Thank You. r.

sPoilsoRs

Who cooperqted finonciclly to mqke the lSth Annuql Reveille on oulslqnding success.

Americcn Lumber d Trecrting Compcrny. Sqn Frcncisco

Arccrtc Lumber Scrles -Compcny .Scnr Frcnrcisco

Atkinson-Stutz Co.. Scrn Francisco

J, H. Bcxter d e,o.. Scn Frcnrcisco

Frcnrk A. Brown. .Berkeley

E L. Bruce Compcny. .Scn Frcrrrcisco

Builders Emporium. .Et Cerrito

Californic Builders Supply Compcmy. Ocrkland

Ccrlilornia Lumber Scles. .Ocklcmd

CclilornicPlywood,Inc.... .....Oqklcrnd

Christenson Lumber Compcny. .San Frcnrcisco

Cords Lumber Compcny, Inc.. . .Scrn Frcnrcisco

Dccrt d Rus"ell Scrles Co.. Scnr Frqrrcisco

Chcs- S. Dodge. .Berkeley

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Compcrny. ..Scn Frcrncisco

Eqstshore Lumber d MiU Compcny. ..Oqklcrnd

El Cerrito Lumber Compcnry. .EI Cerrito

F. W. Elliott. .Scn Frqncisco

Fir-Tex oI Northern Calilornia. Scm Frcsrcisco

Folger Lumber Comp<rrry. Berkeley

Gcrmerston & Green Lumber Compcny. .Scrn Fr<rncisco

Gcrmerston & Green Lumber Comp<rny. .Ocrklcnd

Gcntin-Rycn Lumber Compcrny. .Walnut Creek

Gordon-McrcBecrth Hcndwood Compcny. .Berkeley

Gosslin-Hcrding Lumber Compcny.. .Scrn Lecrndro

Hcunmond Lumber Compcny. .. .Scn Francisco

I. E Higgins Lumber Compcrny. .Scur Frcmcisco

Hilt & Morton" Irrc.. .. .Ockland

Hill Lumber & Hcrdwcne Compcury .Albcmy

R. G. Hiscox Lumber Compcury. .Berkeley

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Compcny .Scn Frcsrcisco

Hogcrn Lumber Compcny. Ocklccrd

Holmes Eurekcr Lurnber Compcnry. .... .San Frcsrcisco

Home Lumber & Supply Compcnry. .. .Scrn Lecmdro lrterbcry Lumber Compcury. .OcrHcrnd

A. B. Johnson Lunber Compcnry. Scm Frqncisco

Albert A. Kelley. .Alcnneda

Martin Kenlield. ..Scn Frcmcisco

Ioron-Bonnington Compcrny. . San Frcurcisco

Long-Bell Lurnber Compcrny. ...Scn Frqncisco

Loop Lumber Compcury. .. .San Francisco

Loop Lumber & Mill Compcny. .Alcmredcr

L W. Mcrtinez Compc'ny .Scn Frcrncisco

Pcul McCusker. .. . .. .. .Scnr Frcmcisco

Melrose Lumber d Supply Compcrny. .OcrHcmd

Ccrrl R. Moore. ....Ocklcmd

Nicolcri Door Scrles Compcury. .. .Scn Francisco

Ocldcrnd Lumber Compcrny. .. .Ocklcmd

Frcnk J. O'Connor Scm Frcnrcisco

Pcrcific Forest Products, [rc.... .Ocklcrnd

Pcrcific Lurnber Compcnry, The.. .. .Scn Frqncisco

Pcrqmino Lumber Compcny. . .Scrn Frcgrcisco

Piedrnont Lumber & MiU Compcny. ...Ockland

Pope & Tcrlbot, Inc.... ....Scur Frcnrcisco

Redwood Mcgrufacturers Co.. ..Pittsburg

Rounds Trcding Compcnry. .....San Frcmcisco

O. L. Russum... . .Scm Frcrrcisco

Scntc Cruz Lurnber Compcny .Scsrtc Cruz

Santcr Fe Lumber Compcny. Scm Frcrrcisco

Shevlin-McOoud Lumber Comp<ury. .Scn Frcsrcisco

Simpson Logging Compcny. . . .Scrn Frcnrcisco

Smith Lumber Compcsry. .... .Ocklcnrd

Smith Lumber C,ompccry. .San Frcmcisco

Strcrble Hcrrdwood Comgrny. ...OcrHcnd

Sudden&Christensen .....ScrnFrcrrcisco

Sun Vcrlley Lumber Compcury. .Ldcyette

Tcrrter, Webster 6 lohnson, lnc.........Scrn Frcmcisco

Tricngle Lumber Compcmy. .Ocklcnd

Truitt & White Lumber Compcny. ...Berkeley

Union Lumber Compcary. .Scn Frcncisco

United Stcrtes PlSrrood Corp.. ...O<rklcmd

United Stctes Plywood Corp.. .. .Sccr Frcmcisco

Wendling-Ncthcn Compcury .San Frcrncisco

Weslern Door d Scrsh Comp(my. .. ... .Ocrklcnd

West Oregon Lumber Compcrny. Scnr Frqncisco

Weyerhcreuser Scrles Compcny. .Scrn Frqncisco

White Brothers. ....ScnrFrcnrcisco

Wholesale Building Supply, Inc.. . .Ocrklcnd

Wholescle Lumber Distributors .Ocklcard

E. K. Wood Lumber Cocrpcnry. .Ockland

We slso wish lo thqnk oll of those lumbermen who qttended this yeor's Reveille, thereby contributing to lts success.

