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Arizona Dealerg Hold Annual
Convention at Grand Canyon
Ianor C. Ollcllor Ro-oloctrd Proddoni
"A lot of fun, a lot of work, and some dcep thinkirrg," that's the way Harrison Wood summed trp the antrttal convention of the Arizona ltetail Lumber & Iluil<lcrs Strpply Association held at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, otr Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 10, ll and 12. The convcrrtion was an outstanding success and the registration was nearly 400.
Thursday
'I'he convention got under way at 8:00 a.m. with the annual lumbermen's golf tournament at the Verde Valley Country Club, Clarksdale. Luncheon was served for the ladies at the Country Club, and was followed by canasta and brirlgc. Mattic and Mike Medigovich did a fine job in handling the arrangements, as did Knox Corbett and his committee, Allen Thum, Don McCaughey and Frank Ttrtt.
Friday Morning
Registration at Bright Angel Lodge.
All meetings were held in the community Building.
President James C. O'lllalley presided and reported orr Associati<ln activities for the past year.
Dr. Bryant, Superintendent of Grand Canyon National Park. made the address of welcome. and Vice President Wm. C. Ketchersid responded for the Association.
Jerome M. Kelleher, Labor Consultant for the Ass<.,ciation. then talked on Labor Relations.
At 12:00 noon, luncheon u'as served for the ladies at the E,l Tovar Hotel.
Friday Afternoon
President O'Malley presided.
A sound movie "My Father's House" on remodeling was shown through the courtesy of the U. S. Gypsum Co., which brought out many valuable points to be considered by building material dealers.
J. B. Maynard, president of Fulton-Morrissy Co., Chicago, Ill., gave an interesting talk on "Merchandising in the Building Industry."
Frank Ryley, attorney, discussed "Legal Aspects" and stressed the need for all businessmen to lte on the alert for legislation which directly affects their business. He stressed that preventative measures and actions were always desirable.
Robert C. Jones, Arizona director of the Office of Price Stabilization, Wayne Baskin of the National Production A uthority, and Richard S. Hare of the Federal Housing
Administration, gave the latest information on Iicderal lcgislation.
Friday Evcning
The Hoo-Hoo concatenation at Bright Angel Lodge rvas a wo!l'. The committee in charge of the concatenation included Earl Cox, chairtnan; Carl Hornbake, Iinreron T, Wright, Francis Pool and Charles Mann.
Saturday Morning
President O'Malley presided. Reports rvere heard from various committees and s'ere followed by dealer discussions.
'fhe Nominating Committee, John Wood, chairman; A. M. Schwarz, Henry Galbraitlt, S. A. Douglas, Ben Schernlerhorn, Marvin Smith, Ed Petty, and Ambrose Halstead, recommended the following officers for the enstting year, who were unanimously elected: President, James C. O'l{alley, Phoenix (re-elected); Vice Presidents, Wm. C. Ketche rsid, Prescott (re-elected) ; E. H. Petty, Tucson; Ilmron T. Wright, Phoenix; Treasurer, Henry Galbraith, Phoenix; Secretary-Manager, Gus R. Michaels, Phoenix (re-elccted)
Directors: Ralph Bell, Yuma; R. L. Bond, Mesa; Sam Beecroft, Phoenix; Earl Cox, Phoenix; Jpy M. Gates, Kingman ; Charles Ruy, Phoenix; A. M. Schrvarz, Miarni; Charles Roach, Safford; Horvard Morris, Tucson; M. S. Medigovich, Cottonwood; Jint Olds, Winslorv; J. Knox Corbett, Tucson ; Si Douglas, Tucson; Ambrose Halstead, I'hoenix; J. R. Henderson, Bisbee; James L. Leu'is, Prescott; Joe Soltero, Tucson.
The Resolutions Committee, Sam Beecroft, chairman; Wm. C. Ketchersid, Larry Hamman, Waldo Thomas, Emron Wright, Earl Cox, J"y M. Gates, Floyd B. Olson, Cline Schn'eikart, and Frank Tutt prepared a group of resolrrtions that were unanimousll' adopted.
The Convention Committee, Mike Medigovich, Chairrnan; Jim Brown, Earl McClanahan, Harold Hancock, Don McCaughey, and Harry Pollock recommended Chandler for the 1952 convention, the day to be about the middle of May, which was unanimously passed.
