Fir Plywood Used For Concrete Many Forestry ltems Expectcd to Form Matedal be

The accompanying photograph is the architect's drawing of the U.S. Post Office Building now under construction at Chicago. Entering into the construction of this beautiful edifice is 960,0@ square feet of Lock-tite Douglas fir concrete {orm material, supplied by the Oregon-Washing- ton Plywood Company, l,vith headquarters in Tacoma, Washington.

Specifications call lor Yz", 5/s" and %" plyrvood, sound two sides and sanded. All of this material is treated by the special Lock-tite process, prior to shipping, at the

Restored by Senate Action

Washington, February 19-A more favorable attitude than that demonstrated by the House of Representatives tou'ard forestry items in the Agricultural appropriation bill-H. R.7912-has been shown by the sub-committee of the Senate which handled this matter. Many of the items deleted by the House w-ill, it is believed, be restored in the measure eventually presented to the Senate. That the Senate will accept these items seems probable, but they will have to run the gauntlet of conference between the two houses.

As the measure is presented to the Senate it is expected to disappoint in only one material point the hopes held for it by those who have a sympathetic understanding of forestry problems. This is in an item covering maintenance of a corps of land examiners, title searchers and surveyors needed to complete contemplated purchases which will cariy over after the close of the fiscal y'ear. The current appropriation of $2,000,000 for acquiring forest lands in eastern states lvas cut by $1,8@,000, leaving $20O,000 for the work described above. Efforts to restore an additional $45,9,10 considered necessary for adequately carrying on even this limited activity.have not thus far met with success, although the full sum met with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget.

company's Tacoma plant. This treatment is done in a machine especially designed by this firm and processed in this manner the plyu'ood is rendered doubly easy to remove after the concrete has set. and increases its re-useability.

This large order indicates the acceptance rvith which Douglas fir plywood is being received by architects, contractors and builders in the construction field. The Oregon-Washington Plywood Company is one of the pioneers in the development of plywood as a form material.

Exhibit Features Home Industries

Approximately 15,000 leaders in the field of education became acquainted with the latest developments in home industries through the exhibit of the National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce, shown during the convention of the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association, at the Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., from February 20 to 25. inclusive.

An actual wood-rvorking shop, equipped r,vith tools, benches, and rvood workers, was arranged for by the Committee. Through the cooperation of public schools of the District of Columbia, arrangements were made for manual training students to conduct the shop work. The primary purpose of the exhibit was to illustrate the rvay in which the Committee's series of "You Can Make It" booklets, the latest one of which is entitled "You Can Make It For Profit," may be helpful in successfully executing manual training projects.

In addition to the work shop, other phases of the Committee's activities were explained to educators participating in the convention. This was accomplished by means of attractively arranged charts and a moving picture machine, set up especially for the occasion.

A number of other departments of the Government arranged for special exhibits for the convention.

The Senate will restore, it is believed, the $149,3,1O clipped by the House from the recommended $1,738,606 provided for cooperation with the states in forest protection. According to Forest Service estimates the reduction would have taken such sums from state cooperation as $15,186 from California; $11,617 lrom Michigan; $6,818 from Nerv York and other states accordingly.

Improvement Items

While the sum of $993,4,10 for improvements, including those aimed at better fire protection, may not be raised to the original request of $2,359,200 for such work, some modifications of the language of the act may leave the remaining sum so that it can be more judiciously applied to work that most requires attention.

The Senate is expected to restore the $9,000 item lvhich provides for the maintenance in Europe of an American forester for the purpose of studying and reporting on their forest activities. Only a year ago it was considered advisable to create this forest attache post and it had been barely possible to get it going rvhen the House eliminated the appropriation.

The Agricultural appropriation bill is still a long way from final enactment. Those who are interested in seeing the law provide for such items as those mentioned above should get in touch with members of Congress, particularly the following committee members: Senators McNary of Oregon; Keyes, Nerv Hampshire; Jones, Washington; Norbeck, South Dakota; Capper, Kansas ; Dickinson, Iowa I Smith, South Carolina; Kendrick, Wyoming; Hayden, Arizona; Copeland, New York, and Morrison of North Carolina; and Representatives James P. Buchanan, Texas; John N. Sandlin, Louisiana; M. J. Hart, Michigan; Robert G. Simmons, Nebraska, and John W. Summers of Washington.

George Gorman Improving

George Gorman, salesman for the Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco, who has been in the hospital for two months as the result of an attack of pneumonia, is now progressing nicely and hopes to be moved shortly to his home.