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APPENDIX 10

MATERIAL RELATING TO THE TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM H. ORRICK, JR.

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Dec. 6, 1961

Allied Chemical (General Foam)..

Aluminium, Ltd., et al. (National Distillers & Chemical Corp., aluminum facilities of), 1965.

Production and sales of aluminum windows, doors, door frames, entrances, and curtain walls; extrusions; aluminum.

Production and sales of wire and
cable products and accessories,
including conduit and cable
devices.
Chemicals used in plastic foam
production, especially TDI.

Aluminum siding, venetian blinds, awnings, and primary aluminum.

America Corp., (Republic Corp.), Professional film processing.. 1961.

Industry concentration

Big 3 have 50 percent of sales; Nuclear, No. 1 producer.

4 largest companies have 94 percent of primary aluminum production. Cupples, No. 1 curtain wall producer.

A few companies have a large percentage of wire and cable products.

General, No. 2 with 14 percent; Allied, No. 4 chemical company.

Big 3 domestic producers accounted
for 83 percent of total domestic
production of primary aluminum.
Aluminum is largest producer of
primary aluminum in the world.
4 largest companies process 85 per-
cent of professional film.

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Status of case as of Mar. 5, 1965

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District court found for the Government, Dec. 4, 1964. Court ordered full divestiture of Cupples including Corona, Calif., plant constructed after acquisition of Cupples. Implementation of divestiture order pending. 36 Merger enjoined by Supreme Court, June 1, 1964. Divestiture hearings in district court pending.

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Consent decree, Jan. 7, 1965. Allied enjoined from acquiring or holding any interest in General; also prohibited from establishing interlocks through directors, officers, or employees. Pending.

78 Consent decree, Oct. 28, 1963. Republic enjoined from acquiring or holding any interest in America; from acquiring any business other than 1 in the Midwest and Metropolitan New York City; and from any agreement with America to allocate, refer, or solicit business. On Jan. 15, 1963, final judgment against America. Prohibited same practices as Republic judgment and prohibited America from acquiring any professional film processing business without Government approval.

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American Cyanamid Co. (Formica Manufacture of melamine. Co.), 1956.

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Industry concentration

Cyanamid in 1958 produced 86 percent of melamine produced in the United States; Monsanto produced 14 percent.

American and U.S. Industries had 38 percent of annual sales. American, No. 1; U.S., No. 3. Mullins: 27 percent of kitchen sinks, 30 percent of kitchen steel cabinets.

SIC

Status of case as of Mar. 5, 1965

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Consent decree, Aug. 4, 1964. Court ordered divestiture of portion of Willow Island, W. Va., plant devoted to melamine production and a prohibition for 10 years against acquiring producers of dicy and melamine. Willow Island plant was sold to Fisher Chemical Co., New York City. Pending.

Copper: Top 3, 65 percent of min- 33, 34, 36 Pending. ing; top 4, 85 percent of smelting; top 5, 95 percent of electrolytic refining; top 12, 50 percent of fabrication.

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Oct. 30, 1958 Anheuser-Busch (Miami brewery of Production and sale of beer in 25 companies have 69 percent of American Brewing Co.. City

Products Corp., and Wagner Brewing Co.), 1958.

Florida.

national beer sales. Busch: 1st in United States, 3d in Florida sales. American: 3d in Florida sales, 1st in Florida capacity.

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Malt beer manufacturing and sales.

Alexander Baldwin, Ltd. (owner- Water transportation.

ship by Matson Navigation Co.,

by 4 of big 5 Hawaiian companies).

Bank Stock Corp. of Milwaukee (Northern Bank, Bank of Commerce, and Marshall & Ilsley Bank), 1959-61.

Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Youngs-
town Sheet & Tube Co.), 1956
proposal.
Bliss & Laughlin (Sierra Drawn
Steel Corp.), 1960.

Commercial banking in the city and county of Milwaukee, Wis.

Rahr: No. 2 independent malt producer. Busch: 9 percent of U.S.-brewed beer. Matson carries 80 percent of all cargo shipped between the mainland and Hawaii.

Variety of iron and steel products; Top 4 have 58 percent of iron and production and sale.

Cold finished steel bars; production and sale in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Washington.

steel. Concentration similar in manufacturing of certain finished products.

2 companies have 53 percent of sale in 4-State area. Bliss and Sierra have 30 percent in 4-State area.

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Consent decree, Jan. 11, 1960. Busch to divest itself of all assets of the Miami brewery; permanently enjoined from acquiring any interest in a Florida brewery; enjoined for 5 years from acquiring any brewery in the United States except upon application to the court. Miami brewery was sold on June 30, 1961, to National Brewing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Md. Pending.

