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JOHN T. LEBIS & BROS. CO. 910 Widener Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa. October 23 1945 Mr. T. A. Flynn Butler-Flynn Paint Company 607-609 C. Street, W. Yi. Washington, D. C. (1 Dear Mr. Flynn - We are glad to 19th that you have shown the F' courtesy. am your letter of the investigators every possible Thank y tion has included quest thereof. ting us know that their investigar own practice and your opinions Yours very truly, /S/ J.ff.G. President 1 JWGsCC CCj Mr. H. Rowe. NL 000040408 Maurice F. Flynn Thomas A. Flynn BUTLER-FLYNN PAINT COMPANY Distributors Paints------- Glass 607-609 C. St., N.W. Washington, D. C. October 19, 1945 John T. Lewis & Bros. Co. Widener Bldg. Philadelphia, Pa. Attention - Mr. Gardner Gentlemen: fl Today I was interrogate N^r a period of two hours by an investigator from the Fep rade Commission concern- our relations and pertaining 'set-up as distributors oi your company's products, ''seem to be interested parti- cularly in: (1) Whether or id have any advantage over any of our competi ugh any special concession in price. (2) Whether or t the neighborhood hardware stores suffer anyt becaus as distributors we receive a lower price than\ntie^ (3) WhetheY^-er^not we are handicapped through your saleB of lead to paint manufacturers when bought in large quantities. The investigator had a list of about 20 questions which were prepared for him to ask. Frankly I don't see how under the Robinson-Patman Act they can suppose to build up a case against the price set-up but he insisted upon seeing and making photostatic copies of invoices for white lead for -fiV8 years. I am passing this information on to you so you can have some idea of what is taking place. lours very truly, /S/ T. A. FLYNN BUTLER-FLYNN PAINT CO. r TAFsLMG NL 000040409 N 26644.01