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Barnes, Hon. Stanley N.-Continued

Letter, May 11, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler..

Letter, June 9, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, on Bethlehem-Youngstown merger_

Letter, June 13, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, on dismissal of American Petroleum Institute case...

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266

2198

2529-2532

Letter, June 20, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, views on extension and amendment of Defense Production Act---

369-372

Letter, July 5, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, enclosing list of members of Attorney General's Committee appearing as attorneys in antitrust suits.

Opinion on automobile prices_-_.

2091-2101 173-174

1776-1778

1776

Selection of members of Attorney General's Committee___ 10, 68, 204-205 Statement--. 203-285, 336-372 Testimony re Kansas City Star before House Appropriations Subcommittee, February 23, 1955___ Testimony re proceedings against the advertising and newspaper agencies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, May 3, 1955-Treble damages, attitude on recommendation of Attorney General's Committee_. Basing-point pricing systems. 287, 308a, 646-657, 668, 2118, 2223 Baxter, Thomas P., Chief, Division of Management and Organization, Federal Trade Commission, accompanying Hon. Edw. F. Howrey__ Bayer, Lloyd F., senior vice president, Tide Water Associated Oil Co., letters, August 8, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler on distribution of branded motor fuels‒‒‒‒‒

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2628 2,686

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2445.

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Berle, Adolf A., Jr., professor of law, Columbia University, statement-- 495-509 Bethlehem-Youngstown merger__ 178, 282, 2048-2049, 2195-2198, 2220-2221, 2226-2228, 2309 Biemiller, Hon. Andrew J., national legislative committee, A. F. of L., statement.--.

Big Buildup Tied to Steel Merger, New York Times, May 25, 1955__.

In Canada__

Big business:

And the competitive system_.

Concentrations of economic power, decentralization___

Deconcentration. (See Dissolution, divorcement, and divestiture.)
Effect on national economy_.

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2023-2034 2195-2196

326

1653-1654

320

436, 495, 1780

191, 2045 1789, 1792 161

Growth in number of firms____.

Internal growth as against external growth.
Issue of bigness as criterion of monopoly.

List of 100 largest industrial corporations_
Role of

1797-1798, 1812-1822

2227-2228, 2309-2310

1654-1655, 1664-1665

1782-1784, 1822-1823

Trend toward bigness in industry__

Big Enterprise and the Competitive System, film:

Analysis by Theo. J. Kreps_

Brochure by Brookings Institution_.

as Part of record of these hearings..

1656-1657 1748

1713-1717

1691-1713

1653-1654

Protest against--

1774

Review of study, by Prof. Corwin D. Edwards___

1717-1722

Bigness. (See Megalolatry; Big business.)

Bills, antitrust, introduced in 84th Congress. (See Congress.)

Bison, Henry, Jr., asociate general counsel, National Association of Retail
Grocers, statement..

523-545

Blair, John M., staff economist, Federal Trade Commission, state-
ments.
Blalock, E. J., Blalock-Knighton Fruit Co., Shreveport, La., letter, May 3,
1955, to Hon. Wright Patman___

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Borah-Van Nuys amendment to Robinson-Patman Act (§3).

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679

580-581

Brennan, William S., assistant to the president, American Fair Trade
Council, Inc., statement....

Britain. (See United Kingdom.)

Brokerage allowances__.

Abuses___

629, 636, 671-673, 681-682, 1530-1531, 1743, 1750, 1753–1756, 2660

Cases concerning

Exemption of stockbrokers under SEC from fixing of brokers fees by Commission___

2648-2652

20, 143-155, 547-552,

631-633, 669

633

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Overriding commissions___

281-282 673-678

630-631, 640-643

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581-582, 1840 2519-2520

1653-1654, 1691-1713

Proportionately equal allowances or services__. Brookings Institution, film, brochure___ Brownell, Attorney General Herbert J., 3'r. (See also Attorney General): Letter, May 24, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, on Iranian consortium 1554 Letter, August 25, 1953, to Hon. Wright Patman, on liaison with Congress.

Telegram, March 26, 1955, to Prof. Eugene V. Rostow, on handling of
dissenting opinions_-

Brownell Committee. (See Attorney General's National Committee To
Study the Antitrust Laws.)

