N. L. M. A. Directdrs Meet at Longview

A. C. Dixon, president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, presided at the meeting of the board of directors of the association held at Longview, Friday, August 7.

Matters discussed included the 15 per cent railroad rate increase application; the report of the recommendations of the Timber Conservation Board special lumber survey committee; the status of Russian lumber competition, and general business of the National association.

W. F. Shaw, manager o{ the trade extension department of the association presented his department's plan for making lumber promotion permanent.

Wilson Compton, secretary-manager of the National Association, and a member of the lumber survey committee of the United States Timber Conservation Board, made a report of the findings of this committee to the executive committee.

Resolutions of sympathy with the relatives of the following lumbermen who died during the present year were drawn and passed: J. H. Forestnan, of the Long-Bell Lumber Co.; R. G. Chisholm, of Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Co., and A. W. Laird, Potlach Lumber Co.

The trustees of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association met on the previous day for the transaction of important business, which included discussion of the report of the United States Timber Conservation Board.

R. A. Long, of Kansas City, head of the Long-Bell Lumber Co., addressed the meeting.

A dinner was given to the members of the executive and staff of the National association in the evening, by the West Coast association.