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How Lumber Looks

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ANGELES 14, CAL., OCTOBER

Lumber shipments of 421 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 6.0 percent below production for the week ending September 14, 1946, according to the statistical division of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. In the same week new orders of these mills were 7.0 percent belou' production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills, amounted to & percent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 24 d.ays' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 37 days' production.

The Western Pine Association for tember 7, 94 mills reporting, gave feet, shipments 52,M3,000 feet, and feet. Orders on hand at the end 196.006.000 feet.

Redwood Mills Operating

San Francisco, Sept., 23.-Eight out of the nine struck Redlvood mills are operating.

A meeting called by the U. S. Conciliation Service for September 13, attended by negotiating committees of the nine mills that supply 95 per cent of the nation's redwood Iumber, and the AFL Lumber & Sawmill Workers lJnion, ended in a deadlock after four hours.

Oliver Goodwin of the Conciliation Service presided, and at the close of the meeting said: "The situation does not appear hopelegs."

the r.r'eek ended Seporders as 54,656,000 production 56,019,000 of the u'eek totaled

The Southern Pine Association for the rveek ended September 14,79 units (106 mills) reporting, gave orders as 15,942,0m feet, shipments 15,320,000 feet, and production I4,649,0m feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 70,340,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended September 14, 138 mills reporting, gave orders as 85,236,000, feet, shipments 82,936,000 feet, and production 82,692,n0 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 455,383,000 feet.

Speaking for the operators, S. L. Gregory, manager of the Redwood Industrial Relations Committee stated that "the companies will continue their operations which are expanding daily, and will continue to hire both old and new employees for such jobs as are open."

Lumbermen Fight New Priority Plcrn

Washington, D. C., Sept. 2O.-Spokesmen for the lumber industry tonight voted overwhelmingly to oppose Housing Expediter Wilson W Wyatt's demand that lumber be brought under priority control all the way back to the mill.

Wyatt withheld comment, but some of his aides indicated he still proposed to push through.the broadened priority plan.

New Ycrrd crt Mcriposc

The Mariposa Lumber Co. was recently opened at Mariposa, Calif., with a stock of lumber and building materials.