. This issue is very time sensitive. Anyone who has an opinion

on this, have them write a letter! Pass the e-mail on, tell others

about it. It is more crucial now than ever.

 

Note that there are two issues that you should differentiate in your

letter:

 

The first is whether the information on our web site is misleading.

This will be the main interest of the court, much more so than

whether the protocol actually works.

The second issue is your personal experience with the protocol and

our products, and whether you have found it to work. Testimonials

are not recognized as proof, but thousands of testimonials always

make a difference.

Write letters to all of the below. Include your full contact

information. Include whether you are a customer.

 

1) Michael Milgrom

direct phone number 1-216-263 3419

email mmilgrom

 

2) The Federal Trade Commission

East Central Region

John M. Mendenhall, Director

Eaton Center Suite 200

1111 Superior Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44114-2507

USA

phone 1-216-263 3455

fax 1-216-263 3426

 

3) Timothy J. Muris, Chairman and Commissioner

Federal Trade Commission

600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20580

USA

 

The central office gives no email address, fax or phone number. But

there is a toll free number you can call with customer concerns. It

is:

 

Consumer Help

1-877-FTC HELP (382-4357)

 

4) United States District Court

Northern District of Ohio

(Hon. Paul R. Matia, Chief Judge) Carl B. Stokes United States Court

House

801 West Superior Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44113-1830

 

Case number: Civ. No. 1:03CV0054

General concerns can be addressed to:

Bruce_E_Chancellor

T_Jeff_Miller

 

 

Make sure not to forget the case number in the letter so it ends up

in the right place.

 

5) Send a copy to us under this email address, or send mail to:

Dr. Clark Center

Bielstrasse 12

3053 Muenchenbuchsee

Switzerland

 

Thank you to all the freedom fighters out there. Your help is very

much appreciated.

 

Sincerely Yours

David P. Amrein

President, Dr. Clark Research Association

 

 

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