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-People’s Forum
CONNIE HAZARD
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James Finley Blames Many Of
Textile's Ills on Government
BOCA RATON, FLA.,
April 14—The outgoing presi
dent of the American Textile
Manufacturers Institute
,(ATMI) called here today for
an unrelenting battle against
government intervention in
textile operations and inten
sified foreign competition.
James D. Finley, who is
also chairman of the board of
J. P. Stevens & Cos., Inc., told
an estimated 1,000 textile
executives, wives, and guests
at the opening luncheon of
ATMI’s 28th annual meeting
at the Boca Raton Hotel &
Club that “the amount of
government control to which
we are subjected is so
pervasive that no segment of
our business remains un
touched. As each day passes
we must pay increased
attention to government
regulations and less to the
running of our businesses.
The mushrooming cost of
compliance in both time and
money is staggering.
The energy crisis last
January was a disaster for
many textile people, Finley
said. “More than 17,000
textile employees were laid
off, principally because of
the gas shortage. To those
17,000 employees each week
of unemployment represent
ed a loss in pay of over $2.5
million.”
Finley blamed the crisis on
“many years of misguided
government policy” and
repeated the industry’s call
for “deregulation of gas and
oil as the first step to a more
rational energy policy.”
A major portion of Finley’s
remarks were directed at the
intensifying problem of tex
tile imports. “More than five
billion square yards of fabric
were shipped into this
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country in 1976,” he said, “a
34 per cent increase from
1975. These goods were
valued at $5.3 billion.”
“At this time jobs are
probably the nation’s
number-one priority item,”
he said. “The combined
textile and apparel industries
provide 2.3 million jobs, first
among all industries... Each
year the textile industry
should be providing more
jobs, but to do so it must
expand. It is ironic that the
U. S. government is under
writing the construction of
foreign textile facilities
which will increase the flood
of imports at a time when our
own industry is not expand
ing.”
Textile business during the
balance of 1977 should show
improvement, Finley said.
He said he looks for
increased sales of apparel,
home furnishings, and in
dustrial textiles. “All of this
should translate into textile
shipments of over S4O billion,
an increase of seven per
cent... Finally, profit margins
should improve as the year
goes along and that is surely
the best news I can convey to
you today.”
Finley, a native of Jackson
and a graduate of Jackson
High School and Georgia
Tech, has a sister, Miss
Elizabeth Finley, a retired
school teacher, who resides
in Jackson.
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Jimmy Carter
Licenses May
Be Retained
The Georgia State Patrol is
allowing drivers whose ex
pired licenses bear the
signature of now President
Jimmy Carter to keep those
licenses when it comes time
to renew according to State
Public examiners on re
newal, but a great demand
for keeping the old licenses
with the President’s signa
ture prompted the Patrol to
simply mark the licenses
"void” and return them to
the driver.
Colonel Cofer said the
procedure not only applies to
those licenses with President
Carter’s signature but also to
any past Governor’s signa
ture. "When a person gets a
new drivers license they will
be returned their old license
to do with as they see fit,”
Colonel Cofer said. “The old
license will be voided by
having a hole punched in the
Class block and having a void
sticker placed on the back. It
may continue to be used as a
form of identification but is
not a valid drivers permit.”
A survey of examining
locations around the state
indicates great deal of
interest by the driving public
in keeping old drivers
licenses.
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COL. WENDELL McCOY
I like daylight savings
time-it tickles me to death.
State Patrol
Sets Weekend
Roadchecks
The Georgia State Patrol is
resuming its series of
weekend roadchecks around
the state and making it
part of permanent policy
according tp State Public
Safety Commissioner Colonel
•Herman Cofer.
Rising traffic accident and
death figures for 1977 is one,
of the key reasons for the
current move according to
Colonel Cofer. “We are
seeing a 10 percent rise in
traffic deaths this year over
last year,” he said. “I believe
we can make a dent in the
rise of traffic law violations
with highly visible, face to
face confrontation during
such road checks. At the
same time we will likely
arrest many would-be crimi
nals or wanted persons
thereby enhancing our rural
crime fighting efforts.”
The highly successful tech
nique of stopping motorists
at strategic locations over
the state was used extensive
ly two years ago during a
rash of armed robberies and
other lawless acts in rural
Georgia. At that time the
move was believed to have
thwarted the criminal acts
and resulted in a positive
effect on traffic safety.
Colonel Cofer admitted the
Patrol would not catch many
speeders in the act with the
roadchecks but noted that the
high visibility factor would
be a definite deterrent to
reckless drivers. “We cer
tainly will, continue our
regular patrols, both station
ary and moving, on two lane
roads as well as interstates,”
he said.
Several types of violations
can be effectively dealt with
in the roadchecks Colonel
Cofer noted. “We get many
drunk drivers this way. We
check for expired safety
inspection stickers, expired
drivers licenses, no fault
insurance compliance and
frequently we confiscate
stolen goods or drugs. Most
importantly we Can get some
criminals off the road.”
"We plan to conduct the
roadchecks at times and
places to be of minimum
inconvenience to the general
motoring public,” he said.
"We remind CB radio
operators that reporting our
locations will do no good. We
plan to have cars stationed at
undisclosed locations so that
anyone attempting to evade
the roadchecks will get a
closer check than most
others."
Colonel Cofer said another
benefit to the state of
stepping up the roadcheck
program would be a savings
in operating costs for the
State Patrol. “We are
essentially an agency on
wheels. Operation of cars
and purchase of fuel are
expensive. With the road
checks we can save in
roadchecks at times and
our operating budget as we
fiscal year.”
“There's a time to wink as
well as to see."
Benjamin Franklin
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1977
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M.W AN EE SENIORS Seniors recently inducted into Sewanee Academy’s chapter of
Cum Laude honor society are, left to right, Betty Van Hooser of Huntland, Tenn., Herbie
Shapard of Jackson, Ga., Sara Jones of Louisville, Ky.. Elizabeth Looney of Sewanee, and
Betsy Goodwin of Greenville, Miss.
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Of Food Help
WASHINGTON - The U S.
department of Agriculture
has issued anew brochure
describing department pro
grams which make food help
available to people who need
it.
"Food Programs of the U.
S. Department of Agricul
ture" provides general infor
mation about the Food Stamp
Program, the Food Distribu
tion Program, the Special
Supplemental Food Program
for Women, Infants, and
Children, and the Child
Nutrition Programs.
USDA’s Food and Nutrition
Service, which administers
the food assistance programs
in cooperation with State and
local agencies, publishes
other materials describing
tl. individual programs in
greater detail. A partial
listing of these additional
publications is included in
the brochure.
To obtain a copy of "Food
Programs of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture.”
write to the Information
Division. Food and Nutrition
St i \ ice. I S. Department of
\giicuiture. Washington. D
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Labor Pains
Recent statistics reveal
that if an Anencan woman
quits her job to look for
another she’ll probably be
out of work ten weeks. If
she’s fired or laid off it
averages out to twenty
seven weeks before she’s
back to a job.
LIMITED EDITION
BUTTS COUNTY
PEWTER BELT BUCKLES
This collector’s item will be limited to 500 only.
Buckles will be numbered and dated. Sold on a first
come basis.
The buckle denotes the signing of the Indian
Springs treaty in 1825 by Chief William Mclntosh which
established Butts County.
This commemorative buckle is being offered by the
Butts County Chamber of Commerce Celebration Com
mittee.
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No. of Buckles @ $7.50 each
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Mail To: Celebration Committee
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Post Office
Jackson, Georgia 30233
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