Carpenfers Union Will Back Wood Promotion Efforf

The United Brotherhood of Carpeuters and Joiners has authorized a union'wide national promotion program to be directed by a new department of the Brotherhood. The action was taken by the 29th General Convention of the Brotherhood, meeting in Washington, D.C., September l7-2L, on a resolution ofiered by Local 635 of Boise, Idaho.

Mortimer B. Doyle, Executive Viee President of the National Lumber Manu' facturers Association, in an address earlier to the convention, had urged the l80O delegates to take advantage of their op' portunity to "strengthen the economic posi' tion of each segment of the lumber industry.'o He continued: o'Together, lumbermen and carpenters can achieve miracles-not only miracles of production ar.rd employment-but mir' acles of cooperation."

Carpenter union ofrcials said details of the new wood promotion program-such as budget, manpower, promotion tech' niques, materials, etc.-had not yet been worked out but probably would be decided on before the end of the year.

In his remarks to the convention, Mr. Doyle noted that lumber manufacturers have been sponsoring a National W'ood Promotion Program with such success that ooour Canadian lumber manirfacturing neighbors to the North are securing an ever-increasing share of the U.S. market

." he added:

"This situation persists right now and we propose to bring our strength to bear on it as we have put our unified strength to bear on the problem of promotion.

Referring to the opportunities for cooperation between lumber manufacturers and carpenters, Mr. Doyle stressed:

'owe have it in our power to set an example to management and labor througbout the country as to the specific results available through understanding and mutual promotion effort.

'oWe, you and I and all of those thousands we represent throughout the United SLates have it within our grasp to improve the opportunities for everyone of us individually and for all of us collectively by making wood undergo a renaissance in America."