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By FRANK DAVIS executive vice president

pOR the past four years the association has sponsored a Building Materials Course at Phoenix College.

It is now one of the most popular courses on the campus with the class filled beyond capacity. This year 120 students have taken advantage of the course.

Due to a lack of capable instructors it has been impossible to expand our training program to other areas of the state, but I am happy to report that March lst lile were able to begin a Tucson area Building Materials Course.

The course is being held at Pima College with Bill Swanson as instructor.

It is a 12 week course covering the following subjects: f-l Lumber

I Plywood

I Paneling l_l Insulation

I Paint fl Gypsum

E Roofing

J--'l Doors/windows fl Millwork qualified to speak on the subject of log exports, Not only has he served on the Portland Oregonian, he has made several trips to Japan wit"h trade missions regarding the lumber necessary to sustain Japan's homebuilding industry.

We expect an enrollment of 40 students for the first session.

The convention committee has held two meetings and the program for the 1.973 affair is complete. It will be held May 17-19 at Mountain Shadows Hotel, Scottsdale. We will have a complete rundown on the convention in the April issue of The Merchant Magazine.

By WAYNE GARDNER

Executive Vice President

IfEDGING, the basis, contracts, cash ^- price, September futures, all were discussed at length during the afternoon program at our recent general membership rneeting, Feb. 2-3, at the Del Coronado Hotel, San Diego.

Those attending were treated to an excellent discussion on the lumber and plywood commodity market. The experts who participated in the panel were Larry Mollner of Merill Lynch, Larry Matheny of Bache & Co. and Jim Kollar of Hornblower & Weeks. These three gentlemen are specialists in lumber and plywood commodity trading and have taken the time to study the lumber industry, both manufacturing and distribution. The result, of course, is u'ell informed people who could intelligently discuss the commodity market in terms that everyone could understand. Of all the programs on the commodity market, sponsor€d by the association, this one undoubtedly was the best. Many who never had any interest in the buying of lumber or plywood futures will now be ready to get involved.

A departure from the norm was also made by having a luncheon speaker. An opportunity to have Gerry Pratt, former business and financial editor of the Portland Oregorvian as a speaker changed the thinking. Pratt talked on log exports and their impact on the economy of the Pacific Northwest as well as the problem it creates with lumber supply throughout the Western United States.

Three billion board feet of logs were exported in 19?2. He translated this into understandable terms such as: "Enough of a forest to keep Georgia-Pacific's entire Oregon operation cutting for nine years."

The Morse Amendment limited the export of federal timber to 350 million feet per year. The manner in which sales are handled precludes identify- ing whether or not the logs came from a federal sale. So the Morse amendment is ineffectual.

Pratt's vast experience in the lumber industry made him eminently

Everyone was in accord with his theory.

The export of logs should be halted. Only the action of a concerned g?oup of lumbermen and contractors bringing pressure to bear on the politicians in Washington, D.C., will solve the industry's dilemma.

National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Assn. is planning a major industry meeting for March 2223 in Washington, D.C., to get Congress in action on the lumber supply problem.

On March 21, at 7:30 p.m.,there will be a presentation of the supply problem and rvhat the government can do to resolve it.

March 22, at 8:30 a.m., breakfast with a briefing session to review pre. posed solutions, 10:30 a.m., meet with Senators and Representatives on Capi- tol Hill to discuss problems and present them with solutions.

March 23, at 9:00 a.m., repeat of previous afternoon; those who were not contacted the prior day. 12:00, noon luncheon and wrap-up session.

Anyone interested in participating should contact us.

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Kelly Re-Elected WCIIB Heod

John Kelly, Bonnie Sales Co..

Arcata, Ca,, has been re-elected president of the West Coast Lumb e r Inspection Bureau at their recent Sth annual meeting in Portland. Jack Gates of 3-G Lumber Co., W'ren, Ore., was re-elected vp. and Milton Herbert, Herbert Lumber Co., Riddle, Ore., was re-elected sec.-treasurer. Added to the board oI directors were Dan Graham, Jasper, Ore., and Gordon Voget, Yreka, Ca.

Kelly has been a member of the board for approximately ten years. He has been in, the lumber business for 34 years, working in every phase from logging to wholesaling to sawmilling. A former president of the Portland Hoo-Hoo. he has also served on the local board of directors of Humboldt County Hoo-Hoo and has been active in the organization for 24 yearc.

After attending Willamette University, he spent 3y2 years in the Navy. He has three daughters and a son-

New Plynrood Forecosl

American Plywood As.sn. has a new demand forecast prddicting that total demand for softwood plywood in 1973 "could range between l8 and 18.5 billion sq. ft."

Softwood plywood production in 1972 was approximately 18.5 billion sq. ft., an industry record.

It also predicted softwood plywood demand in 1974 "could range between 17.9 and 18.3 billion sq. ft., depending on the timing for replacement of warehouse inventory." The industry has a current warehouse deficit inventory of about 600 million sq. ft.