HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS
UNITED STATES SENATE

SEVENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 107

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A STUDY OF THE
POSSIBILITIES OF BETTER MOBILIZING
THE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF
THE UNITED STATES

AND ON

S. 702

A BILL TO MOBILIZE THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
RESOURCES OF THE NATION, TO ESTABLISH AN
OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL MO-
BILIZATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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PART 8

NOVEMBER 8, 1943.

MONOPOLY AND CARTEL PRACTICES
Universal Oil Products

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CONTENTS

Statement of Senator Harley M. Kilgore.........

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS

No.

Exhibit

157

158

159

Memorandum of facts covering the origin, history,
and practices of the Universal Oil Products Co.,
having to do with its alleged violation of the Sher-
man Antitrust Act, through the exploitation of its
patent monopolies in the oil-cracking industry, pre-
pared by C. J. Colville, submitted by Robert M.
Hunter, Department of Justice....
Report of Thomas Raeburn White, master, sur order
of reference of Nov. 26, 1941, in the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,
Root Refining Company, Defendant-Appellant v.
Universal Oil Products Company, Plaintiff-Appellee,
submitted by Robert Hunter, Department of Jus-
tice...

Preliminary statement prepared by C. J. Colville,
filed with the committee.

160 Letter, from W. C. Black, president, Jenkins Petro-
leum Process Co., Chicago, Ill., in regard to memo-
randum prepared by C. J. Colville..

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