IHPA's Annual Convention a Big Success

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"IHPA Ilulcs l-6 1. rvhit'h uill produr:c grcater understandilrg for tht'lrt'nefit of llto<lttt crs- sr'lltrs. l,ttr,'r. itttrl tts,'rs. t l,'ttrlr <lcfirrcs thc mittintttrn stantlarrl t't'tlrtirr'nrcrrl.s for irrtportt'tl haltlrvoo<l ltllu ootl protlut:t'<l for anrl sol<l irr tht' [ ' S. mat'kt't.." accor'<lirrg to Nl. S. (loucn"s t'rt'r'tttitt' 'l'om Parkt'r. w'h,r ht'atlt'd tht' r t'ar-lorrg stud,v lt'ading to adolttiorr of IHPA llules t-64.

J'he three-dat' session at the Hotel \iallt') Ho attrat'ted a record turnotlt of importers" forcigrr lrrodttt't'rs. tloor tnltttt[at'ltttt'l's ittltl shilrlrirrg lirrt' t'xt'r'utivt's Irortl ('\('l'\' ( ot ll('r oI thc ['rritt'd Statt's ancl lht'l"ar l'.a-*t.

Of partit:ular itrtt'rt'st was tht' itttrorlttr'tion oI pant'l di,*t'ussions. t'ath pant'l ]raving as its modcratttr a lt'atling tradt' assot'iation o{lit'ial n'prt'senting an allie<l or rt'Iated industry. Modcrators included Clark NlcDonald" managing director of the Hardwood Plvwood Manufacturt'rs Association;

James E. Nolan, secretary-manager of the National Woodwork Manufacturcrs Association; and Bronson Lewis. secretary oI the American Plywood Association.

Joseph Durra of Getz Bros. & Co.. San Francisco, was elected IHPA president {or the coming ycar, along with vicc presidents Ted Arai of Pan Asiatic Trading Co., Los Angcl's. and G. Arnold Smith oi U. S. Plywood Corp., Ncw York City.

A spirit of unity was much in evidence as members emerged from a closed busi- ness session on S'ednesday. Februarv 3. At this meeting two major progressive steps werc formally adopted by the membership-thc first being the long-awaited IHPA Rulcs 1-64, and the second being the adoption of a proposed set of Fair Tradc Practice Rulcs.

A r6sum6 of recent legislatir.e and executive decisions affccting the industry b1 IHPA attorney Myron Solter of Sharp & Bogan, W-ashington, I). C., opencd tht' (Continued on Page 76)

IHPA MEMBERS Al{D GUESIS-Bottom (L-R): Mahlon Munson, Col. Gordon D. lngraham, Kurt Gelbard, Ted Arai, Joseph Durra, G. Arnold Smith, Hans Rainer, Toshiro 0ishi, Jack Davidson. 2nd Row (L-R): Clark McDonald, Mal Hill, Myron Solter, Victor Fulton, Haing Woo Kim, A. F. Pavensted, Thomas A. Parker, Lon Ashman, Yosuke Kawahara, Harry Perry. 3rd Row (L-R): Dean Jones, L. l. McKim, R. E. McNanny, Alex Tyrpak, Louis Gwerder, Art Woodcock, H. E. Ridings, Jr., James H. McJunkin, Milton Hallen, Gunter Silmar, Rolf Seibert. 4th Row (L-R): Mogens Silleman, Marvin Crass, Richard 0smundson, Louis Massing, L. J. Buren, Ted Tolin, Leonard Crofoot, Fred Smales, Eric Wagner, John Barthrop. 5th Row (L-R), Charles Baker, Francis Haley, William Johnson, Ralph Keller, Roy Harlow, Leonard Q. Webster, Richard T. Welsh, Bronson Lewis, Patrick i. Connolly.