Statement of- CONTENTS Arkus-Duntov, Yura, executive vice president, Equity Funding Corp. Cohen, Raphael, chairman, executive committee, Metropolitan In- dependent Dodge-Chrysler Dealers Association, Inc., Box 421, Dowd, Douglas F., professor of economics, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850- Hammond, Alexander, counselor at law, 54 Riverside Drive, New Housman, David, chairman, Automatic Radio Mfg. Co., Inc., Mel- Jacoby, Neil H., professor of business economics and policy, Univer- sity of California at Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, Page 513 466 Luntz, Richard S., chairman, RSL Corporate, Building II, Cleveland 1. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 1: Table prepared by the sub- committee staff: The "big four" of the U.S. automobile industry: rank by sales in Fortune magazine's list of 500 largest U.S. industrial 2. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 2: Excerpt from the Senate Small Business Committee's 18th annual report, S. Rept. 1155, 90th Congress, 2d session (1968, for year 1967): chapter V, section A, "Hearings on planning, regulation, and competition" 3. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 3: Report by Senator Gaylord Nelson, chairman, Subcommittee on Monopoly, to the Senate Small Business Committee: "Hearings before subcommittees of the Senate Small Business Committee on 'Planning, Regulation, and Competi- tion: Automobile Industry-1968'-a brief description of the hear- ings, their background, and the questions presented that are of special concern to the Subcommittee on Monopoly" (May 1969)___ 4. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 1: Table: Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, Pa.) sales of new Dodge passenger automobiles: private-capital and Chrysler-financed dealers' percentages of total Dodge sales, 1960-67- 5. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 2: Table: Losses of three Chrysler- financed dealerships, Allegheny County (Pittsburgh), Pa., 1961-66-- 6. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 3: Newspaper advertisement placed by a Chrysler-financed Dodge dealer, Oakland, Calif__ 6A. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 4 (withdrawn and subsequently re- submitted): Opinion of Judge Coolahan granting preliminary injunction on plaintiffs' motion in Swartz v. Chrysler Motors Corp., U.S.D.C., N.J., Civ. No. 1230-68; 1969 Trade Čases, 72,854_.. 7. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 5: Order for a Dodge placed by Merit Motors, Inc., and shipping notice for Dodge delivered with un- 492 8. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 6: Order for a Dodge placed by Merit 9. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 7: Order for a Dodge placed by Merit 10. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 8: Chrysler Corp. form: Automobile Manufacturers Association exhibits: 48 pamphlets on eco- 11. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 1: Article by 12. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 2: Article by 13. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 3: Article by 14. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 4: Article, "More 15. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 5: Article, "Chevy Materials relating to tire safety: (A) Introductory note. (B) Test 17. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 7 (excerpts 2): Page 59 61 63 77 79 81 83 83 83 103 118 130 18. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 8: Article, "A 160 19. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 9: Article by 20. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 10: Paper by the 161 167 22. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 12: Paper by the 178 195 1 Exhibits not numbered by witness and not numbered serially by subcommittee; retained in part in 2 The exhibit consists of 32 technical papers and introductory addresses by two General Motors executives. 23. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 13: Paper by General Motors Corp., "GM Progress of Power Background In- 24. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 14: Paper by General Motors Corp., "GM Progress of Power-A General Motors Report on Vehicular Power Systems, Presented at the General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Mich., May 7, 8, 1969". 25. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 15: Paper by the Engineering Office, Chrysler Corp., "History of Chrysler Corp. Gas Turbine Vehicles" (January 1964, revised August 1966)--- 26. David Housman's exhibit No. 1: Table: "Percent Factory Installation on 1969 Model Cars (Through March 31, 1969)," Ward's Automotive 26A. Senate Small Business Committee's Minority Counsel's exhibit No. 1 (subsequently submitted): Prospectus and Registration State- ment of Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co., Inc., dated Feb- 27. David Housman's exhibit No. 2: Cover page and page 12 of a catalog entitled "Bendix Radio Service Manual 1964 FO-MO-CO FM-AM 28. David Housman's exhibit No. 3: Letter dated January 22, 1969, from 28A. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 6 (subsequently submitted): Letter dated August 22, 1969, from Willard F. Mueller, Director, Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, to Senator 29. Subcommittee counsel's exhibit_No. 1: Article by Jan Nugent, "Big Firms Fight Data Requests From Competitors, Critics, Capital,' the Journal of Commerce, New York, N.Y., July 9, 1969- 30. Subcommittee counsel's exhibit No. 2: Article by Tim Metz, "Auto- Age Eyesore-Abandoned Cars Litter City Streets, Posing Huge Disposal Problem-Low Scrap Prices Deter Junk Yards From Taking Them; Haul-Away Efforts Costly-'Like Sweeping Back Water" Cars Into Junkers," both from the Wall Street Journal, June 25, APPENDIXES (PRINTED SEPARATELY IN PART 1A) I. Invitation to National Automobile Dealers Association to partici- 414 A. Explanatory note.. 557 B. Letter dated May 28, 1969, from Senator Nelson to Lyman 557 C. Letter dated June 9, 1969, from Lyman W. Slack to Senator 558 ing: II. Correspondence and materials on new-car distribution and market- A. "Open letter to Senator Nelson" from Wisconsin Automo- 559 2. "An Open Letter to Senator Nelson," from Bulletin No. 20 of the Wisconsin Automotive Trades As- 559 3. Letter dated Oct. 10, 1968, from Senator Nelson to 560 4. Letter dated Sept. 26, 1968, from Ross Roy, chair- VI II. Correspondence and materials-Continued B. Anonymous letter dated June 15, 1969, to Senator Nelson.. C. Telegram dated June 17, 1969, from W. W. Rank, Rank & Page 563 565 565 D. Correspondence between John W. Amatucci and Senator 1. Letter dated April 21, 1969, from John W. Ama- E. Correspondence between William E. Scott and Senator 1. Letter dated June 17, 1969, from William E. Scott, Senator Nelson__ 2. Letter dated July 17, 1969, from Senator Nelson to F. Comments of dealers and others on the views expressed by 1. Letter dated May 20, 1969, from Raphael Cohen, 2. Comments on John W. Amatucci's letter to Senator 3(a). Letter dated June 13, 1969, from J. Roy Alphin, 566 569 571 573 573 574 575 575 3(c). Letter dated July 9, 1969, from J. Roy Alphin to Senator Nelson_.. 576 576 576 577 577 4(a). Note concerning the following two letters. 5(a). Note concerning the following letter.... 6. Letter dated July 30, 1969, from Harold Reese, 7. Article by Robert M. Finlay, "Mitchell, Cohen Urge 8. Comments on William E. Scott's letter to Senator 577 578 578 II. Correspondence and materials-Continued 9. Letter from Jack H. Leopold, Twin Town Sales & G. Letter dated June 24, 1969, from L. P. Francis, president, Page 580 1. Letter from Mr. Francis to the Attorney General....... 581 582 3. Letter dated July 24, 1969, from L. P. Francis to 583 4. Letter dated July 28, 1969, from Senator Symington to Senator Bible... 583 H. Letter dated July 2, 1969, from Irving Berman, 295 Central I. and related correspondence: 1. Letter from Irving Berman to Ralph Nader_. 583 584 3. Letter dated August 18, 1969, from Irving Berman 585 585 2. Numbers of dealers handling U.S. makes of passen- Tables from 1967, 1968 and 1969 Automotive 586 Article by John K. Teahen, Jr., “U.S. Dealer 589 3. New-car sales per U.S. maker: corporate totals per 590 4. Average numbers of new-car sales per dealer, 13 J. Statistical data on imported new-car dealerships in the 1. Number of imported-car dealerships in United 590 Tables from 1967, 1968 and 1969 Automotive 591 Table, "Import Dealers, 1957-1969," Auto- 592 Article by John K. Teahen, Jr., "Import 2. Numbers of dealers handling imported passenger 592 594 596 |