Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Page 7 Recent Service Anniversaries 5 Years 20 Years Jerry J. Simmons No. 1 Carolyn Fuller No. 2 Emma J. Blakely No. 2 Bobby Quarles Lydia Denise Thompson No. 2 Calvin Floyd 25 Years Sherman Cooper ....: Lydia Lydia Perry Barnes Lydia Fred E. Smith Joyce J. Brown ..Geneva No. 2 Otis Young Lydia KenOles ....Bailey Plant 10 Years Lois A. Setzer Office 30 Years Josh Savage No. 2 15 Years 35 Years Roosevelt Kinard No. 2 Calvin A. Cooper Personnel Loom technician instructor Eddie Price tells training director James Bucha nan how pleased he is with the cast brass belt buckle bearing Clinton Mills name and logo as a 15-year service award. Are You Still Buying Imports? Free Trade vs. Fair Trade There are no free lunches. There never have been, from the public school lunch program subsidized through your taxes to the realtor selling condos or leasing apart ments promotion through a “free dinner for two" or a trip. Something, whether it be your time, taxes, or consumer instincts, is the pawn for something for “free." In the same respect, there is no free trade and never has been. Free trade is not an actuality, but a per ception. It appears that it is a perception being used to delude the American people, and that delusion is on the brink of des troying the industrial base of America. It doesn't take a mastermind to perceive furth er that a shift away from a nation capable of producing wealth, to one of service and com munications, will erode our standard of liv ing to an unacceptable level. At the same time, it eliminates our nation’s ability to provide for its security. America today stands in terrible danger unless we reverse this trend. Already we have lost the industrial base in leather, shoes, small appliances, television sets, stereos, radios, watches, toys and many more products. On the endangered species lists are steel, automobiles, textiles and apparel. Over 2,000,000 people in the United States work in textiles and apparel. Our gov ernment's policy on textile imports has cost our industry over 200,000 jobs annually over the past two years and is growing at unprecedented rates. There is not much fair ness for the U.S. markets to be open to the world while exporting countries, subsidized by their governments, throw up protective barriers to prevent U.S. products from com ing into their country. Furthermore, it is not fair to put Americans out of work so someone in a foreign country can have a job. This is the central message we, the Amer ican public, must get to Washington. Enough is enough—we can live with free trade if we all play by the same rules—then it’s called fair trade. Otis Young, center, received his twenty-five service award from Lydia Plant Manager Joe Nelson recently as Spinning Superintendent Joe Wilkie added his words of appreciation for Young’s contribution to the company during the past twenty-five years. Fred Smith, center, joined the ranks of several hundred fellow employees as he completed employment requirements for the Old Timer’s Club. Presenting his engraved service award watch are, left, Lydia Carding Superintendent Van Oxner and Plant Manager Joe Nelson. Plant No. 2 Assistant Weaving Superintendent Hubert Rollins, right, has retired from Plant No. 2 Weaving. He had been associated with Clinton Mills, Inc. since 1953. Joe Spillers, left, represented the department in presenting Hubert several retirement gifts from his fellow employees.