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By ROSS K|I{CAID executive vice president

D)E prepared for a bureaucratic l) system of price' wage, etc. controls beyond the 90 day wage-pricefreeze. The machinery is being set up. You can be sure that the "paper deluge" is just beginning, so be prepared for the complexities of wageprice formulas and interpretations.

As we have often stated-keep records to back up prices, wage and salary pnograrns, incentives. This is the time to be sure that these explanatory records are in readiness to later back up your policies.

Through the regional Office of Emergency Preparedness, the'Wash- ington ofrce and our Nationel, WBMA has filed for relief for those members who were caught in the escalation of materials. While we may not be successful, it's worth a try. Our petition is based on points:

(1) With the thousands of items inventoried and special-ordered, outlying dealers have found it impossible to keep up with rapidly escalating supplier prices, especially in forest products.

(2) Businesses and communities will suffer if dealers are forced to discontinue the sale of these items when replacement costs equal or exceed fmzen ceilings.

We are requesting the right to ap- ply historical margins to the frozen ceiling prices of suppliers.

Oregon members participating in