Arizona Convention May 17-19

T TNIT security, both internal and \'/ external will be a featured subject at the Arizona Lumber and Builders Supply Assn. annual convention, being held May 17-19 in Scottsdale.

Five top men in the field will take part in a panel discussion on this subject of ever-increasing interest to both retailers and wholesalers.

Included in the panel is the direc. tor of security for The O'Malley Companies, the chief of the Phoenix Fire Department, a member of the Phoenix Police Department and two men whose private firms specialize in the field of security.

Other business activity includes kickoff speaker M. Eugene Hannum of the Armstrong Cork Co. telling how the manufacturer looks at the building materials .retailer. An excellent illustrated talk bv Phil Mork of the Wisconsin dealer association deals with the effects of OSHA.

Terry Mullin, current president of the National, will speak on "What's Happening to our Industry," and Richard Snyder, exec. vp., will report on what the National has been doing.

Others include Edward Saunders. e.x@. vp., Arizona Employers Councif whose subject is employee relations in today's market. Ray Lopp, ALBSA president, will wrap up the speechifying with an association report at the industry luncheon Saturday.

Social activities are many, varied and promise plenty of fun to comple. ment the brain work. The annual golf tournament is set for l1 a.m., May 17, with the poolside steak fry that night. In addition to a ladies luncheon, May 18, there will be the Night Club party at 7:30 p.m. Saturday activities include the industry luncheon, the annual banquet that night, followed by dancing after dinner.

Who could ask for anything more?

New Howoii Wood Chief

James W. [,ovell, long associated with the lumber industry in Hawaii, is now executive director of the Wood Products Assn. of Hawaii.

There have

".; been three periods in Jim's life in Hawaii. First. as an instructor, coach and athletic director in the city schools of Honolulu. Second, lengthy military service in the Hawaii National Guard and the U.S. Army during WW II. He was employed in 1945 in the lumber department at Lewers & Cooke and for the next 27 years served variously as asst. department head, department manager, division manager, exec W., president and consultant to the present president.

Other activities have included the University of Hawaii, Home Builders Assn. of Hawaii, Wood Products Assn. of Hawaii, Employers Council, Hoo-Hoo and the American Forestry Assn.

All-Timer Set By NAWTA

A 4-day meeting that will emphasize wholesaler per' fororance in the 70s is set by North American Wholesale Lumber Assn. Scheduled for May 22'25, at the Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, Ca., the Slst annual meeting of forest products wholesalers is expected to draw an all-time record crowd of about 800.

ttour business sessions this year have been devised around the performance aspect of distribution," reports convention coordinator William E. Baugh, Southwest Forest Industries, City of Industry, Ca. "Our speakerso discussion leaders and overall format will deal specifically with industry performance needs for successful market' ing in the Seventies."

More. Hqrdwood Educqtion

A new concept designed to recognize the importance of the industrial education departments of the interme' diate schools has been added to the Fine HardwoodsAmerican Walnut seminars presented to leading univer' sities and colleges this past year.

It is a continuation of the informative programs pro' vided for the past ten years by hardwood veneer and lumber manufacturing firms to over 35,000 graduating students, home science and woodshop instructors.

Because of the interest in ecology as well as home en' vironment, the format has been expanded. For the home science groups data has been provided on "how to iden' tify woods" in furniture and how to judge value'

Grqdemqrked Only for Feds

The federal Defense Supply Agency says it will buy only grademarked lumber pioduced in compliance with the grading rules of the nation's major grading agencies.

Donald J. Fisher, Chief of the DSA's Wood Products Ofrce in Portland. said the move will eliminate the need for government inspections while insuring that lumber purchases meet uniform standards. He said the government will economize by eliminating duplicative inspection functions and be able to process its lumber purchases more rapidly than in the past. The new procedure lollows close examination of customary trade and inspection procedures of the industry, Fisher said.

t00 Million New Trees

Weyerhaeuser Co. has begun planting more new trees in tJle company's forest lands than have ever been planted before in a single year by any private forestry organization. Over I00 million seedlings-the equivalent of one tree for every two persons in the United States--will be planted during the year.

