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managed NAWLA since 1959. The initiation of a memorial award in his name, and permanently endowed by popular subscription with over $50,000 was the highlight of the gathering.

J. Ward Allen, a widely-known British Columbia wholesale lumberman, was the first recipient of the

John J. Mulrooney Memorial Award. A hand-carved North American eagle, sculptured by the noted artist, Howard Wheatley Allen of Mendocino, Ca., was presented to Allen by NAWLA president Ted C. Bloch. It will be presented no more frequently than on an annual basis and, in some years, not at all. As its name implies, the Mulrooney Memorial Award honors both the man it is named for and the man who receives it.

"Jack" Mulrooney, chief staff executive of North American Wholesale Lumber Association for nearly 20 years, was an industry leader. He was an eloquent spokesman for the wholesale segment of the forest products industry. Through the memorial award program in his name, he will be remembered for his characteristics of integrity, honesty and conviction relating to the buying and selling of forest products.

In honoring J. Ward Allen with this first award, the association selected a life-long lumberman who, coincidentally, has roots in both the United States and Canada. While Allen was born in Vancouver, B.C., his father was born in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and began his lumber career in mills in Louisiana and Washington before settling in Western Canada at the turn of the century.

Ward Allen began his industry career in 1937 by joining Allen-Stoltze Lumber Co. when his father died suddenly. His father's firm had joined NAWLA in 1923, so it was natural that Ward would become involved with association affairs. He became so involved that he was elected president in 1959, the second Canadian named to the NAWLA presidency.

One of his fellow officers was J. J. Mulrooney, who served as treasurer. When the association went through another transition in 1960, Ward Allen was involved with other members in the appointment of "Jack" Mulrooney as staff executive. Thus, the lives of the man NAWLA wishes

June, 1980 to remember and the man NAWLA honors were inevocablv intertwined.

The industry and the association have always been the happiest part of Ward Allen's life. His lumber-career includes office wholesaline. distribution yard wholesaling, aid, in recent years, remanufacturing. Outside the industry, he found time to raise two sons and involve himself in the Boy Scouts of Canada and other community activities.

The program also included the always popular manufacturer/wholesaler contact sessions that stress the people-to-people aspect of forest products wholesaling; business sessions that included management planning, sales training, performance analysis and transportation; and several outstanding speakers.

Dr. William Wolman, a senior editor of Business Week Magazine, certainly fell into that later category. Blaming federal monetary policy and spending patterns for our being "in the middle of a barn burner of a recession," he foresees a period "at least as bad as'74:75."

He expects money rates to drop sharply and quickly; the recession to be V-shaped; housing starts to hit 800,000 and unemployment 8t/z%o by t-his month; Treasury Bill rates at 5Vo by July; and housing starts to begin back up by as early as August.

Dr. Wolman feels the second quarter of 1980 will be the low point in housing starts, with the entire economy at a strong point by the second quarter of 1981.

The critical, long term issue, he said, was control of government spending coupled with a consistent monetary policy. If not, he foresees an inflation rate of 3OVo bv 19831984. He urged an increase oi investment and saving from lOVo to l5%o of the Gross National Product as the best hope to cure America's underlying financial troubles.

Paul N. McCracken, president of Tumac Lumber Co., Inc-., Portland. Or., was elected president of NAWLA, the 62nd president of one of the foremost forest products distribution groups in North America.

He will be assisted by lst v.p. Weyman H. Maxey, Maxey-Bosshardt Lumber Co., Duluth, Ga.; 2nd v.p. W. E. Livermore. Nicholson and Cates (Burlington) Ltd., Burlington, Ontario, Canada; and treasurer James K. Bishop, Plunkett-Webster Lumber Co., lnc., New Rochelle, N.Y.

McCracken co-founded Tumac Lumber Co., Inc., with William McPherson in 1959. Todav. Tumac has distribution branches'in many parts of the U.S. and Canada.

A graduate of the University of Oregon in 1949, he is also a retired Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Future annual meetings-for NAWLA include The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Apr. 13-16, l98l; The Homestead, Hot Springs, Ga., May 2l-27, 1982; The Broadm-oor, Colorado Springs, Co., May 2O-26, 1983; The Grednbrier, again', Apnl25-28, 1984; The Canyon Hotel, Palm Springs, Ca., April 22-25, 1985; and the Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Boca Raton, Fl., Apr. 2l-24, 1986.

Given NAWLA's superb record of growth over the years, those coming conventions will doubtless find the association bigger and better each year.

Put Out Word on Jobs

Put out the word to employees when there arejob openings, asking them to recommend friends, neighbors and relatives.

Award bonuses to those whose recommendations are hired. Although it is a good source of new employees, you can not use it as your sole recruitment since a closed circle of applicants has been ruled discriminatory.

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