SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

EDWIN C, JOHNSON, Colorado, Chairman
ERNEST W. MCFARLAND, Arizona

CHARLES W. TOBEY, New Hampshire
WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington OWEN BREWSTER, Maine
BRIEN MCMAHON, Connecticut

HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana
HERBERT R. O'CONOR, Maryland

JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Texas

JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware LESTER C. HUNT, Wyoming

JAMES P. KEM, Missouri

EDWARD S. JARRETT, Clerk 11

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Statement of -

Baker, Cameron, representing New York Testing Co., New York,

N. Y.
Bonnet, Dr. F., advisor to president on special technical assignments,

American Viscose Corp., Marcus Hook, Pa--
Buck, George S., Jr., technical director of the National Cotton Coun-

cil of America, 1832 M Street NW., Washington, D. C -
Cheney, Roy, representing Underwear Institute, 2 Park Avenue,

New York, N. Y.
Cruse, William T., representing the Society of the Plastics Industry,

67 West Forty-fourth Street, New York, N. Y..
Dorn, Charles W., director of Research Laboratory, J. C. Penney Co.

and chairman of the technical committee of the National Retail

Dry Goods Association, Kass Building, Washington, D. C.--
Freedman, Ephraim, director, Macy's bureau of standards, R. H.

Macy, Inc.; Retail Dry Goods Association, 71 West Thirty-fifth
Street, New York, N. Y.; New York State Council of Retail Mer-
chants; New Jersey Retail Merchants Association; and Retail Dry

Goods Association of New York.--
Fickett, W. P., president, Textile Fabrics Association of New York

and president, National Association of Button Manufacturers, 40
Worth Street, New York 13, N. Y. (Accompanied by Frederic P.

Houston).
Korzenik, Sidney S., execative director and c unsel, National Knitted

Outerwear Association, 386 Fourth Avenue, New York, N. Y.-
Kushel, Ely, attorney, representing the Textile Distributors Insti-

tute, 927 Fifteenth Street NW., Washington, D. C..
Miller, Henry, assistant general counsel, in charge of industry coop-

eration, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D. C.-
Morrison, Bess V., head, Textiles and Clothing Division, Bureau of

Human Nutrition and Home Economics, United States Depart-

ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.---
O'Brien, Matthew H., secretary, Rayon and Acetate Fiber Products

Group, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y..
Robins, Leonard, counsel, National Retail Dry Goods Association,

Kass Building, Washington, D. C...
Scott, Walter M., Assistant Chief, Bureau of Agricultural and Indus-

trial Chemistry, Department of Agriculture
Reports from

Department of Commerce, dated May 27, 1952..
Department of Commerce on S. 2918 amendment, dated June 24, 1952.
Federal Trade Commission, dated May 23, 1952.--
Federal Trade Commission on S. 2918 amendment, dated June 20,

1952.-

General Accounting Office, dated April 15, 1952.
Statements submitted by-

Schindel, Philip W., secretary-treasurer, Retail Merchants' Associa-

tion of New Jersey, 363 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, N. J.-----
Letters from

American Retail Federation, 1625 I Street NW., Washington, D. C.,

dated May 27, 1952.-
Carpet Institute, Inc., Empire State Building, New York, N. Y.,

dated May 29, 1952..
Society of the Plastics Industry, New York, N. Y., dated June 6, 1952.
The National Federation of Textiles, Inc., 389 Fifth Avenue, New

York 16, X. Y., dated June 5, 1952

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