Political Quotes

“on Monday of this week, a chilling announcement was received by 500 employees of the C.F. Hathaway Co. in Waterville, ME. When the Warnaco Co., which is a national holding company, which owns the C.F. Hathaway Co., in Waterville, made the following announcement, that following a comprehensive evaluation of their Hathaway men's dress shirt business, the Warnaco Co. had decided to cease manufacturing and marketing this brand. This decision will ultimately result in the sale of the business or the cessation of operations at those facilities were Hathaway shirts are produced, including the plant in Waterville, ME. Mr. Richard Kelso, president of the Mid-State Economic Development Corp., in central Maine, said of the news that this was going to be a devastating blow because of the large number of workers involved and that unemployment in the mid-Maine area would soar from 7 or 8 percent, currently a full point above the Maine State average, to upward of 10 percent. This is a significant and devastating blow to the Waterville, ME economy.”