b'N. R.A.StartsIts C. 7 5thYearWithaBang Few building trade associations have had as glamorous ahistory as the National Rooting Contractors\' Association. At its start most of it\'s members were in the manufacturing as well as the contracting business.Ithad ahistory even before it identified itself as a trade association, for it began with the pooling of men andmops following the great Chicago Fire. T HE National Roofing Contractors\' As Over theyearsthecomplexion ofthe sociation celebrates a birthday in Janu association has changed. The membership ary,1961,rhesrarrof rheorganization\'sis a younger membership, benefiting from 75thbirthday.Theorganizationhaditsgreatereducationaladvantagesthantheir startin1886,followinganumberofpredecessors.Mostoftoday\'smembers yearsof localassociationactivity in Chi have attended college and anumberhave cago dating from the great Chicago fire.college degrees. The association is rhe oldest trade asso AlthoughtheN.R.C.A.isentering its ciationintheconstructionindustryand75thyearinJanuary1961,rheannual duringthepastcwency-fi.veyearshasconvention willbeirs74th. The convenmoved from local to national and with thetionreturnsto New Orleanson January elevation of President John D. Reuter co a16th, 17th, and 18th, 1961, at the Roosevice-presidency of the Internacional Roof veltHotel.KeynotespeakerwillbeDr. ingContractorsAssociation,cointerna AlfredP.Haake,author,lecturerand tional scams.General Motors Consultant. TheassociationhasbadicsupsandDr. Haake was formerly Mayor of Park downs. In 1935 it poured effort and cashRidge, a suburb of Chicago, bur is now a intotheconstructionindustry\'sfirstat resident of Largo,Florida.Following his tempt duringthe National RecoveryAd talk there will be a forum on "Labor Conministrationcoorganizetheentirecon tractsandLaborNegotiation"withthe struction industry into aself-policing or N.R.C.A.LaborCommitteeaspanelists ganizationwithdivisionsforspecialtyand an outstanding Labor Law attorney to contractors.When theassociation\'streas providelegalauthorityforsolutionsofury was emptied, many of its members inferedby audience members. N.R.A.administrativepositionssuchasAninnovationisaconcurrentforum Pase President James Boyd Griffiths helpeddesignedfornon-unioncontractorson out with their own cash.The collapse of"Employee - EmployerRelationsInThe theNationalRecoveryAdministrationJOHN REUTEROpen Shop." ruledunconsticutionalbytheSupreme-.Built-up roofing is due for another airCourt,wasresponsibleforthedeathofingonTuesday,January17thwiththe one third of the tradeassociations in theING IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR salutesN.R.C.A.Technical&ResearchCommitconstruction industry. The former nationaltheN.R.C.A.onits75thYear,cakingtee serving as panelists and with the addisheetmetalcontractorsassociationwasgreat pride in the fact char its editor andtionofProfessorDonBrothersonand one of the victims.publisher, James McCawley, took over theProfessor Ray Carroll of the University of \'The National Roofing Contractors\'As difficult job of purring rhe association backIllinoisreportingontheN.R.C.A.Resociation was almost a victim. Discouragedon its feet and ar his urging dropping thesearch project at the University. bytheN.R.A.debacle,membershipideaofdisbandingtheassociationandThefollowingdayshinglerswillgee dropped to an old-rime low- co ten mem scarring anotherunderanewname.Thetheir turn to shoot questions at a panel of bers, whofollowing a convention in Chi associationheldontoitsidentity,coitssteeproofers.Therewillbeaspecial cago at which there were more representa history dating back to1886- and also onProblemClinic on management problems tivesofmanufacturersandcontractorsto debts that were paid when membershipincluding Coses,Production Control, Adpresentthancontractors,debatedongrew.vertisingandSelling,featuringGeorge whethercodisbandtheassociationandSincethatdate,theassociationhasBurrus, Fred Weaver and Jim King. forgetaboutitsdebts;toformanewgrown in stature and prestige. The presentThere will be the usual excellent enterassociationwith anewname, orto con Secretary,FredGoodhasdoneanouc tainmentformembersandtheirladies, tinue the association, start a campaign forcanding job of conserving and expandingstarting with the reception on Sunday, and members and attempt a revival of interest.he physical and human assets of the asso thePresident\'sBanquetonWednesday THEAMERICANROOFER AND BUILD- iacion.night. NOVEMBER,1960.ti.27'