Lettctrs

California Lumber Merchant 'Dear Dave,

Enclosed please find our check for five subscriptions to the Lumber Merchant.

,We are anxious that our key personnel get the interesting news you publish, especially with the rapidly dwindling number of retailers. Jack's writings are still fresh reading.

Our warm personal regards. Paul Fritchey Palm Avenue Lumber Company Alhambra, California

Continuing THE MERCHANT'S pd*V "l presenting both, or in sorne cases, all sid,es ol a story, ue ltere reproduce in, p.rt (without comment) a letter lrom the Lumber Association of Southern Colifornia, to mem.bers ol the ALSC. Ve d,o so not n lurther stir the pot, but raher in the lnpe tha,t continued, d,issem,ination ol informatinn will pint a. u)@y to a finnl settlem,ent.-E din r.

To: All Members of American Lumber Standards Committee

Gentlemen:

At the Jaly 27, 1966 meeting of the American Lumber Standards Committee I shall introduce a size proposal on which your favorable vote is solicited. In brief, the sizes to be proposed are: (see box)

It is my belief that these sizes are the obvious, sirhple solution u'hich a complex problem requires.

The sizes meet the fundamental issue of shrinkage by applying Forest Products Laboratory criteria. In meeting these criteria, and upon acceptance by the American Lumber Standards Committee, the sizes should be satisfactory and acceptable to the Defense Department and other governmental agencies.

These sizes have proven practical in the hands of the consumer. These sizes are an evo- lutionary development in production wherein successively smaller products can be produced from the larger without costly waste.

These sizes were endorsed by the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association.

They provide a market for Utility 2x6, including a remanufacturing capacity. This produet represents a substantial percentage of the production of the small and medium size mills, producing the majority of the lumber used in construction across the nation. Loss of a market for 2x6 Utility would add unnecessary cost to the rest of the construction lumber.

Span tables will be virtually unchanged. Those producers who choose to dry their product are afrorded a substantial gain in shrinkage values.

Present producers of unseasoned lumber would be permited to survive in a free market without the monopolistic trend associated with the ll2" proposal, Grade simplification was to be the keynote of changes before the ALS Committee. In the ensuing push and pull of vested interests, seeking economic gain, that goal has deteriorated into a shambles of hastily proposed compromises. The sizes below are a return to the original simplification purpose.

These sizes are fair to all in a free market, wherein simplicity helps retain lumber's competitive position in the consumer's interest by insuring the most economical production and distribution costs commensurate with sound end usage.

Sincerely,

Wayne Gardner Exec. Vice President Lumber Association of Southern California

California Lumber Merchant Gentlemen,

Some dirty bird purloined our June issue of The Lumber Merchant before we had a chance to read it.

Please send us another copy and bill us for it.

Thank you,

Howard Frederick 'Dwyer Lumber Distributors, Inc. Coachella, Calif.

Calikirnia Tuiibet Metchant

California Lumber Merchant Dear Sir.

Could you please send me the address of the Lumber Association of Southern California andthe Lumber Merchant's Association of Northern California.

Thank you, Erdis L. Smith Santa Barbara. Calif.

LASC's address is 1709 W. 8th St., Rm.604, Los Angeles, Calif. 90017. LMA is at 4,546 El Camino Real, Suite O, Los Altos, Calii.-Edinr.

Gentlemen,

This is with reference to your .fune issue and an item in the Personals.

We appreciate your making mention of me joining the staff of Hansen Wholesale Lumber Co. but we would like very much for you to make the following correction.

You conveyed the impression that John Hanson is a partner in this business, which he is not. He sold out his interest over a year ago. The name of the company is now Hansen Wholegale Lumber Co. and is owned and operated by Lynn Hansen.

The parties mentioned in your article work for the Hansen Wholesale Lumber Co.

We would very much appreciate your making this correction.

Yours truly, Charles (Chick) Ilanson Hansen Wholesale Lumber Co. Encino. Calif.

Annuql Red Cedqr Meeting

The Western Red Cedar Lumbcr Association held its annual meeting at Harrison Hot Springs, B.C. in June and re-elected as president M. J. Butler of E. C. Miller Cedar Lumher Co. J. C. Biggs, Lamford Cedar Ltd., was elected vice president, and F. P. 'frotto of Weldwood of Canada l-td., was elected treasurer. T. C. Boyle was re-elected secretary.

