CUSTOMS SIMPLIFICATION STANFORD LIBRARY HEARINGS BEFORE THE JUL 6 1953 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 5106 A BILL TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS LIB 34882 MAY 27, 28, AND 29, 1953 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 CONTENTS Page Berkowitz, Max, codirector, National Authority for the Ladies' 169 Breckinridge, John, on behalf of Pin, Clip and Fastener Association__ Bruno, Vincent J., manager, import division, world trade department, Commerce and Industry Association of New York.... Burnstine, B. N., representing National Jewelers Association_ Jones, Rowland, Jr., president, American Retail Federation. 56 113 61 Martin, Robert F., executive secretary, Vitrified China Association, 201 McFaden, C. P., chairman, rubber footwear division, Rubber Manu- 115 Pickrell, Eugene R., attorney, New York, N. Y....... Prince, Gregory S., general solicitor, Association of American Railroads Radcliffe, Harry S., executive vice president, National Council of Ray, John C., chairman, import and customs committee, Detroit Rose, Hon. H. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, ac- Strackbein, O. R., chairman, Nationwide Committee of Industry, Agriculture, and Labor on Import-Export Policy. Tipton, Stuart G., general counsel, Air Transport Association of 195 14 Wagner, Dr. Cary, president, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufac- 150 White, Richard P., executive secretary, American Association of 94 Additional information submitted for the record by- Air Transport Association of America: Letter from S. G. Tipton, 107 211 217 American Knit Handwear Association, Inc., letter from Harry A. 210 American Retail Federation, member associations of 60 American Tariff League, letter from A. C. Ackerman, first vice presi- 179 Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued Central Manufacturing Co., letter from Gilbert Rosenthal, vice Columbia University Libraries, letter from Richard H. Logsdon, as- 224 Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Inc., letter from Commerce Department, statement of Hon. Samuel W. Anderson, Cornell University Library, letter from Stephen A. McCarthy, di- rector___ Statement of John C. Ray, chairman, import and customs com- Telegram from Gerald R. Heatter, world trade manager. Energetic Worsted Corp., statement of John J. Hosey, president. Export Managers' Club of New Orleans, telegram from David A. Foreign Trade Association of Southern California, telegram from Fountain Pen and Mechanical Pencil Manufacturers' Association, statement of Frank I.. King, executive secretary. Haase, A. C. L., Co., letter from Walter S. Haase Houston Chamber of Commerce, telegram from John C. Flanagan, 140 218 221 Houston World Trade Association, telegram from Tom Brown, presi- 221 Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, letter from Alonzo Lansford, director- International House, letter from G. E. Roper, Jr., director, world trade development. 224 224 Kean, Hon. Robert W.: Proposed amendment to sec. 522 (d) of the 194 National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., statement of Richard Levi, chairman, legislative committee, Textile Fibers National Cotton Council of America, letter from William Rhea Blake, 208 National Creameries Association, letter from Otie M. Reed, Wash- 206 National Customs Service Association: Additional statement of Alfred F. Beiter___ 108 How Congress and the courts have supported the vital function of Frankel, Allan J., chairman, wage and hours committee.. 112 National Federation of American Shipping: Letter from A. U. Krebs, 114 Letter from O. R. Strackbein, chairman_ 189 Additional information submitted for the record by-Continued New York Board of Trade, telegram from Fred J. Emmerich, chair- Pennsylvania, University of, letter from Froelich Rainey, director, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce, resolution of.. Port of New Orleans, letter from E. H. Lockenberg, general manager.. Port of Seattle, letter from Warren D. Lamport, managing director- Princeton University Library, letter from Lawrence Heyl, associate Propeller Club of the United States, port of Houston, telegram from Scarbrough, E. M., & Sons, letter from J. W. Scarbrough enclosing Page 225 Tobacco Associates, Inc., statement of J. B. Hutson, president_ Trans-Pacific Import & Export Co., letter from Edward J. Kraft, Customs Simplification Act of 1953, comparison with act of 1951- Summary explanation of H. R. 5106, by Committee on Ways and U. S. Customs Inspectors' Association, letter from C. W. Tait, chair- United States Chamber of Commerce, letter from Clarence R. Miles__ United States Tourists, item from Retailing, September 29, 1952- |