Lapas attēli
PDF
ePub

Statement of-

CONTENTS

Page
401

513

466

Luntz, Richard S., chairman, RSL Corporate, Building II, Cleveland
Division, 1424 Hamilton Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
Mann, Thomas C., president, Automobile Manufacturers Association,
Inc., 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. 20036- 67, 97
Schupack, Mark B., associate professor of economics, Department of
Economics, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912.

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

corporations, 1954-68..

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 Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 4 (withdrawn and subsequently re-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-

ordered equipment_---

492

[blocks in formation]

8. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 6: Order for a Dodge placed by Merit
Motors, Inc., and shipping notice for Dodge delivered with un-
ordered equipment_-

9. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 7: Order for a Dodge placed by Merit
Motors, Inc., and shipping notice for Dodge delivered with un-
ordered equipment.

10. Raphael Cohen's exhibit No. 8: Chrysler Corp. form:
"Dealer Financial Statement" (monthly).

Automobile Manufacturers Association exhibits: 48 pamphlets on eco-
nomic contribution of motor vehicles in 48 States. (Six of the
pamphlets, those for Alabama, California, Florida, Michigan,
Nevada, and New York, will be found in appendix III, infra. The
remainder are retained in the committee's files.) 1

11. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 1: Article by
Douglas A. Condra, "9 Car Divisions Offering Incentives to Spur
Sales," Automotive News, May 27, 1968...

12. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 2: Article by
Douglas A. Condra, "Sales Incentive Contests Sponsored by Eight
Divisions," Automotive News, January 27, 1969

13. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 3: Article by
Douglas A. Condra, "Eight_Divisions Offer Incentives To Spur
Sales-Factories Expected To Further Loosen Purse Strings,"
Automotive News, May 26, 1969___.

14. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 4: Article, "More
Contests to Exhort Dealers," Ward's Automotive Reports, March
17, 1969

15. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 5: Article, "Chevy
Has a $2,000 Car, II!," Ward's Automobile Report, April 7, 1969--
16. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 6: Article by
Charles B. Camp, "Auto Economy Kick-More New-Car Buyers
Choose Smaller Models Over Big, Costly Ones-Frugality Traced
to Inflation, Tax Hikes; Detroit Profits May Suffer, Analysts
Say-Price Battle Spurs the Trend," the Wall Street Journal,
July 1, 1969.
16A. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 4 (subsequently submitted):
Summary of relevant facts and the opinion of the California Court
of Appeal, First District, Division 2, in the case of Barth v. B. F.
Goodrich Tire Company et al., 71 Cal. Rptr. 306 (1968).
16B. Subcommittee chairman's exhibit No. 5 (subsequently submitted):

Materials relating to tire safety: (A) Introductory note. (B) Test
results (preliminary) published by the National Highway Safety
Bureau, Department of Transportation, January 2, 1969. (C) Press
release of Senator Gaylord Nelson concerning the tire tests, May
11, 1969.

17. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 7 (excerpts 2):
"Proceedings, General Motors Corp. Automotive Safety Seminar,
GM Safety Research & Development Laboratory, General Motors
Proving Ground, Milford, Mich., July 11-12, 1968".

Page

59

61

63

77

79

81

83

83

83

103

118

130

18. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 8: Article, "A
Braking System That Thinks for Itself: Sure-Track," Ford Science
Front, November 1968..

160

19. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 9: Article by
Jim Dunne, "New Electronic System To Eliminate Tailgating,'
Popular Science, December 1968-

20. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 10: Paper by the
Inter-Industry Emission Control Program, "Clean Air Research".
21. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 11: Paper by the
Chrysler Corp. and the Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), "Two
Hands"

161

167

22. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 12: Paper by the
Engineering Office, Chrysler Corp., "Chrysler's 'Cleaner Air System'
for Exhaust Emission Control”.

178

195

1 Exhibits not numbered by witness and not numbered serially by subcommittee; retained in part in
committee's files, reproduced in part in appendix III, infra.

2 The exhibit consists of 32 technical papers and introductory addresses by two General Motors executives.
Because of its length and specialized nature, the exhibit was received by the subcommittee chairman for re-
tention in the committee's files and not for publication. However, the cover page, preface, the table of con-
tents, the introductory addresses by General Motors Vice Presidents H. F. Barr and H. G. Warner, and the
authors' abstracts of the 32 papers are reproduced herein.

