Department for Timber Utilisation
Department for Timber Utilisation, Ausschuss für Holzverwertung, Commission Internationale d'Utilisation du BoisFounded: 1935
Sources: HB 1938
Officers
A Council assisted by the Permanent Secretariat.- Leonard Arnott Chairman of the Financial Committee (President)
- René Chaplain Chairman (President) : Chairman of the Council
- André Liautey Honorary Chairman (President)
- H. G. Winkelmann Vice Chairman (Vice President) : Vice-Chairman of the Council
- C. P. Winslow Chairman (President) : Chairman of the "Service International de Traduction"
Seats
Members in these countries
National organisations in the following countries:Austria , Belgium , Canada , Czechoslovakia , France , Italy , Poland , Romania , Sweden , Switzerland , United Kingdom , Yugoslavia ,
Congresses
- 1935-1935 Paris: France
- 1936-1936 London: United Kingdom
- 1937-1937 Paris: France
Object
To work for international co-operation in the sphere of revalorisation and utilisation of timber. The Department establishes and maintains contact between national organisations for timber research and propaganda. It organises and arranges exchanges of documents, information, etc., between the various affiliated or member countries.Finances
Members' subscriptions.General facts
The Department was formed in Vienna in January 1935, and has held three international conferences : Paris (1935),-London (1936) and Paris (1937).Publications
Timber and its Uses (Le Bois et ses Utilisations), an international review formerly appearing under the title of Timber Propaganda (Propagande du Bois) (6-8 times a year). Fourteen numbers have appeared in English, French and German.Activities
Organisation of an annual International Timber Conference and at the same time a General Assembly of the D.T.U. Reports and works dealing with questions of timber revalorisation. International collaboration in all spheres of timber utilisation. Exchange of scientific publications and communications.Network
