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ANGELES 14, CAL., NOVEMBER 15,'1945 "tHtH1t"lff:

The Lumber Strike Situation

The CIO's 40.000 lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest who asked a 25 cents an hour increase accepted l2f cents in a conciliation agreement on November 2. It boosted the minimum df CIO workers from 9O cents to $.A2%. A1l workers, except fallers and buckers, will receive the flat l2l cent increase. It ended the danger of a CIO strike, which members had authorized if necessary. The CIO continued working while negotiating the rvage dispute.

The new wage agreement did not cover AFL workers and as this is written the lvorkers continued an eight weeks strike in support of demands for a $1.10 industry-wide minimum hourly wage. The CIO agreement rvas denounced by the Northern Washington district council of the IWA as "entirely inadequate to meet higher living costs and loss of take home pay resulting from return to the 40-hour work week." The AFL claimed more than 60,000 lumbers workers were idle ir-r 500 operations in Oregon, Washington, Montana. Idaho. and Northern California'

Portland, Ore., Nov. 7.-CIO workers in the plywood and door manufacturing plants of Oregon and Washington today had accepted employer proposals for an increase of l2f cents an hour.

The Portland district council of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill association today had rejected an offer of four large Portland operators to raise wages by I2l cents an hour.

Salem, Ore., Nov. I0.-striking mill workers of Local 3050, A F of L sawmill and lumber workers union, voted today to accept a 12% cents an hour wage increase ofiered by Salem mill operators.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week en4ed November 3,155 mills reporting, gave orders as 44,000,000 {eet, shipments 41,500,000 feet, and production 40,671,000 feet. The figures for the previous.week were: orders 43,000,000 feet, shipments 38,500,000 feet, and production 41,000,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association {or the week ended October 27, 94 mills reporting, gave orders as 26,872,00O feet, slripments 30,745,W0 feet, and production 34,854,000 feet. The week before the figures were: orders 30,331,00O feet, shipments 31,333,000 feet, and production 34,461,000 feet.

Our Scrn Frcncisco Phone Number Chcnged

The San Francisco telephone number of The California Lumber Merchant has been changed to GRaystone 0756. The address is unchanged, 645 Leavenworth Street, San Francisco 9.