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San Francisco

WWPA Semi-Annual Meeting

'T HE WWPA Spring meeting reallY

I isn't held in the lobby of the St. Francis Hotel each year, it just seems that way at times. Despite a droP of about 200 from last year's lM record attendance, the forces of free enterprise are alive and well and the animated discussions in the lobby gave ample evidence of the industry's vitality, despite the disasters oflast Year.

The formal meetings were well attended as the Western Wood Products Assn. again fielded an excellent meeting. The kick-off conference Wed., March 5, heard from wholesalers on traffic problems and the movement to more regionalism and less national selling of a wide variety of wood products. The later would be a major marketing shift, ifit occurs.

A look at the late 70s and early 80s was bravely attempted Thursday by a series of speakers beginning with M.R. Robinson. a market researcher for Cahners Publishing, who sees a coming housing boom (2.4 million starts by 1980) with smaller, more basic homes, more low-rise multiples and good growth in condominiums.

Story at a Glance

An upturn this year, with starts at 1,450,000 and shipments up 1oh in '75 .... more regionalism in selling seen by some dues hike to be voted upon Vern Gurnsey elected new president.

Anthony Frank, chairman, Citizens Savings and Loan, warned of continuing inflation and urged adoption of a national housing code, round-the-clock construction of homes, rather than the present day 8-hour shifts and an end to the increased taxes that result from home improvement. He also favors the variable rate mortgage as well as the flexible payment rate as the solutions to tfre mortgage problems.

Other speakers were Roger Holloway, Environment Systems, Inc., whose slide presentation was a fascinating look at the Japanese home building business. He warned that Japan would be very slow in converting to a 2x4 construction system. Dave Pease, editor of Crow's Forest hoducts Digest, reprised the aggressive job being done by competing materials in their attempt to take traditional wood products markets.

In a keynote address, Cal Colvin, president, National Forest Products Assn., attacked national forest policies as "arbitrarily and sometimes capriciously" withholding timber for sale, creating artificial shortages and driving up prices. The result is that some mill owners, heavily dependent on federal timber, are paying "much more" for it than they can hope to get back for finished products on today's market.

Calling this "a major gamble," he added: "The gamble is that, in the year or two from the time of bidding to sale of the product, lumber prices will rise to cover the high stumpage cost. Yet it can only pay off if there is increased inflation."

Bob Roberts, exec. v.p. of WWPA, in delivering the economic forecast, related their expectation of alate 1975 recovery, and shipments of 16.8 billion board feet, up a scant l% from 1974. Housing starts are expected to hit the I,450,000 level.

He noted a number of encouraging trends as well as the expectation of a growing market for exports to Japan. As for prices, he added that "there is reason to expect a more volatile market than might be indicated simply by measuring the volume expectations for this year against shipments and price levels of previous years."

The board of directors approved and passed on to the membership, for its vote, a recommendation of a dues increase from 50d to60d.. Ifapproved, it would not go into effect until some time after the Fall meeting when, in the board's judgement, conditions have improved sufficiently for the members to bear it without undue hardshiP.

Elected new president was Vern L. Gurnsey, v.p., timber and manufacturing, Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Id. Other officers are Robert J. DeArmond, Idaho Forest Industries, Coeur d'Alene, lst v.p.l A.M. Whiting, Kaibab Industries, Phoenix;2nd v.p.l Alan C. Goudy, Collins Pine, Portland, treasurer.

At large directors are: J. P. Andrews, Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, Warm Springs, Or.; Richard CarIson, Crown Zellerbach, Portland; Bert H. Dennis, Wickes Forest Industries, Dinuba, Ca.; S. H. Ellingson, Ellingson Lumber Co., Baker, Or.; Kenneth W. Ford, Roseburg Lumber Co., Roseburg, Or.; Frank R. Gilchrist, Gilchrist Timber Co., Gilchrist, Or.;John T. Guyol, American Forest Products, San Francisco; L. Sterling Hanel, Hanel Lumber Co., Hood River, Or.; Eliot H. Jenkins, International Paper Co., Longview, Wa. ; Peter Koehler, Evans Products Co., PortIand.

George Layman, Layman Lumber Co., Naches, Wa.; G. L. Oswald, SimPson Timber Co., Seattle; GuY B. PoPe, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Portland; John M. Richards, Potlatch Corp., Lewiston, Id.; John W. Snyder, Navajo Forest Products, Navajo, N.M.; L. L. Stewart, Bohemia, Inc., Eugene, Or.; William Swindells, Sr., Willamette Industries, Portland; Kenneth R. Walker, Paul Bunyan Lumber Co., Atherton, Ca.; Carl Wiley, Boise Cascade, Boise; James S. Whitney, Kaibab Industries, Phoenix.

The Fall Meeting will be in Scottsdale, Az., Sept. 27-30.

TOP MEN in the industry at meeting included Edward Hines Lumber's (1) Howell Howard and Harry Merlo, chairman and president, Louisiana-Pacific. (2) Henry Kissinger??, nope, just the irrepressible John Schick, putting on "Tope" Knauf. (3) Robert Hood, Ralph Loe, John Stephens, Bud Fisher. (4) Keith Kerr, Dan Green, Ray Ferguson. (5) Wally Norum, Bill Penoyar, Virg Peterson. (6) Herbert McKean, J.D. Snodgrass. (7) Chuck Conley, Dave Phares, Pat Young. (8) Dick Jackson, Bob McFie, Jim Harris. (9) Ben Cassinerio, Bill Broderick, Ron Lewman. (10) Wendell Paquette, Jim Frodsham, Paul Ward. (11) Ralph Cardwell, John Schick, sans mask. (12) Harold Masteller, Fred Dickinson, "Tope" Knauf. (13) William McGrath, Walter Black. (14) Mike Roach, Ken Laudenschlager, Bob Reid. (15) Jerry Guin, Dave LeBeck. (16) Tom Pray,Harry Kennison. (17) Gregg McKee, Jr., Ellen McNamara, Peter N. Murphy. (18) Mary Kennison, Alan Guinn, Madie Pray, Joline Guinn.