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The new ceilings, for the first cut in resawing or ripping, range from $7.50 per thousand board feet on l-inch x 2-inch to $2 per thousand board feet on wide dimension and large timbers. They are based on an average of the highest \{arch t942 prices of the mills in operation at that time.

Those {or each additional cut or line range from $2 per thousand board feet on narrow boards to 50 cents per thousand board feet on timbers of 6-inch x S-inch and larger, and are based on the charges of those new mills which based their prices on actual costs rather than on the maximum prices of small competitors.

Today's action was taken following extensive consultation with the industry, which included visits to a large number of custom mills and first-hand examination of their operations.

As a result of this action, which applies to operators without a financial interest in the lumber they handle, dollarsand-cents ceiling now cover all kiln drying and milling of Western softwoods. Ceilings are provided in other lumber regulations which cover similar services performed by operators who do have some financial interest in the lumber they handle, such as sawmills that produce the lumber and distribution yards that purchase the lumber for resale.

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' Operators rvho do not come within the definition o.f custom mills, but who perform custom milling services, can apply to the nearest OPA regional offrce for permission to charge the maximum prices established by today's action.

(Supplementary Services Regulation No. 27 under Maximum Price Regulation No. l65-Services-eftective Ma1' 3,1944.)