Monopoly, promotion by current Federal regulation
Nature of the business__.

"Neither monopoly nor concentration".

Net worth basis, application of, to airline industry---.

New carriers, competition with "grandfather" carriers_
Nonscheduled lines__

Operations since 1938_.

Rates____

Record in national defense, postal service, etc__.

Record of World War II service_-

Revenue and profits_

Subsidies..

163
2552-2555
40, 163-164
391-395, 572

187

2559-2560

2572-2580

2550-2551

2556-2559

165, 288, 2051
163-167

2546

163, 2562-2564

2536

2549-2551

164, 187, 2536-2539

Tables: Competition, fare differentials, price levels, etc.

2582-2584

Traffic increase since 1946--

2549-2550

Air Transport Association, statement by:

Letter, September 16, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler__.
Stanley Gewitz___.

2672

2534-2584

Akerman, Alex, Jr., Executive Director, Federal Trade Commission, ac-

Allen-Bradley Co. v. Local No. 3 [1945] (325 U. S. 797), significance in anti-

American Fair Trade Council, Inc., statement by John W. Anderson__ 2648-2652
American Farm Bureau Federation, statement by W. E. Hamilton____ 1733–1742
American Federation of Labor:

American Woolen Co., merger with Textron and Robbins...
Americans for Democratic Action, statement by Robert R. Nathan
Analysis of Big Enterprise in the Competitive System, by Dr. Theo-
dore J. Kreps‒‒‒‒

52

2035-2056

1713-1717

Analysis of the good-faith defense suggestions made by the Attorney Gen-
eral's National Committee, entitled 'Good Faith' Meeting of Competi-
tion's Defense".

Page

Anderson, John W., president, American Fair Trade Council, Inc., statement

2648-2652

2298-2300

Antibiotics, resolution by Federal Trade Commission to investigate in-
dustry--

Antimerger Act of 1950. (See Celler Antimerger Act.)
Antiprice Discrimination Act. (See Robinson-Patman Act.)
Antitrust laws (see also under specific laws):

18,

Strengthening of regulatory agencies_.

Exemption from (see also this title-Immunity.

230-231, 234, 270, 294, 299-301, 2663-2664

Extension to banks. (See Banks-Antitrust coverage.)
Extension to labor unions__

116, 210, 637-638, 642, 1658-1663, 1794, 2024, 2143-2152 and Farmers' cooperatives (see also Agricultural cooperatives) ___ 1522

436-438, 644-645 739-741, 765 1835-1837

and Industry concentration_ and International cartels.

Legislative history of

and National security (see also National security). and Patent validity (see also Patents)Private treble-damage suits, judicial discretion as to damages, discussion (see also Treble damages)‒‒‒‒‒‒ 79-80, 184, 189, 303, 352, 397–409, 509-522, 1722-1733, 1743-1744, 1751, 1756–1757

Responsibility for failure of..

1941-1942

293-294

1785-1787, 1793 2663-2664 99-100

Sherman Act and Robinson-Patman Act, inconsistency of policies____ 55-67,

305, 524, 536-537, 1833, 2504-2505 Situations not covered by, study proposed__502, 504 Strengthening of 21-22, 41-45, 78-104, 627, 1847, 2198, 2667 Treble damage suits. (See this title Private treble damage suits; Treble-damage suits.)

2, 1842

Violation, fine increase, Celler bill (H. R. 3659, 84th Cong.) (see also Penalties). Weakening of, by recommendations of Attorney General's Committee__ 184, 188, 189, 410, 437, 545–546, 627, 636–637, 668, 671, 1545, 1722, 1743, 1750, 1838, 1888, 1920.

Government suits for damages, Celler bill (H. R. 4954, 84th Cong.) ––

342 2,

182-183, 294, 335, 509, 1953, 2245

Grand jury, use of-

264

Evidence. (See Evidence.)

