IOS ANGEI.ES

Washington, Dec. 16.-Fifteen representatives, appointed by the presidents of the three National Lumber Associations as current members of the revived National Lumber Trade Conference, met at the Congress Hotel in Chicago on December 12, 1938, under the chairmanship of George W. Dulany, Jr.

After a full day of discussion of various conditions in the industry, the Conference evolved some proposals tvhich rvill be submitted to the officers and directors of the National and Regional Associations, and if approved by them, will be submitted to the industry.

Members of the Conference were unanimous in their opinion that there should be more coordination and cooperation between the three branches o'f the industry, and that much good can come to the industry by representatives of the three branches meeting more regularly to st,udy and discuss each others problerns.

The Conference will meet again late in January or early in February at the call of the chairman.

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Named San Francisco Branch Manager

Fred B. Smales has been appointed manager of the San Francisco branch of the United States Plywood Corporation, succeeding W. J. "Nick" Nicholson, who has resigned. The appointment is effective January 1.

Mr. Smales has been with the organization's Los Angeles branch for the past six years. He has worked in all the departments, but has spent mo,st of his time in the sales enrl of the business.

LETTER GETS NATIONAL PUBLICITY

'f he publication "Credit and Financial Nf anagement," otiicial organ of the National Association of Credit Men, has published in its January issue a letter r,vritten by Bert E. Bryan, Strable Harclwood Company, Oakland, to the members of the Wholesale Credit Association of Oakland.

Mr. Bryan is president of the Oakland Association, which is affiliated rvith the National organization. Each week during his term of office he has written a letter to the members. Each letter of the series starts lvith the words "I have been thinking," and the one referred to contained a plea for a quieter and more orderlv celebration of Christmas.

LARUE WOODSON ON SUPREME NINE

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Five California Cities Listed Among First Twenty in Building in United States

Five California cities continue to be listed among the first twenty in the United States reporting the largest building volume for the first eleven months o'f 1938. Los Angeles holds second place with a total o,f $63,085,846; San Francisco was sixth with $2I,7I2,ffi3; Long Beach was thirteenth with $10,672,67O; San Diego was fifteenth with $9,518,439, and Oakland was nineteenth was $8;239,449. New York held first place with a total of $343,O39,249.

The twenty leading cities showing the largest permit valuations for the first eleven months of the year and comparative figures lor 1937 as compiled by Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.. follow:

Largest Flooring Order Placed

The largest flooring order ever placed has just been ar'varded for the $65,000,000 housing project in New York City being constructed by Starrett Bros. & Eken, Inc., general contractors, and financed and owned by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.mpany. The order calls for over 7,000,000 square feet of hardwood block flooring costing around $1,000,000, to be furnished by E. L. Bruce Co. of Memphis, Tenn.

The flooring will consist of square blocks, ranging in size from 6fo" to llr/+", fabricated into units from hardr,r'oocl strips. It will be installed in mastic over concrete subfloors.

Over 500 carloads o,f the block flooring will be used, and more than 13,000 oak trees will be required to furnish the rough lumber needed. The flooring will be manufactured at the Memphis Plant of E. L. Bruce Co., and shipments rvill be made over a rperiod of trvo years.

Wholesale Veneer Concern Moves

Allied Veneer & Lumber Company, Inc., wholesalers and distributors of hardwood veneers, imported and domestic, moved January 1 to new and larger quarters at 7232 Factory Place, Los Angeles, (one block north of 6th and Alameda Streets).

O. H. Fine is president of the compan)-. The nerv telephone number is TRinity 0281.

The flooring for this project is enough to floor about 10,000 average size residences. The largest previous hardwood flooring order in this country, the Chicago Post Office, also furnished by' Bruce, consisted of about 2,W' 000 feet, in comparison with the 7,000,000 feet for the Metropolitan project.

The Metropolitan project is the largest development of its kind ever planned. The largest housing project to date, accommodating about 1600 families, could comfortably be tucked in one corner of the Metropolitan project.