COMMITTEE ON FINANCE HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia, Chairman ROBERT S. KERR, Oklahoma EDWARD MARTIN, Pennsylvania J. ALLEN FREAR, Jr., Delaware JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont GEORGE A. SMATHERS, Florida GEORGE W. MALONE, Nevada CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico FRANK CARLSON, Kansas PAUL H. DOUGLAS, Illinois WALLACE F. BENNETT, Utah ALBERT GORE, Tennessee WILLIAM E. JENNER, Indiana Elizabeth B. Springer, Chief Clerk 11 CONTENTS STATEMENTS Barkin, Solomon, director of research, Textile Workers Union of America, Pag« AFL-CIO. 7. 1079 BelL W. Ray, president, The Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York 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 Association 1430 Byrne, George P., Jr., legal counsel, United States Wood Screw Service Bureau 1200 Chapman, W. M., director of research, American Tunaboat Association.. 945 Connor, Gordon R., representing American Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers 1306 Conover, Julian D., executive vice president, American Mining Congress.. 1502 Daniel, Dan, The American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, Inc.; accompanied by R. Houston Jewell, vice president of Crystal Springs Bleachery of Chicamauga, Georgia, and Buford Brandis, chief economist for ACMI '1048 Delaney, W. A., Jr., Ada, Okla., accompanied by Hon. John Jarman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oklahoma 1469 Detweiler, Joseph H., vice president and general manager, Argus Cameras, Division of Sylvania Electric Products, Inc 1001 Eckle, L. Griffin, owner and operator, Lee's Bicycle Shop, Tulsa, Okla 866 Fox, A. U., chairman, tariff committee, The Thread Institute, Inc 1129 Gary, Hon. Raymond, Governor of the State of Oklahoma 1373 George, Paul E., representing The Cordage Institute 939 Gore, Hon. Albert, United States Senator from the State of Tennessee 1517 Gray, Charles M., manager, Insulation Board Institute 1206 Gustkev, Carl W., American Glassware Association; accompanied by R. S. Davis 1152 Hansen, Richard F., on behalf of the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc 1175 Healy, Patrick, assistant secretary, National Milk Producers Federation; accompanied by M. R. Garstang, general counsel, National Milk Producers Federation 877 Hebert, J. Walter, president, Cherry Growers and Industries Foundation, Corvallis, Oreg 1197 Hill, David G., president, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co 1505 Hooker, R. Wolcott, president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association 892 Independent Oil Men's Association of New England, Inc., Boston, Mass.. 1495 Independent Refiners Association of America 1016 Kentucky Oil & Gas Association, Louisville, Ky 1495 KithiL Richard, vice president, the Carwin Co 1464 Lee, Raymond J., chairman, tariff committee, Papermakers' Felt Association 1126 Lerch, John G., Lamb & Lerch, New York, N. Y 990 Lewis, Marx, general secretary-treasurer, United Hatters, Cap and Millinery Workers International Union 1132 Linville, Donald, executive secretary, Handboard Association, Chicago, III 1322 Lloyd, Lewis E., regional vice president, the American Tariff League, Inc. 858 Locke, Eugene M., Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association 1433 III fac* Mack, James E., Rolled Zinc Emergency Tariff Committee 1291 Marsh, Edwin E., executive secretary, National Wool Growers Association, Salt Lake City, Utah 1141 Miller, Donald M., chairman, Associated Representatives of Staffordshire Potters 1208 Monroney, Hon. A. S., United States Senator from the State of Oklahoma. 1412 Niles, Mich., Chamber of Commerce 1014 O'Connor, Robert E., executive secretary, American Paper and Pulp Association, New York, N. Y 1021 Paisner, Isadore, president, Manufacturing Jewelers and Silversmiths of America 1189 Potter, C. J., president, Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co., Indiana, Pa 1226 Purtell, Hon. William A., United States Senator from the State of Connecticut 1215 Richmond, Howard, vice president, Crompton Co., Inc., New York, N. Y 1010 Roddy, Vincent J., president, American Screw Co 1204 Rogers, Elmo F., president, Federal of Independent Oil Unions; accompanied by Joel D. Blackman, general counsel; and Leo Martin, secretarytreasurer of the national union 1461 Scheff, Charles M., president, the American Flint Glass Workers Union of North America 1195 Schultz, Paul R., president, Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association 1414 Simpson, Gordon, president, Independent Petroleum Association of America 1410 Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) 1497 Stein, Melville, president, Leeds & Northrup Co., presented by George E. Baggs "- 1171 Stevens, Robert T., president, J. P. Stevens & Co., Inc 1102 Stilley, Walter A., Jr., president, Stilley Plywood Co., Inc., Conway, S. C 1224 Strackbein, O. R., chairman, the Nationwide Committee on Import-Export Policy 831 Sullivan, William F., secretary, Northern Textile Association; accompanied by Henry Truslow, president, Northern Textile Association 1064 Taylor, Tyre, general counsel, Southern States Industrial Council 1108 Thurmond, Hon. Strom, United States Senator from the State of South Carolina 1217 Tilden, Richard A., general counsel, Clothespin Manufacturers of America. . 