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As Americcr's gigcntic building progrram gets under wcy, more cnd more builders cre insisting on Treqted Lumber. They know - thcrt scientilic "wood presenring methods" increcrse the servicecrble lile oI lumber crs much cs three-Iold; Tripling the lile ol lumber by trecrting it cgcinst termites, fungri, mcrrine borers, insects and decqy hcs been a specicrlty with us lor over 30 yecrrs.

Through our lacilities we trect millions ol leet oI lumber c year under the hiqh stcrndcrds ol the Americqn Wood Presenrers' Associction . . . providing mcncimum protection by gving highest penelrqtion ol preservcrtive into wood cells. Proper loundations are importqnt. Service crnd quclity hqve been Pope & T<rlbot Ioundctions lor 97 yecrrs.

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L. O. Taylor, Minneapolis, Minn., ge,neral manager of the Shevlin Pine Sales Company, in a letter to all their sales ionnections, stated: "IJntil further notice prices on lumber produced by the McCloud River Lumber Company at McCloud, Calif., and The Shevlin-Hixon Company at Bend, Oregon, will be sold at prices provided in RMPR 94 and, amendments thereto rvhich were in effect on' June 30. You will contiuue to distribute such lumber as may be given you for sale to our regular customers' and you will give no consideration to plice offers over our present asking prices which may be offered voluntarily from any source."

Resolution Pcrssed by The Southern Ccrlilornict Betcril Lumber Associqtion

WHEREAS; price control by Federal Larv rvas permitted to terminate at midnight on June 30, 1946, by Presidential veto of the "extension of the Emergency Price Control Act and Stabilization Act" which hdd been passed by a majority vote of both the Senate and House of the United States 79th Congress and sent to the White House for signature; and

WHEREAS; the Lumber Industry played a leading part, prewar, in building and maintaining a sound economy rn'ithin the nation: and

WHEREAS; rve believe wholeheartedly in the free corrrpetitive enterprise system which, prewar' made this country what it is today; and

WHEREAS; rve concur in the belief expressed by responsible leaders of industry and business that "unrealistic price controls during the transition period from war to peace have retarded production of lumber and allied products that have been, and are now, critically short in the domestic market and are needed urgentlv, among other things, for home, agricultural and industrial construction and uses"; and

WHEREAS; we firmly believe that industry and business will keep this country on an even keel under a free competitive economy and do, quickly and more efficiently, a job that everybody knows should have been done, and that nor,v remains to be done, which a controlled econorny precluded them from doing.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED; that we, as a representative body, do hereby accept the challenge and re- sponsibility in behalf of the 492lumber dealers in Southern

RES.LVED; that we do hereby condemn and do not condone the past, present or future practice of any person or persons either within or without the industry-

(a) who takes advantage of any person or persons during .an enlergency by obtaining or attempting to obtain an unreasonable margin of profit on the goods they sell or on the services they render; or

(b) r,vho will{ully or knowingly commits or attempt to commit any act or deed which would have the effect of bringing about further inflation.

Southern California Retail Lumber Association. Orrie W. Hamilton, Secretary-Manager. July 8, 1946.

The Los Angeles wholesale hardwood distributors have sent telegrams to the .California Senators and their Congressmen in Washington that it is their aim and intention to not exceed ceiling prices that "vere in efiect June 30. 1946.

Bohnholf Lumber Co. Makes lmprovements

The Bohnhoff l-umber Co., paved the lumber yard, and truck to its equipment. The eled and -are very attractive.

Los Angeles, has completely has added a carrier and lift offices were recently remod-

C. W. Bohnhoff, pioneer Southern California hardwood lumberman, is president of the company. He has been connected rvith the hardrvood business in Los Angeles since 1899, and went in business for himself in 1911. The company was incorporated in 7932.

