University of Mississippi eGrove James O. Eastland Executive Branch Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration Correspondence 2-27-1976 Senator James O. Eastland, Bill Brock; Thomas J. McIntyre; Edward M. Kennedy; Richard S. Schweiker; Edmund S. Muskie; Thomas F. Eagleton; Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.; Howard Baker; J. Glenn Beall; Lowell Weicker, Jr.; William D. Hathaway; Dale Bumpers; John A. Durkin; Stuart Symington; Clairborne Pell; Hugh Scott; Edward W. Brooke; Birch Bayh; Henry M. Jackson; John L. McClellan; Gaylord Nelson; Ted Stevens; Ernest F. Hollings; Robert Morgan; Jesse Helms; Dick Stone; & Jennings Randolph to President Gerald R. Ford, 27 Februray 1976 James O. Eastland WilliamFollow this Emerson and additional Brock works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_g Thomas Part of J. the McIntyr Americane Politics Commons Edward M. Kennedy Recommended Citation Eastland, James O.; Brock, William Emerson; McIntyre, Thomas J.; and Kennedy, Edward M., "Senator James O. Eastland, Bill Brock; Thomas J. McIntyre; Edward M. Kennedy; Richard S. Schweiker; Edmund S. Muskie; Thomas F. Eagleton; Charles McC. Mathias, Jr.; Howard Baker; J. Glenn Beall; Lowell Weicker, Jr.; William D. Hathaway; Dale Bumpers; John A. Durkin; Stuart Symington; Clairborne Pell; Hugh Scott; Edward W. Brooke; Birch Bayh; Henry M. Jackson; John L. McClellan; Gaylord Nelson; Ted Stevens; Ernest F. Hollings; Robert Morgan; Jesse Helms; Dick Stone; & Jennings Randolph to President Gerald R. Ford, 27 Februray 1976" (1976). Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration. 65. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/joecorr_g/65 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the James O. Eastland Executive Branch Correspondence at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Eastland Correspondence: Ford Administration by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2 L~J- F..OCK c: .AJ MirrE tS; Fir . NeE '.1 CNT OF- LP.l~ TIO 5 ~PEC1JlI_ ·_o~" ;r1 r 1 :..t:: 0 . fJ::!" -; SCLES r 1':-0 •.1 MIT' t:.:.: 0 S!~' A L BUSINS"SS WASHINGTON. D .C . ,05tO February 27, 1976 The Iionorable Gerald Ford President , United States of America The lfui te House , ashLlgton, D. C • Dear ~1r . President: lVe have all revie\ved tIle detennination of the International Trade Connnission in the Escape Clause case on non -rubber footwear . Tne unanimous finding of the Conmrission t11at the domestic non-rubber footwear indllStry is being SeriOl.lsly inj ured by iJnports supports the position which the domestic industry aJ1d the Congress have taken over the years . \Ve are p eased that this posi tion has been fully upl1eld by the Commission . The matter is now before you for action. Certainly, if tl1is in ustry is t o survive and if lost jobs are to be restored, it is essential that prompt and effective action be .taken by you to impl enlent a remedy \vhich ,viII limit the flow of non-rubber fooDvear imports into this market . The Trade Act of 1974 , which you supported 1vhen you were a Member of the House and which you signed as President , was wTitten to allow industries which J1ave been seriously inj ured by imports, SUCll as the non -rubber fooDvear indllStry, to secure relief. The International Trade Connnission conducted an intensive investigatiol1 over a period of six mont]1s. Public hearings were held at \vhich all interested parties, including retailers , importers, foreign shoe manufac­ turers, and conSlID1er interests, presented their views fully. TI1e Corrunission has n01i made i t s determination. Unless effective action is taken to stem the f O\V of imports, tl1e entire escape clause procedure laid out i n the Trade Act , II hril1 be called into question by American in ustry and its war "ers . l\Te strongly urge that you act promptly to put into effect a remedy which w·ll be consistent wi th the tmanirnous finding of the Corrrrnission ,~th regard to the serious in­ jury f aced by this industry. Sincerely, , ,.. r .' ,.. /' j SCHWEIKER , ~ -2- / EDMUND S. MUSKIE lli()l\1AS F. EAGLETON t CLAIBORNE PELL BROOKE ~-- LOWELL WILLIAM D. HA111AWAY HENRY M. / TED STEVENS DICK STONE V SO. EASTLAND JENNINGS RANDOLPH .