CONTENTS STATEMENTS Barkin, Solomon, director of research, Textile Workers Union of America, Page 1079 Bell, W. Ray, president, The Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of 1058 Berkowitz, Max, director, National Authority for Ladies' Handbag Industry. 1090 Beuthel, L. N., Chemstone Corp.. 1186 Boals, Gordon P., director of export programs, Millers' National Federation.... 1044 Brehm, C. E., president, Independent Oil Producers and Landowners 1430 Byrne, George P., Jr., legal counsel, United States Wood Screw Service Chapman, W. M., director of research, American Tunaboat Association__ Connor, Gordon R., representing American Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers.. Conover, Julian D., executive vice president, American Mining Congress-- Delaney, W. A., Jr., Ada, Okla., accompanied by Hon. John Jarman, a Eckle, L. Griffin, owner and operator, Lee's Bicycle Shop, Tulsa, Okla_ 1200 945 1306 1502 1048 1469 1001 866 Fox, A. U., chairman, tariff committee, The Thread Institute, Inc.. 1129 1373 939 Gore, Hon. Albert, United States Senator from the State of Tennessee_ 1517 1206 Gustkey, Carl W., American Glassware Association; accompanied by R. S. Hansen, Richard F., on behalf of the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc.. 1152 1175 Healy, Patrick, assistant secretary, National Milk Producers Federation; Hebert, J. Walter, president, Cherry Growers and Industries Foundation, Hill, David G., president, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co... 877 1197 1505 Hooker, R. Wolcott, president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers 892 Independent Oil Men's Association of New England, Inc., Boston, Mass__ 1495 1016 Kentucky Oil & Gas Association, Louisville, Ky. 1495 1464 Lee, Raymond J., chairman, tariff committee, Papermakers' Felt Asso ciation 1126 Lerch, John G., Lamb & Lerch, New York, N. Y.... 990 Lewis, Marx, general secretary-treasurer, United Hatters, Cap and 1132 Linville, Donald, executive secretary, Handboard Association, Chicago, 1322 Lloyd, Lewis E., regional vice president, the American Tariff League, Inc. 858 1433 Mack, James E., Rolled Zinc Emergency Tariff Committee. Miller, Donald M., chairman, Associated Representatives of Staffordshire Potters... Monroney, Hon. A. S., United States Senator from the State of Oklahoma Niles, Mich., Chamber of Commerce_ O'Connor, Robert E., executive secretary, American Paper and Pulp rage 1291 1141 1208 1412 1123 1112 1014 1021 Paisner, Isadore, president, Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths of 1189 1226 Potter, C. J., president, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Indiana, Pa__ Richmond, Howard, vice president, Crompton Co., Inc., New York, Roddy, Vincent J., president, American Screw Co.. Rogers, Elmo F., president, Federal of Independent Oil Unions; accompanied by Joel D. Blackman, general counsel; and Leo Martin, secretarytreasurer of the national union_. 1215 1010 1204 1461 Scheff, Charles M., president, the American Flint Glass Workers Union of 1195 Schultz, Paul R., president, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association____ 1414 Simpson, Gordon, president, Independent Petroleum Association of 1410 Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 1497 Stein, Melville, president, Leeds & Northrup Co., presented by George 1171 Stevens, Robert T., president, J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.. 1102 Stilley, Walter A., Jr., president, Stilley Plywood Co., Inc., Conway, S. C.. 1224 831 Sullivan, William F., secretary, Northern Textile Association; accompanied 1064 1108 1217 Tilden, Richard A., general counsel, Clothespin Manufacturers of America__ 997 1145 Trevor, Bronson, representing the American Coalition of Patriotic Societies_ 922 Underwood, Hon. Cecil H., Governor of West Virginia. 1028 Veltfort, Theodore E., managing director, Copper and Brass Research Association, New York. 1240 Wadle, Donald R., managing director, Metal Lath Manufacturers Association, Cleveland, Ohio.. 1211 West Virginia Glass Workers' Protective League.. 1194 Wheatley, E. L., president, International Brotherhood of Operative 1139 Wilkinson, Edwin, executive vice president, National Association of Wool 1093 Wood, Robert L., Basin Drilling Co., Midland, Tex. 1389 Yarborough, Hon. Ralph W., United States Senator from the State of 1492 LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS Alexander, Richard B., president, Tile Council of America, Inc., to chair man_ 1023 Allison, E. W., secretary, Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc., Detroit, Auerback, John, secretary, American Bike Tariff Committee, Bicycle 1323 1015 Babbitt, William C., managing director, National Association of Photo- Page graphic Manufacturers, Inc., to committee. 1030 Bachenheimer, Ralph J., chairman, Textile Section, New York Board of 1371 Backstand, C. J., president, Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa., to chair man. Ballard, Marshall, Jr., president, American Tung Oil Association, A. A. L., Brandis, R. Buford, chief economist, the American Cotton Manufacturers, Bruno, Vincent J., assistant director, World Trade and Transportation 1025 1014 1055 1024 Bullard, Emerson M., president, Rhode Island Textile Association, to chairman.. 