Certified Architectural Woodwork

The following is a synopsis of a talk, the second of a series, given by Lester G. Sterett. Secretary Millwork Institute of California, over Radio Station KLX, the Oakland Tribune Station, Oakland, Calif.

The grorvth in influence and importance of the co-operative trade association has been one of the outstanding developments in industry in the years sin,ce the war. These co-operative organizations, which have had the backing of numerous governmental departments, have been voluntarily formed in some hundred different industries and represent a collective pooling of information and intelligence by the members of the industries concerned. They have, in the first place, enabled manufacturers to place in the hands of prospective users, in detailed and permanent form, the data or information that every buyer wants and must have in order to decide intelligently on what he shall buy. Secondly, these co-operative associations have developed, through collective effort, definite standards of tnanufacture: and in certain instances, methods have been evolved whereby the industry, through its Institute, has placecl its license stamp of inspection and approval upon the products of the respective manufacturers.

The fundamental idea of licensing or certifying the products or services of individuals and manufacturers is not a new one at all; and it is invariably predicated upon previously established standards or requirements. The professions have enjoyed this system for years and the public -velfare has been proportionately safeguarded. The medical and dental professions, for instance, require through state and national legislation and otherwise that their members conforrn to certain standards of knorvledge, experience and ethics before they are licensed to practice in these professions. Lawyers, school tea,chers, architects, and in California, realtors and contractors are likewise requirecl to obtain certain ,credentials or licenses before they can advertise themselves and practice in their respective vocations. We are all more or less familiar rvith these systems of certification ; and we have come to recognize them as public welfare systems-a protective tariff, as it were, against the unscrupulous or uninformed.

As applied to manufacturing industries, as stated l>efore, such systems of regulation have come into being chiefly

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The Millwork industry of California, through its cooperative trade organization-the Millwork Institute of California-has developed for the benefit of architects, contractors, owners and others intelested in the building in' dustry, a publication known as tAccredited Standardi for Ar,chite,ctural Woodwork", which has created an authoritative standard governing materials, construction and u'orkmanship for milhvork products such as sash, doors, rvindow frimes, cabinet work and panelings, interior trim and the like, and their certification as "Architectural Woodwork".

The Standards are, so to speak, a set of mirimum grading rules for millwork products. They are in the hands of-every architect in the state of California and are being freely specified by them in connection with the rvoodrvork portions of buildings and residences.

- Predicated upon the "Accredited Standards for Architectural Woodwork", the Milhvork Institute of California has evolved a system of Certification whereby the Institute sets up a method of enforcement, that the Standards, rvhen spe'cified, will be strictly adhered to by the mantlfacturei supplying the milhvork for the job concerned.

Carefully selected wood'rvork manufacturers who, because of the high quality of their products and who conform to the lic&se-requirements established by the Institute, are authorized to label or stamp their products "Certified Architectural Woodwork", which official label or stamp is issued them by the Institute and l>ears the firm's individual license number. The official label is knorvn as "The Symbol of enduring value in rvoodwork".

-Whenever the millwork portion of a job is specified to be manufactured in a,ccordance 'rvith the provisions'of the "A'ccredited Standards for Architectural Woocln'ork" and so certified by the Millwork Institute of California, the architect, contractor or otvner rvill receive ttpon the com- pletion of the job a Registered Job Certificate issued and signed by the Institute. This Certificate stipulates that the millwork products supplied by the licensed manufacturer concerned have been manufactured in accordance with the "Accredited Standards for Architectural Woodrvork" prescribed by the Millwork Institute of California. Furthermore, in the event any of the products concerned develop defects due to materials, construction or rvorkmanship inferior to the requirements of the said Accredited Standlrds, the Milhvork Institute of California guarantees their replacement by licensee.

There is no increased cost to you for Certified Architec. tural Woodrvork. The program- is designed solely for the protection of the buyer of milhvork, rvho frequently knorvs little about the methods of manufacture, against- illegitimate practices employed by the sometimes unscrupulous manufacturer.

