Club's Second Annual Standards Panel

fT HARDLY seems possiblt'. l,ut an enlire r vear has slil,ped by since San Francis,'o Hoo-Hoo Club 9 staged its first meeting on the current lumber size standards dispute. And as lhe second annual program o,r th" standards issue unfolded at the Leopard Cafe on March 3, even a casual olrserver would have lieen impressed by the small amount of progress which has made since the first meeting a year earlier.

A dinner meeting, the standards meeting was held on the eve o{ the hiq Western Pine Associal-ion corrrcntion uptoun at tht' St. Francis Hotel. Special invitations were sent out, and accepted, by several N'PA delegates as a result. Don Andrews of

\-AWLA's Portland o{fice rvas on hand for the nret.ting. as was John Mares, salt'smanager of Whiting Bros. Land & Timber, Eagcr, Arizona.

An excellent panel o{ industry leader'-. discussion rvas moderated by Palo Alto wholesaler Knute Weidman. John Mares presented his views on behalf of the dry producer and his compl'ment on the side of the green producer was well known Humbolt Countv operator, Stan Preble of Tidewater }Iills in Eureka. Bud Hubbard, president of Hub,bard & Johnson Lumber Co., was once again on hand to present the rolume rt'tailer's point of view, and a floor assist on the green side came {rom Gordon

T. Larson, president of Larson Lumber, Philomath, Oregon.

A special treat was the testimony of Ed Schulhauser, chief design engineer of Standard Building Company. one of San Francisco's "hig three" builders. Although Schulhauser looked upon the concept of engineered lumber favorably. he also erpressed doubt as to whetht.r the builder could absorb the extra cost of dry lumber. Which just about leaves us where we came in last year. Engint.ered lumber yes. But who's going to pay the price? 'lhe green producer? The builder? You and I?

'Ihe Commerce department's acceptor list closed as of March 16 to begin the job of preparing both the ballots and the mailing list. At that time it was estimated that the mailings would go out to those on the acceptor list around the middle o{ April.