MONOPOLISTIC AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE MATTER OF PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS RESULTING FROM MONOPOLISTIC AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES SEPTEMBER 3, 8, 11, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, OCTOBER 8, 11, NOVEMBER 15-19, AND 24, 1948 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business HEARINGS BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 1 OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON THE MATTER OF PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS RESULTING FROM MONOPOLISTIC AND UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES SEPTEMBER 3, 8, 11, 15, 17, 20, 23, 27, OCTOBER 8, 11, NOVEMBER 15-19, AND 24, 1948 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Small Business SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS WALTER C. PLOESER, Missouri, Chairman WILLIAM H. STEVENSON, Wisconsin WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas WILLIAM S. HILL, Colorado EUGENE J. KEOGH, New York R. WALTER RIEHLMAN, New York HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington FRANKLIN H. LICHTENWALTER, Pennsylvania PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia CONTENTS PLACES AND DATES OF HEARINGS Butte, Mont., September 3, 1948. Casper, Wyo., September 8, 1948_ Salt Lake City, Utah, September 11, 1948.. Kansas City, Mo., September 15, 1948.. Omaha, Nebr., September 17, 1948- Minneapolis, Minn., September 20, 1948_ Madison, Wis., September 23, 1948-. South Bend, Ind., September 27, 1948. Oklahoma City, Okla., October 8, 1948. Houston, Tex., October 11, 1948_ Ira Saks, president, Accurate Parts Manufacturing Co., Cleveland, Edward M. Sheehan, National Standard Parts Association, Chicago, David Kidd, automotive salesman, Butte, Mont- Joe H. Roberts, parts jobber, Butte, Mont-- Harold T. Halfpenny, National Standard Parts Association, Chicago, R. C. Dean, secretary, Montana State Food Distributors Association - Lief Erickson, representing pole operators. Omar C. Curtis, Curtis Pole Co., Helena, Mont--- I. V. Anderson, Forest Utilization Service, Missoula, Mont- Sam D. Goza, counsel, Montana Trade Commission.--- Lief Erickson, representing independent lumber operators. Axel George Lindh, United States Forest Service- Clarence Golder, Civic Center Theatre, Great Falls, Mont- John J. Jewell, secretary, Montana Automobile Dealers Association - 52 69 82 86 91 CASPER, Wyo. 94 104 107 John B. Tripeny, president, National Retail Druggists Association.--- Dean Gillespie, representing oil and grease industry- W. S. Wilkerson, Wyoming Automotive Co--- Kenn I. Dumax, representing independent electric appliance dealers in Wyoming- Earl Hanway, publisher, Casper, Wyo--- 113 114 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH E. M. Welliver, American Trucking Association, statement introduced. 121 |