Problems of the Domestic Textile Industry: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, United States Senate, Eighty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on a Study of the Textile Industry of the United States, Pursuant to S. Res. 287. July 8, 9, and 10, 1958, Volumes 2-5U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - Textile fabrics |
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... months ' period , and it supplies a need to almost every person who is in the population of that country . Our present foreign policy appears to be and is , I believe to build up the standard of living and industries , and so forth , in ...
... months ' period , and it supplies a need to almost every person who is in the population of that country . Our present foreign policy appears to be and is , I believe to build up the standard of living and industries , and so forth , in ...
Page 571
... months of 1958 , imports of wool yarn amounted to 939,000 pounds , a gain of 10 percent over the 854,000 pounds entering in the first 5 months of 1957 . SEPTEMBER 16 , 1958 . Mr. BONTE . Now , Senator , could I make one extra statement ...
... months of 1958 , imports of wool yarn amounted to 939,000 pounds , a gain of 10 percent over the 854,000 pounds entering in the first 5 months of 1957 . SEPTEMBER 16 , 1958 . Mr. BONTE . Now , Senator , could I make one extra statement ...
Page 623
... months ' idleness , at the Rhode Island Hospital . A number of the workers laid off obtained employment in other textile plants . In some instances , these plants also shut down after several months , and the workers found themselves ...
... months ' idleness , at the Rhode Island Hospital . A number of the workers laid off obtained employment in other textile plants . In some instances , these plants also shut down after several months , and the workers found themselves ...
Page 627
... months after the plant shutdown . There were 81 men and 169 women in this group . The 81 men who did not find employment comprised 30.2 percent of the 268 men in the group . A some- what higher percentage of women failed to gain ...
... months after the plant shutdown . There were 81 men and 169 women in this group . The 81 men who did not find employment comprised 30.2 percent of the 268 men in the group . A some- what higher percentage of women failed to gain ...
Page 637
... months back , he put a poster in every department stat- ing that he was closing down the mill and moving south ... month . Senator PASTORE . Your age is what ? Mr. SIMAS . My age is 56. I started at 14 working in the mill . The Wamsutta ...
... months back , he put a poster in every department stat- ing that he was closing down the mill and moving south ... month . Senator PASTORE . Your age is what ? Mr. SIMAS . My age is 56. I started at 14 working in the mill . The Wamsutta ...
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Page 918 - ... reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from any such agricultural commodity or product thereof...
Page 1149 - This act shall not apply to purchases of such materials, supplies, articles, or equipment as may usually be bought in the open market: nor shall this act apply to perishables, including dairy, livestock and nursery products, or to agricultural or farm products processed for first sale by the original producers; nor to any contracts made by the secretary of agriculture for the purchase of agricultural commodities or the products thereof.
Page 1250 - States in such increased quantities, either actual or relative, as to cause or threaten serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive products.
Page 1251 - If, on the basis of such investigation and report to him of findings and recommendations made in connection therewith, the President finds the existence of such facts, he shall by proclamation impose such fees not in excess of 50 per centum ad valorem or such quantitative limitations on any article or articles...
Page 1251 - ... the Agricultural Adjustment Act (of 1933), as Reenacted and Amended "Sec. 22 1 (a) Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that any article or articles are being or are practically certain to be imported into the United States under such conditions and in such quantities as to render or tend to render ineffective or materially interfere with...
Page 805 - Agreement, including tariff concessions, any product is being imported into the territory of that contracting party in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten serious injury to domestic producers in that territory of like or directly competitive products...
Page 1250 - Director is of the opinion that the said article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security...
Page 1250 - For the purposes of this section, the Director and the President shall, in the light of the requirements of national security and without excluding other relevant factors, give consideration to domestic production needed for projected national defense requirements, the capacity of domestic industries to meet such requirements, existing and anticipated availabilities of the human resources, products, raw materials, and other supplies and services essential to the national defense...
Page 1251 - Provided, That no proclamation under this section shall impose any limitation on the total quantity of any article or articles which may be entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption which reduces such permissible total quantity to proportionately less than 50 per centum of the total quantity of such article or articles which was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during a representative period as determined by the President...
Page 926 - Agriculture, or any agency operating under its direction, with respect to any agricultural commodity or product thereof, or to reduce substantially the amount of any product processed in the United States from any agricultural commodity or product thereof...