Lumb ermen Orga nize lndustry -Wld e Delense Committee r r r Select Five-Man Executive Group

Washington, August 2O,-Representatives of nearly fifty organizations of manufacturers and distributors of lumber and timber products meeting here today organized a Lumber and Timber Products Defense Committee representing the entire industry and selected a five-man Executive Committee to facilitate efficient procurement of lumber and forest products needed by the Government for defense purposes.

The organizing meeting was called by M. L. Fleishel, President of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, at the request of the National Defense Commission.

Three lumber manufacturers' one representative of the wholesale distributors, and one representative of the lumber products groups were appointed to the Executive Committee. They were: M. L. Fleishel, National Lumber Manufacturers Association; Walter J. Neils, Western Pine Association; Corydon Wagner, West Coast Lumbermens Association; Harry Steidle, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, for the manufacturers of lumber and timber products; J. A. Currey of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, for the wholesale distributors. This committee will act in a liaison capacity between the Timber Products Committee on National Defense and the Defense Advisory Commission.

Membership so far selected for the General Committee 'was:

Harry Steidle. (Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Fir Door Institute

J. J. Linehan '..National Hardwood Lumber Association iiaiph Hill. '...National Oak Flooring. Mfrsr Association

J. A. Currey. National-American Wholesale Lumber '{ssn' -li. A. Ctattl. ..National Assn. of Commission Lumber

S. O. Hall. National Door Manufacturers Association [or". S. Finkbine.....National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn.

Adiian Van Keulen....National Assn. of Hardwood Wholesalers

D. c. Maclea... ......National

W. D. Richardson.....Red Cedar' Shingle Bureau

Yard Distribu'

R. E. Myett. ...American Wood Preservers Association lo"ir j. Bosse.......'Hardwood Dimension Manufacturers Assn'

Leonari Perez..'...'.Railway Tie Association

W. M. Steinbauer......National Assn. of Woodwork Jobbers

T. V. Hart. ....Plywood Manufacturers Institute

Harry Martin.........Intercoastal Lumber Distributors Assn.

M. L. Fleishel... ,....National Lumber Manufacturers Assn'

Edmund Hayes. .. ...West Coast Lumbermens dssociation

W. U. Rittir. .National Lumber Manufacturers Association

Swift Berry. ...Western pitt" 455ociltion

P. A. Bloomer. ..--Southern Pine Association

H. M. Seaman...-......Southern Hardwood Producers; Inc'

R. E. Hollowell.. .American Walnut Manufacturers Assn'

L. O. Grifiith.........Appalachian Hardwood Mlfrs.., Inc.

Otis R. Johnson......Cilifornia Redwood Association

Emmett Ford....,....Mahogany Association, Inc.

A. C. Wells. ...Maple Flooring Mfrs. Assn.

J. J. Farrelt Noitheastern Lumber -Mfrs. Assn.

W. e. Holt.,....,. i,.Northern Hemlock &Hardwood Mfrs. Assn'

R. C. Winton. Northern Pine Mfrs. Assn.

C. R. Macpherson.....Southern Cypress Mfrs. Assn.

Harry T. Dayton. ... ..The Veneer Association

Coryion Wagner. ..West Coast Lumbermens Association

Waiter Neils.. .Western Pine Association i. N. Tate.. ., National Lumber Manufacturers Assn.

James G. McNary.....National Lumber Manufacturers Assn.

Other Associations representing lumber and timber products will be invited to designate representatives to serve on the General Committee.

At the request of the Executive Committee, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association will for the present act as the agency of the Lumber and Timber Products Industries to keep continuous contact with the Defense Commission and the defense agencies, and to keep the General Committee advised of developments.

Principal staff members of the Lumber Division of the Defense Commission participated in the meeting. Edward R. Stettinius, member of the Commission and head of the Industrial Materials Division of the Advisory Defense Commission, addressed the lumbermen, outlining the progress of the Defense Com,mission to date and the type of industry coopenation hoped for by the Government. He spoke earnestly and was warmly applauded.

John W. Watzek, Jr., Chief of the Lumber & Forest Products Division of the Defense Commission, presented the record of lumber consumption.by the Government during the World War and listed three suggested functions for the new Lumber Defense Committee. Mr. Watzek stated that he believed the most important work to be done by this committee would be: (1) To present a united lumber front in dealing with agencies requiring material in large quantities for defense purposes ; (2) To furnish accurate information on stocks; and (3) To transmit to the industry information on potential demand. He also stated that the Defense Commission viewed the establishment of the industry committee as insurance against future emergencies; and that the committee was not being organized because of any present difficulty in lumber procurement but rather as part of a general preparedness program.

Sixty-two lumbermen and timbermen attended the conference. The record of attendance for groups invited to participate was l@7o. Lumbermen attending were: M. L. Fleishel, Wilson Compton, R. G. Kimbell, Henry Bahr, National Lumber Manufacturers Association; S. V. Fullaway, Jt., J.F. Coleman, P. M. Crapo, Western Pine Association; Robert W. Davis, American Veneer Package Association; S. C. Craven, Plywood Manufacturers Institute; Emmett Ford, Mahogany Association; Paul E. Manring W. M. Steinbauer, National Association of Woodwork Jobbers; Morgan Davies, S. O. Hall, R. J. I-illibridge, National Door Mfrs. Association; W. R. Morris, Kenneth Smith, California Redwood Assn.; Hal B. Alston, Durable Woods Institute; Corydon Wagner, W. B. Greeley, A. A. Kayser, C. J. Hogue, West Coast Lumbermens Association; Man'in Johnston, Harry L. Martin, Intercoastal Lumber Distributors Association; Jos. J. Linehan, John W. McClure, National Hardwood Lumber Association; D. C. Maclea, J. Jackson Kidd, Jr., National Wholesale Lumber Yard Distributors Assn.; H. A. Crane, National Assn. of Commission Lumber Salesmen; C. R. Macpherson, B. R. Ellis, Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association; A. S. Boisfontaine, Southern Pine Inspection Bureau; J. A. Currey, Sid L. Darling, National-American Wholesale Lumber AsNorthrup, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association; sociation; J. P. Boyd, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company; H. R. Leonard Perez, Railway Tie Association; W. A. Penrose, American Wood Preservers Association; Harry Steidle, Douglas Fir Plywood Association and Fir Door Institute; Louis J. Bosse, Hardwood Dimension Mfrs' Association; R. E. Broderick, Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association; L. O. Griffith, J. W. Damron, Appalachian Hardwood Mfrs., Inc.; H. M. Seaman, Ed R. Linn, Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc.; O. T. Swan, Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Mfrs. Association; I. N. Tate, Veneer Association; P. A. Bloomer, P. C. Gafiney, Southern Pine Association; Ralph Hill, Wm. H. Bryan, Nation'al Oak Flooring Mfrs. Association; A. Van Keulen, National Association of Hardwood Wholesalers; G. Carlberg, James L. Magner, Guy E. Smith, National Wooden Box Association; W. D. Rictr,ardson, Red Ce'dar Shingle Bureau; R. C. Winton, Northern Pine Association.

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