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Spray, N. C., January 23, 1967
NO. 13
Laurelcrest Carpets
l^ame Of New Division
.^urelcrest Carpets will be the name
Fieldcrest Mills’ tufted carpet opera-
°h and the recently purchased Morgan
^arpet Mills at Laurel Hill will be op-
ated as Laurelcrest Carpets, a division
at Fieldcrest Mills, Inc.
As announced, all marketing functions
hi be headed by Walter B. Guinan,
Resident of Karastan Rug Mills, another
^'eidcrest division.
Robert J. Saunders, formerly presi-
6nt of the Morgan Carpet Mills, will be
general manager of plant operations for
6 new division, reporting to Robert A.
arris, vice president-manufacturing
Merest Mills, Inc.
Imports Again Pose Threat To Industry
An old problem has reared its head
and is again threatening the textile in
dustry and American textile employees’
jobs.
Imports of yarn and cloth from low-
wage foreign countries are pouring into
the United States in ever-increasing
amounts.
Some of the goods are produced in
countries where textile workers are paid
as low as eight cents an hour.
When the final tabulations are made,
1966 imports of all textile goods are
expected to exceed three billion equiva
lent square yards. These imports are
bound to affect the textile industry’s
record in years to come.
The board of directors of the Ameri-
D. M. TRACY
J. P. ROBERTSON
G. W. CHAPIN
Vice Presidents Named In Sales Division
.I^avid M. Tracy has been appointed
Uce
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president and general sales man-
of the Fieldcrest Marketing Di-
-on of Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., it has
On announced by Frank W. Green,
osident of the division. Mr. Tracy
assume the duties of Arthur S.
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‘ornpson, Sr., who retired December
’ 1966, under the company’s retire-
program.
At the same time, Mr. Green an-
j^ounced that John P. Robertson has
appointed divisional vice presi-
and sales manager and that George
g ' CRapin has been appointed division-
''ice president. Automatic Blanket De-
»anment.
Mr. Tracy joined the Fieldcrest or-
J'ization in 1948 when it was the man-
^cturing division of Marshall Field
& Company. In January, 1956, he went
to New York as Fieldcrest Shop mana
ger, and in 1959 was appointed Eastern
sales manager. In January, 1966, he was
named divisional vice president and as
sistant general sales manager of the
Fieldcrest Marketing Division.
Mr. Robertson joined the Fieldcrest
Marketing Division in 1958 and has
headed both the Automatic Blanket and
Towel Departments. He was appointed
assistant sales manager in September,
1966.
Mr. Chapin, with Fieldcrest since
1959, prior to his promotion had been
manager of the Automatic Blanket De
partment. He will continue to report to
Hugh A. Brown, Jr., vice president of
the Fieldcrest Division for merchandis
ing.
can Textile Manufacturers Institute has
asked President Johnson and Congress
to act immediately to curb textile im
ports, described as now “at the highest
levels ever recorded.”
“Until controls are imposed,” a reso
lution passed by the ATMI said, “it is
obvious that no further tariff reductions
on textiles should even be considered.”
The resolution said in part: “Cotton,
man-made fiber and woolen textile im
ports currently are at the highest levels
ever recorded. Including products from
yarn through apparel, the 1966 total
will reach 3 billion square yards. This
represents a 50 per cent increase over
1965, the previous record year.”
The urgency of the problem for North
Carolina is demonstrated by the fact
that 250,000 Tar Heel wage earners are
dependent on the textile industry for a
living. The industry’s annual payroll in
North Carolina is more than $1 billion,
and textile employees in North Carolina
represent nearly half of all the manu
facturing employees in the state.
Payroll Department
Issuing W-2 Forms
W-2 forms, employees’ federal income
tax withholding statements for 1966,
NC-2 forms for employees in most of
the North Carolina plants and VA-2
forms for employees of the Towel Mill
at Fieldale, Va. are being prepared at
Spray and will be distributed by the
Payroll Department sometime during
the week ending January 29.
In addition to the Tri-Cities and
Fieldale, the forms are being handled
at Spray for Greenville, Mount Holly,
Columbus, Ga., Smithfield, and Stokes-
dale as well as for the Fieldcrest and
Karastan sales divisions and salaried
personnel at Auburn, N. Y.
The forms for the Nye-Wait produc
tion employees at Auburn, N. Y. are
being handled there. All withholding
statements for the North Carolina Fin
ishing Company division, the NCF Sales
Department, the Alexander Sheeting
Mill, the Worthville Spinning Mill, Car-
nac and John P. Maguire & Co., Inc.,
are being distributed from those loca
tions.
Employees who are out sick or laid
off are to receive their withholding
statements through the U. S. mail.