REI's decision to move its garment making business from Seattle to Mexico has angered its own Seattle-based coporative members. Over half of the employees losing their jobs are Asian Americans.
Thomas, WA's Japanese Association and Thomas Japanese Language School were dissolved in the wake of the order to evacuate Japanese from the West Coast.
Gives a summary of the history and development of the clothing industry in the United States, especially in New York, and the history and development of the clothing indtustry in Western Europe