Senator THURMOND. You are making more than you made then? Mrs. NYTRANSKY. Yes. I didn't work very often when I worked at Juilliard and now at Highrock we are not working very steadily either. Senator THURMOND. Thank you. Mr. RUBENSTEIN. I want to introduce one witness that worked at Highrock, another woolen mill in that area, Harry Roraback. STATEMENT OF HARRY RORABACK Mr. RORABACK. My name is Harry Roraback. I work for Highrock mills. I am a frame spinner. We work some 2 and 3 days a week, and some well, we laid off 2 weeks, and then we work a week, and due to imported yarns, like we get yarn from England, and England gets the stock from Communist China. Well, we can't get the stock from there, so we have to take the finished yarn from England, so that takes away work from us. Mr. RUBENSTEIN. How bad is it right now? Mr. RORABACK. Well, we are closed down again. We laid off 2 weeks, worked a week, and laid off now again. We do not know when back. we go Senator THURMOND. Do you have a family to support? Mr. RORABACK. Yes, I have a wife. Mr. RUBENSTEIN. This concludes our testimony. At this time I want to introduce Mr. John Arpino, who works in another branch of the textile industry, the cordage industry, which because of governmental policy or I should say, lack of policy, is on the verge of complete annihilation, at least one sector of it, and I will make way for Mr. John Arpino at this time. Senator THURMOND. Thank you very much. STATEMENT OF JOHN ARPINO, TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO Mr. ARPINO. Here are pictures of our company loom yarn crew, which is issued by the company, showing the scrapping of machinery, and in addition, I would like to submit our arguments before the Office of Defense Mobilization in 1956, which I think will expedite some of this. It gives you the full details of everything that has happened since. I would also like to report statements to the Department of Commerce, and exports, which will also expedite. Senator THURMOND. Just a minute. These figures that you have just given me will be incorporated in the record. Mr. ARPINO. Thank you. (The documents are as follows:) Imports of baler twine into the United States entered for consumption, January-July 1958 [From Cordage Institute New York, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1958) Upon request the Department of Commerce rechecked their May import figure for imports from Cuba and advise the figure reported (2,648,250 pounds) should have been 1,141,650 pounds. This revision is reflected in the above figures, in both the poundage and unit value. Imports of baler twine into the United States entered for consumption, NOTE.-Unit value does not include duty, marine insurance, ocean freight, port or other charges. |