Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Select Committee on Small BusinessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 - Legislative hearings |
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... gasoline sold in the midwestern area . It was because of this power that their price - fixing agreement violated the act . The independent retailers battling with their backs to the wall to stay alive in a vigorously competitive market ...
... gasoline sold in the midwestern area . It was because of this power that their price - fixing agreement violated the act . The independent retailers battling with their backs to the wall to stay alive in a vigorously competitive market ...
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... gasoline or the things that may be advertised in many other retail stores , all of which is a part of our problem . Mr. SERRILL . I might point out , sir , that this tearpage here is from Skokie , Chicago , Evanston , a group of ...
... gasoline or the things that may be advertised in many other retail stores , all of which is a part of our problem . Mr. SERRILL . I might point out , sir , that this tearpage here is from Skokie , Chicago , Evanston , a group of ...
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... gasoline and related prod .. ucts- . 404 Exhibit A - Bidders under the six - zone procurement plan _ - _- Exhibit B - Summary of bids received ( gasoline service sta- tion deliveries ) -- 408 408 Exhibit C - Bidder's name and percentage ...
... gasoline and related prod .. ucts- . 404 Exhibit A - Bidders under the six - zone procurement plan _ - _- Exhibit B - Summary of bids received ( gasoline service sta- tion deliveries ) -- 408 408 Exhibit C - Bidder's name and percentage ...
Page 377
... gasoline resellers --- 441 Standard Oil Co. , Cleveland , Ohio , letter from C. R. Webb to Robert A. Nolan , July 9 , 1964 . 441 Sunray DX letter to dealers__ 441 Standard Oil Co. , Cleveland , Ohio , letter to all Sohio deal- ers ...
... gasoline resellers --- 441 Standard Oil Co. , Cleveland , Ohio , letter from C. R. Webb to Robert A. Nolan , July 9 , 1964 . 441 Sunray DX letter to dealers__ 441 Standard Oil Co. , Cleveland , Ohio , letter to all Sohio deal- ers ...
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... gasoline sold to service stations , 65 percent of the gasoline sold to country grocery stores and smalltown garages , and well over 50 percent of all petroleum products sold to the farmers . From this it is obvious that the distribution ...
... gasoline sold to service stations , 65 percent of the gasoline sold to country grocery stores and smalltown garages , and well over 50 percent of all petroleum products sold to the farmers . From this it is obvious that the distribution ...
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Page 466 - ... race, creed, color, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to, the following: employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship. The Contractor agrees to post in conspicuous places, available to employees and applicants for employment, notices to be provided by the Contracting Officer setting forth the provisions...
Page 375 - Program." (2) Provide adequate and timely consideration of the potentialities of small business concerns in all "make-or-buy" decisions. (3) Assure that small business concerns will have an equitable opportunity to compete for subcontracts, particularly by arranging solicitations, time for the preparation of bids, quantities, specifications, and delivery schedules so as to facilitate the participation of small business concerns.
Page 6 - Black explained the appropriateness of, and the need for, per se rules: "[T]here are certain agreements or practices which because of their pernicious effect on competition and lack of any redeeming virtue are conclusively presumed to be unreasonable and therefore illegal without elaborate inquiry as to the precise harm they have caused or the business excuse for their use.
Page 146 - Under the Sherman Act a combination formed for the purpose and with the effect of raising, depressing, fixing, pegging, or stabilizing the price of a commodity in interstate or foreign commerce is illegal per se.
Page 91 - Any combination which tampers with price structures is engaged in an unlawful activity. Even though the members of the price-fixing group were in no position to control the market, to the extent that they raised, lowered, or stabilized prices they would be directly interfering with the free play of market forces. The Act places all such schemes beyond the pale and protects that vital part of our economy against any degree of interference.
Page 466 - ... may be declared ineligible for further Government contracts in accordance with procedures authorized in Executive Order No.
Page 272 - It is the declared policy of the Congress that the Government should aid, counsel, assist, and protect insofar as is possible the interests of small business concerns in order to preserve free competitive enterprise...
Page 466 - Contractor will take such action with respect to any subcontract or purchase order as the contracting agency may direct as a means of enforcing such provisions, including sanctions for noncompliance : Provided...
Page 466 - During the performance of this contract, the contractor agrees as follows: "(1) The contractor will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin. The contractor will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.
Page 335 - CONCERNS (a) It Is the policy of the Government as declared by the Congress that a fair proportion of the purchases and contracts for supplies and services for the Government be placed with small business concerns. (b) The Contractor agrees to accomplish the maximum amount of subcontracting to small business concerns that the Contractor finds to be consistent with the efficient performance of this contract. [End of Clause] (b) The Small Business Subcontracting Program...