Brownell Report:

123

1875

116-120, 231, 669, 1524–1530, 1737, 2664

Analysis of study, by Angus McDonald, assistant legislative secretary,
National Farmers Union___.

214, 273, 300, 1665-1669

214

9

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189, 301, 410, 437, 545–546, 627, 636–637, 668, 671, 1545, 1722, 1743, 1750, 1838, 1888, 1920

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Civil investigative function, vesting in Department of Justice---
Concentration of economic control, failure to deal with...
Conscious parallelism_

Conspiracy, proof by indirect evidence__.
Damages, limitation, private suits____-

185, 190 2249 6-7, 1539 2655

16-18, 215, 668, 2655 41, 303, 304, 410, 2245-2246

Defense Production Act, extension of immunity provision..
Delivered pricing. (See this title-Price discrimination.)
Dissolution, divorcement, and divestiture, opinion on use of
Distribution; tying arrangements, exclusive dealing, etc.
this title Fair trade; Price discrimination).
2360, 2518-2521, 2658-2659.

Economic indicia of competition and monopoly-----
Legislative recommendations

2507

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553-575

Recommendations to enforcement agencies and courts.

Fair trade laws.

Legal analysis of report concerning. Resale-price maintenance_-_-120, 1743, 1750, 1759-1772, 2648-2652, 2659 Farmers cooperatives. (See this title Agricultural cooperatives.) Federal Trade Commission, removal of authority to impose quantity limits in certain discount cases.

Fields not covered in study.

Enforcement problem

184, 189 1967

6-7, 185-199, 1539, 1939-1941

Failure to endorse international agreement against foreign

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nations.)

(See this title Trade or commerce with foreign

Freight absorption, Capehart bill (S. 780, 84th Cong.), Walter bill
(H. R. 4824, 84th Cong.) ----

2222–2223, 2274–2277

General Guides or Recommendations to Enforcement Agencies and
Courts

1121

General statement concerning

Government suits for damages_.

225-233 215 2245

Highlights of, by Prof. S. Chesterfield Oppenheim.

2653-2668

Incipiency doctrine, as test of merger under Celler Antimerger
Act__.

2120-2121

Interlocking directorates

1960

Iranian oil, comment of Prof. Louis B. Schwartz_.
Labor, organized....

299-300

116, 210, 642, 669, 1739, 1904, 2150-2152, 2664 Legislative, judicial, and executive exemptions from antitrust

laws

Legislative recommendations_

McGuire amendment to Federal Trade Commission Act_.

1901-1903

233-234, 1937-1938

234,

Mergers-

288, 294, 553, 671, 672, 1734, 1743, 1763, 1772, 1952, 2648-2652 219, 2521-2523, 2657–2658

Legislative recommendations.

233

Recommendations to enforcement agencies and courts.
Standards of proof for prosecution of..

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Trials, infringement issue, precedence over antitrust issue___
Penalties__.

Per se doctrine, exception.

Per se violations__

397 40-41, 184, 189, 577, 1842-1843, 2245, 2249 2249 668. 669, 2653

Private antitrust suits, limitation of damages. (See this title-
Damages.)

Brownell Report-Continued

Price discrimination:

Brokerage_

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1530-1531

Brokerage allowances 20, 547–552, 636, 1743, 1750, 1753–1756, 2660–2661
Brokerage clause, amendment (Robinson-Patman Act, sec. 2 (c))_ 671,

Brokerage discounts as illegal per se..

Brokerage recommendations and the independent broker

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673, 681-682

669 642-643 1743-1746, 1751, 2661 1743, 1750, 1752, 2252–2254, 2659 2660

20, 185, 190, 671, 1743, 1751, 1756, 2661

Functional discounts and delivered pricing:

Delivered pricing, Capehart bill (S. 780, 84th Con.) 2274-2277, 2661
Functional discounts__.
290, 1736, 1750, 1751, 2520-2521, 2661
15-16,

Good-faith meeting of competition defense..

