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dens of Hilo, followed by cocktail party hosted by PioneerFlintkote at Yacht Club.

Saturday, March 2-Visit Hawaiian National Park with giant fern-tree forest, volcano crater of Kilauea and the Koa Forest; return to Waikiki via inter-island plane and limousine to Hawaiian Village.

Sunday, March 2-Ar leisure until evening when thos'e wishing to return now will board UA flight for return to mainland.

That's it, men ! And you can rest assured that in spite of all the above "foliage" there'll be plenty learned about the business in this magnificently planned vacation-business management meeting of the enterprising Southern California retail lumber dealers.

Hattie, shake out that grass skirt-here we come !

November Conslruction Record

The $3.8 billion expended for new construction in November, although 8/o below the previous month, was the highest November on record, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor. On a seasonally adjusted basis, outlays for nelv construction were at an annual rate of $114.6 billion-the highest since july.

During the first 11 months of 1956, new construction expenditures amounted to nearly $40.8 billion, topping 1955's first ll-months total of $39.7 billion by 3% and virtually assuring a new annual record of about $44.1 billion. The value of work put in place on new private housing declined seasonally, (bV 3%) from October to a level ll/o below the November record of a year ago.