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DOMESNC HARDWOODS curent and proposed legislation and regulations affect the industry's plants and products.

Senator Richard C. Shelby (D-Al.) will be keynote luncheon speaker. The program includes an insider briefing from an EPA official, a journalist and an environnental activist on how Washington works. The National Association of Manufacturers will conduct a computer simulation game, Congressional Insight, where players must make tougb political calls and try to get re-elected.

Industry groups co-sponsoring the conference include ttre American Wood Preservers Institute, Alabama Association of Wood Preservers, Lumber Manufacturen Association of Virginia Southeastem Lumber Manufacturers Association, Southem Forest Products Association, Southern Pressure Treaters Association, Texas Wood Preservers Advisory Council and Western Wood Preservers Institute.