L. A. Citv Council Votes Termite Law-Lumber Institute Opposes Meas ure

Overriding the veto of Mayor Frank L. Shaw, the Los Angeles City Council by a vote of 10 to 5 on January 5, 1934, readopted the ordinance requiring that all lumber used as the underpinnings of all types of buildings in Los Angeles be pressure-treated with creosote or its equivalent as a protection against termites.

Following a public hearing held in the Los Angeles City Council Chambers on December 13, 1933, the City Council passed the ordinance by a vote of 8 to 6. Mayor Shaw vetoed the ordinance on December 2I, 1933.

Voting for the ordinance on January 5 were Councilmen Brainard, Breedlove, Baumgartner, Burns, Buyer, Ingram, Tate, Trasher and Davis. Councilman Baumgartner who had previously voted against the measure, and Councilman Wilson, who was absent on December 13 when the first vote was taken, both voted for the ordinance. Opposing the measure were Councilmen Baker, Cunningham, Gay, Hyde and Lewis.

The Lumber & Allied Products Institute of Los Angeles, expressing their opposition to the ordinance, has issued the following statement:

"The opposition of the Lumber & Allied Products Institute to the creosote ordinance was not in any sense based upon a doubt as to the efficacy of coal tar creosote applied under pressure as a preservative of wood. It is