Quality

Control Starts at a Very Early Stage at Pacific Southeast Forcst Products

Whatever happened to .. .?

8y Matt Moulder

clen Dietz, former sales manager, Diamond Intern_ational. Corporation, nea sluii. ca. clen and his wife, No"rma, live in Red Bluff, spending.their time fishing, boating, and traveling. clen also devotes a good deal ot his enerSres to civic duties.

Unlike most sales managers, Clen was a production manager prlor.to becoming sales manager at Diamond. Clen's roots in the industry 8o back a tone *uvl His father r.ias a logger in the Smokey Mountains before moving to ealifornia ini912. Dietz reE6ived a degree in Forestry from the Universty of California at Berkeley in 1940. His first job was with Diamond Match Lo as assistant forester at their Stirling City, Ca., operation.Havine lived in loseing camps] waiching tiees being felled with hand saws rath"er than mot5idiiven chain saws, Clen has a feel for the old days t[at miny of the current generation of lumbe.rmen cannot appreciulg: FL"n savs that'the most notice;ble chang,es in the lumber business since his heyalu ur* tif fukeovers by large cor"porations, (2) complete utilization of the lod, (lt small log mills, {4r computers, and (5t trucks replacing rail cars' "Surprisinely,6ne change in the lumber business not mentioned.by any ol the people interviewed so far for this column is the increased intluence ot iuJi.ut .ont"ruationist groups on timber supply. These people have.had a devastating effect on all phases of the forest products industry by lorcrng cutbacks in'timber sales and in some cases even preventin8 the harvestlnS. 01 orivate timber. Higher lumber prices, lower g,rades, and increased operatlnE costs can be direc'ily tied to the successful efforts of this very.vocal element.

When driving spikes into trees didn't have the desired effect, our courts became the favSred weapon for the war on the lumberman'.Filing i ty.liuq of actions to block green timber sales wasn't enough. Now sales ot t,lre Kllled timber are being sto"pped and the trees allowed to deteriorate. We should all tip our hat to"the 'sbuthern Oregon group that p.ublishes the Evergreen nbwsletter. They recently organized a large counter demonstratton opposrng the views of the preservationists.

On the tighter Side qrut'tion' Do you know what you have when several attorneys are uP to their necks in sand? Answer: Not enough sand. Attorneys make.poor Eolrers because they lose their concentration whenever they hear a siren'

Attorneys are at the root of many.of our country's problems MulV lfi'1 Clubbers are attorneys. Many politicians are attorneys Lawsults .have become a way of life, thanks to attorneys. lt may be that hlstorlans wlll say that people of this era lived in the "sue-age."

CAUTION: Dealers can be burned by some fire retardant lumber.

Dricon@ FRTW has stayed above all the recent problems.

You may have heard about the trouble that started back east. Fire retardant lumber installed on many jobswas literally breaking down structurally because of a chemical reaction under humidity and high ambient temperature. Dricon wood has a superior formulation that didn't degenerate, and most important, that didn't have the problems with lawsuits,lost customers, lost money, and lost reputations.

The leader across the boardl'

Sure, the others have been trying to correct their formulas, and some are saying they'renow as good as Dricon FRTW. But that's what they said