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Washington, D. C., luly 21.-Testimony at the NRA public hearing conducted here July 18 on the Lumber Code Authority's proposed amendments for bringing lumber wholesalers under the Lumber Code presented little that was new, most of the time being consumed by protestants who by now have become familiar figures at hearings on Code matters affecting wholesale lumber distribution.

Among the witnesses opposing the proposed amendments in one phase or another were J. H. Maloney, of the R. D. Hunting Lumber Co., Cedar Rapids, Ia., who made sweeping assertions indicating his lack of sympathy with the purposes of the Lumber Code; O. M. Kile, speaking for the Mail Order Association of America; J. F. Garrity, of Boston, who questioned whether wholesalers as a whole want to come under the code, and G. A. Vangsness, of the National Association of Hardwood Wholesalers, who also expressed that doubt. Mr. Vangsness said his association was opposed to it, and proposed a separate code as an alternative.

W. W. Schupner, secretary-manager of the NationalAmerican Wholesale Lumber Association, which organization is designated in the amendments as the administrative agency of the proposed wholesale division, said the sentiment of that body as highly favorable to coming under the Code, but made a strong plea for an adequate definition of wholesale trade. He said unless such a definition can be established as a part of the Code inclusion of the wholesalers would accomplish very little. Thus far the Administration and the Lumber Code Authority have been unable to arrive at a basic definition of wholesale trade wholly satisfactory to both.

So say hundreds of California retail lumbermen. ftts a fact-there are many service advantages and facilities available only through the McCormick Lumbet Company which your McCormick salegman is glad to tell you about. ftts money in your pocket to get better acquainted with that fellow.

In presenting the amendments at the hearing, Carl W. Bahr, secretary-treasurei of the Lumber Code Authority, stated the amendments were designed to cure a grave defect in the Code. He said the Code now covers somewhat in excess of 32,000 establishments, and that more than half of the products of these concerns are distributed by individuals and concerns not now under the Code but who would be subject to it if the amendments were approved.

The questions involved will be further discussed at posthearing conferences.

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hunt

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hunt, 64, prominent in San Francisco Bay region social and club circles, and wife of Hubert Everard Hunt, veteran newspaper executive, died at her home in Berkeley, July 30, after an illness of. a year.

Before her marriage to Mr. Hunt, 2O years ago, Mrs. Hunt was the u'idow of E. J. Dodge, one of the pioneer Redwood lumber manufacturers of California.

Mrs. Hunt is survived by two sons and two daughters by her first marriage, Mrs. Walter Innes, Mrs. John Stroud, Charles S. Dodge and Elbert Dodgel A sister, Mrs. Mildred Husbands of Berkeley, and a brother, Charles Seffens of Furtuna. also survive her.