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OIe May, Manager California Lumber Merchant

Dear Ole:

Ever since the crazy antitrust indictments in our industry, I made up my mind to join every legal organization of stature-so that I could do my own lobbying.

Within the last year, I have joined the American Bar Association and have been accepted into its ANTITRUST SECTION. Attended their convention early this month in San Francisco. Also, recently joined the American Judicature Society (specializes in fair administration of Justice), and the Los Angeles Bar Association.

The Federal Bar Association in the District of Columbia is trying to compete with the National Press Club (for elite reporters of the national press) in a tremendous, modern club building and facilities. Though I am not a member of the Federal Bar Association, nor do I know any members, I did ap- ply for membership, because I intend to go right down the line in our current legal battle.

We think we have another first in closed circuit television which was recently installed in our McKinley warehouse and will join up the other warehouses and facilities eventually in a closed circuit TV system. Helps take inventory, sell, and keeps a high standard of efrciency.-Jack Carlow, Carlow Company, Los Angeles.

Fuller Explonqtion

Donald R. Dick California Lumber Merchant

Dear Donald:

I noticed a story on Page 32 of the September 15 issue of qdvonce lhe couse of your industrY?

This news story must have been written by the imported hardwood plywood rather than the domestic hardwood plywood industry, and you may want to call to the attention of your readers the discrepancy in the information furnished regarding 1961 domestic hardwood plywood production.

The estimate of 924 million square feet must have been taken from Page 40 of "The Lumbermen's and Wood Industry Annual Plywood Review."

The United States Bureau of Census has not issued their summary of 1961, "Hardwood Plywood: Market Shipments."

The 924 million square feet estimate used in your story would have to be a very rough one, since many of the eastern plants reporting to the Lumberman reported on a r/a', Va",3-ply basis, 7/Bttand surface measure. Twenty eastern plywood plants listed in the Lumberman did not include their annual capaeity figures.

It would be almost impossible to take the annual capacity information received on such a variety of bases and come up with an answer regarding square footage.

Hardwood Plywood market shipments reported by the Bureau of Census have never included "captive" plywood production.-Clark F. McDonald. Managing Director, Hardwood Plywood Institute, Arlington, Virginia.

* One of the mosl efreclive Progrdms for Wood Promotion is thqt of NATIONAT FOREST PRODUCTS WEEK.

* This yeo,r"fhis V\fsgk"October 2l -27.

* It's nol too eorly to begin fhinking now how you con oid in promotion of "The Week."

* lf you hove ideqs which you fhink will help others, why not send them in to IHE CALIFORNIA TUMBER MERCHANT, lhol we moy publish them in the interesl of the industry.