Masonry Magazine February 1971 Page. 30
Convention Report
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standing ovation, one of the few such spontaneous acclaims in MCAA convention history.
Tuesday morning saw the revival of the Material Handling Jamboree, which had been absent from MCAA conventions for several years. Held in the parking lot area of the Shamrock-Hilton, every imaginable type of equipment, from the smallest to the largest, was demonstrated for mason contractors, who personally were able to evaluate the performances of the newest machines developed over the past year. The program was under the direction of Frank Laureys, Lake Zurich, III.
At 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the Annual Meeting was held in the Grand Ballroom, with President Young presiding. Following the reports of officers and committee chairmen, the Nominating Committee presented the 1971 slate of officers, and the annual election was held.
President Allen Young presents his report to the opening session of the Convention.
State Chairmen named at the Annual Meeting were: Alabama Durwood Garrett; Alaska-Ben Lenhart; Arizona Blaine Warner, Arkansas D. T. Allen; Colorado Stephen Dach; Connecticut-Raymond Paquette; Delaware-Robert Armstrong III; District of Columbia-R. C. Doyle; Georgia O. L. Jollay; Hawaii -Charles Miyata; Idaho Dean Nielsen; Illinois-Robert Hansen; Indiana Robert Pritchard; Iowa-Charles Seedorff; Kansas Robert Eckley; Kentucky -Douglas Hughes; Massachusetts Louis Fabbri; Michigan-Norman Parker; Minnesota Sidney Mosman; Missouri Robert Sloss; Nebraska-Karl Kehm; New Hampshire-Rodney Rich; New York-Anthony Zotollo; Ohio Robert Dalton; Oklahoma Wesley Greenroyd; Oregon William N. Smith; Pennsylvania -Mark Parseghian; South Carolina-Mack Pettit; Tennessee-Donald Cook; Texas-Turner Smith; Utah-Stanley Child; Virginia William Coor; Washington-J. B. Nelsen; West Virginia-Richard Harris; Wisconsin -Peter Germinaro; Canada-Eugene George.
The Convention closed Tuesday evening with the Annual Banquet. Newly elected officers officially took office at the MCAA Executive Board Meeting in the Embassy Room on Wednesday morning, February 10.
Note: The above report constitutes the Secretary's minutes of the '71 MCAA Convention. A transcript of the proceedings will be on file at MCAA Headquarters and may be reviewed by any interested member of the Association.
Washington Wire
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Industries with what officials warn are the worst safety records will get first scrutiny; trucking and warehousing; lumber and wood products; construction; food, furniture and fixtures; stone, clay and glass; and most fabricated metal products.
CORPORATE PROFITS MAY GET THEIR FIRST NOTABLE BOOST in several years from the trend to higher productivity that has already set in. Output per manhour rose at a thumping 4.6%-a-year rate in the third quarter-well above the long-over postwar rate of 3%. The improvement reflects paring of payrolls and reduction of overtime. As a result, the rise in unit labor costs, which adds so much to inflation, was cut from 9.6% a year early in 1971 to 3%.
Government economists say that productivity increases of 6% or 7% are possible once the tempo of business picks up. Increased production will speed overhead costs over more units-reducing unit costs further. Some of the improvement will offset rising expenses and lessen the need to increase prices. But some will go toward fattening profit margins.
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