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Crisis in U.S. textile industry faces imports and quotas
The UPI report highlights a shrinking U.S. textile sector with 229,000 workers laid off as 833 mills closed since 1947. Industry leaders urge country by country quotas to curb imports, while President Kennedy offers a seven point plan. Southern mills resist defense contracts due to equal opportunity constraints.
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UPI
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New England
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Commerce Department
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Olin D. Johnston
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Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization
Army Quartermaster Corps
Committee On Equal Job Opportunities