No business large or small can long exist on cr dcry-todcry bcrsis. Its course must be plcrnned, plotted and set lcrr in cdvqnce. The lumber business, yours ctnd ours, opercting under wcr-time restrictions crnd shortcrges irs no exception to this rule. It's therelore not too e<rrly to stcrrt lcrying plcrns todcy lor tomorrow's PRE cnd POST WAn luture. As q stcrrt, sunrey the needs oI your community. Find out whqt plcrrrs your customers cnd prospects hcrve in mind lor repcriring, repcinting, remodeling or modernizing their present homes, buildings or other structures. We too qre thinking crnd plcnning in terms oI your luture crnd ours.
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Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co. -------* Schumacher Wall Board Corporation
Shevlin Pine Sales Co. --- -- ----------------------26
Southw€stern Portland Cement Co. ------------11 Stanton & Son, E. J. --- ---- ------------------------1, Suddetr & Christenson, fnc. ----------,-------------14
Tacoma Lumber Sales Timber Engineering Co. of California --------12
Vendling-Nathan Co. -------------21
West Coast Screen Co. ---------29
Vest Oregon Lumber Co.
Vestern Door & Sash Co.
Vestern Hardwood Lumber Co. -------------------r
Vestetn Mill & Moulding C,o. -------------------*
Weyerhaeuser Sales C.ompany ---------------16'17
White Brothers
Vholesale Building Supply, Inc. ----------------19
Vood Lumber Co., E. K. -----------.----------,O.F.C- Fordyce-C,roccett Salee Co.
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Lumber shipments of 472 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 3.2 per lent fslelv pro- duction for the week ended luly 24,'t943. In the same week new orders of these milis were'0.03 per cent greater than production. Unfilled order files in the reportin! mills amounted.to-lO6 per cent of stocks. For reporting soTtwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 41 iays, lroduction at the cur.rent rate, and gross stocks are eqlirralent to 36 <rays' procluctlon.
For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical mills exceeded production by 10.6 per ceni; ordErs by 13.g per cent.
Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935-39 production of re^p^orting mills wis 2T.S per cent greater; shrpments rvere 29.8 per cent greater; and orders rvere 30.2 per cent greater.
The Western Pine Association for the week ended Tulv 24,97 mills reporting, gave orders as 67,981,000 teet, slip- ments 76,625,W feet, and production 88,411,000 feet. drders on hand at the end of the week totaled 423,%4.ffi0 feet.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended July 24,159 mills reporting, gave orders as 22,783,000 f.eet, shipments 22,492,W feet, and production Zl,9SZ,0ffi feet. Orders on hand at the end of tlie week totaled l31,42l,mo {eet.
The California Redwood Association reported production of twelve operations for the month of June, 1943,-as 38,489,O00 feet, shipments 42,624,W feet, and orders received 23863,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 118,148,000 feet.
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended July 24 reported orders as lD,l46,W feet, shipments t22,46I,W feet, and production 122,465,W f.eet.
For the week ended July 31 orders were reported as 125,545,W feet, shipments I27,2&,000 feet, and production 121,034,000 feet.
W. A. Constans, for the past thirteen years sales manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Klamath Falls, Ore., has been named general manager of the Anglo California Lumber Company, wholesale lumber distributors at Los Angeles, and has taken over his new duties.
He was with Weyerhaeuser for twenty-five years, and is rvidely known in Pacific Coast lumber circles.
During his residence in Klamath Falls, Mr. Constans took an active part in the civic life of the community. He lvas originator of the Quarterback Club in 1939 and served as its first president, was managing director of the Kalpine Plywood Company, past member of the board of directors of the Reames Golf and Country Club, past president of the Lions Club, past vice-president of the Boy Scout executive council. and a member of the Shrine Club.
TOMORROV/ it will be a PLYWOOD t-
World ! Designs for Post-\flar Living call lor an ever expanding use of this vital material which we ate now furnishing in vast quantities for war construction. \(/hen war orders have been filled the George E' Ream Company, having aided step by step in the development of FLY\flOOD, will continue as the Prime source of supply in the Southwest.
235 South Alameda Street - Los Angeles, Calif.
Establishment of "interim price ceilings" for distribution yard sales of softwood lumber in six"additio"at ,p""ih. areas was announced on August 4 by the Office of'price Administration.
-T!"y are established in Amendment No. 1 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 215 lOlririUuiio"-V;;; Sales of Softwood Lumber), and became .tre"ti"" l"guri 10, 1943.
The six new areas for which interim ceilings are now provided are : the Great plains area (Minnesotal North Da_ k_o_ta, South Dakota and Iowa), th! South C""ti"i-.r* (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma), the C"fif*_ nia area (State of California), the Texas "i"" (Si"i" .i T_exas),.the_ Louisiana a_r9a. (State of Louisianil) ""d-tfr. Mountain States area (Arizona, Colorado, Ne# M;-i;;, Utah and Wyoming).
Interim ceilings for the North Atrantic and North central areas were established on- June, D. Interim ceilings for the Northwestern Sta,tes, for Wisconsin and upper idi.hi_ gan, and for the South will be issued shortly.
The following are excerpts from the amendment:
1. Section 2 (a) is amended to read as follorvs: Sec. 2. Summary of the regulation.
(a) The general plan of this regulation divides lumber yards into two groups: wholesale and retail.
Wholesale distribution yards have one fixed mark_np for all their sales, regardless of quantity or purchaser: $f ancl 1O per cent.
As to retail yards, the plan is to extend specific mark_ ups to them for all sales as soon as they can be workerl out. So far, the only specific mark-up which applies to all retail yards in the country is the mark-up of $5 and 1O per cent for "wholesale-type,, sales, that is, sales to five large-scale classes of buyers in quantities of 5,000 feet or more. An optional pricing provision permits the appli_ cation of a similar mark-up to all other sales in the com_ mon grades. Specific mark-ups are established herein for . California as set forth in Section 6, para_ graphs (b) and (c)
2. Section 3 is amended by adding to the list of species and regulations covered, the following:
Western Red Cedar lumber-MpR-402.
Tidewater Red Cypress lumber-MpR-412.
3. Section 4 (a) is amended by inserting at the end of the first sentence the following sentence: .,In determining the dollar volume of softwood lumber hereunder. direct mill sales shall not be included.,,
4. Section 5 (a) is amended by adding at the end of the paragraph the following sentence: ,.fn determining the dollar volume of softwood lumber hereunder. direci mill sales shall not be included."
5. Section 6 is amended to read as follows:
Section 6. Maximum prices for retail yards: All other sales (other than "wholesale-type") :
(a) General. All sales out of retail yard stock other than the "wholesale" typ. are subject to the General Maximum Price Regulation, except in . . . California
(b) Area definitions .
(5) The California area consists of California.
(c) Mark-ups for California.
The maximum prices for sales out of retail yard stock in . California other than,,wholesale-type,, sales is the sum of the following:
(1) F.o.b. mill maximum price, in the mill regulation for the particular species; plus
(2) Inbound transportation charges to the distribution yard figured under the rules of Section Z; plus
(3) $5 "handling charge" (or 30c per square for shingles, and 60c per M pieces for lath) plus
(4) The following percentage mark-ups, to be applied to the sum of (l), (2) and (3) above.
(III) In California Area all quantities:
"Lower bracket" items, 3O per cent.
"IJpper bracket" items, 50 per cent.
(VI) . If sale of softwood lumber and/or shingles. totals less than $7.50 add 10 per cent of total.
(d) Meaning of "Lower and Upper Bracket,, Items.
(1) "Lower Bracket" Items include the following grades and sizes:
(I) Grades.
No. 1 Common and Lower in the following species: Southern Pine (Longleaf and Shortleaf), Douglas Fir, West Coast Hemlock, Sitka Spruce, White Fir (W.C.L.A. Rules), Redwood, Eastern Spruce, Aspen, Eastern Hemlock, Recl Cedar, Tidewater Red Cypress.
No. 2 Common and Lower in the following species: Jack Pine, Engelman Spruce, Lodgepole pine, Larch.
No. 3 Common and Lower in the following species: Ponderosa Pine, Norway Pine, Idaho pine, Sugai pirr", Eastern and Northern White pine (pinus Strobus), Ot_ tawa Valley White Pine.
Note: "Lower bracket" items include all special specifi_ cations applicable to the grades listed, such as d.ense or medium grain, or stress grades, and also any items of flooring, ceiling and similar patterns in the grades listed.
(II) Sizes. All thicknesses of boards and strips: All widths in boards and Dimension lZ inch and under in nomi_ nal width; all 3 inch and 4 inch timbers lO inches and under in nominal width; all 5 inch and 6 inch timbers g inches and under in nominal width; and all lengths in the above up to and including 24 f.eet; also all shingles and lath.
(2) "Upper Bracket" items include all grades higher, sizes larger and lengths longer than those listed as .,Lower Bracket" items.
