Department of Commerce Standards

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,When the lettere FDI appear as psrt of the grade traiii-mark they certifo that the doors so marked not only meet oualitv Commercial Staridards CSZ3 -4b but have been ofrcially inspect ed by the FirDoor Inetitute and, at ttre buyer's request, will be covered by notarizled Certifcate of Inspecdion.

BP doors ".e oi -,rltiplopiece. stile congtruction; arid are go designated becauge they aro ideal for paint or enamel dnieh.

srtlEs, RAtLs, AND MULLtoNS-This stock shall be of ver. tical grain faces with some coarse grain permitted. It shall be sound in all respects, and may contain sap, light stains, streaks, burls, and neatly repaired pitch seams. Glued-up members are permissible. A moisture-resistant glue shall be used. Mixing of woods is permissible provided both stiles are of a single specie.

PANELLFLAT vrnr:nru-The standard thickness of B. ply flat veneered panels shallber/ainch after sanding. Each face shall be of one or more pieces of firm smoothly cut veneer. When of more than one piece, itshallbe well joined and reasonably matched for grain and color at the joints. ' It shall be free from knots, splits, checks, pitch pockets, and other open defects. Streaks, discolorations, sapwoodn shims, and neatly made patches shall be admitted.

PANELTRAtSEL.The standard thicknesg of raised panels shall be not more thang/16 inch before sanding and not less than 7/76 inch after sanding. They may be either slash or mixed grain, or mixed woods and shall conform to the grade of the stiles and rails. Glued.up, solid panels are permissible.

Lumber Industry Made One of the First Targets of Administration, Says Colgan

San Francisco, Feb. 18-The lumber industry has been made one of the first targets of the administration in a battle to impose the will of a "regimented welfare state" upon the nation, members of the Western Pine Association were told today.

The speaker was Richard A. Colgan, Jr., Washington, D. C., executive vice president of the National Lumber Manufacturers association. Addressing the final day's ses.sion of the annual 'Western Pine meetings in the Palace hotel here, he decfared the danger lies in proposals befole the 81st Congress calling for extension of the public housing program and government control of private forest lands.

Colgan criticized Senate Bill 712 proposing additional funds for Title I and Title II of the Federal Housing Act and an increased revolving fund for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to pur'chase mortgages' He reported that the public housing bill calls for 1,000,00O public housing units compared with 500,000 listed last year in the Taft-Ellender-Wagner measure.

"If passed, this proposed legislation will, for all practical purposes, establish a permanent agency of gargantuan size, r.vith Congress having little or no control over its activities," he charged.

Concerning control of forests, the national executive pointed first to President Truman's economic report and then to recommendations of the U. S. Forest Service' The Forest Service contention that control of individual woodlots is necessary to prevent forest depletion was branded as untrue.

New Construction Record Indicated

Construction in 1949 may reach a record total of nearly 25,000,000,000, the Associated Contractors of America was told.

H. E. Foreman, managing director of the Association, said at the annual convention in New York that there are potentials for $18,750,000,000 in new construction and $6,000,000,000 in maintenance and repair operations. This would compare with $17,700,000,000 in new construction and $6,000,000,000 in maintenance and repairs in 1948' oI the Western Pine Associction ct the gnouy's Scnr Frcacisco wcrs E C. Olson, lelt, ol the E. C. Spokcne, Wcsh. He is being congrrcrtulcted by of lhe Byles-Icrnison Lumber Co., FreEno, Ctrlil.,

"The Forest Service," he contended, "is another bureaucratic Government bureau seeking more power and larger appropriations."

(A report of the Western Pine Association meeting apoeared in the March 1 issue.)

In The Horse crnd Wcaon DcrYs

When C. M. McDowell was at the office of the San Pedro Lumber Company, Los Angeles, to buy some lumber last month he told the boys in the office he remembers driving to the San Pedro Lumber Co. at San Pedro in 1898 with a horse and wagon for some fence posts and boards.

He came in from Westminster. The roads were so bad and the distance so great for a heavy load that he had to stay over night in town, making it a two-day trip.

Stockton Lumberman Cclebrates 40 Years in Retail Business

O. D. Ruse of Ruse Lumber Co., Stockton, was the guest of honor of a group of friends and associates at a dinner party held February 2, lor the purpose of celebrating his fortieth year in the retail lumber business.

Mr. Ruse started his retail lumber career on February 1, 1909, in Centralia, Kansas, working for the Searle and Chapin Lumber Company. The first few years of his lumber experience were spent with Middle West line yard corn' panies in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.

Deciding to move west he spent about five years in Twin Falls, Idaho, and then moved to Stockton, Calif. in 1922. Af.ter six years management of a large yard in Stockton he went into busirress for himself, in a concern known as the Ruse-Blair Lumber Company. This partnership was dissolved in 1946, and Mr. Ruse is now the senior member of the Ruse Lumber Company, in partnership with his son, Dale Ruse. The yard is located at 302 West Fremont Street, Stockton 16.

With Arcqtct Lumber Sqles Co.

R. E. (Bob) Weborg is now with Arcata Lumber Sales Co., San Francisco, as salesman, covering the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys and the Coast Counties. He has a background of redwood mill experience, which includes work on the production line, and in the office.

Economy Housing Conference Hdd in Sacram€nto

IJnder the direction of the FHA an Economy Housing Conference was held in Sacramento, February 15, at thc City Council Chambers. The meeting was sponsored by the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce and Home Builders Association, and was called for the purpose of discussing ways and means for the production of low-cost housing'

Dubs, Ltd.

Fred Ziese won the low gross ptize at the 10th monthl;r golf tournament of Dubs, Ltd', held at the Peninsula Country Club, San Mateo, FebruarY 18.

Jim Knox was first low net winner. Second low net, Wayne Dalbey; third low net, tie between Lionel Stott, Lloyd Swiger, and Bob Bonner, fourth low net, Ernie Bacon, and fifth low net, Don Kesselring.

John Frey was chairman of the day and distributed the prizes.

Wayne Rawlings,.Harbor Plywood Corporation of California, San Francisco, donated and presented a fruit wood gavel to Dubs, Ltd., which was accepted by Dave Davis, president, who presided at the dinner.

The 1lth monthly tournament witl be held at San Jose Country Club, San Jose, Calif., on March 18. Leo Cheim, Cheim Lumber Co., San Jose, will be chairman of the day'