wirh Increosed Profits

The Standards Committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has submitted a recommendation to the American Lumber Standards Clommittee u.ith respect to the thickness of one-inch boards an<l trr'o-inch dimension u,hen identified as American Lumber Standard in size.

In transrnitting the recommendation, Chester T. Hubbell, chairman of NRLDA's committee. saicl : "Our Committee believes that the attached recommendations :lre for the ultimate good of a majority of all parties concerned, and l'e thereiore respectfully urge the American Lumber Stan<larcls Con'rmittee to carefulll' and seriously consider these recommerrdations n'ill be 'appropriate in the public interest.'"

NI{Ll),\'s reconrmen<lation reads as follcxvs :

"The Anrericarr I-umber Standards for Softn.oocl Lumber. :rs defined rrnder Simplified Iiractice Recommendation 1(r-53. inclrrdes nrinimum rorrgh dry thickness and tvidths of finish. common boards and dimension. r\lthough the n-ord 'dry' is not n.rentioned in conrrection u'ith the finished sizes in these three items, the inference must be assumed.

"We endnrse the recornmendation that 24/32 inches be established as the minimtrm dressed thickness of all one-inch items norv required to be 25/32 irrches, ancl r.,-e further endorse the sizes of tl.o-inch dimension specified under Table 'D' o{ the Simplified Practice Recommenrlation nrentioned ab<tve. \Ve think, hou,er-er, that these sizes shorrld lte the minimum based on l'hat they n'orrld lte l.ith a moisture content as defined under paragraph 3.2 of the Jr.rterim Fecleral Specifi cation NI M-L-00751 d.

"This Comn.rittee feels that a moisture content restriction should not be placed on the mills or on the purchasers. Ar.ry mill should be allon'ed to ship, and any purchaser to buy, Iunrber in an1. state of dryness, or in any size they choose. llorvever, if the Anrerican Lumber Standards are to appll' tltere must lre rrrinimum sizes.

"Our interest in uniformity is based on protecting the distributor and his cust<imer. Both have a right to this protection.

"It is not our intention t() sug'gest anv changes in mannfacturing;rractices or the sale of lumber that does not meet minimum American l-umber Stanclards recluirements.

"Horl'ever, u,e dri think that if a nrill cuts lumber to sizes lr'hich, l hen dry, n,ill be less than the established sizes in American Lumber Standards, they shoul<1 clescribe the product exactiy or risk being cluestioned."

United lumber Yqrds

Buys Out Riverbonk Deoler

Unitecl Lumber Yards (California), r,r'ith headclrrarters in Modesto, announces the recent purchasc of Kelle y's I.umber Yard in Riverbank. Formerly operate<l lty \\rillis Kellev, the yard u'ill non' be run as a br:rnch of United [-umber at Modesto.

$eO Afillion Torrqnce Shop €enrer

Negotiations \\'ere completed for a $40 million shopping center in Torrance to serve the peninsula, south coast and harbor areas. It 'ivill lte createcl on 85 acres of the Del Amo estate bounded by Harvthorne avenue, Sepulveda boulevard, and Carson and N{adrona avenues.

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