NLMA Board ol Directors Meet in W"shington

A. J. Glassow Elected President

Leading lumbermen of the United States completed a successfttl four-day conclave at the Shoreham Hotel in \\raslrir-rgton, D. C., on Thursday, December 9, 1948.

The occasion was the meeting of the board of directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, board of directors of the Timber Engineering Company, and the boarci of trustees of the American Forest Products Industries.

Thc highlight of the gathering rvas adoption of a report l"ry the Committee on Conservation of NLI\{A 'n'hich rvas an admirable presentation of the industry viervs concerniug actual conditions in tl-re forest of America today, and in the future. Committee Chairman If. N{. Seaman, rvho is also president of the Southern Pine Association, pointed out that through continually improving methods of forestry practices, n'e harre reached a point rvhereby the annual drain from all causes in cubic feet, lacks only 2 per cent of all grorvth replenishing yearly. The report states that the nation's forests are adequate to meet another national emergellcy, although it was made plainthat the cost to our forest resources rvould be heavy.

Statistic-n'ise, the report shou'ed the rapidly increasing numlrer of foresters employed by private industry, in that in 1930, there u'ere less than 400 technical foresters, while

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WE ARE NO\T DISTRIBUTING: today there are 2,500 such persons employed by the lumber industry. Another comparison of interest, was the fact that 20 years ago, operators in certain sections left as much as 10,000 to 20,000 board feet per acre on the ground after logging. Nou', 25 per celtt greater yield is harvested per acre by many lumbermen under the same conditions.

In considering the present altnormal high drain o{ sarv timber, as per trees reaching sa.ivtimber climensions, the report pointed out that ever since the Civil \\,-ar, there has l>een a cycle during rvhich imrnediately follotving national ernergencies and during eras of extreme prosperity, there has been an enormous increase in demand for lumber products, and that for example, the preseltt year rt'ill see a new all-time record in house construction. "It rt'ould, of course, be fool-hardy," says the report, "to think that this is a permanent trend, or that it rvill continue."

Of interest to the lurnber industrl' was the resolution adopted calling for ir"nmediate lifting of all export controls upon lumber. Another resolution called upon the government to amend the tax lavgs to make allon'ances betu'een depletion and the actual cost of replacing production facilities. A strong stand u.as also taken against any future increased Federal regulatior.r of forest practices. Appror.al was given to a recommenclati<in calling for appointment of an advisory committee to the l)epartment of Commerce with personnel rvhich t'ould lte satisfactorv to the lumber industry, if the Department so desires.

Th,-: NLMA Board of Directors reiteratecl their policy stand on termination of u'ar controls, govenrment competition and discrimination, housing, construction, finance and f,scal matters of the government, social secnrity, labor relations, wage-hour larv, and transportation rrratters.

The election of officers was made for the coming year, rvho are:

A. J. Glassou', Bend, Oregon, president; H. il{. Seanran of Houston, Texas, first vice president; John B. \,'eacl'r of Washington, D. C., vice president and treasurer; Homer B. Jamison of Fresno, California, vice president; C. W. Ingham of Marcola, Oregon, vice president; Omar J{ilton of Warren, Arkansas, vice president; R. A. Colgan, Jr., of Wasirington, D. C., executive vice presiclent; and Her.rry Bahr, of \\'ashington, D. C., secretary.

Annucl Golf and Christmcs Pcrty

Members of the Terrible Trventy gathered at the Annandale Country Club, Pasadena, on December 14 for their annual golf and Christmas party. It rvas their 27lst tournament. Syd Alling walked off with the first prize rvith a low net of 67, and George Gartz was runner-up rvith a lor,v net of 72. Sid received a beautiful table model radio as first prize which was presented by llrroll Nfurphy.

The Terrible Twenty organization is one of the oldest groups in Southern California and has met for over tweuty years in regular tournament play.

Los Angeles Olfiice ol FHA Has Insured Timber Authority Talks on Forests Over Billion Dollart of Loans and Lumber Supply

By the latter part of November, the Los Angeles office of the Federal Housing Administration had insured more than one billion dollars of loans since the creation of FHA in June 1934 to buy, build, or improve properties in the Southern California counties under their jurisdiction, according to John E. McGovern, director, Southern CaliforniaDistrict, FHA. This district volume u'as second only to Detroit, rvhich exceeded the billion dollar mark ten days earlier.

All the loans u'ere made by private lending instittttions and insured by the FHA under the various provisions of the National Housing Act.

The amount involved represents 490,000 insurecl loans for $185,000,000, under Title I, for improvements, additions to. or conversions of existing structures, and 160,000 insured loans for $815,000,000 Ior building and buying homes, and for rental housing projects under Titles II and \rI of the National Housing Act, Mr. McGor,'ern said.

