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 CIS NO: 79-H461-15
 TITLE: U.S. Trade with Japan; Public Lands Timber Export Bill (H.R. 7972).
 SOURCE: Committee on International Relations. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: vi+417 p. il.
 DATE: Apr. 4, 21, 1978
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 95-2              SUDOC: Y4.In8/16:J27/2
 ITEM NO: 1017
 LC CARD NO: 79-601112               MC ENTRY NO: 79-9005

 Hearings before the Subcom on International Economic Policy and Trade on
 H.R. 7972 (text, p. 369-378), the Public Lands Timber Export Act of 1977, to
 limit export of unprocessed timber harvested from Federal forest lands, and
 to limit substitution of Federal timber for exported private forest lands
 timber.
   Also examines status of overall U.S. trade relations with Japan, the
 major purchaser of U.S. export timber.
   Full Committee Member Don Bonker (D-Wash) questions witnesses during Apr.
 21 hearing in Olympia, Wash.
   Supplementary material (p. 379-417) contains submitted statements,
 correspondence, and: "Background Paper on Softwood Log Export Issue," Robert
 E. Wolf, CRS, prepared for subcom, Apr. 7, 1978 (p. 405-417).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL
     ECONOMIC POLICY AND TRADE. HOUSE; BONKER, DON; LUMBER AND LUMBER
     INDUSTRY; EXPORT CONTROLS; EMPLOYMENT (Log export controls impact on
     lumber industry employment); WOLF, ROBERT E. ("Background Paper on
     Softwood Log Export Issue"); CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
     ("Background Paper on Softwood Log Export Issue"); WASHINGTON STATE;
     NATIONAL.FORESTS; JAPAN; PUBLIC LANDS TIMBER EXPORT ACT; OLYMPIA,
     WASH.
 BILLS: 95 H.R.7972

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Apr. 4, 1978 p. 2-86
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WOLFF, ALAN W. (Dep Spec Rep for Trade Negotiations)
     WEIL, FRANK A. (Asst Sec, Industry and Trade, Commerce Dept)
     HORMATS, ROBERT D. (Dep Asst Sec, Economic and Business Aff, State
        Dept)
 STATEMENTS: Summary of U.S. objectives for trade access to Japan through
     multilateral trade negotiations; background of U.S.-Japan economic talks
     centering on Japanese current account surplus, tariff reduction, and
     import quotas removal; description of Trade Facilitation Committee
     formed to foster export of U.S. goods to Japan; evaluation of private
     U.S. marketing efforts in Japan and assessment of Japanese willingness
     to assist U.S. exporters. (p. 2-46)
       Analysis of Japanese growth and export policies, and policies effect
     on industrialized countries; history of Japanese trade barriers; effect
     of oil price increases since 1973 on Japanese balance of payments;
     conditions affecting Japanese current account surplus; efforts to
     increase U.S. exports to Japan. (p. 47-86)
 CONTENT NOTATION: Japan-US trade relations
 DESCRIPTORS: TARIFFS; NEGOTIATIONS; MARKETING; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS;
     OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS;
     DEPARTMENT.OF.COMMERCE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE; FOREIGN.TRADE.PROMOTION;
     TRADE FACILITATION COMMITTEE

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 91-104
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LANDE, STEPHEN L. (Asst Spec Rep for Trade Negotiations)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Background and progress of U.S.-Japanese talks
     on forest products export to Japan, and lessening of trade barriers.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 104-127
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     COLE, BERT L. (commr, public lands, Wash State Dept of Natural
        Resources)
     WATANABE, KAZUO (dir, Wash State Dept of Commerce and Economic Dev)
     BETHEL, JAMES S. (dean, Coll of Forest Resources, Univ of Washington;
        member, Wash State Bd of Natural Resources)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Feared adverse impact of H.R. 7972 on State
     timber revenues; anticipated problems with bill enforcement; extent and
     importance of foreign trade to Washington State.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; WASHINGTON
     STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WASHINGTON STATE
     BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 132-146
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WIGGINS, GLENN R. (timber mgr, Merrill and Ring, Inc., Port Angeles,
        Wash)
     MALLOY, LARRY (Ply-Bar Corp., Vancouver)
     BAER, DON (Don Baer Lumber Sales, Kent)
     O'NEILL, BOB (pres, Hemphill-O'Neill Lumber Co., Chehalis)
     PHELPS, GILBERT M. (pres, Prairie Cedar Products, Inc., Beacer)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Differing views on bill impact on represented
     industries; advisability of unprocessed timber export from public lands.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: MERRILL AND RING, INC.; PLY-BAR CORP.; HEMPHILL-O'NEILL
     LUMBER CO.; PRAIRIE CEDAR PRODUCTS, INC.

