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By FRANK DA executive vice oresident

..JOIN THE GANG''

fi S executive vice president of the FArizona Lumber & Builders Supply Association I have many concerns for our industry, but the most irritating to me is the complacency of non-members in the lumber industrv in not being a member of Arizoni Lumber & Builders Supply Association.

Every building material dealer is a part of agreat industry and should pay his way in supporting that industry. Things do not iust happen in the building material industry. There are reasons why we have a continuous supply of lumber products; why we have good lien laws; why management is aware of the many regulations; and why bad regulations do not become laws, Why? Because of an association. its dedicated officers, directors, and members spending hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars in seeing that all the above are done.

I recently visited two non-members, one had bad merchandising techniques and one had a visible violation of OSHA and could have been liable for a million dollar lawsuit if an accident had occured due to the violation, Both said they had no need for an association. "What do you think?"

We have many mass merchandisers in Arizona controlled by out-of-state ownership. Their main remark is. "We are no longer in the lumber business." But notice their company name, it is centered around the lumber industry.

It is one of the main reasons for their existence. Any time a company is in the building material business. they belong to our industry and are a part of it directly reaping the benefits of association activity regardless of whether they are a member or not.

My stock answer to those who feel they have no need for an association is: If they can afford an expensive and experienced man on their payroll to lobby for legislation, provide labor council, conduct training schools, etc., then they do not need an association. If they can not afford such a man thev do need, an association.

8O% of the building material dealers in Arizona are members of Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Association. We need IOO% because through strength we can really do the job for our industry that needs to be done.

On the national level. with Arizona having 160 members instead of a possible 200 or more and being a federated of The National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association. the more members we have the more impact we have in support of NLBMDA. In all their legislative efforts, numbers count when you go to Capitol Hill to either support or oppose legislation. t00KlNG G00D: Art Bravo, Pacific's resident engineer, shows the typical size of the steelhead most recently released.

Thank heavens we have dedicated members in ALBSA who believe in a strong association, see a need for it. and are benefiting from its programs: For the non-member, think about it, join today and become an active worker to make our industry stronger and more effective. I guarantee once you become a part of it you will find the industry you belong to more meaningful.

I may be biased in my opinions since my livelihood comes from an association. But for 20 years as a lumber dealer I supported an association and gave hours in its behalf. so I believe in associations and wouid not be a part of it without that strong dedication to it.

Palco and Conservation

Some 4,500 steelhead measuring 12"-15" long were recently released into the Eel River from the fish rearing pond built and maintained by The Pacific Lumber Co. at Scotia, Ca. site of its forest products manufacturing complex.

During the last four years 97,000 steelhead have been raised at Scotia. The California Department of Fish and Game supplies them and supervises the growing and releasing of the fish.

The recent batch of steelhead was a particularly interesting one. In the past fish were released averaging 7"-10" long. These last steelhead from the fish and game department were culls to be fed and raised to healthy stock in the Scotia pond. The results were successful with the 10"-15" long steelhead weighing an average of .7 lbs. when released. The CFG Department chose a day when the Eel River was muddy so that the fish would have a hiding place from predators and swim safely to the Pacific.

Pacific is one of the largest suppliers of clear upper grades of redwood lumber and also redwood plywood. A sustained yield forest management policy assures a continuing supply of clear redwood products for decades ahead.

ln 1971 Pacific built a small log sawmill to utilize its new young growth redwood. Beautiful redwood lumber products for garden and outdoor living applications are coming out of redwood young growth and are finding an increasing demand in the market place.

With the increased volume of redwood garden grade products added to its uppers, and its fish, Pacific has to be recognized as the most diversified producer in the redwood industry.

L-P's New Partlcleboard plant

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. has signed a lease with option to purchase the Georgia-Pacific particleboard plant in Ukiah, Ca., according to Harry A. Merlo, L-P chairman and president.

Constructed in 1972, it has an annual production capacity of 100 million sq. ft. on a 3/4" basis and produces a premium quality mat-formed three-layer wood particle panel ranging in size from 318" - l-3116" thickness in a maximum size of 5' x 18' for the industrial markets. Sales will be coordinated through L-P's National Plywood and Panel Sales office in Santa Rosa, Ca.

The addition gives L-P a total of seven particleboard production lines in Ala., La., Mont., Tex., and Calif., with a total annual capacity approaching 750 million sq. ft. on a 3/4" basis.