THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1981
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Red Tape and Lack of Information Stall Foreign Visits to America
Los Angeles-IUPB-There are
probably more than 100,000
Europeans who would like to
visit the United States and
who can afford the trip, but
U.S. government red tape and
lack of sources of information
keep them away, according to
the head of an international
travel service.
Tony Hamilton, president
of Lansealr, said other coun
tries spend millions each year
in an effort to lure American
dollars to their homelands,
but the U.S. spends virtually
nothing In an effort to bring
some of the monqy back,
"Last year the official gov
ernment slogan aboard was
'Visit the U.S.A. in I960',"
Hamilton said. "But thU
turned into a terrific flop."
He urged the formation of
a national tourist department
whose job it would be to tell
the potential tourists Just
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Manufacturing of Staples Big
Business for American Firms
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
UPI Financial 'Editor
New York - (UNI - There's
big: business in the lowly
staple.
" t i :
y JHJ every nine
Jr.. ,. two pieces of
paper are
stapled to
gether or the
home handy-
ma n accom-
pllshes a chore
with a staple
gun the cash
register rings
, Uenry Decntold for the eight
to ten staple manufacturers in
this country.
- And these cash registers
ring to the. tune of millions of
dollars annually. Swingllne
Inc., a leader in the field, said
staples account for 35 per
cent of Its total dollar volume
which Inst year reached $12.5
million.
Styles of Staples
The company sells the
staples for use in its own ma
chines as well as those of
o'-er manufacturers. Approxi
mately 60 styles and sixes of
staples are handled by the
firm.
While slnples may be a ma
jor product of the firm, the
stapling machine is even more
important. Manually oper
ated stapling machines such
as desk staplers, compression
tackers and stapling pliers ac
count for some 56 per cent of
Swlngllne's sales. It has about
25 different models, adapted
for various business, home
and school uses.
The office stapler market Is
a strange one. There Is nearly
one stapler per desk in the
business world today. And If
these staplers are as durable
as swingllne president Jack
Linsky says they are It would
appear that the market Is
saturated.
For Appearance Sake
This is not so, according to
Linsky. The market is grow
ing because of the continued
rate of growth In the number
of offices, and because many
firms replace staplers Just for
appearance sake.
But while the office market
offers a steady growth, it is in
home staplers where the in
dustry really anticipates a
huge growth, Linsky t'"1 Uni
ted Press International.
He noted thai his firm has
sold 11 million small home
staplers selling for less than a
dollar since their introduction
Trimester Plan
Facilities, Funds,
Faculties Problems
Of Higher Education
Editor's notoi The follow
Ing is the second of three
dispatches on a revolution
in higher education.
Bp PATRICIA McCORMACK
New York -turn- rne need
for more facilities, plus bigger
faculties, plus increased funds
equals a triple headache in
higher education.
Dr. Edward II. Litchfield,
chancellor of the University of
Pittsburgh, sees in the trl
mcster system a kind of super
medicine capable of solving
some of the financial and re
lated aches.
Look at Pennsylvania, for
example. Litchfield said that
assuming the old academic
calendar two semesters a
year - remained In force, some
$750 million must be spent In
that state for additional plant
and equipment to meet mush
rooming enrollments,
' Comparable Estimate
And nationwide, there's a
comparable estimate. Lltch
field said the only competent
national survey shows that a
conservative projection of
capital plant needs, assuming
the old calendar prevails in
the next decade, Is better than
$10 billion.
"While no one can be sure,"
Litchfield SHld, "a reasonably
conservative Judgment sug
gests that we can cut that
$750 million in Pennsylvania
to less than $500 million.
Could Cut $4 Billion
"And we could cut $10 bil
lion In the nation to about $6
10 years ago, but added that
the surface hasn't even been
scratched on this product.
He said the same applies to
the compact stapling gun
which was Introduced three
years ago. .
Special market ' staplers,
designed for use by dry clean
ers, printers, banks, super
markets, etc., currently are
selling very well, and are con
sidered by the Industry to be
a lush" growth area. .
Fiv Major Makers
There are five major
stapler manufacturers, mak
ing it a highly competitive
business, according to Linsky.
To cope with this situation
Swingline has a 15-man re
search and development de
partment which spends hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
annually to come up with such
Innovations as open channel
loading, compact electrics,
compact staple guns, chisel
pointed staples, and colored
staplers.
Linsky noted that the
stapler industry had Improved
business in 1960 despite the
general slowdown In the econ
omy, and he sees further gains
this year.
what they can expect In the
U.S.
