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org/wiki/Jack_Mabley.]
Mr. Mabley identified some
changes that would help consumers.
[Footnote: Jack Mabley, Credit
Law Helps a Bit, Chicago Daily
News (Nov. 27, 1957) (hereinafter,
“Credit Law”).]
Mr. Mabley referred to the benefits of a
new Illinois state law mandating that fine
print in consumer installment contracts
be enlarged from the standard 5.5-point
type to 8-point type (the standard type
size for a newspaper in the
1950s).
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