**EXHIBIT 31.1**

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

 

               I, Robert S. Speizman, certify that:

               1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 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 materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleadingwith respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;

               3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this quarterly report;

               4.  The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controlsand procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

> - Designed such disclosure controls    and procedures or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be    designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating    to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to    us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which    this report is being prepared; 
- Evaluated the effectiveness of the    registrant’s disclosure control and procedures and presented in this report    our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and    procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such    evaluation; and 
- Disclosed in this report any    change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that    occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has    materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the    registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

               5.  The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal controlover financial reporting, to registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board ofdirectors:

> - All significant deficiencies and    material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over    financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the    registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial    information; and 
- Any fraud, whether or not    material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant    role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  February 10, 2004

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