South ern California Retailers Orga nize ts Administer Lumber Code

An Association, to be known as the "Lumber Retailers Code Administration of Southern California (Ltd.)" was organized at a meeting held at Los Angeles on October 9. Harry A. Lake, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, presided at the meeting. Henry S, Patten, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was elected President pro-tem of the new organization.

The constitution and by-laws of the new Association follows:

ARTICLE I_NAME

The name of the Association (Corpolation) shall be "Lumber Retailers Code Administration of Southern California (Ltd.)" Hereinafter referred to as the "Association" ("Corporation").

ARTICLE II-OBJECT

To do any and all things necessary to make efiective in Southern California the declared policy of that Federal Act known as the National Industrial Recovery Act and/or that California Act known as the California Industrial Recovery Act and/or that California Act known as the Supplement to the California Industrial Recovery Act, and to administer the provisions of such Code and/or Codes of Fair Competition as have or may be approved under said Act and,/or Acts.

ARTICLE III_MEMBERSHIP

Membership in this Association (Corporation), or any of its Divisions, shall be open to any person (natural or legal) engaged in the Lumber, Lumber Products, Building Materials and Building Specialties trade. No application or entrance fee shall be charged.

ARTICLE IV-DIVISIONS

Section l. This Association (Corporation) is divided for jurisdictional and administrative purposes into the fol- ' lowing Divisions:

1, San Diego-San Diego Lumbermen's Service Bureau;

2, Northern San Diego County-Northern San Diego County Lumbermen's Club; 3, Orange County-Orange County Lumbermen's Club; 4, Harbor-Long Beach Lumber Club; 5, South Bay-South Bay Lumber Club; 6, ComptonCompton Lumber Club; 7, Centinela Valley-Centinela Lumber Club; 8, Santa Monica-Bay District Lumbermen's Institute; 9, Los Angeles-Lumber and Allied Products Institute; 10, San Fernando Valley-San Fernando Valley Lumber Club; 11, Antelope Valley-Antelope Valley Lumber Club;12, Ventura-Ventura County Building Material Dealers' Club; 13, Santa Barbara-Building Material Dealers' Credit Club; 14, Pasadena-Pasadena

ARTICLE V-VOTING POWER

Section 1. Each member yard shall have as many votes as shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing by 60,000 the aggregate amount in dollars of the invoicing value of the products sold at retail and delivered by it for consumption within the State of California during the year of September l, 1932, to August 31, 1933. Fractions in such quotient shall be disregarded; provided, however, that each member yard shall have at least one vote.

Each member yard shall certify, over the signature of a duly qualified officer or agent, to the Board of Directors hereinifter provided the total of sales as required by this provision and the name of the person authorized to cast such vote or votes as it is entitled to cast, immediately upon call. The person so authorized to vote may be changed at the will of the member yard by written notice to said Board of Directors. The votes which each yard is entitled to cast shall be revised as of Fetrruary 1, each year, to conform to the total volume of sales for the previous calendar year.

Section 2. Any vote entitled to be cast at any meeting may be cast by the holder of a proper written proxy.

Section 3. 75 per cent of all votes entitled to be cast must be present or represented by written proxy to constitute a quorum.

Section 4. 75 per cent of the votes present or represented by written proxy at any meeting shall be required for authoritative action.

Section 5. Each member of the Board of Directors, hereinafter provided, shall be entitled to cast the number of votes equal to the total of votes to which all yards of the Division and/or Divisions and/or Sub-Divisions which he represents are entitled. When voting on matters which have been previously voted upon by the yards he represents, he shall cast the same number of votes lor and/or against the proposal as were cast by said yards.

ARTICLE VI-ADMINISTRA|TION

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of this Association (Corporation), and shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon it by this Constitution and By-Laws and generally all such other powers and duties as shall be necessary or proper to enable it to carry out the purposes of this Association (Corporation).