(f) Delivery in other speci,fied areas. The mark-up for sales (other than "wholesale-type,,) in California . . include delivery within a radius of l0 miles to those classes of customers to whom free delivery was extended in March, 1942, and thereafter. For deliveries more than l0 miles to such classes of customers an addition of loc per M feet BM may be made for each mile beyond the first 1e but not for any part of the return trip. If the buyer picks up the lumber at the yard, no reduction in price is requirqd, but it is a violation of this regulation for a yard unreasonably to refuse to make delivery when requested to do so or unreasonably to insist that the buyer pick up the lumber at the yard.
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'Workers' Living Costs going up. : an4 Income and Victory Tax now deducted at source for thousands ofworkers...
Check! You're perfectly right . but all these burdens ate more than balanced by macb bigherF}o/.lLY INCOMES/r most ofyoar workers!
Millions of new workers have entered the picture. Millions of women who nevei worked before. Millions of others who nevet began to earn what they are getting today!
This spoce is o contribution lo Americo's oll'oui wor eftort bY
THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT
A lo% Pay-Roll Allotment for 'War Bonds from'the wages of the familY bread-winner is one thing-a 70/o Pay' Roll Allotment from eacb of sercral uorkers in ,be same fanily is qaite anotber matter! Ifhy, in many such cases, it could well be jacked tp to 30%-50% or even more of the family's neu moneyl
That's why the Treasury Department now urges you to revise your'!Var Bond tltinking--atd your ITar Bonl selling-on the basis of fanil incomes. f.ne cunent
lVar Bond campaign is built around the family unit-and labor-management sales programs should be revised accordingly.
For details get in touch with your locat 'War Savings Staffwhich will supply you with all necessary material for the proper Presentation of the new plan.
Last year's bonds got us started-r&i ,year's bonds are to uin! So let's all raise bur sights, and get going. If we all pull rogether, we'll put it over with a bang!
you've done your bit
. nolv do your best! i
"I{ow long, O Lord, how long?" we cry, fmpatient with the painful tramp of years, But in the mind of God, it's done, And we have learned the reason for our tears.
-Virginia Prebis. ,t rF :k
Much discussion of courage, bravery, fear, etc., with relation to war and battle. General Douglas MacArthur was recently quoted as saying that "most all soldiers are afraid." Robert Louis Stevenson sirid that courage consists in doing something you are mortally afraid to try. Mark Twain, who said things well, declared that "courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.', ***
A stout-hearted friend of mine who fought in the first World War and is fighting again in this one, insists that a man facing death is always afraid; but that doesn't keep him from meeting it face to face. And he speaks from experience. +:f*
Another old lumber friend of mine who was one of "Pershing's Hundred Heroes" in the first World War and was cited for exceptional bravery, has never talked to anyone about his exploits. \Mon't do it even now. If you corner him on the subject and want to know what happened and how, he just says: "Aw, I was drunk."
rsrael Putnam, ot .""tj ;.:r""" history, used to say that he deserved no credit for being brave since he had never been afraid of anything.
Looks like we've already produced scores of fighters in this war fit to be classed with the immortal Alvin York of the first World War. And, like York, most of them have lived so far to tell the tale. And what stories they tell ! It has long been maintained that "truth is stranger than fiction," and this war has certainly taken most of the color out of the wildest fictional tales-by contrast.
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You sit at your radio and listen. while they interview many of these plain-spoken heroes-totally unimpressed with their own heroism-and the things they tell make the stories of Horatio Alger look cheap by comparison.
War is certainly a stern teacher of stern things. ***
Madame de Stael said on the scafrold: "Ah, Liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name !" And we can well paraphrase her famous words as we listen to tales of dauntless heroism of our American soldiers and sailors, and say: "Ah, Liberty! What marvels are performed in thy name !"
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Liberty. The French convention of long ago gave the world a definition of Liberty that has since been accepted as the most perfect definition ever offered, when it wrote: "The liberty of one citizen ceases only when the liberty of another citizen commences.t'
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Victor Hugo wrote: "Man is neither the master of his life nor of his fate. He can but offer to his fellow men his efrorts to diminish human suffering; he can but ofrer to his God his indomitable faith in human liberty."
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In St. PatriclCs Cathedral in Dublin, frehnd, over the remains of Jonathan Swift, is this inscription: "Here lies the body of Jonathan Swift, Dean of this Cathedral, where fierce indignation can no longer rend his heart. Go, wayfarer, and imitate if thou canst one who, so far as in him lay, was an earnest champion of Liberty."
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All the war comrnentators, political and journalistic, take as the text of their remarks the sentiment that this war must be so ended that it will put an end to wars for all time to come. I'll say one thing; if there is another within the next one hundred years, it will have to be on the cuff; "for free" as the kids say. This war we're going through now is going to soak up all the surplus dollars and credit of generations to come. ***
The Bible tells of the futility of riches. But if you want to get a real, practical understanding of the subject, study a recent.income tax blank. ***
Henry Ford is credited-and truthfully so-with a lot of sage remarks, but this recent one should be classed
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erNcB the f,rst of the yaar, The t J Celotex C,orporation has featured a "Miracle Home" each month in its national advertising. The function of this continuing program is to stimulate the interest of America in building and onming hones after the war.
The campaign isbringing in thousands of inquiries. Everyoneof them
is sent on to you to use io building up your prospect list. Every one of these inquiries represents a family that's interested ia building a home after the war . . . foll6 who are buying \V'ar Bonds now and planning on using them as the downlnyment. These are real prospects! And you can stzut working with them right now . . . helping them with their plans, and advising them so that when the war is over you ll have a market that's already sold and ready to start building without delay!
'We at C.elotex are determined to build this "after-the-war" market for you and we will continue to use all the merchandising and selling methods that will help make home ownership the number one deshe of every family in America"
(Continued from Page 8) among his best: "I'm looking for a lot of men with an infinite capacity for not knowing what can't be done." Isn't that a dandy? *
painted; baby chick brooders, etc. All the buildings were advertised as "all \nrood." Hou/s that for a change from peacetime merchandising? Probably like that famous dog that climbed the tree when the bear chased him: he HAD to.
Most men know that Henry Ford was the father of high wages for working men. I{e started paying workers-without their suggestion-more wages than any of them would have thought of asking for at that time. But not so many realize that, when the records of these days are written, it will be found that Henry is the author of more splendid and practical and yorkable maxims and philosophic remarks than any other man now living. Few men since Ben Franklin have uttered so many priceless pearls of true wisdom.
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It's an ill wind that blows no one any good, says the old saw. Most of the folks who are profiting most in cash-inthe-pocket from this wave of war prosperity, will end up with nothing. That's human nature. History declares it. But the U. S. railroads aren't going to be that way. They look to me like the very head of the class in the race for "who profits most." They are coming out of this war with their roadbeds, equipment, and all other properties in wonderful condition. Hurrah for the railroads, say I. They've had their dog kicked around so much and so hard in the last two decades that their rejuvenation fills me with satisfaction. And their magnificent physical condition will be a fine platform on which to establish our postwar bid for continued prosperity.
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CHANGED MERCHANDISING: Macy's great store in New York City recently ran full page ads offering for sale such items as these: thousands of yor.rng barred-rock pullets, nearly ready to lay; thousands of live baby chicks; thousands of rabbits, for food, various breeds, kinds, and prices; two sizes of poultry houses, ready-built for use and
Heard anything from Mexico lately? Returned travelers tell of abundant prosperity across the border, due entirely to the drift of United States money looking for something to buy. Mexico City fairly sizzles with life, prosperity, sports, and fun of all kinds. Money fies everywhere. They're really sitting pretty "South of the Border Down Mexico Wry," as the baltad has it.- No restrictions. Plenty of things to trade ofr for American cash. It isn't hard to imagine what has happened to the next door neighbor of a country bursting with billions of cash and little to buy with them. Well, that's what's happened to Mexico. And don't let the ruling crowd down there fool you. They're smart. They knew what would happen with such a financial condition as the war has developed here. And it has.
WARTIME SALESMANSHIP RULES (Of course, nobody sent out any such notice as this, but it could have been done): "Beg to advise our customers that we will receive applications for allotments of our stocks for the duration from eleven-thirty to eleven-forty-five, Friday morning of each week, only. Please do not ask for concessions from this rule. Your applications for materials will be filed, numbered consecutively, and filled in that order, if ever. Substitutions will be made at our discretion, and without notice to buyer. No complaints regarding either quality or quantity will be tolerated. All shipments must be paid for in advance. No credits will be extended. These rules apply only for the duration, you understand. After the war we'll be back on our bellies, as usual, begging for stray crumbs from the business table. As always, John Salesman."
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To all ,classes of customers to whom free delivery was not included in March, 1942, and thereafter an additional charge for delivery may be made: Provided, that such charge does not exceed that made for the same type of delivery during March, 1942. Any amount added for delivery must be shown separately on the invoice, bill of sale, or other billing.
6. Section 7 (a) is amended by the addition of the following subparagraphs (11) and (12):
(11) Western Red Cedar Lumber MPR 4O2. Seattle, Washington.
(12) Tidewater Red Cypress Lumber-MPR 412. Ponchatoula, Louisiana:. California. Distribution yards located in Callfornia may make the additions allowed for Louisiana producers in calculating mill prices. See Section 24 of MPR 412.
