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Don Short, of the design firm, explained his thinking behind the dramatic new sym' bol. It needed to be distinctive, and dif' ferent from others, something you could re' call. It needed to impart an aura of refine' ment and infer dependability. It had to look a little traditional to emphasize relia' bility and a little contemporary to imply progressiveness and it should project a Jigltly exotic feel, consistent with the so,rr"r of the products and textures of the woods."

The Imported Hardwood Products Association, a national organization of prime importers of all hardwood commodities, is the result of the recent merger of the Imported Hardwood Plywood Assn' and the Timber Importers Association of America.

New U.S. Plywood V.P.

E. R. Montgomery, 45, manager of oper' ations for West Coast manufacturing in Eugene, Ore., has been elected a vice'presi' dent oI West Coast manufacturing oPera' tions for U. S. Plywood Corporation.

Gene C. Brer';er, president, said I'Iont' gomery would retain his prior company responsibilities.

A graduate of tle University of Kansas, Montgomery is a member of the American Institute of Accountants and Washinqton Society of Certified Public Accountants.

He and his wife Joan live in iiugene with their daughter.

Forestry ond Public Opinion

With the nation's press cooperating fully, forest industries of the United States are racking up an impressive score in the huge efiort to tell the story of tree farming on privately owned, tax-paying forest land during the 1966 Silver Anniversary of the industry's Tree Farm Program.

Certified Tree Farm dedications, press tours, mill open house events, appearances before non-industry groups and other special events are popping like firecrackers across the land, according to American Forest Products ludustries, Inc.o national sponsor of the American Tree Farm System.

The principal audience of this great effort to tell the story of the forest industry's role in use and management for the future of the forest resource is the urbanized American whose main contact with the forest is a rare visit to a state or national park.

Yet this typical American is a voter who is called upo,n to help decide tle nation's resource policies.

R. Montgomery dents. Marshall vice-president of ing in 1959.

With Montgomery's election, the ,:ompanY is represented by two West Coast vice-presiR. Leeper was named West Coast Manufactrtr-

He is also a member of the board of Weldwood of Canada Ltd. and Boheruia Lumber Company in Oregon. U. S. Ply' wood West Coast manufacturing opcra' tions has four operating divisions with timber reserves and 29 manufacturing plants in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana and Wyoming.