Saturday Afternoon
Harrison Wood, radio commentator and author, of IVIiami, Florida, was the speaker at the Saturday afternoon session. (Continued on Page 54)
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In Ihe Wesii
"There can bc no compromiae, no half-way decision is conceivable. What we seek ir reign of law, based upon the conscnt of the governed, and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind."
(Specch bV Woodrow Wilron, July 4, 1918.)
Seems like the wiee words of President Woodrow Wileon, quoted above, might have considerable application to our present situation. After spilling buckets of blood and bags of money in Korea, it appears today as this is being typed, that we are threatened with the acceptance of the same stalemate that The Magnificent Mac warned against not long before he was recalled. *
One thing the MacArthur debate has done for a lot of people; it has improved their use of thc English language, and perhapo also their recollections of history. I know it has done both for me. The morc of his sayings and writings you read, the more you are convinced that the magnificence of his address to Congress in April was no flash in the pan. Back in 1935 he made an addresg to the famous Rainbow Division which he commanded in World War One, in which' he saidt
"Where are the empires of old? Where is Egypt, once a state on a high plane of civilization where a form of socialism prevailed and where the distribution of wealth was regulated? Where are the empires of the East and the Empires of the West which once were the shrines of wealth, wisdom, and culture? Where are Babylon, Persia, Carthage, Rome, and Byzantium? They all fell, never to rise againannihilated at the hands of a more warlike and aggressive people. Their cultures, memories-their cities, ruins.
"We all dream," he continued, "of the day when human conduct will be governed by the Decalogue and the Sermon on the Mount. But as yet it is only a dream. No one desires peace as much as the soldier, for he must pay the greatest penalty in war. Our army is maintained solely for the preservation of peace, or for the restoration of peace after it has been LOST BY STATESMEN, OR OTHERS."
Was there prophecy, do you*suppose, in that last line?
John Temple Graves, who writes a syndicated newspaper column circulated in the South-a very clever and scholarly column by the way-recently dug up for readers such as myself, a speech that was made more than two thousand years ago by a great general of that time, the gist of which seems quite pertinent and timely even now.
He waa General Lucius Acmilius Paulus. who, 168 years before Chrirt, war selccted to conduct the war of Rome against thc Macedonians. His public address at that moment was reported by thc Roman historian, Livy. Perhaps thc following selcctione from that addregs will interest manY: i i
"In every circle, and, truly, at evcry table, there are people WHO LEAD ARMIES INTO MACEDONIA. (Don't you know, Junior, that the old boy had his tongue in hie cheek when he said that?) They know where the camp ought to be placed; what posts ought to be occupied by troops; when and through what pass that territory should be entered; where magazines should be formed; how provisions should be covered by land and sea; and when it is proper to engage the enemy. and when to lie quiet. And they not only determine what is bcst to be done, but if anything is done in any other manner than what they have pointed out, they arraign the Consul as though he were on trial before ,T-;
"What, then, is my opinion? That commanders should be counselled chiefy by persons of known talent; by those who have made the art of war their particular study, and whose knowledge is derived from experience; from those who are present at the scene of action, who see the country, who see the enemy, who see the advantages that occasions offer, and who, like people embarked in the same ship, are sharers of the danger. ,* :k
"If, therefore, anyone thinks himself qualified to give advice respecting the war which I am to conduct, which may prove advantageous to the public, let him not refuse his assistance to the state, BUT LET HIM COME WITH ME INTO MACEDONIA. He shall be furnished with a ship, a horse, a tent; even his traveling charges shall be defrayed. But, if he thinks this too much trouble and prefers the repose of a city life to the toils of war, let him not on land, assume the office of a pilot. The city itself furnishes abundance of topics for conversation; let it confine its passion for talking within its own precincts, and rest assured that we shall pay no attention to any counsels but such as shall be framed w*ithin our camp."
That's what the old warrior said; he said that. By the way, the "old soldiers never die" wave grows bigger as the comics and comedians both amateur and professional use it for a basis for fun-making. On Milton Berle's TV show, the stuttering comedian, Joe Frisco, put it this way: "Old generals never die, they just stay and testify." A column in the New Orleans Times-Picayune said this:
"Old roldier! may ncvcr dic; but onc of thcm will bc haunt' ing Harry for a long timc." Hank Symondr, writing in the Lor Angeler Newr !ay!: "'Old roldiere nevcr dic,' but there'r cvidence eplenty, the oner who do thc dying are 18-19-20. I romctimcg think to help cnd war!, and kccp our kids alive, the draft age should be broadencd from lE to 95."
