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ATTACHMENT #1 RESOLUTION WHERE. AS, the textile and apparel industries contribute substantially to the entire nations] economy, and more particularly to the economy of our region; and WHEREAS, employees of these industries have exemplified the highest standards of productivity, efficiency and citizenship; and WHEREAS, ?3,9'/? families in the eight County Centralina region depend upon these industries for their livelthood; and WHEREAS, these American industries have been adversely affected in recent years by the growing volume of imports of textile and apparel products from foreign countries; and WHEREAS, this growth of foreign imports has contributed substantially to the elimination of some 800,000 American textile and apparel jobs, plus causing an adverse effect upon supporting industries such as fiber companies, textile machinery manufacturers, textile c-heroics] manufacturers, financial institutions, utilities, trucking, and other native industries which also contribute substantially to our economic well- being; and WHERE.aS, little has been done at the nations] level to bring about a r~asonable balance between foreign imports and the normal growth of the native industries, witnessed by the faot that textile/apparel imports have increased neatly 50 percent since the first of 1984 over the same period a year ago; and WHEREAS, there is a serious need for public awareness of the economic impact, and a need for action at the state and national levels to bring about a reasonable solution; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, ' that the Centrs]ina Council of Governments hereby expresses its support of the textile/apparel/fiber industries' "Crafted With Pride in U.S.A." Buy American efforts, that eitizees of our region take notice of this serious problem, and that we hereby make this document a part of the record of this body. We further request that Congress take appropriate legislative action to roll back import volume to a reasonable level, with increases in imports limited to no more than market growth, and that an import licensing system be established. This, the 23rd day of January, 1985.