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The article focuses on the growth of the Lowell Textile Institute (LTI) in Lowell, Massachusetts. It mentions the move of Massachusetts Governor Christian Herter to trowel the cornerstone for a new administration building of LTI. The institute also prepares to branch out in new electronics and plastics departments in order to extend its scope and help New England widen its industrial base. It adds that in 1953, LTI teaches courses in every phase of textile fiber processing.

The article reports on the survey being conducted by the Northeastern University Bureau of Business & Economic Research on the displaced workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1954. It says that the bureau has already interviewed 756 workers from three liquidated mills including a cotton mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, a cotton mill in Fall River, Massachusetts, and a woolen mill in New Hampshire. The author adds that most laid off workers were still in the labor force either actively seeking employment or employed.