A. J. Glassow : Tor Head NLMA

A. I. Glcggow

A western lumberman, A. J. Glassow, of Bend, Oregon was elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at its 45th annual meeting of stockholders and Board of Directors at the Palmer House, Chicago, November 16-19. The meeting took action on several matters of vital interest to the industry.

Mr. Glassow, who succeeds C. Arthur Bruce, Memphis, Tennessee, has had a long and distinguished career in the lumber manufacturing'industry. He is, at present, vice president and general manager of Brooks, Scanlon, fncorporated, Bend, Oregon.

In the field of legislation, the Association adopted a policy strongly opposing any attempt to reinvoke price controls; opposed the participation of the federal government either directly or indirectly in the field of housing constru'ction; reaffirmed its stand against labor legislation which is discriminatory in any way against either employer or employee; and called for the repeal of thej Fair Labor Standards Act as outmoded, unworkable, and discriminatory.

On the subject of Federal controls in general the association directors stited: "There are persons both rvithin and without the government who are always ready to advocate the imposition of controls to meet some nelv 'emergency'. Such proposals should not be tolerated and ,every effort should be made to eliminate present controls. When problems of national security or military requirements and programs make special measures imperative, they should be the subject of separate legislation of carefully limited scope."

The need within the industry for assignment of radio frequency channels to facilitate and remove hazards of logging remote stands was recognized with a resolution requesting the Federal Communications Commission to give full weight to the industry request now before it to allocate suitable bands.

The board of directors, in recognition of the values obtained from this year's American Lumber Congress, directed the NLMA staff to begin laying plans for a Congress in 1949. ft was also resolved that the Junior Achievement Award in Woodworking, initiated in 1947, be continued on an annual basis as a means for creating greater understanding by young Americans of the Amercan enterprise system, and its application in the field of wood products.

Newly elecied vice presidents oI the Nationql Lumber Manultrciurers Associqtion. LeIt to right: Front row-Q. T. Hcrdtner, Uranicr, Ltr., regioncl vice presidenU H. M. Secrmcu, Houston" Texcs, tirst vice president. Bcck row-John B. Vecch, Wcshington, D. C., vice president and tredsurer Homer B. fcrmison, Fresno, Cclif., regional vice president C. W. Inghcm, Eugeae, Ore- regioncl vice president. Texas, was elected by the board to serve as first vice president for the coming year. John B. Veach, Washington, D. C., was re-elected vice president and treasurer, and the following regional vice presidents were also re-elected: Ilomer B. Jamison, Fresno, California; C. W. In-

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