WWPA: "better tim€s,but only slightly"

ATTERED by high interest rates, inflation and poor markets, western lumber people gathered last month for a slightly shellshocked session of the Western Wood

Association's annual spring meeting.

Held amidst

Story at a Glance

Lumbermen toughing it out in a bad market . . . registration up slightly better times foreseen broad support lor President Reagan's programs.

Hotel, the consensus was that the low point in the market had been reached; that l98l would be just slightly better than 1980; that it was the worst period in memory for many members; and that if conditions did not improve, a rash of bankruptcies would follow.

WWPA spokesmen said that paid (Please turn to page 27)