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HEARING
BEFORE
ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE (SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 5)
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JULY 26, 1956
PART IV
Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary
Serial No. 12
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON: 1956
CONTENTS
Testimony of—
Scudder, Richard B., publisher, Newark News, Newark, N. J‒‒‒‒‒
Additional information-
Celler, Hon. Emanuel, chairman, Committee on the Judiciary:
Letter, June 6, 1956, to Richard B. Scudder.
Letter, June 20, 1956, to Richard B. Scudder_
Page
2237
2244
2247
Rodino, Hon. Peter W., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the
State of New Jersey, letter, June 21, 1956, to Richard B. Scudder__ 2247
Scudder, Richard B.:
Letter, May 21, 1956, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.
2243
Letter, June 18, 1956, to Hon. Emanuel Celler.
National Petroleum Council:
National Petroleum Council_.
2250
I. Correspondence:
Celler, Hon. Emanuel, chairman, Committee on the Ju-
diciary:
Letter, November 27, 1956, to Hon. Fred A. Seaton
Davis, Clarence A., Acting Secretary of the Interior:
Letter, December 14, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler_
Letter, December 5, 1956, to Hon. Emanuel Celler--
McKay, Douglas, Secretary of the Interior:
2266
2264
Letter, November 18, 1955, to Hon. Emanuel Celler-
Stewart, Hugh B., Director, Office of Oil and Gas, De-
partment of the Interior, letter, May 13, 1955, to
Hon. Emanuel Celler___.
2256
2259
2251
II. Organization documents:
Truman, President, Harry S., letter, May 3, 1946, to
Hon. J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior-
Interior Order No. 2193, establishing Oil and Gas Di-
vision
2267
Krug, Hon. J. A. Secretary of the Interior, letter, May
24, 1956, to Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General___ 2268
Krug, Hon. J. A., Secretary of the Interior, letter, May
24, 1946, to Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General,
enclosing list of petroleum industry representatives
being considered for membership on proposed Na-
tional Petroleum Council____
24, 1946, to Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General, en-
closing letter from E. M. Callis, president of the Pet-
rol Corp---.
Clark, Hon. Tom C., Attorney General, letter, May 27,
1946, to Hon. J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior
with attachments_.
2269
2271
2272
III
Additional information-Continued
National Petroleum Council-Continued
II. Organization documents-Continued
Biddle, Hon. Francis, Attorney General, letter, July 5,
1944, to John Lord O'Brian, General Counsel, War
Production Board
2274
O'Brian, John Lord, General Counsel, War Production
Board, letter, June 27, 1944, to Hon. Attorney General 2274
Biddle, Hon. Francis, Attorney General, letter, July 6,
Production Board_
2275
Board, letter, June 28, 1944, to Hon. Attorney General 2275
Krug, Hon., J. A., Secretary of the Interior, letter, May
31, 1946, with supplemental list of names for consid-
eration in connection with proposed Petroleum In-
dustry Council____.
Executive Order No. 9732, relating to the administra-
tion of the act of February 22, 1935, as amended__
Krug, Hon. J. A., Secretary of the Interior, letter, June
5, 1946, to Hon. Tom C. Clark, Attorney General--
Clark, Hon. Tom, Attorney General, letter, June 6, 1946,
to Hon. J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, enclos-
ing list of persons and corporations involved in anti-
trust and Elkins Act cases-.
Clark, Hon. Tom, Attorney General, letter, June 12, 1946,
to Hon. J. A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior, with
enclosure
2276
2277
2284
2285
Davies, Ralph K., Oil and Gas Division, Department of
the Interior, letter, June 13, to Hon. Tom C. Clark___
Clark, Hon. Tom, Attorney General, letter, June 17, 1946,
to Secretary of the Interior, with enclosure_.
Interior press release, June 18, 1946, announcing estab-
lishment of National Petroleum Council____
Minutes of meeting, National Petroleum Council, June
21, 1946-
2286
2289
Clark, Hon. Tom, Attorney General, letter, June 25,
1946, to Hon. Ralph K. Davies----
2300
Clark, Hon. Tom, Attorney General, letter, July 2, 1946,
to Hon. J. A. Krug-.
