Editorial Note
On April 21, 1953, the Department of Justice filed civil suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Civil Action No. 1779–53) against Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), Socony-Vacuum Oil Company of California, the Texas Company, and Gulf Oil Corporation, charging these companies with establishing a “combination and conspiracy and monopolization” in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Wilson Tariff Act. The text of this action is printed in United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Multinational Corporations, The International Petroleum Cartel, the Iranian Consortium and U.S. National Security, 93d Cong., 2d sess. (Washington, 1974), pages 35–46.