9. Section 10(a) is amended by the addition of the following subparagraph (6) :
(6) Where a distribution yard purchases lumber rough or green and works that lumber prior to the time of sale the milling or drying charges shall not exceed those charges for these services provided for in the mill regulation governing that particular species for the same type of processing. The maximum processing charges herein provided may only be added where the lumber is stocked rough or green and the method or type of processing required cannot be determined until the sale is made and the buyer's specifications are received. Under any condition, these charges may not be added to produce any item 'of boards or dimension in standard sizes, or sizes reasonably similar thereto, shown in the applicable regulation.
10. Section 24 is amended by the addition of the following sentence immediately at the end of the first sentence: "(Ary wholesale yard as defined in section 4 (a) hereof, which prior to June 23,1943, separately operated a retail department under conditions conforming with the definition of a retail yard as set forth in Section 5 (a) hereof, may apply for approval to continue the operations of its retail yard department in the manner and under the conditions above set forth.)"
This amendment shall become effective August I0, 1943, except that:
(a) If this amendment lowers any maximum price below that fixed in any earlier regulation, contracts that were in existence before the date of issuance of this amendment at lawful prices may be completed according to their terms. if delivery is made on or before September l, 1943.
(b) The mere fact that this amendment increases some maximum prices does not of itself allow any seller to apply the higher prices to existing uncompleted contracts without the consent of the buyer. The regulation permits the making of certain adjustable pricing agreements to cover such situations. Apart from that, increasing prices in existing uncompleted contracts to the level of increased maximum prices in the amendment is purely a matter of agreement between buver and seller.
Gucrqnteed to meet or exceed reguirements ol Americcm Society lor Testing Mctericrls Specilicc' tions lor High Ecrrh Strength Portland Cement, crs well qs Federcl Specificcrtions lor Cement, Portlcnrd, High-Etrly-Strength, No. SS-G201.
f,IGA DARI.T STNDilGTH
(28 dcry concrete strengths in 24 . hour*)
ST'I.PHATE RDSISTAIIT
(Result ol corrpound composition cnd usuclly lound'only in specicrl cemenlg desigmed lor this purpose.)
DilIUIIUM DXPAIfSnil and C0tfTRACTI0tf
(Extremely aevcre <ruto-ckrve test results consistently indiccrte prcc. ficclly no expcrnsion or contrcrction, thus elimincting one oI most rti{ficult problems in use ol cr high ecrrly strength cemenl)
PAGf,DTI Iil MOISTURE. PNOOT GRDDII
PAPDR SAGf, STAIITPDII WITII DATD
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(Users' qaaurcnce ol lresh stock, unilomrity crnd proper results lor concrete.)
An Englishman who had recently returned from a visit to New York City, was sitting in a group of friends one evening and reciting to them many of the incidents and highlights of his trip, and particularly discussing the very unusual habits and peculiarities of these "blawsted h'Americans." Finalln one of the group asked him:
"fs baseball still the most popular pastime over there?"
"No indeed," replied the returned traveler. "The way it looked to me around New York baseball has taken a back seat, and the most popular game they all play is something
L. I. Cronkhite of Hughson has been made manager of the United Lumber Yards at Oakdale. He succeeds Glen Karnes, who has gone to Twain Harte to operate a lumber mill. Mr. Cronkhite has been associated rt'ith the compan.v for several years.
new to me that they call-"Aw Nuts,!"
Naturally his listeners all wanted to know how this new game with the very strange name is played, so he told them:
"ft's very simple, old deahs. They crowd into a room where there are a lot of seats at tables, and they sit down and start filling in the blanks on a lot of cards with beans,. or counters of some sort. When one of the blighters fills in all the rows on his card he shouts out-"Bingo !" And everyone else in the room hollers-"Aw-NUTS !"
Oxnard, July 31.-A contract for 61 dormitory conversions here has been awarded by the Federal Public Housing Authority. The contract was given to Jensen & Jepson of Los Angeles at $22,500, according to word from San Francisco.
MANT'FACTURERS;, PBODUCERS AND DXSTRIBI'TOBS!
BASIC BI'II.DING MAIEilAf,Ii
PLASIER, cll t1pes, ACOUSflCOAT
GYPSUM TIIE, CLAY PNODUCTS
POBTTAM CEMEIfT, all other'types
TNANSIT. MIXED CO NCBETE
REINFOBCING STEET crnd MESH
ROCK d SAM, qtl SPECIFICATIONS
cotonED sTuccos, BRUSHCoAT
IIME PUTTY, LIME, cll types
TATHING MATERIALS, crll types
PIASTER, WOOD, METAL LATH
PI.ASTER BOAND, T & G SHEAfiIING
CHANNEL INON, STEET STUDS
STUCCO MESH, TIE WIRE
ROOFING, PAPER, NAILSi, cll types
INSIIATION and WATERPROOFING SPECIAITIES
Almost every paper I read carries news of the granting of some Governmental award of some sort for special merit or service in the way of war production to some particular war industrial concern.
And it was not until I received a letter from a well posted friend of mine who simply called attention to the fact and asked "why," that there was impressed on my mind the fact that so far no such award or specific recognition of any kind has been given to lumber, or to any lumber concern, for special merit in helping win the war.
And when the thought did strike me, and careful consideration declared it to be true, it sure made me sore. And I do mean sore. There is no feeling of narrowness or jealousy for those who HAVE been given their just recognition; far from it. No doubt every concern that has been cited for special service has been deserving. Which only makes it seem the more definitely strange that the lumber industry has been overlooked.
We have quoted frequently in these columns of late the generous remarks of a number of army men who are in position to judge, about the outstanding service of the lumber industry toward helping win the war by producing those things without which there could be no victory. And basking in the warmth of such appreciation we have overlooked the fact that no medals of honor have been pinned on lumber lapels.
It is my opinion, based on everything I can read and hear, that while American industry generally has performed unbelievable miracles in its transposition from peactime to wartime production, no department of that total industry has done a finer, a more practical, a more commendable job than lumber. f search in vain to discover one that has, and that takes in everything from ships to shells-from biscuits to bombs-from planes to parachutes.
I think it has been definitely proven that in this tremendous rush to supply this nation and its fighting men with the materials and vital necessities of war, lumber is the one commodity for which no successful substitute has been found; and lumbermen have set a pace that the best can do no more than follow. f may be slightly prejudiced, but
With their own money at stake-rather than Government funds-the lumber folks from Coast to Coast and Nort]r to South have met innumerable obstacles and difficulties, and delivered the goods. They have had to improvise as few other industries have. They have had problems of raw materials, of supplies, of transportation, of man shortage, of worn equipment, of compulsory substitutions, of developing hitherto unheard-of methods of getting maximum efficiency out of equipment and men; and they met these obstacles and whipped them. They have had to change methods, change equipment, by-pass their timber to get at the kind of trees the war machine needed. They have had to get by with conditions that would have closed them down flat at any previous time of lumber history. Continuous high-balling and high-tailing day and night without the opportunity of stopping for repairs, together with the difficulty of replacing equipment, has worn their machinery to the nub in thousands upon thousands of cases. But they keep on making lumber.
Lumbermen are part bulldog. If there was any quit in the breed, thousands of sawmills would have blown the whistle and sent home the crew during the trials of the past tvvo years. Numerous concerns in other industries have been given well merited rewards and public recognition WHO MADE NO SACRIFICES IN THEIR EFFORT. Show me a sawmill concern that has not made sacrifices innumerable in the past two years, and worn their brains tired and their hair thin with figuring how to keep up the pace !I doubt if you can find one.
And let me repeat: THEY DID IT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY, almost without exception. ft's a whole lot easier to perform miracles of production if the money problem and the angle of financial danger is eliminated. The lumber industry and its loyal units may never get any official award marks for their war work. I don't suppose most of them have ever considered the matter. Their patriotism is a light that shines in any sort of weather. But when the war ends, history will recite the fact that their names, like Abou ben Adhem's, will be second to none.
Western poles and piling were given specific maximum prices by the Office of Price Administration.
The prices are established in Amendment No. 1 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 284 (Western Primary Forest Products), and become effective August 2, 1943.
Previously maximums for most poles and all piling were provided by the General Maximum Price Regulation, and were the highest prices individual sellers charged during the month of March, 1942.
The new ceiling prices for piling are slightly belqw those charged in March, 1942, whrle those for poles generally are at the March, 1942, level.
Separate schedules of prices are provided for Western red cedar, Douglas fir and lodgepole pine poles and piling, the principal western species from which the items are made.
Producers of poles and piling of other species or specifications not priced in the amendment are instructed to submit proposed prices to the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D. C., for approval.
fn conformity with recent legislation pertaining to grade labeling, the OPA removes from its price regulation on prime grade hardwood logs the requirement that the words "prime grade" must be marked on such logs (Amendment 5 to MPR 313), effective August 10.
Returns thus far received in the lumber stocks survey being made by WPBS Lumber and Lumber Products Division indicate a critical reduction in inventories during the past six months. A large number of yards report little or no stocks on hand and some report that they have been forced to close because they cannot obtain needed species, grades and sizes of lumber. Particularly in rural areas, stocks are unbalanced in relation to local demand. The survey returns are designed to show in detail the areas and extent of the stock shortages.
