Ouality Masonite'

RUF-X-go WOODSMAN BAYSIDE

We have Southern California's largest stock of versatile Masonite brand sidings-all with the durability and weatherability needed for exterior appl ications. Mason ite is acceptable for FHA and VA insured construction.

Crown Plywood's large inventory coupled with the steady supply of Masonite, assures you the price stability not found in other product lines. You get added economy because this material can be quickly applied, using a minimum of accessories, with no special tools or skills required.

Select from our huge stock that includes 4'x8',4'x9' and 16' lap siding in Ruf-X, Bay Side, Woodsman, Cypress Side and Stuccato. We also carry Masonite's newest product, 4x8 Ruf-X garage door siding.

Stuccato Cypress Side

And remember-Southern California's largest Masonite wholesaler, Grown Plywood also has everything you need in plywood sheathings, roofing and fencing. We're ready to serve you on any size order, from a truck trailer to broken unit. Call on us for mixed loads as well.

Just contact the Crown Plywood sales representative in your area.

ttl E HAVE BEEN reviewing the UU voluntary standards issued by the Council on Wages and Prices following the President's announcement of voluntary standards.

The standards are extremely difficult to understand and will undoubtedly create a considerable burden on any firm desiring to comply. The President has stated that he wants regulations to be simple and understood by all. But here is another case of the bureaucrats attempting to impress everyone with their intellect rather than creating an atmosphere of easy compllance.

The various formulae established to determine what your gross profit margin was between 1975 and 1977 will send any accountant into frenzie.

The result ol all of the mathematical manipulations is to reduce base price of merchandise during 1979 by one-half of one percent of 1977 base price. Our industry is cyclical in nature and when business is good we attempt to make a proflt sulficient to carry us through those years when business is down. that is until the federal government attempts to remove the possibility.

We all know the problems that inflation is creating and we want to do what we can to bring inflation to a halt but every economist and every tax paying citizen knows full well that what business can contribute to the reduction of inflation is miniscule to what will happen if the government gets off the spending spree and admits that it is the biggest contributor to inflation.

The standards on wage-price are voluntary. There are no exceptions to these voluntary standards regardless of the size of your company. What does voluntary mean ? Apparently we are all expected to comply. Although the President does not have authority to impose wage-price controls there are high probabilities that such controls can be given to him in 1979 after it is shown that industries are not complying with the voluntary standards.

It is most probable that controls would be placed on designated industries where orices continue to increase above levels the President leels are iustified. The mechanism is now in operation. The Council of Wages and Prices has been reinlorced with hundreds of new employees so it takes only an order to make the system mandatory.

We plan to provide atl of the LMA members with copies olthe standards as soon as we can reproduce them. It would be wise for every dealer to look at them and prepare the necessary administration needed to implement these standa rds.

It will not be to your advantage to increase your prices now because the base periods have already been designated and the one-half percent reduction in the base price of merchandise is the established eoal.

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Builders Guideline Pledge

Ernest A Beckcr. Sr.. presidcnt ol the 108.000 nrenrber National Association o1' lJomc Builclers. has urged the nation's hontc builders to sLlpport President (.artcr's voluntarl wageprice guidclincs b1 holding f'uturc home pricc hikcs significantlv bclorr the average ol'thc previous two )clrs.

"While the skeptics will give 1ou a hunclred rcasons why thc guidelines won't *'ork. the nation nrust act to cool inf'lationarl cxpectations ancl reduce thc undcrll ing inflation ratc o1'7"1 ." he said. "With the support ol thc busrness conrnrunity and organilccl lubor and couplcd with a recluction in lederal spending and regulatorl rclornt. I bclicr.'e the guidelincs can work."

In the past two l-crrrs, lionr August 1976 to August 1978. the nredian pricc ol'neu honres solcl nltionall)' increased 13.2'1, a year Prcsident Carter has rrsketl all industrier to kgg| their l'uturc pricc increascs one hall'of one percent below the average ol- the prel'ious t* o tlscal vears.

"This will be cxtrenrel! di1'llcult ttt accomplish in nranv nretropolitan arcas where land availlble or suitablc firr derelopnrcnt is in short supply," Becker said.

Land priccs have soarcd in reccnt years. with thc cost of a deleloped lot

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