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National Retail Lumber, Building Material Dcalers Meet in Miami Beach

Miami Beach Florida, November 8The international situation has added the ingredient of suspense to the problem of home construction, H. R. Northup, executive vice president, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, said today.

Approximately 700 lumber and building material dealers from all parts of the nation converged today upon Miami Beach and the Roney-Plaza Hotel, where the Board of Directors of the National Association will be in session November 8-11.

"The industry," Northup explained, "is concerned with problems of building material supply and export controls which are tied to the European Recovery Plan."

"Of course, we will have with us the ever-present question of public housing," Northup continued.

Further, the probability of stand-by control and regimentation laws, the freight rate basing point prohlem and the newly imposed credit restrictions will all have a vital bearing upon home construction rates, costs, and building material distribution, he pointed out.

One highlight of the program, according to Northup, will be the presentation November 11 of the first Annual Awards for Outstanding Service to the Industry and the Community to the 7 winners in this year's public relations program.

Some of the more interesting entlies will be displayed, in addition to the 7 winner entries, he said, to enable dealers to compare their public service programs with those being conducted by dealers in other sections of the country.

"The meeting takes place just as nationwide publicity spotlights the outstanding building industry program for reducing home construction costs without sacrificing quality," Northup stated. Photoplay Magazine and Macfadden Publications, with over 6 million readers, are featuring the IE Home in a contest in which one such home built by the NRLDA will be given to the winner.

This is the high point in this year's development of lower cost building methods and procedures which have been under study at the University of Illinois for the past 8 months. The Illinois study bears out and supports the conclusions arrived at in the book "Here's a Better Way to Build," without an important exception, Northup concluded.

Ukiah Farmers Club Rebuilding Lumber Depcrrtment

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Abe Lincoln Elected Assemblymcrn

L. H. "Abe" Lincoln, president of Lincoln Lumber Company, Oakland, was elected Assemblyman for the 15th District of California. November 2.