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THE MILL XV nu Published by ReWerest Mills, Inc. • Plants located in Spray, Draper and Leaksville, N. C and Fieidole, i' Spray, N. C., Monday, November 16, 1959 M(KlCA’S\jlNf Sr roWtR LBOMfB RUS Jordan Cites Need For Action On Imports NO. 9 Tv» "e textile industry, handicapped by finri^ government procedures, should iin relief soon in the limiting of g^Ports of foreign textiles, Senator B. Jordan told members of the Car- 5 Cooperative Council and guests at 12 Thursday evening, November S*^he Leaksville-Spray Junior High °ol auditorium. Jordan said the industry had 9gg . a long time to get the pound- 9g ^"^cluded in fabrics included in the of cotton allowed to come A(J1 country under the Agricultural J'lstment Act of 1938. 22 of this Act, he pointed out, siijg that import curbs may be con- where an unrestricted flow of covi^t ®^®^feres with operations of this g fy s agricultural program. Jordan said the fact that Pre- «erit Eisenhower has requested the Commission to study the impact of foreign cotton textile imports gives “hope” that something will be done about it. Textiles were the first industry hit hard by low-wage foreign competition and, since World War II, 720 American mills have been liquidated, Senator Jor dan said. He said that more and more indus tries are being affected and that in their struggle against cheap-wage foreign competition, the mills now have “a lot of company”. He told of his visits to textile mills in various parts of the world and cited the extremely low wages paid. These wages range from 5c an hour in Pakistan to 20c an hour in Japan’s modern mills, built with money furnished by our govern ment. He also cited the difficulty American mills have in competing with foreign (Continued on page eight) « — THE AIR’—Broadcasts from classrooms of Leaksville Township Part of local observance of American Education eek. Many of the ^rom Fieldcrest families in this sixth grade at Burton Grove School, equipment in background is D. L. Craddock, owner-manager of Station teacher, standing, is Mrs. Louise Shumate, wife of Bill Shumate, Oyeing Department. Information Given On Tax Witliltolding Supervisors at Fieldcrest Mills will help employees fill out the forms neces sary for payment of the State’s new withholding tax on income. The withholding exemption certifi cates have been received and are now being processed to show each employee’s name, Fieldcrest employee number and Social Security number. The certificates will be sent to the supervisors before December 1. The su pervisors will contact each employee and help him complete the form by en tering his name, marital status and the number of exemptions. The new North Carolina income tax withholding law goes into effect next January 1. The State withholding tax will be like the one the Federal government has had for some time. It is based primarily on the number of dependents a wage earn er has. A dependent person is a child or eli gible person who receives more than one-half of his support from the wage earner. There is a $300 exemption for each. There are some general rules to fol low in filing the exemption certificate. Before the supervisors contact indi viduals about their exemption certifi cates, it would be well for them to make certain decisions. For instance there is the matter of exemptions for married couples. They (Continued on page four) Towel Mill Drive Has 81% To Give Day’s Pay As The Mill Whistle went to press Friday, 81% of the Towel Mill em ployees had pledged a day’s pay to the Fieldale Community Fund. The Towel Mill thereby exceeded the 80% record of the Bedspread Mill in the recent Tri-City Community Fund cam paign. Of the 1,233 employees at Fieldale, 1,003 gave on the day’s pay basis. It was expected that more day’s pay pledg es would be received before the end of the week.
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