DFPA Enters 1963 af Full Sfrensfh

Douglas Fir Plywood Association is entering 1963 with substantially the same number of member firms it had during 1962, according to DFPA president John H. Martinson.

His announcement followed a decision by the Weyerhaeuser Company to continue as a member of DFPA an{ was prompted, Martinson said, "by rumors that resignations have weakened the promotional programs of the association."

W'eyerhaeuser Company. he said, feels changes are needed in coordination of promotional programs among forest products associations. but will remain in DFPA while possible changes are studied.

Weyerhaeuser and Georgia-Pacific Corporation, along with some smaller members, notified DFPA in late fall of their intent to resign from the association effective Decerhber 31, 1962. Georgia-Pacific withdrew its resignation in November and, Martinson said, nearly all of the other resignations have been withdrawn.

o'We have been faced with the prospects of resignations nearly every year in the past," he said. o'But the names of two big companies have never before been involved at once. This probably resulted in the un- usual attention we received this year. However, just as in the past, nearly all of the resignations have been withdrawn." ooFor this reason, when we do receive resignations they appear at almost the same time," he said.

Martinson said DFPA by-laws require membership on a calendar year basis. Resignations are accepted only at the end of a calendar year and must be received by the association's board of trustees at leaet 60 days before December 31.

Martinson said the association will operate in 1963 on virtually the same budget as during 1962, although potential resignations at one time represented close to 20 per cent of DFPA's income.

Weyerhaeuser Company's original letter of resignation expressed a desire to see greater coordination of all forest products promotion activity. A letter received at the December meeting of the DFPA board said the company had not changed its mind, but that it has decided to work toward this goal within the framework of the association.

Georgia-Pacific's potential resignation was based on the company's need for a clarification of the DFPA's bv-laws to make possible an orderly consolidation of part of its corporate family. The other letters of intent to resign were inspired by technical requirements in the manufacture of plywood.

Martinson said no changes have been made in association by-laws but that a committee headed by Monford A. Orloff, president of Evans Products Company, has met with all the companies that have considered nesigning and that changes may be recommended in 1963.

Edric Brown, Pioneer In Redwood By-Products, Retires From PAICO

Edric E. Brown, manager of PALCO's By-Products Division, is retiring from The Pacific Lumber Company after more than 44 years of lumber activity in various parts of the world.

Brorvn pioneered marketing of California redwood by-products when PALCO was the first to begin such utilization of redwood, over 30 years ago.

Born and raised in Alameda, California, his first business experience was in lumber importing in Asia, starting in l9l9 in Hong Kong with the Robert Dollar Com-