Section 2. Each group of yards constituting the following Division and/or Divisions and/or Sub-Divisions shall immediately elect, in the manner hereinafter provided, one member of the Board of Directors: l. Administrative Division No. 1; 2, Administrative Division No. 2; 3, Administrative Division No. 3; 4, Administrative Division No. 4: 5. Administrative Divisions No. 5, 6 and 7; 6, Administrative Division No. 8; 7, Downtown Sub-Division of Administrative Division No. 9; 8, Northern Sub-Division of Administrative Division No. 9; 9, Western Sub-Division of Administrative Division No. 9; 10, Southwestern Sub-Division of Administrative Division No. 9: 11. Southeastern and Eastern Sub-Divisions of Administrative Division No. 9; 12, Administrative Divisions Nos. 10 and 11; 13, Administrative Division No. 12; 14, Administrative Division No. 13; 15, Administrative Division No. 14 16, Administrative Divisions Nos. i5 and 16; 17, Administrative Division No. 17; 18, Administrative Division No. 18; 19, Administrative Division No. 19.

Section 2. Additional Divisions may be created and Divisions as listed above consolidated or otherwise altered by the Board of Directors, hereinafter provided.

Section 3. Each Divisipn listed above or hereafter created shall be independent and self-governing in respect of all conditions and problems relating to said Division exclusively, and shall promptly constitute the necessary bylaws for their self-administration. Such by-laws shall not be in conflict with the by-laws of this Association (Corporation) or of those of any Division thereof.

Section 3. The groups of yards electing the respective Directors may be altered by the Board of Di1ectors.

Section 4. The number of Directors may be increased or decreased by the members at the annual meeting or a meeting especially called for that purpose.

Section 5. Each Director must be chosen from the group of dealers previously authorized, in the manner provided above. to vote for each yard. Election must be by written ballot. It may be held in a meeting or by mail as the District may prefer except that the election for Directors representing Districts Nos. 5, 12 and 16 shall be by mail at first and until other machinery is set uD. A ballot shall be prepared for each District lisiing the name of each person eligible for election. Each person eligible to vote shall mark his choice on the ballot, sign it, and indicate the number of votes he is entitled to cast. A maioritv of all votes cast shall elect. If no person obtains a majority on the first ballot, a second ballot shall be taken on which only the two persons receiving the largest number of votgs on the first ballot shall be eligible.

Section 6. Each Director now elected shall serve until February l, 1934, and thereafter from year to year, and until his successor is elected.

Sectron 7. Any Director resigning or becoming ineligible to serve shall be replaced for tl,e remainder of his term of office by a Director elected in the manner provided by Section 5 of this Article.

Section 8. The members of the Board of Directors shall automatically be and become the members of any "Code Administration Committee" or similarly designated body required by any Code for its administration, and shall have such powers and duties as may be delegated by such Code.

Section 9. For the purpose of efficient and economical administration, the Board of Directors may delegate its authority to an Executive Committee of five (seven) of its members.

Section 10. The Board of Directors may appoint such other Committees and delegate to them such authority and duties as it shall deem necessary or proper.

ARTICLE VII_MEETINGS

Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting of the Association (Corporation) during the month of February, each year, for receiving the annual reports and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting shall be mailed to the last recorded address of each member at least ten (10) days before the time appointed for the meeting.

Section 2. Special meetings of the Association (Corpora- tion) may be called by the Board of Directors. Special meetings shall be called by the President upon receipt of written request of 20 per cent of the membership. Notice of any speiial meeting shall be given at least fivi (5) days in advance.

Section 3. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be at the time and place appointed by themselves.

ARTICLE VIII-ELECTIVE OFFICERS

Section 1. The Board of Directors shall elect from its membership the following officers: President, Vice-President, and Treasurer.

Section 2. Election shall be by written ballot. A majority vote shall elect. If no member obtains a majority on the first ballot. a second shall be taken between the two members receiving the largest number of votes on the first ballot. Term of office shall be the same as orovided for Directors.