Late in the "merry month of May" there was a big national pow-wow in Denver, Colorado, of the Democratic big-wigs. They talked political prospects, of course, and Chairman Boyle of the Democratic National Committee loaded the reports with optimistic predictions. There is a great reaction, he said, in the MacArthur-Truman controvcrry, and the public is swinging back to the administration, and prospects look fine for Democratic victory next year. Looked from the reports like things were picking up for the reccntly ragged-run Trumanites. Yes, sir, things sure looked good.
And during the same week that the boys were making medicine of thc Missouri kind at Denver, there were other happenings that didn't seem to fully agree with the Denver
FAN rcportt. Down in Hourton, Texaq one of the mort heavily Dcmocretic citier in thc nation, the Hourton Chronicle conductcd a poll and adrcd itr rcedcrr to votc on who thcy thought war right, MacArthur on the one'hand, or the Truman-Achcron cliquc on the other. The publilhcd rc' turns ahowcd that 10,E69 pcople voted in the poll, MacArthur gctting a little over 10,(XX) vote3, and his opposition 816 all togethcr. At the rame time the Shrcveport Times, published in Shreveport, Louiriana, conducted a rimilar poll, and there, in the deepest part of the "Deep and Democratic South," it was even morc one-eided. The total votes cast amounted to !4,477, of which MacArthur got 14,107, and hie opposition got just 370. When you stop to consider that at least 95 per cent of the voters in both polls were old-timey Democrats, it is rather atartling, isn't it? about General I\[acArthur. This agree rvith lW/o and it is as as I ever reacl about anything.
I read your editorial editorial. of course. I rvonderful an editorial I congratulate you !
D. C. I\{cCray. Vice Presidcnt
Paine Lumber Co., Ltd. Oshkosh. Wisconsin
Itlease allou' nre to compliment you on your editorial in llhe California Luml>er Merchant of June lst, lauding General I\{acArthur.
There can be no question but that you express the sentiments of the vast majority of Americans, plus many others, but no one could possibly do as good a job as you have done in this editorial.
I hope that none of us rvill ever quit boosting this great, Godfearing American, but in doing so every one u'ill have to take a back seat to you.
Your so-called Vagabond Editorials are alrvays
A.F.P.I. Adds Second Man in West
Arnerican Forest Products Industries has appointed Richard C. Gearhart, formerly with the Michigan Department of Conservation, to manage its Western regional office.
Harold Olson, A.F.P.I.'s only representative in the area for the past seven years, becomes chief of the forestry organization's Western Nervs Burean.
In announcing I\[r. Gearhart's appointment as Western manager, Charles A. Gillett, managing director of A.F.P.I., paid high tribute to the West's forest industries. "Today the Pacific Coast states-Oregon, California and Washington-lead the nation in lumber production. Washington is the national leader in production of plyr'r'ood and wood pulp. Nor,,,'here in America is there a more alert and progressive group of forest industries tl.ran in the West," Mr. Gillett declared.
coNcERNING
TAx;,lun".
Herbert Hoover was president of the U. S. he gave his entire salary back to the government. That wae just about 25 years ago, but look what an example he set I Now all of us are doing practically the same thing.
"tops" and here is hoping that you can keep up the good job you have been doing ovcr the years, for a long long time to come'
Frank Burnaby
Sun Lumber Company
Van Nuvs. California
A Scotchman cannot pass up such a bargain. Hat'en't missed a copy since the first one rvas published. (Formerly Kerckhoff-Cuzner manager.)
Cecil E. Gilson
C. E. Gilson Lumber Co. Altadena. Calif,
If I had missed fit to be tied. an issue I would have really been
E. W. Mehrtens
Mehrtens Lumber Co. Los Angeles, Calif.
Tchoe and Truckee Ycrd Sold
Neu' olners of the Truckee-Tahoe L,umber Co. and the yards in Truckee and Tahoe City, Calif., are Charles B. Cross and Mrs. Cross of Tahoe City.
Charles Cross is presiderrt of the new organization. He has been general manager of both yards for the past 11 years. Other officers are Lucille S. Cross, vice president; Robert Siebold, secretary, and Harold Stark. treasurer. The last tu'o named are stockholders in the companl'.
