CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                          CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            SIRCO INTERNATIONAL CORP.

                         Pursuant to Section 805 of the
                            Business Corporation Law

               The undersigned, being the President and Secretary, respectively,
of Sirco International Corp., a New York corporation (the "Corporation") hereby\
certifies and sets forth as follows:

               1.  The  Corporation  was  incorporated  under  the  name  "Sirco
Products Co. Inc." and the Certificate of  Incorporation  of the corporation was
filed with the Department of State of the State of New York on July 22, 1964.

               2. The corporation hereby amends its Certificate of Incorporation
as follows:

               Paragraph FIRST of the Certificate of Incorporation,  relating to
the corporate  name of the  corporation  is hereby amended to change the name of
the corporation and should read as follows:

                             "FIRST:   That  the name of the corporation is eLEC
Communications Corp.

               3. The amendment  effected herein was authorized and adopted by a
vote of the board at a meeting of the board of directors of the corporation held
on August 25, 1999  followed by a vote of a majority of all  outstanding  shares
entitled  to vote  thereon at the  annual  meeting  of the  shareholders  of the
corporation held on November 10, 1999,  pursuant to Sections 801, 803 and 805 of
the Business Corporation Law of the State of New York.

               IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned,  President and Secretary of
the  Corporation,  have each executed this  Amendment on November 10, 1999,  and
each affirms  that the  statements  contained  herein are affirmed as true under
penalties of perjury.

                                                       SIRCO INTERNATIONAL CORP.


                                                       /s/ Paul H. Riss
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                                                       Paul H. Riss
                                                       Chief Executive Officer



                                                       /s/ Eric M. Hellige
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                                                       Eric M. Hellige
                                                       Secretary