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 5         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 147-194
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BAKER, MINER H. (vp and economist, Seattle 1st Natl Bank)
     WOLFF, R. M. (vp, land and timber, Weyerhaeuser Co)
     BRANDES, ROBERT A. (mgr, resources and resource planning, Northwest
        timber and wood products div, Crown Zellerbach Corp)
     LARSEN, DONALD E. (asst gen mgr, Northwest regional ops, ITT Rayonier,
        Inc)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Opposition to H.R. 7972 as limiting forest
     products industry growth; advantages of log exports, including wood
     utilization increase, future timber supply increase, and ensured
     Japanese market access for U.S. exports; positive impact of log exports
     on Pacific Northwest forest products industry employment; denial of
     lumber and plywood mill closures caused by log exports; adverse impact
     of substitution ban on harvesting and export operation.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): SEATTLE FIRST NATIONAL BANK;
     FORESTS AND FORESTRY (Log exports impact on forest products industry);
     WEYERHAEUSER CO.; CROWN ZELLERBACH CORP.; ITT RAYONIER, INC.

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 6         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 195-218
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MAYR, WERNER J. (pres, Mayr Bros Logging Co)
     SPENCE, ROBERT L. (vp and gen mgr, Pacific Lumber and Shipping Co)
     HEACOX, E. F. (vp, forestry, Murray Pacific Corp)
     TAYLOR, GEORGE E. (pres, Wash State Council on Intl Trade)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Economic benefits of unrestricted log export
     market; anticipated adverse effects of H.R. 7972 on U.S. lumber company
     operations; implications of bill trade restriction for U.S. employment
     levels and strategic relations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: MAYR BROTHERS LOGGING CO.; WASHINGTON STATE COUNCIL ON
     INTERNATIONAL TRADE; FOREIGN.ECONOMIC.RELATIONS; PACIFIC LUMBER AND
     SHIPPING CO.; MURRAY PACIFIC CORP.

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 7         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 219-261
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     HOLCOMB, LEWIS R. (exec dir, Wash State Public Ports Assn, Olympia,
        Wash)
     SOIKE, HENRY E. (gen mgr, Port of Grays Harbor, Aberdeen)
     GROVE, GEORGE R. (exec dir, Port of Astoria, Oreg)
     STEWART, MELVIN M. (pres, Seattle Stevedore Co)
     BECKETT, PETER (pres, Jones Oregon Stevedoring Co., Portland, Oreg)
     DORSEY, HOWARD (sec-treas, Puget Sound Intl, Inc, Everett, Wash)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Arguments against bill, particularly adverse
     impact on port communities, logging operations, employment, and trade
     deficit and policy.
 INSERTION: Washington State log exporting ports, correspondence regarding
     H.R. 7972, 1978 (p. 245-259).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: WASHINGTON PUBLIC PORTS ASSOCIATION; PUGET SOUND
     INTERNATIONAL, INC.; HARBORS AND PORTS; SEATTLE STEVEDORE CO.; JONES
     OREGON STEVEDORING CO.

