President Recommends Vast Public \(/orks Building Program and Co-Operative Movement in lndustrv

In his message to Congress on May 17, 1933, president Roosevelt presented his industrial recovery and public works program recommending that Congress provide for the machinery necessary for a great co-operative movement throughout all industry in the country, and that the executive be given full power to start a large pr,ogram of direct employment.

On the subject of co-operative movement through industry, the President proposes to obtain wide re-employment, to shorten the working week, to pay a decent wage for the shorter lveek, and to prevent unfair competition and disastrous overproduction.

President Roosevelt said that a careful survey convinces him that approximately $3,300,0@,0@ can be invested in useful and necessary public .construction, and at the same time put the largest possible number of people to work. He proposed that the executive be given full power to start a large program of direct employment.

The President stated: "Provisions should be made to permit States, ,counties and muni,cipalities to undertake useful public works, subject, however, to the most effective possible means of eliminating favoritism and wasteful expenditures on unwarranted and uneconomic projects."

Projects to be preferred under the public works program, and which will be subject to recommendation and .control by an administrator include: The ,constru,ction and repair of highways and public buildings, the elimination of railroad grade crossings, the conservation of natural resources, the constru'ction under public regulation or control of low cost housing and slum clearance projects, and other public proje,cts.

Introduced in the Senate by Senator Wagner of Netv York and in the House by Representative Doughton of North Carolina on May 17, the Industry-Control Bill invites voluntary trade agreements regarding fair competition and labor conditions by industrial associations and units.

Senator Wagner described the industrial section of the bill as follows:

"The purpose is to secure co-operative action within industry with a view to eliminating unfair competitive practices and thereby to redu'ce unemployment, improve standards of labor and otherwise to rehabilitate industry.

"The bill authorizes any group or association within a trade or industry to prepare a code of fair competition which sets forth the standards covering trade and competitive practices lvithin that industry. Such a code is without effect until it is approved by the President.

"The President may approve su,ch a code if he finds:

"(l) That the group presenting the code truly represents the trade or industry for which it speaks.

" (2) That it admits freely to membership all who are engaged in the same trade or industry.

"(3) That the code of rules is fair to cornpetitors, employees and'consumers.

" (4) That is will not promote monopoly.

"(5) That it does not oppress or discriminate against small business enterprises.

"In addition the employers submitting su,ch a code of fair competition must agree that their employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively and that their rrght to join a labor,organization will not be interfered with. They must undertake to reduce the hours of labor to thdt number whi'ch the President finds will be most helpful in increasing employment in the industry. Finally, they must agree-to pay a minimum scale of wages and maintain minimum standards of working conditions as determined by the President.

"The President is further authorized to enter into or approve agreements relating to any trade or industry with a view to improving conditions within that industry and increasing its porver to provide employment.

"The initiative is left with industry. Ifowever, should an industry. be unable or. refuse to co-operate the President may impose upon it a code of fair competition and in extraordinary circumstances license the trade or. industry.

"Once a code of fair competition is approved or issued by the President it becomes the standard of fair competition within that trade or industry to which it applies and all those who comply with it are exempt from the provisions of the anti-trust laws and all those who violate it are subject to legal penalties." '

Southern California Retailers to Hold Picnic

The California Retail Lumbermen's Association. Southern Division, will hold a picni,c at Brookside Park, pasadena, Calif., Saturday, June 24, 1933. The committee is planning to make this a gala event and are arranging a fine program which will include all kinds of games and sports. Lumbermen, including all bran,ches of the industry, are invited to attend. Announcements of the various events for the day will be made later.

The committee arranging for the picnic includes: Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Co., Pasadena, Chairman; paul Hallingby, Ifammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles; A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle Lumber Co., Sawtelle; Ross Blanchard, Blanchard Lumber Co., North H'ollywood; Henry Adams, Henry Adams Lumber Co., Anaheim, Phil Curran, Curran Bros., Inc., Pomona; M. E. Downey, M. E. Downey Lumber Co., Long Beach; Roy Sandefur, Dill Lumber Co., Arlington, and Kenneth Smith, Lumber and Allied products Institute, Los Angeles.

Harry Graham Low Gross Lumber Cut For 1931-32

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Harry A. Graham, H. A. Graham Lumber Co., Long Beach, was the low gross winner at the Orange County Lumbermen's Club golf tournament held at the Hacienda Country Club, Whittier, on Wednesday afternoon, May 17. Ross Hostettler, Costa Mesa Lumber Co., Costa Mesa, was the low net winner and was awarded the Blue Diamond Trophy. E. Stefiensen, Santa Ana, se'cretary of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club, was the winner of the blind bogey prize.

The handsome silver trophy whi'ch has been donated by the Blue Diamond Corp., of Los Angeles, will be played for at the monthly toutnaments until the annual tournament in November and the contestant who wins it the most times will gain permanent possession of the cup. Only members of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club are eligible to participate for this prize.

Alderman-Truher

Hubert P. Alderman and Miss Helen Catherine Truher rvere married in Honolulu on April 29, 1933. I!Ir. Alderman is well known to the lumber trade in California, having been with The Pacific Lumber Company as salesman for several years. He is now associated with Lewers & Cooke, building material dealers, Honolulu.

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The Bureau of the Census announces that, according t<-r a preliminary tabulation of data collected at the annual Census of Forest Products taken in 1933, the lumber cut of 508 identical mills-each mill having sawed 2,000,000 feet or more, board measure, either in 1932 or in 1931amounted to 5951,944,000 feet in 1932, a decrease of 4I.4 per cent as compared with 8,62I,243,W feet sawed in 1931. These mills contributed 52.2 per cent of the total cut of all mills which reported for 1931.

In order to present statistics which will show, as nearly as possible, the extent of the decrease in the total lumber cut, comparing 1932 with 1931, data have been included for a considerable number of mills which operated in 1931 but not in 1932 and. for a very few which operated in 1932 but not in 1931. Nevertheless, it is likely that the per cent of decrease in the total lumber production in the United States was somewhat larger than that shown for the identical mills covered by this report, since probably a larger proportion of the small mills than of the large ones were idle in 1932.

The following statement presents statistics by important regions for the 508 mills in question, f.ot 1932 in comparison with 1931:

Lumber Cut, by Regions, for 508 Identical Mills: 1932 and 1931 (a) il) Connecticut, Delaware. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hi#pstrire, New'Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. - iZl itti""i., Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. tJj el"-Ui-", Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

(4) North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

(5) Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

(6) Oregon and Washington.

(7) California and Nevada.

(8) Idaho and Montana.

(ti A;t.";, Colorado, New, Mexico, -Utah and Wvqming' - t"i tft;r report was prepared bv- the pyre3u of the Cens-us, Dep"ilrr,.r,t of Cbmmerce.'in iooperaiion with the Forest Service, Department of Agricultur

Visits San Francisco Office

E. A. Goodrich, Union Lumber Company, I-os Angeles, spent a few days at the company's San Francisco office during the month of MaY.

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