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From LOS ANGELES: ORegon 8-2268 Southern Section: OSborne &2261 Frorn SAN DIEGO, Coll: ZEnith 2261

Exeeutive Vice President,'Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacomar'Washington; Burton F. Swain, Jr., hesident, National Veneer and Lumber Co., Seymour, Indiana; William R. Garnett, Vice President and General Manager, Cariboo Pacific Corp., Tacoma, 'Washington; Ctarles J. Spahn, hesident, Spahn and Rose Lumber Co., Dubuque, Iowa; Lawrence J. Fitzpatrick, President, J. J. Fitzpatrick Lumber Co., Madison, Wisconsin; J. C. Findley, President, Findley Lumber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio; Donald A. Campbell, Executive Vice President, Kentucky Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Lebanon, Kentucky; James K. BishoP, Vice President and Sales Manager, PlunkettWebster Lumber Co., New Rochell, New York; \{'. L. Johnson, Assistant Vice President, Boise Cascade Corp., Boise, Idaho; Chris Snavely, President, Ttre Germain Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Clarence A. Thornpson, President, Thompson Lumber ;€o, Champaign, Illinois; w. T. SDencer, Spencer Lumber Co., Gastonia, North Carolina; John S. Richards, President, Atlas Tie Co., 'Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Elias WiI' liamson Nuttle, President, Nuttle Lumber and Coal Co., Denton, Maryland; John J. Mulrooney, Executive Vice President, National-American Wholesale Lumber As- sociation, New York City; J. Phitp Boyd, President, J. Philip Boyd and Co., Northbrook, Illinois; E. R. (Cotton) Northup' Senior Vice President National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Washington, D.C.

Temple, as President of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Fitzpatrick, as President of the NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Association. and Johnson, as President of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, alternated in presiding over the conference.

Staiement Of Principtes

Following is the complete text of the statement of principles adopted-unanimously-by representatives of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, National-American Wholesale Lumber Association snd Netionel Lumber Manufacturers Association.

"It is in the overall interest of the producer-wholesaler-dealer elements of the lumber industry to accept change in product manufacture, distribution and selling as reflected by the needs of the consumer and the times.

"All elements agtee that the industry should produce and distribute a product whieh will simplify the problems of specification, use and consumer aceeptance, -in keeping with ever-changing market conditions in which lumber must compete.

ttThe lumber manufacturer must keep his thinking, his products and his practices flexible and sensitive to the changes referred to above; the wholesaler must adapt his sales techniques to new lumber and wood product developments; the lumber dealer must continue to adiust his merchandising policies to the needs of the consuming public and the building industry.

"Lumber will compete at a Profit in tomorrow's markets only if we accept changes in a competitive world and accept the role of each element of the distribution chain with full understanding of its problems and needs.

"Specifically, the National Lumber Manulacturers Association, the Netionol-American 'Wholesale Lumber Associatiou, and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association concur that users of lumber in the future will insist that such products be manufactured to high standards consistent with the present and future development of an ever-growing market.