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The lumber dealer has been very, very busy trying to explain the matter of priorities to his inquisitive customers. The layman just gets confused when he is told that Order L-41 has indeed been relaxed, but that Order L-335 is absolutely unchanged. Even if lumber were availablewhich it is not-the relaxed L-41 would be of no particular benefit to the building public unless there was likewise relaxation in L-335.

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But outside of the item of lumber. the relaxed L-41 undoubtedly WILL do a whole lot of good, and that immediately. For there ARE many building materials available that are not covered by priority restrictions. Cement, plaster, paint, wallpaper, many kinds of wallboard, insulation rnaterials, many types of other-than-wooden building board, builders hardware, and many other kinds of building material are available, and most of them in generous sup- ply. So there is no doubt that there will be increased building going on now; but nothing like what would be done if they could buy lumber in general, and framing lumber in particular.

One of the large ai"triu]rt"]" lr "ort-ooa lumber said to me the other day: "I don't know what they are doing with it, but the war machine is making even stronger demands than at dny previous time, and there just isn't any lumber available for civilian use." And that covers the situation. There are those who think that the Pacific Coast ports will be entirely unable to handle the Westward moving lumber for the Pacific war, and that the government may have to release some to civilian users for that reason. It is explained that the terrific war demand for lumber right now is mostly based on the need for wharves, warehouses, barracks, and other war lumber in the Pacific area. Whatever it is, the demand for lumber for war thoroughly overwhelms the supply.

Resume: If Mr. l.n" *Or" J""," to do some .building, repairing, or remodeling, the new relaxation of Order L-41 undoubtedly makes it legal for him to do so. But the possibility must depend entirely on his ability to find available building materials.

Had a long letter from my old friend, Don Campb.il, forrrler ace lumber dealer in Kentucky and now a big shot in the lumber division of the War Production Board in Washington. Don objected in friendly fashion to my recent editorial critical of the allotment by our government of large quantities of Lend-Lease lumber to England and Europe. He defended the actions of the War Industries Board and its lumber division. I never said the WpB was in any way responsible for the diversion of our ,much needed lumber to Lend-Lease. f never had any idea that it was. Those orders came from higher up; from the same thinking reservoirs that have seemed so anxious to give away everything we have and need. I think the lumber division of WPB is manned by mighty fine men who have done a very good job under great difficulties.

I think the hue "rra "r| tilat*-"rrt up from the lumber and building industries when the news of the first heavy gifts of lumber to England and Europe got out, has done a world of good, and perhaps done much to stop what might have. been a destructive flow of lumber in that direction. I favor giving our armed forces every foot of lumber they want that we can make. But I object to sending a single damn foot of it anywhere for anybody via the Lend-Lease route. Lend-Lease has been tremendously useful, but fearfully abused. It is time to draw a line between Lend-Lease use and abuse, and put a stop to the latter. There is a need for shelter here at home, and particularly among the little people of the land, that accounts for almost all of the Black Market activities in lumber. As between using our extra lumber for building the shelter that good Americans need, and sending it abroad for rehabilitation, I'm casting my vote for our own folks. And that is the situation in a nutshell. Whenever there is a board or a plank available that our armed forces do not need, I say give it to our needy Americans, and particularly our little folks.

And, speaking of stacil ,i"rl"a", it looks from where I'm sitting as though the market with the dusky hue has taken the ball in this country, and is running with it. There isn't anyrthing scarce that cannot be had in plenty if you know where to go look, and are willing to pay the price. Cigarettes, gasoline, meat, butter, gasoline coupons, red points-all can be bought in plenty. The sufferer and sucker in all this is the little man. The Black Marketers can't get anything from him, so he can't get anything frorn them. So he goes without. If you doubt that the Black Market has taken the country over, you must be blind.

Well, Senator WagneJ attl.r,J his new so-called social security bill into the hopper. He had to do it without White Ffouse indorsement, although he had announced Mr. Truman was all for it. I had my doubts, as I stated last issue. Mr. Truman DID come out for emergency increases in the unemployment insurance department of goverhment. f'm against that, too. This is America, and I don't like doles, especially for people who for two or three years have been drawing excessive pay in war industries. To pay a man not to work is a great strain on his character. A man who will work for say $35 a week when he can get at least $25 without work, is seldom born. The Wagner thing is senseless, impractical, and un-American. I shall discuss it next time out.

Lumber Allocctions lor Third Qucrter, 1945

Lumber allocations for the third quarter of 1945 total 8.8 billion board feet, of which 4.8 billion will go to iarge industrial users, the WPB announced. Because the eventual effects on top priority lumber requirements of the shift from a two-front to a one-front war are not yet fully known, the lumber supply situation will be reviewed in mid-July, WPB officials said. They declared lumber productioh thus far in 1945 has been ll/o under'a year ago, while military and civilian needs remain at about the 1944 level.