List of cases in which members of Attorney General's Committee represented alleged antitrust violators-

Private litigation, framing of laws toward_

68-76 79

Statute of limitations, recommendation of Attorney General's Committee_-_

41, 410, 1743-1744, 1751, 1756-1757

Statute of limitations, uniform, Celler bill (H. R. 4954, 84th Cong.)-- 2, 182-183, 509, 514-515

Treble-damage actions. (See Treble-damage suits.)

and Foreign trade____

Page

1658-1663, 1677

219-221, 228–229, 233, 2658-2659

309-310

684-736

420-421

695

2229-2234, 2244

Foreign, United States stake in effective policy_
and Our national security in foreign countries__
Status__

Antitrust Treble-Damage Suits: The Government's Chief Aid in Enforce-
ment-Article by Benjamin Wham in the American Bar Journal__ 1552-1554
Antitrust Triple-damage actions. (See Treble damage suits).

A. & P. (Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.):

Acco (Atlantic Commission Co.), sales organization for A. & P.:
Domination of farm cooperatives, depression of farm prices----
and Potato prices--

Atlantic Refining Co., Inc., list of plants handling gasolines_____
Atomic energy:

Appropriations:

Adequacy of, for antitrust enforcement__

for Federal Trade Commission, additional funds_.

Arnall, Ellis, general counsel, National Frozen Foods Distributors, Inc.,
letter, June 10, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, with resolution____
Associated Retail Bakers of America, statement__

2528

2199

2200-2201

Association of Advertising Agencies, Government (1955) suit against,
details..

How Fast Does Industry See Atomic Power Growing-article in Busi-
ness Week_____.

168-169

Industrial use, study, participation by dominant companies only---

Study by Atomic Energy Commission, as Government subsidy to
participants --

192

Tendency toward monopolization__~_

169

Attorney General:

Exchange of letters with Hon. Wright Patman regarding Attorney
General's National Committee__.

121-124

Exclusive jurisdiction to enforce Celler Antimerger Act with respect
to banks, suggestion___

2176

364-365
57
81-82, 177-178, 2175-2176

Intervention in Federal Trade Commission proceeding, authority
under section 11 of Celler Antimerger Act__.
Merger, Bethlehem-Youngstown, enjoinment.
Mergers, advance approval, discussion___.
Mergers, clearance procedure.
clearance procedure.)

Nolo contendere pleas_-_

(See Justice, Department of-Merger

278

Oil cartel, clearance, discussion_.

268-271, 275-278, 299-301, 302, 761-762

Penalties under Sherman Act, approval of increase...
Prosecution of antitrust cases.

190
11-12, 336-337

Letter, May 24, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler concerning release of infor-
mation on Iranian consortium___

Opinions:

Business Advisory Council's membership_.

1554-1555

on Iranian consortium, attempts by this committee to obtain
on Iranian consortium, to President of the United States,
texts-.

Poport of his National Committee, careful consideration by-
Responsibility for explaining his decisions as to initiation of suits..
and suits against newspapers____

Surplus property disposal, certain cases, consent of____

Page

Attorney General's National Committee To Study the Antitrust Laws:
Establishment, operations, chronological sketch_---

567-568

Expenditures, amount_.

209

Legality of__

65

Liaison with Congress, Government agencies----- 121-123, 2110-2115, 2306 Membership of:

Appearance of members in antitrust cases__

184,

188-189, 205, 210, 2081-2082 List of cases in which members appeared for alleged antitrust violators

Membership list_-.

68-76, 2083-2101

2136-2137

Members who appeared for defendants in oil cartel cases‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 759-760
Position of members on antitrust laws--.
Representation of conflicting viewpoints_
Representation of farmers' cooperatives..
Representation of retail industry.
Representation of various groups-
Selection of members_

14-15, 204-205, 307, 1911-1914, 2080, 2101-2109, 2358-2359

204-209

582-584

2129-2134

407

442-443

585-586

Contents. (See Brownell Report.)
Dissenting opinions, handling of

24-25,

76–77, 246–264, 294–295, 1865-1910, 1915-1917, 1946-1948

Work groups:

Drafting and review of reports of
Membership, disclosure of__

2110-2111, 2122

64-66,

206, 304-305, 1760, 1914-1915, 1955-1959, 1964, 1971-1973, 2080, 2105, 2243.

