NRLDA Building Maferials Exposifion Programs Decided

W/ASHINGTON, D.C., was the focal point for the VrY building materials industry recently as members of the 1961 NRLDA Exposition Committee gathered there to discuss plans for their late Fall Show. The Exposition is slated for McCormick Place, Chicago's $34,000,000 exposition center, November 4-7.

Dealers from every area of the U.S. were represented at the Washington conference table, and their discussions resulted in a positive promotion program for dealer and exhibitor attendance, along with a dynamic, four-day Exposition agenda. The tone of the April meeting was set by the early report that exhibitors were reserving space at a pace 4N/o ahead of last year's figures, and it was also predicted that dealer registration would be at an all time high.

A comprehensive dealer program for the Exposition was decided upon with emphasis on practical, profit-making ideas. Included are such subjects as : Employee Development; Cash and Carry ; Components ; Sheil Housing; and Modernization and Repair-all to be presented under the direction of experts in these fields. The second day of the

Rqtemqking Legislotion

Legislation which could seriously curtail competition between the various modes of transportation in our country is currently the subject of hearings before the Senate Commerce Committee l-readed by Senator Magnuson (D-Wash.) as Chairman.

While the Committee's hearing's were specifrcally limited to the consideration of one measure, S. 1197, by Senator Bartlett (D-Alaska), there is also pending before the Committee a bill by Senator Yarborough (D-Texas), S. 1089, which would amend other provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act for purpose similar to those of S. 1197. The Bartlett bill, whicl-r is co-sponsored by Senator Cotton (R-N.H.), \{onroney (D-Okla.), Yarborough (D-Texas), and Hartke (D-Ind.), rvould in effect repeal a portion of the Transportation Act of 1958-now Section 15a(3) of the Interstate Commerce Act-whereby the Commission will not insist on the retention of a high rate level for one carrier to protect the traffic of another mode of transportatlon.

Exposition will be highlighted by 'An Old Fashioned Sales Revival,' featuring Herb True and Fred Klemp, two o{ America's outstanding sales personalities. Their exciting presentation has inspired thousands of businessmen in every area of the U.S., and is certain to be of interest to building materials dealers. Other events include a field trip to several well equipped and effectively organized yards, a visit to a modern factory producing building materials, and live action demonstrations of materials handling operations.

Chairmen of the Exposition Committee meeting in Washington were: Robert J. McCutchan, General Committee Chairman; Deyo W. Johnson, Program Chairman; B. J. Stahlman, Materials Handling Chairman; and Roy G. Leitch, Jr., Attendance Chairman.

Other committee members, and those acting in an advisory capacity were: Theodore I. Hunsaker, William W. McCready, Edwin F. Sembell, R. C. Tylander, Oertell Collins, R. A. Schaub, Paul V. DeVille, W. B. Oldham, Leslie G. Everitt, John W. Dain, Robert L. Craft, Ross G. Kincaid, G. Kenneth Milliken, Horace G. Pierce, and rnembers of the NRLDA Washington Office.

This legislation could well result in increased freight rates in the transport inclustry, at a time when many American industries, like the lumber field, are currently experiencing some very serious economic problems.

You may wish to communicate your views to your Senators concerning S. 1197, and similar measures. A responsible competitive transportation system is not only beneficial to the transportation industry, but is vitally important to the economic position of every American industry.