Western Pine Association Nameg New Pregident--Expandg Production

San Francisco, Feb. Z3-Naming Walter S. Johnson of San Francisco as their new president, more than 300 members of the Western Pine Association concluded their annual two-day meeting here today after approving :ltt expanded promotion program, enlarging'their forestry staff, recommending measures to speed car rlrovements, undcrtaking a study of moulding Patlern standardization an<l protesting National l)roduction authority practices reducing availability of spare parts to the industry.

The meeting set a new record for attendance. Mr. Jolrnson, president of the American Box Corporation, rvas elccted to succeed E. C. Olson, head of the E. C. Olson I.ttmbcr Conrpany of Spokane, who had served two terms. I{eclected were vice presidents U. R. Armstrong, vice presiclent of Hallack and Howard Lumber Coml>an.v. Cascade, Idaho, and M R. I'restridge, president of the M. lt' I'restridgc Lumber Conrpany, Alamogordo, N. M. and treasurer C. T. Gray, head <:f the Stockton Rox Company, Stockt<tn, Calif'

W, E. Griffee, of l)ortland, assistant secretary-manager of the Association, addressed the convention on tlte "l'rospective Lumber Demand in 1951." This talk is reproduced in iull elsewhere in this issue. '

The lumbermen also heard addresses by E' C. Olson, Association president; S. V. Fullaway, Jr. of Portland, secretary-manager; Richard A. Colgan, Jr., executive vicepresident of the National l-umber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C., and Charles A. Gillett, managing director of the Arnerican Forest ltr<lducts Industries, Inc., Washington

Mr. Olson said that a major ol>jective of the lumller inclustry this year rvill be to secttre a speed-up in federal Programs covering access roads, timber availallility and accelcrated s:rles procedures in event of rvar'

"The indu-'tr1'," he said, "cannot stancl another tlraitr otl its private l:oldings comparallle rvith that of the last u'ar' u'hen nrore than 70 per cent of Western I'ine production czrme fronr private timber, u'hile rnore than 70 per cent of the availal;lt timbcr in our l2-state \\Iestern Pine region is orvned by the government."

Striking at advocates of socialized medicine, all-pol'erful river valley authorities and ttther Progranls of :r rvelfare st:rte, N{r. liullau'ay rvarne<l that, u'hilc mobilization for possible rvat requires regulati<tn, the American 1>ublic must grrard against unnecessary controls 1>r<rmoted by social planners under the guise of an emrgency.

"Certainlv there r'vas never a tinre lvhen it'lvas tlrorc important {or management to do its utmost to keep thc light of free enterprise burning brightly," he said. "Yotl must do a selling job among your en.rployes and others in yorrr commr-rnities. You must put aside self-interest and give sincere support-not lip service-to government econon1y. The cluestion is not rvl.rether you have a job to dcr but rather, rvhat are you going to do about it?"

"The managers of American business must clo more than explain tl.re advantages of the free enterprise svstem. They r.nust demonstrate bv actions-not words-that it is best for the lverage citizen. As one student of this subject puts it, they must be alert to the responsibility for their emptoyes'economic security, fair treatment, self-respect on the job and advancentent possibilities and to their own active participation irr the life and development of their communities."

Mr. Colgan rcported on national defense developments in the lumber field and Mr. Gillett reviewed the 1950 record of AFI'I, the tumber industry's operating arm in promoting 'l'ree liarnrs ancl public liaison organization in forestry afi airs.

()ne of the first nrajor lttmber organizations to sponsor a nationat advertising and promotion progranr, the association voted to accelerate its 25-year-old campaign by augmenting its consumer and trade advertising, ipcreasing its field force, entering more heavily into the film field it pioneered 15 years ago and pin-pointing its direct pronrotion by utilization of field building activity reports. The gr()ul) elso reiterate<l its position of condentning sale of tunseasoned White Fir in the open market,

Adopting its traftic committee report, the association rccommended that car movements be speeded by loading and unloading promptly, loading as heavily as possible, minimizing circuitotts rotttings, coollerating with six-daylveek practices rvhere necessary and other rnethods. Warned that the lroxcar shortage is expected to be as critical cluring the coming year as it rvas last, the group approved an increased nse of trttcks, particularly during shortage periods.

A stucly of basel>oard and casing patterns u'ill be undertaken by the associati<ln's grading ancl pronrotion conrmittees to d,:termine the possibilities of standardizing commonlr'-use<l l)atterns. The industry's urost pollular paneling patterns u'ere standar<lized litst year. ()n the recommendation of thci;' grading committee, the ltturbermen voted to sclredtrle study of a proltosed nes' gr:rde of 4/4 factory Iumber irr order trl better trtilize a lou'er quzrlity cttt-ttp lroarrl.

Already hanrpercd by inaltility t<l secure repztir parts for tritct()rs, trucks. tnachinerv antl other heavy equipment, the pine lumbermen frour l2 u'estern states approved a resoIuti<ln to protest against cttrrent NI'A procedures rvhich result ir.r parts "being diverted an'av fr<tnt the rctlttired needs of th:: industry."

To service memlters'timberlands in southern itocky Mountain and sottthrvestern areas, the association voted to add another district forest er-rgineer to its five-rnan forestry staff that provides advisory service on privately-orvned forests throughout the l2-state Western Pine region. It :rlso adopted a forest conservation committee rePort recommending cooperative private-state-federal development of insect control programs, calling for regular periodic public hearings on proposed access road construction and reiterating a previous stand on the need for natural resource development consideration in all dam construction planning.

The semi-annual meeting of the association was set for next August in Portland.

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