"The distributors response to our questionnaire sent to a 1O per cent sampling of the industry is highly gratifyitrg" J. Philip Boyd, director of the Division said. "Approximately half of the questionnaires have been returned to date but a greater coverage is necessary before working estimates of conditions can be made."
Urging prompt replies from the remaining distributors, Mr. Boyd stated that the survey will give the lumber division the factual data needed for a program of production stimulation. Returns are'being analysed by the U. S. Forest Service and the over-all data will be released as soon as the survey is completed.
Bovard Shib_ley, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, is at the Coast Artillery officers training school, Camp Callan, Calif.
Tur sprrov FTcHTER of the sea lanes, the versatile p.T. boat of light wood construction has proved to be one of the sensational weapons of the war. The success of the P.T. boar has given America another concepr of the value of wood and its ever widening range of udlity.
A funher development of lumber that is going to help your business is the wood laminated arch, arch rafter and other structural members. These arches are engineered to meet the requirements of the job.
They have been serving the war effort from the very beginning, in the fast and economical construcdon of large, post-free structures-huge airplane hangars, drill halls, recreation centers, chapels. On the farm, smaller wood laminated arches are used in the building of barns, machine sheds, poultry and hog houses, combination corn cribs and granaries.
The Teco engineered connector sysrem of construction has opened the way to a wider and more economical application of timbers in construction. The Teco meral connector made ir possible to utilize go% or more of the working strength of wood as compared rc 40% to 6o% under old methods of joining timbers.
You will find gready expanded posr-war markers for lumber in your community because engineering in lumber is developing new and better ways in which wood can serve in building.
SlltlNG rN toDAy's merrrt-Today, more than in any other period, the home owner and farmer are more fully aware of the imponance of maintenance and repair. Notwithstanding the less than normal llow of lumber for civilian requirements, it is still serving these essential markets. Lumber used alone or in combination with other materials, will help you serve in many ways your city aod farm cusromers.
None but the futile mourn the past, Or waste their hours in vain berating; Each day is richer than the last; There are new worlds to conquer waiting. There is no going back. Why bind Your swift pace with a phantom fetter?
Forget the good old days behind, Go on-and make the new ones better.
Christopher Morley, in his translations from the Chinese, tells this one:
The learned behaviorist
Who had lectured for twenty years
At the Imperial University
On analytical GynosoPhy
And predicated Stimulus and Response in Woman
Met a young wench at the Feast of Lanterns
Who proved him cockeyed in thirty minutes. ***
The merchant seaman was visiting in the home of the patriotic lady, who, despite her patriotism wasn't too well posted about things. The seaman was telling of an adventure.
"I was on the aft deck," he said, "when I saw a torpedo coming straight at us."
"Heavens," said the hostess. "I hope it was one of ours." ***
"Honey chile," said one dusky waitress to another. "I unestans dat you an' Mose done had trouble."
"Das a lie," said the other. "We jess had a li'l ahgument, an' I shot him, and dass as fur as h'it went."
Bruce Magazine tells about the darkey whose friend remarked to him that he looked worried. He said:
"Boy, I'se booked up solid on worryin'. I'se got so many worries on my mind now dat if'n sumpin' happens t'me t'day, no mattah how bad h'it is, I won't have time t'worrv 'bout h'it fo' at leas' two weeks-an' mebbe mo'."
Thomas Dreier says that The American Association for the Prevention of Putting Parsley on Plates isn't making the progress that it should. There are still too many restaurant and hotel people who persist in putting parsley on plates. When members of the Association have thrownsuch parsley on the floor the attendants have simply picked it up and put it on other plates. It is now recommended that the patrons throw the whole plate and its contents on the foor and walk out without paytng. It is admitted that this will lead to unpleasantness with the police, but the Association for the Prevention of Putting Parsley on Plates will get valuable publicity.
"I'd like to take a ride," he said, "For it would be a thrill
To gallup as we used to do
Across the wooded hill.
Where is the steed I used to ride?
I never shall forget him."
I felt my face grow hot with shameAs f confes5gd_..11rg et him.,, A. Merriam Conner.
Tit-Bits tells about two Gurkha soldiers who had volunteered with the India sky troops, asking an officer:
"From what height are we supposed to jump?"
"Five hundred feet," said the officer.
"Nothing doing," they said. "That's too high. Can't we jump from three hundred feet?"
The officer explained that from such a low height there was danger that their parachutes wbuld not open. The Gurkhas broke into grins.
"That's different," they said. "So we get parachutes."
Wm. Cameron's "Mitre" pulls this one:
"We had a bad explosion at our house last night. Somebody told Dad the new maid was d5rnamite, so he decided to investigate. As soon as he touched her she exploded' Mother went through the foor, Grandma hit the ceiling, and Dad went all to Pieces."
Governor Earl Snell of Oregon made a special trip to Klamath Falls on August 5 to dedicate the WeyerhaeuserKlamath Tree Farm, the first to be certified by the'Western Pine Association which embraces the Pine industry of eleven 'Western states. The area of this farm is 506,000 acres, much of which has been cut over once, and is being managed by a full-time resident forester and staff for permanent forest crops.
The dedication was in connection with a dinner at which the Governor officially presented the Tree Farm Certificate No. 1 to Ralph Macartney, manager of the Klamath Falls branch, of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. This is the first Tree Farm in the Western pine region. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., executive vice-president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, was a speaker at the dedication and his address appears elsewhere in this issue.
Sales of Canadian lumber priced in OPA's regulation on Northeastern hardwood were put on a straight f.o.b. mill basis by the Office of Price Administration.
Sellers in direct mill shipment transactions henceforth may charge f.o.b. mill prices plus actual transportation charges from point of shipment to destination.
The change in calculating transportation charges is made in Amendment No. 2 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 368 (Northeastern Hardwood Lumber), and became effective August 4, 1943.
Increases in mill maximum prices for Southern pine lumber of $3 per 1,000 board feet for No. I and "D" grades and of $4 per 1,000 board feet for No. 2 grades and lower were announced by the Office of Price Administration.
Purpose of the increases is to provide prices adequate to permit maximum production of Southern pine, principally in the medium and lower grades. No price increases are provided for upper grades or for timbers.
The increases are authorized in Amendment No. 3 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 19 (Southern pine Lumber),, and became effective July 30, 1943.
Nils M. Quist, 46, passed away in an Oakland hospital Jaly 19. He was a member of the firm of Quist Brothers & Co., Hayward, Calif.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mildred euist; a daughter, Marjorie, and a son, Richard Quist; his mother, three sisters and a brother, Charles Quist.
He was a member of Eucalyptus Lodge No. 243, F. and A. M., and the Hayward Rotary Club.
Stuart Smith, formerly in the wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles, and now with the Offi,ce of price Administration, Washington, D. C., was in San Francisco recently on his way to Honolulu on Government business. He will be gone about two months.
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You have all met the smoking car theorist lvho observes freely on any subject.' There are millions of him. One of them said to me the other day, "Why doesn't the lumber industry get rid of the horse and buggy and stop annihilating our trees with prodigious waste?" Many of you have heard him ask questions like that. Perhaps, for some few of you, that might even have been your own question in another's mouth.
Such incidents cloud us in doubt. Is ours a backward business? Or could it be that the general public is nqt keeping up to date with information? Does John Q. have any idea of the money and efiort going into forest indttstry research?
Suppose, instead, another question lvere compounded: "ITow much research is going on; where is it being done; and who's paying for it?"
That question covers so much territory and reaches dorvn so many bypaths, all having to do with the future of rvood, that it is impossible to more than set a few survey stakes in quick summary. Suppose we take a ferv illustrations from the field, beginning at home'
The Western Pine Association l'ras for trventy years directed and consistently expanded an intelligent line of rtsearch in its own laboratory at Portland. It has dotre mttclt to improve Pine lumber.
The Douglas Fir Plywood Association, in its own laboratory at Tacoma, has porrred many tens of thousands of dollars of the profits of its member mills back into research to make plywood a better, more economical and rnore widely useful product for those rvho buy it'
The National Lumber Manufacturer's Association has more recently initiated a research program. For years before that, its affiliate, the Tinrber Engineering Company, had pioneered in developing engineered rvooden structures fabricated rvith metal connectors. That researcl.r has borne important fruit in America's n'ar by providing tl.re natiorr with an answer to its steel shortage.
The Institute of Paper Chemistry, at Appletorr, \Ar'iscotrsin, has for many years been generonsly and exclttsively financecl by manufacturers of pulp and paper who rvishe<l to unlock still further secrets from lvood cellulose :rnd at the sarne time train competent technicians to carrY olr the endless task of research.
The Pacific I-umber Co., in the rechvoocl countrv rrrlt far from here, at Scotia, California, lras a well-knou'n record for developing nerv products fronr forest resotlrces. Its research in u'ood plastics and bark fibre products is particularly notable.
Crown-Zellerbach Corporation, and its allied com;larries, largest users of rvood on the Pacific Coast for pulp and paper manufacture, has been investing for years in rvootl cellulose research.
