Box 7

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New York Times clipping, 9/9/90; Apparel Industry Magazine clippings, March 1989; article, "Labour-saving versus work-amplifying effects of micro-electronics," by Susumu Watanabe, International Labor Review, May-June 1986

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Promotional literature for Juki, 1986-87; Automated Sewing System (in Japanese and English), 1987; technical description for automated sewing system, with cover letter from Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., June 15, 1989

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Nonprofit association of labor, industry, community, and academic representatives dedicated to improving the performance small U.S. manufacturing firms. Correspondence with CAF director/ILGWU exec. asst. Carl Proper re talk at Modernization America's Industrial Base, May 14-16, 1991; copy of conference proceedings; biographies of speakers; handwritten notes

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Correspondence and proposals to develop a joint study on automated pattern making with this National Science Foundation grant recipient Shirley Willett; detailed description of computer-aided design schematics

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Business plan and correspondence with Brett Stern, president of Symagery and developer of a one-step process of constructing garments with no human intervention; recipient of NSF and other grants. Memos from ILGWU exec. asst. James Parrott to president Mazur note limited application, cool reception by manufacturers to labor-saving aspect: workers are also consumers, and displacing them would erode consumer market for products; handwritten notes

Scope and Contents Statement by Daniel K. Frierson, chairman, Fiber, Fabric & Apparel Coalition for Trade (FFACT) and chairman and CEO, Dixie Yarns, Inc. (Chattanooga, TN) before the Senate Finance Committee, in support of the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1990, June 7, 1990; statement by ILGWU president Jay Mazur before the Senate Finance Committee in support of the bill, June 7, 1990; fact sheet by ILGWU Research Department re the proposed legislation; statement by Mazur on U.S.-Mexico...