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Ceilings for Mill Sales of \(/estern Softwood Shinglet Increascd

Washington, D. C., Dec. 18-An increase of 2G cents per square in ceilings for mill sales of Western softwood shingles in all standard grades was announced by the Office of Price Administration today.

The increase is effective December 22, 1945.

Today's increase r'vas determined, OPA said, after a study of producers' costs and is designed to assure recovery of costs by producers, including costs resulting from a recent increase of $1.50 per 1,000 feet in West Coast log prices.

A forthcoming amendment will require absorption of the mill price increases out of resellers' gross margins.

OPA also announced uniform dollar-and-cent ceilings for both hand-split and machine-processed shakes'

This was done, OPA said, to relieve the administrative burden involved itr special pricing based on individual application. It is felt, too, that published ceilings on hand split shakes which are usually cut by individuals rather than mills, will improve compliance by acquainting producers with permissible prices.

Hand-split shakes are shingles produced by a splitting rather than sarving operation and are usually of larger sizes than the general run of sawn shingles. Machine shakes are reprocessed shingles.

Up to now, producers of hand-split and machine-processed shakes were required to make individual application to OPA for approved maximum prices lor these items.

Dollar-and-cent ceilings for both hand-split and machineprocessed shakes are about the same as those formerly approved on individual application.

Producers of lorver grade shingles are permitted, however, a 20 cent raise per square over prices formerly approved thereby bringing prices for these items in line rvith the 2O cent raise permitted in today's action for the higher grade Western softu'ood shingles.

Today's amendment also provides that jobbers may sell less-than-carload lots of Western softwood shingles to consumers at prices established in the regulation covering clistribution yard sales of softwood lumber.

No ceiling for jobbers' sales to consumers was formerly set up in the shingle regulation, although it was recognized that when such sales were made prices prevailing at the consuming level rvere charged. These ir.r general, rvere the lrrices established for the consumer in Znd Revised Maximum Price Regulation 215, Distribution Yard Sales of Softrvood Lumber. Consequently, toclay's amendment makes consumers' prices in that regulation the jobbers' price tcr consumers.

In this manner, OPA said, long established clealers in Western softwoocl shingles not- qualifying as distributiorr yards, but lvhose practice has been to sell in the same lvay as jobbers, nolv have appropriate ceiling prices at each level.

(Amendment No. 1 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 164-Recl Ceclar Shingles-effective Deceml>er 22, 1945.)

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shortage should be substantially relieved, but not the need for new dwellings.

The lack of housing is not new. It is mainly a result of four years of drastic decline in home building due to the war. The whole building industry has a long way to go to recover from 'ivartin.re losses of labor and materials.

The Western Pine Association for the r,veek cember 15, 96 mills reporting, gave orders as feet, shipments 27,926,000 feet, and production feet. Orders on hand at end of week totaled feet.

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22,913,O00 25,733,000 24r,952,W

The Southern Pine Association for the u,'eek encled December 15, 79 units (114 mills) reporting, gave orders as 14,617,W feet, shipments 14,324,000 feet, and production 13,840,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the n'eek totaled 79,352,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the .lveek ended December 15, 153,mills reporting, gave orders as 69,665,000 feet, shipments 73,789,000 feet, and production 77.365.W feet.

New Yard in Bcrstow

W. M. Dary Company has opened a ne\\' lumber and building material yard in Barstorv, Calif.

Ernie Larson, San Francisco representative of The Celotex Corporation, was chairman of the Christmas Party of the Producers' Council, Northern California Chapter, held at Lake Mercecl Country Club, San.Francisco, December 6. There was a golf tournament in the afternoon, and the evening entertainment included a number of well known radio and concert stars. Ernie, who is widely knor,vn in the building material industry in Northern California, was congratulated on the fine j.ob he did in handling the party. The Producers' Council is a national organization of building material manufacturers. George Quamby of the Detroit Steel Products Co., Oakland, is president of the Northern California Chaoter.

Takes Over Bock cnd Sand Plant

The Southern Pacific Milling Co., with retail yard headquarters in San Luis Obispo, Calit.. has taken over the Sisquoc Rock & Sand Co., .ivhich ir-rcludes an asphalt plant, at Sisquoc, 14 miles east of Santa X4aria, Calil.

Redwood Workers Vote To Strike

A.tr.L. lumber .rvorkers in the Redtvood producing area of Northern California took a strike vote early in December and voted to strike January 14 if their demand for an increase of 221 cents an hour is not met. Negotiations are being carried on.