1322 Castle, C. A., Washington, D. C., to committee. 1517 Cole, Harold G., Modern Packagings, Dallas, Tex., to chairman and enclosure. 1366 Daniel, Hon. Price, Governor of Texas, to chairman, and enclosure... 1508 1167 Dresser, Robert B., Providence, R. I., to chairman_. 1140 Fox, A. U., Greenwich, Conn., to chairman, and enclosure__ 1018 Gamble, Edward W., Jr., regional vice president, Monsanto Chemical Co., 1323 Garfunkel, P. H., Hoyland Steel Co., Inc., to chairman_ 1016 Gidwitz, Gerald, chairman, board of directors, Helene Curtis Industries, 1017 Glass, Irving R., executive vice president, Tanners' Council of America, 1136 Graff, S. Stewart, secretary, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Hitchcock, W. E., Jr., president, the Atlantic Wire Co., Branford, Conn., Hotchkiss, S. L., sales manager, wire goods division, the Risdon Manufac- 901 1200 1322 1207 1025 Klein, Joseph L., director, Woven Label Institute, Inc., New York, N. Y., to chairman__ 1026 Light, Sam, treasurer, Lindsey Coal Mining Co., (steam and fuel coal) 1494 Lloyd, Lewis E., regional vice president, the American Tariff League, Inc., 864 Lostacco, Elviro, president, Providence Rubber Workers Federal Union 21172, AFL-CIO, Providence, R. I., to Hon. John O. Pastore___-Lynch, R. S., chairman of the board, Atlantic Steel Co., Atlanta, Ga., to chairman, and enclosure.. 1018 1324 Magnuson, Hon. Warren G., to chairman, and enclosure.... 1334 Martin, H. L., vice president and general manager, Seneca Wire & Manufacturing Co., Fostoria, Ohio, to chairman....... 1199 Maule, Walter W., secretary, Mushroom Growers Cooperative Association of Pennsylvania, to chairman_ 1117 McColly, Don W., president, Wine Institute, San Francisco, Calif., to chairman.. 1213 Munson, Craig G., president, the International Silver Co., to chairman, and enclosures.. 1033 Payne, Hon. Frederick G., to chairman.. 1121, 1122 Pickett, Tom, executive vice president, National Coal Association, to chairman, and enclosures.. Roddey, W. J., Jr., president, Victoria Cotton Mill, Rock Hill, S. C., to 1329 1223 Schwab, C. E., chairman, Emergency Lead-Zinc Committee, care of American Mining Congress, Washington, D. C., to chairman, and enclosures.. 1253 Slane, Harold A., Cast Iron Soil Pipe Foundation, Los Ángeles, Calif., to chairman_ 1365 Page Sullivan, William A., Northern Textile Association, to Hon. Robert S. Kerr. 1068 Teague, J. N., president, American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors, to Russell B. Brown, Washington, D. C. 1494 Van Dorn, H. B., chairman, Foreign Trade and Tariff Committee, to chairman_ 1121 Watkins, T. J., chairman, Citizens Committee for Stabilization (lead-zinc industry) Flat River, Mo., to chairman... 1116 Watson, Merrill A., executive vice president, National Shoe Manufacturers 1142 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Changes in tariff levels and in United States exports to countries with which Comparison of handmade blown glassware with significant economic trends. 903 1158 1117 Examples of United States exports of products subject to trade agreement concessions__ 904 Hourly returns of dairy farm operators 883 Illustrative list of concession items with value of United States imports in 1953 and 1957.. 909 United States butterfat production in 1957 881 United States imports for consumption.--. 1064 TRADE AGREEMENTS ACT EXTENSION FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1958 UNITED STATES SENATE, The committee met, pursuant to recess, at 10:05 a. m., in room 312, Senate Office Building, Senator Harry Flood Byrd (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Byrd (chairman), Kerr, Frear, Douglas, Martin, Williams, Malone, Carlson, and Bennett. Also present: Elizabeth B. Springer, chief clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The first witness is Mr. O. R. Strackbein, chairman of the NationWide Committee on Import-Export Policy. Will you proceed? STATEMENT OF 0. R. STRACKBEIN, CHAIRMAN, THE NATION-WIDE COMMITTEE ON IMPORT-EXPORT POLICY Mr. STRACKBEIN. My name is O. R. Strackbein. I am the chairman of the Nation-Wide Committee on Import-Export Policy. I may say that this committee is composed of organizations of industry, of labor, and agriculture that have in common among them the problem of import competition. If it is so desired, Mr. Chairman, I will be very glad to give a list of the names of our members. The CHAIRMAN. It may be filed. Senator MARTIN. Why not submit it for the record? Mr. STRACKBEIN. Yes, sir. (The list is as follows:) LIST OF MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES OF NATION-WIDE COMMITTEE OF INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE AND LABOR ON IMPORT-EXPORT POLICY American National Cattlemen's Association United Mine Workers of America (Ind.) National Wool Growers Association American Tung Oil Association, A. A. L. Seafarers International Union of North America (AFL-CIO) Wine Institute American Flint Glass Workers' Union of North America (AFL-CIO) Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association The Hat Institute, Inc. Book Manufacturers Institute, Inc. Bicycle Institute of America, Inc. Cordage Institute |