HPA Convention Urges "Peace with Profit"

EWLY ELECTED president oI the Imr \ ported Hardwood Plywood Association, G, Arnold Smith, summed up the aims of IHPA at their Silver Anniversary convention, when he told the record turnout of importers and shipping executives that 'oit is the continuing aim of IHPA members to promote trade with friendship and understanding; peace with profit for all nations. o'ln facl," the U.S. Plywood executive continued, "IHPA is in the position, per- haps a unique position, to promote peace and understanding between the peoples of the world through free trade to the mutual benefit of all concerned."

Other new officers elected during the February 9-II meeting include: executive vice president Jack Davidson, Pacific Wood Products Co.; vice president Bill Johnson, William Johnson, Inc.; and executive secretary and treasurer, Charlie Schmitt.

Besides the officers, the new IHPA board of directors for the coming year will include: Joe Durra, Hans Rainer and Eric

IHPA SIIYER ANI{IVERSARY CANBIIIS: (l) Watson Plywood's Art Woodcock and Mal Hill. O) Robt. 0sgood's John Osgood and Kurt Gelbard and Warren Rouse. (3) Encinal's George Richardson and Charlie Baker of CaFWood Products. (4) Gordon Ingraham who retired from IHPA last year, Henri Muth of International Paper, S. Goshima, Y. Nakatsu and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Suiter. (5) Texan Marvin Crass of Conklin Co. and Warren Rouse. (6) Cal-Wood's Bud Critchfield and Bill Back.o) Mrs. Len 0liver, lim and Mrs. Bley of Evans Products and Jack Baser of Baser & Co. (0 Another pair of Texans, Jack Jimmerson of Pine Ply, Inc. and newly-elected IHPA veep Bill Johnson. (9) Bronson

Lewis of American Plywood fusn. and Bud Radditz of J. E. Hissins. (10) IHPA's Verna Morrison and Warren nouse. n-l) West Coast Port officials, Gerald Linares, Jim McJunkin and Bob McNannay. (12) Stanton Dossett of Caddo Door & Veneer, Shreveport, La., and Texan A. H. Faulkner of Frontier Wholesale. (13) Francis Haley of Haley Bros. and Lew Haynes. (14) Hans Rainer who recently opened Rainer Trading Co. and Hazel Fulton. (15) Bruce Weston, Philippine Consulate General Laureano Rivera and Gerald Linares. (16) IHPA's Washington consul Myron Solter an.j HPMA managing director Clark McDonald. (17) Bill Back of J. William Back, Mrs. Back and Mrs. Francis ilARCH, t966

Halev. (18) Dick Nishikawa of Atkins, Kroll and S. Dahi. (19) New IHPA prexy G. Arnold Smith, association manaeer Charlie Schmitt and PWP's Jack Davidson. 00) i.ou Dwerter and Bronson Lewis' 01) Tom Parker and TIAA president Randolph Valenseof Greenwich, Conn. (22) Mrs. Jim Bley and DVK's Eric Wagner about to shift into a twist number. 03) Mrs. McNannav and Bill Johnson stuck to the conventional numbers.- (24) Eric Wagner, S. Dahn, M. Hazana and Hadlev King of New York. 05) Greeting aniving conventioners were (l-r) President-elect G. Arnold Smith of U.S. Plywoodi outgoing president Joe Durra of Boise Cascade and IHPA secretary Charlie Schmitt.

Wagner, all of San Francisco; AI Struyvenberg, Seattle; and John Osgood, Art Woodcock, Jack Baser and Jim Blev. all from southern California

The annual three-day convention at palm Desert, Calif., was aiso the scene of a prevue of the association's new symbol designed by Walter Landor & Associates of San Francisco. This new IHPA svmbol will be used much as those used by the United States plywood industry to promote buyer confidence and product uniiormity.

Another potential boost to the imaee of IHPA as a truly national organization- was the possibility of attracting irembers from other imported hardwood products groups by lurther diversifying IHPA's e*isting servlces. ooAt this convention," Smith told the Bloup, o'We have provided the requisites which could bring together members of other associations into a national entitv. which when finalized, will be called the Imported Hardwood Products Association. If this is achieved, IHPA would then be the broad base for membership by all firms presently importing hardwood pioducts of all kinds." Up to this time IHPA has concerned itself only with imported hardwood plywood, veneers, core stock and hard. board.

Another big hurdle was cleared at the loth annual convention when the member- ship approved the rough draft of IHPA's Commercial Standards for imported hardwood plywood, authored by Tom Parker. Final formulation of the Commercial Standards is now under way for submission to the United States Department of Commerce. If approved by the Department, the relatively new imported hardwood plywood industry will have its first true Com- mercial Standard afiecting all imported hardwood plywood products.

Although the three days produced nu. merous excellent speakers, standout talks were given by Clark McDonald, managing director of the Hardwood Plywood Manufacturers Association; IHPA attorney Myron Solter of the firm of Sharp, Soiter & (Continued on Page 72)