Douglas Fir Lumbsv---limitation Ordcr L-218

Washington, D. C., Oct. 22, I942.-Douglas fir lumber produced from timber grown on the western side of the Cascade Range was placed under tight control today by the Director General for Operations with the issuance of Limitation Order L-218. The intent of the order is to channel the critical grades of fir into essential war projects, through a single orocuring agency.

The Central Procuring Agency of the Corps of Engineers is designated to exercise procurement control.

Conservation Order M-208, which established preference ratings for softwood lumber, ceases to apply to shipments from the producer of Douglas fir timber lying west of the crest of the Cascades after October 29, except for certain specified grades mentioned in the new limitation order. The exceptions named are No. 3 boards, No. 3 dimension or No. 3 timbers, and the grades of factory and shop lumber, plywood, veneer and used lumber.

Sales, shipments and deliveries by producers within the scope of L-218 may be made only to the Central Procuring Agency for the armed services and their agents, or through the WPB Lumber and Lumber Products Branch at the direction of the Director General for Operations.

Any Douglas fir lumber actually in transit on October D, when the order becomes operative, may be delivered to its destination. Lumber norv in the hands of distributors and retail yards still will be governed by M-208. The limitation on sales and deliveries will not be applicable to transactions that involve merely a delivery from one producer to another.

Douglas fir is at present the most critical species of lumber in the United States for rvar purposes. The drastic limitation order is designed to make the maximum amount of this species available to the armed services. It is presummed that other species will be substituted in most instances for less essential needs.

.Limitation Order L-218 follows:

Part 3116-Douglas Fir Lumber (Limitation Order L-2L8)

The fulfillment of requirements for the defense of the United States has created a shortage in the supply of Douglas fir lumber for defense. for private account and for ex- port; and the following order is deemed necessary and appropriate in the public interest and to promote the national defense:

$ 3116.f Limitation Order L-218.-(a) Definitions. For the purposes of this order:

(1) "Douglas fir lumber" means any sawed lumber (except shingles or lath) of any size or grade, whether rough, dressed on one or more sides or edges, dressed and matched, shiplapped, worked to pattern, or grooved for splines, of the species of Pseudotsuga taxifolia, produced from timber located west of the crest of the Cascade Mountain Range, but not including No. 3 boards, No. 3 dimension or No. 3 timbers, or any grade of factory or shop lumber, and not including plywood, veneer or used lumber.

(2) "Producerl' means any plant which processes, by sawing, edging, planing or other comparable mgthod, 25/o or more of the total volume of logs and lumber purchased or received by it, and which sells as lumber the product of such processing. "Volume" means the board foot volume of lumber processed from logs, processed from other lumber or sold, as the case may be, within six months immediately prior to the transaction affected by this order.

(3) "Procuring Agency" means the Procuring Agency of the Construction Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army.

(b) General limitations. No producer shall sell, ship or deliver (including delivery by a producer to any distribution yard of such producer) any Douglas fir lumber except that:

(1) Any producer may sell, ship or deliver (either di rectly or through one or more intervening persons) any Douglas fir lumber to or for the account of the Procuring Agency or to or for the account of any contractor or other person designated by such agency; but only if there is endorsed on the purchase order or contract for such lumber a statement in substantially the following form, signed by the purchaser or by a responsible official duly designated for such purpose by the purchaser:

All Douglas fir lumber covered by this purchase order (or contract) is to be sold, shipped or delivered to, or received by, the Procuring Agency or a contractor or other person designated by such agency, as required by

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Each endorsement made under the provisions of this order shall constitute a representation to the producer and to the War Production Board that the Douglas fir lumber referred to therein will be used in accordance with such endorsement.

(2) Any Douglas fir lumber which was actually in transit on October D, 1942, may be delivered to its ultlmate destination.

(3) Any producer may sell, ship or deliver any Douglas fir lumber to any other producer.

(4) Any producer may sell, ship or deliver any Douglas fir lumber upon the specific authorization of the Director General for Operations on Form PD-423, or upon the direc_ tion of the Director General for Operations pursuant to paragraph (c) of this order.

