Pacific Coast Hardwood \(/holesale Distributors Hold Annual Convention-C. H. White Elect ed President

The tenth annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Wholesale Distributors Association was held at the St. Catherine Hotel, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October ll, 12 and 13, t934.

C. H. White, White Brothers, San Francisco, was elected president for the incoming year. James Ahern, Emerson Hardwood Co., Portland, Ore., was elected first vice presi-

Mr. Cahill stated that the meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yards Association was their lirst annual convention, and that it was well attended by leacling men of the industry who represented large holdings.

During the progress of the meeting, President Swafford interspersed brief talks on the following subjects:

1. That the four years of depression have built a huge backlog for home building and construction for the future. He gave building figures for the state of California to bring out this point. During the years 1927-8-9, the total figures were W79,8f,7,212. while for the three years 1937-2-3 the total building and construction was $D6,06?,051.

2. Using the Housing Act as a basis for hope and en,couragement for the building industry, particularly the second title covering new construction, he urged all the rnembers to get their shoulders behind this great movement.

3. He brought out the fact that the Administration through the Housing Act is developing a tremendous advertising force in the interest of home building, and stressed the fact that this great advertising campaign is just being launched and will be carried out in behalf of our industry.

Elected President Ted Higgins

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Director dent; Frank Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, second vice president, and B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, secretary-treasurer.

Directors elected were: J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith Co., Vancouver, B. C.; A. L. Bates, J. J. Matthews Hardwood Co., Seattle, Wash.; Ted Higgins, J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco; H. W. Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles; C. M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and A. A. Frost, Frost Hardwood Co., San Diego.

The hardwood flooring group met on Thursday afternoon .with Frank Connolly presiding at the meeting.

President H. W. Swafford opened the convention Friday morning with an address of welcome which was followed by his annual report on conditions in the hardwood industry.

D. J. Cahill, 'Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, addressed the convention at the Friday afternoon session with an illuminating report on the recent conventions of the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yards Association and the National Hardwood Manufacturbrs Association held in Cincinnati, Ohio, the latter part of September, and the Lumber Code Authority meeting held in Chicago on October 3, 4 and 5, which he attended. His discussion covered the lumber code, distribution regulation-q. and an exhaustive analysis of hardwood conditions.

C. H. White read an excellent paper on "Americanism." The convention unanimously endorsed the action of the Lumber Code Authority to maintain the Codes and Cost Protection prices.

The annual banquet was held Friday evening. Roy Barto, Cadwallader-Gibson Cb., In.c., Los Angeles was toastmaster. Kenneth Smith, Los Angeles, Secretary-Manager of the Lumber and Allied Products Institute, was the speaker of the evening, his subject being, "Competition of the Future." Mr. Smith's address appears elsewhere in this issue. An excellent entertainment was furnished during the evening by Fanchon & Marco Inc. The prize, for the best all-around outdoor and indoor champion in the Pacific Coast hardwood group excelling in athletic sports, a beautiful silver cocktail shaker, was presented to Roy Barto by Frank Connolly.

F. W. Marlow of Los Angeles, district manager of the Federal Housing Program in $outhern.California, gave a very informative talk at the Saturday morning session on the National Housing Act. Mr. Marlow's talk appears elsewhere in this issue.

The following resolution was unanimously adopted:

WHEREAS, The National Industrial Recovery Board has formulated and submitted for consideration. a form of contract to be entered into by wholesalers seeking to enjoy the advantages of wholesale discounts, which contract provides a penalty for the violation of Code prices, of 25/o o{ the amount of each single sale or transaction, subject to a maximum penalty of $500.00 liquidated damages, the proof of violation to be determined by arbitration; and

WHEREAS, the penalty for violation of the price provisions of the Code by the manufacturer are not being enforced and are not capable of su'ch prompt and effective enforcement as that proposed for the wholesalers; and

WHEREAS, as yet no satisfactory definitions of whoiesalers, wholesale distributing yards, and recognized wholesale trade have been adopted; and

WHEREAS, it is evident that recent decisions of Federal Judges in Tennessee and Mississippi, denying the legality of cost protection prices, will have the efiect of further demoralizing the present price situation; now

THEREFORE BE IT RESOL\rED, that while recognizing that the proposed contract has certain manifest mer-

Ffoquiam Lumber & Shingle Co.

Hulbert Mill Co.

Willapa Flarbor Lumber Millr

STEAMERS

Elected Kiwanis District Governor

Edna

Sanitan

Trinidad

Barbara Ceter

Dorothy Cahill

Edna Chrirtenron

Vash. Hoquian, Wach. - Aberdeen, IPash. Raymond, Verh,

Jane Chrirtenron

Annie Chrictenron

Edwin Ctri*enron

Catherine G. Sudden

Eleanor Chrirtenro

Charlcr Chrirtenron

Frank Fox, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Co., Glendale, Calif., rvas elected district governor at the fourteenth annual California-Nevada convention of Kiwanis International which was recentlv held at the Hotel Del Coronado.