Sennlil q@ Simpson Industries, Inc.

Seattle, Vash.

Sales Division of Simpson Loggins Oo.

Manufacturers of Ifouglas Fir r Plywood r l)oors & Lumber

Var requirements are demanding a very large proportion of our production, and labor scarcity and a car shortage are causing delayed shipments. In the face of these obstacles we are striving to supply the requirements of our customers to the best of our ability. Los

SelI-Control

Bill Jones had the speed of a cannon ball; He could loosen a brick from a three-foot wall. When he shot one across, it would hurdle by Too swiftly for even the surest eye. No man could hit him when he was right, For no eye could follow the ball's swift flight. Bill should have starred in a Big League role, But he stuck to the Minors, 'cause he lacked control.

Jack Smith had a curve like the loop-the-loop; It would start for your head-with a sudden swq)p. It would break to your knees with a zig zag wave, And the League's best batters would roar and rave At the jurnp it took and the sudden swerveShades of a boomerang-what a curve!

But Jack is still doomed to a bush-league fate; He could not get it across the plate.

Tom Brown had both the speed and the curve; A combination that would jar your nerve. When he'd steam 'em by, they'd look like peas, Then they'd take a break from your neck to your knees. From the best to the worst in the League-By Jing; He had 'em all in the phantom swing. He, too, missed the mark of the truly great, Poor Tom ! He couldn't locate the plate.

How is it with you, if I may ask?

Have you got control of your daily task? Have you got control of your appetite, Of your tongue and your temper in the bitter fight? It matters not what your daily role, The question is-Have you got control?

It matters not what you may have, my friend, When the tale is told at the game's far end. The greatest brawn and the greatest brain That the world ever saw may be yours in vain. The man with CONTROL is the man who mounts, ft's how you use what you've got that counts.

Have you got the bead? Are you aiming straight? How much of YOUR effort goes over the plate?

His Deduction

A dignified Briton was carrying home a pair of his wife's shoes, which had been mended- Since no boxes or wrappings are furnished in England, he carried them under his arm. As he sat down on the bus, a Cockney across the aisle stared at his burden, grinned in cheerful fashion, leaned over and half-whispered: "Not going to let 'er gad about much, eh Guvnor?r'

The Recentness oI Bcrthing

Time makes a lot of changes in our vlews. Take the bathtub. In 1842, the year the first one was built, the medi.: cal fraternity denounced it as dangerous to health, and said it was bound to result in a lot of new diseases if brought into general use. In 1843 the State of Virginia declared the bathtub to be a luxury and put a tax of $30 each on them. As a result of pressure from the doctors the City Council of Philadelphia discussed, but did got pass' a proposed ordinance prohibiting bathing between November I and March 15. In 1845 the City of Boston made bathing illegal except on medical advice.

S.fUrrg

The ambitious salesman must keep hammering away; but it is the trip-hammer salesman that gets the grapes.

Iudgrgg Ecrch Other

If you must judge us, judge us for what we strive for.

If we are weak, be tolerant.

Ifwearestrong'praythatwebecomenotarrogant.

If our mistakes injure you, tell us of them, and trust in our sense of justice to make reparation.

If we cannot agree on details, such as politics or religion, then let us agree on the broader principle of human kindness; for when we put aside the accumulation of opinions that are the children of self interest, we will find a family resemblance in the faces of all men.

Love crnd Friendship

"That I am unable to appreciate that Platonic yearning of soul for soul, that deep calling unto deep of which I have read, is my misfortune rather than my fault. It appears to me too much like voting the Prohibition ticket, or playing poker with Confederate currency.

When I love a woman, I love her up one side and down the other. I may be an uncultured and barbaric noodle,, but I want to get hold of her and bite her neck. I want to cuddle her sunny curls on my heaving shirt-front, when I talk to her. I believe with Tennyson in the spirits rushing together at the touching of the lips, and I just crowd qp. and let 'em rush.

Some men may esteem women for their society with never a thought of sex, but that isn't love. Love, as I' understand the term, is to friendship's non-consuming'$amc what the fierce flare of the noonday sun is to the mifd radiance of the harvest moon. It is something that makee two persons of the opposite sex absolutely necessary to each other. It is a glory in which the soul is bathed;' an almost savage melody that beats within the blood. Lcive: is not altogether of the earth earthly. It is born of the: spirit, as well as the flesh; of the perfume, as well as the. beauty, of the great red rose.

Conservation of TransPortation Facilitics

J. Philip Boyd, director, Lumber and Lumber Products Division of the War Production Board, has sent the following letter to the producers and shippers of lumber and lumber products on the subject of conservation of transportation facilities:

"A report recently prepared by the Transpo.rtation Unit of this division shows that the lumber industry, by heavier loading during 1943, increased the available car supply b;r 162,000 cars. This is indeed commendable, and is indicative of the booperative spirit existing in the industry. In making that statement I am not unmindful of the operating efficiency of the railroads; the prompt turn-around of cars, notwithstanding increased distances of tlie hauls, has beer a contributing factor in enabling the industry to make the favorable showing.

"The report indicates that furthei contributions by thc lumber industry are reasonably possible. The transportation situation is such as to make increased conservation imperative. Because of this, every means should be utilized to bring about a still greater saving during 1944.

"With a national campaign to effect a 10 per cent saving in transportation now getting under way, I urge you to make a special effort to: (1) Load cars to maximugn carrying capacity; (2) unload and release cars without undue delay; and (3) avoid unnecessarily long hauls and back-hauls.

"Conscientious effort by producers and shippers of lum- ber and lumber products, shouid result in a commendabld.l, achievement in 1944. The industry should do a 100 per' cent job with 10 per cent less cars. The obligation of the smaller producers and shippers, in the effort to increase car', supply, is just as great as that of the larger shippers. .:;

"Letfs Get MORE Transportation From Every Freiglt 1,'; Car Loaded !" ) :'.

Policy On Holidcry Observcnce

Announced By Nelson

The policy which should be followed in all war plantstflii in regard to observance of holidays is announced by Chair-:;;i man Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board asl''{i follows: ll.:

Full work schedules should be observed in all war plants' '.i ' with th_e single exception of the Christmas week-end. Even' ;:', on that occasion, it is requested that in mills where con; .;:,rn' tinuous operations are essential-such as blast furnaces attd '''',;. +,. open hearth furnaces producing carbon steel for instancer ;,-i, -work be cdrried on over the Christmas week-end. Be-' .1,i cause of the critical need for steel plates, plate mitts strould".'li'l'; also operate. ,,i

Attending Ncrval School

David Howard Dowd, son of Lee L. Dowd, president of Defiance Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash, apprentice seaman in the United States Naval Reserve, is now attending thq U. S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School at Notre Damc University to study for a commission as Ensign in the' USNR.