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Cobinet Monufqcturers of Southern Colifornio Elect New Officers

A new slate o{ officers and board members was elected at the September meeting of the Southern California Association of Cabi net Manufacturers.

The promotional advertising program by the association was related to the group ''' by Paul Stember. It encompasses advertising for a year in The California Lumber Merchant and two other trade journals.

ln oi.her business the association reported its contribution to National Forest Products Week lo expeditc promotion of the industry.

New officers elected at the dinner meeting were Joseph DeMarco, President; Richard Coombs, Vice-president; Frank Anderson, Treasurer; Richard Ruhofi, Advisor.

Elected as new board members for the fiscal year were D. Schowengerdt, Sunset Cabinet Co.; P. Evermann, Dutch Cabinets; R. Rickabaugh Cabinets; G. Smith, Penn-Smith; antl W. McConnell, McConnell Cabinet.

The Orange County chapter of the association meeting, held under the gavel of President Ruhoff, saw the election of four new officers.

Unanimously elected new officers are Chairman, Jerry Warde I Treasurer, Red Hogan; Director, Frank Munn; Advisor, Charles Haupert.

American Mill & Cabinet Company was elected to membt.rship by the chapter.

New Bronch Operotion

Boulevard Lumber Company of Portland has opened a new branch building supply operation at 21835 S. E. Stark Street in Gresham, Oregon. Boulevard Lumber maintains headquarters at 8332 North Vancouver Avenue, Portland.

Rqilroods to Heqr Weslern Sqwmills' Petition

The Western Lumber Marketing Association has received word from Washington, D.C., that its request for a public hearing on a proposal to reinstate holdover privileges for eastbound railroad cars of lumber has been eranted.

The WLMA proposal -for restoration of several rail services has been docketed for hearing before all member railoads of the Western Traffic Association starting November 28, 1962 in San Francisco. The petition for hearing was signed by more than 200 western sawmills.

James J. Heneghan of Seattle, WLMA president, called the railroads' agreement to a full hearing ooa major step forward in our efiorts to stabilize the position of western sawmills."

'oW'e are delighted that the railroads have taken this longsighted approach to the problems of western lumber," he said. "Our proposal to regain enough marketing freedom to compete with Canadian lumber producers and manufacturers of other building materials is an essential part of the solution to these problems.

"The need for flexibility in marketing by rail, without which small and medium-sized sawmills cannot survive, has been completely overlooked in the sound and fury about the Jones Act, Canadian lumber competition, Forest Service policies, and the score of other troubles which plague our industry today," Heneghan said. 'oThis agreement by the railroads to fully consider our requests for rail marketing latitude is the first real opportunity we have had to work out this key part of the overall western lumber situation."

The WLMA's petition to the railroads requests that they reinstate tariff rulings which would permit carloads of lumber being shipped east to be held up to five days in-transit without penalty to the shipper. This privilege had been allowed lumber shippers throughout the growth of the western lumber industry, starting in 1877. The practice was terminated b'r the Interstate Commerce Commission in August, 1960, though similar rail shipping privileges are still accorded manufacturers of many other products.

The petition further requests that rail lumber shippers be allowed to delay carloads in-transit an additional seven days for a charge of $3.00 per day. These hold privileges, according to the WLMA, permit small mills to fill orders in the midwest and east with the speed and at the cost their buyers demand.

Heneghan said that oothe economic survival of the more than 1,000 sawmills with which our members do business is strongly linked to the results of the November 28 hearins. It has been most difficult for them to stay in business under the present restrictions on rail marketing. And if they go down, it's impossible to even guess how many people in logging and other dependent industries will lose their livelihood at the same time.

ooFor the sake of all these people, we hope the railroads will regard our proposal as a challenge to seriously consider the entire economy of the west, the important part of lumber in that economy, and the essential role that the railroads themselves play in the rvell-being of our industry," he said.

TW&J-Sqn Diego to Hold Open House on November2

In celebration of the l0th anniversary of Tarter, Webster & Johnson in San Diego, Ed Boies, manager of the firm's Distribution Yard in National City, will hold an open house Friday, November 2.

Mr. Boies and his organization plan to feature all the specialty and regular products manufactured and distributed by Tarter, Webster & Johnson, in addition to displays o{ other building trade products for which they are distributors for the area.

A bufiet luncheon and refreshments will be served, and a lively entertainment program will include stunts, contests and prizes,

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