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be offered at distress prices below current fair market value," but on the other hand: fn connection with proposals that government-owned forest land be exchanged for private forest land flooded by federal reservoir projects, Peterson stated:

"As long as there are operators ready to purchase national forest timber at current fair market values, that timber will be offered for sale up to the current ability of the Forest Service to prepare timber for sale within allowable cutting limitations and to properly administer sales made."

"Many other landowners have their properties taken for public highways and for other uses. They are not compensated in kind. They are compensated in cash.

"We in the Department of Agriculture believe that the policy of compensation other than by the traditional methods would not be in the best interests of sound management of the public forest lands."

The Assistant Secretary said the government and lumber- men have many joint objectives, including the maintenance of a "healthy, prosperous, progressive" forest products industrv. and "broad and permanent markets." Another joint goal is to maintain "public acceptability of wood as a building material and as a raw material for manufacturing processes," he declared.

Sisolkrofl Tronsfers Wilson to Oregon

American Sisalkraft Corporation's western office in San Francisco announces that Robert D. Wilson has been appointed Oregon area representative after four years' experien,ce in the Southern 'California district. Originally from Marysville, Washington, he and his wife are pleased to return to the Northwest. Wilson will work with buildingmaterial dealers and distributors and industrial markets who handle A,merican Sisalkraft's expanding line of waterproof papers and plastics.

Speciofizing in fruck-and-froller ond Roif Shipmenfs . .

Old-Growfh Bond-sown REDWOOD from Boiock lumber Co., Monchesler

Old-Growth DOUGTAS FIR from Spocek Bros. Lumber Co., Monchesler

Precision-trimmed STUDSDouglos Fir o White Fir o Redwood

REDWOOD POSTS clnd FENCING

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