\(1est Coast Lumb ermen's Association Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association was held at the Hotel Winthrop, Tacoma, Wash., Friday, January D.

The following members of the Board of Trustees and Association officers f.or 1937 were unanimously elected by the District Trustees: President, T. V. Larsen, Noti, Oregon; Vice-President for Washington, J. H. Bloedel, Seattle; Vice-President for Oregon, G. T. Gerlinger, Dallas ; Treasurer, Hillman Lueddemann, Portland; Trustees at Large-Edmund Hayes, Portland, C. H. Ingram, Tacoma, and Corydon Wagner, Tacoma; Honorary Trustee, J. D. Tennant, Longview; Trustees representing small millsfor Oregon, W. B. Foster, Willamina, for Washington, J. C. Carlson, Bryn Marvr; Secretary-Manager, W. B. Greeley, Seattle.

The following were elected District Trustees Ior 1937 ; Northern District, H. A. LaPlant; Everett District, H. W. Stuchell; Seattle District, W. B. Nettleton: Tacoma District, W. Yale Henry; Chehalis-Olympia District, C. H. Kreienbaum; Willapa-Grays Harbor District, C. Stuart Polson; Columbia River District, C. H. Watzek; Portland District, W. W. Clark; Willamette Valley District, J. S. Magladry; Oregon Coast District, R. T. Moore.

President Larsen called the meeting to order at 9:30 A. M.

Secretary-Manager W. B. Greeley reviewed briefly the developments in Association work during 1936, and the strong market position of the industry at the present time. He also referred to the compilation of the booklet, "West Coast Lumber Facts," distributed at the meeting.

T. V. Larsen gave the President's address on "The Opportunity for Lumber in 1937." He spoke on the opportunity presented to lumber by the present upswing in residential building. and the importance of united action by the industry to take full advantage of its opportunity.

C. G. Kinney, chairman of the Committee on Grades and fnspection, reported for that committee. He outlined the u'ork of the Committee during the past year with particular reference to the provisions of Licenses to member mills for using the trade and grade marks of the Association. H. E. Morgan, member of the Committee, talked on the cooperative work of the Association and the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau for more uniformity in gracle interpretations, and referred to the course of instructions in lumber grades which the two agencies are now carrying on at Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Longview, Wash.

E. W. Demarest, chairman of the Committee on Governmental Relations. spoke on the development of the Lumber Export and Import Service by the National l.umber Manufacturers Association.

W. S. Culbertson. Washington, D. C., counsel for Lumber Export and Import Service, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, addressed the meeting on the present national policy of reciprocal trade relations with foreign countries, and lumber's place in the picture.

L. E. Folce, president, Douglas Fir Exploitation and Export Company; J. P. Herber, Grays Harbor Exploitation Company; H. A. Hawthorne, National Trading & Lumber Company; H. E. Kerry, H. E. Kery & Company; R. F. M. Nicholson, Balfour-Guthrie & Company, and J. C. Cameron, Victorla, B. C., also addressed the meeting on the export question.

R. E. Seeley, chairman of the General Maritime Comrnittee, referred to the increase in the intersectional lumber rate from $12.50 to $13.0o, stating that while the increase was suspended for four months the Shipping Board Bureau of the Department of Commerce ruled that $13.00 is not a maximum larvful rate. He saicl that intercoastal shipping will require at least ninety days after resumption of service before shipments can move in their normal flow.

President Larsen presided at the afternoon session which reconvened at 1 :30 P. M.

Corydon Wagner, chairman of the Committee on Trade Promotion, outlined the rvork undertaken by the Committee since Trade Promotion tvas resumed in 1935. T. J. Torkelson, in charge of Hemlock promotion, talked on the opportunities to increase the sale of West Coast Hemlock.