All of the enterprises mentioned are, I believe, financed entirely with private funds. But, the list is much longer. In the hunt for who among the private enterprise companies are doing research on wood, one meets such vvellknorvn names as: United States Plywood Companv and Harbor Plywood Company, outstanding in plywood developments; Masonite Corporation of Mississippi, a pioneer in the field of wood fibre insulation; and the Marathorr organization of Wisconsin with an excellent research aud development record in wood pulp, paper and chemicals.
In addition, many companies-some of them well-known to you-are developing new products that are either derived from wood or are to be used in combination rvith rvood to improve its usefulness-paints, preservatives, toxic treatments, and so on. There is only time to mention er few narnes: Dow Chemical, Tennessee Eastman, Monsanto Chemical, Hercules Powder, DuPont. These are among the leading pioneers who are blazing a new industrial trail today and opening an entirely nerv vista of forest resources utilization. With wood as their prime material, they are unfolding a marvelous new array of products in the fields of textiles, plastics, photographic film, bristles, lacquers-to mention only a few.
I doubt if there is a dime of taxpayers' money in this vast and ramified wood research program being carried on bv private companies such as I have mentioned up tt'r now.
But, as one would expect, wood research is also going aheacl in public or semi-public laboratories. The largest of tlrese is the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, where, under the general direction of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and with the generotls help of annual federal appropriations of from $600,000 to $1,000,000, rvork in many fields of wood utilization has been going on for years .with brilliant accomplishments.
There are many schools and colleges specializing irt n'ood research. Amonq them are: Oregon State. Pennsyir.ania State, McGill University at Montreal, New York State College of Forestry, Yale and such state universities as \\'ashington, Idaho and Minnesota. Such research is variously financed through public funds and,/or by scholarships and foundations supported by private funds.
There are also numerous specific projects being pursued by independent research agencies such as the Armour Institute at Chicago. It is doubtful whether a complete list of such projects has ever been compiled.
In all the major fields of exploration into forest resources, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company is conducting a bro'ad research and development program of its ort'n. Part of this has been done through its affiliate, the Wood Conversion Company of Cloquet, Minnesota, on a consistent program that goes back some twenty years. More recently,
we have broadened our fields and sharply expanded our laboratory facilities.
Within the past year we have completed and put into active use a new Development Department, housed in its own laboratory of special design at Longview, Washington. The facilities and staff of that new department are actually an integral part of our manufacturing operations here at Klamath Falls. It is our hope that from time to time we may apply some of the findings of that department in practical form right here and translate them into terms of new kinds of jobs for citizen's of this community.
In fact, we are just about to make one such translation. W-hile not a product of our own laboratory, it is nevertheless a product of another member mill of the Western Pine Association. Reference is made to the manufacture of Pres-to-logs from planer mill waste, a product and process developed by Potlatch Forest, Inc., at Lewiston, Idaho, following many years of experimentation and since developed into a new-type fuel business now carried on widely. A new Pres-toJog manufacturing unit is now nearing completion in our Klamath Falls mill and you will, before so very long, have full announcement of this new enterprise from Manager Macartney.
The Pres-to-log is one tangible symbol of more efficient wood utilization. I'd like to mention another-a product of our own study-to illustrate a point.
In our wood pulp mill at Everett, Washington, we have recently placed in operation a $75Q000 "dream machine" for barking and chipping hemlock logs.
With this installation we can take the bark ofr a 36inch log cleanly in about a minute and then chip the whole log without breaking it down to smaller sizes. One result is a byproduct of clean bark from which tannin, used in leather processing, can be manufactured. But, more importantly, we are able to get N per cent more pulp from the same log.
Imagine, if you please, one such process developmenr which would make the Klamath forest resources 4 p". cent more productive.
And now, in conclusion, I challenge the insult of the smoking car theorist. I feel that he is the one who is driving the mental horse and buggy. The forest industries have traded theirs in for a post-Victory, self-propelled vehicle. I say that Progress is with us and all about us, both as to creating permanence through Tree Farms and creating new products and new Processes to utilize with ever-increasing efficiency the wood grown on those Tree Farms.
It is not a backward industry that will delay desired progress. Rather, the danger is that people like you and me will hesitate to take the risks involved in the new ventures suggested by research, because government has removed our chance to reap the benefits of the hard work and enterprise involved in putting those ventures over.
You know what the individual has to do about taxes. That comes over and above what happens to the company in which he may own stock. That company under
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br mcny wcrys-in shipbuilding, wcr indushies, housing lor war workers, camp bcrrrcrcks, on supply lines and crt the front. While we cre cooperating 100% with todcy's wcr ellort, we cre crlso looking lonrcrd to the Iuture, when the building progrrcurt will demcrnd the use oI tremendous quantities oI lumber through usucl retail disbibution chcnnels.
The biggest hardwood lumber manufacturing plant in the whole world, according to all available figures, is located in the Philippine Islands, and has been in the hands of the Japs since Pearl Harbor. Since that date no news has come from that mill.
It is that of the Insular Lumber Company, at Fabrica, in the Philippines. It is not only the largest, but likewise one of the most modern in equipment.
Here are a couple of pictures of the Fabrica plant, giving some idea of its size, and impressive location. It is located on a bluff in the river bend, as you will notice,
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and the architecture of the mill looks unlike that of any American sawmill.
The Fabrica mill has a normal manufacturing capacity of about 75,000,000 feet of Philippine hardwood lumber every year, according to the figures of its owners, the Insular Lumber Company, which has its general offices in Philadelphia, Pa.
The sawmill at Fabrica is equipped with trvo 9-foot band headrigs; one 8-foot pony rig; two 6-foot resaws, a slicer; a gang trimmer; two edgers, and other equipment, making a whale of a mill. The planing mill is modern in every particular, and very large. The dry kilns are a battery of 13 Moore Cross-Circulation kilns that take this wonderful cabinet wood green from the saw, and season it perfectly.
This mill was cutting from one of the finest tracts of virgin hardwood timber in the Orient when the Japs moved in. With this story will be found a picture showing what the butt of a big Philippine hardwood tree looks like. No other species of hardwood in the world produces so large a percentage of straight, clear lumber as these Philippine trees.
J. Raymond Peck, of Philadelphia, is president of the Insular Lumber Company. H. C. Pope was general manager at Fabrica .rvhen the Japs took possession.
Fred Morehouse, Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Benj. Ostlind, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, and Milton Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, expect to attend the State War Conference of the American Legion in San Francisco, August 16, 17 and 18.
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In accordance with the authority of H. R. Harnish, Deputy Regional Director for Southern California, \Arar Manpower Commission, the yarding, warehousing, remanufacturing and the wholesale and retail distribution of lumber and lumber products are hereby declared to be activities essential in Southern California.
This declaration was effective July 26,1943, lor the Southern California area, which includes the following counties: Santa Barbara, Ventura, Inyo, Mono, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial, except that this declaration shall be effective in San Diego County only after approval of the San Diego War Manpower Committee.
Study of recently built residential structures throughout the Southern California area discloses some excellent examples of housing built under the current War Housing Construction Standards as promulgated by the War Production Board, which is in distinction to the unwarranted impression, in some localities, that cheap, sub-standard, undesirable housing must result, is was announced today by Wilson G. Bingham, Southern California district director, Federal Housing Administration.
"Su,ch housing, when built under FHA inspection, meets the critical requirements of war conditions, complies with required savings of critical materials, and yet produces an exceptionally comfortable, modern, desirable home," says Mr. Bingham.
In cases r,r'here specific WPB authorization is not required under Order L-41 to begin construction, CI\[P Regulation No. 5 procedures may be used to obtain required materials and products up to $500 in cost, the War Production Board pointed out.
However, CPM Regulation No. 5 procedures may not be used to get materials or products for any construction work of the type which requires authorization under Order L-41, unless the authorization specifically states that CMP Regulation No. 5 may be used.
These points are brought out in Interpretation No. 9 to CMP Regulation No. 5, issued July 29,7943.
Red Biver's log supply comes from a region where pines hcrve cttcined cr growth of soft, even texture. Scwing, kiln-drying qnd remqnulacture are designed and opercrted lor pine oI theee chcrrqcteristics.
The luture lorest is lostered by selective logging crnd by lire prevention and suppression. These estcblished policies cre not relcrxed under pressure oI Wcr production"
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n'ar conditions is probably pa1-ing 81 per cent of its final dollar of earnings in income taxes to the federal government.
Take our own company's savings on this barker and chipper at Everett as an example. In a practical sense, 81 per cent cif the resulting substantial savings went to the government in 1942. In addition, to the extent that the resulting pulp was sold to the government, the other 19 per cent also was taken through the process now coming to be well known as renegotiation.
There exists today no incentive whatsoever for a colllpany like ours to risk $750,000 or any other sum of money to efiect cost reductions, to pursue research or bring out new products, except the hope that after the war the taxing power will be more gently exercised.
This company's present and post-Victory policies are entirely predicated upon a belief in a return of endurable taxes and a degree of business freedom commensurate with the responsibilities that we are willing to assume. We expect to continue to remold our plant facilities as new markets can be developed-markets that will utilize the wood now growing on the Weyerhaeuser-Klamath Tree Farm and on other similar areas.
In short, with your permission, we exPect to stay in business.
