COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman

CONTENTS

Press release announcing hearing.

WITNESSES

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U.S. Trade Representative:

Ambassador Robert D. Hormats, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative....

Ann H. Hughes, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, and Tim Bennett,

Chairman, Interagency Task Force.

Department of Agriculture, James H. Starkey, Deputy Under Secretary for

International Affairs

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Department of Commerce, William H. Cavitt, Acting Director, Office of Trade

Policy, and Armor Armstrong, Maritime Administration..

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Alexander, Donald C., Knoll Fine Chemicals, Inc.

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Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Murray H. Finley.

Berman's, the Leather Experts, division of W. R. Grace & Co., Lyle Berman

and Paul H. DeLaney, Jr.

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Containerhouse Co., Cornelia, Ga., Thomas W. Sikes...

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Cooper, Morton, Cooper Sportswear Manufacturing Co., Inc., and Import

Action Committee, National Outerwear and Sportswear Association.......

CTI-Container Transport International, Inc., Edward A. Woolley

Council for a Competitive Economy, Richard W. Wilcke..

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Dawson, Donald S., Virgin Islands Merchants Association

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DeLaney, Paul H., Jr., Wilson's House of Suede & Leather, and Berman's, the

Leather Experts, division of W. R. Grace & Co.....

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Dial Import Corp., David Yeston and Peter O. Suchman

Economic Consulting Services, Inc., Stanley Nehmer

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Edgar, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Pennsylvania...

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Elliot & Kastle, Inc., Richard Kastleman and Peter O. Suchman

Evans, Hon. Melvin H., a Delegate in Congress from the Virgin Islands

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Finley, Murray H., Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union; also

on behalf of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and United

Food and Commercial Workers Union........

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Flexi-Van Corp., Edward A. Woolley

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Francis, Amadeo I. D., Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands

Hover Systems, Inc., R. G. Longaker

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, Murray H. Finley

ITEL Corp., Edward A. Woolley.

Knoll Fine Chemicals, Inc., Donald C. Alexander and Rolf Spaeth.

Korean Leather & Fur Exporters Association, N. David Palmeter

Longaker, R. G., Hover Systems, Inc

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National Outerwear and Sportswear Association, Morton Cooper

Nehmer, Stanley, Economic Consulting Services, Inc.

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Palmeter, N. David, Korean Leather & Fur Exporters Association

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Republic of China (Taiwan), Board of Foreign Trade, David Simon

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Shannon, Hon. James M., a Representative in Congress from the State of

Massachusetts...

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Sikes, Thomas W., Containerhouse Co., Cornelia, Ga........

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Simon, David, Board of Foreign Trade of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and

Taiwan Leatherwear Producers and Exporters

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Spaeth, Rolf, Knoll Fine Chemicals, Inc......

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Star Sportswear, Lynn, Mass., James R. Swann.......

Suchman, Peter O., on behalf of certain importers/distributors of leather wearing apparel, including Elliot & Kastle, Inc., and Dial Import Corp Swann, James R., Star Sportswear, Lynn, Mass......

Taiwan Leatherwear Producers and Exporters, David Simon.

Trans Ocean Leasing Corp., Edward A. Woolley.

Transamerica ICS, Inc., Edward A. Woolley

United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Murray H. Finley

U.S. Virgin Islands, Government of, Amadeo I. D. Francis...
Virgin Islands Merchants Association, Donald S. Dawson
Wilcke, Richard W., Council for a Competitive Economy..

Wilson's House of Suede & Leather, Jeffrey Wilson and Paul H. DeLaney, Jr..

Woolley, Edward A., on behalf of CTI-Container Transport International,

Inc.; ITEL Corp.; Transamerica ICS, Inc.; Trans Ocean Leasing Corp.; Flexi-
Van Corp.; and Xtra, Inc.

Xtra, Inc., Edward A. Woolley.
Yeston, David, Dial Import Corp.

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AGENCY REPORTS AND WRITTEN COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC BILLS

H. Con. Res. 383:

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations,
Ray Denison, letter

American Retail Federation, statement

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Council for a Competitive Economy, William L. Law, Cudahy Tanning Co, statement.

K mart Corp., James C. Tuttle, letter.

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Montgomery Ward, Peter K. Pitsch, letter and enclosure.

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National Retail Merchants Association, Verrick O. French, letter..
Penney, J. C., Co., Inc., John B. Pellegrini, statement.....

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U.S. Council for an Open World Economy, David J. Steinberg, statement.. H.R. 7660:

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Sea-Land Industries Investments, Inc., Charles I. Hiltzheimer, letter forwarded by Congressman Jenkins.

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Theurer Atlantic, Inc., Theurer Greenville Corp., John Theurer, letter.......
Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, statement...