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Golifornio's 6 Billion of Hordwood Forests loke Sporlight ot U. C. Gonference

Berkeley-Leading wood experts will explore the possibilities of boosting economic utilization of the state's hardwood forests at an Extension Forestrv conference on the University of California Berkeley ..*pus March 23 and24.

Participating in the meeting will be representatives of the U.S. Forest Service, California Division of Forestry, IJniversity of California and the wood industry.

They will exchange information on the riranagement, utilization and marketing of the six billion board feet of hardwood in the state.

The conference is sponsored by the U. C. School of Forestry, Forest Products Laboratory and Agricultural Extension Service.

Dr. Daniel G. Aldrich, Jr., IJniversity Dean of Agriculture, will address the initial session in 150 Universitv Hall at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 23.

Other highlights bi ttre morning meeting will be talks by John McGuire, chief, Forest Economics Research, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Berkeley, on the hardwood resources of California; L. N. Erickson, chief, Forest Products Utilization, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Berkeley, on the suitability of hardwoods for products as based on their physical and chemical properties; and Dr. Fred E. Dickinson, director, U. C. Forest Products Laboratory, Richmond, on the present state of utilization of California hardwoods. Tobe Arvola. deputy state forester, California Division of Forestry, Sacramento, will be chairman of the session.

A panel discussion on the growing, harvesting and marketing of hardwood timber is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Speakers will include Charles Arment, chief forester, Diamond-National Corporation, Chico, on inventory methods and problems, and Robert Grundman, chief forester, Union Lumber Company, Fort Bragg, on logging practices and problems. Dr. William J. Kerr, forest landowner in Humboldt County, will act as reporter of the session.

The final feature of the day will be a symposium dealing with the utilization of hardwoods for veneer. Among the participants will be Peter Koehler, general manager, Coastal Veneers, fnc., Crescent City, who will review the practices and problems of veneer manufacture, and Burdette Green, consulting wood technologist, Los Gatos, surveying the markets and marketing of California hardwood veneers. Utilization of hardrvood for lumber and dimension will be the subject of a panel to be heard at 9 a.m., Friday, March 24. Addresses will be given by Frederick B. Malcolm, saw mill specialist, Ll.S. Forest Products Laboratory, I\4adison, \Misconsin, on lumber grades and grade output, and Paul Penberthy, manager, Penberthy Lumber Company, Los Angeles, on the markets and marketing of California hardwood lumber.

L. A. Construction Women Orgonize

The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction will holds its charter meeting March 25 at a luncheon at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The group is composed of r.r'omen holding responsible positions in all phases of the construction industry and its aims and objectives are not only to promote good fellowship among them but also to unite these women for their mutual benefit.

The Los Angeles Chapter is the 43rd chapter in 11 states to be formed in the 8 years the Association has been in existence.