General Reveille Committee

HOO-HOO CIUB NO. 3% Oqklqnd, Colifornio doing hir bert to diccouragc thc other lrind at Warhington. A veteran of World War One, he aayr, "I favor all poosible help to injurcd vetcran!, but those who rcturned without physical or mental damage rhould deem it a privilege to have perved their country." And with regard to taxing the rest of the nation to pour unearned money into the poclcets of the farmere, he says, "f would ray to the farmers, ,The price of Freedom is thc same to you as it is to everyone else-a littlc hardship wh*en things are adverge."'

He thunders against federal aid to education, and slaehed the budget of the University of Utah to the bone. Hc eays if it is necessary to close every school in the United States for a year to save the United States government-then CLOSE THEM. "f sometimes think," he is quoted as saying, "that f am more afraid of the spenders in Washington than I am of the Russians." George Wa,lhington, were he here, would agree, I have no doubt, with that Btatement; so would J"UXt.ol, and Lincoln, and Franklin.

So, in fact, would the thinking men of the entire nation today. Too bad that President Truman, running around the country as he is doing today proclaiming the soundness of his Fair Deal and New Deal philosophy, doesn't understand that the thinking people of this country are far more afraid of his Washington spenders and wasters and subsidizers than they are of Joe Stalin and his gang. But such is a fact; a very provable fact. Mr. Truman has been telling the people from back platforms on this ,,nonpolitical" journey of his, that he comes to them to give them the facts. But the above stated fact-the biggest fact on earth today, is one he fails to mention.

Captain Eddie nicte'uictl, il -"r.ing lots of speeches; very strong, heartening speeches, pleading for a strong America. But he turns his thumbs down entirely on one of our foreign activities that is costing us hundreds of millions of dollars. He thinks that for us to arm the nations of Western Europe is very unwipe, and very impractical. He says that Russia could sweep over Europe with her armed might in just about the time it takes to tell it, and that if she does, all the guns and planes and bullets we are sending over there, will be turned in our direction, just as they have been before. We would not only be out the huge cost of arming Europe, but would have armed the Soviet at no cost to them. Capt. Rickenbacker is in position to speak intelligently on that subject, and he makes his opinions very, very plain. ***

He points to the fact that the Chinese Communi,sts now have in their possession huge quantities of arms that we sent to the Nationalist forces in China, all of which are now being used in their further subjugation of China. He could likewise recall what we did toward arming Japan previous to World War Two. Right up to the time the Japs murdered Pearl Harbor, a constant line of ships was crossing the Pacific from the United States to Japan, carrying scrap iron and other war-making materials, which were soon to be used to shoot down our American youth in uniform.

The other day I talked a" : ,rJ*un"n., reporter recently back from the Oricnt, who gave witnen to lome of the thingr Capt. Rickenbacker gaid. Hc told of bcing in Shanghai when the Nationalirt forcer had been backed up to that point, ready to jump acrott the water to Formora. And, he said, the warehoures of Shanghai were heaped high with munitions of war which the United States had shipped to the Nationalists, and now about to fall into Communist hands. And the hell of it wap, he said, that even then, with China loet to the Nationalists and entirely in the hands of the Commies, shipe were steadily arriving in Shanghai from the Unitcd States, bcaring.grcat quantities of costly materials of war, paid for by the American taxpayers. The cause was lost. Thc people to whom we had consigned the materials were gone. But the stuff kept right on arriving. Such thingB seem incredible, if they hadn't happened so many times in so many ways. And this report, and others like it, lend strength to the contention of Captain Eddie, that arming Europe with guns that could be taken by Russia like taking candy from a baby-isn,t exactly smart.

Much talk about our recognizing the Chinese Communist Government. Which caused one of my friends to remark that if George Washington were to drop into the city of Washington today, he'd have a tough job recognizing OUR government.

Pcduc Plywood, Inc. Acquires Additioncl Wcrehouse Space

Padtra Plywood, Inc., 6lO7 South Ccntral Avenue, Los Angeles, has taken on additional rvarehouse space in the same building that will give this concern an extra 8,000 s(luare feet of sl)ace. This will accommodate largcr stocks of plywood and flooring, ancl provide rnore rvorking room to increase the company's efificiency and servicc to custonlers.

The new space gives additional loading facilities on 61st Street. This company's telephone is ADams 3-6196.

Fcrn Mcil

Herewith check for one year renewal. This is "Preferred Reading" which I much enjoy.

R. J. Welton, Chula Vista, Calif.

I have enjoyed to the ,i,-lra and looked forward to each issue of the California Lumber Nlerchant for a number of years. So that I shall not miss any of them, please find enclosed a check for one year subscription. Again thank you and Jack Dionne for his splendid editorials in the past.

Even D. Mehrtens, Mehrtens Lumber Co., * *tot Angeles, Calif.

It is always a pleasure to renew my subcription, even though I have been out of the \M-estern lumber game for over twenty years. However, I wouldn't miss it for the world, as it keeps me in touch with many of my old friends.

Rod Hendrickson, Nelv York, N.Y.