Consent decree, August 17, 1964. Castle & Cooke, Inc., C. Brewer & Co., Ltd., and American Factors, Ltd., required to divest their stock interest in Matson Navigation Co., within 60 days and to sell the stock to Alexander & Baldwin, Ltd., prohibited interlocking directorates between Matson and its subsidiaries and Castle, Brewer, and American Factors; prohibited Matson from seating on its board of directors officials of 5th member of Hawaii's big 5, Theo H. Davies & Co., Ltd.; prohibited in perpetuity interlocks among big 5; prohibited these companies from acting as freight agent for Matson. Pending.

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1 Amended Oct. 13, 1960.

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Nov. 28, 1955

Brown Shoe Co. (G. R. Kinney Shoes; production, distribution, and
Co., Inc.), 1956.

sales.

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In 1954, the 4 largest companies
shipped about 30 percent of the
value of all footwear (except rub-
ber).

5 leading banks hold 74 percent of
the total loans held by all area
banks.

Chicago Title wrote over 95 percent
of title insurance in Illinois in 1960.
The 4 leading truck manufacturers
account for about 90 percent of
domestic unit truck sales.

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Status of case as of Mar. 5, 1965

Consent decree, Apr. 13, 1964. Branch
River required to divest itself of all
assets acquired from French Worsted
within 1 year. Forbidden from ac-
quiring any assets, stock, good will,
or financial interest in a wool tops
manufacturer for 5 years; in the sub-
sequent 5 years, any acquisition must
be approved by the court. French
Worsted reacquired machinery from
Branch Wool prior to entry of judg-

Merger enjoined by Supreme Court,
June 25, 1962. Divestiture of Kinney
ordered. Brown sold Kinney to
F. W. Woolworth Co., on Aug. 31,
1963.

Dismissed (merger abandoned), Nov.
6, 1963.

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Pending.

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Pending (merger abandoned).

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Consent decree, May 29, 1963. Cities
Service was ordered to divest its
interest in PCI unless it acquired
full stock ownership of PCI; if 100
percent ownership was obtained,
it was to divest itself of Mid-South
Chemical Corp.; joint ventures be-
tween Cities Service and Continental
involving plant food were barred
permanently. Divestiture of Mid-
South was not accomplished.
Pending.

District court finding for defendants, June 29, 1960. Complaint dismissed on merits.

Citizen Publishing Co., et al. (Star
Publishing Co.), 1965.

Columbia Pictures Corp. (Univer-
sal Pictures, Screen Gems), 1957.

for TV exhibition.

Daily newspapers in Tucson, Ariz.. The acquiring and acquired companies publish the 2 daily newspapers in Tucson.

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Distribution of motion picture films

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Sept. 22, 1964 | Commercial Credit Co. (General | Personal (small) loans made by Finance Co.).

finance companies.

Oct. 30, 1956 Continental Can Co., Inc. (Robert Paperboard products, flexible pack-
Gair Co., Inc.), 1956.

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aging products, paper containers,
and containers generally.

Continental Can Co., Inc. (Hazel- Metal cans, glass bottles, plastic
Atlas Glass Co.), 1956.

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Crown Textile Manufacturing Co.,

Inc. (inventory and names of
Puritan Looms, Arel Dillon)
(York-Dixie Co.-Arel Dillon hair
canvas manufacturing plant),
1961.
June 30, 1960 Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc.
(Kinsel Drug Co.), 81 percent of
outstanding stock in 1958, re-
mainder subsequently

bottles, metal closures, and con-
tainers generally.

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10 leading companies had about 57
percent of value of small loans
made in Illinois in 1961. General,
No. 1, 14 percent; Commercial,
No. 6, 4 percent.

2 companies have 88 percent of U.S.
tin can sales, 50 percent of glass
container production; 3 companies
have 50 percent of metal closures
production.

Companies combined have 30 per-
cent of metal can sales, 9 percent of
plastic squeeze bottle sales, 18
percent of manufacture of metal
closures, 82 percent of fiber drums
manufacture (all for the United
States).

Commercial banking in California... As of the end of 1962 the 5 largest
commercial banks accounted for
80 percent of total loans and dis-
counts.

Hair canvas (used in manufacture of suits and jackets).

Distribution of health products in the Detroit area through drugstores.

5 firms produced virtually all the
hair canvas consumed in the
United States. Crown had 58
percent of sales; Puritan 16 per-
percent.

Cunningham and Kinsel were No. 1
and No.2 drug chains, respectively;
6 companies operated 4 or more
drugstores.

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Sept. 23, 1964. It ordered divesti-
ture. Continental Can sold 8 glass
container plants to Brockway Glass
Co., Brockway, Pa. (Oct. 10, 1964),
and 1 glass container plant to Alex-
ander H. Kerr & Co., Santa Ana,
Calif. (January 1965); a closure and
a glass tableware plant in West
Virginia were retained with the
district court's permission.
Pending (district court).

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