SPECIALISTS TITI EFFTCIENT DTSTRTBUTION DOUGTAS FIR REDWOOD PINE

U.S., CANADA JOINT PROMOTION

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Lawrence D. Kellogg, L. D. Kellogg LumbelCompany, Alexandria, La.; and Mark Townsend, Townsend Lum.ber Company, Stuttgart, Ark.

Besides McRae, Canadian participants at the meeting were: R. C. McMillan, Crown Zellerbach (Canada) Ltd., and J. F. Johannson, McMillan, Bloedel and Powell River, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.o directors of the Canadian Wood Development Council; R. H. Ellison, Canadian Colleries Resources, Ltd., Vancouver, vice president,

British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers Association; Carl Frantz, Merrill-Gardner, Ltd., Williams [,ake, B.C., president of Cariboo-PGE Lumber Manufacturers Association; N. R. Dusting, Vancouver, manager of the British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers Association; R. J. Gallagher, Prince George, 8.C., manager, Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association; and R. F. DeGrace, Ottawa, executive director of the Canadian Wood Development Council.

Prefinished Siding

(Continued, lrom Page 48) ing assures better appearance, longer serv.

ioe life of the paint surface, less mainten. ance," he emphasized.

Advantages stressed by Weyerhaeuser are the warranted performance and the atten. dant sales appeal, application in any weather, easy conventional application, and favor. able lengths . up to 16' with a high pro. portion of 12'-16' stock.

One of the newest products is a wood sliding glass door which can be used in new indoor-outdoor, all-glass walls. The wood frames will not sweat and have high. est insulating values. They will fit any decorative scheme.

I5 YEAR,S RELIABLE SERVICE TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TR,ADE

LUMBER STANDARDS BAttOT

(Contiru,ed lrorn Page 4) the proposal from the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory and from the Building Research Division of the Bureau of Standards.

Another part of the procedure will be to offer the standards proposal for publica. tion to trade journals and "other appropri ate news media."

When organizations submit the names of members to be polled about the new size tandards, they will be expected to set forth the criteria by which the names w€re se. lected, 'oin order to assure balanced representation of region, of size, and of activity," the Commerce Department stated. The list of persons to whom ballots will be maile d will include individuals who have specifically requested placement on the list, it was announced.

While the Commerce Department made no arnouncement of the dates bv which it hopes to complete the various steis involved in its standards procedure, informed sources indicated that a tentative timetable calls for ballots to be mailed to the "acceptor list" by the second or third week in October and for a final decision to be reached by next January l, original target date for completion of the program.

Following are some of the organizations whose members will be sent ballots by the Commerce Department.

American Forest Products Industries, American Forestry Association, American Institute of Architects, American Institute of Timber Construction, American Road Builders Association, American Savings and Loan Institute, American Standards Association, Architectural Woodwork Insti. tute, Associated General Contractors, Association of American Railroeds, Building Officials C,onference of Americao ,Chamber of Commerce of the U. S., Consumers Union of U. S., Furniture Design Association, General Contractors Association, Home Manufacturers Association, Middle Atlantic Lumbermen's Association, Mobile Home Manufacturing Association, National Academy of SciencesNational Research Council, National - American Wholesale Lumber Association, National Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen, National Association of Lumber Salesmen, Inc., National Association of Manufacturers, National Association of Plumbing Contractors, National Building Material Distributors Association, National Lum'ber and Building Material Dealers Association, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, National Savings and Loan League, National Woodwork Manufacturers Associationo Northeastern Retail Lumbermenls Associa- tion, Outdoor Advertising Association of America, Philippine Mahogany Association, Producers' Council, Inc., Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Southern Pine Association, Southern Pine Inspection Bureau, U. S. Savings & Loan League, West Coast'Lumber Inspection Bureau, West Coast Lumbermen's Associationo Western Pine Association and Wooden Box Institute.

$5 Million Richmond Gypsum Unit

National Gypsum Co., currently building a 75,000 sq. ft. warehouse at Richmond, Calif., has revealed it will start construction on a $5 million gypsum products plant also at Richmond.

This will be the Buffalo-based building materials firm's first West Coast production facility.

Contract for the plant construction has been awarded and completion is slated for next July l, while the walehouse already is nearing completion and will be ready by November.

Gypsum ore for the new plant will be mined in Mexico and shipped to the plant by water to be made into wallboard, lath and sheathing.

At capacity the plant will produce mat. erials for 30,000 homes a year.