More Lumber Restrictions Fores een Unfess Production is Increased

Washington, D.C., Jaly !4.-,,Unless the production can be increased, I think we may look for some further restrictions on civilian lumber trade and that these will in_ clude both softwoods and hardwoods,', says Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manu_ facturers Association, in discussing the industry outlook. Dr. Compton's full statement follows;

"Amended No. 2 to Lumber Limitation Order L_121 will encourage some and discourage others. Its extension signi- fies the plain fact that even with the restrictions on civil-ian uses and civilian trade the Army and the Nivy are even yet not able to secure the lumber they need. The deficiency is less than it was when L-121 was issued in May. gui it still runs in hundreds of millions of feet, and in the last three weeks has been increasing, as have also the aggregate Iumber requirements of the Army and Navy. The defense housing projects include more than 600,000 housing units. The War Production Board has not found it possible to provide the necessary lumber for all of these and at the -same time enable the operating war agencies to secure their urgent requirements. The same applies in part to farm building, although the way has been opened for lumber sup_ ply to urgently needed grain storage and livestock housing.

"LJnless the production can be increased, I think *. -"y look for some further restrictions on civilian lumber trade and that these will include both softwoods and hardwoods. As has been repeatedly said, there is no constructive answer to those situations except mort production. Reported pro_ duction the first six months of this year has beei about 4/o less than the first six months of last year. Continuing short_ ages of labor and materials and equipment are threaten_ ing further to retard lumber production. More liberal priorities policy on maintenance, materials and repairs for the lumber industry is, I think, likely to be announced next week. It will help. Some steps are already being taken to conserve necessary labor supply. These are not enough, but they will help. The Federal tax laws, especially the-atiow- able deductions for depletion under the excess profits tax laws, in many instances are discouraging and retirding and severely penalizing over-time production of lumber and timber products, and the present inflexible applications of the price ceilings on logs and on lumber in many species and regions will be moderated before many mills arrd log producers will be enabled to respond to the urgent "pp"ai fo, maximum production of war materials by the lumler and timber products industries.

"IJntil these problems are closer to a solution than they are at present and until the armed services are enabled at least to secure their urgent, immediate lumber requirements, it may be expected that the civilian uses and civilian trades will temporarily have to get along with a more limited supply, and largely of species, grades and items which the war agencies themselves do not require. The War Production Board is itself co-operating in the efiort more clearly to indicate these classes of lumber which in many regions and localities are available in substantial quantites and which are not required by the war agencies_ at least not yet.

"ft is expected that these matters will be thoroughly ventilated and discussed at the meetings with the War Fro_ duction Board on July 16th and lTth of. its Advisory Committees of Softwood and Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers. Whether the lumber limitation after August 13th will con: tinue as a freezing order, or whether some other form of priorities system will be substituted for it, will be deter_ mined before the end of this month.,,

E. J. @UD) GTLBERT rN NAVY

E. J. (Bud) Gilbert, ex-St. Mary's star football tackle of some years back and who has been superintendent at Lumber Distributors, Inc., Stockton, for the past seven years, reported this week to the United States Navy fnstruction Department at Roanoke, Virginia.

Appointed Southern Calitornia Manager First Nation-Wide Survey of \(/oodwork

Announcement is made by the Pacific Mutual Door Company, Tacoma, exclusive distributors of Pamudo Plywood, that Glen D. Bessonette has been appointed manager of their Southern California sales office and warehouse at 1800 East Washington Boulevard, Los Angeles, to. succeed the late Roy A. Fobes.

Care Made by Ponderosa Pine l7oodwork

One of the most significant steps of recent years in locating and compiling authentic information of proper care of woodwork, has just been completed by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, 111 W. Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.

The survey was conducted among lumber and millwork manufacturers, builders, dealers and jobbers throughout the country. The results, tabulated by Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, have now been embodied in an attractive folder which is being offered to lumbef dealers for distribution to their customers.

The folder, entitled "Pointers on Care of Woodwork,,, is an unbiased statement of the facts concerning proper care of doors, windows, frames, interior trim, cabinet work and other interior woodwork.

