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W. T. BLACK 615 lavowwth St. Saa Fmcfuco PRcpcct !tl0

Strike Situation in Northwest Stifl Keeps

Practically All Fir Carso Milfs Down

No settlement seems to be in sight of the strike of the Sarvmill & Timber Vorkers' Union-in the pacific Northwest, which entered its sixth week June 10.

Tfrg Eomise 9j a break in the stike when the employes of the biS Irong-Bell and Veyerhaeuser mills at Longview, \i7ash., went back-to work tune I faded, when these mills iere picketed 1nd clo-sed_ Jry: S by the Shingle Veavers, LJnion. The presi. dent of the No'rthwest Council of shingle weaverst unions stated that they would not accept the 5O cetrt" an hour minimum wage and 4o-hour week basis on which the Longview workers returned to work.

State_ police patrols of Vashington and Oregon have been ordercd by the govefnof of the two states to pr-otect men who want to return to work in the mills. The Vashington state patrolmen started June 8 to keep the roads open to ih. Lontg. Bell and Weyerhaeuset mills in-Longview, and they disperse-i 300 pickets at the mill of the Vhite Star Lumber Co. at Whites, Vash., which has been working for the Dnst two weeks. -Oregon police patrolmen orJered ""o*d of 300 pickets to disperse at Tillamook, Ore., where they attempted t-o prevent t{re opening of the pulp mill of the Coates Fulp & Sawmill Company.

Eighty-seven per cent of the personnel of nine Tacoma plants voted on secret ballots June 5 to return to work on the basis agrced upon in the 4.L settlement, but there is no indication as yet that the mills will be reopened.

Five Seattle mills that attempted to resume June 3 on the bacis agreed "p."" .by the 4-L group were closed again June 5 oy rnrensrve Prcketlng.

_ fn spite of picketing and efiorts to keep trucks from moving, Bellingham, Vash., retail lumber yards and sash ar"d doJi factories _reopened June 1O. They had been closed by picketing tour weeks-4go, and not because of strikes by their employes.

A recently organized joint Northwest sttike committee has rejecte! the leadership of A. V. Muir, Carpenters and Joiners' executive and ofrcial strike leader, and his trMuirtt plan of settlement. This faction has renewed the original rt.ik. d.mands f.ot 75 ce.nts an hour minimum, 3o-hour week and full recognition of the union.

Martin T. Pratt, shedfi of Multnomah County, Ore., ordered union picketing stopped at the mill of the Bridal Veil Timber Co. June 10, following an incident where a lumber truck from the mill was tumbled over .rn embankment and the driver beaten, allegedty by strikers. A repott from Portland dated Jntre 12 stated that 95 pickets had been jailed, and that Governor Martin said the national guard, now in training at Fort Lervis will be brought back for duty if necessary. Tf,e repom also stated that Frank Johnson, executive secretary of the Sawmill & Timber \(/orkers' union of portland told'Sherifi pratt the union "stands on its rights of peaceful picketing.r'

All the Redwood mills are running that w&e r,rtttti.tg before the stril(e.

Vestern Pine mills are unafiected by the strike. One mill at Deer Park, IVash., t'hat was closed by a walkout of employes has resumed operation.

FlR.-Production dropped to a new low when the Vest Coast Lumberments Association reported operations for the two weeks from May 20 to June f of sHghtly less than l0 per cent of :rye,orty. The loss from the strike to June 8 ias estimated by the Association at from four to five million dollars.

The mills, both cargo and rail, are badly oversold on all uppers, and No. 3 is very scarce. Lath is scarce and high in prica

Northern California buying from rail mills lessened considerably since- June I due mainly to the belief of buyers that the strike might be settled soon. Rail prices are very hrm. Llppem have advanced about f2.00 since June f.

Most of the Red Cedar shingle mills are still dorvn. One mill in Seattle and two in Edmonds, Vas$, and some onemachine mills are operating. One San Francisco wholesalet has some shingles in stock. Price on No. I is about f,1.00 a squ.Ere higher tfian before the strike.

PLYWOOD.-AII Douglas Fir plywood plants in the Northwest are down with the exception of M & M plywood Co., Longview and Plylock Corporation, Portland, which started running June 3.

PINE.-Prices are firm. Mills are being ofiered a lot of business which they cantt handle, due to broken stocks.

Production of lumber by members of the Vestern pine Association for the week ended June I was 54rlB7rO0O feet against 51,94E,000 in the preceding week and 38,834,000 in the coresponding w.eek in 1934. Shipments for the week were 1>6116&rOfl) feet as against 32rl79rOOO feet for the same week in 1934.

REDVi/OOD.-Market remains firm and active with dry uppers still scarce and common stocks broken.

Redwood shingle production is increasing. One large mill reports a good stock of No. 2 dry shingles on hand.

Unsold stocks at Los Angeles harbor on June l0 totaled 754.OOO f.ect. Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended June 10 totaled 7rl5O,OOO feet which included 9 cargoes o_f Fir carrying 616141000 feet and one cirrgo of Redwood with 536,000 feet. 48 vessels were operating in the coast. wise lumber service on June 10; 58 vessels wet"1"id up.

Plywood Shipped for Matanuska Valley Nation Rejoices at Safe Return of Young Project in Alaska Georye Weyerha euser

The safe return of young George P. Weyerhaeuser to his parents on June 1 after being held captive for seven days by his abductors brought great joy to the lumber industry and the nation. As is well known he is the 9-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., of Tacoma, Wash., and disappeared while on his way home from school on May 24. His father, John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., is executive vice president of the Weyelhaeuser Timber Co.

Federal officers of the Department of Justice with the cooperation of state and local officers in the Northwest have already captured two of the kidnapers, and are pressing the sear'ch for the rest of the gang implicated in the kidnapping.

Approximately 1,000,000 feet of Pamudo plywood was recently shipped from Seattle on the U. S. Army Transport "St. Mihiel" by the Lumber Supply & Warehouse Company, sales representatives for Pamudo plywoods in Seattle an'd Northern Washington, for use in the Matanuska Valley project in Alaska.

Owing to the extremes of temperature and humidity in that territory make it necessary that only plywood of the highest quality be used in the construction of homes. The accompanying photograph shows the plywood being loaded on the U. S. Army Transport "St. Mihie1." The Pacific Mutual Door Co. of Tacoma. Wash.. are distributors of Pamudo plywoods.

Returns To Northwest

Wesley Fish, general manager of the Grays Harbor Lumber Co., Aberdeen, \Mash., has returned to the Northwest after a two weeks' sojourn in California where he visited, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and other points of interest. He also called on the lumber trade.

It is hoped that the entire gang will be apprehended soon and that justice will take its course. Commenting editorially on the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping the T os Angeles Times says in part: "Their arrest and punishment cover a larger ground than their deserts for this one crime. It includes the stamping out of a horrible menace to the domestic tranquility of the American people. It cannot afiord to let one guilty kidnapper get away with the fruits of his crime."

Planing Mill Workers in Bay District Return to \fork

Planing mill workers in the San Francisco Bay district who walked out on strike June 3 returned to work ]tme 10. The San Francisco Planing Mill Owners' Association and Cabinet Manufacturers' Institute of California have agreed to sit down with the workers and try to settle their differences, and failing a settlement to submit to a board of arbitration.

Workers in the mills of the East Bay Mill Owners Asso,ciation returned to work and will attempt to settle their differences with their employers, but have not agreed to a board of arbitration.

Approximately 500 union workers walked out June 3, demanding a minimum wage of 90 cents an hour and a 4G hour week.