\Vest Coast Millmen Meet at Portland

Hillman Lueddemann Re-elected President

Good news for retail lnmbermen came from the 41st annual stockholders meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association at Portland, Oregon, March 27.

\\rest Coast millmen voted unanimously to continue their national advertising and promotion and dealer-aid programs for 7952. Continued will be the heavy campaign of fullcolor advertising in leading national magazines featuring retail lumbermen. Funds rvere increased to supply the demand for full-color literature published by the association which has become so popular that over 1,800,000 pieces \\'ere requested last year.

Re-elected as president of the powerful lumber trade group for another year was Hillman Lueddemann, Portland, general manager and vice president of Pope & Talbot, Inc. Only new face in the officer group is W. A. Culkin, Vancouver, Stebco, Inc., who becomes treasurer. Re-elected as vice presidents were : Col. W. B. Greeley, Seattle; G. E. Karlen, Tacoma, Eatonville Lumber Co.; and Judd Greenman, Vernonia, Oregon-American Lumber Corp. Named again u'ere : H. V. Simpson,. executive vice president and Harris E. Smith, secretary.

Ten new directors were elected and twenty-three direc- tors u'ere holdovers. For the first time the recently formed northern California district of the association, earned its right to have trvo directors: Clay Brown, of Clay Brou'n and Company, Fortuna; and Jack Fairhurst of the Fairhurst Mill Company, of Eureka, were named.

Other neu' directors elected by the stockholders include: L. G. Olson, Enumclaw, Weyerl-raerlser Timber Co.; C. Henry Bacon, Jr., Shelton, Simpson Logging Companl'; H. A. Templeton, Portland, Valsetz Lumber Company; Nils Hult, Junction City, Hult Lumber Company; L. L. Stewart, Culp Creek, Bohemia Lumber Company; C. E. Castle, Tillamook, Oregon Coast Lumber Mills; B. \\r. Runkel, Longview, The Long-Bell Lumber Company; and Guy llaynes, Carlton, L H L Lumber Corp.

I-ueddemann, in his annual message, urged millmen to step up their conservation practices in the forest, to improve utilization, to maintain integrity of grades, to cooperate fully with retailers and distributors, to ship promptly, to maintain good manufacturing standards, and keep up the hard-hitting advertising and promotion campaign.

NIillmen heard a leading Pacific Coast banker, E. C. Sammons, president of the large United States National Bank of Portland, tell of ample mortgage money to finance almost as many homes and commercial structures as were built last year'. He said there was plenty of money in private banking hands, in insurance companies' funds, and building and loan associations to build at least 800,000 nerv homes and more if needed. He rvarned home builders against pricing themselves out of the market.

James K. Knudson, defense transport administrator and Interstate Commerce Commissioner, told 250 West Coast lumbermen at their annual banquet, the freight car supply shortage was a thing of the past. He said railroads and shippers alike had ironed out their problems, more ca:-s rvere being built, steel u'as loosening up for more new cars, turn-around and loading times had been cut. The outlook he painted u'as cheerful.

Holdover members of the board include: R. A. Wilde, Everett; R. ,M. Ingram and Fred Maw, Aberdeen; J. W. Copp, Vancouver; Earl Houston, Longview; Robert R. Waltz, Snohomish; John Wahl, Tacoma, from Washington. Oregon holdover members include: Judd Greenman, Vernonia; Hillman Lueddemann, G. A. Kingsley, Willianr Slr.'inde11s, Edmund }Iayes, E. I'}. Stamm, Ward Mayer, all of Portland; Walter Leisy, Lebanon ; Henry Jacobson, Roseburg;Al Peirce, Coos Bay;B.L. Nutting, I\{edford;Richard Reynen, Ashland ; C. W. Ingham, Marcola;N. B. Giustina and Ruben Ross, Eugene; and E. G. Whipple, Drain.

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 Will Put On Concat April 23

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9, San Francisco, will stage a Concat at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, at 5 :39 p.m. on \\rednesday, April 23, the first day of the annual convention of the Lumber Nferchants Association of Northern California.

Vicegerent Snark Bovard Shibley, ancl A1 Bell, State Deputy Snark for Northern California, r,r'ill lte in charge. All members of Hoo-Hoo are welcome. Kittens are invited to send in their applications to the Clult.

KNOW?

The firsi roilwoy to be constructed ond operoted by locomotives in the United Stotes, wos the South Corolino Roilrood in 1826. 39 yeors loler when Abrohom lincoln wos President, on <rggregote of 32,996 miles of roilwoy conslruction wos in operotion. This wos the some yeqr HOBBS WALI siqrted their lumber business in Del Norte County. Through