Post-scripts on the Convention - Too Xluch Government Todqy, Arizonq D eo lers Told

(Gus Mickaels, secretary-nnanager of the Arizona Retail Lumber and Builders' Snffly Assn., Pkoenir, had so wany reqwests for copies of one of the talhs at his 1958 conztention that highlights of it are reported here, in add,ition to the coaerage of the major actiztities at the nceeting that were printed, in the June 15 issue. There is much food, for thought for all of us tod,ay in the pithy paragraphs belout by Joseph P. Ralston, attorney of the firm of Ryley, Ccrlock and Ralston, Plcoenit, Arizona: )

"It is far more important that the right kind of laws are passed than to have the smartest lawyer in the world try to figure out how to get around them once you have to live with them. Therefore, this talk should not be entitled 'How Much Law Should You Know?', but rather 'IIow Many Law-Makers Should You Know?' -

"Your association, with its hard working board and gutstanding secretary-manag'er, has been one bf the bright lights on an otherwise black picture. A moment's reflection on the importance and influence of legislators, public om- cials, congressmen, corporation commissioners, tax commissioners, boards of supervisors, city councilmen, zonit.lg boards and, yes, school boards or1 your day-to-day activities in your business and in your life should bring home the realization that government in all of its various bianches is the world's biggest business. We are all aware that there has been an increasing trend in this country toward surrendering more and more of our economic- freedom and personal liberty; and some of you feel, as I do, that this has gone too far.

"Wb.t, then, are we going to do about it? Are we going to sit by, as-i! the past, and let our lives be taken over by

PR.ESCOT'T CONVENTION

THURTSDAY, MAY 15 9:O0 a.m.

Convention Registration Opens

Lobby ,o,f the Hassayampa Hotel

Prescott, Arizona

Annual Lun.r.bermen's Golf Tournament

Antelope Hill Golf Course

First Day of Three Days of Play

Ja'mes Turner.

Defending Champion Committee

Aram Mardian, Phoenix, Chairman

Ji.m Brown, Prescott

George Rothf,uss, Prescor,t

Kn,ox Corbett, Tucson

Nat Thompson, Phoenix

12:O0-2:N p.m.

Recess for Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Convention Called to Order

By President Ma'rvin Smith.

Yuma, Arizona

Kachina Room

Hassayampa Hotel

Invocation by:

Rev. A. H. Leenssen

First Lutheran Church

Welcome:

Hon. George Ireland, Mayor of Prescott

Response:

Howard, Beals, Vice-President ' Phoenix, Arizona

Appointments of Comrnittees: By Presiden,t S,mith Resolutions

Nominations

Time and Place

Address:

"Money Preservati,orn For You and Your Family-Not the Tax Collector"

Robe.rt F. Dewey

Vice-President and Senior Trust Officer

First National Bank

Phoenix. Arizona

Panel: "Realistic Pricing For Profit"

Chet W. Nortz, Se cre,tary-Manager

Intermountain Lumiber

Dealers Association

Salt Lake City, Utah

Panel Members:

Dean D,rake, Tempe

Harold Britt, Ph,o'enix

Tom Fleetham, Willcox

Tom Wood, Tucson

7:39' p.m.

Hoo-Hoo Concat

Hassayamrpa Hotel

Martin Wist, District Deputy for Arizona, in Charge

FRIDAY, MAY 16

9:00 a.m.

Annual Lumlbermen's Golf Tournament

Antelope Hill Golf Course

Second Day ,o,f

Three Days of Play

12:00-2:00 p.m.

Recess for Lunch

2:00 p.m.

Convention Called to Order By President Marvin Smith

Addres,s: "Exclusively With Lumber Dealers"

Demonstrations of Latest in Cornponents

Developmen't of Box Truss By Richard Andersen Douglas Fir

Plywood Association

Los Angeles, California

Address: "How Much Law

S,hould You Know?"

(Use of J. P. CourtsLien Laws-City Ordances)

Joseph P. Ralston

Ryley, Carlock and Ralston, Attorneys

Phoenix, Arizona

Color and Sound Picture: "The Econo'my of Motion"

United S,tates Gypsum Company

Introduction ,orf

First Showing in Arizona

Frank A. Parker, Manager Phoenix. Arizona

6:30 p.m.

Barbecue

Hassayampa Country Club

SATURD"{Y, MAY 17

9:00 a.m.

Annual Lumbe,rmen's Golf Tournament

Antelope Hill Golf Course

Third and Final Day of Three Days of Pray

12:0U2:AO

Recess for Lunch

2:0O p.m.

