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Americqn Stondclrds for Softwood Lumber Now Avoiloble
Printed copies of Simplified Practice Recommendation
R16-53, American Lumber Standards for Softwood Lumber, are now available,.the Commodity Standards Division, Office of Technical Services, U. S. Department of Commerce, reported.
This recommendation ivhich r,vas originally issued in 1924 covers the basic standards used for the grading, measurement, and inspection of softr,r'ood lumber. It has been necessary to previously revise these standards five times, in order to keep them abreast of conditions and improvements made in the field of lumber standardization and simplification.
This revision was very carefully developed by the American Lumber Standards Committee over a three-year period. The changes pertain primarily to the administrative procedure and functions of the American Lumber Standards Committee and the Board of Review.
Printed copies of Simplified Practice Recommendation
R16-53, American Lumber Standards for Softwood Lumber, may be obtained fiom the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for 15 cents per ,copy. A discount of 25 per cent will be allowed on orders of 100 or more copies.
FHA Officiol Joins NAHB
Washington, Feb. 18-R. G. "Dick" Hughes, president of the National Associatic.,n of Home Builders, today announced the appointment of Hugh Askew, former Assistant Commissioner of Fielcl Operations of the Federal Housing Administratiorr, as Director of NAHB's Mortgage Finance Department.
His resignation from FHA ltecame efiective March 3. He came to Washington in 1952 lrom Oklahoma City, where he had served for six vears as Director of the FHA f nsuring Office there. Askerv, a past Oklahoma State Commander of the American Legion, has served on the Legion's National Executile Committee and Legislative Commission.
Sell Hordwood By The Yord
"Sell hardwood flooring by the yard," is the slogan rvhich the National Oak Manufacturers Association rvill employ throughout its 1954 series of sales training clinics, which will be staged throrigl-rout the country.
