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WASHINGT0N, D.C. meeting included (seated) Pamela Beck Danner and Cal Brand oJ HUD and Frank Davis, managing oflicer of the Arizona association. At rear: Dean Drake (left) ol the 0'Malley Compantes and Ray Lo0p, Eabbitt Brothers, lnc

Az. Fights Masonry Bias

Of interest to all those connected with building material products is the campaign of the Arizona Lumber and Buildcrs Supply Association to call to thc attention of officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development "biased favoritism" to masonry wall construction.

Meeting in Washington, D.C., with Calvert Brand, deputy assistant of policy and budget for HUD, and a number of other HUD officials, an Arizona delegation presented the position of their association based on existing studies which document that wood construction has energy saving advantages over masonry construction. In addition to citing favoritism, the Arizonians pointed out that giving masonry construction lower U values than wood is misleading to the homeowner who is paying inflationary utility costs.

They asked for the following three considerations by HUD:

(l) Equalize the present thermal standard of wood with the Present lower U value of masonrY.

(2) Expedite any studies being conducted that would enable HUD to re-evaluate its Position on wood.

(3) Delay the 4500 degree temperature hours per year study being conducted by HUD which would affect other states beyond Arizona and Florida.

Those in attendance from Arizona at the Oct. meeting were Dean Drake, general manager and vice president of The O'MalleY Company's retail division in Phoenix; Ray Lopp, vice President of Babbitt Brothers Lumber Co. in

Flagstaff; and Frank Davis, executive vice president, ALBSA, Phoenix. The National Forest Products Association was represented by Ward Hitchings, director of government specifications. National Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association representatives were John Martin, executive vice president, and Harry Horrocks, legislative.

ALBSA representatives are oPtimistic about the results expected to come out of the meeting.

Wholesaler's Annual PartY

Portland Wholesale Lumber Association members will entertain representatives of the mills in the Northwest at their annual Christmas luncheon on Dec. l7 at the Red Lion Motor Inn, Jantzen Beach, Or' John Pein, Lumber Products, pres.; Al Kirnak, a forest industries consultant, v.p., and JoAnn Meldorf, Dant & Russell, sec./treas', will make plans for the party which has been a holiday tradition since the club was founded in 1925.