Show UJ i PENCILS PROVE A POINT More and more American companies are subscribing to the idea that in trying to tomake tomake tomake make a living you deserve a break no matter what your color sex or religion To create breaks for people people peo peo- pie one company has started a Minority Supplier Program The company Union Carbide aims at expanding its purchases purchases purchases pur pur- chases from quality minority suppliers And last year its purchasing agents bought more than a million dollars worth of oC supplies from such owned minority-owned companies Purchasing personnel at Union Carbide have been making special efforts to seek out new small businesses run runby runby runby by minorities through participation participation participation par par- in regional trade conferences and up follow-up vendor interviews fit Heres Here's just one example of how the program works Union Carbides Carbide's Bound Brook New Jersey chemical plant has been coordinating a year two-year contract for pencils pencils worth worth man man manufactured by the Indian Writing Company of oC Browning Montana near Glacier National Park As its name suggests this is a company run by Indians Indians and and it is delivering a quality high-quality product Which all goes to prove the point that companies run by minorities can play a part in inthe inthe inthe the American economy economy and and what's more can perform admirably admirably ad when they get the right break |