This Yea r ilIarks 59 Years of Beliahle $srvice r803---l$52

W. E. GOOPER WHOI,ESAI.E I.UMBER GOMPAT{Y

4848 West Pico Blvd.

Los Angeles 19

Telephone YOrk 8238

We Speciqlize in Stroight Cor Shipments

" 7/4e 5 een/r'/tlp Uholac,Jet"

soFT wooDs from The West Coast

Beqver Lumber Sqles Co., qre wholesole distribulors qnd shippers of West Coqsl sofl-woods qnd qre soles represenlqlives for Souihern

Oregon Sugor Pine Corp., qnd White Cily lumber Compony who hqve focilities to dry kiln l,6OO,000 fl.' of lumber per chorge. We clso represent C. R. A. Redwood Mills for qll grodes qnd sizes of green or kiln dried Redwood.

Coll us lor:

SUGAR PINEIDAHO WHITE PINEDOUGTAS FIR WHITE FIRINCENSE CEDAR CATIFORNIA REDWOOD

SOUTHERN OREGON SUGAR PINE CORP.

WHITE CIIY IUMBER CO.

EXCI.USIVE SAI.ES AGENTS

Appointed Manager of Northern California Saler Office

Don:Llrl [-. ]Jron'rr, a tlirc'ctor and:rssistarrt licc presiderrt of Clar- l)rrou'n & Conp:rny, has beer-r alrpointed nr:urager oI thc comp:rny's Northern California sales ofEcc n-ith hca<lcluartcrs in thc Russ I3uilding, Srtn F'rarrcisctt. succeetling Stir"nley ['reble, u'lro rcsigned.

After attending; Orcgon State College, u'hcre hc n-uLjorecl in Forcstry, l)on l.ras for the past 1\\'() ) ear) lrecn ltctilc irt corrrPan_r' m;rtters at its mills irr Fortuna, California.

Donold L. Brown 'Ihe compatrt' also tnrtintltins a Soutl.rcrn Caliornia Salcs Office at 5225 Wilshire I3ouler-arcl, I-os -\nge1es, California. The exccutive ancl general ofhces are in The United .Statcs \ational Bank lluilding, l'ortland, Oregon.

Frank to the Douglas p;rn r'. is staff.

McGreen, {orrnerll' of L'hicago, \\'as recentlr' itrldecl sales statf oi Iioddiscrait, Inc., San Fr:rncisco.

Caldwell, fornrer-ly n.ith the Steincr l,umber ('omalso a nen' menrber of thc iioddiscr;rft. Inc. sales

Resolution Urges Change In California Sales Tax

-f olrrr II. N'lirrtin, prcsitlent of thc Unitecl l-ttrrthcr Ylrr,ls, Nlorlcsto. :Lncl presiclent oi tl.re Ilodesto Chanrlrer of Cornnrcrcc. h:rs u'ritter-r a lctter to thc California State Ch:Lmber of Commcrce regar<ling the Llalifornia sltlcs tax.

ln his lettcr he saicl: "After c:trciul 511161y of the Ctrlifornia retail sales tax. it is clernonstrated that tl-re clerical cost of handling sales t:tx collectiorrs is, in cftcct, a discrinrir.xitor-r- tax. Whereas all businesscs har-e the cost o[ ivithholrlirrg taxes, only retailers havc this particrrlar cost. -fo the familr' store, it is extra n'ork for rvhich the ot,ner gets no compensation ; to the large storcs, it is a real cash cos t.

"A resolution ;rdolrtecl by the \{ttdesto srouP is lrs iollou's: Itesolvcrl that the ]fodesto Chamber of Commcrce qo ot-r record an<1 aclr'ise our state lcgislators that this Ch:rrtrber oi Comnrerce distinctlv favors ltnd ttrges l)xssage of a sttit:rlrle assenrlrly arrd senlrte bill to provide anr-:tuc1 all retailers u'ith zr 5t/. crcclit of salcs tax collccted to partially clcIr:r,r'tax collectior.r c()sts no1\' borre by the retailers."

St:Ltc Senutor I{ugh I'. I)onnell-v has advised \Ir. \Iartin thrLt he n'ill rlraft such lL resolution and snlrr.nit it to the Legislatir-e Studv Conrnrittee. Thc Nloclcsto Chambcr ttf Commerce irrvitcs tl're StrLte Chantlrcr of Cotltnrcrce to srtltlrort the proposal, ancl N{r. N{artin lrelier-cs thc propos:tl shoulrl lre of intcrest to ltll retail lrtmbermen.