AN ACT TO REAFFIRM THE NATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY AND THE PURPOSE OF CONGRESS IN THE LAWS AGAINST UNLAWFUL RESTRAINTS AND MONOPOLIES, COMMONLY DESIGNATED "ANTITRUST" LAWS, WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS PROHIBIT PRICE DISCRIMINATIONS; TO AID IN INTELLIGENT, FAIR, AND EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF; AND TO STRENGTHEN THE ROBINSON-PATMAN ANTI-PRICE I DISCRIMINATION ACT AND THE PROTECTION WHICH IT AFFORDS TO INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, THE CONGRESS HEREBY REAFFIRMS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS IN PROHIBITING PRICE DISCRIMINATIONS IS TO SECURE EQUAL- ITY OF OPPORTUNITY OF ALL PERSONS TO COMPETE IN TRADE OR BUSINESS AND TO PRESERVE COMPETITION WHERE IT COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JAMES O. EASTLAND, Mississippi, Chairman ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee ALEXANDER WILEY, Wisconsin JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland SUBCOMMITTEE ON ANTITRUST AND MONOPOLY ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota DONALD P. MCHUGH, Chief Counsel and Staff Director II CONTENTS Statement of- Page Apsey, Lawrence S., Commerce and Industry Association of New 378 245 Boland, Daniel L., general counsel, National Paint, Varnish and Boyd, George Jr., counsel, American Paper and Pulp Association.. Braun, Louis H., president, Keystone Bakery, Bridgewater, Pa... Brile, L. M., president, Fairmont Aluminum Co., Fairmont, W. Va.. Brinkley, Homer L., executive vice president, National Council of Burger, George J., vice president, National Federation of Independent 712 Chaffetz, Hammond E., counsel, Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 453 401 Connable, E. J., Tennessee Oilmen's Association. 389 Conover, Julian D., executive vice president, American Mining Congress. Du Bose, Eugene Z., counsel, Rubber Manufacturers Association.. Durkee, Rodney S., president, California Manufacturers Association. Elliott, Clint, Arkansas Independent Oil Marketers Association_____ Ellis, Otis H., general counsel, National Oil Jobbers Council ___. Fager, Maurice E., president, Kansas Chamber of Commerce, Topeka, Fowler, Henry H., counsel, Manufacturing Chemists Association. Garrett, G. W., Stewart Sand & Material Co., Kansas City, Mo Gassaway, Gerrish, executive vice president, Delaware State Chamber Gwynne, Hon. John W., Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; accompanied by Earl W. Kintner, General Counsel, Federal Trade Halfpenny, Harold, National Standard Parts Association. |