COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS **. AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., New York CHARLES A. VANIK, Ohio JOHN J. DUNCAN, Tennessee JAMES C. CORMAN, California BILL ARCHER, Texas SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan J. J. PICKLE, Texas PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut JAMES G. MARTIN, North Carolina FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California L. A. (SKIP) BAFALIS, Florida JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma RICHARD T. SCHULZE, Pennsylvania ANDY JACOBS, JR., Indiana BILL GRADISON, Ohio JOSEPH L. FISHER, Virginia JOHN H. ROUSSELOT, California HAROLD FORD, Tennessee W. HENSON MOORE, Louisiana JOHN M. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRADE CHARLES A. VANIK, Ohio, Chairman SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois BILL ARCHER, Texas JAMES R. JONES, Oklahoma BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota JOSEPH L. FISHER, Virginia JAMES G. MARTIN, North Carolina KEN HOLLAND, South Carolina L. A. (SKIP) BAFALIS, Florida ED JENKINS, Georgia RICHARD T. SCHULZE, Pennsylvania THOMAS J. DOWNEY, New York W. HENSON MOORE, Louisiana David B. ROHR, Professional Staff (II) CONTENTS Page 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 ............. Department of Commerce, William H. Cavitt, Acting Director, Office of Trade Policy, and Armor Armstrong, Maritime Administration ..... Alexander, Donald C., Knoll Fine Chemicals, Inc ....... and Paul H. DeLaney, Jr.............. Containerhouse Co., Cornelia, Ga., Thomas W. Sikes. 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........ Dawson, Donald S., Virgin Islands Merchants Association ........ DeLaney, Paul H., Jr., Wilson's House of Suede & Leather, and Berman's, the Leather Experts, division of W. R. Grace & Co ............. Dial Import Corp., David Yeston and Peter 0. Suchman .............. Economic Consulting Services, Inc., Stanley Nehmer ...... Edgar, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of Elliot & Kastle, Inc., Richard Kastleman and Peter 0. Suchman ........ on behalf of International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, and United Food and Commercial Workers Union.......... Flexi-Van Corp., Edward A. Woolley ............. 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 .......... Kastleman, Richard, Elliot & Kastle, Inc ...... Knoll Fine Chemicals, Inc., Donald C. Alexander and Rolf Spaeth ...... Korean Leather & Fur Exporters Association, N. David Palmeter ... Longaker, R. G., Hover Systems, Inc ... National Outerwear and Sportswear Association, Morton Cooper Nehmer, Stanley, Economic Consulting Services, Inc... Palmeter, N. David, Korean Leather & Fur Exporters Association Republic of China (Taiwan), Board of Foreign Trade, David Simon n ........ Shannon, Hon. James M., a Representative in Congress from the State of Sikes, Thomas W., Containerhouse Co., Cornelia, Ga ............. Simon, David, Board of Foreign Trade of the Republic of China (Taiwan), and (III) Star Sportswear, Lynn, Mass., James R. Swann..... wearing apparel, including Elliot & Kastle, Inc., and Dial Import Corp ......... Inc.; ITEL Corp.; Transamerica ICS, Inc.; Trans Ocean Leasing Corp.; Flexi- ............ 112 114 104 ..... 104 AGENCY REPORTS AND WRITTEN COMMENTS ON SPECIFIC BILLS H. Con. Res. 383: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 121 American Retail Federation, statement. Council for a Competitive Economy, William L. Law, Cudahy Tanning Co, statement ......... K mart Corp., James C. Tuttle, letter ........ Montgomery Ward, Peter K. Pitsch, letter and enclosure ............... National Retail Merchants Association, Verrick 0. French, letter............... 132 Penney, J. C., Co., Inc., John B. Pellegrini, statement.......... 124 U.S. Council for an Open World Economy, David J. Steinberg, statement .. 134 H.R. 7660: Sea-Land Industries Investments, Inc., Charles I. Hiltzheimer, letter forwarded by Congressman Jenkins .......... 137 Theurer Atlantic, Inc., Theurer Greenville Corp., John Theurer, letter....... Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association, statement........ 138 H.R. 7709: U.S. International Trade Commission. 143 Department of State ........... 144 Department of the Interior................... H.R. 7802: U.S. International Trade Commission............ 148 137 mosion............. 144 146 |