TEXTILE INDUSTRY AND FABRICS

Addresses

International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union Annual Convention, Representative Ferraro, 16900 [22JN]

Preserving American Jobs, Hoyt Q. Bailey, 27156-27158 [4OC]

Textile, Fiber, Fabric, and Garment Industry, Gerald P. Elden, 30614 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Alice Manufacturing's Ellison McKissick, 7124 [24MR]

Apparel Industry, 11140 [4MY]

ATMI Special Interview—Textile Attitudes From James Chapman, 7122 [24MR]

Honor the Textiles Employees, 31385 [8NO]

ILGWU Plays Important Role, 8679 [14AP]

Labor Department Would Outlaw Labor, 18386 [30JN]

Operating Room Fires Caused by Fiberoptic Illumination Systems, 9598 [21AP]

Surgical Field Flash Fire During the Separation of Conjoined Twins, 9597 [21AP]

Textile-Apparel Trade Erodes 36.5 Percent in February to $651.9 Million Deficit, 11546 [9MY]

Textiles Versus Grains, 22354 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions

Apparel: reduce imports (see S. Res. 122; H. Res. 167, 172)

Brown lung disease: benefits (see S. 1155)

Byssinosis: benefits for sufferers (see H.R. 1079)

Coated fabrics: restore tariff (see H.R. 1910)

Cordage: duty (see S. 230)

Cordage products: rates of duty (see H.R. 1624)

Cotton: market information (see S. 1259)

Fabrics filled or laminated with rubber or plastics: duty (see S. 702)

Hovercraft skirts: duty (see S. 1364)

Knitting machines: duty (see S. 583)

National Sewing Month (see S.J. Res. 93)

Public facilities: fire resistant articles for interior furnishings (see H.R. 749)

Surgical drapes: flammability standards (see H.R. 2423)

Textile fabrics filled or laminated with rubber or plastics: duty (see H.R. 1910)

Textile fiber and wool products: labeling (see S. 1816)

Warp knitting machines: duty-free treatment (see H.R. 1583)

Wearing apparel: duty (see H.R. 4339)

Wool and mohair promotion programs (see S. 1259; H.R. 3006)

Factsheets

Product Liability Textile Machinery Cases, 15753 [14JN]

Letters

Cutback in apparel import quotas, Avers Wexler, 11545 [9MY]

U.S. made textile goods and apparel: Burlington House, 32993 [16NO]

Poems

Crafted With Pride, 32993 [16NO]

Remarks in House

Apparel imports: reduce (H. Res. 172), 11922 [11MY]

Bailey, Hoyt Q.: tribute, 27156 [4OC]

Buy American provisions, 34030, 34032 [18NO]

China, People's Republic of: impact of imports, 1558 [3FE]

———impact of trade policy, 22354 [2AU]

China, Republic of: quota on imports, 12423 [16MY]

Chinese textile and apparel products: import, 21251 [27JY]

Countervailing duty laws: application, 30896 [3NO]

Dept. of Labor: homework restrictions, 18386 [30JN]

Extra Long Staple Cotton Act: enact (H.R. 3190), 17252 [27JN]

Foreign trade: impact of imports, 11140 [4MY]

———impact of U.S. policies, 22186 [2AU]

———textile import quotas, 21409 [28JY]

Garment imports: impact on domestic garment plants, 28310 [19OC]

———investigate ways to reduce illegal imports, 28310 [19OC]

National Hosiery Week: observance, 23345 [4AU]

South Carolina: economic impact of mill closings, 22186 [2AU]

Surgical drapes: include in CPSC definition of wearing apparel, 9596 [21AP]

U.S. apparel market: roll back imports (H. Res. 172), 14198 [26MY]

Remarks in Senate

Apparel import quotas: cutback, 11545 [9MY]

Apparel imports (S. Res. 122), 9737 [26AP]

Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act: introduction (S. 1155), 10026 [27AP]

China, People's Republic of: textile agreement, 21870 [1AU]

Coated fabrics: duty on certain (S. 702), 4265 [8MR]

Elden, Gerald P.: tribute, 30614 [3NO]

Foreign trade: reciprocal trade agreements imbalance, 20397 [21JY]

Gloves: clarify definition of type (S. 907), 7033 [23MR]

Jones, Charlie W.: tribute, 30614 [3NO]

National Hosiery Week: observance, 21344 [28JY]

Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act: introduction (S. 1393), 14101 [26MY]

Textile Employees Week: observance, 31385 [8NO]

Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act: introduction (S. 1816), 22980 [4AU]

Reports

Scientific and Technological Issues in the Regulation of Cotton Dust in Primary Cotton Textile Industry (H. Rept. 98-215), 13617 [24MY]

Statements

Countervailing Duty Laws: Representative Broyhill, 30896 [3NO]

———Representative Campbell, 30897 [3NO]

———Representative Derrick, 30898 [3NO]

Summaries

S. 1155, Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act, 10027 [27AP]

Tables

U.S. textile imports from Communist China, 20398 [21JY], 21315 [28JY]

Texts of

H.R. 3190, Extra-Long Staple Cotton Act, 17252 [27JN]

S. 1155, Brown Lung Disease Benefits Act, 10027-10029 [27AP]

S. 1393, Native Latex Commercialization and Economic Development Act, 14101 [26MY]