Rednnood Empfue Sprcial Train President Hoover Sends Good Will Sponsors of

ICalled by many of the large crowd that witnessed its departure a symbol of renewed prosperity, the huge Redwood Empire Special, 118-car prosperity train of Redwood lumber pulled out of Ben Ali station, just east of Sacramento, at 11:15 a.m. on July lst.

Governor James Rolph, Jr., was at the throttle of a big Southern Pacific mountain-type locomotive when the train was christened "California's Contribution to the Nation's Building Program" at ceremonies participated in by the State and Sacramento Chambers of Commerce and the Redwood Empire Association.

Representatives of the whole lumber industry of Cali- fornia made up a considerable portion of the crowd which assembled to give a hearty send-off to the special on its long transcontinental journey.

On the eve of the train's departure President lloover wired a message of good will to the California Red$ood Association, sponsors of the record lumb'er shipment. The message, which was conveyed by the President through Julius Klein, Acting Secretary of Commerce, was addressed to Fred V. Holmes, president of the California Redwood Association, and was as follows: '.

"The President has just conveyed to this department for acknowledgement the encouraging news of your record