Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means to its staff 87-071 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. Congressional Sales Office COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois, Chairman SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida J.J. PICKLE, Texas CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York FORTNEY PETE STARK, California ANDY JACOBS, Jr., Indiana HAROLD FORD, Tennessee ED JENKINS, Georgia RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri THOMAS J. DOWNEY, New York FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey MARTY RUSSO, Illinois DON J. PEASE, Ohio ROBERT T. MATSUI, California BERYL ANTHONY, Jr., Arkansas RONNIE G. FLIPPO, Alabama BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota BARBARA B. KENNELLY, Connecticut BRIAN J. DONNELLY, Massachusetts WILLIAM J. COYNE, Pennsylvania MICHAEL A. ANDREWS, Texas SANDER M. LEVIN, Michigan JIM MOODY, Wisconsin BILL ARCHER, Texas GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois BILL FRENZEL, Minnesota DICK SCHULZE, Pennsylvania BILL GRADISON, Ohio WILLIAM M. THOMAS, California RAYMOND J. McGRATH, New York HAL DAUB, Nebraska JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire HANK BROWN, Colorado ROD CHANDLER, Washington E. CLAY SHAW, Jr., Florida Robert J. Leonard, Chief Counsel M. Kenneth Bowler, Staff Director A.L. Singleton, Minority Chief of Staff Subcommittee On Trade DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Illinois PHILIP M. CRANE, Illinois (II) CONTENTS COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO PRESS RELEASE NO. 12 Page Press release No. 12 of Thursday, October 22, 1987, announcing request for H.R. 2512: No statements submitted. H.R. 2544: Manufacturing Jewelers & Silversmiths of America, Inc., and Cultured Pearl Association, joint statement 3 H.R. 2604: American Hardboard Association, statement and attachment 6 H.R. 2755: No statements submitted. Richmond Ring' Co., Shipmate Stove Division, Jean C. Morrow, statement Taunton Stove Co., Inc., Bruce M. Bodge, letter 23 H.R. 2766: No statements submitted. H.R. 2917: Nor-Am Chemical Co., Kenneth D. Morris, statement and attach- Jacobson, Elliott, D.V.M., University of Florida, College of Veterinary ^fledicinG letter ................ ......... ............................ 34 Silberman,' Morton, S., D.V.M., Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center of Emory University, letter 35 H.R. 2981: No statements submitted. H.R. 3059: No statements submitted. H.R. 3139: No statements submitted. Adams, Donald A., Kemet Electronics Corporation, letter 100 Alpha Assembly Technologies, Inc., Ernesto Bravo, letter 36 Altus Corp., Douglas P. Crane, letter 38 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Mark A. Anderson, statement 39 American Apparel Manufacturers Association, G. Stewart Boswell, letter. 42 American Textile Manufacturers Institute, statement 44 Anderson, Mark A., American Federation of Labor and Congress of In- Badger Meter, Inc., James L. Forbes, letter 45 Bannon, Larry, Lamb Technicon Corp., joint letter 103 Beckman Industrial Corp., Electronic Technologies Division, statement 46 Beckman, Steve, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW), statement 92 Birkhead, Frank, Jr., McAllen Industrial Board, statement 117 Bonilla, Fred V., Garrett Automotive Group, letter 91 Boswell, G. Stewart, American Apparel Manufacturers Association, letter 42 Bravo, Ernesto, Alpha Assembly Technologies, Inc., letter 36 Citizens Committee for Border Labor, statement and attachments 48 Coalition for North American Trade and Investment, Charles A. Vanik, Committee for Production Sharing, statement 71 Conacex Noreste, Leslie Alan Glick, statement and attachment 78 Converse, Inc., David R. Ostheimer, letter 85 Crane, Douglas P., Altus Corp., letter 38 CTS Corp., George F. Sommer, letter 76 Page Forbes, James L., Badger Meter, Inc., letter 45 Garrett Automotive Group, Fred V. Bonilla, letter 91 Garson, Dan, Lovable Company, letter 106 Gibbs, Eugene A., Jr., MBank Brownsville, statement 115 Glick, Leslie Alan, Conacex Noreste, statement and attachment 78 Gottlieb, Michael, Liberty Fabrics of New York, letter 105 International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Im- Steve Beckman, statement 92 James C. Wheeler, Local 599, letter 96 Joint Industry Group, statement and attachment 97 Kay, Marlene, Emerson Electric Canada Limited, letter 90 Kemet Electronics Corp., Donald A. Adams, letter 100 Kenner Products, Susan J. Kraus, letter 101 Kjaer, Lisa, Electronic Industries Association, statement 88 Kraus, Susan J., Kenner Products, letter 101 Lamb Technicon Corp., Peter J. Martz and Larry Bannon, joint letter 103 Langley, Robert D., Oxford Industries, Inc., letter 124 Liberty Fabrics of New York, Michael Gottlieb, letter 105 Lovable Co., Dan Garson, letter 106 Maquilmex, Inc., Arturo D. Torres, statement 107 Martinez, Bias M., Union National Bank of Laredo, statement 136 Martz, Peter J., Lamb Technicon Corp., joint letter 103 Mazda Motors of America (Central and East), Inc., David R. Ostheimer, letter 113 MBank Brownsville, Eugene A. Gibbs, Jr., statement 115 McAllen Industrial Board, Frank Birkhead, Jr., statement 117 Metalworking Trade Coalition, statement 118 Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc., statement 122 Ostheimer, David R.: Converse, Inc., letter 85 Mazda Motors of America (Central and East), Inc., letter 113 Oxford Industries, Inc., Robert D. Langley, letter 124 Samsonite Corp., Jack B. Waddick, letter 125 Sommer, George F., CTS Corp., letter 76 Stewart-Warner Corp., statement 130 Texas AFL-CIO Twin Plant Task Force, statement 132 Torres, Arturo D., Maquilmex, Inc., statement 107 Union National Bank of Laredo, Bias M. Martinez, statement 136 Vanik, Charles A., Coalition for North American Trade and Investment, statement and attachments 58 Waddick, Jack B., Samsonite Corp., letter 125 Wheeler, James C, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace letter 96 Xerox Corp., William R. Wilson, letter 138 H.R. 3271: No statements submitted. COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO PRESS RELEASE NO. 14 Press release No. 14 of Friday, December 18, 1987, announcing request for written comments 143 H.R. 3513: Mallinckrodt, Inc., statement 145 H.R. 3522: American Railway Car Institute, L. Clark Wood, statement 147 Railway Progress Institute, statement 149 National Castings, Inc., Roger B. Schagrin, letter 150 H.R. 3527: Dow Chemical U.S.A., Dennis R. Campbell; and Robert W. Sim- H.R. 3538: Tri-Star Electronics, Steven P. Kersner, statement 152 H.R. 3626: Addis, Dallas, et al, Nissei Research Corp., joint letter 174 |