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2 The Clothmaker PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY CLINTON MILLS EOITED DV MACK PARSONS. EXT. ?4 PURPOSE The Clothmaker presents news, information and features about Clinton Mills employees, plants, products, policies, and market J:*: ?rt t.u<iuiiiuiis> i ne oioinmaxer intends to strengthen the ties between employees and management. An Equal Opportunity Employer Imports Hurting Industry In 1970 the American textile industry made its most vigorous effort yet to gain passage of a bill controlling foreign imports. In the end, time ran out and textile hopes went aglimmering. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 215 to 165, but it got bogged down in the Senate, and when the session ended, the bill had never come to a vote. It was not an easy defeat to accept. The fight had been hard. Textile people had made speeches, written letters to editors, placed ads in newspapers and testified before Congress. There was one national television debate on the subject of import control. And after all this, the bill introduced by Rep. Wilbur Mills of Arkansas was allowed to die in the Senate without coming to a vote. Whether the bill would have passed had there been more time is anybody's guess. Chances seemed good. In the meantime low-wage textile goods, mostly from Japan and other Asian countries, continued to make inroads in the American market. About 4.4 billion equivalent square yards of such textiles entered this country in 1970. From January through November, U. S. textile emDlovment fieriinoH 58,000. Average workers dropped from 40.2 hours to 39.6. Plants continued to close at a disturbing rate. This year the situation is of course the same, and the slogan for 1971 is "Here we go again." Mr. Mills has introduced in the new Congress onother bill to put a mild limit on the raie at which textile imports arc allowed to grow. Hearings will be held later in the year. It will be the task of textile spokesmen to point out once again these facts: ?The United States is the only ma AVi Plant No. 2 Weaving Assistant C awarded an ICS Diploma for successl in textiles and related subjects. He is shown with Overseer John Hu Mills also refunded one half the cost o tional assistance program. LIFE ... A MIXTURE Sooner or later, a man, if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give una iukc. He learns that it doesn't pay to be a too-sensitive soul; that he should let some things go over his head like water off a duck's back (Mark this one down). He learns that he who loses his temper usually loses out. He learns that carrying a chip on his shoulder is the easiest way to get into a fight. He learns that the quickest way to become unpopular is to carry tales and ouuui UUICI5. jor market in the Free World completely open to the importation of synthetic textiles. ?Japan has long accepted import restrictions by most of her trading partners without complaint. Only Uncle Sam is cxDoctori to ho Mr Nioo Guy. ?With the U. S. average textile wage at $2.53 an hour and Japan's at CLOTHMAKER Mm 7 ?/* / \ / * *4 Overseer Jimmie Heaton was recently fully completing a home study course ghes, who awarded the diploma. Clinton f the course under its employee educa- ^ ; OF GOOD AND BAD Ho lonrnc ~ ** 41? 41 ... ...> tuui inuai ?ji mt; timer fellows are as ambitious as he is. that they have brains as good or better, and that hard work, not cleverness is the secret of success. He learns that superiors are no monsters, but that they are usually pretty 4 good fellows who have succeeded through hard work and who want to do the right thing. He learns that folks are not any harder to get along with in one place than in another, and that the getting along depends about ninety-eight percent on his behavior The usefulness of what you have just read depends on your willingness to learn! 4 around 50 cents, these countries cannot compete on an equal basis. r>?4: ? ? ... ?v^uuiiiiuca joss ot jobs by the 3.4 million employees in textiles, apparel and closely related industries cannot be endured by the American economy. These things have been said many times before. But until a solution to the nagging import problem is arrived at, they must be said again. And again. ^