"Bosses' Day" at Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club started sornething new when they had their first annual "Bosses' Day" at the Elite on October 29. The idea came from President Wickersham. He felt that the big fellows were not taking enough interest in the club and that it was up to the boys to show them just what was being done.

There were over eighty in attendance and the large number of owners and managers that were there was a gratification to the officers of the club.

Dave Woodhead presided. I{e talked for a short time on the great work that Hoo-Hoo had done and what it could do, with proper support. He stated that all branches of the lumber industry were represented at the meeting and he called on a man from each line of business for a threeminute address. Frank Wise, Patten & Davies, talked for the retailers; Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, for the hardwood men; Ted Lawrence, Hart-Wood Lumber Co., for the wholesalers; Jack Thomas, Coos Bay Lumber Co., for the manufacturers; Andy Donovan, Union Lumber Co., for the redwood men; John Johnson, John Johnson Flooring Co., for the hardwood flooring rnen, and H. T. Didesch, Millwork Institute. for the millwork industrv.

Roy Stanton likened the lumber game tb a golf contest and admonished the members to not "press," meaning cutting prices. Ted Lawrence stated that Hoo-Hoo was a great leveler, bringing men together around a common board where they could forget that they were competitors or that one was the buyer and the other the seller. Jack Thomas said that the best example of Hoo-Hoo influence was right around the table, at this meeting. John Johnson injected humor into the meeting by saying that if they would guarantee a large number of his competitors attendance at these Thursday meetings, he would be out in the territory each Thursday, getting some business. Ha.nk Didesch spoke of the great need for reforestation and the opportunity for Hoo-Hoo to organize and spread propaganda to refute the unfavorable stories about lumber and its products.

Dave Woodhead proposed that the Los Angeles Club engage a paid secretary, to give his entire time in the inter: ests of lfoo-Hoo and the lumber industry. The financing of this program would be done by voluntary subscription by organizations, and not individual.

Paul Kent, Osgood Lumber Company, sang a number of songs and made his usual hit. President Wickersham announced that Berne S. Barker. Pacific Readv Cut Homes. Inc., would be chairman of the coming Dinner Dance and Christmas Partv.

Eddie Houghion and Eddie Culnan, both with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company, sang, and were well received.

Here are the names of some of the Bosses who attended:

$Aeldon Morris, Sou. Cal. Hardwood & Mfg. Co.

W. E. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co.

D. J. Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

L. H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son.

B. W, Byrne, Western Hardwood Lumbcr Co.

Howell Baker, California Panel & Veneer Co.

Frank Curran, E. K. Wood Lumber Co.

Wm. Bawbell, Bawbell Lumber Co.

Bob Tate. Tate Lumber Co.

E. F. Swanson, Eagle Rock Lumber Co.

Dave Woodhead, Woodhead Lumbcr Co.

O. A. Topham, Hepburn Topham Mill Co.

H. T. Didesch, Millwork Institute of California.

John A. Johnson, Johnson Hardwood Floor Co.

J. C. Owens, Owens Parks Lumber Co.

F. C. Osgood, Osgood Lumber Co.

And a lagge number of others.