1 INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE EIGHTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 469 TO PROTECT PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS AGAINST MIS- FEBRUARY 24, 25, 26, AND 27, 1958 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington, Chairman JOHN O. PASTORE, Rhode Island A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma STROM THURMOND, South Carolina JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas JOHN MARSHALL BUTLER, Maryland CHARLES E. POTTER, Michigan WILLIAM A. PURTELL, Connecticut FREDERICK G. PAYNE, Maine NORRIS COTTON, New Hampshire EDWARD JARRETT, Chief Clerk II CONTENTS Apsey, Lawrence S., general attorney, Celanese Corporation of Amer- ica, 180 Madison Avenue, New York 16, N. Y.... Bachenheimer, Ralph J., chairman of the joing committee on labeling of textiles and apparel, 1430 Broadway, 13th Floor, New York 18, Bailey, Herbert E., assistant secretary, Johnson & Johnson, New Bible, Hon. Alan, United States Senator from Nevada, Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C.... Brainard, S. W., manager, laboratory service technical service textile fibers department, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Carter, Robert E., regional vice president and chairman, governmental affairs committee, National Retail Furniture Association, 1028 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington 6, D. C... Conover, John C., executive director, The Corset and Brassiere Associ- Crowder, J. A., Washington representative, Boston Wool Trade 131 262 66 96 Deneau, Richard, The Textile Distributors Institute, Inc., 469 265 Feldman, Erwin, director, National Association of House and Daytime 205 273 168 Fri, James L., president, Upholstery and Drapery Fabric Manu- factuers Association, Inc., New York, N. Y.- Fricker, Edward, Kroehler Manufacturing Co., Naperville, Ill. Hill, Hon. Lister, United States Senator from Alabama, Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C.......... Building Y., director of research, Dan River Mills, Inc., Danville, Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation, 1134 19th 106 122 111 89 Kell, D. Franklin, executive secretary and general counsel, Textile 106 Kintner, Earl, General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission, Wash- 109 Klurfeld, Arthur M., executive director, Textile Fabrics Association, Kushel, Ely, The Textile Distributors Institute, Inc., 469 Seventh Statement of-Continued La Barthe, Jules, Chairman of the Technical Committee, National Lovell, M. J., president, National Association of Shirts, Pajamas and McKelvey, W. Gordon, executive vice president, Southern Garment Marsh, Edwin E., executive secretary, National Wool Growers Merrigan, Edward L., Weil, Gotshal & Manges, for Textile Fabric Plaisted, Kenneth, executive secretary, National Board of Fur Farm Randolph, Walter L., vice president, American Farm Bureau Federa- Roistacher, Albert S., assistant general manager, National Association of Bedding Manufacturers, 724 9th Street NW., Washington 1, Schindel, Mr., executive director, Variety Stores Association, Inc., 25 West 43d Street, New York 36, N. Y. Sloan, O. T., Variety Stores Association, Inc., 25 West 43d Street, Smith, Hon. Frank E., United States Representative from the 3d District of Mississippi, House of Representatives, Washington Stennis, Hon. John, United States Senator from the State of Missis- sippi, Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C...--- Warnke, Paul, Covington and Burling, Soft Fibers Manufacturers, 701 Young, J. Banks, Washington representative, National Cotton Council Ackerman, F. Eugene, Box 427, Naples, Fla. - Barnet, William, president, William Barnet & Son, Albany, N. Y.... Hirsh, Morris L., executive vice president, Star Woolen Co., Cohoes, Humphrey, John E., secretary, Nevada Wool Growers Association, 105, 314 41 330 321 318 Ambrose, Arthur, manager, Grand Furniture Co., 208 Pine Street, 342 Korzenik, Sidney S., executive director and counsel, National Knitted Lobsitz, Samuel, president, Lobsitz Mills Company of Nutley New Bachenheimer, Ralph J., chairman, Joint Committee on Labeling of Textiles and Apparel, 1430 Broadway-13th Floor, New York 18, Bell, Ray W., president, The Association of Cotton Textile Merchants 297 305 312 Letters from-Continued Creemore, E. F., president, American Cotton Shippers Association, Cushing, Dean C., secretary, Massachusetts Council of Retail Mer- Deuster, Frank B., executive secretary, Northwest Furniture Manu- Dugan, James J., president and treasurer, John T. Lodge & Co., Inc., Page 311 329 305 Dunn, F. W., managing director, Grand Rapids Furniture Manufac- 313 345 339 366 Gathings, Hon. E. C., United States Representative from the 1st 297 341 Horstmann, I. J., II, president, Philadelphia Wood & Textile Associa- 345 300 Jackson, Robert C., executive vice president, The American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, Inc., Suite 504, 1145 Nineteenth Street, Johnson, Dorothy, chairman, American Home Economics Associa- tion, 1600 20th Street, NW., Washington 9, D. C____ Kegelman, H. E., president, the Linen Thread Co., Inc., 418 Grand Kuchel, Hon. Thomas H., a United States Senator from the State of California, Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C., trans- mitting a letter from Upholsterers Manufacturers Association of Masaoka, Mike M., Washington representative, American Importers of Japanese Textiles, Inc., Suite 1217, Hurley-Wright Building, Payne, Samuel G., secretary and general counsel, the Warner Brothers 338 Ridgway, Boyd, manager, Chamber of Commerce, 116 South Poplar 300 Roth, I. R., president, Orcco Industries, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif Sabin, A. Kirby, Jr., president, Fresno Cotton Exchange, Fresno, Smith, B. F., executive vice president, Delta Council Yazoo-Missis- 311 |