1. I have had many years of experience as designer,
 superintendent of labor, and production :anr.ger, in
 factories engaged in the manufacture of ladies' handba.-z,
 in northern states; and ar now Production :-nager for
 Virginia Art Goods Studios, Incororporated, at its factor',
 in Lynchburg, Va.

2. In the northern states, where the ladies' hranibn,-;
 industry has been established for man' -rears, there is
 at all times an available supply of skilled labor suit-
 able to the needs of the several manufacturers.

3. In Virginia there is no such rei-.dy supply of skilled labor,
 and in the Lynchburg factory of the Virginia Art "roods
 Studios there is always need for a number of' learners in
 training who Pre not profitable producers durir6, their
 period of .training', which is usually about ei,:-ht or ten
 .eeks.

4. The available labor in Virginia, even after trpininr', is
 not able to turn out the same volume of production per capita
 of employees as the same type of l!bor in northern factories.
 This is due to tempermental, racial nd. corm'nitY inferences,
 vhich are likely to continue to exist for -:.*r ,c-rs.

5. Tests that I have made in the Lr-nch~ur,; factory disclose
 that the volume of production by the regular ejn.-lo:e-c-s
 available is only about 70% of that secured in northern
 factories under similar conditions.
 /s/ E i'un4 .-Ituck

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th I'rv of,
August, 1934.

 WITNESS MY HAID APD NOTARIAL SEZAL.
 s/ '-,.- A.Lros'

(SEAL) :'t *r, FP-lic


 ]''Vr 11, 1934
 In reply Tefer to Division 5.

Miss Mamie E, Rohr, President,
The Virginia Art Goods Studios, Inc.,
1306 Church Street,
Lynchburg, Va.

Dear Miss Rohr:

 I have been studying the files or co'res-o-' e-ce on vor aolc-
tion for an exenntion and mo&ific- tion of the Code of F"ir Colctition
for the Dijadies Handbag Industry.


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