Architects Convention Devotes Much Discussion To Lumber qnd Forestry

The 85th annual convention of the American Institute of Architects, lvas held in Seattle, Washington, June 15th through the 19th. About 1,500 u'ere in attendance representing 107 chapters of the A.I.A.

It rvas a great meeting both for business and pleasure, and rvood, lumber. and even forestry 'lvere given heavy parts on the program.

The convention started vvith a trip across Puget Sound to the Olympic Peninsula, where the entire group of more than 1,000 u'ere the guests of the Simpson I-ogging Company. Here they sau' everything from felling trees to the manufacture of plyr,r'ood. Various other trips and tours u'ere interspersed through the program.

Also included in the program and scattered through the four convention days rvere interesting moving pictures clepicting tree-growing and l.rarvesting. wood processing, u'ood construction, and others.

The following speakers, rvith their subjects, appeared on the program:

Col. W. B. Greeley, chairman of the board of the American Forest l)roducts Industry, spoke on "Current Res()urces and Conservation Practices."

Wm. Hagenstein, American Forestry Association, spoke on "Perpetuation of Forest Resources."

W. C. Hammerle, Chief Forester of the Southern Pine Association. Neu, Orleans, also spoke on forest'perpetuation.

F-rnest Kolbe, Chief Forester, Western Pine Association, Portland, Oregon, spoke on the same subject as did Hagenstein and Hammerle.

George L. Drake, vice president of Simpson Logging Company, spoke on "\\Iood Utilization Planning."

L. J. Markhardt, U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, \Vis., spoke on "Applied and Commercial Research."

Carl Rasmussen, Western Pine Association Research I-aboratory, Portland, Oregon, spoke on "Specific Utilization of \Mood."

H. V. Simpson, executive vice president West Coast Lnmbermen's Association, Portland, Oregon, spoke on "Ne'iv Grading Methods."

Dr. O. Harry Schrader, r'ice president U.S. Ply'ivood Corporation, Seattle, Washington, spoke on "Pl1'u'ood and Veneers."

Ward Maer, president of the American Institute of Timber Construction, spoke o11 "Laminated Structural Members."

A. K. Smith, assistant manager of the Timber Engineering Compan, Washington, D.C., spoke on "Timber Joints." Burdett Green, manager of the American \\ralnut Managers Association, spoke on "Architectural Woodrvork."

In addition there rvere numerous discussions of these subjects, giving wood construction a most prominent place on the entire program.

Revising Pine Door Stqndqrds

A recommended revision of Standard Stock Ponderosa Pine Doors, Commercial Standard CS120-48, has been circulated by the Commoditv Standards Division, Office of Industry and Commerce, to manttfacturers. distributors and users for their consideration and written acceptance, the U. S. Department of Commerce reported recently.

This recommended revision \\'as proposed by the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association, and approved by the standing committee in charge of revising this standard. This standard r,r'as first established in 1944 and rvas revised in 1946 and 1948 to keep it abreast of the progress being made in the industry. The main purpose of this revision consists primarily of a revision of the general requirements, the deletion of 12 layouts, and the inclusion ol 2l nel,v layouts. Illustrations of 112 stock designs are shown, from r,'r,hich selections can be made that r,ill harmonize r'vith various architectural styles.

A limited number of mimeographed copies of the recommended revision, TS-5178, are ar.ailable, and a copy may be obtained, as long as the supply lasts, from the Commodity Standards Division, Office of Industry and Commerce, U. S. Department of Commerce, \\rashington 25, D.C.