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Portland, Oregon, October 9, I946-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in September (4 weeks) was 117.204.000 board feet, or 80.9 per cent of 1942-1945 average. Orders averaged lll/26,000 b.f.; shipments 112,091,000. Weekly averages for August were: Production 120,182,000 b.f. (82.9 per cent of the 1942-1945 average) ; orders 122,&6,0n; shipments, 111,780,000.

West Coast sawmills continued during September the high procluction figures established in August with more than half a billion feet of lumber processed by sawmills in this section, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association reported today. While the weekly average ol 117,2O4,000 feet is slightly off the peak output for August, production of housing lumber held steadY.

The Douglas fir area, west of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington, alone in September produced enough one and two inch housing lumber to build 25,000 average American homes, the association pointed out' Housing lumber output hovers around ll5/o of normal pre-war years'

Calling for less government regulations as the only hope for increasing lumber manufacture, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, pointing to the nation's dire need for new homes and more lumber, urged adoption of a fifth freedom-unhampered freedom to produce' "Where inclustry has been least restricted it has produced lumber in amazing quantities," the West Coast Lumbermen's Association itut"d. "There will be a continued shortage of flooring, millwork and items cut from clear stock as long as present government tampering continues.''

"Today, when every lumberman should be spending every ounce of his energy getting out lumber' scores of our key production men are losing valuable time from directing their sawmills, worrying along with government agencies, trying to bring some order out of the confusion the government planners are creating," the Association stated. "If we don't keep constantly on the alert, and battle every step of the way against more and more regulations, we rvill lose the battle of lumber production for the era just ahead."

The Western October 12, 99 feet, shipments feet. Orders on 158,000 feet.

Pine Association f or the rveek ended mills reporting, gave orders as 61,631,000 62,138,000 feet, and production 68,990,000 hand at the end of the week totaled 2Ol,' n'eek ended gave orders and producend of the

The Southern Pinc Association for the October 12, 82 units (95 mills) reporting, as 16,183,000 feet, shipments 14,802,000 feet, tion 15.503,000 feet. Orders on hand at the rveek totaled 78,174,000 feet.

The West Coast I-umbermen's Association for the week ended October 12, 138 mills reporting, gave orders as 78,4M,000 feet, shiprnents 70,657,OOO feet, and production 82.536.000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 456,118,000 feet.

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