lmportont Action Token ot NLilIA Spring Xleeting

A special advisory committee on government relations to deal with national aftairs and legislation affecting the lumber industry was established by action of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association's board of directors at its annual spring meeting, June 4, at the Traymore hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey.

The scope of the activities of this new committee will include lending assistance to the operating staff of the Association to "mobilize the leadership of the lumber industry in the Association's relations with Congress and federal g,overnment agencies" whose actions affect the economy of. the industry, according to A. Z. Nelson, director of NLMA's Industry-Government Affairs Division, who was appointed secretary of the new committee.

-In establirhi"s the Committee, Robert M. Ingram of. Aberdeen, Washington, president of the Association, ap- pointed John D. Bronson of Yakima, Washington, chaiiman.

Another important resolution directly affecting the economy of the industry was the approval given to the establishment of an "Economic CounCil of theLumber Industry." The Council was directed to meet annually to consider ihe long-range problems of forest and lumber manufacturers and to make recommendations to the Board as to industrv plans, programs and activities deemed desirable.

The Council will have a membership representing all points of view to make possible full discussion of all facets of _the industry's problems, according to the announcement.

Standing committees of the Association were directed to further study other areas of the industry for increasing its efficiency in cooperating with allied interests. These include the Committee on Building Codes and Trade Promotion, which is to consider means of insuring that the quality of lumber supplied by distributors is consistent with specifica- tions and that lumber buyers specify correctly.

The Special Committee on Education is to step up its activity by participating in education programs of the Forest Products Research Society. This is to be a joint program to provide students of all ages with more and better information on wood as a material and on opportunities for employment or a career in a wood industry.

Other action taken by the lumbermen during their fiveday .sessions included adoption of a resolutiorr asking the presidents of the 17 federated associations represented in the National to make written requests at least twice a year to melnbers not presently participating in the National Wood Promotion Program, urging their support of the current activities of the NWPP.