Attorney General's Committee Report. (See Brownell Report.)
Australasia and cartels__.

Austria and cartel system__

686

686

Automatic Canteen Co., Federal Trade Commission versus 1743, 1747, 1751, 2658 Automation, as means of future deconcentration of certain monopoly industries___

Average and Marginal Revenue, appendix to Senator Douglas' statement-----

312-315

Aviation. (See Air traffic.)

B

Babcock, Harry A., Director, Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade
Commission:

Bader, I. Walton, New York City, statement on patent laws of the United
States_

2188-2190

2622

162

Baker, Hines H., president, Humble Oil & Refining Co., Houston, Tex., letter, June 28, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, on distribution of branded motor fuels___.

Bandung Conference, significance of

Bank holding companies, operations of, Spence bills (H. R. 2674, 6227, 84th
Cong.) to control___

572, 1547, 1863-1864

Bank Holding Company Act of 1955, Spence bill (H. R. 2674, 6227, 84th
Cong.)

572, 1547, 1848, 1863, 1864

Bank of Manhattan Co., absorption of Chase National Bank__.

23, 160161, 445, 2141

Page

Bankers Trust Co., merger with Public National Bank & Trust Co.. 161, 446, 2141 Banks: 22, 159, 447-448, 1546, 1549 433-444, 448

Antitrust coverage.

Branch banking and holding company banking..
Celler Antimerger Act (sec. 7) inclusion of word "banks" (H. R. 5498,
84th Cong.)

22, 159, 447-448

Changes in number of offices of operating banks, total United States. 2192 Concentration, various parts of country_ 2164 Consolidation of small banks in Nassau County, N. Y., reasons--- 2262–2267 Data on assets and deposits of merged banks in New York City area...-- 1851 Decrease in number of__

Field examiners, instructions to.
List of bank mergers since 1950.

List of banks merged since January 1, 1953.
Management, lack of, and mergers_

56, 159, 450 468-469, 2162

451 480-492

2187

Mergers (see also Mergers) –

Advance approval, Celler bill (H. R. 2115, 84th Cong.)

1863, 2175

2176, 2187

Consolidations, absorptions, by State member banks

Federal Reserve System, position of.

Data on assets and deposits of merged banks in New York City
area, table___

Jurisdiction: Comptroller of Currency, Federal Reserve System__ 2162 in Nassau County, N. Y____.

of National banks or State banks into National banks, act of July
14, 1952 (66 Stat. 599, c. 722, sec. 1)___.

449

in New York, advance clearance, letters from Department of
Justice.

Regulatory agencies, as out of sympathy with law concerning.
Safeguards against, Celler bill (H. R. 2115, 84th Cong.)

1847

and "Substantial lessening of competition".

Two-way street law, merger of National bank with State bank,
act of August 17, 1950 (Public Law 706, 81st Cong.)

2160, 2171, 2185

Nationalization of banking system, as result of continuance of
mergers

Number and classification of operating banks in United States---

23-24, 447

1949

1954, 2193

Recent developments in banking industry.
Barnes, Hon. Stanley N., Assistant Attorney General in charge of the
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice:

2181-2183

Letter, March 22, 1955, to Prof. Louis B. Schwartz on dissenting
opinions to Brownell Report.

2128

Letter, March 23, 1955, to Edgar Barton, Esq., White & Case, con-
cerning merger of Bankers Trust Co. with Public National Bank &
Trust Co. of New York____

2141

Letter, March 23, 1955, to Lawrence Bennett, Esq., Milbank, Tweed,
Hope & Hadley, on merger of Chase National Bank with Bank of
the Manhattan Co.

2141

Letter, March 23, 1955, to Prof. Eugene V. Rostow, on dissenting
opinions to Brownell Report_

1872, 2128

Letter, April 4, 1955, to Hon. Thomas J. Lane, on Textron American,
Inc., merger--.

54-55

Letter, May 10, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, with list of private
organizations which submitted statements for Committee's con-
sideration

806-808