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Fighting Back

David Cutler, editor-publisher

The Merchant Magazine

4500 Campus Drive

Newport Beach, Calif .92660

Dear Dave.

It was, perhaps, the last line in your splendid editorial 'What's a Monongahela':"If apathy prevails in this particular situation, we as an industry will live to regret it."

. plus, the all out effort and support material from the American Plywood Association that got us off our 'stumps' and into the arena.

You will note that your concise and to-the-point editorial was part of the 'packet' of information [on how to protest the Monongahela court decisionJ which was distributed to all Palmer Lewis Co., Pacific Yard Service and Superior Building Supply employees. At this time several petitions signed by our people have already made their way to Senate and House committee members in addition to individual letters.

Thanks again for blowing the trumpet which brought about action from the supporting cast.

Sincerely,

Charles Lauber

Palmer G. Lewis Co. Vice president Advertising & Promotion

525 C Street Northwest Auburn, Wa. 98002

The following is excerpted from a letter currently being circulated by that grand old man of Hoo-Hoo Inter' national, Roy Stanton, now 86 years old, as a part of his effort to revitalize the organization's various clubs. -ed.

WHY THE LOSS?

We now have 80 active Hoo-Hoo Clubs in the USA, 7 clubs in Canada and 6 in Australia. However, we have lost a total of ll7 clubs in the USA andllinCanada.

The big question is why is this happening? I believe that one big answer is lack of well balanced programs with a good mixture of serious objectives, along with our fine social and fraternal activities.

An excellent model of this would be our Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club of the 40s and 50s when we had a large, enthusiastic membership and had well balanced programs including our Le-

Roys Boy's Home wood shoP Project and the assistance to some of the boys in entering college. Also we had joint meetings with the Lumber Association of Southern California each Year, excellent speakers from time to time on lumber and industry problems and cooperation with the annual Forest Products Week. Along with these serious activities, which generated and maintained great pride and interest in our members and their families, we had a bountiful social side; our golf tournaments, annual Valentine Parties, weekends, good speakers on sports and wonderful good fellowship at all our meetings.

Also we have lost contact with the leaders of our industry who in the past have given us splendid co-operation and some of them have served and been very helpful on our boards of directors. We must get them on our team again in the future.

I have strongly advocated an International Hoo-Hoo Foundation and this is being seriously considered by our Supreme Nine or Board of Directors and I pray and hope that it will be adopted as I feel it would be a tremendous shot in the arm for our great order and I am sure it would have the strong support of the large lumber corporations.

Leroy H. Stanton, Sr.

P.O. Box 54132 Terminal Annex Los Angeles, Ca. 90054

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