Glen D. Beesonetle in speaking of the present situatio.n regarding the supply of plywood, Mr. Bessonette

Mr. Bessonette has been associated with Mr. Fobes as his assistant for the past five years. He has a large acquaintance with the trade in Southern California and a thorough .knowledge of the plywood business. said to a representative of this paper:

"As a result of the demand for plywood for war purposes it is hard for us to get plywood for our regular customers, but they also recognize this difficulty and realize that we do our best. It will be my endeavor to maintain a minimum working stock in the warehouse for the duration.,,

Overend Boys Active In The Air

Edmund Overend, son of Paul E. Overend, California Redwood Association, San Francisco, who has been flying in China and Burma since last September with the American Volunteer Group, and has a record of. L4 lap planes shot down, including five bombers, is expected home early in August. Since the A.V.G. was disbanded he has been ferrying planes from India to China.

Another son, 'Walter, is now flying in England with the American Eagle Squadron.

Wooden Road Signs

San Francisco, July 20.--Io save m6tal for war purposes, road signs put up in Northern California hereafter will be of wood, the California State Automobile Association announced.

In presenting the results of the survey, ponderosa pine officials point out that the interior woodwork of the home is the one thing that comes under the inspection of every guest during every moment of his visit.

Doors, windows, stairs, baseboards, moldings, panelings, mantels, china closets, kitchen cabinets and bookcases really "clothe" the home-add not only value but beauty and utility as well. Good woodwork, with proper selection of treated products and the proper care, should be a lifetime investment. ft, therefore, goes without saying, ponderosa pine officials state, that woodwork is a vital consideration and it should be selected with a view to high value and economy. The Ponderosa Pine folder "Pointers on Care of Woodwork" gives detailed ,information concerning methods of woodwork care, starting with the manufacturer, following through with the lumber dealer, covering the installation of woodwork by the carpenter or contractor, and ending with the owner's part.

A copy of the folder may be obtained free of charge by writing Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, l1l West Washington Street,'Chicago, Illinois. Imprinted quantities for custo-mer distribution may be had for a nominal charge to cover cost of printing and handling.

DAN STRITE IN OFFICER'S TRAINING SCHOOL

Dan Strite, salesman for the Hammond Redwood Com_ pany, Los Angeles, reported at Fort MacArthur on July 30 and will be assigned to the Officer's Training School.

Laughtertown

By Katherine Blake

Would ye learn the road to Laughtertown

Oh, Ye who have lost the waY?

Would ye have young heart tho your hair be gray?

Go, learn from a little child each day.

Go serve his wants and PlaY his PlaY

And catch the lilt of his laughter gan

And follow his dancing feet as they stray; For he knows the road to Laughtertown, Oh, Ye who have lost the waY!

She Had Kids Too

The young mother with the very new baby at her side, called her colored cook in to show her the new and wonder' ful thing that had happened to her. After appraising the baby for a minute the enthusiastic cook declared: n. c. rNcpnsor-L SArD:

"Missy, you sho' has got yo'sef a wonerful chile."

"Don't you think she is the most beautiful baby you ever saw in all your life?" asked the glowing mother, looking at her young one with undisguised.worship. But here the colored woman began backing uP.

"'Well, wait a minute, Missy," she said. "Ah couldn't zackly say dass de mos' beautiful baby Ah evah seed' You got to remembah I'se got fo' chilluns of rnah own."

Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of a wailing cry. From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word. But in the night of death hope sees a star, and listening love can heal the rustle of a wing.

oscAR wrl-q

He who can look on the lov ess of the world and share its sorrow, and realize some ing of the wonders of both, is in immediate contact wi(r divine things, and has got as near to God's secret as anyone can get.

. MACHINE SLAVERY

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. The Greeks were quite right there. Unless there are slaves to do the ugln horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contempl'a' tion become almost impossible. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine the future of the world depends.Oscar Wilde.

A Useful Clipping

"What are you clipping from the paper?"

"An article about a man divorcing his wife because she went through his pockets."

"And what are you going to do with the clipping?"

"Put it in my pants pocket with my money."