23. Automobile Manufacturers Association's exhibit No. 13: Paper by

General Motors Corp., "GM Progress of Power Background In-

formation" (1969)__

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

Reports, May 26, 1969_.

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-

ruary 4, 1969_.

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

All Transistor Radios"_

28. David Housman's exhibit No. 3: Letter dated January 22, 1969, from
Marcus A. Hollabaugh, attorney for General Motors Corp., to Worth
Rowley, attorney for Automatic Radio Manufacturing Co., Inc.---

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

Nelson__

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"
and related article, "Swift Parts Thieves Turn Parked

Cars Into Junkers," both from the Wall Street Journal, June 25,

1969____

APPENDIXES

(PRINTED SEPARATELY IN PART 1A)

I. Invitation to National Automobile Dealers Association to partici-
pate in the hearings, and letter declining invitation:

414

A. Explanatory note..

557

B. Letter dated May 28, 1969, from Senator Nelson to Lyman
W. Slack, president, National Automobile Dealers Asso-
ciation__.

557

C. Letter dated June 9, 1969, from Lyman W. Slack to Senator
Nelson____.

558

ing:

II. Correspondence and materials on new-car distribution and market-

A. "Open letter to Senator Nelson" from Wisconsin Automo-
tive Trades Association, and related correspondence:
1. Letter of transmittal dated Oct. 2, 1968, from Louis
Milan, executive vice president, Wisconsin Auto-
motive Trades Association, Post Office Box 5345,
Madison, Wis. 53705, to Senator Nelson...

559

2. "An Open Letter to Senator Nelson," from Bulletin

No. 20 of the Wisconsin Automotive Trades As-
sociation, Oct. 1, 1968..

559

3. Letter dated Oct. 10, 1968, from Senator Nelson to
Louis Milan__

560

4. Letter dated Sept. 26, 1968, from Ross Roy, chair-
man of the board, Ross Roy, Inc., 2761 East
Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 48207, to Senator
Nelson, with enclosure__

[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small]

VI

II. Correspondence and materials-Continued

B. Anonymous letter dated June 15, 1969, to Senator Nelson..
Enclosure: article, “Auto Cost Secrecy Under Fire," the
Milwaukee Journal, June 15, 1969.

C. Telegram dated June 17, 1969, from W. W. Rank, Rank &
Son Buick, 4200 North Green Bay Avenue, Milwaukee,
Wis., to Senator Nelson____

Page

563

565

565

D. Correspondence between John W. Amatucci and Senator
Nelson:

1. Letter dated April 21, 1969, from John W. Ama-
tucci, Jack Amatucci Chevrolet, 10901 Georgia
Avenue, Wheaton, Md. 20902, to Senator Nelson
2. Letter dated May 29, 1969, from Senator Nelson to
John W. Amatucci.

E. Correspondence between William E. Scott and Senator
Nelson:

1. Letter dated June 17, 1969, from William E. Scott,
Scott Motor Co., Inc. (Buick Motor Cars), 219
South Center St., Goldsboro, N.C. 27530, to

Senator Nelson__

2. Letter dated July 17, 1969, from Senator Nelson to
William E. Scott__.

F. Comments of dealers and others on the views expressed by
John W. Amatucci and William E. Scott:

1. Letter dated May 20, 1969, from Raphael Cohen,
chairman, executive committee, Metropolitan In-
dependent Dodge-Chrysler Dealers Association,
Inc., Post Office Box 421, Ridgewood, N.J. 07451,
to Senator Nelson__.

2. Comments on John W. Amatucci's letter to Senator
Nelson by Werner Hanstein, service manager,
Triumph Sports Cars, Inc., 1745 Broadway, New
York, N. Y. 10019; and Robert J. Natzel, general
manager, Natzel Oldsmobile, 1253 East Colorado
Blvd., Pasadena, Calif. 91101 (from Automotive
News, June 2, 1969).

