OFFICERS
President
REGINA CARUSONA
Exec. Vice President, Lee Fashion Fabrics
Executive Vice President
ALFRED GREENBLATT
Pres. Apparel/Home Furnishings
Bus. Unit Guilford Mills
Vice Presidents
JON ADELMAN
V.P., Lida Stretch Fabrics
HANK FINK
Pres. Hank Fink, Inc.
CHARLES FLYNT
Pres., Flynt Fabrics, Inc.
STANLEY KRONBLUM
Knit Div., V.P., Purchasing & Dev.
Concord Fabrics
MARVIN MOSTER
Pres., Claridge Knits
EDWARD MOSKOWITZ
Partner, Fabrictex, Inc.
NAT WEISLER
Pres., Carbert
Treasurer
ARTHUR WIENBERGER
Pres., Arthur Knits
Executive Director
PETER ADELMAN
Counsel
SIDNEY KORZENIK
Past Presidents, Ex Officio
ARTHUR FEINBERG
Chmn., Novelty Textile Mills
PETER FRANK
Div. Mngr., Maiden Mills Industries
STEVE GOTTDIENER
Pres., Andrex Industries
RICHARD LEVY
Marketing Mngr., Fab Industries
ELLEN SCHIFRIN
V.P., Andrex IndustriesBOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Elected Officers
HOWARD ACKERMAN
C.O.O., & V.P., Maiden Mills Industries
MATTY ARNOFF
Pres., Bojud Knitting
STEVE DAUER
V.P. Mktg., Dyersburg Fabrics
BARRY DICKLER
Merch. Mngr., Claridge Knits
HOWARD ELLIS
Dir. of Knit Styling, Symphony Fabrics
MICHAEL GARSON
C.O.O., JBJ Fabrics
MICHAEL GREENBERG
V.P., Ready to Wear, Guilford Mills
SKIP GEHRING
Dir., Industrial Prod., Gehring Textiles
JOSEPH IURATO
V.P., Mktg. Collins & Aikman Corp.
INA JANOWITZ
Prod. Mngr. of Circular & Woven Goods
Liberty Fabrics
EARL KRAMER
Pres., Concord Fabrics
DAVID KRIVITSKY
Pres., Native Textiles
PETER LAZARE
Senior Acct. Exec., Cleveland Mills
TOM LEOPARD
Bus. Mngr. Circular Knits, Milliken & Co.
GERALD LUBIN
Pres., Ge-Ray Fabrics
JOSH MINER
Pres.,Team Uniform Fabric Co.
Lawrence Mfg.
STEVE MYERS
V.P., Fab Industries
MATT RICHARDSON
Dir. of Development
Milliken Knit Apparel
JAY ROSEN
Sales Mngr., Baras Jersey
RICHARD WOLF
Pres., Richland Mills
MARK WOLTIN
Pres., Markbilt, Inc.
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August 8, 1997 Office of the
Secretary
Federal Trade Commission
Room 159
Sixth and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20580
RE: "Made in USA Policy Comment"
Dear Mr. Secretary:
The Knitted Textile Association represents the
nations producers and distributors of knitted
fabrics. Such fabrics are used primarily for the
production of apparel.
This organization urges that the Federal Trade
Commission reject the proposal for allowing
textile products to be labeled "Made in the
USA” even if such a statement is false with
respect to twenty-five percent thereof
Such a change is not warranted, as your notice
suggests out of "recognition that our
policies must keep up with changes in the global
economy and ensure that consumers are not
deceived” - as if the meaning of the phase
is altered by import and export statistics.
On the contrary, it would sanction a
deception.
The proposed change would permit a distortion
of the plain meaning of the words "Made in
USA” with the effect of better promoting the
sale of imports. It cannot be justified on the
grounds of "flexibility". Any
equivocation that produces misleading results
might also be described as flexible.
There is a valid consumer interest in knowing
where goods so offered for sale here have been
produced; especially with the increase in apparel
made in countries employing child labor or under
other labor conditions abhorrent to American
standards and sensibility. These concerns are
particularly important to the large sector of the
American work force engaged in the nations
manufacturing establishments.
The Federal Trade Commission should not now
depart from the integrity it has represented
throughout the decades of its existence.
We, therefore, ask that the proposal for
diluting the accuracy of the term "Made in
USA” be rejected.
Yours very truly,
Regina Carusone
Regina Carusone
President
CRAFTED
WITH PRIDE
IN U.S.A.
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