The Thorobred

When we say a man or woman we know is a thorobre4 we pay to him or her the highest compliment of which we are capable. There is not in the vocabulary of pleasant terms, a strong word. The keeper of a stock farm will tell you that a thorobred never whines. This is quite as tnre of the human thorobred. The visible signs of the invisible spirit are the eyes that are steady and shoulders that are straight. No burden except possibly the weight of many years, bends his shoulders, and his eyes meet yours in honest fashion because he neither fears nor has been ashamed at the bar of his own soul. He never complains, he keeps his troubles to himself, having discovered, as thorobreds do, that to tell troubles is to multiply them, and to lock them in the breast is to diminish and finally end them. IIe never talks about what fate has done to him. He knows he is master of his own destiny.-Ada Patterson.

How Mary Lost A Tip

Soon after a newly-appointed high court judge in one of the Eastern states had taken office he went into one of the county seats of his district to hold coutt. He was a man well satisfied with himself, and showed it plainly.

"Mary," he said to the Irish waitress in the hotel where he was stopping," how long have you been in this country?"

"Two years, Sor," said Mary.

"Don't you like it here?" asked the Judge.

"Sure it's well enough," sniffed the waitress.

"But Mary," said the Judge, "you have many privileges in trhis country you would never'have in lreland. For instance, in Ireland a waitress would never be chatting in this friendly fashion with a Supreme Court Judge."

"But, Sor," said Mary, calmly. "In Ireland you'd niver be a Supreme Court Judge."

Not The First

A reporter was interviewing Thomas A. Edison. "And so you invented the first talking machine," said the reporter. Mr. Edison smiled. 'No," he said, "not the first onc. That was made long before my time--out of a rib."

Lumberman's Son Reported Missing at Midway

Lieut. James C. Owens, Jr., of Los Angeles, one of the heroes of the battle of Midway Island in which twenty Jap warships were knocked out of action, and now reported missing, is the son of J. C. (Charlie) Owens, well known Southern California lumberman with J. Niederer Company of Los Angeles.

Lieut. Owens attended Los Angeles High School, where he was captain of the football team and starred in track. He entered the University of Southern California and played varsity football for three years. Graduating from the School of Engineering in 1934,he joined the Navy and was commissioned after flight training at Pensacola, Florida. Of recent years he was a flying instructor at Pensacola, Norfolk and on the West Coast.

He was married to Helen Marie Ross, a University of Southern California graduate in 1939. His parents last heard from him in late Mav.

Advisory Board Named for \(/est Coast

Lumber Industry

Appointment of an Advisory Board for the Pacific Coast Lumber Industry was announced July 18 by War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson.

The new board, representative of all phases of the industry and including both management and labor members, will advise and assist Frederick H. Brundage, recently appointed Western Log and Lumber Administrator of the lumber and lumber products branch of the WPB. Mr. Brundage will be chairman of the board.

Members of the board appointed are:

Colonel W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, Wash.; former Chief Forester of the United States Forest Service.

Edward P. Stamm, logging manager of the Crown Zellerbach Corp., Portland, Ore.

Truman Collins, small mill operator at Pondosa, Ore.; past president of the Pacific Coast Logging Congress.

Edmund Hayes, owner and operator of the Row River Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.

Carl Winn, international vice president, fnternational Woodworkers of America, Portland, Ore.

Harold Evans, Plywood Division, International Woodworkers of America, Portland, Ore.

Bert Sleeman, fnternational Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Portland, Ore.

Kenneth Davis. Lumber and Sawmill Workers, fnternational Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Portland, Ore.

Lyle F. Watts, regional forester, United States Forest Service, Portland, Ore.

Back From East

W. E. Cooper, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, returned recently from an Eastern business trip. He visited Chicago and points in'Wisconsin and Michigan. While in Wisconsin he called on the retail yards owned by his concern.

The Bahed Enamel Board of a Thousand Uses

Modernization is the Key-note of the Dry

SelI Fir-Tex Corclite lor uses in bqths, showers, kitchens, offices, stores, mcrkets, hospitcls, etc. Large stocks cvcrilcrble ct our wqrehouses, Write or phone for color chcrts and scles helps.