In the 1970s, CBS was looking to increase its number of production plants in order to keep up with demand. Carrollton, Georgia had placed and lost bids on manufacturing plants before, and they tried once more with CBS Records. CBS preferred a college town that was “fair to labor, but not union oriented” for the site of their new plant, which kept Carrollton in the running. By January 1978, CBS had cut the list of potential sites down from 300 to three. All three cities were in Georgia – Carrollton, Newnan, and Evans – and Carrollton aggressively pursued the contract. CBS was impressed with the effort put in by Carrollton citizens to get the factory, and the city had several characteristics that appealed to CBS. It was in close proximity to a main interstate, an airport, and railroads, and there was a university in town. Also of importance to CBS was the minor union activity in the town. However, there was picketing at the ground breaking ceremony accusing CBS of unfair hiring, and letters circulated asking people to boycott CBS products (one of which is in the collection). Such people argued that CBS’s hiring practices contributed to the economic problems of the state since it decreased wages for workers and purchasing power for consumers. The citizens of Terra Haute, Indiana even blamed the Carrollton plant for the closing of their plant in 1983, citing the fact that the Indiana workers were part of a union and Carrollton’s were not. The name eventually changed to Sony Music, and although the plant closed in 2001, Sony still maintains warehousing and distribution operations in Carrollton.