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Seth L. Butler, Northern California representative of Dant & Russell, Inc., and Mrs. Butler left San Francisco president, Rossman Mill & Lumber Co., was in San Francisco early in December

December 9 for Seattle to spend Christmas with tl.reir son, Lt.-Comdr. Jack Butler, rvhose ship was due at that port shortly before the holiday. Mr. Rutler visited the company's head office in Portland and returned to San Francisco December 29.

' Lern'is A. Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San F'rancisco, 'w.as back at his desk December 2l from a round trip by air to Portland.

Frode Kilstofte, San Pedro, Calif., on business.

Abe Jackson, manager of the Union Lttmber Co., was a recent ofifice in San Francisco, and the

. Steve Hatharvay, Oceanside Calif., recently spent a few daYs

Los Angeles ofifice of the visitor to the firm's heacl mill at Fort Bragg, Calif.

I-umber Co., Oceanside, in San Francisco.

C. Hexberg, district sales manager, Union Lumber Co', San Francisco, is back in the office after being awav for several months on account of illness.

Art Trvohy, Twohy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left on Sunday, December 23, on an automobile trip to Oregon via Eureka. He will be away for three or four rveeks calling on the mills. Mrs. Trvohy accompanied him'

Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, has returned from a month's trip to Mexico. He went by boat to Acapulco, Mexico, then traveled by airplane to Mexico City. The return trip was made by airplane.

Harry B. Gamerston of San Francisco, and Mrs. holiday in Los Angeles.

George R. Kendrick, sales mallager, Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, San Francisco, returned December 17 from the Northwest, where he called on the company's mills and Northrvest offices.

Nforris B. "Nick" Carter, Carter nas in the Northrvest on a business

Lumber Co., Oakland, trip early in December.

Bud Hubbard, Hubbard l>ack from a business trio Los Gatos, Calif., is & Johnson, to Oregon.

W. M. Killen, Foxrvorth-Killen Lumber Co., Tucson, Arizona, visited San Francisco December 11 on his u'ay to the Pacific North'rvest.

NI. W. Crook, Tacoma several days recently in Lumber Sales, Los Ar.rgeles, spent Eureka.

Fred Lamon, f-amon-Bonnington Co., turned Deiember 22 lrom a business trip he called on sa'rvmills.

San Francisco, reto Oregon, n'herc

A. L. (Gus) Hoover, Southern California representative of The Pacific Lumber Cornpany, and Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently visited San Francisco and Scotia.

Jas. E. returned Wayne Mullin, Mullin a recent visitor to Eugene

Atkinson, Atkinson-Slutz Co., San Francisco, December 17 lrom a business trip to Oregon.

Lumber Co., Los Angeles, rvas and Portland, Ore.

Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips is back from a three weeks' trip Oregon

Lumber Co., Los Angeles, to Coos Bay and Southern

Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., Gamerston, spent the Christmas Joe Buglel', Pan back from a trip to American Sales Co., Los Angeles, is Baja California,

Northern California Dealers Receive Report of NRLDA Meeting

The board of directors and members of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California met at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, December 19, to receive a report from Secretary-Manager B. B. Barber and L E. Horton, treasurer of the association, who had just returned that day from attending the meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association in Washington, D. C., December 12. The report included the reading of a resolution passed at the Washington meeting, ,ivhich is as follows:

"Whereas, the major problem confronting the Nation's domestic economy at the present time is that of stimulating construction of housing, reconversion of industrial plants, maintenance and repair, and modernization, and

"Whereas, it is vitally necessary that this problem be solved without delay, and

"Whereas, one of the two principal obstacles in the path of a solution of this problem is the production of lumber and building materials, and

"Whereas, in our opinion the chief obstacle to the stimulation of production of lumber and building materials is the unrealistic administrative policies being pursued by the Office of Price Administration which are actually curtailing production because of a failure of these policies to eBtablish a proper price relationship between the items required for construction and the other items of production of the manufacturers,

"Therefore, the representatives of the retail lumber industry meeting here recommend to the Softwood Distribution Yard Industry Advisory Committee that it immediately meet with the officials of the Office of Price Administration and strongly protest the present critical lumber and building materials situation, its relation to the national construction and home building program, the lack of enforcement at manufacturers' levels, the unrealistic price relation- ships in present manufacturers' ceiling schedules and the principle o{ absorption as being applied to the retail lumber dealer" and

"We further recomrnend that the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association immediately present this critical situation to the Congress and to the public, by vigorously utilizing every means at its disposal and that the city, state and regional associations of retail lumber dealers throughout the country support this action."