G. BobbinsLimitation Order L-l50, covering the scheduling of softwood plywood, was interpreted today by the War Production Board as requiring producers of softwood plywood to accept all orders for that product which meet their regular established prices and terms.
This condition, the interpretation holds, applies to the seller who regularly supplies only certain types of purchasers such as wholesalers, jobbers and retailers. He may reject orders from other types of purchasers only when it is practicable for such purchasers to obtain the merchandise required and in the quantity desired through regular trade channels.
Sellers of West Coast logs produced in a specific section of the Southern Oregon Tillamook District were authorized by the Office of Price Administration to charge Tillamook District prices for logs delivered at railroad heads or mill ponds in the Columbia River District.
The pricing procedure is applicable to logs produced in Lincoln County, Oregon, north of the Siletz River, and in Tillamook County, Oregon, south of a line running east and west through Hebo, Oregon.
Authorization to use Tillamook prices on deliveries to Columbia River District rail heads is given in Amendment No. 6 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 161 (West Coast Logs), and becomes effective August 4, 1943.
The rocrd to victory hqs not yet been pdved. Now is the time to invest thcrt extr<r dollcrr to pcnre the road to shorten the war to bring our lighters home.
Authorization to make and accept deliveries of restricted Western lumber, required under the provisions of Limitation Order L-D0, is simplified and speeded up by the revised application Form WPB 27N (formerly PD-872) just issued by WPB's Lumber and Lumber Products Division.
The prospective purchaser is instructed in the new form to make application for delivery authorization only after he has obtained assurance from his producer that the approved purchase order can be filled.
Distribution controls established by L-N, Division officials pointed out, do not provide complete allocation of each shipment but channel supplies to the most essential needs. In carrying out this objective, applications have hitherto been denied when the ability of the producer to make shipments was not known.
The revised form also asks for the preference rating, if any, which has been authorized for the lumber requested. In the past some applicants have given the preference rating which they wished to have assigned rather than the one already assigned.
Form WPB 2720 may be filed by either the prospective receiver of the shipment or the producer. Both will be notified of action taken by WPB and authorizations will specify the time within which deliveries are to be made. In this way the producer who has earmarked a shipment for a particular purchaser will know when to ship it if the
George A. J. IJoward, president and general manager of the Pacific Wood Products Corporation, announces that its plant at 3600 Tyburn Street, Los Angeles, has just been leased for a term of from three to five years to the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. This corporation required additional space and found that the plant was suitable for that purpose.
The inventory, machinery and equipment will be disposed of as rapidly as possible so that the space may be delivered to the lessee without delay.
Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, has again issued a serious request to all concerned for cancellation of all conventions or group meetings not directly beneficial to the winning of the war.
Jack Cooper, sentative for the gon, is with the
Los Angeles, Southern California repreRosboro Lumber Co. of Spring{ield, OreIJ. S. armed forces in Sicily.
delivery has been approved and, if it has been denied, he will be able to use the lumber for other purchase orders.
Copies of Form WPB 7720 arc obtainable at all WPB field offices and from the Lumber and Lumber Products Division in Washington.
The War Manpower Commission has ordered that the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, San Bernardino and Riverside go on a 48-hour workweek by August 22, 1943.
Lumber yards where less than eight employees are employed, including both full-time and part-time employees, are exempt. Branch yards having less than eight employees are exempt, each branch yard is considered a separate establishment. Individuals who are under 16 years of age, or individuals who are not available for full-time employment because of factors such as other employment, household responsibilities, or physical limitations, are also exempt from the order.
The order stated that an employer could request a minimum wartime workweek of less than 48 hours for specific establishments, or for certain departments or occupations therein, if the 48-hour week:
(1) Would be impossible in view of the nature of the operations of the establishment.
(2) Would not reduce the present labor force or reduce the future labor requirements of the establishment.
(3) Would conflict with Federal, State, or local la'iv or regulation limiting hours of work.
If an exemption is granted for any of these three reasons. the workweek shall be the maximum number of hours (less than 48) that is feasible.
Requests for exemption should have been made by a separate letter for each establishment (specific place of business) and filed in duplicate with the War Manpower Commission, Wartime Workweek Section, 1100 South Flower Street, Los Angeles 15, not later than August 7, 1943.
An order inserting the standard OPA uniform adjustable pricing provision in all 35 price regulations for lumber and lumber products was issued by the Office of Price Administration.
The order is titled Supplementary Order No. 50 on Adjustable Pricing in Certain Maximum Price Regulations on Lumber and Lumber Products, and became effective July 27,1943.
"There are two kinds of adjustable pricing," OPA said, explaining the standard procedure. "The first permits a buyer and seller to agree that a price in a sale shall be adjusted up to the ceiling price in effect at time of delivery if the maximum price is increased between the time of sale and delivery. No special permission from OPA is required in adjustable pricing of this kind.
"The second kind of adjustable pricing relates to readjustment of prices to the ,ceiling in effect at some time after delivery is completed. This type of adjustable pricing cannot be used without special permission from OPA.
"One situation in which OPA might approve adjustable pricing after delivery is that which exists when an industry knows that a price increase for its products is under discussion in OPA, and when shipments, as a result, might be in a state of suspense as sellers await outcome of the price discussion."
Supplementary Order 50, effective July n, 1943.
According to the order, all of the establishments within an industry could file their requests for exemption together to facilitate processing.
Further information on this program can be obtained by telephoning or writing the United' States Employment Service Office which serves you.
William Erdman, yard superintendent, Pacific Coast Coal Co., San Luis Obispo, Calif., enjoyed watching his favorite baseball team, the San Francisco Seals, on his recent vacation in San Francisco.
Christ Ost, Ost Francisco visitor Oregon.
Lumber Yard, Los in the latter part of Angeles, was a San July on his way to
Seth L. Butler, San Francisco, Northern California representative of Dant & Russell, Inc., on a recent business trip took the opportunity to spend the week-end in Long Beach with his son, Lieut. Jack S. Butler, U.S.N. He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Butler.
Vernon Malloy, Washington, D. C., representative of California Redwood Distributors, recently spent two weeks on the Pacific Coast. He visited the mills of the members of his organization at Scotia and Samoa, Calif., and the home offices in San Francisco.
George Clough, San Pedro Lurnber Company, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Clough, left on July 31 for a two weeks' trip in Northern California and Oregon. They planned to spend a few days with Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and his family, who are vacationing at Redway, Calif.
H. F. Vincent, vice-president and general manager of. E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back at his desk August 2 from a trip to Oregon which included visits to Portland, Klamath Falls, and the companJ"s big mill at Reedsport.
O. L. Russum, Northern California representative of Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co., Portland, returned early in August from a trip to Portland.
Reed Hicken, United Lumber Yards, Inc., I\fodesto, made a combined business and pleasure trip to the Pacific Northwest last month. He was accompanied by his wife.
Manuel Cicogni, Hills Flat Lumber Co., Grass Valley, is now a Storekeeper in the Navy.
Don Doud, Defiance Lumber Company, Tacoma, Wash., was a recent Los Angeles visitor.
Fred H. Hartung, has returned from a
Sun Lumber Company, Beverly Hills, two weeks' trip to the Northwest.
Roy Stanton and Earle Heber, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, spent several days visiting the pine niills in Northern California.
Hugh W. Handley, sales manager, Van Arsdale-Harns Lumber Co., San Francisco, was in the Northwest for three weeks last month on business for his firm. He made his headquarters in Portland and visited Seattle, Grays Harbor and other points in Oregon and Washington.
Carl W. Watts, Oregon Lumber Sales ,San Francisco, is on a trip to Mexico, where he is looking over some timber holdings.
Gene Reynolds, who has been connected with the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company's St. Paul, Minn., office, has joined the company's sales staff at San Francisco. He succeeds Bill Freeman, who has taken a position with the War Production Board in Washington, D. C.
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International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo announces that the 52nd Hoo-Hoo annual is put on a new, patriotic basis, and this year an unusual and different program will be put on. Instead of the usual convention held in one city, it is planned to have a 1943 Hoo-Hoo All-Out Annual with meetings throughout the United States and Canada, wherever Hoo-Hoo is organized. This means that all clubs will meet simultaneously, the same day, the same hour, all on Hoo-Hoo Day, September 9.
In addition, rvherever there are unorganized Hoo-Hoo. the individuals will be asked to meet on FIoo-Hoo Day to toast Hoo-Hoo and the Great Black Cat.
Milwaukee, the home of the Supreme Snark of the Universe and the International Secretary, will be the spearhead-the hub of all meetings, and from this central point will radiate the details, the Hoo-Hoo messages, and the Hoo-Hoo spirit, to all participating clubs, gatherings and individuals.
The program to be follou'ed will be the same for each gathering, but may be modified in detail to suit each particular group. The tentative program is as follorvs:
1. Registration of attending members.
2. A patriotic motive. By rvay of suggestion, flag presentation, singing of the National Anthem of both the United States and Canada, buglers, Boy Scouts, rePresentatives of the Armed Forces to take part, Oath of Allegiance. etc,
3. The program A, B and C.
A. One or two speakers on some dustry.
may be divided into three parts,
talks by Hoo-Hoo members or outside phase of tl're forestry or the lumber in-
B. A Hoo-Hoo business meeting, patterned after a regular convention business session, rvill constitute the second part of the program.
