[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 81 (Thursday, May 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  RECOGNIZING THE SAVANNAH PAPER MILL

  (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
Savannah Paper Mill as it celebrates its 85th year in operation.
  My father worked at this paper mill. In fact, I worked at this paper 
mill, originally known as Union Bag, then Union Camp, then 
International Paper, and now International Paper, and I have the utmost 
respect for anyone in that line of work.
  At the height of the 1950s, the Savannah Paper Mill employed up to 
5,000 people. As the years have passed, the same location, now owned by 
International Paper, has modernized and trimmed the workforce down to 
about 650 employees. Some of them come from a generation of paper mill 
workers that have been there from the start.
  The Savannah Paper Mill has always been a visual landmark in the 
city, long before the hospitality industry became the city's number one 
market. In the 1950s, the mill could produce 1.25 million tons of kraft 
paper and linerboard in any given year and quickly became one of the 
largest mills in the State.
  Its proximity to fruitful timber produced optimal conditions for the 
mill to operate at its highest level, and it remains true today.
  Like the rest of Savannah, the paper mill contributed greatly to the 
war effort in World War II as well, producing paper packaging, a 
critical war material.
  I am proud to be the son of a paper mill worker, and I thank the 
Savannah Paper Mill for their many years of industry and hope for 
continued success.

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