Mr. Barber also read a copy of a memorandum sent by the National and Regional associations to members of Congress, December 15, informing them of the critical situation mentioned in the resolution, and giving speciflc examples of OPA pricing that keeps lumber from being produced for home construction. Examples given include the following:

1 x 4 clear, g'reen, rough fir priced $8.00 higher than I x 4 flooring; I x 6 and I x 8 clear g'reen, rough, $8.00 more than siding or rustic; export lgmber $7.00 more than domestic purchases; railroad lumber $5.00 to $10.00 higher than construction lumber; select structural timbers with "fancy paragraphs" at $5.00 to $10.00 more than boards and dimension for construction purposes.

El Dorcrdo Timber Acrecae Is Sold lor $500,000

Harvey West, general partner of the Placerville Lumber Co., Placerville, Calif., has announced the purchase of about 13,000 acres of timberland from the Silver Fork Lumber Co. at an approxirqate cost of $500,000. Mr. West said that by purchasing the timber, the company will be able to cut on a sustained yield basis comparable to the regular Forest Service practice.

Because of early storms, the company's three sawmills shut down November 1, the earliest in their history. 49,0C0,000 feet of lumber was cut this season and 1,800 cars shipped, mostly to the Army and Air Forces. Shipments of lumber will continue all winter from large stock piles.

Amendm ent 14 to Second RMPR 215 - - -

Distribution Yard Sales of Softwood

Washington, D.C., Dec. 15-A procedure rvas annottttced by the Office of Price Administration today under rvhich wholesale distribution yard prices may be charged by new wholesale yards needed in certaiu areas to promote the distribution of lumber.

Permission rvill not be granted unless the price agellcy is satisfied that the yard rvas not established for the purpose of getting yard mark-ups on lumber u'hich normally would move direct from the mill at the lorver mill prices.

Sellers rvho must apply to OPA for permission to charge distribution yard prices include: l. Any seller seeking to establish il ne\v distribution yard, or any seller rvho has sought to or has establishecl a yard since 1942.

2. Any seller rvho has qualified as a distribution yard under OPA's softwood lumber distribution yarcl price regulations and who subsequently has changed or in the future changes his rnethod of oper:rtions, has changed or in the future changes his location or seeks to open branch yards, any seller rvho effects or has effected a change of ownership or a mutuality of interest linking his business directly or indirectly rvith another seller of lumber, or any seller who has discorltintted or discontinues the business and rvishes to re-establish his yard.

The application to OPA for permission to charge distribution yard prices must describe the nature and pattern of the proposed yard business, and shall state in detail any element of ownership or mutuality of interest ltetrveen the proposed vard and any other seller of lurnber, and the proposed location.

An office wholesaler is any seller who engages in the business of buying lumber for resale or of arranging for the sale of lumber on a commission basis, but who did not before December 31, 1942, own, operate or maintain a yarcl or warehouse in rvhich a regular yard stock of lumberlvas stored or handled. An office r.r'holesaler is also defined as any person who has any mutuality of interest with such a seller, and rvho did not operate as a rvholesaler of lumber before December 31, 1942.

The applicant (1) must shorv there is no other rvholesale distribution .y;rrd within a radius of 50 miles; (2) his application must be accompanied by statements frorn at least 75 per cent of the retail yards within a radius of 50 miles of the yard or proposed yard, setting forth their need for the proposed yard and their willingness to absorb any higher costs of lumber that thev may iqcur in purchasing from the proposed yard.

The yard or proposed yard must: (l) have yard space of at least 20,000 scluare feet with covered storage of at least 2,000 square feet, (2) be located in a lumber consuming area, (3) have trucking facilities available, and (4) it must regularly maintain a varied stock of lumber ancl lumber 'products from at least trvo areas, such as, for ex:rmple, Douglas fir and Ponderosa pine.

(Amendment No. 14 to Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 21S-Distribution Yard Sales of Softu'ood

-effective Decernber 14, 1945.)

Stuart C. Smith

Wholdsale Ludiber Products

539-541 Pcrkwcy Building

Pcrsadenq l, Cclil.

Telephones-SYccrnore 2-3837

Enith 6633

Teletype No.-Pcscr Cal 7583

Acme

BLOWER G' PIPE G(D. ING.

1209 Ncrdeau Street, Los Angeles I

IEs.ercon 4221

Manulacturers

BLOWEB S.rSTEMS and INCTNENATONS

Sec tfrc Acmc Incinerator with watcr woshcd lop

L. t. CARR & CO.

&liiornia Sugor and Ponderw Pinc

Scrles Agents For

SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO.

. Mills At Woodlcaf, Calif.

SACBAMENTO IOS ANGEI.ETI

P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunning

Teletype Sc-13 {38 Chambcr ol Comncrcc Eldg.

N. G. ROBBITTS IUTITBER CO.

319 S. W. Wcshington

Portlcmd 4, Oregon

Distributors of Pacific Coast Forest Products

Douglcs Fir-Hemlock-Cedcrr

LOS ANGELES 15 714 litl. Olympic Blvd. PRoepeci 0724

Ross C. Lcrshley