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(Continued f.rom Page 77) and shipping facilities; and' instructing their sawing policies.

5. Contracting for the entire output of desired species, items and sizes, of mills able to produce urgently needed items,

6. Seeking some practicable arrangement or understanding with the Office of Price Administration by which the Army or the Navy, for the production and procurement especially of urgently needed and difficult items, may be enabled to contract in advance for mill out-put and to pay for it prices higher than the applicable O.P.A. ceiling, to the extent necessary to secure increased production either through overtime operation or by marginal plants.

7. Request of appropriate Federal agencies that continuity of needed labor in sawmills and logging be protected in so far as is cornpatible with war requirements and that a suitable body or committee (with necessary regional or local representation) be set up with a duty to deal with appeals from individual timber companies for consideration of their labor requirements.

8. Financial assistance or cooperation in securing financial assistance to producers or groups of producers able and willing to produce needed dry, thick stock by combined processes of kiln dry and laminating.

9. If additional freezing is necessary to limit the application of the "limitation" orders:

(a) To producers which the Army and Navy, for administrative reasons, are able to include in their buying progfam, i.e., not to include mills or concentration yards producing less than a certain minimum or otherwise not qualified to participate in Army auctions or negotiated contracts.

(b) To grades, species and items which the Arrny and Navy will buy.

(c) So that producers of "frozen" grades, species and items may be authorized to sell such lumber to other eligible buyers if the Army and Navy do not wish to buy it.

(d) In general, to enable lumber and timber products, so far as practicable, to continue to serve as a source or reservoir of usable materials for war and defense, and for the maintenance of essential civilian economy.

10. To stay away from any system of "allocations" of lumber. In the logging and lumber manufacturing industry, with its tens of thousands of operating units the Army and Navy, if allocations lvere depended on would lose more through reduced production than they could possibly gain by more direct control of uses.

Gerry Knight, son of Chester Knight, of the San Fernando Lumber Company, San Fernando, and nephew of Hal Baly, of the Van Nuys Lumber Company, Van Nuys, expects to get his coveted wings in the Army Air Corps the middle of this month.

Gerry enlisted last November, and having passed through several trainitrg centers, includin$ Randolph Field, he is now at Foster Field where he is putting on the finishing touches on intercePtor command.

Having been with the San Fernando and Van Nuys Lumber Companies since he was thirteen years old, he is widely known in Southern California lumber circles. He expects to be home on August first for a short furlough.

Appointed Assistant Superintendent

Glenn J. Chasteen, formerly in charge of the American Lumber and Treating company's DeRidder, La., plant, has been advanced to assistant superintendent of the organization's Wilmington, Calif., plant, according to an announcement from J. F. Linthicum, Chicago, company president.

Mr. Chasteen is no newcomer to this national woodpreserving organization's Wilmington operations. He served at Wilmington as an engineer before becoming superintendent in 1939 of the company's 'Wauna, Ore., plant.

Buy Yard At Chowchilla

Veith-Beckemeir Lumber Company, Merced, has purchased the property, lumber and building material stocks of the Chowchilla Lumber Company at Chowchilla, Calif., and it is understood they will operate the yard under their own name. A. H. Veith and Walter Beckemeir are the owners. 'Wm. Craven was the owner and manager of the Chowchilla Lumber Company.

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Ertimated Wegtern Pine Consumption lor Third Quarter of 1942

Portland, Oregon, June 27-An estimate of the probable consumption of lumber from the Western Pine region for the third quarter of. 1942 is given in a statement issued by the Western Pine Association here today. The statement in full is as follows:

The lumber industry has kept pace with the conversion of American industry to war production. During the past quarter, further increases in the estimated lumber requirements for war purposes have resulted in the War Production Board Lumber Limitation Order L-121, announcement by Donald Nelson that lumber is a "critical material," "rrd'unn.*"tive steps by the W.P.B. in such matters effecting the lumber industry as labor scarcity, priorities, and transportation. The Western Fine industry continues its effort to meet the 'n'ar and essential civilian demand for its products.

Preliminary estimates of second quarter performance indicate that, during the first half of 1942 the Western Pine industry shipped 8O2 million feet of lumber, almost 5/o more than in the same previous peak period of 1941. This rvas accomplished despite greatly reduced stocks and with a production during the first six months ol 2477 million feet or 3/o lower than a year ago. Although the industry has exerted every effort to maintain and increase production schedules, labor shortage, lowered efficiency, equipment and maintenance problems as well as unfavorable weather conditions have all operated to defeat that purpose. During June the outlook for production has improved and while stocks are at an all time low in relation to demand, the industry can be expected to make a favorable showing for the balance of the year.

Government estimates of I94Z lumber requirements for war and essential civilian purposes are now 38.7 billion feet, almost 4 billion feet more than the estimates three months ago and approximately 5 billion feet over actual 1941 consumption. The industry's unfilled order file of 650 million feet is only slightly higher than at this time last year, but this does not accurately reflect the relative demand. Increased shipments, lower production, and smaller stocks, rather than current demand. are the factors limiting the volume of orders accepted.

Based on general predictions and all other available information concerning the use of these products, it is expected that, during the third quarter ol 1942, the shipments (consumption) of Western Pine Lumber will be about 1850 million feet. This rvould mean a volume of shipments which would exceed that for the second quarter by 235 million feet, or 15/o, and which would approximately equal that for the third quarter of 1941. As during the second quarter, the volume of deliveries in July, August and September will be limited onlv bv the abilitv of the mills to make shipment.

Jim Pierce In Navy

Jas. R. Pierce, Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, passed his examination for Ensign in the Navy, and left June 24 for Ithaca, N. Y., to take an indocrination course at Cornell University.

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