Editing Consumers' Research (section)

===Schlink's control and resulting protests===
In 1927 at the start of publication ''Consumers' Research Bulletin'' discussed conceptual issues, but by 1934 ratings of products and guidance for purchases filled more than 75% of each issue.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=19}} Around this time Chase left the organization to pursue other interests, and Schlink began to take more control over management.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=19}} By 1935 Consumers’ Research had a staff of 50, used 200 consultants, and was sponsored by such respected and established journalists such as Alexander Crosby of ''[[The Nation]]'', Arthur Kellog of ''[[The Survey]]'', and George Soule of ''[[The New Republic]]''.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=19}} Each of these also wrote in their own magazines about consumer activism.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=19}}

In the spring of 1935, the workers began to openly complain about management practices.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=20}} In August 1935 many workers formed a chapter of the Technical, Editorial, and Office Assistant's Union.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=20}} In response to this, Schlink fired John Heasty, the appointed president of the union, and the union organizers responded with a strike at Consumers Research.{{sfn|Silber|1983|p=20}} Schlink counter-responded to the strike by hiring [[strikebreakers]] and armed security and by filing legal grievances against protestors. The negative publicity this dispute attracted pleased Consumers' Research critics.{{sfn|Mayer|1989|p=22}}