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Western Lumber a Building Materials

Publlshor A. D. BeU, Jr.

Ealltor Davld Cutler

Assoclate Edltor end Adv€rtlElng Productlon llfigr. Richard Heckman

Circulatlon M4rsha KelIey

Representatives

2030 Union St., San Franclsco, Calif. 94123. Phone (415) 346-6000.

SOUTHERN CAIIFORNIA

Ted Tiss, advertislng and news, 5?3 So. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Calllornia 91101, Phone (213) 792-3623 or (213) 792-4OgA.

NEW YONK

Blllincsl€a & tr'lcke. Inc.. 137 East 36th St.. New York. N.Y., 10016. Phone (272\ 532-7632.

MIDWDST Richard Heckler, advertlslng and news, P. O, Box B, Xenla, Ohlo 45385. Phone (513) 3?2-6471.

EDITOBIAL OFT'ICES

WESTERN LUMBER & BUILDING MATERIALS MERCHANT Is PUb- lished monthly at 678 So. Iake Ave., Pasadena, Callf. 01101, Phone (213) ?92-3623 or (213) 702-400E by Caufornia Lumber Merchant, Inc. Second-class postage rates pald at Pasadena, CaUf., and additlonal offices. Advertising rates upon request,

Subscriptions

chanqo of Addrer8-Send subscrlp- tlon orders and address changes to Circulation Dept.. Western Lumber & Bulldins Materlals Merchant, 573 So. Lake Ave., Pasadena, Callf. 91101. Include address label from recent lssue ii possible, plus new address and zip code.

Subscriptlon Ratea-U.S., Canada, Mexlco-and Latln Amerlca: $4-one year; $?-two years; $g-three years. Overseas: $5-one year; $8-two years. Single coples 50r'. Back coples ?5/ when avallable.

The Merchant Magazlne serves the members ot the: Arizona Lumber & Builders Supply Associatlon, Phoenix: Lumber Merchants Assoclation ol Northern Callfornia, Los Altos; Montana Buildlng Mate- rlal Dealers Association. Helena: Mountain States Lumber Dealers Association, Salt Lake Clty and Denver: Lumber Assoclation of Southern California, Los Anseles; Western Bulldlns Materlal -Assoclation, Olympia,-Washtngton.

THE ilIERCHA]IT is an ind.ependent magazine, for the lumber anil building moteri.als industry, concentr&ting on rne r c handising, mana g ement ond accurate, f octuo,I newt.

Lumber for decking, siding, cabinets, millwork and paneling, material for fences, patio decks and planters. .any application where the superior characteristics of Western Red Cedar are demanded can be supplied, from our 172 million foot inventory. Standard stock includes 1x6,8, 12,, and 2x6, 8, 10, 12". lt is supplied in specified widths and lengths with many patterns, clear or knotty, smooth or sawsize.

Western Red Cedar is one of the lightest softwoods known, has high insulatihg value, does not shrink, warp or check to any notable degree, is completely free from pitch and yet is one of the most economical construction woods available. ln addition to our vast local inventory, close to freeways for fast pick up, Western Red cedar can be delivered direcfly from the mill in carload shipments. Call Fountain firsf and /asf/

It Must Not Hoppen Agoin

THE one thing that emerges clearly from the r muddled situation of a dock strike that ties up the entire Pacific Coast for weeks on end is that some equitable way must be found to ensure that it doesn't happen again.

The right of labor to go on strike to force management to bargain in good faith is strongly entrenched in both our customs and our law. No one seriously questions this, up to a point. But we think that point has been long passed.

The cost of the Pacific coast dock strike at this writing is being put at $100 million in losses. Are we really supposed to believe the greater good of society is served by allowing one group, any group, the power to put an economic stranglehold on a major region of this country?

This isn't a question of whether the unions involved are justified in their claims. Some of their contentions certainly deserve fair consideration. At this point the greater good of the community at large and by extension, all of us as individuals, must receive the consideration deserved. There is no justification for a strike that has created this amount of economic havoc when the unions involved are basically hassling over which one will perform the work and how much money they will receive for not working so that nrembers can have a guaranteed annual income.

Over the years there have been a number of solutions proposed in an effort to eliminate this kind of economic disruption while still preserving, in some cases, the rights of the participants in a dispute. They range all the way from strike breaking with federal troops to complete acquiessence to worker demands. The two types most currently in favor are compulsory arbitration and exercise of the Taft-Hartley Act in cases where a national emergenc)'. is created or threatened by the strike.

The methods to end costly tie'ups such as the dock strike of l9?l must surely be found and soon. Continuation of any situation that disrupts our economy as severely as this has cannot be allowed. Most any set of circumstances must eventually be weighed on the scale of public goo'd versus individual or group gain and if found wanting, should be ended long before the current level of damage is reached.