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By WAYNE GARDNER executive vice president

T'.ACH time an industry group or " professional group meets, chances are excellent that they will be concerned with a greater number of legislative issues than they were at their previous meeting.

The forest products industry, particularly, needs more individuals skilled at lobbying, both at the federal and at the local level. More people should be involved in acting as spokesmen, to advise the local media, civic and other organizations, on the' true facts of forestry, environment and the economics of lumber production.

The purpose of the National Forests is not thoroughly understood by many people. They don't understand the regenerative capacity of trees and the nation's timber supply picture. They don't see timber as a crop being harvested when mature,

The leaders of the industry expressed themselves regarding this new need at a meeting in May. They are keenly aware of the fact that young, capable, knowledgeable men in business who understand the political process are going to be necessary to cope with the numerous bills that are currently before Congress. Although nothing may come of them this year, the bills will certainly appear next year. Hence, as an industry, we should be prepared to state our views in a forthright manner, representative of the highest ethical standards.

To do an effective job legislatively' the industry members must be well informed. There must be communication. The best vehicle for this com- is when he buys through a wholesaler and not direct from the mill ? munication is trade association newsletters and meetings, supplemented, of course, by industry trade journals. Associations, such as ours, mugt have national organizations of which the regional, state or local association is a parL The necessary information comes from the national level to the "local" association which, in turn, disseminates it to its members. This gets the information down to the "grass roots" levelto the people who can call a Senator or Congressman because they know him personally. These are the important contacts, because this local man can talk in terms of how the legislation will affect him and he is the voter who provides the leverage to put Senators and Representatives in office and keeps them there.

Answer: The retailer. is entitled to know the base period price of every commodity he sells and should request the same from the wholesaler. Certification on the invoice is the most practical way. If a price is over the base period price and no expla- nation is forthcoming, the retailer should request the IRS to make an investigation (or if you wish, contact WBMA and we will take it up with IRS).

(2) How legal are tie-in sales where the wholesaler will sell one item only if you buy another from him ?

Answer: With respect to tie-in sales, if the manufacturer-supplier had a practice of tie-in sales during the base period and was merely continuing this practice, the practice was not a violation. "Conversely, if the manufacturer-supplier had no practice of tie-in sales during his base period, then to now require tie-in sales would constitute a price increase in violation of the Stabilization Regulations."

Look to your association as a source of information on legislation. Let's dispel the image that we have of taking things lying down. To survive we are going to have to be tough.

Get involved now in your association political action committee.

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CtC on Price, Nixon on Supply

The Cost of Living Council has reimposed wage-price controls on an estimated 62,0fi) manufacturing wholesale and retail businesses with annual wood product sales of more than $IOO,OOO. Companies with sale below that level are still exempt.

CI-;C said the action "should serve notie to all exempt sectors that inflationary price increases will not be permitted." The Council on May I freed from wage and price controls most businesses with 60 or fewer employees. Rumsfeld said the IRS has monitored the patterns of wage and price movements in all sectors of the economy since then, and has found evidence that in recent months, "exempt lumber firms have increased prices considerably more rapidly than those remaininp; under songro'1s,."

At the same time, dre Council affirmed that the Nixon Administration has directed the Forest Servioe to increase thinning and salvage sales of timber from the National Forests. Rumsfeld said this is expected to boost lumber supplies about 300 million board feet by Dec. 3I. He also said the Council has asked the Dept.of Transportation and the Interstate Commerce Commission to make sure that enough freight cars are available to ,.speed the delivery of softwood timber and plywood to their final plywood their destination points." He added that Japanese lu points." added Japanese lumber importers currently are carrying very high inventories apd may .9d1"" their purchases of U.S. lumber during the latter half of 1972. "This situation should relievi some pressures on rising lumber prices by lowering exports by as much as 2OO million additional'board feei of U.S. lumber for domestic consumption," Rumsfeld said.

U.5. Lumber to Micronesiq

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tll$UEl: Via Transpacific Lines' monthly service between San Fran cisco and the Trust Teritory of the Pacific. The MS Matthias Reith (above), one of three vessels put into the Micronesian run this Sging is a fast, fully-palletized motorship carrying breat.bulk through con tainer cargo, has automatic fastclosing hatches and is mounted with five heavy lift cranes. 0n its maiden wy4e, it crried redwood and 0ouglas fir lumber, logs, plywood and particle board to the porb of ihjurq Ponape, Truk, Saipan, Yap and Koror. l{orth American illaitime Agemies are general agents for Trarspacific tines, Inc.

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Sfllill{G new offices and warehouse facilities at Crenshaw Lumber, Gardena, Calif., were recently admired by several hundred at lavish Open House. Founded in '49, firm does $5 million annual gross, has 35-38 employees, is primarily contractor oriented. Yard mven seven acres, opened a millwork div. one year ago. Celebrants included (t) Meredith Bufkin. sen. mgr. Jim Pottratz, Sterling Wolfe and Sier'iins Wolfe, Jr., Al 8ucci, Allan Bufkin. (2) MarsiC

Fire ol G&R lumber Co.

Fred Gummerson was rudely awakened at 4:20 a.m., July 10, with the startling information that his plant, the G & R Lumber Co. in Cloverdale. Calif., was afire.

Quick action by the fire department prevented spreading of the flames, which. oddly burned only a

Hanen, lynn Dawson, Denny Gilchrist. 6) Chuck Lember, Wayne Wilson. (4) Jack Berutich, Don Regas. (5) Lloyd 0lson, Crenshaw president, outside beautiful, glass enclosed atrium facing his office and gen. office. l{ote wood collage to his right, made especially for atrium. G) Wayne Gardnel Mr. & Mrs. Tom Jones. 0) Bill Hanen, Don and Florence Philips. (8) John Lipani, Bill Hanen. (9) Pete Svenkerud, section of the planing mill, destroy. ing the plane and resaw. Arson is suspected, but no suspects have been unearthed.

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Koppers C o. has moved its wood treating plant, formerly located at Wilm. ington, Calif., to a new site at On. tarioo according to Donald C. Smith, vp. and West Coast regronal manager.

The new facility, located on a Southern Pacific R.R. spur linking with all major rail lines, offers special wood treating processes as well as custom kiln drying seryice.

The plant also serves as a distribution yard for other specialtytreated wood products supplied from inventory and provides custom treatitrg for "Wolmanized" pressuretreated lumber and plywood, and "Non-Com" pressure treated lumber and plywood.

It is the first wood treating facility in southern California to ofrer kiln drying, according to Smith.

Sales offices remain at Wilmington.

New G/M for Cql-Pocific

Lawrence E. Turner, gen. mgr. of Cal-Pacific Redwood Co. and CalPacific Mfg. Co. for the past 2l years, has retired from active management, though he remains in an advisory position.

The new gen. mgr., Doug Clalton, has 25 years of lumber and forestry experience. He formerly was gen. mgr. of G-P redwood operations at Samoa.