Mr. Speaker. the growing problem of cheap textile imports flooding this country. principally from Japan. reached the critical stage some time ago. It is time for the President to stop talking and actact to place limitations on total textile imports. and act now. To do less will be to kill this valuable industry and throw millions of Americans out of work. Minimum wage earners cannot compete with coolie labor. nor should they be expected to. The following statement comes from one who knows the textile business and the dangerous situation in which the domestic industry finds itself. J. Craig Smith. president and treasurer of the giant Avondale Mills. headquartered in Sylacauga.
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Japanese laborers are referred to as 'coolie labor'.