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Lumber ls Vital ltem In European Aid Program

America's forest industries will ,be called upon to supply nearly three billion board feet of lumber during the next 4f yearc under terms of the proposed European Recovery program.

Lumber is one of the three most important raw materials required under the Marshall Plan. Based on July I, L947 prices, the value of the wood products asked for in the European aid plan approximates 9377,000,000.

The aid plan also 'calls for the United States to supply sawmill and woodworking machinery and equipment worth $63,000,000.

Because of current domestic shortages of millwork, siding, hardwood flooring and plywood, most of the lumber exports under the European recovery program would be in the form of rough sawed lumber.

Mcrple Flooring Output Up

Chicago, Ill.-Production of Northern hard maple, beech, and birch flooring for the first quarter of 1948 showed a 55 per cent increase over the same period of 1947, declared L. M. Clady, secretary-manager of the Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association.

Mr. Clady said that the 55 per cent increase serves to confirm his former statement that member mills this year have a good chance of reaching a production figure of 60,000,000 feet. If this prediction materializes, production Lor 1948 will top 1942 and. reach close to the 1941 figure of 61,000,000 feet.

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club Meeting June 16

The next meeting of the Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club will be held June 16. As this will be the final meeting for this season, President John McBride is making it a special occasion by having Ladies Night with a program of special entertainment.

At the Club meeting on May 19 in Sacramento, the members were pleased to have as a visitor, Rod Hendrickson, Iormer San Francisco lumberman. Rod has been doing'radio work in New York City for a number of years, and is on the air with such programs as Cavalcade of America and Ford Theatre.

Hardwood Meeting June l7-lg

The annual meeting of the Pacific Coas! Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association will be held at the Biltmore Hotel, Santa Barbara, June 17-19. The Association offi,cers are: Clarence C. Bohnhofi. Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Los Angeles, president; Don F. White, White Brothers, San Francisco, vice president, and Stanton Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, secretary-treasurer.

Shingle Directory Issued

A directory of Pacific Northwest shingle manufacturers, listing the names and addresses of approximately 100 shingle producers in Washington, Oregon and British Columbia, has been issued by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau. Copies of the directory are available free of charge from the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, 5510 White Building, Seattle, Wash.