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Summit House: Just The Start

The opening ofthe Tokyo wood demo building Summit House mark ttre start of a three year promotion program of U.S. wood products in Japan.

The $1.95 million program apprwed by the U.S. Agriculture Department is intended to counter unfair trade practices such as high tariffs for processed wood products and restrictive product standards.

Summit House, a three story showcase of modern materials and techniques completed in 83 days, was viewed by 250 guests including Japanese cabinet ministers and senior U.S. government officials at its May l0 opening.

William T. Robison, president of the American Plywood Association, which is coordinating the drive on behalfofthe industry, said, "The Summit House in Tokyo will be the focal point of the new promotion. We look forward to working with the Western Wood Products Association and others in a three year concentrated program aimed at basic Japanese construction markets."

The expanded assistance program permits the APA to retain U.S.-trained architect Richard R. Skorick, project

HandtoolDebate

(Continued from page 12) als, Claremore, Ok., says that they make a special buy in foreign tools once in a while, but always have problems with the low quality and no recourse when they do. "The price is competitive and right," he says, "but the poor quality often oflses these advantages."

Home Quarters Warehouse carries both domestic and high end imported hand tools in their stores in Virginia Beach and Hampton, Va., Columbia, S.C., and Thllahassee, Fl. They report there's no quality problems with imports, although the domestic tools on the whole are probably higher quality.

Their customers like the price advanage of the imports. "Some brands of foreign tools," a spokesman added, "equal the domestic in quality."

Claude Schell, assistant manager, Roper Bros., Colonial Heights, Va., says that they sell only American made tools because "basically, it's nice to know you have someone behind them (the product)." He sold imported tools in a previous position and has the impression director of Summit House, to represent the U.S. industry in Japan during the three year period.

The building itself will serve as a site for seminars, workshops and training on U.S. wood systems and materials over the next three years, after which it will be donated to the people ofJapan for use as a cultural and children's recreation center.

The updated, complete list of U.S donors to Summit House includes Big Valley Lumber Co.; Boise Cascade Corp.; Bruce Hardwood Floors; Chickasaw Williamsburg Strip; DAW Forest Products Co.; Diamond Cabinets; Eljer Plumbing Ware; Evans Products Co.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Giles & Kendall Inc.; Hanel Lumber Co., Inc.; Howard Manufacturing Co.; Idaho Forest Industries; Louisiana-Pacific Corp. ; Marvin Windows; Maywood Inc.; McFarland Cascade; Michigan-California Lumber Co.; Ostermann & Scheiwe, USA, lnc.; Plum e reek Timber Co., Inc.; Pope & Thlbot, Inc. ; Fotlatch Corp. ; Preway, Inc.; Simpson Door Co.; Sunland Homebuilt Pool Systems; Trus Joist Corp.; Vaagen Brothers Lumber, Inc. ; Weyerhaeuser Co.; Whirlpool Corp., and Willamette Industries, Inc., in addition to many Japanese contributors.

TWO SPECIALLY DESIGNED NAILS FOR . log Homes o landscape Timbens e Whercver study spikes arc requircd Vinc/ad,, /-rt-HOT.DIPPED GALVANIZED SLENDER SHANK (Gutter Spikes) that they are inferior to the American made ones.

Denny Robertson, mgr., Bailey Lumber & Home Center, Gulfoort, Ms., sells only American made handtools although he has some Makita power tools. "Always bought American made, never looked into the foreign stuff," he comments.

Lyle Mueller, store manager, Causeway Lumber Co., Boca Raton, Fl., says they sell very few imported tools, about 5 :l %, be*ause the company leans towards American made products. He personally thinla "the cheap prices and cheap quality of imported tools have hurt the industry because American manufacturers have cheapened their products to meet the price competition."

Payless Cashways stocks some imported hand tools, but they are a small percentage of the over all SKUs in the store. Whether the product is domestic or imported, it is chosen carefully because "we believe in every product on our shelves," Barbara Remkus, manager of external communications at corporate offices in Kansas City, Mo., emphasizes.

McCcy's Building Supply Centers, San Marcos, Tx., stock only domestic tools in its 68 stores. They've carried no imports for the past 12 to 15 years, a spokesman explained.