**Exhibit 31.1**

***Certificate of Chief Executive OfficerPursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002***

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I, Robert S. Speizman, certify that:

1.                Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September27, 2003 of Speizman Industries, Inc.(the “registrant”);

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material factnecessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present, in allmaterial respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows ofthe registrant as of, and for, the periods presented inthis report.

4.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in the Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

a.  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating tothe registrant, including itsconsolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this reportis being prepared;

b.  Evaluated the effectiveness ofthe registrant’s disclosure control’s andprocedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as ofthe end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c.  Disclosed in this report any change inthe registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonablylikely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.               The registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, tothe registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors:

a.  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrant’s ability to record,process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

  

Date:     November 12, 2003

 

|   | */s/ Robert S.    Speizman*                          Robert S. SpeizmanChairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
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