2301
Friedman, Robert E., Assistant Director, letter, July 15,
1947, to W. B. Watson Snyder, special assistant to
the Attorney General_.
Chapman, Hon. Oscar L., Acting Secretary of the In-
terior, letter, August 23, 1946, to Hon. Tom C. Clark__ 2301
McGranery, Hon. James P., Acting Attorney General,
letter, September 11, 1946, to Hon. Oscar L. Chapman- 2302
Krug, Hon. J. A., Secretary of the Interior, letter, Sep-
tember 19, 1947, to Hon. John R. Steelman, assistant
to the President_
2302
Minutes of meeting, National Petroleum Council, Sep-
tember 26, 1946.
2303
2307
2313
2315
Report of the Committee on Organization to the National
Petroleum Council, September 26, 1946_.
National Petroleum Council committees.
National Petroleum Council special committees____
Davies, Rolph K., Acting Director, Oil and Gas Divi-
sion, letter, September 26, 1946, to Walter S. Halla-
nan, temporary chairman, national Petroleum
Council.
Snyder, W. B. Watson, memorandum, September 25,
1946, to Mr. Timberg re National Petroleum Council___
Clark, Hon. Tom C., Attorney General, letter, October 6,
1947, to Hon. J. A. Krug__
2319
2320
Ford, Peyton, Deputy Attorney General, letter Octo-
ber 19, 1950, to Secretary of the Interior__
Chapman, Hon. Oscar L., Secretary of the Interior, let-
ter, January 29, 1951, to Hon. Howard McGrath, At-
torney General
2321
Ford, Peyton, Acting Attorney General, letter, Febru-
ary 16, 1951, to Secretary of the Interior__.
Morison, H. G., Assistant Attorney General, letter,
March 15, 1951, to Secretary of the Interior___.
ter, April 13, 1951, to Hon. Peyton Ford.
ter, May 18, 1951, to the President__
Chapman, Hon., Oscar L., Secretary of the Interior,
letter, June 4, 1951, to Hon. J. Howard McGrath, with
2324
2327
2331
letter, June 6, 1951, to Hon. J. Howard McGrath_____
Hallanan, Walter S., Chairman, National Petroleum Council, letter, June 8, 1951, to Hon. Oscar L. Chap-
man_.
Excerpt from Petty's Oil Letter, July 28, 1951----
September 13, 1951, to Secretary of the Interior_-
October 8, 1951, to Secretary of the Interior with
attachments
2332
2333
2222 2000
2334
2335
2338
2341
2342
Chapman, Hon. Oscar L., Secretary of the Interior,
letter, January 10, 1952, to the Attorney General___-
letter, March 7, 1952, to Hon. J. Howard McGrath__- 2340
McGrath, Hon. J. Howard, Attorney General, letter,
March 26, 1952, to Hon. Oscar L. Chapman__
Secretary of the Interior, letter, April 25, 1952, to Hon.
Philip B. Perlman, Acting Attorney General__
McGranery, Hon. James P., Attorney General, letter,
August 28, 1952, to Hon. Oscar L. Chapman__.
letter, August 29, 1952, to Hon. James P. McGranery- 2342
Warren, J. Ed., Deputy Administrator, Petroleum Ad-
ministration for Defense, letter, September 29, 1952,
to Hon. James P. McGranery-
National Petroleum Council articles of organization as
adopted September 26, 1946, and subsequent amend-
ments of January 13, 1949, and October 31, 1951-‒‒‒‒
III. Organization of the Oil and Gas Division:
2344
Extracts from hearings on the Oil and Gas Division of
the Department of the Interior, pursuant to Senate
Resolution 36, 79th Congress, 2d session_.
Minutes of meeting, National Petroleum Council, April
22, 1947.
2349
2365
Minutes of meeting, National Petroleum Council, July
10, 1947.
2367
Oil and Gas Division brochure__
2368
Department of the Interior, Official Organization Hand-
book
2371
1955 Review of the Mineral Activities of the Department
of the Interior__.
2393
Address by Walter S. Hallanan, Chairman, National
Petroleum Council, before American Petroleum In-
stitute, November 16, 1955, San Francisco, Calif_---- 2398