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FTC ADVISORY OPINION ON JOINT ADS

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

H. Res. 13

A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO
CONDUCT A STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF

THE PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

MAY 3, 1963

Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1963

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SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS

JOE L. EVINS, Tennessee, Chairman WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas

WILLIAM M. MCCULLOCH, Ohio ABRAHAM J. MULTER, New York

ARCH A. MOORE, JR., West Virginia TOM STEED, Oklahoma

WILLIAM H. AVERY, Kansas JAMES ROOSEVELT, California

H. ALLEN SMITH, California JOHN C. KLUCZYNSKI, Illinois

HOWARD W. ROBISON, New York JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan

RALPH HARVEY, Indiana
BRYAN HASKELL JACQUES, Staff Director
RICHARD L. MITCHELL, General Counsel
HARRY OLSHER, Consultant
JUSTINUS GOULD, Counsel
CHARLES S. BELLER, Counsel
GREGG R. POTVIN, Counsel
CHARLES E. O'CONNOR, Counsel
JANE M. DEEM, Administrative Assistant
MYRTLE RUTh Fourch, Clerk
JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Minority Counsel

CONTENTS

Testimony of -

Bison, Henry, Jr., general counsel, National Association of Retail Page

Grocers, Washington, D.C..

Dixon, Paul Rand, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.

10

Gale, George, president, Marketing Programs, Inc., and Pharmaceu-

tical Associations Marketing Council, Inc.-

97

Kintner, Earl W., special antitrust counsel, National Association of

Retail Druggists, Washington, D.C..

69

Loevinger, Lee, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,

Department of Justice...

58

Rawlings, Hunter R., Jr., of Watters & Martin, Inc., Norfolk, Va.. 35

Serrill, Theodore A., executive vice president, National Editorial Asso-
ciation, Washington, D.C..--

52

Additional information

Afternoon session...

45

American Newspaper Publishers Association, statement of.---

154

Anderson, Sigurd, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, state-

ment of

Appendix.-

103

Drug News Weekly, article, Federal Trade Commission, May 1, 1963.. 8

Elman, Philip, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission, dissenting

statement of..

Fall River, Mass., Druggists Association, co-op ad..

9

Federal Trade Commission:

Letter signed by Joseph W. Shea to Earl W. Kintner..

79

Opinion

3

Fernley, Thomas A., National Wholesale Hardware Association, state-
ment of..

37

Gale, George, statement of_

97

Higginbotham, A. Leon, Jr., Commissioner, Federal Trade Commis-

sion, statement by-

4, 17, 81

Humphrey, Senator Hubert, letter dated April 18, 1963, to Lee

Loevinger

58

Kintner, Earl W.:

Letter dated October 24, 1962, to George S. Rountree.--

79

Letter dated April 12, 1963, to Willard B. Simmons..

84

Letter dated April 19, 1963, to Willard B. Simmons..

85

Loevinger, Lee, letter dated April 19, 1963, to Senator Hubert

Humphrey

58

MacIntyre, A. Everette, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission,

statement by -

4, 15, 82

Mueller, Russell R., managing di rector, National Retail Hardware

Association, statement by-

National Association of Retail Druggists:

Letter dated April 15, 1963, signed by Willard Simmons--

84

Letter dated April 23, 1963, signed by Willard Simmons.

84

Special bulletin, April 5, 1963, signed by Willard B. Simmons-

76
National Editorial Association, tabulation of newspaper ads..

55
Opening statement by the chairman, Hon. Joe L. Evins.
Wall Street Journal editorial, "Pesky Interference, April 23, 1963-
Washington Post editorial, “Stifling Competition,” April 16, 1963.-

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