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 SIA.TIOiAL FCOV1LhY ADJIiISTRATIOT

 45 Brc:'d""-r,
 ITe-- York City

Digby 4-2324
 *July 2, 1934



Mr. Dean G. Edwrrds
Deputy Administrator, Div. V. -1BA
DeDartment of Commerce Building
Washington, D. C.

De-ar Mr. Edwards:

 SUBJECT: LADIES' L;uIDIAG IiDUSTRY

 This industry made another ste-. forward in the )roran that we laid
 down for theT.n some weeks ,Eo and up)on which I have s )wnt so much ti-,c.

 After the Code Authority meetin'.held last TiLursday afternoon a
 Mass Meeting of the two fi-htini; organizations was held for tIhe purpoose
Sof carrying out an egreenent entered into with me by a cormmittee re-.
senting a group at a meetin'- held in 'V-shin :ton prior to the last public
hearing.

 At this mass neetirn; it was formally -,re that the t'-o ssooi-
 ations should unite and carry 'on a constructive pror;-.n looking forward
 toward rehabilitation of this Industry.

 As you know the picture here is a rather sad one. Its volume is
 down to about half of what it was two or three yer.rs ;-0o and I an. very
 certain that the profits have entirely dioppepred,

 The Labor Unions P.re maakinr a stiff fight on the matter of Industry
 removing itself from New York City to other parts of the country. They
 are at present taking issue with one particular concern .ho a w-eel: or two
 ago removed its factory from this city to HIp.ssachusetts. So stron;Alr
 do the Unions feel that they are mal-ing an issue of it with the 1N-7A and
 there will be a hearing at #45 3ro-dwaay, this morning at 10 AU., at which
 I am to be present, resp)ecti-2i- this con laint.

 The story back of this removal is an interesting; one. Both HIr. 2arr
 and myself have trken the position that there is not':in-: that )rohlbits
 the removal of a'factory from one -,!,-ce to another, but as I understood it
 the Union insists that the manufacturer in question take along with him
 all of the employees wor12in- in New York. The in-nufrcturer refuses to do
 this on the following grounds. As a result of shrin:r.-. 'e in his c. it,-l
 and assets he could no longer obtain br-": accom:.odtions in the city of
 New York. Some months ago he learned of a vacant factory in Mi.ssn.chusetts
 located in a small town that has been closed for over a year, throwYiag two