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ties must be enlarged. He listed checking unreasonable lumber and plywood prices through increasing timber supply and decreasing the export of softwood logs. A wage and price control system must be applied that does not inhibit supply, Klein

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Coping with qn industry crisis of wooJ supply, NFPA's onnuql receives ossuronces from the Nixon odminis:rotion lhof federol qction is qnd will be token to resolve lhe problem . White House spokermon tells meeting Nixon will emerge "slronger thon ever" from Wotergote scondol.

said. Also mandatory, he said, is an adequate stock of railroad cars to move agricultural and wood products. The two White House ofrcials of" fered their reports at sessions amid the many business and committee meetings treating the theme o'Wood Supply in Crisis." Delegates from across the nation and Canada joined in to discuss issues and programs in the fields of forest resource development, homebuilding and wood supply, environmental improvement, and wood products supply-price problems. The final stamp of approval was placed on acceptance of the American Hardboard Association as NFPA's 25th federated member bv a unanimous vote. This is the largest total membership in NFPA history.

DESPIII WATERGATT, president Richard l{ixor is determined to move the nation forward according to Herbert G. l(lein, director o oommunications for the l/llhite House, and lonl time personal friend and associate of Presidenl Nixon. At right, looking less than thrilled witl Klein's message, are Stephen B. Moser, NFPI retiring president and now board chairman and Wanen Roger, NFPA vp,.public affairs

Alfred X. Baxter, president of J. H. Baxter and Co.o San Mateo, Ca., was elected president, succeeding Stephen B. Moser, of Yakimao Wash., chairman of the Boise Cascade Corp., who was named NFPA chairman. M. C. Colvin, Holly Hill Lumber Co., Holly Hill, S.C., was elected lst v.p.

Among regional vice presidents from the West elected at the meeting were Robert F. Higgins, Medford Corp., Medford, Ore.; and Robert C. McMillan, Crown Zellerbach Canada, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.

The board of directors apploved rbsolutions on issues that included: r That the Morse Amendment be extended and amended promptly to provide that no federal timber be sold for export and that a substitution regulation be developed and implemented. o A request that the Forest Industries Council document and disseminate information nationally on losses resulting from uncontrolled forest insect infestations, and that the American Forest Institute and NFPA be asked to share responsibility in this project. o That the Forest Industries Council and its member associations help organize, where appropriate, state associations to develop and implement forest practices and land use laws affecting forest management.

. Revision of NFPA's general policy on building codes and teehnical promotion objectives relating to state building codes. The revised pol. icy encourages state legislation which will require state agencies and local jurisdictions to adopt a current edition of one of tlle model building codes where a statewide code is con. sidered necessary.

George C. Martin, president o{ the National Assn. of Home Builderg told the meeting that "any idea that housing has caught up with demand is a myth." To meet the needs and demands of this decade, he said, the nation will have to build at an annual rate of 2.21 million housing units, an increase of 53 per cent above the 1960levels. He urged that homebuilders, the wood products industry, manufacturers and financial institutions form a coalition and "together work to me€t our production goal of 2.2 million housing units a year for the next ten years.t' The ner(t five yearso he said, can be "our greatest opportunity for growth and profit, if we work together."

At its first meeting, NFPA's special sommittee on wood product markets acknowledged its tripartite composition as a unique combination of wholesaler, retailer and manufacturer representatives working to achieve mutual goals.

The committee agreed to these objectives: (I) to establish a frontJine reporting system on wood market penetration by competitive products, governm€nt and building code restrictions, educator and designer require' ments. and related distribution and utilization mstters; (2) to propose actions io protect, dwelop and ex. pand wood markets; and (3) to coordinate programs and eliminate duplication.

The committee recommended comparative fire tests on wood and steel framing; development of more costcompetitive wood partition framing methods, and advancement of the All-Weather Wood Foundation svstem.

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