Western Wood Design Center

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Service To The Southern

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Dealers Honored

( Continued lrt,rrr. Pag,e l0 ) l,otrrd o{ din'r-'tors as rr'ell ers represcnting L\lA as a rrational tlirector. And a-* i[ all this at'tilitv wasn't t'nough. Ocorge i,* curr','nllr pr,'si,lcrrl of l.rtntl,*r |),'rrl*r. \lrrtt'r'ials (b. o1 Sat ramento. antl a dircctor of \\-illits llerluoo<l Prorlrrcts (lonrpanr'.

I ra is n't'lI krtorr n as tht' u olkhorst, ,rf 1,,\l A. btrt his association u'ork actually goes l,at'k to 19.i0 rvht'rr he scnerl as a di. lcctor oI tht' I)t'ninsula l,umht'r'rnen'-. (,lrrlr. \\-hcn tlrt: Cali[ornitr I-umber (]ouncil 'rvas fornrctl in l9,ll. he was nnmecl l,r the lJoard of (lourrt'ilmen trnd in 1936 lrt' bec'arrtt'

MAdison 2-l l8I

treasrrrcr'. \I hcn l,\IA u,a-. Iornrt'd in }9ll8, Ira '$'as clecter[ the lirst trea-slrrcr serving, as r-orr'll note. along with George Adams. LNIA's fi r,'t prt'sitft'nt.

\trIitlr the t'rct'ption of st'n-ing il year as lilesitlent of I-NlA during l95ll, Ira held thc positiorr of tn:asurer of L\{A until his rt'tirement last lcar. Likt' Adams, he too has reprt'st'nted 1,1\lA a-s a rrationtrl direct.or-.

The Lrrml'er I"It'rt hants Association and Tlte '\lercltun I salutc 1ou lroth, gentlemen. an<l rve onlt. wjsh that Joc Iiirk could havc bt'cn on hand to rnake r.our trio complete.

.A plaqut' oI appt'r't iatior] was prc,st:nted to tht' famill. o{ tht: latt. Joe I(irk ,earlv this vcar as a tokcn o[ rt'rnembrance from the t'ntirr: memlrcrship riI the l,umbt'r'JIerchants Association.

Americon Inlernotionol Moves

Amcrican International lit)rc,st Prt)cltttits, Inc., rer,'entlr- nroved its soutltcrn Calilornia salt's officcs to a ncw location at 9250 l,ower Azusa lld.. Temple Citv. Calif. Hal Saltzman. rrho lrt'ads up thcir Portland. Orc.. -.alcs fort:e, r'isited l,os Angerlcs last month lrht're hc rnet l ith -southern (lalifornia salt's rtrartast'r' Arrno \\'illi-sotr trr rnap futule marketing plalrs.

Notionol Building Code Woes

While rve're waiting to see what happens to the recent proposal for a national building code, the National Fire Protection Association has come up with the following interesting piece of information.

Some people sa1' that building code troubles in the USA might be solved if only the {etlcral government rvould sponsor a buildins code. An article in the Soviet journal 'Fire Aftairs'reports on the current code situation in Russia.

This report contains nothing to encourage advocates of a nationally sponsored code. It points up the fact that there is more to building codes than bucking responsibility for them to the strong central state.

According to the story. many building regulations are behind the times and fire service people have difficulty obtaining government approval for desirable new code requirements. Like fire protection people here, Soviet fire authorities are propagandizing for wider use of automatic sprinklers, but with little progre-ss.

londscope Architects Cite CRA

The American Society of Landscape Architects has cited the Cali{ornia Redwood Association for their promotion of landscape architecture.

fhe citation read in part, "to the California Redwood Association {or outstanding services in promoting higher standards of environmental design through the sponsorship and development of the "New Landscapes for Recreation" exhibition.

The exhibit shows more than 100 photos in six major landscape categories, and is mounted in seven-foot redwood frames. It serves as a graphic demonstration of the role of the landscape architect in recreational planning, and will be exhibited nationally by both organizations.

New Red Bluff Mill ond Plont

Bob Connely, former plant manager for Diamond National Corp. at Red Blufi, recently took over the old Forward Bros. saw' mill and olant at Red Bluff and has re' named the operation M. B. & C. Lumber Co., Inc.

A considerable investment has been made in the plant, kilns and mill which will produce approximatcly 30 million bf of pine, white and Douglas fir and cedar yearly. Sales will be to wholesalers throughout the U. S. Bill Kofford, former assistant salesmanager for Diamond National, will be assistant manager and salcsmanager of the new operation.

Stonley, Amerock to Merge

The Stanley Works recently agreed to a plan of merger on a pooling of interest basis with Amerock Corp. of Rockford, Ill., a maker of cabinet hardware, for more than $32 million in cash and stock.