PACIFIC I MAIIISON LUMBER COMPANY

7ll7 East Firestone Blvd. DOWNEY' Col:f. SPruce 3-2292 P.O. Box 243 TOpoz l-6701

"SERYICE is our poromount stock-in-trsde"

Building research, the director pointed out, has always been a major activity of the federal laboratory, maintained here by the Forest Sen'ice, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin.

Currently, a total of 89 studies are being conducted in this field. Long-time investigations o{ glues, preservatives, fire retard' ants, paints and other finishes, glued laminated arches, roof trusses, paper and its myriad products, and composites of wood, paper, metals, plastics, and other materials are constantly under way.

A revolutionary stressed-skin system of panelized house con' struction was developed in the 1930's, Dr. Locke noted, that is today the basis for most factory-built housing.

Research here has also pioneered the use o{ plywood and other sheet materials in conventional housing by demonstrating the superior strength and other advantages of such constructions'

Size Stqndqrd Pioneer Retires

Edward C. Peck, a pioneer in development oI the first dry lumber size standards and the man who concentrated sunlight to speed up and reduce the cost of drying lumber, has retired from the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin.

Peck's 43-year career in seasoning and related wood-physics research was highlighted by his work on the use oI sunlight to heat plastic-walled lumber dry kilns. His research leading to dry lumber size standards was sponsored by NLMA.

Philippine Mqhogony Dispute

Tacoma, Washington port authorities are protesting federal legislation which would prohibit the use of the name "Philippine mahogany" on much hardwood lumber and plywood imported through Tacoma from Japan and the Philippines.

Other nations, producing similar mahogany products, have ob' jected to the name as a misnomer, Port commissioners pointed out, however, that the wood has been imported under that name for more than 50 years.