THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

Order L-335 as Amended

Part 3285-Lumber and Lumber Products (Order L-335, as .dmended June 23, 1944)

Lumber Control Order

The fulfilhnent of requirements for the rleiense of the United States has created a shortage in the suppll. of lumber for defense, for private account, and for export; and tlie following orcler is deerne<l necessar\. and appropriate in the public interest and to Dronrote the national clefense:

S 3285.121 Order L-335-(a) What this order does. This or<ler explairrs proceclures tlrat persons must follorv in gctting lumber and that sara'rnills and distributors lnust follo*. in delivcring lumber. It applies to sawmills that produce over 100,000 hoarcl fcet of lurnber a 1-ear and to persorls who sell or distribute new lumber rvithin or e\l)ort new lumber from the contincntal Unitcd States (meaninRonl_1' 11,'" 48 states and the l)istrict of Colurnbia). It applics to everJ. person who receives new lunrbcr from a sawnrill or ilistributor and it 1>rovidcs a procetlure for controlling the arnount of hrrrrbcr that lar{e consnrrrers carr rcceive.

Definitions

(b) Definitions. For the purposes of this ordcr:

(1) "Lumber" lneans any sawed lumber of an1' spccies. size or grade, including round edge, rough, dresscd on olre or nrorc sides or edges, dressed and matchecl, shilrlappetl, r,vorked to pattern, or glooved for splines, except: (i) dogwood, persimtnon, rattarr, balsa, arrcl aircraft graclc of sitka spruce; (ii) slringles, lath ancl slabs; mine ties and railway cross ties (sawerl or heu.'erl); (iii) edgings, trim, and off-fall less than three inches rvicle or less than four fcet long unless made ir"rto stanclard commercial lurnlter sizes or patterns; (iv) hardwood flooring; (v) items produccd from lumber lrnt not classified in the trade as lumber, such as box shook, rlinrension stock, cut stock, and millwork; and (vi) userl lumber.

(2) "Distributor" means anv person who bul's lumber for rcsale as lumber either at wholesale or retail. It docs not inclrrde anJ'part of a person's operations which would make hin-r also either a sawmill or consumer.

(3) "Distributor stock" means anv lumbcr rvhich a clistributor lras in lris possession for resale.

(4) "Sawmill" means: (i) any n'rill or plant ,statiouary or portable, which proclucetl rnore than 100,000 boarrl fect of lurnber in 1913 or expects to prorluce more than 100,000 'board feet in 1944; and

(ii) any concentration 1'ard or plant rt'hich processes (by drying, sawirrg, cclging, planing or sonre other cornparable rnethod) 25 per' cent or more of the total volume of loes and lumber which it receives fronr the area in which it is locited, into an item which is delinerl as lumber. However, the term "sarvmill" does not include any establishnlent known in the tracle as a distribution 1-ard, engaged in either rctail or wholesale business, even though it may process, for the scrvicing of special orders frorn custonrers, nrore than 25 I'ercent of tl:e lrrmber it reccives.

(5) "Sawmill stock" means any lunrbcr in the posscssior.r of a sawmill.

(6) "(.onsrrnrer" mcans anv person, (or an1' part of a person's operations, such as a plant, branch, or department rvhich regularly n.raintains a separate lumber inventorl' record) who reccives lumber (exce 1>t for rcsale) anrl uscs it in the Unitcd States. "Consumer" cloes not inclurle pcrsons (inclucling contractors) rvho receive lumber for use on construction work rlone for other persons. The lterson folrhonr the construction work is done is the consutner.

(7) A "certifierl order" is anv ordcr for clclive11' of lumber bearing one of the certilications prescribcd b-v this order or b1'any direction issued pursuant to this order.

(U) "Pcrson" lneans any individual, lrartncrship, associatiotr, business trust, corporation, governmental corporatior.r or agellc-v*, o1' any organized groulr of persons, whcther incorlroratcrl or not.

Lumber Consumers and How They Get Their Lumber

(c) General. For the purposes of this or<ler lurnber consumers are grouped according to the quantity of lumbcr they rtse ancl the purpose for which the1. use it. Bccause a person may be included in more than one group, he must rearl thc provisions relating to each in order to deternrine the procetlure or procedures he must follow in getting his lumber. I-umber which a person gets as a production material is su'bject to the lirnitations n'lrich nral' be imlrosed by directions to this orcler.

"Class I Consumers" and How They Get Their Lumber

(d) Who a "Class I consumer" is. A "Class I consumer" is any consumer who has been granted an autlrorization to rcceive luntber on Form WPB-3640.

(e) Who is required to get an authorization on Form WPB-3640. The following are re<luired to Iile Form WPR-3640 and get an authorization from the War Procluction lloard to receivc lumber: (Continucd orr Page 6)

Doet it cost you more to handle lumber?

Think of the sawmill man with the many operations he must perfiorm.

Only part crews and many of them not willing to work.

He is trying harder than you think.