OFFICERS
Chairman of the Board
HARVEY J. WEINSTEIN
Co-Chairman of the Board
B. G. COX
President
HOMI B. PATEL Hart Schaffner & Marx
Vice President
RICHARD SEITCHIK
W. Seitchik & Sons
Vice President
THOMAS G. BOWLES
Intercontinental Branded Apparel
Treasurer
SIDNEY KRAINES
Wm. P. Goldman & Bros. Inc.DIRECTORS
DINO BONACASA
Dino Clothing Co., Inc.
ROBERT BRIER
Riverside Manufacturing Co
DAVID CORBIN
Corbin, Ltd.
TIMOTHY F. FINLEY
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers
ARNIE GOLDMAN Allegheny Manufacturing Co.
JOHN HAAS
Haas Tailoring Co WALTER B D. HICKEY, JR.
Hickey-Freeman Co KENNETH A. HOFFMAN
Hart Schaffner & Marx
EDWARD S. KAMINOW
Lord West
ANDREW KOZINN
Saint Laurie, Ltd.
CHARLES A. KRIEGER
Augustus
STEVEN KURTZMAN
American Fashion, Inc.
ANDREAS KURZ
TJFC Manufacturing
PAUL KUSSELL
Shepard Clothing Co.
DAVID N. PINCUS
Pincus Bros-Maxwell
STEPHEN R SAFT
Jacob Siegel Co.
BRADLEY SILVER
Bradley-Scott Clothes
MARKET ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES
SIDNEY ORENSTEIN
N.Y. Clo. Mfrs Assn.
JOEL J. STERNBERG
Phila Clo. Mfrs. Assn
HONORARY DIRECTORS
JOHN D. GRAY
Hart Schaffner & Marx
LAWRENCE W. WARD
Palm Beach Co.
JOHN R. MEIWERT
Hart Schaffner & Marx
STAFF
Executive Director
ROBERT A KAPLAN
General Counsel
BERNARD FERSTER, ESQ.
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August 5, 1997 Office of the Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Room 159
Sixth and Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20580
Dear Mr. Secretary: Re:
"MADE IN USA POLICY COMMENTS"
The Clothing, Manufacturers
Association of the USA, which represents
manufacturers of men's and boys' tailored
clothing throughout the USA, strongly urges that
the present rules and regulations governing
identification of a product as Made in the USA be
retained, and not permit products to be labeled
(Made in the USA) if parts made with foreign
labor (such as backs, sleeves, etc) account for
up to 25% of the manufacturing cost of those
products.
Too many domestic men's and
boys' tailored clothing manufacturing plants and
jobs have already been lost to increasing
competition from low-wage imports to encourage
the use of foreign clothing manufacturing labor
to benefit from a "Made in the USA"
label.
Sincerely,
Robert A. Kaplan
Robert A. Kaplan
Executive Director
RAK/tb
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