CHRISTMAS TREE with one st ar

Brightest rcy ol hope lor the vitclity of our Nqtion . . . cnd the pecce of the world . . . is the American home.

In the homes oI Americcr qround the Christmqs tree . the spirit oI pecce and stcbility connot help but grow in the reflected wqrmth oI lamily compcrnionship.

More than ever belore, the lumber industry is a vitcl lcctor in the estqblishment oI homes. Every pcrt ol this industry Iorest, mill, distributor, builder . . . has cn importcnt pcrt to plcy.

We qre proud to be cr pcrrt of this industry to hcrve been c pioneer in the development of it in the West. This is our 97th yecr.

IN OAK

RELIABILITY . . . hidden ingredient which makes Bradley Pre-finished (Straight-line) Hardwood Flooring a better product.

Vhere does it first enter? Not with the flooring factory or sawmill. Farther back than the forest. It begins with the standards which the Bradley Lumber Company set for itself at the time of its inception. standards that have guided all activities since.

Thus each step. in forest oPerations' sawmil[, dry kilns, flooring factoty, even loading into cars that take it to many and far-flung destinations . . is taken with the prime intent of building reliability into Bradley Pre-finished (Straight-line) Hardwood Flooring.

Vhat about booking orders? W'e cannot say. Production problems continue with no end in sight. To even our old-time, long established cnstomers, the best we can offer is a Pto tata trickle, with no visible hope of an increase at least during the remainder of.1946. Meantime, we'll be glad to mail literature describing the 9-Point superiority of Bradley Pre-finished Flooring.

John C. Saner, Jr. Tran slened To San Francisco Office

Announcement is made by the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, of the transfer of John C. Saner, Jr. from Portland to the head office in San Francisco, where he will be in charge of industrial sales. He succeeds John J. Helm, who has resigned.'

Mr. Saner, who has been manager of the firm's-Portland office since the first of January, 1944, brings to (ris new position a wealth of lumber experience, which includes important positions held in California pine and Southern pine manufacturlng concerns.

In 1929 and 1930, and from 1934 to 1941 he was connected with the Quincy Lumber Co., Quincy, Calif., manufacturers of Sugar and Ponderosa pine, Douglas and White fir. From 1930 to 1934 he was engaged in developing a coconut plantation, the Yakan Plantation Co., on Basilan Island, in the Philippines, where the work consisted of clearing the jungle and selling the native hardwoods.

Later he was assistant manager of the Saner-Ragley Lumber Co. at Carmona, Texas, manufacturers of long and short leaf Yellow pine.

He humorously states that his first sawmill experience was at the tender age of four at the Saner-Whiteman Lumber Company's mill at Caro, Texas, where he had to be constantly pulled from the pond while "helping."

He attended the Terrill Preparatory School, the University of Texas, and Southern Methodist University.

He literally grew up in the lumber business, as his grandfather, the late W. G. Ragley; his father, John C. Saner, and his uncles, Martin J. Ragley, and Frank J. Ragley, operated sawmills in East Texas and Western Louisiana for many years.

Mr. Saner's appointment is effective October 1. So far no announcement has been made by the company as to his successor as manager of the Portland office.

E. J. Stanton & Son Barbecue Big Success

E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, celebrated their fifty-third year in business by having a big barbecue and pionic for over 500 employees, their wives and families at Montebello Municipal Park, Saturday, September 21.

It is planned to make this "get-together" an annual affair, and Roy Stanton, Sr., believes social gatherings of this character are great morale builders, and is one reason he has such a close "knit" organization of "Old-Timers."

Sports contests of every variety, with prizes for "Kiddies," were enjoyed during this day of fun and frolic. The outstanding events being the softball game between the "Old-Timers" and the "Youngsters," and the game between the Timberwolves and the girls of the office staff.

Arrangements and planning were handled by a committee headed by Jean Parrish and Perry Cory and the barbecue of beef with all the trimmings just hit the "spot." Over fifty gallons of lemonade were consumed during the day.

Elected Trustee oI New Ncrtional Associcrtion oI Wholesirlers

Sid L. Darling, secretary-manager of the National American Wholesale Lumber Association, was elected to the board of trustees of the newly formed National Association of Wholesalers at a two-day organization meeting in Washington, D. C., September 9 and 10.

The N.A.W., designed to supplant and absor,b the Council of National Wholesale Associations, will serve wholesalers in the same manner as the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Retail Federation and the American Farm Bureau Federation serve the general interests of manufacturers, retailers an.d farmers, respectively.

With national headquarters in Washington, the N.A.W. will set up a research bureau, and also proposes to compile factual and statistical data for a long-range publicity program demonstrating the indispensability of the wholesalers' services to the public. the retail trade and industrial consumers.

