Lumbermen You Should Know

W. Hcmilton, .secretcry-mqnqger Soulhern Colilornia Retqil Lumber Associalion

When Orrie W. Hamilton started in the lumber business back in Kansas, he u,as something more than just a lumber wrestler. Yes, sir, he also rvrestled coal, and whatever else they sold in the small town lumber yard where he got his start. That rvas in 1913. FIe doesn't state what his age was at that time, but admits he was younger than he is now.

Anyrvay, he became manag.er of a branch lumber yarcl in that Kansas area, and left that job to go in the army in the first World War. He was Sergeant-Major at Camp Funston in the 154th Depot Brigade through the war.

After the war he returned to the middle west and was auditor for a line yard concern for about ayea\, after wllich he moved South and took charge of a lumber yarcl for a line yard concern at Clayton, New Mexico.

fn 7922 he came to Southern California ancl engagecl irr the operation of a plan service for retail lumber yards, ancl con'tinued in that business until 1927 when he went to San

Diego and organized the Lumbermen's Service Bureau, rvhich still continues in operation in that city under his supervision.

In 1932 he stepped out again, the ner,v Southern Cali{or- nia Retail Lumber Association taking him on in the capacity of Secretary-Manager. In Septem,ber, 1943, he moved the offices of the Association to Los Angeles, which brings us right up to date in reciting the business history of this very affable gentleman.

He is a very capable combination of lumberman, jurist, rliplomat, and enthusiastic organizer of associational activities. His record is that of a thoroughly practical, reliable, l'ronorable gentleman, and he has done a whole lot for the betterment of the retail lumber business in Southern California. l)veryone speaks well of him, and a future of continuecl valuable accomplishments stretches out before him.

Amendment 9 to MPR 94-Vestern Pine and Associated Species of Lumber

Producers of larch-fir, inland red cedar, and incense cedar lumber in !2 western States'were authorized by the Office of Price Adrninistration to add $3 per 1,000 board feet to basic maximum prices of 12 specific grades of this material.

The areas affected are Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Ntrevada, Utah, \Aryoming, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, California, and Washington and Oregon east of the crest of the Casade Mountains.

At the same time, producers of western pine lumber were assured of the continuance of the $3 addition alreadv granted on the same 12 grades ou ponderosa, Idaho, sugar and lodgepole pine, white fir and spruce. The addition is no longer made conditional on the continuance of War' Production Board's limitation Order L-Dj. The addition of $3 is designed to compensate producers for higher production costs resulting from wage increases approved bv the War Labor Board.

The WPB has recently directed thc principal producers of larch-fir to ship their larch-fir'production to the agricultural areas lr,'here the lumber shortage is acute. In recognition of the need for peak production, the OI'A has allowed the $3 addition to be made at this time so that no production will be lost because of the wage increase.

The fact that the operator would be faced with the possibility of a price reduction by the possible revocation of

The Voice Governs

([n a book about tesus by Kahlil Gibain is this letkr supposed, to hoae been written by Pilate's wile to anoth.er Romnn lad.y, that is wonderlul to read,;)

'oHe was speaking to His friends of love and strength. I know He spoke of love because there was melody in His voice; and I know He spoke of strength because there were armies in His gestures. And He was tender, though even my husband could not have spoken with such authority. After that day His image visited my privacy when I would not be visited by man or wom&n; and His eyes searched my soul when my own eyes were closed. And His voice governs the stillness of my nights. I am held fast for. evermore; and there is peace in my pain, and freedom in my tears."

WPII's L-?90 rvithout accompanying decreased costs caused OPA to agree with its Western Pine Industry Advisory Committee that the necessity for a tie-in with L-290 no longer exists. OPA, therefore, has made the $3 addition no longer dependent on the actions of any outside agency.

(The action'is taken rvitl-r Amendment 9 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 94-Western Pine and Associated Species of Lumber-effective December 4, 1943.)

GREETII{GS T(| THE CAIIFIIRI{IA IUMBER

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CAIJFONMA SUGAR PINE

CATIFORNIA PONDEROSA PIT{E

Mcy you hcrve c plecscrnt holidcry secson crnd Gr busy crnduselul New Year.

Our cppreciqtion to customers lor their business crnd their indulgence when due to wcr conditions we hqve been uncble to lurnish the desired volume oI Ccrmino Quclity Pine.

illCHlGAl{.CAtIF0RNIA TUMBER GoMPANY

CAMINO, EI^DORADO COI'NTY, CAIJFORNIA

Postwar Bill of Rights

Nine points as guides to postr,r'ar national policies are cited by the National Resources Planning Board in a "Post-War Bill of Rights" for Americans:

1. The right to work, usefully and creatively through the productive years of our lives.

2. The right to lair pay, adequate to command the necessities and amenities of life in exchange for work, ideas. thrift and other socially valuable service.

3. The right to adequate food, clothing, shelter and medical care.

4. The right to security, with freedom from fear of old age, want, dependency, sickness, unemployment and accident.

5. The right to live in a system of free enterprise, free from compulsory labor, irresponsible private power, arbitrary public authority and unregulated monopolies.

6. The right to come and go, to speak or to be silent, free from the spyings of secret political police.

7. The right to equality before the law, with equal access to justice in fact.

8. The right to education, for work, for citizenship and for personal growth and happiness.

9. The right to rest, recreation and adventure; the opportunity to enjoy and take part in an advancing civilization.