Report of the White House Task Force on Antitrust Policy 2 Antitrust Law & Economics Review 1968-1969

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2 Antitrust L. & Econ. Rev. 11 (1968-1969)
Report of the White House Task Force on Antitrust Policy

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REPORT OF THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE
ON ANTITRUST POLICY

PHIL C. NEAL*
WILLIAM F. BAXTER
ROBERT H. BoRK
CARL H. FULDA
WILLIAM K. JONES
DENNIS G. LYONS
PAUL W. MAcAvoY
JAMES W. MCKIE
LE& E. PRESTON
JAMES A. RH'L
RICHARD E. SHERWOOD
S. PAUL POSNER**

In December 1967, President Johnson appointed a Task Force on
Antitrust Policy and asked it to complete its Report and recommen-
dations by June 30, 1968. The Task Force consisted of three prac-
ticing lawyers, three economists, five professors of law, and the
Chairman, Phil C. Neal, Dean of the Law School, University of
Chicago.
Initially a secret task force, the group's Report to the President
of July 5,3968, was not released until early 1969.
Five major recommendations are made by the Task Force, four
of them calling for either new legislation or a substantial overhaul of
existing laws.
1. Concentrated Industries Act. The Task Force recommended

* Chairman of the Task Force and Dean of the Law School, University
of Chicago.
* Staff Director of the Task Force.