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How Lumber Looks

Lunrbcr shipmcnts of 413 nrills rcporting to the Nationlrl I.umber Tratle llaromcter u'cre l4.l pcr cent allovc prorluction for thc week cn<liug licbruary 2.5, 1950. In thc s:rnrc rvcck rrerv orclcrs of thcse mills were 17.2 per ccnt alrove pr<l<luction. tlnfillcd or<lcrs of thc rcporting mills amour.rt to .52 per ccnt of stocks. lior reprlrtirrg softu'oo<l rrrills, trrrfillc<l ordcrs arc crluiv:rlcrrt to 27 <lays' pro<luction :rt thc currcnt ratc, an<l gross stocks are ccluivalcnt to 4() days' production.

Iior thc ycar-to-clate, shipmcnts of reporting idcntic:rl rnills wcre 21.2 per ccnt above production; orders rverc 41.0 per ccnt above production.

Compared to the average corrcsponding u'eck of 193.51939, procluction of reporting mills tvas 71.3 ;ter cent altovc; shipnrcrrts rvere 66.9 per cent above; orders rvere 86.8 per ccrrt ;rlrovc. C)omparerl t<l the crlrresponding u'eek in 1949, prorluction of rcporting mills was 19.1 per cent above; (Continucd on l,agc 60)

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Speaking of books, the trouble with almost all the literature of the present day and age-especially the books-is that it is just plain, lousy trash. Yes, lousy is the word.

With regard to nearly l*r, i""u that has come to my attention and consumed my precious reading time-for all reading time is precious-the same thing can truthfully be said: The covers are too far apart. They should be stuck together.

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That could be one of the great reasons why our public taste has fallen so leqT-se unbelievably, immeasurably low -in so many directions. A pessimist might remark-and back his remarks with plenty of proof-that as a nation we seem to have lost our good taste. Read your headlines, and see what I mean'

England has pulled herself back from the brink of disaster which she courted for five long years. A nation "whom kings could not conquer nor sophists deceive" was close to the very brink of the precipice from which there could have been no return. A 7S-year-old hero led his people back from the brink, and turned their faces once again toward the promised land.

There were many noisy men over there, prating learnedly about economics, money, and the science of government, who couldn't tell an economic fact from a hot tamale. And they led the parade for a long time. We are using the same sort of wisdom in this country today, in various ways. Consider the matter of potatoes, €ggs, etc., and you'll understand. Some of our philosophies in other directions are just as practical. And, speaking of such matters: rn Southern Californi": ;, l, *o-.n have devised a plan for fighting the now rather odious crop control efforts of the Government. They say they are going to buy a lot of the potatoes that have been dyed blue to make them unfit for human consumption, and they are going to take them from house to house when politics get hot, and show them to the housewives. They contend that these potatoes which the government has bought and spoiled, are in fact much better quality potatoes than the ones now being offered for sale in the local markets.

So, they will show that the potato mess is even \ rorse than it has been pictured. Not only docs the government take the taxpayers' money and buy potatoes and deetroy them for human use, making the public pay prevailing high prices for what potatoes they get, but furthermore these spoiled potatoes were bigger and better potatoes than the ones offered in the markets. The government sells these blued potatoes for use for hog and cattle feed at one cent a hundred pounds, and then the housewife pays six or more cents per pound for inferior potatoes in the market. That kind of campaigning all over this land might do a lot of good'

Want to know something, Junior? In some ways I'm a good deal of an unbeliever, and I'll tell you about a case where I am. Take the atom bomb. I've been trying to get up my courage to say what I think about that for some time, and here it goes. I don't believe that Russia has the atom bomb. I don't believe she ever exploded one. And I think a bright and intelligent jury right now would agree with me.

The evidence is clear ",lU *"t""ive that while we have learned nothing whatsoever about the Russians, those dumb-looking and vicious-talking dodoes have learned a whale of a lot about us; particularly about our unbelievable gullibility. And I am sure that no government ever got more fun out of needling another, than those Ruskies have been having with us since the day the war ended. lfere's what I mean about the bomb business. Give it thought.

Two years ago MolotoJ JtJ the pubtic announcement over here that the atom bomb was no secret-Russia already had it. Did it stir up a furor? Not so you could notice. Not a ripple. What did we reply? We said-"Nuts!" Just like that, and went o" o"r**:rry way.

So Russia took another course. A few months back we suddenly "discovered" for ourselves, mind you, that Russia has the bomb, just like Molotov said. The news this time was not shoved in our teeth like the first time. It "leaked out," and we picked it up. And this time we take it dead seriously. We know there have been a lot of information leaks from our side, so we agree that she really has the bomb. Why the difference? ***

My personal opinion is the same as it was two years ago when Molotov was so anxious to have us think they had the bomb. It's still "Nuts !" Listen, Junior ! If Russia actually had the bomb two years ago, would Molotov have said so? Have they ever been caught telling the truth about anything? And, if they had it now, do you really think it