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tendance and there was high praise for the Arrangements committee of General Chairman A. Dale Chapman, the smoothness of the technical sessions and the entertainment features.

P. B. Mayfield, Barrett division-Allied Chemical & Dye Corp., was elected president. W. A. Penrose was elected a fulltime secretary-treasurer.

Among the more important actions taken at the meeting was a vote to accept a specification for the preservative treatment of structural glued laminated wood as a tentative standard. It was developed by Committee T-9 on Plywood and Laminated Wood in cooperation with the American Institute of Timber Construction and technical representatives of the west coast treating industry.

Altogether, there were more than 70 papers and speakers introduced for the business of the 54th annual meeting, which ran with clocklike precision a4d covered a multitude of topics of prime importance to the wood-preserving industry.

The American Wood-Preservers' Institute, the educational and promotional arm of the industry, elected five