Summary of Latest OPA Rules and Changes

Adiustment ol Ceiling Prices

A procedure for adjusting the maximum prices for individual producers of tidewater red cypress and Sitka spruce lumber, hardwood plywood and turned or shaped 'ivood products, rn,here present ceilings are causing hardship, rvas announ,ced by the OPA. (Supplementary Order 128, effectir-e Sept. 5.) OPA-T-3b33.

Amendment 17 to Revised MPR 26

Mills filling orders for Douglas fir boards placed by the central procuring agency were authorized by the OPA to continue charging through Oct. 31, the additions to ceiling prices for boards rvhose delivery by vessel has been held up because of a lack of shipping space. Efiective Aug' 22' oPA-T-3606.

Bedwood Tank and Silo Lumber

The OPA has established manufacturer's ceiling prices for all sales of redrvood tank and silo lumber regardless of 'ivhere sold. (Amendment 9 to MPR-253, effective Sept' 4') oPA-T-3619.

Yellow Cypress Price Increased

An increase of 7/o in mill ceiling prices for yellorv cypress lumber was announced by OPA. (Amendment 19 to revised MPR 97, amendment 21 to MPR 146, revocation oi MPR 513, all effective August 22.)

Increcse in Gypsum Lcth Price

The OPA announced an increase of 2l cents per square yard in the manufacturers' ceiling price for gypsum lath in California and Nevada. The increase became effective August 21. The dollar-and-cent amount of the increase may be passed on to buyers by all resellers. (Amendment 4 tt.i Order 1 under MPR-592.)

Adiustments in Pine Prices

The OPA announced adjustments in manufacturers' ceiling prices of western pine and associated species of Iumber to permit greater production of one inch boards and of dry dressed common boards. (Amendment 2 to Revised MPR'94, efiective Sept. 11)' OPA-T-3623.

CPA Announces Clcriliccrtion oI

Fir Door Retqil Ceiling Prices

Clarification of retail ceiling prices for fir doors was announced by the Office of Price Administration August 21'

Under this action, efiective August 25, 1945, a retailer of doors for which dollar-and-cent ceilings have not been established may add to his March 1942 "fteeze" prices for a door the dollar-and-cent amount of difference between his July 1945 net delivered cost and his March 1942 net delivered cost.

Nlaximum Price Regulation No. 44-Douglas Fir Doors -efiective August 25, 1945.

Regulations Recendy Revoked

Additional regulations recently revoked include the follorving:

L-303. Insect Screen Cloth. Fotm 4O79 may no longer be used to secure permission to buy this item.

L-311. Woodrvorking Machinery. Form 3131 has been discarded.

L-42. Limited manufacture of plumbing and heating equipment.

L-157. Placed restriction on types of hand tools which could be manufactured.

L-236. Restricted the manufacture of builders' hardware and limited varieties in design.

E-6. Restricted the delivery of certain hand tools. Revocation of the last four of these orders means a gradual resumption in the manufacture of iterns which have disappeared from dealers' stock. It also means that there will soon be a wider variety and better quality than the items that rvere produced during the war.

The WPB removed restrictions placed on steel producers prohibiting the acceptance of any production order calling for delivery in Septemberrof certain types of sheet and strip steel, except controlled material orders with "Z" allotment symbols; or orders the WPB specifically authorizes. "2" is the allotment symbol for small manufacturers under the CMP plan. WPB-8918.