FTC: Made In The USA Comments Concerning Ms. Sue J. Smith--P894219 [72][72A]

THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON

6-19-97
DATE

MEMORANDUM FOR:FTC (30)

FROM: SUE J. SMITH
DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF AGENCY LIAISON

SUBJECT:REFERRAL OF WHITE HOUSE BULK MAIL

Thank you for your continued hard work in ensuring responses to the Presidential letters and inquiries forwarded to your agency. The volume of mail that the President and Mrs. Clinton receive still remains unprecedented.

Please return any misreferrals to me at the following address:

Ms. Sue J. Smith
Director, Office of Agency Liaison
Room 6, OEOB
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 202/456-7486.

Thank you very much.

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PURPOSE:Register disagreement with a position

TOPIC:Commerce

AFFILIATION:Private Citizen

SUBJECT: "Made in USA!” labeling standards.=20

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Mr. President

I am opposed to the Federal Trade Proposal to dumb down

the standards for use of the “Made in USA!” label.

I have written the following letter to the FTC and I hope I=20

have your support:=20

Re:"Made in USA Policy Comment," FTC File No. P894219

Dear Secretary

Should the standard change? Yes, the standard needs to be=20

100% to qualify for the label. Made in USA, needs to mean just=20

that! See the dictionary. The label should not be: "Made in=20

USA -- Almost." That=92s what a downgrade to 75% would mean.=20

It is obvious that the label "Made in USA" has a financial=20

advantage. Otherwise there is no reason to attempt lower=20

standards, that would allow more products can carry the label.=20

This is another example of--91If you cannot meet the=20

standards, lower the standards.=92=20

The answer to your dilemma is really a very simple question.=20

Was the product made in the USA? If the answer is yes, it can=20

carry the label. If the answer is no, then it cannot carry the=20

label. If the proponents of lower standards want to label=20

their products with "Made in USA," all they have to do, is=20

make it in the USA. It=92s not really complicated. On the=20

question of "Assembled in the USA": 1. It should be 100%=20

assembled here. 2. The label needs to specify where the=20

materials came from. 3. All type needs to be the same size.=20

Not "ASSEMBLED IN USA -- of PARTS FROM XYZ COUNTRY." Thank=20

You, Bob Wright=20

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