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Thank you Congressman Dicks for introducing me to tbe members of this Confunittee. Mr. 

 Chairman, I am honored and fed privileged to speak b^re a committee of tbe Congress of the 

 United States of America, At tbe same time, I am embarrassed to be here today speaking in 

 public about my problems. It seems to me like whiiuog and oomplaining, and that is not how the 

 Ma)T iknuly has conducted ourselves or oQr business. However, the direct and proximate cause 

 of our recent mill closing, the layoff of 170 employees wth over 1,S70 man years of service with 

 <Hir company (that equals sa average seniotity of over 1 1 years), is due to the actions of the U.S. 

 government. While I do not IDce to discuss our business problems in public. I feel this story roust 

 be told because what ba5 happened to Mayr Bros, is not how tbe American dream is supposed to 

 end. 



I am president of Mayr Bros. Confany, second generation of a {aznily owned forest products 

 manuJacturiDg enterprise located near Hoquiam, Washington State. Up until a few iDonths ago. 

 nine members of the Mayr &mly. from three generations, were en^loyed by the company. 



Here ! should make it clear that our miDs were not closed down for lack of logs as has been the 

 case with many other mills in the Northwest. Just yesterday on the way to the airport I received a 

 call from a logger wanting to know when Mayr Bros, would be back on the log market, 



I am accompanied today by Mr. James Geianger, president of tbe Northwest Forestry Association 

 and also r^resenting the Northwest Forest Resource Council. Jim biows more about tbe overall 

 impacts of tbe President's Pacific Northwest Forest Plan than I and has a number of charts with 

 him if you want more specifics than I am able to ofier. He has prepared testimor^ for this bearing 



