United States Congress Halse. Committee on the
•udiciary, Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, Jr., New Jersey, Chairman

JACK BROOKS, Texas

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin
DON EDWARDS, California

WILLIAM L. HUNGATE, Missouri
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania
WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama
JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
RAY THORNTON, Arkansas
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York
EDWARD MEZVINSKY, Iowa
HERMAN BADILLO, New York
ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky
EDWARD W. PATTISON, New York
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut
WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey
MARTIN A. RUSSO, Illinois

EDWARD HUTCHINSON, Michigan
ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois
TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois
CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California
HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York
M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois
THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio

Opening statement of Hon. Peter W. Rodino, Jr., chairman, House Com-

Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law_--

Text of--

H.R. 38

H.R. 2850-

Witnesses

Halverson, James T., Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade

Commission

Prepared statement...

Letter dated April 3, 1975, to Hon. Peter W. Rodino, Jr.____.

Jentes, William, Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute, Chicago,

Ill.

Prepared statement..

Klingsberg, David, partner, Kay, Scholer, Fierman, Hays, and Handler,

New York, N.Y_.

Prepared statement---

Additional material-

American Bar Association report to the Board of Governors, Section

of Antitrtust Law Recommendations__

American Home Products Corp., letter dated March 14, 1975, to Hon.

Peter W. Rodino, Jr‒‒‒‒‒‒

99

Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, prepared

statement

100

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, telegram dated May 7, 1975, to Hon.

Peter W. Rodino, Jr-____.

115

Commonwealth of Virginia, letter dated April 23, 1975, to Hon. Peter

W. Rodino, Jr----

113

Consumers Union, prepared statement..

108

District of Columbia, letter dated March 13, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr____

113

Miller, Hon. Andrew P., attorney general of Virginia, telegram dated

February 19, 1975, to Hon. Peter W. Rodino, Jr--

National Association of Manufacturers, prepared statement_-.

47

105

State of California, letter dated April 14, 1975, to Hon. Peter. W.

Rodino, Jr___

112

State of Colorado, letter dated February 18, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr_____

47

State of Delaware, letter dated April 8, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr.___.

111

State of Florida, letter dated February 27, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr.___

48

State of Idaho, letter dated February 26, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr.____

48

State of Iowa, letter dated May 1, 1975, to Hon. Peter W. Rodino, Jr__

State of Nevada, letter dated April 30, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr.

115

114

State of North Carolina, letter dated May 1, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr_____

116

State of Tennessee, letter dated April 29, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr____

114

State of Wisconsin, letter dated May 2, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr___.

117

State of Wyoming, letter dated April 29, 1975, to Hon. Peter W.

Rodino, Jr..

114

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