Malcolm D. "Mac" Watson

Malcolm D. "Mac" Watson was Tobacco Institute legislative counsel in Mississippi and the Executive Director of the Mississippi Wholesale Grocers Association. In March 1983, the Tobacco Institute considered giving Mac a prize for fending off tobacco taxes and regulations in Mississippi. According to an Institute memo written by area manager John S. Hightower,


 * Mac has bent over backwards to make certain that the tobacco industry is least affected in the state of Mississippi. While it is his job to do this, he has continued to be overly effective and most recently, went to great lengths to quell potential (tobacco) tax increases. Mac has utilized the forces from the tobacco family in his state in a very effective manner. He continues to help me on every front when called upon.

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