Lumbermen Aroused in Shingle Fight

Many quiet, but enthusiastic meetings of lumbermen through the last few weeks have served to arouse a statewide interest among all elements in the industry in the referendum on the housing bill to be voted on at the November election.

What the lumber folks who head the committee want to impress most forcefully upon eyery man who sells, or ever expeets to sell, lumber and shingles in the state of Californla ls:

UNIIESS THE HOUSING ACT IS DEFEATED, R,EDWOOD AND RED CEDAR SHINGIIES ARE IJEGISIIATED OUT OF BUSINES SO FAR AS THIS STATE IS CON. CERNED.

The measure is No. 5 on the ballot, and in order to defeat it, the lumbermen must vote ( ( NO ' ' and get all their families and all their friends to vote ,,NO.,'

Previous to the last legislature, the Commission of Immigration and Housing operated. under an act of 1g1?. Thi.; eommission included su.ch distinsuished Californians as

Archbishop Edward J. Ilanna, David Lubin of Sacramento and Paul Scharrenburg, the labor leader. The bill was written by Mark C. Cohn, formerly housing director for the commission, who is now traveling in Europe. At the last session of the legislature Senator I-,rester G. Burnett of San Francisco, introduced a new state housing act, which was passed and signed by Governor Stephens.

Shortly before this act was to become a law the lumbermen discovered the provisions regarding shingles, provisions which would not allow any citizen to use shingles for roofing within corporate limits of California.

Strangely enough, the significance of these provisions was overlooked while the new state housing act was before the legislature .and Governor Stephens. At the last moment, twelve days before the time allowed for filing a referendum petition, the lumbermen woke up, hurriedly circulated a referendum petition, secured 53,000 namcs; thus automatically holding up the state housing act and throwing the entire question into the November election for the determination of the electors of California.

SIZER CALLS ON SAN FR,ANCISCO TBADE ON WAY TO NORTII COAST

Among the recent visitors to San Francisco was R,. Sizer. Jr., of the R. Sizer Lumber Company, New york. He called on some of his friends in the lumber district, then proceeded to Portland. He will make a tour of the fir producing ter_ ritory before returning home.

Mr. Sizer says the Eastern demand for all kinds of West_ ern lumher is picking up. The movement throush the pan_ a,rfa eanal is growing every month and the totallolume for the present ealendar year will be enormous.

OR,ANGE COUNTY CLUB TO MEET AUGUST 23

The Orange County I:umbermen's Club will hold a big meeting at Santa Ana on Wednesday evening, August 2Bl David _'Woodhead, snark of the I_.los Angeles Hoo-Eoo dis_ trict; J*ek Dionne, publisher of THE CAI-,IFORNIA I_/UM_ BER, MERCHANT, and other speakers have been invited. C..F. Grim of Anaheim is president of the club, and H. A. Lake of Garden Grove, secretary.