C. C. Bohnhoff, his son, is vice president, and has been associated r.vith his father in the business sincei he graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. He iS a veteran of \[rorld War L

S. N. (Sid) Simmons is secretary-treasurer. He has been associated rvith 1\{r. Bohnhoff since he arrived in Los Angeles from England in 1923.

Ralph L. Tillotson and Fred llammond are members of the sales staff.

The company, wholesale distributors of hardwoods and softwoods, serve the retail lumber yards, cabinet and furniture factories.

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They went with songs to the battle, They were young; Straight of limb, true of eye, Steady and aglow. They were staunch to the endAgainst odds uncounted.

. They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall not grow old, As we that are left, grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor. the years condemn. At the going down of the sun . And in the morning, We shall remember them.

-Laurence BinYon. **:Nr

At the going down of the sun and in the morning may be all right for remembering those who are gone; but right now, and for some'time to come, we must give a lot more time ihan that to remember those who came back. I hear and read things that make me sad. "Lest we forget," was said in vain in thousands of cases. I fear. When "The MacArthur" said to us over the radio: "I am sending them back; take care of them," he was looking ahead. We ARE doing a much better job than we did after World War I. But suppose we one and all take a new oath of helpfulness to the men who came back from "over there." Helpfulness is one of ,the most God-like virtues. And when it applies to returned service men. it is ten times that.

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I would like to write about what the present OPA situation has done and is doing, but it is difficult for the reason that by the time this reaches its readers, everything may be changed. As I write, the fight over restoring OPA goes on in Congress, and what will develop, no rnan knows.

But whatever comes ; ;, ;a whatever devetops economically and financially, I can find in my heart lut one feeling with regard to the now deposed bureau, and that is that it was damned by maladministration rather than by inherent unworthiness. Like other governmental things, could it have been administered by men of the utmost wisdom, it could have been all right; but even then, only as a ternporary expedient between wartime and peacetime. Under no possible considerations could the bulldog determination of its recent managers to make ii a,permanent part of our life, have been justified.

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If I had my say about it at this moment, perhaps I would restore rent controls. Certainly I would restore nothing else. But even rent control needs to be administered intelligently and practically. And the recent management of OPA seemed incapable of intelligent and practical action on any subject. There are millions of cases where rent con' trol creates hardship because the rents are too LOW,. as everyone. in every community knows. Wise men could adjust such matters. And if they are not \,eise, they should have no control power over anything.

What a relief it was, two days after OPA ended on June 30th, to see choice cuts of meat in the markets. The only kind of rneat that has been displayed in most markets for many rnonths has been the kind which, in the old days, you would have fed to your pet dog with apologies. They tell me the price has gone up on these cuts. But you CAN get them, and you couldn't before.

In his fireside speech on June 29th, President Truman took the matter of motor cars to show how badly OPA is needed. He said that under the Case Bill which he had just vetoed, the lower price cars would have gone up perhaps $225 to $250 each. Nothing he ever said illustrated his lack of understanding of what goes on, more than that statement. You would think from that remark that you can buy a car at ceiling prices today. WHERE CAN I GET ONE, MR. PRESIDENT? I can buy all the new cars f can raise money to pay for today. But they cost at least a thousand dollars above the ceiling. What good does it do to keep the ceiling prices down, if you can't get a car? But there are plenty of cars available in the Black Market every hour of the day. But the man who can't or won't pay Black Market prices, can't even get a promise of acar' * * d(

A newspaper reporter just returned from Mexico reports that you can bu.y all the Fords and Chevrolets you want in Mexico for about $tgOO each. That's less than I've been offered one for in this country; a lot less. The windows of the reputable new car dealers are empty. But the used car lots burgeon and bloom with new cars; at a price. ***

OPA higher-ups have been telling us that whenever the supply of something reaches a level with demand, controls will be released. The oil business proves how false that statement is, for oil production-even with proration in some of the largest supplying fields-has been grqater than demand for months past. Yet, every suggestion that oil be released from controls, meets with denial

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