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 8         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 261-294
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PEAK, JOHN J. (lumber grader; 2d vp, Intl Woodworkers of Amer (IWA)
        Local No 3-261, North Bend, Oreg)
     BURNETT, RALPH (business agent, IWA Local No 3-1, Centralia, Wash)
     MESTROVICH, BUD (business agent, IWA Local No 3-30, Raymond)
     LEAD, LEON P.
     KOCKER, JOHN E. (vp, IWA Western States Regional Council No 3)
     HOLLINGSWORTH, KENNETH L. (head rig sawyer, Weyerhaeuser Co)
     SCOTT, DENNIS (research economist, dept of research, educ, and
        collective bargaining coordination, IWA, Portland, Oreg)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Conflicting views on bill likelihood to
     increase area employment; preference for export to Japan of finished
     products rather than unprocessed logs; examples of job losses as
     consequence of log exports; need for complete ban on all log exports;
     assessment of wood products industry labor intensity; summary of
     U.S.-Japanese lumber trade meetings.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: INTERNATIONAL WOODWORKERS OF AMERICA

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 9         Apr. 21, 1978 p. 294-303
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     VAN CUREN, GALE (researcher, Assn of Western Pulp and Paperworkers)
     CASSEDAY, GEORGE (pres, Western council, Lumber, Production, and
        Industrial Workers)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Endorsement of bill; arguments for export of
     finished products instead of logs to Japan.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN PULP AND PAPER WORKERS; LUMBER,
     PRODUCTION, AND INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 10        Apr. 21, 1978 p. 303-320
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PARKS, G. JOHNNY (Northwest regional dir, Intl Longshoremen's and
        Warehousemen's Union (ILWU))
     PIRTTILA, GERALD S. (sec-treas, Puget Sound council, ILWU)
     MALLOS, CHRIS (Puget Sound council, ILWU)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Negative impact of bill on employment of port
     workers.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION;
     HARBORS AND PORTS

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 11        Apr. 21, 1978 p. 320-334
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WINNE, CHARLES L. (Olympic Park Assocs)
     SIMMONS, DONNA M. (bd member, Hood Canal Environmental Council)
     CELLARIUS, RICHARD (natl vp, Sierra Club)
     WORTHINGTON, GARY (exec dir, Wash State Environmental Council; also
        representing Oreg Environmental Council)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Role of log export trade in local economic
     instability and private timber lands overcutting; qualified support for
     bill.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: WASHINGTON STATE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL; OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL
     COUNCIL; HOOD CANAL ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL; SIERRA CLUB

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 12        Apr. 21, 1978 p. 334-354
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     CAFFALL, C. C. (pres, Caffall Bros Forest Products, Inc; representing
        Pacific Rim Trade Assn)
     WATSON, RAY W. (supvr, log truckers conf, Wash State Trucking Assns)
     VAN NATTA, KAY C. (logger; past pres, Oreg Small Woodlands Assn)
     NIEMI, KELLY C. (exec sec, Wash State Farm Forestry Assn)
     CRAMER, WILLIAM H. (exec sec, Wash State Contract Loggers Assn)
     JACKSON, ALEC (forester; representing Wash State Citizens for World
        Trade)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Disbelief in H.R. 7972 encouragement of
     processed lumber products export; opposition to lumber export
     restrictions; potential unemployment under bill; benefits of heavy
     forest cutting; importance of offshore markets for timber products.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: PACIFIC RIM TRADE ASSOCIATION; WASHINGTON TRUCKING
     ASSOCIATIONS; WASHINGTON STATE FARM FORESTRY ASSOCIATION; WASHINGTON
     STATE CONTRACT LOGGERS ASSOCIATION; WASHINGTON STATE CITIZENS FOR WORLD
     TRADE; OREGON SMALL WOODLANDS ASSOCIATION

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 13        Apr. 21, 1978 p. 354-368
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LINK, CHARLES E. (exec dir, Western Bldg Material Assn)
     BRETTELL, HAL C. (pres, Norman Barnes and Co)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Extent of lumber exports from Pacific coast
     ports to Japan; importance of unrestricted log export trade.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: WESTERN BUILDING MATERIAL ASSOCIATION; HARBORS AND PORTS;
     BARNES, NORMAN, AND CO.

 79-H461-15 TESTIMONY NO: 14        Additional Testimony
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     RYAN, LEO J. ((Rep, D-Calif), p. 18-19)
     GOLDY, DANIEL L. (dir, Oreg Dept of Economic Dev, p. 127-131)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Views on trade negotiations with Japan.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Log export controls
 DESCRIPTORS: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT