RESTRICTIVE AND ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES IN THE EYEGLASS INDUSTRY HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONOPOLY AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON RESTRICTIVE AND ANTICOMPETITIVE PRACTICES IN THE EYEGLASS INDUSTRY FEBRUARY 1, 2, APRIL 5, 6, MAY 24, 25, 26, AND JUNE 7, 1977 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business 92-524 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Stock Number 052-070-04183-8 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin, Chairman THOMAS J. MCINTYRE, New Hampshire SAM NUNN, Georgia WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR.. Connecticut WILLIAM B. CHERKASKY, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON MONOPOLY AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ACTIVITIES FLOYD K. HASKELL, Colorado LOWELL P. WEICKER, JR., Connecticut CONTENTS Testimony of- Ahart, Gregory J., Director, Human Resources Division, General Benham, Dr. Lee, associate professor of economics, Washington Uni- Berkowitz, Lance W., president, Budget Optical, Inc., Reisterstown, Md.... Borzilleri, Thomas, staff economist, American Association of Retired Cook, Clyde C., Director, Supply Service, Veterans Administration, accompanied by Paul Haber, M.D., Assistant Chief Medical Direc- tor for Professional Services, VA; Carl Hughes, M.D., Director of Research Service, VA; and John T. Manning, Assistant General Coppola, Peter B., Chief, Medical Assistance Division, D.C. Depart- Fair, Ron G., O.D., representative, American Optometric Association Gaskins, Dr. Darius, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Haft, Herbert H., president, Dart Drug Corp., Landover, Md... Hutton, William R., executive director, National Council of Senior Markoe, Frank, Jr., vice chairman of the board of directors, Warner- Lambert Co., Southbridge, Mass., accompanied by Howard Adler, counsel, Bergson, Borkland, Margolis and Adler; and George Ever- bach, general counsel, American Optical Corp. McArrell, Charles W., president, Sunoptic, Inc., Mobile, Ala., accom- panied by Richard Bridges, secretary-treasurer, Sunoptic, Inc. Mushkin, Dr. Selma, director, Public Services Laboratory, George- Newell, Frank W., M.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago Medical School and editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.. Price, Harold L., president, Opticians Association of America Reinecke, Robert D., M.D., professor and chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical College of Union University, Rice, Dorothy, Director, National Center for Health Statistics, Ruff, James, group vice president, Bausch & Lomb, Inc., Rochester, Schwartz, William A., Jr., vice president, Wall & Ochs, Inc., Glen- Shimberg, Dr. Benjamin, associate director, Center for Occupational and Professional Assessment, Educational Testing Service, Prince- Page 159 80 151 190 154 305 129 113 144 |