Doustas trlR PTYWOOD ASSOCilAIfilON

l1l9 A Street, Tacoma 2, Washington

An Open Letter to Lumber Deafers: manufacturers have the 525,000,000 feet at fn view of these circunstances, I highly reconmend that you place your or:ders nov/ for your spring fir pJ-ywood needs. This year, if you delay ordering, I'n afraid you will Lose business two or three months hence because you don't have plywood.

First, f want you to know fir plywood biggest backlog of orders in history...over the moment thls letter was written.

Second, jobber stocks are very Iow, due largely to the long strike last summer. Plants must have 60 to 90 days to ship on new orders.

Third, we foresee another boom construction year in 1955 with over 1,200,000 housing starts. And nore and more plywood goes into every house.

As a matter of fact it would be wise, in my opinion, to stock 5O/" to 100/o nore flr plywood this spring than you normally do.

This is especially true in 1955...the 50th anniversary of fir plywood. You will see the greatest fir plywood consuner advertising progran ever in this Golden Jubilee Year to bring nore buyers i-nto our yards.

As always, these sales-building plywood campaigns will tell consumers and contractors over and over: "See Your Lumber Dealer!tt

This is the best advice see them. And remenber...you I can offer you based can't do business fron on the facts as I an enpty wagon.

Sincerely yours,

W. E. DIFFORD Managing Director