SUBJECT: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION - FBI

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION

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SUBJECT: NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION

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Field and Stream, Hugh Grey, editor, published by Henry H~ and Company, �ew York City

Outdoor Life, William 5. hoe, ioitor, publisheo by Populuz- j Science Publishing Company, New York Ci"

Hunting and Fishing, Bob Becker, Editor, published by Huntand Fishing'?;olisning Corporation. chi

Sports Afield, Ted Resting, Zuitor, published by The Hearsr Corporation, New York City1-Game Harding's Magazine!, A. V. Haruing, EuitorFur-F

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8' ~ v,> g3, sold in IQEQ through l9§h. Bausch and Loam '" I_I� "fair trade� these products. �

� a -.Bausch and Lomb Optical C0,, a , Jas Quup� u e meeting held at National Rifle AssociationsEesdquarters; Washington, D, 0,, on A/20/E3, at which tim$- .other manufacturers issued complaints that the American '1

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�id; ' SALES OF RIFLE slonws AND mounwsF%*� �o . �FOR YEAR1$ i§E§fT§Fb�EH;I§EA.134�ci-92 .

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1951

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Director- inviting- cued APr'.g% Zénlzziafroxix General EDSON, Executive

le �cone Rifle Association of America,_ him uO the meeting to explore all the factgrg

.~ -l}'l�f¢_;§.fedRifl¬Hén_

in the advertisins Policies Q1" the N ti 1as it pertains to the enforcing and §rQ§§§10ns

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laxing its longreaders from fal

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Rifle éssociatio

to ' ck all ads

eoo were with

up the W, R,

of the J. R. Weaver lov~~

lcnxmi shoulqf nof; a¢c{y~L 1avor products ei less the

Ho stated then: 13719 Ot?1�7?� Ir:

nts that the Amerisnm Hf7l

existing policy of prose:se claims in advertising and Lnu iiGen. EDSON pointed out thet tie Na:n people could no:.possihly undcrta

to make Sure that the pr

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in tne Fair Trade contracts

Weaver Company to enforce ChMitt tbr in�jvfdvv� deal

nor mend inai �awj Y�dli £13rd of havi. zaken immediate ectlcn

received zrom readers concerning -the types of dishonest advertising. theto the best of his knowledge no conclusions weed and no actions were decided upon. He state2 the best of 1' "n wl dz» t

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known their complainof his knowledge theusions and no actio

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the attitude or periormanTomrany.

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,, -/and for this reason he does'noT- Yhihk it wouli E9K i-; »pfobable that any manufacturer wvuli refuse or �bre;

t�o-.-refuse -to�_~adver'.tiso in this pub11'<§�e;n1on., He 3:5::�_ ..

L_ethgg>thig3w§§1d,qlsoybe_true~to a-lesserVdegree_inall outdoor't§pe publications a�d~8ddéd he Enews ofno threats by manufacturers to withhold eeyegtising:':";».~.: any magazine because of retail pricea§;.;'q�g3q/gqe _

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any more. I P¬C8l1 8 conversation I had in approximately1951 with an official of the Horehousc ana Nelle company

ilinois in which this official stated in

W,_R,not to sell me any more weaverlscopes as

ting the price below the establishedicannot recall the name of this official

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where he was regularly running an ad every monthne "Rifleman" until the difficulties arose outlined inabove statement.

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By letter dated June 13, 1955 the Bureau transmitted a copy of amemorandum dated June 9, 1955 from the Antitrust Division of the Q�. S Department of Justice, which requested that certain informal?tion and evidentiary material bc obtained from a jobber or dealer�in rifle scopes, inasmuch as allegations have baen_made thatpossible violations of the antitrust laws may exiatfin�eonnectionwith the distribution and advertising of rifle scopes by five ofthe largest manufacturers of such rifle scopes.

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- e a d e Norman Ford, hu+ obtains weaver scopes for it ..

copes comprise 95% of sales; Lyman 3% and Norman Ford 1%.H owledge that his retailers engage in out-price sal .has no agreement with manuf <" and manufacturers.~. . ced no restrictions on him. has no knowledge thatretailers have been refused advertis orts,mag§g1nes. N0evidentiary correspondence obtained. " ?°*7"�

ARMS 00., Milwaukee, are authorized jobbers for the Lyman 1s retail '

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trade from an authorized Weaver jobber in Red Wing, Minn.

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stated that he acts in the dual capeeityn the scopeeviineeal >-~g% '.e _ _§

> are the"gn§werska§.requested from questione"-2 némo"of the Attorney General~

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