THE WAR IS E,NDE,D

uality Redwood

Looking back, it is hard to believe thct such c gigcrntic tcrsk wcs crccomplished in such <r compcrcrtively short period oI time. In looking checd, we have cr seemingly insurmountcble iob still to complete. Much that has been laid wcste must be restored. our occupcrtionql lorces must be provided lor. Permcrnent militcry instcllctions must be erected qnd mqintcined crs bcstions oI c lcrsting peace. This crll plcrces cr continutngly hecrvy demcnd on our output oI quclity Redwood. Therelore, ct lecst lor the next Iew months our position in being able to supply your needs, remcins unchcnged.

Predicts Annual Construction Volume CPA Purchases Exceed 23 Million Feet Ot $15,000,000,000 lor 5 Years

The U. S. Department of Labor in a recent report predicts an average volume of nerv construction ol $10,924,000,000 per year and an average volume of maintenance and repair rvork of $4,418,000,000 per year during this year and the first five postwar years. The average {or private new construction is estimated at $7,896,000,000 per year and for public new construction at $4,028,000,000 per year'

The largest single item of private nerv construction is residential, non-farming building estimated at 850,000 units per year average. In addition the report predicts 50,000 publicly financed non-farm units per year average' This total of 900,000 units is about 3 per cent above the highest previous five year average ol 872,W non-farm units realized from 1923 through 1927.

Key Industries' Production to Exceed 1939-41 Rcrte by End ol Yecrr

The nation's key industries will be producing more goods in terms of dollars by the end of 1945 than they turned out in the 1939-1941 base period, according to a prediction made by WPB Chairman Krug in Washington August 30.

Mr. Krug released a survey covering 42 industries facing serious reconversion difficulties. One of the points made by the survey is that by June, 1946 their production ma,v skyrocket to 187 per cent, with emploYment up to 133 per cent of the base period,

Tire Output Curb l-ifted

In a move to increase civilian supplies, WPB lifted all restrictions on the number of passenger auto, motorcycle and bicycle tires that manufacturers may produce effective Sgptember 6. The agency also removed restrictions on the production of passenger car and small truck tubes.

Salesmqnship Alq TokYo

Jack Gordon, colttmnist for the Ft. Worth Press, says that the first civilian to reach Tokvo after the Jap surrender was a salesman named Nussbaum; HE WAS SELLING HARA.KIRI KNIVES.

The Central Procurement Agency endbd its job of lumber procurement for the armed forces August 28.

Altogether CPA bought 23,251,ffi0 board feet of lumber since the latter part of. lgn, with a money value of well over a billion dollars.

Directed from Washington by Col. F. G. Sherrill, Chief of the Procurement Division of the Corps of Engineers, with the cooperation on behalf of the Navy of Commander Walter W. Kellogg, USNR, of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, the agency did a good job, with a minimum of friction and a maximum of results.

The big buying program was carried on through organizations established in New York City, Charlotte, N. C., Atlanta, Jacksonville, Birmingham, New Orleans, Memphis, San Francisco, Lexington, Ky., and Portland, Ore.

Major William M. Porter will remain in charge of the small staff now maintained at the Portland office to buy for the current needs of the Army Engineers.

Will Assist in Industry Reconversion

Moving swiftly to enable industry to carry out its program of $4,500,000,000 for new plant, equipment and alterations in the shortest possible time, J. A. Krug, Chairman of the War Production Board, recently appointed Joseph D. Keenan, the board's vice chairman for labor production.

In his new position as special assistant to the chairman in charge of construction, Mr. Keenan will speed up construction activities necessary for reconversion and will represent WPB on the InterAgency Committee for Construction, recently established by the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion.

"Particular emphasis will be placed by Mr. Keenan on industrial construction, so that manufacturing activities can be expanded without delay and jobs opened up for returning service men and for workers as they are released from rvar production," Mr. Krug said.

Prelcrbriccted Housing

The OPA has given producers of pre-fabricated drvellings an interim pricing formula that will permit a greater amount of automatic pricing. (Order 756 under section 1449.3 (b) under the GMI'jR, efiective Aug. 13). OPA-T-3554.