CALIFORNIA RED\TOOD SHINGLES FOR OVER-ROOFING

\Uhen d new roof is needed, new California Redwood Shingles can be applied risht over the old shingles, sdving the expense of removins the old root dnd the litter of old shingles in the yard below.

Another important odvanta ge ol over-roofing is the greater insulation dgdinst heat and cold provided by the double layer of shinsles dnd the air spdc€s in between.

Protcgts P\(/A Proporal Bateg Smith New Manager for MacDonald & Harrington

The following telegram signed by Spencer D. Baldwin, President of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Asso. ciation, and addressed to Hon. Jas. A. Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator, was released from Association headquarters in Washington, November 26, and a copy sent to President Roosevelt, "as a matter of information."

"Press reports indicate that Public Works Administration is seriously considering recommendations to President for expenditures of vast sums of money for low cost housing throughout the country. I would urge you to immediately impress upon the President the sericius results if such a program is adopted. Such a program adv.ocated at this time just when your housing program is being launched and after months of efiort on your part to successfully build up the cooperation of the financial institutions will destroy all the good work you have done, and private capital will become indisposed to come forward and uncertainty and demoralization will result. The proposal of the Public Works Administration will prove disastrous to the whole housing program and will impair existing real estate values and demoralize the mortgage financial field generally with serious effect to investment companies. The National Housing Act has afforded us a iound policy to work on and this should be followed through in a sane and orderly way. Our National Organization together with dozens of other National Associations of building materials, aS well as the American Federation of Labor, the National Real Estate Boards and the American Banking Association have heartily endorsed the housing program which you are now intelligently working out and these organizations are behind you and have faith in your ability to bring us the results we so urgently need. The present act is not a makeshift legislation but is the Administration's o'iryn plan, brought forth after months of investigation by the National Emergency Council through months of consultation and contact with experts in the financial and building field. This Act was accipted by the Congress and adopted into law only after thorough consideration and pledges of support, by these organizations and Congress was convinced this was a sound policy which would provide work for tradesmen and the use of materials and supplies without further expenditure of vast sums by the Government and the President himself was solidly behind the plan. If PWA proposal is permitted to develop, private industry cannot compete with the Government and the value of millions of homes purchased through thrift and savings of millions of our citizens will be depreciated. As I advised you on November first, on which day you launched the program under Title Two for New Construction, you were just about two months ahead of conservative estimates of the time in which this could be done and you have done a good job. During the first twenty days of this month you have been completing your plans for immediate cooperation of the private lending institutions. This now seems assured for the immediate future. The results you have given us are highly gratifying, many of our dealers having cashed in already and optimistically looking forward to increased business. Our surveys show a tremendous interest in new home building, there is a great demand from citizens who own building lots or have the cash to make the first payment and now with the banks qualifying for insurance under Title Two and the assurance of the American Banking Association which has pledged its full cooperation, there can be no doubt as to the success of the Housing Act if you are not defeated by other unworkable proposals. The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association with a membership of 23,000 retail lumber dealers throughout the United Stites, is behind you 100 per cent and offers the facilities of this

A. W. "Bates" Smith has been appointed manager of the Ircs Angeles office of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd.

Wendell Brown, formerly with J. R. Hanify Co., Los Angeles, will be associated with him.

Mr. Smith, formerly owner of A. W. Smith Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is very well known to the trade in Los Angeles and Southern California.

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., have been in the lumber business in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, supplying the rail and cargo trade. Their offices are at 628 Petroleum Securities Building.

\(/estern Pine Agsociatlon Active in Forestry Wo*

Washington, D. C., Nov. 27.-"Typical of the energetic manner in which all Pacific Coast lumber manufacturer organizations have taken hold of the forestry practice program," according to Lofton S. Wesley, assistant to the secretary of the Lumber Code Authority, "is the comprehensive set-up in the Western Pine Association for carrying out the provisions of the Forest Conservation provisions of the Lumber Code."

A report in the matter from S. V. Fullaway, Jt., secretary-manager of the Association, received by the Lumber Code Authority this week, said: "The work in the Western Pine Division is in charge of a Divisional Forest En. gineer, and we have men devoting full time to this work in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Arizona-New Mexico. This means we have seven men devoting their entire time to Schedule "C" work, and in addition one man in the office gives some assistance to the Divisional Forest Engineer. These eight men have all had not only forestry training, but actual forest experience. In addition to these, the Western Pine Association has four others on the staff who have had forestry training and forestry work."

Back From Northwest Trip

James L. Hall, San Francisco, returned November 28 from an automobile tour of the Northwest on which he was accompanied by Mrs. Hall. He visited the mills which he represents in Northern California, and called on a great many old acquaintances and friends. He reports a much improved feeling all the way up the Coast.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall visited Vancouver, B. C., and also made an interesting side trip by boat to Ocean Falls, B. C., 300 miles north of Vancouver.

organization and the support of their rnembers in the furtherance of your good work. Please use your good offices with the President to discourage this proposal which necessarily must check reemployment on the edge of winter and retard the general recovery he has so valiantly strived for."

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