Lett@trs

Some Good Ouestions

The Merchant Magazine

David Cutler, editor-manager

573 So. Lake Ave. Pasadena. Ca. 9ll0l

Dear Mr. Cutler:

I've circulated your March editorial (p.4) to a number of our people and generally the type of editorial which you are proposing, while it meets with their individual approval, does leave a number of questions, and I'm not sure that we at Georgia-Pacific would be in any position to commit to the 99 club.

We are encouraging our people to participate in a political program of their choice, and I know that they are doing this independent of any specific organization. We applaud the thoughts of the editorial and wish you very well.

Some of the questions, by the way, that were raised included the following: l. Who decides on the candidate'? l'm not sure that the above will be of any help at all, but we do wish you well, Best regards.

2. Who handles the income of funds?

3. What is the difference between supporting one's own choice with personal contributions as opposed to the suggestion in the editorial?

Very truly yours,

M.C. Carpenter

Asst. to the Chairman

Georgia-Pacific Corp. 900 S.W. 5th Ave. Portland, Or.97204

Good questions, Mr. Carpenter, and ones that we are going to pass on to H.E. "Ham" Sanders, Sanders Lumber Co., Inc., Meridian, Miss., who is seruing as the current president of the Forest Products Political Committee, which operates the 99 Club. We'll report bach here in the Letters Section what we find out.-Ed.

I1{DUSTRY SUPPORT

The Merchant Magazine David Cutler, editor-manager 573 So. Lake Ave. Pasadena, Ca.9ll0l

Dear Dave:

Enclosed is a newspaper article from our Spokane paper which I thought would be of interest to vou.

Robert T. Grotefdnd. Spokane Community College forestry instructor, is one of our Spokane Club Hoo-Hoo members, and we are proud of the work he is doing with the young people and with his knowledge and interest in forestry. Bob had a business background before he started teaching.

Last spring he had me, as a guest professor, speak on the wholesaling of lumber to his class and I was very much impressed with the students and their interest and Prof. Grotefend's experti- : in teaching.

Sincerely yours,

Ernie Wales Wales Lumber Co.

P.O. Box 1137 Spokane, Wa. 99210

The clippings tell of a successful program inuoluing 13 men and 2 u)omen s ec ond -ye ar n at ur a I res our ce majors at Spokane Community College who spent three days a weekfor nine weeks last fall working under Forest Seraice superaision with SCC forestry instructor Grotefend in gaining practical experience in forestry and tree farming. The cooperating Spokane Hoo-Hoo club's committee was chaired by Arnold Hiebert, also a forestry instructor at SCC, and a number of club members assisted in the project. - Editor.