Of the six states receiving the plantings, two are in t}e Wesg Oregon and Washington.

New Pine Group Officers

New officers elected at the annual meeting of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork are: president, Thomas C. Houston, Georgia-Pacifig Portland, Ore.; vp.,. Harry L. Grove, Potlatch Forests; Portland; treasurer, John P. Semling, Semling-Menke Co., Merrill, Wisc.; and secretary, Edward L. Quirk, Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., Phoenix.

First call Hobbs Wall for wholesale Redwood and Redwood split products, Douglas Fir and White Fir, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine, Hemlock and Cedar lumber. Depend on us to follow through with the right grades at the right prices!

executive vice president

QENATORS Packwood and Cranston v have introduced SB-1033 calling for a halt to the export of logs from federal land by January 1, 1974 and all log exports by L977,

At first reading this bill doesn't appear to have the kind of teeth in it that most anti-log export proponents would desire. But then seldom is legislation passed precisely the way it is introduced.

By a process of hearings, etc., the bill is amended to refleet the wants and desires of the publie. What is commonly known as the democratic process will produce a bill amenable to all interested parties.

The first hearing was held March 26-27 in'Washington, D.C. and was a general oversight hearing to gather testimony on lumber prices.

The next hearings were set for April 11 in Portland and April 13 in San Francisco. Most interested parties in the West attempted to appear at the San Franeisco or Portland hearings.

Having a group of key people representing the industry at these hearings will be instrumental to achieving the desired goal of halting log exports until such a time as domestic needs are satisfied.

These people should be able to succinctly tell the story about high lumber prices, increased demand for lumber due to increased housing, the impact lumber prices might have on employment in the construction industry, the effect that the lack of raw, material is having on communi- ties whose entire economy is based on logging and lumber operations, and the many other ramifications of the log export situation.

All too often a community, an association, an industry, a state or even a group of states are prone to criticism of some particular action of the government. Certainly different viewpoints on a subject are to be expected. But unless the varying views are expressed in a forum such as the proposed hearings, they are "voices in the wilderness-"

This is an issue in which voices, which are generally raised in opposi- tion to each other, are going to be harmonic. Lumbermen and preservationists alike are in tune on this issue. It is an opportunity for lumbermen to have a hand in shaping the laws of the land so that they will be in the best interests of all concerned rather than benefiting only the few who own timber.

Talk to your association about the hearings. See if they were represented, if not, ask why not Every association concerned with timber (our only renewable natural resource) whether its members are buying logs and processing them into lumber and plywood, or distributing lumber to the contractor, should be represented at the hearings. Don't miss the chance to be heard.

By FRANK DAVIS executive vice president

THE ASSOCIATION has selected - as its theme for the 52nd Annual Convention: "Managernent Phase"

The dates are May 17-19 and the affair is being held at the Mountain Shadows Hotel, Scottsdale, Arizona.

One of the top features of the program is scheduled for the breakfast session Saturday, May 19. It will be a panel discussion entitled "Unit Security- Internal- External." T hi s phase of dealer operations has become more serious every year and will be a timely and interesting discussion of the problem.

Five men have been selected for the panel and each one has been assigned a subject, they are:

Ken Jagolinzer, moderator, director of Security, The O'Malley Companies, subject, shoplifting

Chief Robert Bivin, Phoenix Fire Department, subject, arson

Sargeant Chuck Zufall' Phoenix Police Department, subject, robbery

Stephen Marshall, The Fact Finder Corp., subject, emp,loyee theft

Robert \rolden, Continental Security Guards, subject, perimeter protection, general security

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Assn. will be represented by Terry Mullin, president, and Richard Snyder, exec vp. They will be featured speakers on the Friday afternoon portion of the progtam.

The convention starts Thursday, May 17, with the Annual Lumberments Golf Tournament at McCormick Ranch Golf Course, Scottsdale.

Registration information is being sent to members during early in April.

The Mcrchant Magazi,ne, in ar,other section, carries more details on the c,rnvention.