Will Build New Scrwmill

The Elisco Lumber Co. will with a capacity of 4O,000 feet D9, near Redding, Calif. O. C.

build a new band sawmill per day close to Highway Michaels is superintendent.

Pabco Elevates Two Sales Executives

San Francisco, Sept. 24.-Appointment of L J. Bush, as Southern district manager, Building Materials Division, rvith headquarters at 423I E,. Firestone Blvd., South Gate, rvas announced today by J. E. Holbrook, vice president-sales, of The Paraffine Companies, Inc.

Clay Lilleston is promoted to the post of assistant trict manager.

Mr. Bush has been associated with Pabco for twentythree years; since 1935 as assistant Southern district manager. Mr. Lilleston has been with Pabco sixteen years. His experience covers work at headquarters, San Francisco, and variorrs field assignments of importance in the Southern District.

Appointed Ycrd Mcncger

E. J. Thompson, of Thousand Oaks, manager of the Oxnard branch of the Companl-. A former president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Thompson the Port Hueneme Naval Base lumber year. He has been associated rvith the Ior 24 \'ears.

Opens Ycrd in Pomona

has been named Peoples Lumber Thousand Oaks was manager of yard for nearly a lumber business

Kenneth Dietel has opened a retail lumber yard at Lorraine and Price Streets, Pomona, and is operating it as the Pomona Lumber Co. Ken was formerlv with the Dietel I-umber Co. in Glendale.

A.r u*,.rior finish of portland cement stucccr never fails to please home owners and win friends for the contractor.

Tell your customers they may have the color and texture they like best-that its charm and beauty will last for years without the expense of annual repainting.

Remind them that portland cement stucco is weather-resistant and termite-proofa big value at reasonable cost.

"Consider the cow with her poise and urbanity, Doing her share of the work of humanity; Her bed and her board and her background of scenery, Supplied by adjacent and succulent greenery. The cow may regard with the utmost passivity, Methods and plans to control productivity. Her function is one of complete spontaneity, Ruled by a kind and beneficent deity. Having no duties beyond her ability, Hers is a world of utmost stability. Cared for by others from youth to maturity, A perfect example of social security."

Author Unknown.

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Of course Professor Gus Dyer, famous Southern economic authority and lecturer, has long maintained that the only perfect example of social security he ever heard of was the hungry snake who got his own tail in his mouth by mistake, and swallowed himself. ***

My daughter Katie is just back from 27 months' service overseas with the American Red Cross. the last 13 months as director of a tremendous Red Cross Club in Germany, and she brought back a story on postwar conditions that knocked me for a loop. An American G.I. in Germany was very anxious to get home, so he got his discharge and came back. Sixty days later he was re-enlisted and back in Germany, much to the surprise of his friends. They said to him "Why didn't you stay home? Why did you come back here?" And he said - "The chaos is better organized over here."

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I tried to pump her about the status of UNRRA in Europe, but she wouldn't give. Said she had rather not be interviewed on that subject, and besides she didn't use that kind of lan*uage. * *< ,<

Every American soldier I have met returning from Europe, tells me the very same thing. Everyone over there thinks we're the world's prize suckers, who, in spite of the fearful treatment we receive, just keep on giving our remaining wealth to people who give nothing in return, not even good will. And most of the wealth we send, goes direct to the black markets. If there ever was any doubt about our classification, the present Yugoslav situation removes that doubt utterly. Those savage Reds deliberately, premeditatedly, and with malice aforethought shot down and murdered unarmed and defenseless American soldiers, and our lack of official retaliation enrages most Americans. We continue to ship those abominable people our scarce and valued food, supplies, and help of many sorts. Wonder what they have to do to arouse our official resentment? Guess they wonder that, also.

Our public relations ni"" 0""" getting a terrific front page display lately. One day I picked up a nationally known newspaper, and a leading editorial commented on the fact that Henry Wallace, the little man from Iowa who rattles around in the chair of Secretary of Commerce like a dried bean in an auditorium, has been unusually quiet of late, and wondered why. Before the ink was dry on that paper, Henry had busted loose, and made more headlines than at any time since the Chicago convention where they booted him out of the Vice Presidential nomination.

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Hades and hot pitch broke loose, both here and abroad. Before the speech was delivered President Truman had told a press conference that he had read the coming Wallace speech, and approved the whole speech. In the words of Rochestsl-'(ft13f'5 what he said. that's what the man said, he said that." The transcript, so the newspapers say, prove that that is exactly what he said. So, when Henrywho is an acknowledged authority on destroying live stock and plowing under growing crops-cut loose with a foreign relations speech proposing a plan directly opposite to the plan that Secretary of State Byrnes has been in Europe fighting for, the upheaval that came like an oil field gusher from all 48 states in the union. can be well understood.

