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to all our friends in the l-rumber Industry

Meeting of Defense Requir"ment3 by Revised Edition of Commercial Standard Lumber Industry on Schedule

Washington, November 27-Notice of the adequate and efficient service rendered by the Lumber and Timber Products Industry in meeting necessary defense requirements was taken this week by the National Defense Advisory Commission when it declared that "Lumber requirements for the present national defense program are being met on schedule and demands on that industry have now passed their peak." This announcement was made by Edward R. Stettinius, in charge of Industry Materials Division'

A two week survey of the industry shows that production for the current year will exceed last year's output by substantially more than the amount required by the national defense program. Despite the large sudden demand placed on the mills by government orders for lumber required in the construction of cantonments, mills have been able to meet delivery schedules without causing a delay in construition work.

This is demonstrated by the fact that construction work is now ahead of schedule and %% of the buildings required to house 1,000,000 men will be completed by January l-

The recently completed survey shows that increased production in the lumber industry has been particularly noticeable in the South, where many mills are working overtime and numerous small new units have been put into operation. The South this year rvill produce approximatelv 8,000,00O,000 feet of lumber, the survey showed, while Oregon and Washington will produce 7,500,000 feet and the 'Western Pine Region will turn out more than 5.000.000,000 feet.

Total production for the industry during the current year will approximate 28,500,000,000 feet, compared with 25,000,000,000 feet last year.

Lumber requirements directly resulting from the present defense program are estirnated at one and one-half billion feet. Practically all of this material already has been purchased. The defense housing program, it is estimated, witl use approximately one billion feet of additional lumber during 1941.

The ability of the lumber mills to meet defense requirements without delay has been aided by the practice of the War Department's Quartermaster Corp of centralizing lumber purchases in Washington. This has had a stabilizing efiect on the industry and prevented pyramid bidding

For Douglas Fir Plywood lssued

A fourth edition of the Commercial Standard for Douglas Fir Plywood (Domestic Grades), which has been in effect since August N, 194O, has been issued by the National Bureau of Standards. Several changes have been made which bring this standard up-to-date, the Bureau pointed out.

Plywood is one of the oldest products manufectured from lumber, having been used to a limited extent by the ancient Egyptians and Chinese. However, it owes its present popularity to scientific control of the manufacturing pr,ocess and the establishment of standard requirements and tests to insure uniformity of quality for the various grades.

In 1933 the producers, distributors, and users of Douglas fir plywood cooperated with the Bureau in establishing a com,mercial standard to provide definite grade specifications. It has since been necessary to revise the standard three times in order to keep it abreast of improvements in this rapidly expanding in{ustry.

The present edition covers detail requirements for seven distinct grades of exterior type Douglas fir plywood, suitable for permanent exterior use, and requirements for those grades of the .moisture-resistant lype which were previously covered by the 1938 edition.

For those unfamiliar with the product, a chart is included showing the types and grades that are generally suitable for a large list of uS€s, ?:fld suggestions are given on ordering plywood so as to prevent misunderstandings. The pamphlet also shows facsimiles of the markings employed by members of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association to denote and identify .the several kinds and types.

Copies of the pamphlet embodying the revised Commercial Standard (issued as CS45-40) -"y be obtained at 5 cents each from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C.

New Yard In Benicia

C. G. "Jeff" Corkran, well known lumberman, representative for the past several years for MacDonal'd & Harrington in Sacramento, has opened a retail yard in Benicia, Calif. The nerv yard will operate under the name of Benicia Building Material & Supply Co.

Named Asrirtant Chief for U. S. Forest Service Divicionr

Edward I. Kotok, director of the California Forest and Range Experiment Station of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, was today named as assistant chief of the Service in charge of the branch of State and Private Forestry. He succeeds E. W. Tinker, rvho resigned a year ago to enter private business.

Mr. Kotok will direct a number of cooperative programs now under way between the Federal Forest Service and State and extension foresters to improve forest management, fire control, .and forest planting in the various States. The State and Private Forestry branch has also been in charge of the New England Forest Emergency project concerned with forest fire hazard reduction and timber salvage following the 1938 hurricane, and of the prairie States Forestry Project which has supervised WpA projects that have established 13,600 miles of shelter-belts in cooperation with 22,@O farmers since 1935.

Mr. Kotok is the author of numerous scientific publications, many of them relating to new developments which increased the efficiency of fire detection and control sys_ tems in California forests.

"Mr. Kotok has had wide experience both in administrative work and technical forestry, as a national forest supervisor, regional staff officer, and experiment station director, including several years in charge of cooperation in fire protection with State forestry officials in California,,' Earle H. Clapp, acting chief of the Forest Service. said.

Convention Dates

Dec. l9-2l-Society of American Foresters, Washington, D. C.

Jan. 7-9-Indiana Lumber and Builders Supply Ass'n., Indianapolis.

Jan. l4-16-Northwestern Lumbermen's Ass'n., Minneapolis, Minn.

Jan,ZO-Z2--Mountain States Lumber Dealers Ass'n., Denver, Colo.

lan.Zl-Z3-Kentucky Lumber & Supply Dealers Ass,n., Louisville.

Jan. 28-3o-Southwestern Lumbermen's Ass'n., Wichita, Kansas.

Jan. D-3t-Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers, Columbus.

Feb. 4-G-Michigan Retail Lumber Dealers Ass'n., Grand Rapids.

Feb. 1l-13-Illinois Lumber and Material Dealers Ass,n., Chicago.

Mar. l?-IL-Louisiana Retail Lumber Dealers Ass,n., New Orleans.

April &10-Lumbermen's Association of Texas. Galveston.

Celebrate 25th Anniversary

Nfr. and Mrs. Howard M. Gunton celebrated their 25th rvedding anniversary on December 2. Mr. Gunton is vicepresident of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco.

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