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The Nctioncl Convention oI the Concqtencrted Order oI Hoo-Hoo will be held ct the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, September 6-9, 1948. This will be c gclcr event. All -Old Cats" qre requested lo reserve these dctes, and crtlend the meetings.

One oI the Convention leqtures will be cr monster Concqtenqtion. The Membership Committee oI the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club is stcrting c membership drive to round up cr big clqss ol Kittens.

II you qre interested in becoming cr member oI HooHoo lill out the coupon below qnd mqil to:

J. W. FITZPATRICK

Chcrirman, Membership Committee Scn Pedro Lumber Compcrny l5l8 South Centrcrl Avenue Los Angeles 22, Cclilornicr

Estimated Consumption of \(/estern Pine Lumber lor Second Quarter ol 1948

Portland, Ore., March 31.-A report of first:quarter 1948 manufactnre and shipmeirts of Western Pine region lumber and an estimate of probable second quarter consumption rvere released today by S. V. Fullaway, Jr., secretarymanager of the Western Pine Association.

The report covered ldaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and associated woods. The statement in full :

"The economic outlook during the first quarter of 1948 was an uncertain one. Election year politics, foreign relations, unfavorable rveather conditions, the sharp break in commodity prices, and serious strikes in the coal, meat packing, and other industries were unfavorable factors. Nevertheless, the $estern Pine industry, in that period, continued to increase lumber output and deliveries. Estimated production ol 1257 million feet was 14 per cent above that of the 1947 first quarter, rvhile shipments of 1408 million rvere up 9 per cent from a year ago.

"As of Nfarch 31, 1948, total regional stocks at the mills are estimated at 1209 million or 225 million greater than those on hand the same date last year. Analysis of the detailed regional inventory figures indicates that stocks of the \Vestern Pines are at hbout the same level as a year ago. The larger inventories of the associated species are the result of the gron'ing demand for seasoned lumber and consequent greater stocks required for air drying.

"I\{ost of the uncertainties of the past three months will continue and may become more aggravated. Any return to government controls could upset predictions made at this time. Horvever, based on all available information it no.iv seems probable that during the second quarter of 1948, shipments (consumption) of lumber by the Western Pine Industry rvill approximate 1800 million feet or about l0 per cent abo'r'e for tl.re sanre 1947 oeriod."

Copies oI Comrnercial Standqrd CSl25-47, Prelcbricated Homes, Now Avcilable

Printed copies of Prefabricated Homes (Second Edition), Commercial Standard CSI25-47, are now available, according to an announcement by the Commodity Standards I)ivision of the National Bureau of Standards. Copies are for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C., for ten cents each. A discount of 25 per cent will be allorved on orders for 100 or more copies sent to a single address.

Tlre previous edition, issued in 1945, was exhausted and the standard was revised to bring it in line with current recommendations for building code requirements for nerv dwelling construction.

The pamphlet sets forth minimum requirements. for one-, one-and-a-half, and two-story prefabricated homes. It 'covers requirements for light and ventilation, space access and privacy, structural strength of the various component parts, thermal insulation and condensation control, and requirements for heating, plumbing, and electric wiring. It includes general requirements for materials and workmanship, site erection and assembly of preTabricated units, and protection during transportation and erection.

NLMA Urgas Passage of Gearhart Resolution

Washington, D. C., April 1, 1948. At hearings today before the Senate Committee on Finance, George M. Fuller, vice president, appearing for Richard A. Colgan, Jr., exbcutive vice president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association strongly urged passage of the Gearl-rart Resolution (H.J. Res. 296) r,vhich would set aside proposed Bureau of fnternal Revenue reguiations to extend social security coverage to independent contractors.

Mr. Colgan's statement forcefully pointed out that the proposed regulations of the Bureau of Internal Revenue lvere clearly an attempt by a Government bureau to write legislation, which, he stated, is an undisputed function of Congress vested by the, Constitution. "The lnmber industry looks upon this as a fundamental issue vital to our form of government," he said, "and we urge the Committee to treat it as such."

Turning from constitutional considerations, the lumber spokesman explaineC some of the possible effects on the lumber industry of the proposed regulations. He told the Committee that the services of independent contractors are frequently employed by mills to obtain their supply of logs for lumber manufacture. The proposed Bureau of Internal Revenue interpretation would disrupt this established contractual relationsl-rip by ruling that independent contractors rvere employees of the mill.

To give the Committee a specific example, N{r. Colgan cited the case of one large lumber manufacturer employing a number of independent contractors for logging and sawing. If the proposed regulations of the Bureau of Internal Revenue rvere put into effect, this mill would be forced to immediately cancel its operations with independent contractors. The independent contractors would be thror,vn out of work, u'ould possibly go into bankruptcy, and the mill would revise its orvn operations so as to do all its o.ivn logging and sawing.

"The proposed^ regulation is so unreasonable and unrealistic, rve believe that Congress should not permit it to be put into effect," he concluded.

Georgia Hardwood Changes Name

Augusta, Ga., March 30-Stockholders of Georgia Hardrvood Lumber Co. have voted to change the company name to Georgia-Pacific Plyrvood & Lumber Co.. Owen R. Cheatham, president, announced today.

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"A change in name lvas considered advisable to reflect more accurately the nature of the company's rapidly expanding business, including the extensive production of several recently acquired West Coast operations," N{r. Cheatham explained. "Purchase in January of control of Washington Veneer Co. at Olympia, Wash., whose three Douglas fir plywood plants have an annual capacity of 275,000,000 feet of plyrvood, and rvhose lumber plant can produce 50,000,000 feet per year, together rvith the company's previous large West Coast production, now constitute a major portion of our total output and sales volume."

The company now olns and operates eight mills in the South, five on the \Vest Coast, four u,'holesale n arehouses and distribution yards in the East, and has affiliated mills throughout the South and on the Pacific Coast, also maintaining offices or exblusive agencies in 51 foreign countries. Executive and general offices 'n'ill be maintained in Augusta, rvith divisional oflrces in Nerv York, llouston, Augusta, and Portlancl.

tVill Hold Two-Day Conference

Portland, Ore., April 2.-Changing relationships betn'een the lumber distributor and the independent lumber producer rvill be up for discussion at a tn'o-day Oregon-Washington San'mill Conference and N{acl-rinery Expositior-r to be held here April 30-N{ay 1.

The conference is being staged by \\/estern Forcst Industries Association 'n'hich serves as a regional voice for independent log and lumber producers, distributors, retnanufacturers and allied interests, in the Western states. These smaller business units of the lumber industry in the West now number several thousand and are accounting for an increasing percentage of the total lumber supply.

The 1948 conference rvill merge into a single event the two highly successful but separate conferences held a year ago in Eugene, Oregon, and Centralia, \\rashington. R. T. Titus is executive secretarv of the assc.rciation.