Convention Called to Order

By President Marvin Smith

Repo,rts of Committees

Resolutions Nominations

Time and Place

Address: "Arizona Outlook"

I-eo C. Bailey Manager, Southwest Office Stanford Research Institute

Phoenix, Arizona

Address: "Your National Association"

James C. O'Maltey, President Nati'onal Re,tail Lumber Dealers Association

6:0G7:30 p.m.

Annual Cocktail Party

Lobby of the Hassayampa Hotel Courtesy o,f: Arizona Pdrtland Cement Co, 8:00 p.m.

Banquet Main Dining Room

James H. Killen, Master of Ceremonies

Dancing to Spencr Bare's Orchestra (5th year at Jokake Inn)

F'OR THE LADIES

HASSAYAMPA HO,TEL

THURS,DAY, MAY 15

Registra,tion Opens in the H,o'tel Lobby

Golf at the Antelope Hill Golf Course

2:00 p.m.

Hostess Room-Hotel Lo'brby Bridge and Canasta

FRIDAY, MAY 16 governm-ent? If we do, there is nothing to fear from Spu[- BUvcrrltrlcrlLr rr oo, tnere ls notnlng to leaf Irom niks I, II or III ; nothing to fear from Russian submarines; IltKs r, rr rlr notnlng' rear rrom l(usslan submartnes; n-othjgg to fear from the Communist Party operating in rruLrrrrrB L(J lcar rrom Lommunrst yarty the U.S. for we will have lost the battle, and itthougtr ;t may not be called Communism, the result will be the same."If any of you have recently come in contact with the bureaucratic thinking of zoning boards, a tax official, or even a school board, as I have, you will realize that a very ' Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Assn.

9:00 a.m.

Golf at the Antelope Hill Golf Course

Hostess Room-Rolls and Coffee Bridge and Canasta

1:00 p.m.

Annual Ladies Luncheo'n Smoki Pueblo

Evelyn Smith, Presiding Talk by Berni'ce Insley, a member of Smoki and Curator of Museum

Theme-Indian Modeling-Smoki Costumes

To rr of Museum

6:30 p.m.

Barbeque Hassayampa Country Club

SAT'URDAY, MAY 17

9:00 a.m.

Golf a,t the Antelope Hill Golf Course

Hostess Roo,rn-Rolls and Coffee Br.idge and Canasta

2:00 p.m.

Tour of Historical and Picturesque Prescott

6:00-7:30 p.m.

Annual Cocktail Party Lobby of the Hassayampa Hotel Courtesy of: Arizona Portland Cement Co.

8:00 p.m.

Banquet

Main Dining Room

James H. Killen, Master of Ceremonies

Dancing to Spence Bare's Orchestra

Surprises and Entertainment

Hav.e Been Developed by:

M,rs. Ethel Brown, Prescott

Chairman

Mrs. Mary Lou Rot,hfuss, Prescott

M-rs. Jim Lewis, Prescott

Mrs. Ivene Ketchersid, Prescott

Mrs. Zena Hunt, Wickenburg

Mrs. Katie Michaels, Phoenix

* LAD'IES ARE WELCOME

TO ATTEND ANY AND ALL BUSINESS SESSIONS.

Through Faster Sales

basic change is occurring in this democracy of ours. I am reminded of a discussion last Monday night at the School Board meeting of the Osborn School District, of which I am a member. We were discussing the future of our school lunch program and we were advised by the director of our school lunch program that in order to receive federal school lunch aid we would henceforth have to comply with the requirements outlined under a Type A program.

"An investigation of these requirements showed that we must serve foods which the kids would throw away; that in many instances it would have to be served in portions far too large for primary grade students and that we would have to live up to certain requirements, both from a diet and sanitary standpoint. I had always thought that at least a school district was one of the few remaining institutions where the people of the district, through their elected trustees, could run the type of program best suited to their area. (This is but a small example of the Federal g'overnment attempting to regulate our lives.) This is but one tiny facet of the trend in America. I am sure I don't need to mention to this group the development of public housing or the ever-present tax collector.

"f know you are asking 'Well, what can I do about this ?' Fortunately, you as a group are doing something about it through the work of the Association. IJnfortunateIy, it is not enough. The time has come for each businessman, each sound-thinking citizen to devote sufficient time and money so that the right kind of legislators and public officials will be elected. People who will truly represent you and your way of thinking. I know we all pay lip service to get-out-the-vote campaigns, registration campaigns and similar drives, but how important is the vote of an uninformed electorate ?

YOU Must Be Avqiloble for Public Jobs

"You have got to go further than voting-you have got to make yourself available for public jobs. I know, I can hear you saying: 'Me-politics-for me, why, not in a million years-that is for somebody else. Political life is too dirty-I want no part of it.' And if you are thinking this thought, you are insuring that your government will be exactly as bad as lrou think it is.