185, 189, 539-540, 636, 669, 671, 680-681, 1743, 1750-1753, 18391840, 2253-2254, 2274–2277, 2660,

Goods of like grade and quality--.
Quantity limit proviso-

2659

577,

669, 671, 1736, 1743, 1750, 1752, 1840-1842, 2660 Private antitrust suits. (See this title-Damages; Treble damage suits.)

Relation of antitrust to United States programs abroad:

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368, 2507 430, 1959

19

1838-1839

1921-1937, 2667

110-121

586-589

525-532

569

13, 214-216,

273, 296, 505, 1917-1918, 1944-1945, 2249, 2251, 2261, 2653-2654 Rule of reason and administration of Celler Antimerger Act..

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Tax aspects of competition and monopoly, study recommended 1960-1961 Trade or commerce with foreign nations___

217

219, 227-228, 233, 1904, 2656-2657 Treble-damage suits, civil, private, judicial discretion as to damages. 184, 189, 397-409, 509-522, 671, 1722, 1743-1744, 1751, 1756-1757, 22462249.

569-572

Brownell Report versus the Robinson-Patman Act_.
Bunting, Earl, honorary vice president, National Association of Manufac-
turers, statement..

1778-1837

Burden of proof. (See Evidence.)

Business:

Bureau of Education on Fair Trade, statement by Maurice Mermey-- 1758-1772 Burger, George J., vice president, National Federation of Independent

Statement.

Letters containing views of small business on Attorney General's
Report (Brownell Report).

Letter, May 25, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler, protest to film Big
Enterprise in the Competitive System__.

1774

578-580

575-584

Business. (See Big business, Small business.)

Business Advisory Council Report on Effective Competition (1953).
Business advisory councils :

Page

273, 2124

Expenditure of appropriated funds forbidden unless council authorized
by law (31 U. S. C. 673)-

Membership -

Voluntary services forbidden (31 U. S. C. 665 (b)).
Business Week, article on industry and atomic power_.
Buyer's liability, Automatic Canteen case

64

63

64

168-169

1743-1746, 1751, 1804, 2520 2661

Cahill, John T., of Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, letter, May 16, 1955,
to Hon. Emanuel Celler, denying citation of Brownell Report before
publication

Calamia, Eric, managing director, Retail Tobacco Dealers of America,
Inc., letter, April 6, 1955, to Hon. Wright Patman on resale price-main-
tenance laws

Canada:

Action against resale-price maintenance_
Anticartel legislation_.

and Concentration of big industry-..

443

120

1952

686-687

326

2273-2277

2222-2223

2651

367-368

Capehart, Hon. Homer E., United States Senator from Indiana, state-
ment---

Capehart bills, 84th Congress :

S. 780, freight absorption---

S. 2055, fair-trade amendment__

S. 2165, immunity provision of Defense Production Act-
Capital-gains tax. (See Taxation; Corporations-Taxation.)
Caplan, Julian, Esq., San Francisco, Calif., statement_-_-
Capper-Volstead Act of February 18, 1922, farmers' cooperatives____.

Cartels (see also Foreign antitrust policy):

1722-1733

1523-

1524, 1527

2, 690-691

American destruction of, in Germany and Japan_-_.
Anticartel policies in foreign countries, promotion of---419-420, 434-435, 685
in European countries, effect on mutual defense effort____

in Foreign countries. (See Foreign countries; specific countries by
name.)

and Foreign policy.

684

187-188, 199-200, 684-736

Government's pending suit against international petroleum cartel,
classified documents__.

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International Petroleum Cartel, report by Federal Trade Commis-
sion_____

765-779

Iranian oil cartel (see also Iranian consortium)

299-301

Oil cartel case (U. S. v. Standard Oil Co. of N. J. et al.)

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Socialization, trend in Western Europe, cartels as cause of___.
Standard Oil, Rubber, and the Cartel Question, article in Sunday

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Celler, Hon. Emanuel, chairman, House Committee on Judiciary:

Bills, antitrust, introduced in 84th Congress:

H. R. 2115, advance approval of bank mergers_

266, 477,

1847, 1863, 2175, 2187

H. R. 3659, increase of penalties for violation of Sherman Act 2, 40,

335, 374, 388, 577, 1842, 1952, 2055

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