3(a). Letter dated June 13, 1969, from J. Roy Alphin,
Alphin Motors, Inc., 5055 Virginia Beach Blvd.,
Virginia Beach, Va. 23462, to Senator Nelson__
3(b). Letter dated July 2, 1969, from Senator Nelson to
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.
4(b). Letter dated June 17, 1969, from a Chrysler-Ply-
mouth dealer in Ohio to Senator Nelson___
4(c). Letter dated July 2, 1969, from Senator Nelson to
a Chrysler-Plymouth dealer in Ohio__

5(a). Note concerning the following letter....
5(b). Letter dated June 11, 1969, from a Chrysler-Ply-
mouth dealer in one of the North Central States
to Senator Nelson_..

6. Letter dated July 30, 1969, from Harold Reese,
Reese Bros., Inc. (Dodge), 855 Sunrise Highway,
Lynbrook, Long Island, N.Y. 11563, to Senator
Nelson_.

7. Article by Robert M. Finlay, "Mitchell, Cohen Urge
Efforts to Correct Malpractices-Attack on Sena-
tors Called Unwise," Automotive News, August 4,
1969__.

8. Comments on William E. Scott's letter to Senator
Nelson by "Indiana Reader;" Lane R. Baird,
vice president, Parrish & Clark, Inc. (Dodge), 1001
S. Boston St., Tulsa, Okla. 74119; and Raymond
Feiden, president. Hall Oldsmobile. Inc.. 1900

577

578

578

II. Correspondence and materials-Continued
F. Comments of dealers-Continued

9. Letter from Jack H. Leopold, Twin Town Sales &
Service, Inc. (Plymouth, Chrysler, Imperial), 630
New York Ave., Huntington, N.Y. 11743, to
"Letterbox" column, Automotive News, August 18,
1969_

G. Letter dated June 24, 1969, from L. P. Francis, president,
Francis Chevrolet Company, 11200 St. Charles Rock
Road, Bridgeton, Mo. 63042, to the Honorable John
Mitchell, Attorney General of the United States, and
related correspondence:

Page

580

1. Letter from Mr. Francis to the Attorney General.......
2. Letter dated July 18, 1969, from Senator Bible to
Senator Symington_-_

581

582

3. Letter dated July 24, 1969, from L. P. Francis to
Senator Symington_-

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
Park West, New York, N.Y. 10024, to Ralph Nader,

I.

and related correspondence:

1. Letter from Irving Berman to Ralph Nader_.
2. Letter dated August 14, 1969, from Raymond D.
Watts, counsel, Senate Small Business Committee,
to Irving Berman__

583

584

3. Letter dated August 18, 1969, from Irving Berman
to Senate Small Business Committee___
Statistical data on U.S. domestic make new-car dealerships:
1. Number of U.S. (domestic make) new-car dealer-
ships, 1947-69, Automotive News, 1969 Almanac
issue..

585

585

2. Numbers of dealers handling U.S. makes of passen-
ger cars, by make, 1966-69:

Tables from 1967, 1968 and 1969 Automotive
News Almanac issues..

586

Article by John K. Teahen, Jr., “U.S. Dealer
Total Dips; 200 Drop Out in 1st Half," and
supporting table, Automotive News, August
4, 1969.

589

3. New-car sales per U.S. maker: corporate totals per
dealership, 1955-68, Automotive News, 1969
Almanac issue..

590

4. Average numbers of new-car sales per dealer, 13
principal makes, 1957-68, Automotive News, 1967
and 1969 Almanac issues__

J. Statistical data on imported new-car dealerships in the
United States:

1. Number of imported-car dealerships in United
States, 1957-69:

590

Tables from 1967, 1968 and 1969 Automotive
News Almanac issues and Automotive News,
August 25, 1969_.

591

Table, "Import Dealers, 1957-1969," Auto-
motive News, August 25, 1969.

592

Article by John K. Teahen, Jr., "Import
Dealerships Increase to 8,083; Exclusives
Gaining," Automotive News, August 25,
1969.

2. Numbers of dealers handling imported passenger
cars in the Uuited States, by make, 1966-69, from
1967, 1968 and 1969 Automotive News Almanac
issues and Automotive News, August 25, 1969_--
3. Average numbers of imported-car sales per dealer, 20
principal makes, 1959-68, Automotive News, 1969
Almanac issue, April 28, 1969_-

592

594

596

« iepriekšējāTurpināt »