"The Opportunity for Lumber in Lorv-Cost Housing," u'as discussed by W. B. Nettleton, president of the National Lttmber X{anufacturers Association. tvho told hor,v the National Association had determined to clemonstrate that three of the small homes approved by the Federal Housing Administration could be constructed within their cost estimates, and horv this project had been carriecl out at Bethesda, Marylancl, a surburb of Washington, D. C. A talking film on the Lorv-Cost Homes at Bethesda, was shown which brought out many points of good standard construction, and the condensed cost records of each house. Each house was completecl at a cost under $3,500.

Theodore E. Damm, chief of the Industries Section. Federal Housing Administration, Washington, D. C.. had for his subject "America's Great Need-The 'Small' House." He stated that 71 per cent of the American families should not put over $5,000 into a home, arrd to meet present requirements the United States should build annually at least 750,000 family units in the next ten years.

Mr. Damm endorsed the demonstration of low-cost, lumber-built houses by the National Lumber Mannfacturers Association at Bethesda, Maryland, and urged the lumber industry to multiply this demonstration a thousancl-fold in the next ferv months. He promised the support of the Federal Housing Administration in publicity and aclvertising to back up the home building efforts of the industry. He said the other construction materials were organizing to do the same thing and lumber would have plenty of competition.

Mr. Nettleton referred to the plan recently undertaken by the retail lumbermen of the United States to have individual dealers carry out the construction and sale of demonstration homes at a thousand points throughout the United

States with the cooperation and assistance of the Federal Housing Administration, rvho is furnishing technical bulletins, standard housing plans and estimates, retailer's "kits" containing all the material necessary to organize local campaigns for home demonstration and advertising.

W. C. Bell, manager of the lVestern Retail Lumbermen's Association, spoke on "What the Retail Lumber Dealers Are Ready to Do in the Demonstration of Lumber Homes." Mr. Bell said that trvo hundred small home demonstrations have already been underrvritten by various lumber dealers. The Montana dealers in his organization, he stated, were preparing to build fifty demonstration houses, and he expected the dealers in his group as a whole would build five hundred such demonstration homes in their own territory.

Carl Blackstock, Blackstock Lumber Company, Seattle; Morris Kleiner, Model Lumber Company, Tacoma; Nicholas Brace, Brace Lumber Company, Seattle, and Mr. Crawford of Walla Walla, also addressed the meeting on the demonstration small home program.

Corydon Wagner, chairman of the Trade Promotion Committee, placed before the meeting the recommendation unanimously adopted by the Board of Trustees at their meeting on January 14, that the members of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association be asked to subscribe an additional amount ol 2l cents each on log input andlor lumber shipments to be used exclusively for trade promotion. Mr. Tennant moved that the recommendation of the Board of Trustees be approved, and it was seconded by Mr. Nettleton. Mr. Wagner put the motion and it was unanimously approved.

C. G. Kinney presided over the discussion on GradeMarking.

Secretary-IVlanager W. B. Greeley outlined the present Association policy on grade-marking. He said that 125 mills are now licensed to use Association marks. and the Association recommends its use in highly competitive price markets where substitutions or mixture of low grades are practiced or r'vhere trends in building codes are adverse to lumber.

Kenneth Smith, secretary-manager of the Lumber & Allied Products Institute, Los Angeles, spoke on "Retailer and Consumer Viewpoints on Grade-Marking." Mr. Smith's address appears elsewhere in this issue.

President Larsen announced that a special meeting, or meetings, will be arranged in the near future to discuss the subject of grade-marking so that all manufacturers will have an opportunity to express their viewpoints on the subject.

The meeting adjourned at 5:15 P. M.

Returns To Chicago

Frank R. Adams, Eastern sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, left for Chicago February 9 after spending three weeks in California. While on the Coast he made his headquarters at the main office in San Francisco and paid several visits to the company's mill at Scotia.

Called To The Northwest

Ray Klots has returned from a trip to Spokane, Wash., where he spent a few weeks. He was called North due to the death of his father.