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ln a recent test conducted for the Nerv York Board of Standards and Appeals and the Ner.v Jersey Department of Labor, a door manufactured of fire proofed wood, only 2l inches thick, stopped what is knorvn as a standard fire f.or ll hours. In addition it completely obstructed the passage of the fire and smoke through the doorway. The standard fire used in this test begins at 1,0000 F. at the end of 5 minutes, 1,550o at 30 minutes, 1,7000 at t hour and 1,7920 at 90 minutes.

With softwood flooring, "standard matched" means that the upper lip of the groove is thicker than the lower. The thickness of the lower lip is the same for all standard thicknesses of flooring, and hence the difference between the upper and lower lip becomes more pronounced in the heavier thicknesses.

The determination of r,vorking stresses for structural grades involves consideration of inherent characteristics of a species, its durability and response to conditions oi exposure, and the factor of safety desired.

The Douglas fir region alone of Oregon and Washington encompasses over 35 million acres of which less than 6 million acres are classed either as non-forest land or crop and grazing land, or taken over by townsites. Twenty-six million acres are available for commercial forest use for present and future generations. It is estimated that about 300,000 acres are logged per year; however 50,000 to 60,000 acres of these are only partially cut. This is in sharp contrast to the Southeastern ljnited States where as much as 5 million acres are cut over annually some quite closely and some in very light partial cuttings.

Knots influence the strength of members used in bending, particularly when they are on or near the top or bottom faces within the central portion of the length. Obviously their effect is much less when they are near the middle of the vertical faces and practically negligible rvhen they are near the end of the piece.

When preservative treatment is to be applied to wood, there should be no restriction as to sapwood, as sapwood is easier to treat than heartwood and a large amount is to be preferred.

In 1898 when all railroad ties were untreated, 304 ties for each of the 264,684 miles of railroad track then existing in the U. S. and Canada had to be replaced annually. In 1947, due to preservative treatment, only 117 ties for each of the 379,066 miles of track in operation had to be replaced. Assuming an average cost in place of $2.90 for an untreated tie and $4.00 for a treated tie, this represents an annual saving of 9156,780,870.00.

Heartrvood and sapwood of Douglas fir have been found by the Forest Products Laboratory to be of equal strength.

The ease or difficulty with which satisfactory glued joints are made depends not only upon the kind of wood but also upon the density and structure of the .ivood and the presence of extractives or infiltrated materials in the wood.

Out of over 26 million acres available for commercial forest use in the Douglas fir region of Oregon and Washington 17l mrllion acres are capable of producing timber crops now, another 3 million acres can contribute to the cut within 20 years, and 5l million acres can be expected to be productive in 30 to ,lO years.

The purpose of structural grades of lumber is to offer means for selecting structural material rvith an assured minimum strength, in order that appropriate r,r'orking stresses may be assigned for its use.

The density of the solid wood substance of trees is practically the same. The dry weight a measure of the amount of r,vood substance on the amount of wood substance present strength of the clear wood.

all species oi is, therefore, present; and depends the

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American Industry Can Adequat ely Care Committee on Labor For Housing Needs, Says G. M. Fuller

Washington, D. C., February 76, 1949-"The Labor' N{anagement Relations Act has brought stability, responsibility, care, and caution to the collective bargaining ta' ble" lttmber industry spokesmen told the Senate Committee on Labor and Education todaY.

George J. Tichy and C. L. Irving, representing the Na" tional Lumber Manufacturers Association and other lum' ber industry groups, rvere rvitnesses opposing repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act.

Both lumber industry representatives told the Committee that paramount interest in tl-ris or any field of legislation should be that of the public and not of any group'

N[r. Tichy, rvl-ro is manager and attorney for Timber Products Association of Spokane, Washington, took a potshot at the Secretary of Labor rvhen he said in closing his stutement, "This, I testify to not as a theoretical conclrrsion or from sitting at a clistance of 3,000 miles from the bargaining table, but from actual day-to-day experience at the bargaining table."

NIr. Irl,ing, r'vho is secretary-mallager of the Pine Indus. trial ltelati,rts Co*nlittee u'ith l"read<luarters in Klamatlt Falls, Oregon, told the Committee, "Years of operations underalaborlawnorvconcededtobeinsuffrcient(the \\ragner Act) taught industrial relations men that neither "r..rpio1r.r. ,-to. ,rniorl, should be the prime beneficiaries oi the la;'. Rather, the lar'v should be zrimed toward the protection of the consuming public and employee citizens'

In commenting upon the requirement of the Taft-Hartley Act requiring an affadavit from labor leaders that they rvere not Communists' and referring to a union favoring retention of this requirement but asking that it be expandecl to ir.rclude emplol'e. representatives' N[r' Tichy said' "l concrlr and I 'n'ould feel no insuit, but only pride' to be able to sign such an affadavit u'hen the occasion arises'"

Mr. Irving, speaking on the same subject said' "In my opinion, theie is o.rly ot'e valid reason {or re{using to sigr-r a non-Communist affidavit, in order to secure the benefits o[ democratic larvs. A Communist should refuse to sigrr the affidavit.

Bclth spokesmen presentecl the Committee with preparecl statements rvhich thoroughly ar.ralyzed the provisions oi

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Washington, D. C., February 16, 1949-George M' Fuller, vice president of National Lumber Manufacturers Association told the Senate Banking and Cttrrency Committee today that American industry could adequately care for the housing needs of America'

The lumber organization official blamed maldistribution of housing, rvhich he said was caused by rent control, for any present shortage of housing space' in oppo.itlg the entry of the Federal Government into housing, Mr. Fuller pointed out that the dr'velling space per person in the United States is far greater than in any other country in the rvorld.

Tlle National Lumber Manufacturers Association vicc president told the committee that it would become a part) to renu.tciation of its constitutional duties and preroga' tives, if it favorably reported Ser-rate tsill 138' (This is the Adrninistration-sponsored bill.)

Speaking of the proposal to allow the housing officials cletermine "needs" and "progress," Mr' Fuller said' "ln other u'orcls, these officials are to be the judge of their orvlr accomplishments and the auditor of their orvn books' Therc is no provision for any check whatsoever in this connection, although rve knolv tl.rat statistics of this type arc valicl and useful only lvhctl n.rade by an independent agency."

He also told the committee that his interpretation of the bill rvas such that, housing units-exclusive of land' demolition, public utilities, and streets-could cost $12'500; and that uorvhere was there any indication of the amount oi renttobecollectedforsuchaunit;nor\Yasthereany definition to shorv u'hat income bracket a {amily must be' long to in order to enjoy the benefits of the subsidized Federal public housing proposal'

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the Taft-Hartley and the Wagner Act' These statements, accorcling to the industry representatives, recognized sl'rortcomir.rgs in the T.-H. I-aw and said they rvould go along 'ivith amendments to make the necessary changes Ilut, that they 'ivere diametrically opposed, in the interests of the public welfare, to the outright repeal oi the Taft' llartley Larv.

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