Joint Industry Xloteriols-Hondling Grou-p Recommends New'stqndord Unit' of Lumber

A joint meeting of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers of lumber was held this month in Washington to ag'ree on new standards for unitizing lumber for efficient mechanical handling. As an aid to dealers who do not have large fork-lift equipment, the committee unanimously agreed to recommend the establishment of a new "standard unit" of lumber which would measure 4' wide and 2' high.

This replaces the previously announced unit which was 4'x4'. The committee felt that while the larger unit was efficient for some operations, it was'too heavy-for the light fork-lift equipment employed in many retail yards.

Frank M. Hankins, Jr., of H. H. Hankins & Brother, Bridgeton, New Jersey, representing the National Retail Lum-ber Dealers Association, and George Flanagan of the Elk Lumber Company, Medford, Oregon, representing the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, were cochairmen of the meeting. Other associations represented were Southern Pine Association, Western Pine Association, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, and NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Association.

A new standard terminology has been suggested and, when referring to strapped lumber, the joint committee recommends all segments of the lumber industry use the following terms:

PACKET-The term packet should be used to describe lumber (board or dimension) which has been strapped.to form, in most instances, either the 2'x2' packet put up by various mills at the present time, or the regular McCracken packet.

- STANDARD LUMBER UNIT-The actual dimensions of the standard lumber unit will be 4' wide and 2' high. Below is a table showing the number of pieces in the standard unit, and the number of pieces wide and high in which the more popular dimension lumber will be strapped: packages may be subdivided into packets as described ibove, or in any way mutually agreed upon between the manufacturer and the wholesaler or retailer.

-Nafional Foresl Producls Week . October | 6'22-

Promoted in Weyer{roeuser L. A. Jobs

Weyerhaeuser Company announces the appointments of George V. Fredrickson, Jr. (right) to the newly created position of sales manager of Los Angeles distributing yards, and of Walter Remak (left) to the position of resident sales manager of the Anaheim warehouse.

In making the announcement from Tacoma, \Mashington, A. J. Daley, western sales region manager for the Weyerhaeuser lumber and plywood division, explained that the move is the result of expanded activities in the greater Los Angieles market, and that it will provide bettei service to retail lumber dealers of the area.

Mr. Fredrickson joined Weyerhaeuser in 1953 and was a district representative in the Los Angeles area and then resident sales manager of the Anaheim rvarehouse until this appointment. Mr. Remak, who succeeds Mr. Fredrickson at Anaheim, also joined the company in 1953, working as a district representative in Los Angeles until his present appointment.

The two yards carry wholesale stocks of Weyerhaeuser lumber and plywood, plus a variety of Weyerhaeuser panel products suili as Ply-Veneer, Weytex hardboards and Versabord particle board.

When l" boards are strapped into standard units, they will be stacked 30 pieces high.

PACKAGE-A package will be two standard units placed one on top of the bther ahd strapped together. The

--ilafional Foresl Producfs Week ' Oatober 16'22Neutra Arclrltocture on Exhlbltilon fire outstanding ploneer of modern architecture, Richard Neutra, is the subject of a comprehensive exhibition at the National Housing Center in Washfuryton, D. C. The display was organized by the Univeisity of California at Los Angeles.

Let us each and all pray "without ceasing," as the Bible suggests, that we will elect men to office in this country this year who will put love of country above everything else. This is no time to elect politicians. We need patriots, for there is much to be done, and the fate of the nation is at stake.

Cast aside as folderol the advice of the courthouse politician who says, "Vote the ticket straight," and follow instead the advice of a truly great American who publicly declared that "If I could not go to Heaven but with a party' I would not go there at all."

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Happenings at the United Nations continue to remind us of what that fine writer, Arthur "Bugs" Baer, said long ago, namely that "Giving the Russians the Veto was like putting a light switch in a monkey cage." That philosophy will never be better stated.

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"There were giants in those days," says the Old Testament. There are giants in these days, too. Let patriots hunt them out and put them in political harness. Mediocrity with loud voices and wide purse-strings cannot solve this tragic world situation. We must find great minds-unselfish, courageous, tolerant, understanding; the kind that other strong men will join in acting. Pray that such men may be found; the need is 8reat.

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Love of country is the noblest emotion of the human mind. It must be coupled with willingness to strive and sacrifice when danger threatens. It must be courageous to

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BY JACK DIONNE

"Junior, R.un to lhe Genter!"

Shopplng center boom ls stlll on. About 1,000 centers will be adileil this year to the 4,000-plus now in operatlon. "Conservatlve" estlmates predlct 15'000 more Centers wtll be butlt tn tho next ten years. A growlng numbor wlll be big, "one-stop" centers in expantllng suburban aroas.

speak out "with words as hard as cannon balls" when we see things here at home that deserve denunciation. tlF:&

The story goes that an American citizen, who was going back to Russia for a visit, told a friend that he would write him about conditions there. If he wrote with black ink, the story he told was true. If with red ink, it was false. This was to get around the censors. A month later his friend got a letter from him written in black ink. He said the people in Russia were very h"ppy, and had everything their hearts could desire. Then he added a postcript, saying the only thing he couldn't find in Russia was red ink. **rr

An Eastern newspaper carries an original slogan that reads: "All of the news most of the time, most of the news all of the time." Conservative, eh? And a sign in front of a small city store reads: "Peddlers beware ! We shoot every tenth peddler ! The ninth one just left !" ***

No reader of history can truthfully say that a man hasn't a chance for self-improvement in Russia. Take the case of Stalin as an example. He rose from a petty thief and convict to be the most brutal and cold-blooded murderer on earth, the destroyer of millions of his own people in cold blood. ***

Music and politics seem sometimes to go hand-in-hand. Jimmy Walker got to be Mayor of New York City by writing a mighty pretty song, "Will You Love Me in December As You Do in May?" Jimmy Davis got elected Governor of Louisiana the first time by writing "You Are My Sunshine," and now he's back in that chair again. Singing made Glenn Taylor the Senator from Idaho. W. Lee O'Daniel became Governor and then Senator from Texas by the use of a hillbilly band. And there have been other examples too numerous to mention.

Samuel Butler wrote:1'"J".rurl is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs and pedants. The world is an attempt to make the best of both."

-Nafional Foresl Producfs Week ' October 16-22- c! t - | l' I - f I .o