Bfanket Priority Jor Lumber Plant Repairs lssued

Washington, I).C., Sept. 10-"The long awaited blanket priority order for necessary repair and maintenance items for the lumber and timber products industries has finally been issued, it is announced by B. R. Ellis, director of priorities, Lumber and Timber Products Defense Committee. It will be observed that the order is much more restricted than was anticipated in two respects: First, in that it applies only to orders for materials needed for immediate or imminent repairs; Second, that the definition of the Lumber and Timber Products Industry is much more restricted than the definition recommended by the Committee.

In spite of its deficiencies, however, this order may be expected to relieve many critical situations. The A-10 rating provided may not be sufficiently high in all cases to get the needed quick delivery but it will furnish a basis for an appeal for a higher rating rvhere needed.

Branches of the Lumber and Timber Products Industry not included in the definition which can make a showing of need in connection with defense or urgent civilian business may want to request that the Priorities Division of the S.P.A.B. extend this order to cover their branch.

Washingon, D. C., Sept. 9-A nerv and streamlined plan to grant priority assistance for repair rvork in certain essen- tial industries was announced today by Donald M. Nelson, Director of Priorities. It represents an effort to keep American defense industries running at full speed, and to prevent any break in the increasing tempo of defense production.

The new plan takes the place of the Maintenance and Repair Order which was announced August 8, but which rvas never actually issued because of administrative difficulties in handling the paper work it would have involved.

The new plan, which becomes available immediately, is set up along simple lines. It provides machinery under which priority status for repair work in twenty industrial classifications can be obtained, so that firms and agencies in these classifications may obtain repair parts promptly.

The revised scheme permits qualified producers or suppliers to apply a preference rating of A-10 to deliveries of required repair parts by endorsing a special statement on purchase orders, certifying that the material being ordered is for repair work under the terms of the order, P-22.

The order can be used also to get deliveries for "emergency inventory."

Repairs are defined in the order as repairs needed because of an actual or imminent breakdown. Emergency inventory is defined in the order as the minimum inventory of material recluired to provide for repairs to meet an actual or imminent breakdown.

The present order is designed primarily to protect industry against sudden breakdown and is regarded as an interim measure. The entire inventorv problem is to be studied further with a view to providing broader priority assistance. It is felt, however, that the present plan will keep the essential industries covered running on their normal basis and will prevent serious interruption to defense production by giving producers a simple method for obtaining vital repair parts.

The order, itself, should be read carefully by all those who are to operate under its terms. The industries covered are listed specifically in the order. Other classifications may be added from time to time, and special orders may be worked out to meet problems in certain industries.

HEADS SAN DIEGO LUMBER CO.

Henry M. Hink became president of San Diego Lumber Co., San Diego, on September 8, succeeding the late J. M. Carson.

H. C. McGahey was elected vice-president to succeed Mr. Hink.

LeROY H. STANTON ON EASTERN TRIP

l,eRoy H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, attended the anrtual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlanta, Ga., on September 18-19. He will spend a few weeks calling on the trade in the South, East and Middle West, and will be back at his desk soon after the first of the month.

Visits Birthplace

L. C. Hammond, president of Hammond Lumber Company, and Mrs. Hammond returned recently from a vacation trip to Missoula, Mont., Mr. Hammond's birthplace, where they visited friends and relatives.

Add New Equipment

Mutual Moulding & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, sale manufacturers of Ponderosa Pine mouldings terior finish, recently added a new Orton planer equipment.

Hunt Deer In Humboldt County

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A. S. Murphy, president of The Pacific Lumber Company, accompanied by Herb Klass, Gus Hoover, Ed Yoder, Bill Nelson, Bill Dorsey, Fred Christian and party of friends left Scotia September 17 on a deer hunting trip in Humbolt County.

Sash And Door Factory Burns

A trash fire went out of control and set fire to the Hager Sash & Door Co., Berkeley, and an adjoining nursery, September 22. Damage to the two plants was estimated at $20,000. W'. B. Ilolmes is the owner of llager Sash & Door Co.

R. S. OSGOOD ON BUSINESS TRIP

R. S. Osgood, Frieder Brothers, Los Angeles, is on a business trip in the East, South and Middle West where he is visiting the lumber consuming centers. On his return trip he will also visit the Northwest. He attended the annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association at Atlanta, Ga.

DAVIS.WORKMAN

W. E. Davis, Stockton, salesman for Pope & Talbot, Inc., in Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, rvas married to Miss Lillian Workman in Stockton on September 13.

WOODSON.BELL

Larue J. Woodsbn, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, San Francisco, was married in Reno on September 6 to Mrs. Dorothy Bell of Oakland. The round trip to Reno was made by plane.

Visiting On Pacific Coast

E. W. Hamson, Jr., Consumers Cooperative Association, North Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Hamson, are visiting on the Pacific Coast. After spending several days in Los Angeles, they left for San Francisco and the Northwest.

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