MAR 16 49

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 236

A BILL TO CLARIFY AND FORMULATE A CONSISTENT

AND COORDINATED NATIONAL POLICY WITH RESPECT

TO TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN INTERSTATE COM-

MERCE; TO STRENGTHEN THE ANTITRUST LAWS OF

THE UNITED STATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR

MORE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT; AND TO PROMOTE

COMPETITION BY PERMITTING SELLERS TO HAVE

ACCESS TO DISTANT MARKETS

MAR 16 49

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON

INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 236

A BILL TO CLARIFY AND FORMULATE A CONSISTENT

AND COORDINATED NATIONAL POLICY WITH RESPECT

TO TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN INTERSTATE COM-

MERCE; TO STRENGTHEN THE ANTITRUST LAWS OF

THE UNITED STATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR

MORE EFFECTIVE ENFORCEMENT; AND TO PROMOTE

COMPETITION BY PERMITTING SELLERS TO HAVE

ACCESS TO DISTANT MARKETS

JANUARY 24 25, 26, AND FEBRUARY 18, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on

Interstate and Foreign Commerce

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1949

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMER

EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Colorado, Chairman

ERNEST W. McFARLAND, Arizona

CHARLES W. TOBEY, New Hamp

WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington CLYDE M. REED, Kansas

FRANCIS J. MYERS, Pennsylvania

OWEN BREWSTER, Maine

BRIEN MCMAHON, Connecticut

HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana

HERBERT R. O'CONOR, Maryland

JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio

LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas

ESTES KEFAUVER, Tennessee

EDWARD S. JARRETT, Clerk

SUBCOMMITTEE ON S. 236

EDWIN C. JOHNSON, Colorado, Chairman

BRIEN MCMAHON, Connecticut

OWEN BREWSTER, Maine

FRANCIS J. MYERS, Pennsylvania

HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana

WILIAM SIMON, General Counsel

WILLARD B. VAN HORN, Jr., Assistant General Counsel

FRANK W. SCHATTSCHNEIDER, Associate Counsel

WILLIAM P. BOLLES, Chief Clerk

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