Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall will meet December 1 with 11 top management representatives of major industrial firms to discuss the potential for plant expansion and development on or near Indian reservations.
The luncheon meeting is the second such conference in Secretary Udall's drive to speed economic development and employment possibilities for Indians. In May the Secretary met with representatives of major electronic firms.
At the meeting background material will be presented on the location of plant sites, the availability and skills of Indian workers, training programs available to teach special skills and financing available for plant development.
The firms to be represented at the luncheon are: Motorola, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz.; Amphenol Corp., Chicago; Hoffman Electronics Corp., El Monte, Calif.; Litton Industries, Beverly Hills, Calif.; General Dynamics Corp., New York City; Honeywell, Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; Sperry Rand Corp., New York City; Johns-Manville Corp., New York City; Graflex, Inc., Rochester, N.Y.; General Instrument Corp., Newark, N.J.; Fairchild Semiconductor Division, Mountain View, Calif.
All 11 firms have indicated through preliminary inquiries an interest in exploring the possibility of expansion into an Indian area. Many reservations already have new industries in operation and employers have been enthusiastic about the skills and performance of Indian workers.
