State Retailers Discuss Code in Annual Convention

Code discussion and explanation of the provisions and rules of the various divisions of the Code by able speakers occupied the entire attention of the large attendance of retailers from all parts of the State at the annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association held at the Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco, on Thursday and Friday, October 26 and 27, 1933.

Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove Lumber Co., Garden Grove, was re-elected president of the Association. E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn, was re-elected vicepresident for the Northern District; Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena, was re-elected vice-president,

It was also decided to appoint a committee of two to arrange for incorporation of the State Association.

Decision was made that the Code Authoritv in each di-' vision will meet as soon as possible to elect a member to the National Code Authoritv.

A meeting of all the State secretaries was held on Thursday evening at 7 p.m.

Friday Morning

A joint breakfast meeting attended by the directors of the Association and the secretaries was held at 7:30 a.m. President Harry A. Lake presided. Those taking part in the discussion included Earl Johnson, Ira E. Brink, C. S.

Southern District, and Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North Hollywood, was re-elected treasurer.

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executive committees held separate sessions on Thursday morning, presided over by E. T. Robie and Earl Johnson, vice-presidents.

Thursday Afternoon

Registration, which was in charge of Paul Overend, started at noon and continued throughout the afternoon.

Thursday Evening

,The State Board of Directors met at 7 p.m. President Harry A. Lake presided.

A resolution was passed by the board creating a Code Authority consisting of 19 members, one member from each of the 19 subdivisions, to administer the Code in Division 32 (Southern California), thus delegating the powers for administration of the Code conferred on the State Association by the National Code Authority.

A similar resolution was passed creating a Code Authority consisting of 21 members, three members from each of the seven subdivisions, to administer the Code in Division 2 (Northern California).

The resolutons provide that the Code Authority in each division is to organize soon as possible, electing a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer, and an executive committee. The executive committee in the Northern Division will consist of seven, and in the Southern Division of five members.

Incorporation of each subdivision was recommended in a resolution, which instructed the secretary to advise all subdivisions, and ordered the appointment of a committee to draft articles of incorporation.

Tripler, Chas. G. Bird, Jas. B. McKeon and E. Stefiensen, The regular business sessions began at 9:30 a.m. when the convention was called to order bv President Harrv A. Lake.

Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, presided.

President Lake presented a brief report in which he announced that the Association has seven more members than they had a year ago, and that the financial condition is better than it was at the time of the last annual convention. The membership committee working in the south is making good progress, he said.

L. C. Stewart, vice president, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, was the first of an exceptionally competent g'roup of speakers who addressed the convention on the subject of the Code. Mr. Stewartts subject was "Manufacturers' Code-West Coast Division-Its Provisions and Operation as It Will Affect the California Retail Trade." He particularly discussed the effect on the retailer of the discontinuance under the code of transit shipments and consignments, orderly production and marketing by the manufacturer, and grade-marking (which goes into effect January 1, 1934). After reading the "Purposes of the Code" and discussing these he answered many questions. The questioners included Ira E. Brink, Diamond Match Co., Chico; Elmore King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield; B. J. Boorman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland; Mead Clark, Mead Clark Lumber Co., Santa Rosa, and M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco.

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