(c) Allocations. The Director General for Operations may allocate specific quantities of Douglas fir lumber to spe_ cific persons. He may also direct the specific manner and quantities in which delivery shall be made to particular persons, and direct or prohibit particular uses of Douglas fir tumber, or the production by any person of particular items of Douglas fir lumber. Such allocations and direc_ tions will be made to insure the satisfaction of war requirements of the United States, both direct and indirect, and they may be made, in the discretion of the Director General for Operations, without regard to any preference ratings assigned to particular purchase orders or -contracts. The Director General for Operations may also take into consid_ eration the possible dislocation of labor and the necessity of keeping a plant in operation so that it may be able to fui_ fill war and essential civilian requirements.

(d) Effect of preference ratings. No preference rating shall have any force or effect with respect to deriveries o1 Douglas fir logs, or deliveries, by producers, of Douglas fir lumber.

(e) Appeals. Any person afiected by this order who considers that compliance therewith would work an excep_ tional and unreasonable hardship upon him may appeat by addressing a letter to the Chief of the Lumber and-iu*be,

(f) Violations. Any person who wilfully violates any provision of this order or who, in connection with this ordei, wilfully conceals a material fact or furnishes false information to any department or agency of the United States, is guilty of a crime, and upon conviction may be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both. In addition, the Director General for Operations may prohibit such person from mak_ ing or obtaining further deliveries of, or from processing or using, material under priority control, may w;thholi from such person priorities assisiance, and may take such other action as he deems appropriate.

(S) Communications. All communications concerning this order shall be addressed as follows: Lumber and Lum-ber Products Branch, War production Board, Washington, D. C., Ref.: L-218.

(h) Application of Order M-208. After the efiective date of this order, the provisions of Conservation Order M-208 shall not apply to Douglas fir lumber sold, shipped or delivered by producers in accordance with the provisions of this order.

(i) Effective date. This order shall take efiect October n,1942. (P.D. Reg. 1, as amended, 6 F.R. 66g0; W.p.B. Reg. 1, Z I'.R: 561 ; E.O. 9024,7 F.R. 329; E.O. goq, Z f..n. SZZ] B.O. 9125,7 F.R. 2719; sec. 2 (a), pub Law 6Zt Z6th Cong., as amended by Pub. Laws 89 and S0Z,77th Cong.) fssued this 22nd day of October 1942.

ERNEST KANZLER, Director General for Operations.

State OPA Officers M.y Adiust

Cordwood Prices

Washington, Oct. 14.-In order to relieve cordwood shortages in any part of the united States where they mav occur, the Office of price Administration today authtrizei all State OPA offices to make price adjustments in their areas wherever necessary to assure an adequate supply.

The action, taken in Amendment to Supple*"rrt".y it.g_ ulation 14 under the General Maximum Frice Regulatioi, effective october 20, 1942, parailels similar autholizations given state offices in Washington and Oregon on August 14 and the six New England states on September 21.

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Two Grand Soldier Stories Show Up

flere are two swell soldier stories. I grabbed them both off of big radio programs.

Bing Crosby had an Irish Catholic Chaplain on his Kraft program, just back from Australia, where he was stationed with the American army for the past several months. He told this one:

A lot of Australian and American soldiers were drinking and visiting in an Australian bar, and a fight started, the Australians lining up against the Americans. There were twelve Australians and six Americans. Our boys were doing their best but the odds were rough. Suddenly a big Australian shouted: "ltlait ment This isn't fairt

Back From Eastern Trip

Walter S. Found, Merced Lumber Co', Merced, recently returned from an Eastern trip' He was gone about two weeks.

There are twelve of us and only six of them." So three of the Australians came over to the American side, and then, nine to nine, they had one grand fight.

(I claim there is some good psychology in that story.)

The other is a shorty that Al Jolson told on his Colgate program, that laid me in the aisle. He was telling how tough this top Sergeant was. This tough soldier was on his lcrees in a crap game. His money was down. He had the dice, and he had a 9 to make. "And" said Jolson, "he made it the hard way-THREE TREYS."

Called On Mills

J. H. (Jerry) Stutz of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, is back from spending three weeks in the Northwest calling on the firm's sawmill connections.