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FEDERAL: BUREAU OFINVESTIGATION a | ‘Fh case OfFuGINATEDAT NEW VORK se F ° PEPORT MADE AT : DATE WHEN PERIOD FOR WHICH MADE REPORT MADE BY { MADE . . _ _ CHARACTER OF CASE ISING_OF ANTITRUST ‘SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: — ARMS CO., Milwaukee, are authorized jobbers for the Lyman iow ad the Norman Ford, but obtains Weaver scopes for its retail srade from an authorized Weaver jobber in Red Wing, Minn. Woauves copes comprise 95% of sales; Lyman 4% and Norman Ford 14%. owledge that his retailers engage in cut-price sale " has no agreement with manuf s. and manufacturer: ne ced no restrictions on him. has no knowledge that . retailers have been refused advertis orts magazines. No evidentiary correspondence obtained. pee eee - RUC - WISCONSIN By letter dated June 13, 1955 the Bureau transmitted a copy of 4 memorandum dated June 9, 1955 from the Antitrust Division of the \ 7. 3 Department of Justice, which requested that certain informa tton and evidentiary material be obtained from a jobber or dealcr in rifle scopes, inasmuch as allegations have been made that : possible violations of the antitrust laws may éxist in connection with the distribution and advertising of rifle scopes by five of the largest manufacturers of such rifle scopes. SARONED AND __. POMMARDED: Corres Dey $28 abr aaa 3 - Bureau (6054¢ 16) “"2 - New York (60-1107 am ~ Milwauyes, (fo- 180