When )'ou are ready to build, the Millrvork Institute of California invites you to have your architect .r1'rite "Certified Architectural Woodrvork" into the millu'ork soecifica- tions. Your architect is familiar with the program and either he or the Institute will give you further detailed in, formation should you desire it.

In closing, may lve drarv a familiar comparison for yon :

During years gone by, milk, which is thi principal procluct of the dairy industry, was in many instances produced amid notoriously unsanitary conditions. The cattle rvere unscientifically fed and cared for, the attendants were none too particular in the matter of cleanliness; handling, bottling and distribution were gone about carelessly.

The public paid a tremendous price for such unregulatecl practi.ces, chiefly in terms of infantile mortality. As a result of the continuous efforts on the Dart of leaders in that industry, all this has changed. Cattie now are given care and attention bordering on hospital care. Sanitation is observed in all departments. So that now, with quite reasonable security tve accept Pasteurized, Certified or Guaranteed milkwith a confidence that they are all produced in accordance rvith established standards, adequately enforced.

In the use of milhvork. have you ever exDerienced difficulty with the operation of doors ancl drar,r'ers ? Have yon never found them to warp, bind, and stick instead of operating freely? You doubtless have at the expense of at least a justifiable use of ill temper. These difects are not inherent inwood-far be it from such. They are invariably caused bythe lack of proper care during the process of mannfacture and fitting. Certified ArchiteCtural Woodwork places the responsibility for proper manufacturing methods upon the Industry and you Jre thereby protected in this respect.

As you would not consider using milk produced under conditions rvithout regulation, by tlie same token the Millrvork Institute of California invites you to insist on Certified Architectural Woodwork

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Said to be the largest sandblasted panel ever made, a panel of California White Pine decoraled with a covered ryaggn pTtlre done entirely by the sandblast process by the Red River Lumber Company at their plani in Wes[- wood, Calif., has been on display in the windows of the State Chamber of Commerce in the Ferry Building, San Francisco.

The panel measures five by ten feet, and the picture was made with three stencils superimposed to give four elevations of surface.

The display attracted the attention of the many thousands of people passing through the Ferry Building. -

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4. You owe so much to Yourse

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6. Mind your own busi and business of your own to mi

7. Don't do anything that hurts your self-resPect. to steal for me is willing to Any employee who is willj steal from me.

8. It is none of my what you do at night, except when the things do at night affect the things you do in the daytime. f

9. Don't tell me what I like to hear, but what I ought to hear.

10. Don't kick if I kick. If you're worth keeping, you're worth correcting. I don't waste time cutting specks out oI rotten apples.

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One of the rear tires of her car was flat, and she was in plenty of trouble, when she hailed the passing motorist.

"I wonder if you'd help a girl in trouble?" she asked.

"Sure," he grinned cheerfully. "What sort of trouble do you want to get into?"

I They dream of farms, those city folk Who know tt$ gdeat town's heavy yoke, Who on theif flesh feel everY stroke Of trrade's unfagging whips; They dream'of farms and maple trees, Of clover fields and drowsy bees, As those sid exiles far from seas Dreary still of ships. ;

They drqm of farms, of soil and sod Where tSeir forefathers, farmers, trod And shai,ed the mystery with God Of givini gre'en things birth. They lon[ to leave the city shrill, Where sdg,rls are ground in greed's great mill, They wan\ to find and own and till Their 3{rare of earth.

I -Mary CarolYn Davies, G , when the Creator had made all good things, there still some dirty work to do. so lle made the beasts reptiles, and poisonous insects. When He had had some scraps that were too bad to put into the httlesnake, the hyena, the scorpion, and the skunk. So put all these togethef, covit in selfishness, marked it ered it with meanness, with a yellow streak, produced the chuckling sap who darts into a parkin while the car ahead is pre-

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