C. Provisions should be made to hold a concat which should be held immediately follorving the sessions above referred to. . In all cases u'here clubs have Hoo-Hoo equipment, the regular ritual should be followed. Due to not enough equipment for concats at all gatherings, a brief or modified form of concat may be held in such localities where equipment is not available.
The entertainment feature should not be overlooked. and the arrangements for the meetings are left entirely to the discretion of the members in charge of each particular gathering.
Ovid Butler, executive secretary of the American Forestry Association, Washington, D. C., has recently been on a swing through the West. He visited timber holders and tree farms in Washington and Oregon, spent some time in San Francisco, and conferred with W. S. Rose. crans, Los Angeles, rvho is president of the Association.
The War Production Board has issued a procedure directive letter regarding proper procedure to follorv in making application for dry kiln equipment.
The following is a brief explanation of the priorities situation at present regarding dry kiln equipment, and which is in line with the procedure directive'letter (CMPL-304) issued by the director of the General Industrial Equipment Division of the WPB:
When a dry kiln is installed witl,in an existing structure, such installation is not to be considered as constuction. Whenever old kilns are remodeled, Form WPB-541 (formerly PD-IA) is the correct form on which to apply.
When a customer is constructing a completely nerv kiln, including the building, then he should use Form WP8-617 (formerly PD-200).
In both cases, the dry kiln equipment purchased will be listed in the equipment section of the form as one dry kiln and the value in dollars shou'n. It $'ill not be necessary to show detailed breakdorvn of the items of dry kiln equipment, as the unit norv set up for dry kiln equipment is "dollars."
G. W. Dow, who sold the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Co. at Lone Pine to Rudie Henderson a feu' years ago, has disposed of the remainder of his ir-rterests in Lone Pine, including the Dow Hotel, and with Mrs. Dorv moved to Whittier where he will devote his time to his 6O acres of citrus land to rvhich he is adding an additional 20 acres.
\(/HOLESALE PLYITOODS
310-314 East 32nd Strea
LOS ANGELES
ADamg 4995
Ed Tietjen, Sudden & Christenson, San Francisco, returned August 2 from vacationing on the Russian River, near Healdsburg, Calif. His vacation was made particularly enjoyable by the fact that his two sons were able to be with the family. John was on furlough from the 4th Cavalry, and Robert, supervising engineer with the General Electric Co. at La Guardia Field, New York, was also on leave from his war iob.
George Lounsberry and A. geles, have returned from a Klamath River in Humboldt
L. (Gus) Hoover, Los Anten-days' fishing trip on the County.
M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back from vacationing at Glenbrook, on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe.
Ken Shipp, California Builders spent an enjoyable vacation recently Supply Co., Oakland, at Lake Tahoe.
A. W. (Lance) Green, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned July 29 from his vacation, spent at San Ysidro Ranch. Santa
Roy spent Calif.
hlifornia Svgor ond Potrdlettrc Pine
Scrles Agents For
SACRAMENTO BOX &,LUMBER CO.
MOUNT HOUGH LUMBER CO.
SACRAMENTO LOS ANGETES
P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunning Teletype Sc-13 438 Chcmber ol Cornrnercc lldg.
J. O. Handley, Carmel Builders Supply, Carmel, returned recently from a Southern California vacation.
E. G. (Dave) Davis, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, left August 4 on a vacation trip to Southern California.
COUNTER SALESMAN WANTED
Wanted-Counter salesman for old established retail yard in San Joaquin Valley. Salary S180.00. Opportunity for advancement. Give full particulars. Address Box C-1002, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
We have some lumber yards closed for the duration that are available for manufacturing purposes. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 87+6.
1 D8 Caterpillar Tractor with angledozer.
I D8 Caterpillar Tractor with bulldozer.
E. Hills, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, his vacation at Menlo Countrv Club. Menlo Park.
Frank H. White, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco; returned to his desk August 8 from vacation.
3 50 KW ILO-?2f,-++O Volt Palmer generator sets, complete with f00 HP International Diesel motors. And other miscellaneous equipment.
Address Placer Exploration Company, 256 Montgomery Street, San Francisco 4, Calif. Telephone EXbrook 0396.
Reprercnting in Southcrn Californic: Thc Paciftc Lumber Comprny-Wcndling-Nathan Co.
5i95 VibhireBlvd., LorAnsolcr "the Personal Seroice lllan" retephone, yo* 116s
LUMBER
Arcata Redwood Co. 420 Markct Str€rt (ff) ,............YUkon 206?
Atkinsshtz Cmpmn rrz Markct Strset (rl) .............GArficH rE09
Christenrcn Lumber Co. Evm: Ave. and Qrint St. (Z)....VAlencia 5&li!
Dut & Rurgell, Inc211 FIut Strut (rr) .............GArfie|d@92
Dobecr & Cson l'ubc Co., Ult M.rchutr Exchusc Bldg. (l) SUttq 7{55
Gucntd & Grea Luber Co1600 Army StEt (21) ............ATwater l3ll0
Hall, Jancr Ll0,i|2 Millr Bldg. (a) ......,..........Sutter 7520
Harnmond luber Cmpmy, 117 Montgomny Stret (6) ....,...DOugla:33&l
Hobbs lltall Imber Cl., 405 MdtgoEsry St. (4) ,..........GArfield 7752
Holmcs Eureka Lubcr Co., ll05 Finucid Cenrer Bldg. (4) ....GArfield r92r
C. D. Johnn Lr'-hr Corporation, 260 Callfcnia Street (ll) ..........GArfield @5E
Carl H. KubI Lumbcr Co., O. L Rusm, U2 Market St. (rr) YUkon U60
Iamm-Bomington Compuy, ll Califmta Strc€t (rr) .GArfield 566r
LUMBER,
LUMBER
MacDmald & Hanineton, Ltd., 16 Califmia St. (rr) .............GArfield t393
Oregon hurbcr Salc (Carl W. lllatte), 975 ltlonadnock Bldc. (5) .....,.....YIJkm 1590
Pacific Ilmber Co., Iac l0 Bush Stct ({) ........,......GArficld rlEl
Popc & Talbot, Ine. Lubcr Divirion, 461 Market StEt (5) .............Douglu 256r
Rcd River L'*bcr Co3r5 Monadrek Bl&. (5) ...,......GArfte1d 0922
Suta Fc Lmbq Co. l0 Califoraia Stret (ff) ,...,....EXlbrook 2ll?4
Schafcr Bros. Lunbcr & Shlnglc Co. I Dmm Stred (rr) ..,............Sutter U?l
Shevlin Pie Salcr Co.
1030 Mmadnak Bldg. (5) .....,.,.Exbroo& ?Ml
Sudda & Chrtutmn, Inc., 3lO Sume Strt (l) ............GArfic1d 2t46
Carl W. Watb (Orcgon r -nlia Salcr), 9?5 Mmadnock Bldg. (5) ,.,.....,.YUkon 1590
Wendling-Nathil Co., ll0 Market Strut (ll) .............Suttd 5363
Wcet ()regm Lmber Co., 1995 Evus Ave. (Ul ............ATwatcr 567E
Eyaua Bc Co. (Pyruid Lmber Sales Co.)
Pactfrc Bldg. (U) ...............Glrnourt E293
Gumtm & Gren lamba Co.
zlpl Livinsrbr St. (5) ..KEllog 4-18E4
Hill & Morton, Ibc.,
Dmlon Strut Whart (7) .......ANdover lC77
Hogu Lubcr Conpany, ad sd Alle StEt! (4) .......Gl*ncourt 6851
E. K. Wood Lubcr Co.,
2fU Fred.rick Stret (6) .KEllog 2-4277
Wholerale Building Suppty, Irc.,
160Z 3Ard Street (6) ..,...TEmplebar 6961
Wholaale Lubcr Dietributorr, lnc.,
9tb Avenuc Picr (6) ..,.. ..TWinoakr 2515
LUMBER
Arcata Rcdwood Co. (J, J. Rca) 5410 Wilshirc Btvd. (36) ..........WEbster TtZl
Atkinrn-Stutz Conpmy, 62t Pctrcleu Blds. (rS) ..........PRospst {3{l
Brugh Indurtrlal Ianbcr Co., 590r S.'Central A,vc. (1) .........CEntury 2-0lEE
Bunr Lmbcr Cmpmy. l70 Sdth Bcvcrly Drlvc, (Bwrly Htllr) .........,..,...BRadrhaw 2-336E
Cm & Co- L. J. (l'lf. D. Dming), 43E Ch. of Oom. Bld:r. (rS) .......PRocpcct &,|3
Cloper, W. E., 606-60E Richfield Bldg. (xl) .......Muhnl 2r3t
Dant & Rurcll, Inc., trz E. 59th Stret (r) ...............ADamr 6101
Dolbccr & Crrrcn Lumbcr Co901 Fldcltty Btds. (r3) ............vAndike En|2
Ed. Fantaln Imbcr Ca., 62t Patrclcum Btdg. (f5) ..,......PRo.Det t3lr
Hrnnoad Lubcr Conpany, zfD So. Al.-cda SL (5{) .,.......PRocpcct 1333
Hobbr lVall hmbr Co.. 625 Rmu Bldg. (r3) ..............TRinity Sllt
Hdnc Eurcka IJnbGr Co.,
?ll-712 Architctr Btdg. (13) .......Mutual glEl
How, A. L, 5225 Wilrbire Blvd. (36) .......,....YOrk rr6t
Cul H. Kuhl Lumbcr Co., (R. S. Orgood), ?tl S. Sprhg SL (U) .......,....VAndike 603it
Rcr C. Larhley (R. G. Robblnr lubcr Co.), 7ll W. Olymplc Blvd. (rS) .......PRoepcct O2{
I:wrcacc-Philipr Lunbcr Co., Gilil Pctmlcm Bldg. (r5) .......,..PRo.pGct tU{
MrcDonrld Co., L W., ?tl W. Olyrptc Blvd. (rS) ........PRospcct ?194
MrcDonald & Herrlnrton, Ltd., Pctrolcu Bldt. (r5) .....,.....,.PRorpct 312?
