Federal Trade Commission
Received Documents
Jan. 11, 1996
P894219
B18354900022


JERRY SISLER
124 WILDWOOD LANE
STEVENSVILLE, MT. 59870

30 DECEMBER 1995

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, ROOM 159
6TH STREET & PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20580

DEAR SECRETARY:

IN REGARDS TO YOUR UPCOMING PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON "MADE IN USA
CLAIMS" I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS:

WHEN I READ A LABEL THAT SAYS "MADE IN THE USA", I ASSUME THAT
THE PRODUCT IS ACTUALLY MADE OF US MATERIALS AND ASSEMBLED OR
MANUFACTURED IN THE USA.

I FEEL THAT GOODS THAT CARRY THE LABEL "MADE IN AMERICA" OR "MADE
IN THE USA" SHOULD BE ASSEMBLED IN THE UNITED STATES BY US
CITIZENS AND MADE OR ASSEMBLED FROM PARTS AND MATERIALS THAT ARE
MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AT LEAST 80% RAW MATERIALS THAT COME
FROM THE UNITED STATES.

IF A PRODUCT IS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES FROM MATERIALS THAT
WERE IMPORTED FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE LABEL SHOULD REVEAL WHERE
IT WAS MADE AND WHERE THE MATERIALS CAME FROM.  IN THIS CASE THE
LABEL SHOULD READ "ASSEMBLED IN THE USA OF IMPORTED MATERIALS",
OR "MADE IN THE USA OF MATERIALS IMPORTED FROM JAPAN", FOR
INSTANCE.

US CITIZENS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF WHERE THE GOODS ARE MADE AND
WHERE THE MATERIALS CAME FROM.  MANY US CITIZENS WON'T BUY GOODS
FROM A COMMUNIST COUNTRY, SUCH AS MAINLAND CHINA, WHERE CHILD
LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IS USED TO MANUFACTURE CHEAP GOODS.  US
CITIZENS SHOULD NOT BE FOOLED INTO BUYING SUCH GOODS BY THE USE
OF FALSE LABELING OR LAX LABELING LAWS.


Sincerely,

Jerry Sisler