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(Continued from Page 29) finished openings, thus eliminating frames and trim. Standard designs and parts for load-bearing window walls.

Wood windows with fewer parts and a simple method for incorporating windows in sandwich walls. A roofing panel complete with interior and exterior finish and insulation, to cover spans of four feet or more.

8. Laminated materials stronger than plywood, with eco'nomy lumber as cores and finished lumber for Iaclng.

9. New structural and finish uses for wood oarticle board.

New acoustical applications of large wood panels. A more economical system of wood floor construction for installation over crawl spaces, basements and first floors.

A new product combining both subfloor and finished flooring. A combination floor-ceiling panel for one-piece construction of ceiling and subfloor between two habitable levels.

Assembly-line methods to adapt custom designs and engineering to the mass housing market.

Pre-cutting and pre-packaging of studs in less than eight-foot lengths.

Further, the lumber industry was urged to develop, for the most popular length spans, pre-cut and pre-packaged roof trusses of standard design. These trusses, panel members said, should be grade-marked and certified as to the stress-grade of lumber used and the load-bearing capacity of each truss.

In addition, lumbermen were told they should pre- finish many of the wood items used in home building, at least to the point of pre-priming.

Lumber representatives said most of these proposed innovations are well within the realm of possibility, provided builders are willing to help pay for the extra services involved.

Other highlights of the conference:

Panel members said the building industry looks to lumbermen for advanced engineering in wood, as well as for information on the handling and storage of lumber.

The biggest single-problem that exists between builders and lumbermen today is lack of communication between their respective industries, according to builder spokesmen.

Panel members urged that lumbermen leave their offices and talk directly to builders in the field to gain first-hand knowledge of their product needs.

The panel also proposed that the lumber industry consider sponsoring a "road show" to bring to architects and builders in every major city latest information on new uses for wood in home building.

Those who participated in the Wood Industry Product Planning Conference included : '

W. B. Dickman, builder, Mountain View, Calif.; Mortimer B. Doyle, executive vice-president, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington; E,dward H. Fickett, architect, Los Angeles ; Paul H. Kirk, architect, Seattle; Herbert B. McKean, Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; Robert J. Seidl, Simpson Timber Co., Seattle; Alan T. Smith, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; William G. VanBeckum, Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Paul Wright,Z\-year man in Southern California lumber sales, has opened wholesale offices at 10761 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood, to service retail dealers in the Southland, Nevada and Arizona. He'll answer to TRiangle 7-3088.