HEARINGS BEFORE A 8. Congress. Senate SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 2190 A BILL TO PROTECT PRODUCERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND ARTICLES OF APPAREL MADE THEREFROM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES JUNE 9 AND 10, 1937 Printed for the use of the Committee on Interstate Commerce Cout CONTENTS Arthur Besse, president of the National Association of Wool Manu- Hon. Arthur Capper, senior United States Senator from Kansas.. Irving C. Fox, counsel for the National Dry-goods Association, 121 4 52 Chester H. Gray, Washington representative of the American Farm 29 51 III TRUTH IN FABRIC WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1937 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m., in the committee room in the Capitol, Senator H. H. Schwartz (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senators Schwartz (chairman of the subcommittee) and Neely. Also present: Senator Capper. Senator SCHWARTZ. This hearing is called for the purpose of hearing the views of those who are interested in Senate bill 2190. The chairman of the Committee on Interstate Commerce has appointed a subcommittee for the consideration of that bill, the Capper fabrics bill. The members of the subcommittee are myself; Senator Schwartz, chairman of the subcommittee; Senator Neely; and Senator Austin. The bill (S. 2190) is here printed in the record as follows: [S. 2190, 75th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To protect producers, manufacturers, and consumers from the unrevealed presence of substitutes and mixtures in woven or knitted fabrics and in garments or articles of apparel made therefrom, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Fabric Labeling Act of 1937." DEFINITIONS SEC. 2. As used in this Act (a) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (b) The term "wool" means wool of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat. (c) The term "woolen goods" means any yarn and any woven or knitted fabric, and any garment or article of apparel made from such woven or knitted fabric or knitted from such yarn, which purports to contain wool or is in any way represented as containing wool or as being in whole or in part a "wool", "woolen", or "worsted" fabric. (d) The term "Commission" means the Federal Trade Commission. (e) The term "interstate or foreign commerce" means commerce between any State, Territory, or possession or the District of Columbia and any place outside thereof; or between points within the same State, Territory, or possession or the District of Columbia, but through any place outside thereof; or within any Territory or possession, or the District of Columbia. PROHIBITION OF MISBRANDED GOODS SEC. 3. No person shall ship or deliver for shipment, or sell or offer for sale at wholesale or retail, in interstate or foreign commerce, any article, wholly or partly produced or processed of or containing fabrics originating in, 1 |