Noteworthy felt tip pen used by President Lyndon B. Johnson to sign the ‘Act to amend the Flammable Fabrics Act' (S. 1003). The official 'bill signer' Eversharp pen measures 5.25″ long and features a navy-blue plastic barrel bearing a gold facsimile signature with presidential seal and a silver-tone cap section. Accompanied by the original presentation box with presidential seal and facsimile signature of President Johnson, as well as a typed caption affirming that the pen was “used by the President on December 14, 1967, in signing S. 1003, An Act to amend the Flammable Fabrics Act to increase the protection afforded consumers against injurious flammable fabrics.” In fine condition, with some light foxing to the box.
Passed in 1953 to regulate the manufacture of highly flammable clothing, the US Flammable Fabrics Act was enacted after a series of tragic deaths in the 1940s involving children who were wearing long rayon pile cowboy chaps or brushed rayon sweaters. Enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission was later transferred over to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 1967, when the act was amended to include interior furnishings, paper, plastic, foam, and other materials used in wearing apparel and interior furnishings.
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