WESTERN UNION

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COL ROBERT LEA -

 LEATHER DUPUTY ADMINISTRATOR WASH DC -

VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO CONTROL OF HANDBAG INDUSTRY BEING
INVESTED IN HAND OF ONLY UNIONIZED MANUFACTURERS IN
NEW YORK STOP DUE TO GREAT DIFFERENCES IN CLASSES OF
LABOR BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MIDWEST A HOVE OF THIS KIND
WOULD FORCE US TO DISCONTINUE OPERATION STOP \iE PLEAD
FOR CONSIDERATION OF THESE CONDITIONS-

 MASTERCRAFT LEATH-R GOODS INC.


 POSTAL TELEGRAPH

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GEN HUGH S JOHNSON
DEPT OF COMMERCE BLDG -

RE LADIES HANDBAG CODE STOP THIS ASSOCIATION AT A
MEETING LAST NIGHT ADOPTED A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING ITS
DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT
TO THE CODE AUTHORITY STOP IT IS THE OPINION OF THIS
ASSOCIATION THAT THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATION OF THE
CODE AUTHORITY HAS NOT BEEN DISPOSED OF OJT ATEQWITABLE
BASIS AND THAT THE QUESTION AS TO "WHETHER THE SPONSORS ARE
TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRY HAS NEVER BEEN
ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATED TO JUSTIFY THE CODE PROVISIONS
STOP WE HAVE CONTENDED SINCE THE SUBMISSION OF THE CODE THAT
THE SPONSORS ARE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INDUSTRY
AS THE PAPERS ON FILE WILL INDICATE 'STOP IT IS
OUR WISH TO COOPERATE WITH THE 'ADMINISTRATION BUT '."E
FEEL THAT NEITHER THE SPIRIT I1OR THE LETTER OF THE RE-
COVERY ACT HAS BEENIT FOLLOWED IN CON1TECTION WITH THE DES-
IGNATION OF THE CODE AUTHORITY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN IMMEDIATE HEARING OF THIS MATTER AT '..HICH ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES 1,AY SUBMIT FACTS AND FIGURES PRIOR TO
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CODE -
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LADIES HANDBAG MANUFACTURERS
270 BROADWAY NEW YORK CITY.


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