"It is your obligation to persuade sound, intelligent peo- ple to become candidates for public offices; to accept appointment to public jobs; to bring critical thinking to such agencies. You not only must persuade them to be candidates, but back up your convictions with time and money. Think how little any of us has given, either in time or money, to help a worthy person be elected. Unfortunately, this appeal is being directed to a group that has been far more active than the average citizen. But each of you represents the solid core of your community. You are wellrespected and could exert great influence if you chose to do so. There was a time when the scope of government operations was confined to a narrow field and the interesl, or lack of interest, by people like you would not change the course of every-day life. Those days are gone forever. With government affecting everything we do every day of our lives, we can no longer afford the luxury of inactivity.

"'Whether we like it or not, government is the most important business in America today. Whether we like it or not, we look to the government to solve each social and economic problem as it occurs-all the way from race integration to stopping the recession. It is regrettable that Americans have so little confidence in our free, competitive society; that we are ready to look to the government for help at the drop of a hat.

"If there is ever to be a reversal of this trend, if we are ever to return to the basic concepts which have made this country the strongest of all nations, each of us must resolve to do his part by spending enough time and enough money to not only elect good public officials but to follow through and make sure that they represent you properly. It would be inappropriate to discuss political parties, candidates or presently elected public officials, but I urge you to ponder

| 958-59 OfficersAR[&BSA, phoenix

PRESIDENT ... ...Howard Beals, Phoenix

VICE-PRESIDENT. ....Henry Galbraith, Phoenix

VICE-PRESIDENT. ..Pete Pollock, Clifton

TREASURER... .Frank F. Haney, Phoenix

Sam Beecroft, Phoenix

Ralph Bilby, Flagstaff

A. G. Bennett, Yuma

Martin Combs, Buckeye

Harold Britt, Phoenix

J. Knox Corbett, Tucson

Joe Bauer, Mesa

Jay Gates, Kingman

Dale Grabe, Globe

George Gaskin, Phoenix

Directors:

Larcy Hamman, Phoenix

Bob Horr, Flagstaff

Floyd Olson, Phoenix

Herb Mann, Tucson

M. S. Medigovich, Cottonwood

George Rothfuss, Prescott

Marc Schwarz, Miami

Ken Springer, Phoenix

John Wood, Bisbee

James C. O'Malley, President of N.R.L.D.A.

William C. Beal, Tucson, N.R.L.D.A. Dealer Director

Tom Wood, Tucson, Alternate N.R.L.D.A. Dealer Director

H. Marvin Smith, Yuma, Immediate Past President a moment the choices that are now offered you and the choices that have been ofiered you in recent years for the various of6ces, whether local, state, or Federal. We have only ourselves to blame when the candidates presented offer no choice.

"You and I are at fault-not politics. \Me haven't done our part in persuading the right kind of people to run; we haven't done our part in seeing that, once persuaded, they are given the kind of support necessary for election. We have abdicated our most important right under the Constitution and have surrendered it to individuals and groups who do not feel as we do; who will not build the kind of state and country that we want for the future.

"If we permit this trend to continue, we can blame no one but ourselves when the day arrives and we wake up to the realization that we have lost the battle rvithout ever firing a single shot."

Henry Galbraith, chairman of the Resolutions committee, then presented the follorving resolutions and a motion was duly made, seconded and carried, and they were unanimous- ly adopted:

Resolution Number l-Fire Insurance

Resolution Number 2-Freight Rates

Resolution Number 3-Transportation "Smathers Bill"

Resolution Number 4-Eliminate 3/o Tax on Freight

Resolution Number S-Labor-Management

Resolution Number 6-Taxation on Co-ops

Resolution Number 7-Expansion of F.H.A. Certified Agency Program

Resolution Number &-Tax Deduction for Home Im-

Resolution Number 9-cr"d3ti,i"tfii"fjt no..a.

Resolution Number lO-Thanks and AppreciationTo Prescott

Resolution Number 1l-Thanks and Appreciation to the Speakers on the Program

Resolution Number l2-Condolence and Respect-Adolph Schwarz AND

The ladies played golf, attended the barbeque and were with us at the cocktail party and the banquet. In addition to this, the hostess room was a real success with hot rolls and coffee in the morning and bridge and canasta just about the rest of the time.

The gals had their own luncheon on Friday at the Smoki Pueblo with Evelyn Smith presiding. Bernice Insley, a member of Smoki and curator of the museum, gave a most interesting talk and a tour of the museum. Real Indians modeled Smoki costumes. We thank the Prescott ladiesEthel Brown, Mary Lou Rothfuss, Mrs. Jim Lewis, Iven Ketchersid-and Zena Hunt from Wickenburg for a wonderful program.-Gus R. Michaels, Secretary-Manager.