Hoo Hoo Supreme Nine ,Meet at Chicago

' Goines D. Whitsitt

The Supreme Nine, at a meeting at the Palmer House, Chicago, October 20 and 2l,laid out a proglam that Pr-qm- ir.. to- make 1929-30 an epochal year in the history of Hoo Hoo.

The employment of field men to help Hoo Hoo Clubs and local eroubs bf th. Order in carrying out constructive pro*t"-"] intinsification of forestry and wood promotional acai.riti.., extension of the Order's support to the other lumber associations and the establishment of a quota of 2000 new members this year, were high lights of the -meeting-.-

Snark of the lJniverse Gaines D' Whitsitt of Amarillo, Texas, presided. The other members were: Adelard Beaudette,'Ifrontreal, Senior Hoo Hoo; Franklin A. Hofheins, Nortir Tonawanda, N. Y., Junior Hoo Hoo; William G. Smith, Akron, Ohio, Bojum; Benjamin F. Sprin-g-er, Milwaukee, Scrivenoter; Thomas G. Spaulding, Missoula, Mont., Jabberwock; Norman p. -B-guc!r-er, 1\{inneapolis, Custocafian; J. Watts Martin, Norfolk, Va., Gurdon; and Secretary-Treisurer Henry R. Isherwood. A. A. Frost, San Diego, Calif., Supreme Arcanope_r, was. unable to attend. Adootion of policies for the Order in the ensuing year was the outstaniding action of the meeting. These policies are as follows:

Unity of the Lurnber IndustrY l.-To encourage the closer unification of the lumber industry by furnishing the opportunity for the various branches and groups to work together along a definite line for the common welfare of the industry and its products.

Wood Promotion Program

2.---To infensify the activities of the local Hoo Hoo groups in support of the lumber industry's program for promoting the increased use of wood and defending forest products against unfair attacks and discriminatory legislation'

Field Men

3.-To employ capable field men whose work will be to

'advise and assist in the promotion of constructive local Hoo Hoo activities, through the medium of frequent personal contact with local officers of the Order and members of all branches of the industry.

Hoo Hoo Club Activities

4.-To encourage and assist existing Hoo Hoo Clubs to carry out constructive programs, and to create additional clubs for similar activities.

Supporting Association Activities

S.*More actively to co-operate with all associations of the lumber industry in furthering their respective programs, and to impress on all lumbermen the importance of loyally supporting the associations.

Friends of the Forests

6.-To work out, in co-operation with the United States and Canadian forest services and other interested groups, a plan for the establishment of "Friends of the Forests Week," an annual occasion for disseminating constructive information to the public concerning the forest and its vital service to the human family.

To Encourage Support for Hoo Hoo

7.---To demonstrate to the lumberman at every opportunity the fact that the program of Hoo lloo concerns the welfare and perpetuation of the industry from which he derives his livelihood, and that the order therefore merits his active support.

Increasing Membership

8.-To intensify and to co-ordinate more closely the work of all officers of Hoo Hoo, with the object of adding 2000 new members to the order before September 9, 1930, each of the nine international jurisdictions and each local district of the United States and Canada to be assigned a definite ouota.

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