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That great authority from Iowa simply suggested that we throw England-our only loyal ally in the past and the only nation that will be at our side when and if we have to fight again-overboard, turn the Eastern part of the world over to the tender mercies of Communist Joe, while we take charge of the Western half of the world. Alt of which is exactly the opposite of what that loyal little gentleman, patriot, and Arnerican-rights fighter, Jimmy Byrnes, has been battling for. Right quickly the little man from Missouri got busy denying that he had said what he had said. He reminded me of the politician who said he hated to speak through microphones because they always misquoted him. As this is written the battle rages. People tell each other about how mad Byrnes is, and what he called up Truman and told him, etc., but we don't know. An aroused public opinion forced Truman to fire Wallace.

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Personally, \lly'allace's suggestion about having the Ruskies and ourselves divide world authority, would appeal to me'under one condition, and only one; that we send Henry over to the Eastern division to help Uncle Joe handle the job. I might vote for that. If he'd take Claude Pepper too, I'm almost sure I would.

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When Henry Wallace and the other Henry Wallace type of thinkers get to advising us about our foreign relations, I think of how much better Jimmy Durante, the comic, could do it. On one of his programs Jimmy announced that he had been appointed to a job in the State Department at Washington. Fiis comedy partner said to him: "Why Jimmy, do you know anything about foreign relations?" And Durante replied: "FIe asks rne do I know anything about foreign relations - - - me wid tree uncles livin' in Brooklyn." That's a lot smarter than the Wallace idea; and it was all in fun while Wallace is serious.

Now let's get back for a paragraph or two to the story about "organized chaos." Here is a swell sample. A retail lumber concern we know ran an ad in its local papers the other day, which read: "We would like to sell you some lumber, but we haven't any, and besides we're busy reading rules and regulations like this (then follows the following OPA order, which is all in a single sentence; if you want to know why business men grow gray over night, read it) ! ***

"No maximum price regulation or order shall require the reduction of the established peacetime discounts on markups for the sale of any manufactured or processed commodity, treating as a single commodity for the purpose of this paragraph all commodities in a line of related commodities, which, for the purpose of establishing manufacturers and processors maximum prices, have been placed by the Office of Price Administration under a single regulation, if the retail, wholesale, or other distributive trade selling such commodity shows that the commodity constituted approximately one-half or more of the gross sales income of a majority of the persons errg"gdd in such trade in 1945 and that, in the first quarter of 1946, the deliveries of such commodity to such distributive trade were less than 100 percentum of the deliveries thereof in the corresponding quarter of 1945."

Carl Crow likens business and economic conditions in this country today to the confusion in languages that developed in Biblical days when they tried to build the Tower of Babel. If you doubt the comparison, read the above sentence over again. There are tens of thousands of others just as bad. Is it any wonder the G.I. in the story reenlisted and went back to Europe where "the chaos is better organized." With every day that has passed since the fighting ceased, conditions at home have become more confused; and the sad part is it is all so unnecessary. ***

The stock market has been doing some fancy tumbling lately as you well know, and to hear the experts trying to explain why, or, to be more exact, to hear them explaining that they dont KNOW why, is really a laugh. Any child of ten who doesn't understand that "what goes up comes down," should be tapped for the simples. The stock market is so heavily inflated that it is top-heavy and falling of its own foolish weight. Everything else in this country is heavily inflated, wages, prices, profits, values of all kinds, and if you know any good prayers, brother, you'd better get busy and pray that a levelling off may come rather than a perpendicular drop which would blow all our heads off. "The fool hath said in his heart there is no God," sayeth the Scripture. And just as big a fool is the man who believes that everything can keep on going up forever. Everything is coming down some of these days, and our best hope is for moderation. {ct*

The market slumps have revived many of the depression and panic stories of the early 30's, and they have been busting into print. One is that the market got so low one day that the New York Stock Exchange was looking for dwarfs to mark the figures on the blackboards. It's simply inflation we're suffering from, and to have it curbed before it reaches more dangerous heights, is our best hope.

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From 1933 to 1945 our gold stock in this country increased from three to twenty-two billions of dollars, or 633 per cent; our Federal Reserve notes increased from three to twenty-six billions, or 766 per cent; our money in circulation increased from six to twenty-nine billions, or 383 per cent; our checking accounts increased from fifteen to one hundred and six billions, or 607 per cent. Add to this what has happened to wages, to profits, to prices, to market values, and you've got a dangerous loaded cannon named INFLATION. Infation either softens out, or BUSTS out. It has been softening a little lately. To many it seems a catastrophe. But to the nation as a whole it could be in- surance against an explosion **

If we don't get some be feeling like the little ride up the express eleva They shot upward for little boy pulled his fa said: "Daddy, does God situation soon, we'll father took him for a Empire State Building. terrific speed. The for attention, and re coming?"