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(Continued from Page 14) specifying proper grades of fir plylvood for many other uses. Page said these calls were particularly effective when the field men could cover a specific phase where the manufacturer has storage or handling problems. R. S. Williamson, New York area, told the manufacturers how the field staff

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When You Buy PINE ond FIR From Us, You Buy From FINE, makes frequent calls on building code officials to ansrver questions and assist in formulation of local codes. Williamson pointed out that every major building code in the U. S. permits the use of fir plywood.

New Officers

Newly-elected DFPA President Agnerv rvill also preside over the industry's policy-making management committee. Other officers elected at the annual meeting were-Vicepresident _C. Henly Bpcon, Jr., Simpson l.ogging Company, Shelton, W"rl..; Secretary, Williani C. Ulett, C6quitte et!.yood, In-c., Coquille, Ore.; Treasurer, Arnold Koutonen, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, Olympia, Wash.

New Member Mills

*.Plywood mills voted into membership in the Douglas Fir Plywood Association were Bate Lumber Compiny. Merlin, Ore.; Carolina-Pacific Plywood, Inc., Me,ifori, 9.".; Coos Head Timber Company, Coos buy, Ore.; 9ug.l9 Plywood Co., Eugene, Ore.; Jefferson Plyrvood Co., Madras, Ore.; Lane ?lywood, Inc., Eugene,'Ore.; Plywood Corporation of Amcrica, fnc., Oaklind, Calif.: W_est Coast Separator Company, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.; Weyerhaeuser Timber Companv, Tacoma, Wash.; Totem Plywood, Inc., Tacoma, and Yamhill Plywood Co.. N{c- Minnville, Ore.

Economist Predicts Home Building Upsurge In 1958

Economist Charles F. Roos predicts that residential home construction will be accelerated as early as mid-1958. Speaking before some 250 fir plywood rnanufacturers in annual meeting in Gearhart, Ore., in June, Dr. Roos said:

"The rising birth rate of the 1940s and continuing high income levels should spark another increase ii demand for homes that should be substantially above the record levels achieved by the building industry during the 1950s."

_ Commenting on prospects for fir plywood dernand, Dr. Roos said that plywood sales this yeai should shol a 2/o increase over 1956. He added that the increased demancl for plywood will be largely the result of new market pene- tration which the industry has made. He attributed the opening of these new markets to technical research and intense sales promotion by the industry. Increased use of fir plywood by industrial firms and for commercial and highway construction has more than compensated for the