997 Torbert, E. L., United States Potters Association 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 Potters 1139 Wilkinson, Edwin, executive vice president, National Association of Wool Manufacturers 1093 Wood, Robert L., Basin Drilling Co., Midland, Tex 1389 Yarborough, Hon. Ralph W., United States Senator from the State of Texas 1492 LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS Alexander, Richard B., president, Tile Council of America, Inc., to chairman 1023 Allison, E. W., secretary, Detrex Chemical Industries, Inc., Detroit, Mich., to chairman 1323 Auerback, John, secretary, American Bike Tariff Committee, Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America, New York, N. Y., to chairman. 1015 Babbitt, William C, managing director, National Association of Photo- pase graphic Manufacturers, Inc., to committee 1030 Bachenheimer, Ralph J., chairman, Textile Section, New York Board of Trade, Inc., to chairman 1371 Backstand, C. J., president, Armstrong Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa., to chairman 1025 Ballard, Marshall, Jr., president, American Tung Oil Association, A. A. L., to Hon. Allen J. Ellender 1014 Brandis, R. Buford, chief economist, the American Cotton Manufacturers, Inc., to Hon. Clinton P. Anderson 1055 Bruno, Vincent J., assistant director, World Trade and Transportation Department, Commerce and Industry Association of New York, to chairman 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 Davis, R. L., secretary, American Glassware Association, to Hon. Robert S. Kerr, and enclosure 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., Washington, D. C, to chairman 1323 Garfunkel, P. H., Hoyland Steel Co., Inc., to chairman 1016 Gidwitz, Gerald, chairman, board of directors, Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., to chairman 1017 Glass, Irving R., executive vice president, Tanners' Council of America, New York, N. Y., to chairman 1136 Graff, S. Stewart, secretary, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, to chairman, and enclosure 901 Hitchcock, W. E., Jr., president, the Atlantic Wire Co., Branford, Conn., to chairman 1200 Hotchkiss, S. L., sales manager, wire goods division, the Risdon Manufacturing Co., (metal and wire goods) Naugatuck, Conn., to chairman 1322 Johnson, Paul F., executive secretary, Vinil Fabrics Institute, to chairman. 1207 Kennedy, Miles D., director, national legislative commission, the American Legion, to chairman 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) Punxatawney, Pa., to chairman 1494 Lloyd, Lewis E., regional vice president, the American Tariff League, Inc., New York, N. Y., to chairman 864 Lostacco, Elviro, president, Providence Rubber Workers Federal Union 21172, AFL-CIO, Providence, R. I., to Hon. John O. Pastore 1018 Lynch, R. S., chairman of the board, Atlantic Steel Co., Atlanta, Ga., to chairman, and enclosure 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 1329 Roddey, W. J., Jr., president, Victoria Cotton Mill, Rock Hill, S. C, to Hon. Strom Thurmond 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 Angeles, Calif., to chairman 1365 Pi Sullivan, William A., Northern Textile Association, to Hon. Robert S. Kerr. 10 Teague, J. X., president, American Association of Oil Well Drilling Contractors, to Russell B. Brown, Washington, D. C U Van Dorn, H. B., chairman, Foreign Trade and Tariff Committee, to chairman 11 Watkina, T. J., chairman, Citizens Committee for Stabilization (lead-zinc industry) Flat River, Mo., to chairman 11 Watson, Merrill A., executive vice president, National Shoe Manufacturers Association, Inc., to chairman 11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Changes in tariff levels and in United States exports to countries with which trade agreements are now in effect Comparison of handmade blown glassware with significant economic trends. 1 Comparison of wages in United States and foreign mines 1 Examples of United States exports of products subject to trade agreement concessions Hourly returns of dairy farm operators Illustrative list of concession items with value of United States imports in 1953 and 1957 ... United States butterfat production in 1957 United States imports for consumption 1 |