OAEGON LUATBEQ SALES

Brocdwcry Bldg., Eugene, Oregon

Wholesale Distributors of Forest Products

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Questions and Answers on Conseryation Order M-208 As Amended

(Continued sale, only one rating may be applied or extended for that sale. See also paragraph (b) (3) of Priorities Regulation 3.

-7- a. May ratings applied or extended to a distributor after January 12, 1943, be extended by the distributor for replacement in inventory of the material so delivered?

A. Yes. Any rating of any kind from any source, correctly applied or extended to a distributor after January 12, 1943, may be extended by that distributor for an equal number of board feet of substantially similar items of softwood lumber, provided that such delivery does not increase the distributor's stock beyond a practicable working minimum inventory, as set out in Priorities Regulation 1.

Note: The term "distributor" as used in these questions and answers means any lumber dealer, either retail or wholesale, who buys and sells lumber.

-8- a. May ratings applied or extended before January 12 to orders from a distributor be extended by the distributor after January 72 lor replacement in inventory?

A. (a) Any rating applied or extended before or after January 12th to orders for material delivered on or after January l?th may be extended for replacement of inventory as permitted in Priorities Regulation 3.

(b) Ratings of AA-2X or higher applied or extended to a distributor before January lZth may be extended by him after January l?th for replacement in inventory as permitted in Priorities Regulation 3.

(c) Ratings of AA-5 and lorver applied or extended to a distributor for material delivered before January IZ may not be extended by him after January 12 lor replacement in inventory.

-9- a. What about AA-3 and AA-4 ratings applied or extended before January 72?

A. Under the old Order, these ratings are Class 2 ratings, and as such were automatically considered AA-2X ratings, which can be extended for replacement in inventory after January 12.

Note: AA-3 and AA-4 ratings applied or extended after January 12 may be extended as AA-3 or AA-4 respectively, but may not be raised to AA-2X. (See Answer c to Question 8 and Question 3.) _10_ a. If a distributor has received, before January 12, a rated order for material which he cannot deliver out of his inventory, may he extend the rating to purchase material with which to fill the order?

A. Yes. To fill any rated order a distributor may ex- from Page 27) tend the rating, rvhether assigned by the old or the new M-208, or by any other Order, regulation, or certificate, to obtain material which he does not have in stock. However, a new higher rating assigned by the new M-208 may not be applied or extended on an order which has already been rated prior to lanuary 12.

-11- a. How may distributors purchase Douglas Fir lumber ?

A. By placing a rated order with any pr,oducer in position to accept such order. As fir lumber is cut by producers, a certain part of the cut will not be required for needs of the direct war agencies. Producers will retain this part and from time to time will make application for a general release from the restrictions of Limitation Order L-218 of the quantity so accumulated. Then when such a quantity is so released the producer is free to sell this quantity,of Douglas Fir lumber subject to Priorities Regulation 1 and provisions of M-208, just as for any other species of softwood lumber, and distributors must sell lumber so purchased according to the provisions of M-208.

-t2- a. May ratings for Douglas Fir lumber be applied for on PD-IX forms?

A. Yes-although Douglas Fir will not be available in large quantities, and distributors should request ratings on an alternate species if Douglas Fir cannot be obtained.