Prtlfic lmba Co. Thc
5225 Wlbhlrc Blvd. (3i) ............YOrk ll6t
LUMBER
E. K. TV@d luber Co., I Drum Strst (ff) ..........,.,.,EXbrooL 37fC
Wcyerhreurer Sabr Co; l{9 Cdifmia Str..t (rr) .........G4rfidd t971
HARDWOODS AND PAIIEI.S
Wbitc Brcthcn,Fifth ald Bramm Str6tr (?) .....Sutter 1365
CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES'PILING-TIES
Americu Lunber & TrGating Co., 116 New Montgoncry Stret (5) .....SUtter 1225
Burs, J. H. & Co., A:It MoDttomery Str€et (4) ........DOuglas 3tE3
Hall, Jus I-, lqtz Milb Blds. (4) .................SUttcr ?520
Popc & Talbot, Inc., Lmber Diwicion' i6f MtrLGt Strut (5) .............DOuslat 2501
Vm&r Laan Pillng & Lunber Co., 216 Pinc Strot (4) ...........'..Er(brok 4905
Wendling-Nethu Co., rl0 Markct Stret (U) ,.....,.......Sutter 5:16ll
PAI\[ EIJ-DOORTSASH_SCRE ENS
Callfmia Buildcre Supply Co., ?00 6th Avcm (4) ....,.............Hlgare 6016
Hocu l$bcr Cmpuy, ard ud Alla Strutt (l) ...'.'.Gl:nourt 6861
Wcdm Dor & Sarh Coo Stb & Cyprcs Str*t! (?) ......TEmplebar El00
HARDWOODS
Strablc Hardrood CompanY, Ffu.t and CIav Strctr (7) .....TEmplebu 55t{
Whitc Brothcr:' 5ltO High Stret (r) .............'ANdovcr 16O
LUMBER
Pcnberthy lubcr Ca.'
2065 Eaci Slst St. (tl) ........KImbaU sru
Popc & Tablot, Inc., Lumbcr Divfulon
714 W. Olympic Btvd. (r5) ......PRorpect tZll
Rcd River lambcr Co.,
?@ E. Shuto (fr) ,.............CEntury200?l
IGrl S. Bmdray (rO ...,.........PRosFct 0illl
Su Pcdro Luber C,o.,
rSrE S. C6trd Avc. (2r) ,, ,.. ..Rlchmond llll
fEo-A w'ilmlrgtoo Rord (San Pcdrc) ,....,....,.........3m Pcdrc zO
Sdrtr F. Lubcr Co..
3ll Finffiirl Centir Bldg. (r1) ..VAndiLc fi7r
Schafcr Brce. Lubcr & Shllgt Co. rr7 W. grh Skr.t (r5) .............TRinity lztl
Shwlin Pinc Salct C.o.,
3ll Pctrclm Bldg. (r5) ....,.,...PR4pGd 615
9tmpto Indudrict, Inc., fora E. Warhirston Blvd. (2r) ..,PRdpet 6ltil
Stutorr E. J. & Son,
2lE0 E. ll.t St. (rr) .'..........CEntury 29zll
Srd&n & Chrlrtemn' lnco Gn Board ol Tra& BldS, (ll) .....TRinlty EE4l
Teoma Lunbcr Salcr,
1Il7 Pctrolaun Bldg. (rS) .........PRospcct 1l0t
Wcndling-Netbu Co.
5225 Wilrblro Blvd. (36) ..............YOrk u6t
Wcst ()rcgm Lmbcr Co., l? Pctrolcun Bldg. (rS) .,.,.....Rlchnond 02tr
W' W. Wilklnon,
3lE W. gth Str.Gt (r5) .....,....,.TRin|ty {613
Weyerhus Salcs CL, lrrg W. M. Gulud Bldg. (r5) ...Mlchlsu 635a
E. K. Wood Luba Co. {?ft SD. Alamcda SL (51) ..,....JEficrron 3ll1
CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILING-TIES
Arucrlru lJnb.r & 1t66+lnt Cor lUtl S. Bmdrny (f5) ..........,..PRo.Fct 4363
Butcr, J. H. e Co.. 6tl WGrt sth Slr.Gt (l3) ..........Mlchlgu 6i!94 Popo & Tdbot, lnc., Lunbar Divfulm, ?ll W. Olymplc Blvd. (r5) .....PRopet 6231
*Postoffice Zone Number in Parenthesis.
HARDWOODS
Amsican Hardwmd Co.' rgee E. lsth Strcct (54) .........PRolD€ct 4235
BruCr Inductrial Lmber Ca. 5901 S. Cmtral Avc. (r) ........'CEntury 2-Ot6t Stetm, E. J. & Son' E0 Eut llst Stret .(fr) .......CEntury 2l2tf
Wertem Hardwood Lubs Cq, 20ll Eart 15th Strcet (55) .......PRoocct 616r
SAI;H-DOORS_MIIJWORK-SCREENS_ BLINDS-PANEI.S AND PLYWOODIRONING BOARDS
BacL Pusl Cmpany' 310-314 Eart 3hd Strut (ll) .ADanr 1225
Callfornia Dmr Conpany, Thc
P. O. BG 126, Vem Station (ll) Klmbal 2r4r
CaXlmia Panal & Vmer Co-
P. O. Box 2110. Tcrninal
Auq (91) .....TRinitY 015?
Cobb Co- T. Msso Ccatral Avouc (ll) ...........ADaru llu?
EubrDL & Son, Inc., L H. (Inglcwood) {33 W. Redondo Btvd. .....'....,.ORGaoD t-2255
Hdey Bro. (Suta Montca) ..1620 r4th StrcGt ....................AShlcy 1-26t
Kochl Jno. W. & Son'
652 S. MyGrr StrGGt (A) ..........AN3e1o tl91
Orcson-Washirltm Plvwood Co.'
3iS w.3t Nlnth strut (r5) .......TRinity 4613
Paclfic Wood Pro&rctr ConDratloD'
36lF Tyburn Srrmt (26) .........'Albuy arar
Pactfic Mutual Doa Co-
166 E. llfaAlnglon Blvd. (2f) ..PRo!p.ct 9523
Rau Compuy, G.o. E '
235 S. AtrEGdr Str.Gt (f2) ....'Mlchtgar f$a
Rcd Rlvcr Lunbar Co,
?@ S. Slaurn (1f) ,...'...' ..CEbtrry aotf Supn Co. (Psradma),
?{5 Sc Rrymnd Ava. (2) ...."...RYu 1-G039
Slnprm Indurtric, Inc.
r6ta E, Wuhinsrton Blvd. (2f) ...PRdFct ar8
Wct Cort Sro Co., tus Eart 63rd Str6t (r) ........ADru ffll
Watcm Mill & Moldlnr Co., 59al lll Wotra Avc. (ll) ....TWimLr llt|
Before he joined the Marines he had a good job. He liked his work, had been promoted twice, knew the front ofrce thought well of him, felt his chances for advancement wefe good. That was his groove in the good old U. S. A.
Then came Poland and Pearl Harbor. An Austrian paranoiac with a phoney name and an oriental nation of ritualistic savages had set out to murder their way to world supremacy. This boy answered, "Not without a fight, they won't," said good-bye to his job, and joined up.
Today he:s standing sentinel in the South Pacific; tomorrow he'll be shooting frorn a fox hole; next week, attacking from a landing barge . rfar cry from the safety of his old iob and all it meant to
him, but with his gun. . . ind a grin . he's doing this job well, too.
Vhat has our job to do with his? It has the obligation and responsibility to see that there is enough lumber to build ships to supply him; enough to package the fighting cargoes of those ships; enough to build plenty of sub-chasers and convoy escorts to protect those ships in short, enough to deliver everything he needs to win.
That's the pattern cut out for the lumber industry. And, because it takes so much of all each manufacnrrer can produce, that's why there will be so little lumber for civilian use until we can bring him home again to take up his old iob, right where he left off.
(Donl ftgpt ,k rlrr norc War Botdt oll 4 vs buy, tfio rconor wo'll got ,nn horrlrj.
