Nu ' f rame WINDOW SCREENS

By RUDTG-Ef,itANe'CO.

During the last week in May two important Texas sawmill men visited some of the big sawmills of Arizona on an inspection trip. Harry M. Seaman, vice president and general manager of the Kirby Lumber Corporation, and J. K. Herndon, his assistant general manager' were the guests of James G. McNary on a tour of the Southwest Lumber Mills plants. They likewise saw the logging headquarters and operations at Maverick.

Fedeial Housing Administration District Director H' T' Neilson, of Southern California district, has issued a circular clarifying its rules on pressure treated lumber as follows:

"There seems to be a mistaken impression on the part of some builders since the City of Los Angeles modified its requirements for pressure treated lumber that it is no longer necessary to install pressure treated girders and posts in structures insured by the F.H.A.

"Our requirements in this respect are not changed and are that all lumber below the bottom of the floor joists, including posts and girders, be treated in accordance with Paragraph 409-C, of the Minimum Property Requirements, when the clearance between such members and finish grade is less than 18". In cases where the'clearance is such that treated girders are not required bearing blocks of redwood are required under them. Mud sills shall be treated in accordance with Paragraph 4O9-C or may be of foundation grade redwood."

"My faith is in American salesmanship as it is in American production. We produce the world's best goods, but also the world's best salesmen. Historians will probably refer to the decade of the 4O's as the period of record-breaking production expansion, and the decade of the 50's as the period of advanced selling."-(L.

M. Cassidy, JohnsX[anville.)

A. J. Glassow, general manager and vice president o{ Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Bend, Oregon, has been appointed a director of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork to fill a vacancY on the Board. Mr. Glassow, who has long been prominent in the West Coast lumber industry, was formerly president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association'

Dr. S. E. Maddigan, director of the British Columbia Research Council, reports that a plant may soon be established in Vancouver, B. C., to conduct experiments and research work in an efiort to make softwoods into hardwoods by chemical treatment and curing' He said the product wilt be several times harder than oak'