A breakdorvn of the volume under Titles II and VI insured cases reveals that, although Title VI did not become operative until January, 1943, it represents approximately 38/. of the number of cases, and 43/o of the dollar volume of the total cases insured by the Los Angeles Office. Title VI became operative as an emergency measure offering more liberal financing terms than the basic, Title II program, to encourage volume production of hornes by operative builders for rT,ar rvorkers, and later for returning veterans. Title \rI. as it related to projects of one- to fottrfarnily structures expired as of April l, 1947. The rentalhousing, multi-familv phase of Title VI, namely Section 608, rvhich calls for insurance of loans on projects of 8 or more dwelling units, was revived by Congress in Attgust, 1948, to expire April 1. 1949.

The annual meeting of the Society of American Foresters ireld recently in Boston, Mass., heard an address of much practical value delivered by a great timber authority. He rvas Clyde S. Martin, chief forester for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, of Tacoma, Wash.

He predicted that the United States rvill have a permanent timber supply of betrveen 24 and 31 billion board feet annnally, ancl that such supply rvill be sufficient to meet the normal domestic needs of this country. He said that this countrv normally consumes about 24 billion feet of lumber. He estimated that at the present rate of cutting there is one hundred years cut of virgin commercial rvestern pine timber standing in the Western states, and fifty years supplv of virgin Douglas Fir.

Both the western pines and Douglas Fir are grorving very rapidly, so that the supply stretches farther into the fnture than can at present be estimated.

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Big Chrirtmas Party in Oakland

Hoo-I{oo Club No. 39 celebrated rvith their ar-rnual Christmas party at the N{oose C-itv Club December 1(j. The attendance exceedecl 230, ar.rd the fine steak <lirrr.rer rvas enjoyed by the big gathering.

President Tom Jacobsen presided, ar.rd turnecl the nreeting over to Ed La liranchi, chairman of the er-enir-rg.

Torn Hogan was Santa Claus. lle u'as assigrrccl the runusual job of fine collector and dispenser.

The Yuleticle Carolers renderecl Christn.ras music, ancl got r. good hand for their efforts. Caro NIiller performecl on the Vibra-Harp and mystified rvith his magic.

I)oor prizes were won as follorvs: Cash prize, Doug Cook, \\restern Door & Sash Co. Other prizes \\'ere \\'on l>y Jerry Mashek, Hill & Morton, Oakland; X,I. I-. Hirschfeld, Bay City Lumber Co., Oakland; Louis K. Beach, Cheinr Lumber Co., San Jose; Tom Jacobsen, Piedmont Lurnber & Mill Co., C)akland; Bud Buholz, Gamerston & Gree;r Co., Oakland; John Whitehouse, Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco; Don Bird, Central Lumber Co., Stocktorr : f{ollis Jones, \\restern Door & Sash Co., Oakland ; Tecl Morehouse.

The January meeting rvill be helcl on the 17th. Lu Green. chairman of the evening, has annour.rced that Dick and Ilarl Frv, local golf professionals, n'ill be the club's guests.

Appoints Hoo-Hoo Vicegerent Sncrks

J. Ut. Fitzpatrick. San Pedro I-umlter Co., Lcis .\ngeles, l)eputy State Snark for Southern California, has announced the follorving appointmerrts as Hoo-Hoo \,'icegerent Snarks :

San Bernardir-ro l)rstrict: Tommy Chapin. Fred A. Chapin l-umber Co., San Berr.rardino.

Orar.rge County District : Les Steffensen, Barr I-umber Co., Santa Ana.

ILiverside District: llomer Wilson, Cresmer NIfg. Co., Riverside.

Salr Fernando Valley District: George Pike, George Pike Lumber & Supply Co., Sepulveda.

Smcll World Stull

Jin.r Knox, assistant to Jack Pomeroy, executir.e vice president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, and Clarence Dame, salesman for Strable Harclu.ood Con.rpany, Oakland, met at the Christmas party of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 Decen-rber 16, after not having seen each otl.rer for 3f years. Last time they rvere together was at Sookerating Air Base, Assam, India, one of the bases from lvhich supplies u'ere ferried "over the hum1r" to China. Jim was then a "hump" pilot of a C46, and Clarence was one of the Air Force administrative officers rvho kept supplies flowing and rvheels turning for the fellorvs lvho rvere engaged in that assignment.

Estcrblishes Ecrstern Olfices

Earl Hoffman Company, wholesale lumber dealers, Los Angeles, recently established sales offices in Neu. York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Florida, Lorrisiana, and Texas.