Western Lumber a Building Materials

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JUI|E 1967

FEATURES votuilE 45, ll0. 12

INLAND EMPIRE CLUB ANNUAL IS AGAIN A HIT

GEORGIA-PACIFIC NAMES MERLO NEW VICE PRESIDENT

MANY BIG CHANGES AT ARCATA REDWOOD CO.

LMA ELECTS ART MASTERS NEW PRESIDENT AT ANNUAL MEET

ANOTHER DEALER ENTERS OUTDOOR LIVING BUSINESS

MANAGEMENT-KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL CONSUMER BUSINESS

RELAXING BETWEEN ROUNDS: SMOOTH SELLING SERIES

ALASKAN LUMBER DEALERS SELI, UNMODERNIZING MARKET

OPTIMISM KEYNOTES NFPA ANNUAL; WESTERNER ELECTED

WOOD PROMOTION KIT FOR DEALERS

UNION LUMBER COMPANY BUYS SEASIDE LUMBER

THE MERCHANT'S CARTOON-"THAT'S HOW IT GOES''

LUMBER STANDARDS VOTING BREAKDOWN

WHOLESALE LUMBER'S 75TH ANNUAL

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Aeeociato Editor anil

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Joyce Adams

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Bellwood standard hollow core doors now have the widest stiles in the industry. Door-people are becoming more stile-conscious. They know strong, straight stiles are important for really troubie-fiee doors. At Bellwood we've always insisted on stiles from only choice cuttings of high-altitude fir (produced by one of the country's finest lumber mills). And now, for added strength, we've made the stiles on bellwood standard hollow-core doors the widest in the industry. Not 1", or 1/e", or even 15A", but more than 2',.We think this extra wide stile will be so important to you we've stained the ends bright orange to help you find them.

...One of the reasons why built-in door quality is spelled BELLWOOD. THE BELLWOOD COMPANY / 533 West Collins / Orange, California

GUARANTEE Bellwood Doors are fully guarantesd by the Bellwood Company of California, as set forth in the Standard Door Guarantee of ths National Woodwork Manufacturers Association. They meet or excesd the specifications set fonh in Commercial Standard CS 171 -58 for Solid-core and Hollow- core doors.

B[11W00D*D00n$ MADE IN ORANGE, CALIFORNIA

Editorial

Supreme Court Decisions

THE TWO recent decisions {rom the United - States Supreme Court banning the use of prefabricated materials on the job site under certain contract conditions slips serious shackles around any hope for expanded use o{ components in home building. Components had recently been seen as a way to cope with expanding demand for houses in the coming decades in the face of declining building trades membership.

One o{ the cases involved the use of pre-hung doors in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania on a military project. The other was in Houston, Texas and concerned the use of pre-cut insulation strips. In both of these cases, the prime contracts {orbade the use of such products.

There are no accurate figures {or the West as a whole telling how widespread is the use of this restrictive clause. But it does appear in contracts and this decision can only have the ef{ect of mul' tiplying its use. The next step in the chain of cause and effect" of course, is to stifle, if not eliminate innovation in home building. The in' evitable end effect is to raise the cost o{ homes. and shrink the market for single family homes.

Both decisions were split 5-4. Voting in favor of the unions were Justices Earl W'arren, John Har' lan, William J. Brennan, Jr., Byron R. White and Abe Fortas. Dissenting opinions were written b1

Justices Tom Clark, William A. Douglas, Hugo Black and Potter Stewart. Stewart wrote, o'Unlike most strikes and boycotts which are tempolary tactical maneuvers in a particular labor dispute. work preservation boycotts are likely to be per' manent and the restraint on the free flow of goods in commerce is direct and persuasive."

The bizarre court ruling, Joseph D. McGrath of the National Association of Home Builders said, 'ocould be disastrous to construction industry attempts to improve building techniques and to cut on-site construction costs through use of new materials, prefabricated building components and new types of equipment."

The lumber industry, which long ago realized it must stop selling sticks and pieces and start selling units, components and pre'{ab devices ot many kinds, could be particularly hurt by the dual decisions. Increased construction costs may mean increased multiple housing, which uses fewer square feet of forest products than single family housing. Boycotts o{ prefinished or prefabricated cabinets, interior partitions, trusses and the like would send labor costs soaring.

This backward-looking decision of the Supreme Court may temporarily preserve jobs in the traditional and often obsolete hand craft jobs, but its long range e{fect is to place a seriotts impediment to progress in building.