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Attitude taken by the United Statoo in Conova 8th-13th October, 1969
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I attach a copy of Er Brodie'a opening atatement at loot wook'o meeting of the Cotton Textilen Commitee.
lot of information about United States imports of non-cotton textilos but, as you will see, no proposal was made for dealing with this situation.
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You may also like to noo a copy of the note which hr Nehner handed across at the rooting with Hong Kong on Donday, 13th October.
13th October. This in dated Septentor 1969 and I suspect it lo a copy of a statement read out by Mr Herbort Blackman, the representative of the U.S. 3o artpont of Labour, at the meeting with the Japanesel Mr Blackman brought the fiu co up to date by paying that unemployment in the U... An September had increased dhazply fron 3.5 to 4.0 per cont and, further, that employment in the textile and apparel industry had
Chon wo Inllon by 33,000 since the beginning of this year. probed these figures, we found that the ucries lad boon zovicod Dince last year and that the figure of 4 1,414,000 employed in the clothing industry in September 1969 compared with an average of 1,400,000 in 1908. The corresponding figures for textilo mill producto nero 977,000 in September 1969 compared This could hardly to 991,000 in 1960, 1.0. a drop of 14,000. be described as proof of serious injury, though you will noe from the attached text that the Americans scom to think that 1t io an argument that orployment in the textile industry do not growing as quickly no in industry generally! However, a3 Wo pointed out to r Hohner, employment in the apparel industry, where importo have been growing mont rapidly, hau inproved whorcas employment in the textile products industry, vhoro imports do not constitute a problem, have fallon by about 14 por cont. M. Blackman tried to argue that the increase clothing was due to the development of permanent press, as if this
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c.c. Ir. Magor,
Mr. Toms,
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Mr. Carter, Kr. G.S. Whitehoad,
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