TABLE 9.-Voting records of the Special Industry Committees Continued SPECIAL INDUSTRY COMMITTEE No. 12 FOR PUERTO RICO STATEMENT OF DAVID DUBINSKY, PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION Mr. DUBINSKY. Thank you. Occasionally, Senator, we were consulted by the Department of Labor when the needle industry was involved, regarding the nominations of labor representatives on these committees, and I understand that the employers associations, when needlework industry was involved, were consulted, with regard to nominations of employer representatives. Senator DOUGLAS. Now, when you make your recommendations, do you recommend people from Puerto Rico, as well as from the United States? Mr. DUBINSKY. No, Senator, we recommended only labor members from the mainland of the United States. Puerto Rican members, I understand, were recommended by the trade unions of Puerto Rico, and by the employers' associations from Puerto Rico. The Government of Puerto Rico, I understand, recommended public representatives on such committees. Senator DOUGLAS. Well, how strong are the trade unions in Puerto Rico? Mr. DUBINSKY. Very weak. Very ineffective, I am sorry to say. Senator DOUGLAS. Well, this is the same problem that they had originally in Great Britain when many of the trades were not strongly organized, and the problem was to get adequate representatives from |