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From: "Weston T. Pan" <wywtpan2@mindspring.com>
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Preben Randhol wrote:
> 

[snip ]

> This reminds of the 60 minutes program I saw two days ago. I guess it
> was aired last week or earlier in the US, but a TV station here in
> Norway sends the programs after midnight every Wednesday. Anyway it was
> about a textile mill in the US that burned down. I have forgotten the
> name but I think their products (winter clothing) are called Polytech or
> something like that. Now what happened was that the owner decided he
> wanted to rebuild the factory in the US and not move out of the country
> as most of this industry does apparently. He also continued to pay the
> workers full wages until the new factory was built. For this he got a
> lot of credit and recognition. And as he said (I don't remember the
> exact words) in the interview: "It doesn't look good for the state of
> USA that when you do the right thing (in terms of moral) you get all
> this attention and credit. Just for doing the right thing!"
> 

This was a story about the Malden Mills textile company. By the way, the
fabric was called Polartec.

--Weston