Special Millwork IAC

Wed., June 11, 1952.-Members of the Special Millwork lnduStry Advisory Committee today at their first meeting with OPS officials recommended that a tailored regulation be issued pcrmitting their industry to reflect in its prices increased costs cccurring since the establishment of ceilings under tl-re General Ceiling Price Regulation (GCPR).

The industry manufactures doors, windows, panels and other rnillwork in accordance with architects' drawings or customers' specifications, in contrast with millwork made to standard specifications and stocked by building material suppliers.

Committeemen said special millwork manufacturers are now selling generally under GCPR ceilings. At the same time, they have been able to purchase lumber, their raw material, below ceiling prices.

They said GCPR ceilings would be inadequate for their industry if lumber prices were firm at ceilings. They have irad to increase wages twice since the GCPR price freeze, and are facing prospects of another wage increase.

Committeemen examined a tentative draft of a proposed regulation that would provide for pricing by formula, including fectors for material, waste, labor, other costs and margin.

It was proposed that manufacturers be authorized to employ the pricing formulas they had in effect during the base period of January 25 to February 24, 1951. The material factor would be based on ceilings established by tailored regulations. Committeemen recommended that labor costs be figured on the basis of wage rates in effect on July 26, 1951, the cut-oiT clate provided in what is commonly referred to as the Capehart formula. This formula conforms n'ith the amendment to the

Defense Production Act adopted last year, which provides a seller is entitled to his pre-Korean price plus adjustments covering subsequent cost increases up to July 25, 1951.

Committeemen said this cut-off iate would make it possible to cover only a part of the wage increases paid by industry since the GCPR price freeze.

Members expressed belief their industry would be entitled to higher ceilings under the OPS industry earnings standard than now provided by the GCPR. Under this standard an industry is entitled to an upward adjustment of ceilings if its earnings, before taxes, based on net worth, are less than the earnings of the best three out of four years from 1946 to 1949, irrclusive.

Committeemen felt that a survey to qualify the industrv for higher ceilings under this standard should be considered if the july 26,1951, cut-off date on labor costs was not authorized.

The meeting was conducted by Glen Converse, chief, Mi1lu,ork Section, OPS. Other OPS officials present were:

A. G. Paul, Jr., chief, Lumber and Wood Products Branch; Charles Evans, F'orest Products Division Counsel; Marviu Bacon, division economist; Donald K. Weasmer, branch econornist; Stanley Strauss, branch counsel; Bernard J. Greenfiel,l, attornev; Daniel Cohen, economist, ancl Walter R. Moulton, Office for Industry Advisory Committees.

Members of the committee present were:

M. D. Ebert, Gate City Sash and Door Company, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; S. S. Edwards, American Sash and Door Company, Kansas City, Mo.; F. I-. Lancaster, Augusta Lunlber Company, Augusta, Ga.; Charles A. Rinehimer, Rinehimer Bros. Manufacturing Co., Elgin, Ill., and Elmer W. Root, Standard Millwork Company, Appleton, Wis.

Other members of the committee are:

J. Reese Jones, Jr., Victoria Sash and Door Companv, Sl-rreveport, La., and l-athrop K. Leishman, Crorvn City Lumber and Mill Company, Pasadena, Calif.

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Larue J. Woodson, former president of Nicolai Door Sales Co , and California representative of Wheeler, Osgood Company for many years, has resigned from these positions and opened an office June 1 at 681 Market Street, San Franc:isco, ll'here he will be factory representative of various manufacturers of sash, doors, and plywood. His telephone number is DOuglas 2-7319.

Close Ccmrbria Ycrd

Effective May 19 llomer T. Hayu'ard Lumber Co. closed their yard at Cambria, Calif. Daily delivery service will be furnished from the Morro Bay yard to that area, and an E,nterprise phone has been instailed at Morro Bay to serve Cambria and other outlying districts. The Carnbria property has been retained, and the yard will be reopened tvhen conditions warrant.

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Named Manager of Chicago Office

Washington, June 9-Gordon T. O'Neill. 29, structural engineer of Chicago, has been appointed manager of the Chicago office of Timber Engineering Company, affiliate of National Lumber Manufacturers Association. it was announced today.

Mr. O 'Neill is now in the Chicago office with Ralph H. Gloss, secretary of Timber Engineering Company, who has served temporarily as manager of that office since last December. Mr. Gloss will return to his duties in the Washington headquarters next month, leaving Mr. O'Neill in charge of timber connector sales and timber engineering consultation services available through the Chicago office to architects, engineers and builders in that area.

A native of Chicago, Mr. O'Neill is a graduate of the University of Illinois where he majored in civil engineering. During World War II, he served with the U. S. Corps of Engineers in Europe and the Philippines, and more recently was with the 32nd Engineering Construction Group on active duty in Korea.

Prior to joining Timber Engineering Companv, Mr. O'Neill was an engineer with the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company.

R. L. (Bob) Bliss of Bliss & Gates Lumber Co., Los Angeles and Mrs. Gates flew recently from Tiajuana, Mexico, to La Paz, Baja California, where they enjoyed some marlin fishing and several days of relaxation.

Los Angeles Lumber Concern

Expands, Buys Concentration Yard

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Lumber Mill & Supply Co. Los Angeles, has purchased a concentration yard one mile east of Roseville, Calif., on Highway 40. The mailing address is P. O. Box 289, Roseville. The yard is served by a Southern Pacific spur track, and has an efficient remanufacturing plant. It also has a Ir{oore Dry Kiln, a I25 ft. green chain, trvo lift trucks, c,ne Ross lumber carrier, and trvo trucks and trailers.

Ted Hoyt and Bill Belau are partners in this company. Ted is spending his full time at present at the Roseville plant. Bill Belau, who has been associated with Ted for the past five years as salesman is now in charge of the sales office in Los Angeles. He is ably assisted by Norm Goodman, salesman, and Josh. A. Dearmin, office manager. Telephone numbers are ANgelus 3-7503, and 9-3280.

Jeff Brooks, formerly with Oregon Lumber Distributors, Anaheim, and Inland Lumber Company, Bloomington, Calif., is now with Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., Los Angeles, as salesman. He is covering the "Kite" territorv.

Nelson Jones, Jones Hardr,vood & Plywood Co., Los Angeles, flerv to Indiana early in June to visit a number of ha:drvood producers. He visited Chicago on the rvay back.

Dee C. Essley, Los Angeles, mill representative, Vancouver I)lyr.vood Company, attended the recent Douglas Fir Plylvood Association's convention at Gearhart, Oregon, and also spent some time at the Vancouver Plywood Company's plant at Vancouver, Wash., before returning to I-os Angeles.

Charles Hunt is norv Los Angeles. He rvas panv, Ga:dena.

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