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Dear Mr. President Profit Sharing and Social Security Program Successful Retirement Summary Plans Rate Changes —Page 5— —Page 6— —Page 2— m Clinton Milk /j. . 8y and For Employees of Clinton V U.S.^' December 1985 Left to right, Donald Simpson, Larry Lawson, Sara Bolt, Coordinator Sonny King, Joyce Turner and Marshall Vaughn discussing this year’s successful United Way drive. UW Record Set by Employees American Made Gifts Favored by Employees Clinton employees have once again re ceived their Christmas gifts from the com pany. This year’s selections included 136 useful items, most of which were made in the United States. Out of 2,494 eligible employees who selected gifts, 2,060 chose American-made items, while 434 selected imports. This means American-made products were chosen by 83 percent of Clinton's em ployees. Among the most popular items were the coffee maker (47), pressure cooker (47), buffet set (48), electric steam iron (60), ice cream freezer (55), highway emergency kit (65), trimmer (56), table lamp (66) and cast iron cookware (80). This year’s Clinton Mills gift selection catalog contained 131 gift items of which 115 were made in this country and 16 were imported. Clinton employees are again urged to re member the importance of choosing Amer ican-made products when shopping for family and friends. Stars Will Promote "Made In USA" Products The Greater Clinton United Way recently recognized Clinton Millsfor its role in setting the pace for this year’s campaign. Clinton Mills and its employees contri buted $28,300.90 to assist the local United Way in meeting the needs of the many Two Clinton Millsemployees, Truman and Sam Owens have completed quite a enviable record officiating spectator sports. The two brothers were recently featured in The National Federation News, a national publication for high school officials. Read by over 80,000 officials monthly, the publica tion noted that the Owens' brothers have over 50 years combined officiating experi ence. Records indicated they have “called" over 847 varsity football games and 3,100 varsi ty basketball games. In addition to their large number of high school games, Truman and Sam have also served as President of the High School Bas ketball Officials Association and the South Carolina High School Football Officials Association. In addition, they have served as local directors of both associations. Other accomplishments by the two offi cials include working the All-Star games in both boys and girls basketball, the All-Star football games, and the North Carolina- health, recreational and civic service organi zation that comprise the United Way Program. This year’s record contributions from em ployees and the company represent a 20.6% increase over 1984 and 23.8% of the orga nizations $120,000. South Carolina Shrine Bowl for crippled chil dren. Sam and Truman are also pleased that they have officiated at 54 state final basket ball and football games in their careers. Other interesting statistics include the fact that Truman has worked in 17 consecu tive state football finals, four of which Sam served as an official also. As the 1985 football season ends, Sam will have completed 28 years of high school football and 28 of high school basketball. Truman has completed 24 years of high school football and 26 years of high school basketball. In the spring, both Truman and Sam offi ciate high school baseball games. In addition to the busy schedule, Truman has been secretary (booking director) for the Mid-State Association since 1960. At the end of the 1985 college football season Truman and Sam will have worked in over 100 college football games in the SAC- 8 Conference. Beginning November 28, and continuing for the remainder of the Christmas holiday buying season, 88 million Americans will begin viewing a new series of advertisements encouraging the purchase of Apparel Made in the USA. Big name stars such as Sammy Davis Jr., Carol Channing, Sally Struthers and Lynda Carter will help convince the buying public that Made in the USA matters. The new series of advertisements repre sent the second major media blitz as part of a $40 million three year campaign by the Crafted With Pride in USA Council. The group is funded by a coalition of 250 American cotton growers, labor groups, and manufacturers of textiles, apparel and home furnishings. The coalition's mission is to revive the textile industry by convincing consumers to buy American made products. The television ad campaign began four weeks ago, when Bob Hope flashed the “Made in the U.S.A." label of his sports coat and said, “It matters to me." Miami Vice star Don Johnson did the same, relin quishing his celebrated Italian duds for the occasion. Already, say council officials, the campaign is working. A research firm commissioned by the council found that the average national awareness of the campaign was 22 percent. In Los Angeles, awareness was measured at 30 percent, probably, said council executive director Robert Swift, because “it has a strong textile-apparel area. It’s a more sensi tive are because of its apparel industry.” The fiber, textile, apparel and home fur nishing industries employ more than 2 mil lion people and contribute $45 billion to the gross national product, making them the largest domestic industrial complex — lar ger even than the $43 billion automobile industry. But they are industries in trouble. In the last five years, 250 textile plants have closed and according to the U.S. Commerce Department, after-tax earnings in the U.S. textile industry fell to $445 million, or 1.7 percent of sales, in the first half of this year, compared to $921 m i 11 ion, or 3.6 percent of sales, in the first half of 1984. “There is no question, of course, about the urgent situation that led to the council’s formation," Swift told the textile section of the New York Board of Trade in June. “By 1984, the trade deficit in textiles and apparel had risen nearly 60 percent over the previous year, to a frightening figure well over $16 billion. “Our volume of imports had climbed 101 percent since 1980. And the tremendous appreciation of the U.S. dollar continued its negative impact on the export prospects for our industry." Though the Crafted With Pride in U.S.A. Council is officially apolitical, it was delight ed when Congress enacted legislation in January requiring the country of origin to be f spelled out on the labels of clothing and home furnishings. As the council saw it, the problem wasn't that goods from foreign countries, such as France, Italy, China, South Korea, Tiawan and Hong Kong, were not being identified, it was that goods made in the United States were’s displaying their origin good enough. Studies have found that, price and quality being equal, American consumers will choose domestically produced goods over foreign goods. In one survey commissioned by the council, almost 73 percent of the customer-respondents said they think that clothing imports cut down on jobs in the United States. Owens Brothers Recognized