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Editorial

Are you paylng them to put you out of buslness?

We were amazed to see television commercials by U.S. Sprint offering to make donations to organizations dedicated to the destruction of America's wood products industry. We have already cancelled our service with U.S. Sprint. Unless they change their policy, we suggest you do likewise,

Let me tell you why, In a scheme to attract new customers, U.S. Sprint claims up to 50/o of the customer's telephone billwill be donated to an environmental group designated by U.S. Sprint. That's where the rub comes in. Their list contains not one of our industry organizations. Rather, your money will go to the likes of the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Friends of the Earth, the Environmental Defense Fund and similar anti-industry groups.

MCI Telecommunications Group has initiated a similar program. At this point, U.S. Sprint refuses to add any wood products industry groups to their list. MCI, at latest report, has not made a final decision. We'll let you know when they do.

This is the most remarkable case of biting the hand that feeds you in many a year. The advertising geniuses must have overlooked the fact that the lumber, wood products, moulding, millwork, sawmill, furniture, pulp and paper businesses, to name just a few, are threatened with extinction by the various groups U.S. Sprint thinks we should fund. lf you don't want to contribute to those who seek to cripple, then destroy our industry, we suggest you make your views known. The president of U.S. Sprint is Mr. Ron LeMay and his telephone number is (913) 624-6100. The address is 8140 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Mo. 64114.

We always figured the ad types were out of touch with America, but we didn't realize how much until this fiasco dawned. It must never have occurred to them that the wood products industry spends millions yearly on telephone calls. For some initial industry response to the situation please see pa5e 32 for the National Hardwood Lumber Association's position.

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