Section 3. The duties of the President and Vice-President shall be the usual duties of such officers.

Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to see that the Secretary keeps proper books of account, showing collection and disposition of all funds. He shall see that all funds received are deposited in accounts requiring two signatures of three authorized persons, for withdrawal, such persons to be himself, the President and the Secretary.

ARTICLE IX-SECRETARY

The Secretary shall be chosen by the Executive Committee, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees, and shall have charge of the Head Office of the Association (Corporation) in Los Angeles. His duties shall be as defined by the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE X_AMENDMENTS

This Constitution and By-Laws may be amended, repealed, or altered in whole or in part, by the members at any duly organized meeting, provided the proposed change is submitted by mail to each member yard at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting which is to consider the change; or such change may be made by the Board of Directors, subject to written approval of. 75 per cent of member yard votes.

A Winning Wa

The surest way to beat your competitor is to sell better goods for the money, use fairer business methods, be more courteous to customers. and render better service.

Accidents Will Happen

Our German neighbor, Mrs. Berg, has an adequate but slightly Malapropish vocabulary. She was telling us about her motor accident:

"My husband," she explained, "got incited and stepped on the celery instead of the brake puddle, so we had a head-in colusion. So our regulator was dentalid, the rnud gutters was shuttered, the lances of the headlands was smashed to smithereens, and the man had to come from the surface station with the whacker and tow us in. When we got to the barrage we found but one of the cinders was crackled and had to be wilted. And, besides that, we had to get new pistols and a new commentator and a new correcting.rod."-Saturday Evening Post.

WHY BANKS DON'T FAIL IN CHINA

They send no glittering statements out When a bank goes broke in China, To show that it's solvent beyond a doubt, When a bank goes broke in China. No bitter tears you see them shed But they take a big cheese knife instead And amputate the President's headAnd banks don't go broke in China.

BIGGER AND BETTER?

Wife: "Now that I'm fat you don't love me any more like you promised you would when you married me."

Husband: "My promise was 'for better or worse', not 'through thick and thin'."

Mixed

The justice of the peace in a country town, in pursuance of his duties, had to hear and judge cases that were brought before him, and also to perform occasional marriage ceremonies. Though he found it difficult to dissociate the various functions of his ofiEce, everything had gone smoothly until one day he asked a bride: "Do you take this man to be your husband?" The bride nodded. "And you," said the justice, turning to the bridegroom, "what have you to say in your own defense?"

E FOOL'S PRAYER

By Edward Rowland Sill

The royal feast was done; the King Sought some new sport to banish care, And to his jester said: "Sir Fool, Kneel thou, and make for us a prayer."

The jester doffed his cap and bells, And stood the mocking court before; They could not see the bitter smile Beneath the painted grin he wore.

He bowed his head, and bent his knee Upon the Monarch's silken stool, His pleading voice arose, "Oh Lord; Be merciful to me, a Fool.

"No pity, Lord, could change the heart

From red with wrong, to white as wool, The rod must heal the sin: but Lord Be merciful to me, a Fool.

"'Tis not by guilt the onward sweep Of truth 4nd right, Oh Lord, we stay; 'Tis by our follies that so long We hold the earth from Heaven avtay.

"These clumsy feet, still in the mire, Go crushing blossoms without end, These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust Amid the heart-strings of a friend.

"The ill-timed truth we might have keptWho knows how sharp it pierced and stung? The word we had not sense to sayWho knows how grandly it had rung?

"Our faults no tenderness should ask, The chastening stripes must cleanse them all But for our blunder5-efi, in shame Before the eyes of Heaven we fall.

"Earth bears no balsam for mistakesMen crown the knave, but scourge the tool That did his will; but Thou, Oh Lord, Be merciful to me, a Fool."

The room was hushed; in silence rose The King, and sought his gardens cool, And walked apart, and murmured low, "Be merciful to me. a Fool."