An Election Year

Reminder

It hos long been soid lhqt ". rhe politicion plons for lhe nexl eleclion, lhe stolesmon for the nexl generolion."

Thii contrqst belween expedient ond longronge oltiludes exisls, os well, in our own business. Mony socrifice o long-ronge repulolion for quotity in preference to immediole profil on "pricet' merchqndise.

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|,OOO New SoGol Homes o Doy Seen

Governor Goodwin J. Knight told delegates to the California Real Estate Assn. convention October 2 that experts expect the state will need 1,000 new homes a day rvithin 10 years. Speaking of the state's phenomenal growth, he said, "Common sense dictates that our continued growth will require us to furnish betr,r'een 175,000 and 200,000 nern' homes each year to provide adequate houses for our ever-increasing population."

Anh Pqcific Logging Gongress in' Son Frqncisco Session NoY. ll-t4

Loggers of the west will meet for the 47th session of the Pacific Logging Congress at the St. Francis hotel, San Francisco, Nov. 11-14. The congress will have as its theme, "The Logger-The Forest-and You," and will feature discussions by some leading figures, according to Carwin A. Woolley, cong'ress secretary. President of the 1956 Congress is Herbert W. McMahan of the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Anderson, Calif., rvho rvill preside over the meeting.

Among the scheduled speakers are Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco, President McMahan, Kenneth Smith, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco; T. W. Ildstad, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Enumclarv, Wash.; Dr. Henry J. Vaux, Dean of the School of Forestry, IJniv. of Calif., Berkeley; Prof. J. Kenneth Pearce, professor of Logging Engineering, College of Forestry, IJniv. of Wash.,

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Seattle; DeWitt Nelson, director of the California Department of Natural Resources; Alfred R. Morgan, aquatic biologist, Oregon Fish Commission, Research Laboratory, Coos Bay, Ore., and Elmber E. Matson, chief of the Forest Utilization Service, Pacific Northwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Portland.

Two panel discussions will include one on "What's Ne.iv in Logging?" and a "Loggers' Forum" where a panel of industry representatives will answer questions from the communications media.

The three-point program will stress the actual operating problems of the industry, the responsibilities of the industry to carry on its operations from a standpoint of perpetuity, and the public relations problems and aims of the industry.

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Milirory Hbusing for Deqler Bids

Department of Defense military housing approvals, as of September 17, shows new installations on which retail lumber dealers may bid, reports the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Dealers should ask the commanding officer at any of the military installations in their trading areas to place their names on the mailing list to receive invitations to bid. The same officer can also furnish the names of the successful bidder if the dealer is only interested in furnishing materials, or bidding as a subcontractor.

The western installations include:

ARIZONA-(Army) Fort Huachuca, 575 family housing projects; Yuma Test Station,209 projects. (Air Force) Luke AFB, 795; Yuma County MAP, 320.

CALIFORNIA-(Army) Benecia Arsenal, 14; Camp frwin, 350; Fort Ord (2), 1089; Oakland Army Base, 88; Two Rock Ranch Station,.33. (Navy) Barstow MCSC, 51; El Centro NAAS,24l;Point Mugu NAMTC,36O; Mojave MCAAS, 695. (Air Force) Hamilton AFB, 550; McClellan AFB, 125; Oxnard AFB, 200; Travis AFB, 5m.

IIEW MEXICO-(Army). White Sands Proving Grounds, 134; Wingate Ordnance Depot, 8.

OREGON-(Air Force) Klamath Falls MAP, 220.

WASHINGTON-(Army) Fort Lawton, 66. (Air Force) Fairchild AFB, 250; Geiger AFB, 228; McChord AFB, 1,000.

TERRITORY OF HAWAII-(Army) Schofield Barracks, 1,326; Fort Shafter, 100; Tripler Army Hospital, 164. (Navy) Barbers Point NAS, l,l401' Camp H. M. Smith, llalawa Hts., 158; Kaneohe Bay MCAS, 92I; Lualualei

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BCA Congress, Coroncrdo, Nov. 6-9

The 33rd anniversary Congress of the Building Contractors Association of California will be held at the Hotel del Coronado in that city November 6-9. President of the BCA is Ernani Bernardi. Many building products manufacturers had already reserved booth space and only a few spots were left in the exhibit hall early last month. A full schedule of business meetings and election of 1956-57 officers is on the program. The congress usually attracts almost 1000 construction industry people from Bakersfield to San Diego and tlre Arizona border r''i'est.

August Housing StqrtslOl,OOO

The preliminary estimate of 101,000 nerv nonfarm dwelling units started in August is 23,7AO units less than July last year. Only 5@ units rvere public housing. An upward revision in the May figures of 5,700 units brings the total of starts for the first eight months of 1956 to 782,900 units. This is 159,900 less than the corresponding period for 1955 and, on a seasonally adjusted basis, is at the rate of 1,110,000 units annually, a little higher than the last two months.

Pqrk Monoges Willits for DMCo.

Kenneth I. Park of Turlock has been appointed by The Diamond Match Company as manager of the Willits plant and yards.