The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, February 6, 1996              TAG: 9602060002
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

BUILD FACTORIES HERE

I'm so sick of seeing everything I wear made in China, Korea, Taiwan, etc. This past Sunday when I dressed for church, I put on pants, shoes and shirt made in China, dress coat from Korea and even the Haynes underwear was assembled in Dominican Republic.

I may be wrong, but if factories were built in our own country, all workers were paid twice the minimum wage, at least, and unions stayed out of the picture except to see that the proper working conditions with OSHA were obtained, I believe we would have the greatest prosperity this world has ever seen.

With no welfare, except in severe cases, no deficits, no unemployment and no daily rhubarb between the politicians.

AL BATES

Chesapeake, Jan. 23, 1996 by CNB