"The average European
still has a mistaken idea of
America," he said. "He still
thinks of it as a land of mil
lionaires where a glass of
beer costs a dollar.'
"Certainly, If an English
man lives in London he could
walk into the embassy and
probably could get the Infor
mation If he knew what he
wanted and whom to see. But
what about the person who
lives in Lancaster?"
In addition to the lack of
a central tourist bureau
whose sole aim is to bring
visitors from foreign coun
tries, Hamilton said, govern
ment regulations almost con
vince Europeans that we
don't want them to see what
America is like.
"For example," he said, "a
few years ago the American
Bar Association had a meet
ing In London. The members
were very well entertained
they really got the treatment.
"Last year the American
Bar Association decided to
reciprocate and they invited
the British Bar to Washing
ton.
"The British chartered 50
airplanes. Then the U. S.
government, in the Civil
Aeronautics Board, said that
since regulations prohibited
International charters where
the chartering group had
more than 15,000 . members
throughout .a country, the
planes were denied permis
sion to land in the U.S.
"The charters had been ap
proved by the British govern
ment, but the planes were
forced to land in Canada and
the lawyers had to make the
trip to Washington by train.
The incident was written
up in a British publication as
why not to visit the U.S.A.'."
Hamilton said regulations
that require European citi
zens to be completely
checked and questioned be
fore a visa is granted are re
sented.
"If you invite a guest to
visit your home, you don't de
mand to see his pedigree," he
added.
No Push Seen for
Dunes Seashore
Washington - (UPD - Interior
Secretary Stewart Udall has
Indicated the Kennedy ad
ministration would make no
attempt this year to pusji
legislation authorizing the
proposed Oregon Dunes Na
tional Seashore.
President Kennedy did not
mention the Oregon seashore
In his natural resources mes
sage to Congress last week,
but did mention three others.
Udall said the three, Cape
Cod, Mass.; Padre Island, Tex.,
and Point Reyes, Calif., are
the ones "we are hopeful of
getting this year."
However, Sen. Maurlne
Neuberger (D - Ore.) sponsor
of the dunes bill, said the
White House had assured her
the wording of the president's
message was not meant to ex
clude Oregon seashore. She
said it was meant to convey
the idea that this administra
tion will ask for a number of
additional seashores beyond
the three cited.
billion if we are willing to
seriously reconsider the old
calendar."
Consider faculties. Nation'
ally, the need is estimated at
346,000 during the next dec
ade. But the prospect is of
less than 50 per cent actually
becoming available," Litch
field said.
"I grant here that the ultl
male solution is more people
coming Into the teaching pro
fession, and this In turn Is de
pendent upon a new value
upon learning which will
bring them in, but this will
take several generations."
"In the meantime, we must
make what we have go as far
as we possibly can."
And as the educator figures
it, the trimester system helps
to accomplish that end.
Tentative Judgments
Litchfield sulci It Is possible
at this early stage to make
some tentative Judgments
about the Impact of the tri
mester plan upon faculty at
Pitt.
He said 64 per cent of the
faculty participated. Incomes
of the instructors, assistant, as
sociate and full-fledged profes
sors were increased by rough
ly one-third.
And non-participating fac-
ultly, for the most part, found
InrrpnsfiH hv nne-t h I r d the
amount ol time they had avail
able for research, consulting
or related work - to Improve
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Hamilton said his organiza
tion is trying to bring Euro
pean tourists here by working
through European travel
agencies.
Money Important
"First we have to tell them
what they will see . and how
much it will cost," he said.
"Money is very important,
but we figure each of the
average tourists will spend
about $30 a day plus his tra
vel fare. He will stay about
30 days and, from experience,
we believe women will out
number men."
Hamilton said he believes
European tourists in the U.S.
will behave very much like
American tourists do in
Europe. At present, he said,
his London office is trying to
work out a set of instructions
to provide those visiting this
country for the first time.
"First, they will have to
learn how to treat servants,"
he said. "You Just don't snap
your fingers and say 'Come
here, my good man'.
"Then we will have to tell
the Europeans not to tell
Americans how to' run their
country even if they don't
think it's being run the way
it is at home.
"Also they will be told not
to be too critical of Ameri
can eating habits. The
thought of eating meat, like
sausage, on the same plate
with hotcakes and covering
them with a sweet syrup is
revolting to most Europeans.
"Then we will have to in
form them that the American
hotels are overheated to their
standards."
One problem Hamilton said
his company hasn't been able
to solve yet is how to tell
European men the ways of
American women.
"That's one we'll accept
any advice on," he said. "Or,
what will probably happen, is
we'll let the European men
find out about American
women all by themselves."
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