Millwork Representativa Attend Code Meeting

in Chicago

A committee composed of D. N. Edwards, Oakland; J. G. Kennedy, Santa Clara; F. J. Piel and A. J. Todhunter, Los Angeles, dire,ctors of the Millwork Institute of California, and L. G. Sterett, secretary of the Institute, attended a meeting of the Emergency National Committee which has been designated as the agency of the Lumber Code Authority for the administration of the Lumber Code in the Woodwork Division, in Chicago on August 30. F. S. Bu'ckley of San Francisco who is a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Wholesaler Distributors Subdivision was also in attendance at the meeting.

The National Code for the Woodworking Industry is included in the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries as approved by the President on August 19, 1933. For jurisdictional and administrative purposes, the Woodwork Division has been divided into Subdivisions as follows: Stock Manufacturers Subdivision. Wholesale Distributors Subdivision and Special Woodwork Subdivision.

It was authorized in Chicago by the Coordinating Committees of the Wholesaler Distributors and Special Woodwork Subdivisions that the industry in California be administered through one administrative agency with each Subdivision self-governing in respect of all matters pertaining to said Subdivision exclusively as provided by the Lumber Code. For the purposes of administration, Arizona and Nevada were included in the territory with California. This territory was also granted representation on the National Coordinating Committees of both Subdivisions.

"fn view of the above authorization," Secretary L. G. Sterett states, "it appears necessary to change the name of the Millwork Institute of California to some other more appropriate one which would imply more accurately the new s,cope of activity. Furthermore, inasmuch as subdivisions constitute the approved separation of interests, the present territorial method of selecting Directors to the State organization needs to be ,changed so that representation is by subdivisions, which subdivisions will, of course, recognize the different parts of this territory when making their selections for the State Board of Directors. The details of making the necessary readjustments are being worked out as rapidly as possible, as it is our desire to get into operation at once. This is no small task and is going to require the best efforts which this industry has to put forth."

Geo. Melville With Schafer Bros.

George Melville has joined the sales force of Schaler Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co. and is calling on the retail lumber trade working out of their Los Angeles office. He is well known to the trade in the Southern California territory. where he has been connected with the lumber business for a long period, and was formerly associated with ttGus" Hoover.