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God Bless And Keep General Macarthur

Why should we ,of little fdith doubt the wisdom and goodness of Providence?

When, in this column a*" .J".0, ago, I offered up a prayer of "God Give Us Men," I was thinking of civilians, not military.

And before the words *:r"; jrir,a at i" nation was roused to a high pitch of admiration by the genius of MacArthur.

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One of the great soldiers of history, who shall doubt that his recent invasion of territory behind the mighty North Korean arrny may prove to be a top spot in the military history of all the world for all time?

MacArthur and the Marines ! What a combination of war genius and war prowess ! What a "police force !"

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Stanley Horn, editor of the Southern Lumberman, says that our authorities in Washington have loo&ed upon Korea as "semi-irrar," but unfortunately our men are not being semi-killed over there.

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The seriousness of the Korean business, and the sad knowledge that our casualties have been heavy, interferes not in the least with the progress of "politics as usual" in Washington. Appointments, dismissals, trades, etc., give continual evidence that the drive for votes is not allowed in any way to give war or economic difficulties top billing.

Which reminds me of . OJnr"., story thit is going the rodnds. It is the year 1960 and Socialized Medicine holds sway in this country. A man wakes one morning with a terrible stomach ache, and hies him down to the Federal Clinic. He enters the front door, and finds himself facing two doors, one marked the other "Female."

Being a man, he walks through the door marked "Male," and faces two more doors, one marked "IJnder 2!" and the other marked "Over 21." Being'fifty, he goes through the door marked "Over 21," and faces two more doors, one marked "Serious Illness," the other "Minor lllness." Since he felt he was dying, he went through the door marked "Serious lllness."

And now he faced two more doors, one marked t'Democrat," the other "Republican." Having voted the Republi- can ticket all his life, he went through the door so marked ..... He found himself out in the alley.

A good sales story goes the roundi, about how the use-d, r, ,.car salesman lost his job. A'customer said io n*-rtr6.::l:ti like to see a good used car." And the salesman replied-;,i ";,; "Boy ! So would I !'2 ' r,'.:i] * *<

Congressmau Earl Wilson, of Indiand, who has a prying; -'.-'r, nose, cuts loose with the following: Congress passed a lanr- ,i'l exempting employees in adrrrinistrative, executive, and sales. ') positions from the provisions of the Wage-Hour Law.. ,; Congress used 21 words in writing the Act. The Labor ::.2 Department used TWELVE HUNDRED words in regu- : ,:.., lating the 2l-word Law. * * * , ),.

Recently I mentioned in this column the reams and tons. " of incomprehensible literature that the cuckoos in the Bg- . r reaus used to turn loose on the world during World W, Two (stufi that would give a buzzard a bilious attack); ;,fi with the uttered hope that they would never return. But 'l - :, maybe f was too optimiqtic. One of the newspapers +hat . comes to my desk quotes the following paragraph frorn a ',,.; parrrphlet sent out by the Interior Department, on the i"l; subject of the Hoover Dam, that reads; ,,r,1 * + * ,- 1

"The unprecedented nature of this great work has crea-., - .l ted the necessity for extensive research in order to secure ' ii information necessary to the solution of many problems r' that have not hitherto been of equally vital importance." . '', **<r(

You can read'that either baclnnrards or forwards, and it ,. : comes out the same way. Sorta reminiscent of some paragraphpickedatrandomfrom..MyD^y,,,isn'tit?Alittle better diction, perhaps, and not quite so-confusing, maybe, ,' but nevertheless there is considerable resemblance. :'' +*+

Maybe the Bureau writer had been partaking of a new -': drink that Arthur Godfrey tills about, named "Old Factoiy l:, Whistle." One blast, and you're through for the day. Or ;i perhaps it was the fault of another new libation called',,.].; iBlotio." To make it you,mix.Pepsicola and Energine. -11'i "Pepsicola hits the spot," and Energine "blots it out." ,' 'lr

If you don't think we have inflated ideas of the cost of i doing anything governinental, just remember that recently: ,,;, Mr. Truman asked. Congress for ONE HUNDRED AND ,: ,:, FORTY MILLION DOLLARS to move some of our , .-, government agencies out of Washington for safety's sakc.., i ,i' Mone;r, dear friends, has lost all value in the free and L unafraid City of Washington ':

See Adyerfisemenls in Americon Home, Belter Homes A Gardens, House t Gorden, Hovse Beg,utilul

Striking, full-page, full-color advertisements present the convincing story of building "Another beautiful home of !7'est Coast Woods" to nearly 7 million subscribers to four of Aoerica's leading h.ome magazines And over 5 million subscribers to Country Gentlehan and Farm Journal will see the two-color advertisements, pointing out the unequalled advantages of using wood on the farm. Also being continued in six national magazines, in consumer, school and architectural fields is the highly successful "Schools of Wood" program started last June, and tieing in with the national trend toward one-story schools of wood.

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Honesty is a relative quality. Your parents may have thought poker playing was wrong. However, they probably. could do nothing to keep you from trying to fill a straight. What they WERE responsible for, however, is HOW you try to fill it-from the top of the deck, or the bottom. The apple never falls far from the tree.

If you are inclined to wonder whether or not a certain story or joke is new or old, you might recall the opinion expreSsed by the great Englishman, Dr. Johnson, that"if a story is good, it is unlikely to be new, and if it's new, it's unlikely to be good."

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Tommy Gibbons, once a really great heavy-weight pugilist, is now sheriff of St. Paul, Minnesota,' and one of the nation's wisest and most practical philosophers in the field of boy's work. His sayings are quoted far and wide. He urges tJre father to give the soh, first of all, his companionship. One of his choice remarks is, "It's a lot better to go hunting WITH your boy, than have to go hunting FOR him'tt

Major Joe Horn, of the Salvation Army located in Homestead, Pennsylvania, is lnother who has built himself a fine reputation for boy's work. He formed music classes for the kids of his town, and with great success. He says, "If you teach a boy to blow a horn, he won't blow a safe."

Some sort of, prizerr, I J".:emark should go-to whoever it'was that said, "If your wife wants to learn to drive a car-DON'T STAND tJ _"1" WAY."

And the guy was no'slouch who said, "You can't expect a racketeer to be respectable so long as he has to deal with people who do business with a racketeer."

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And someone else has defined "mixed emotions" as those of a man who sees his new Cadillac being driven off a high cliff by his worst .r*"-I. *

Statistics show that last year the American nation spent eight billion, five hundred million dollars in cash for intoxicating drinks. But if you want to keep your sanity, don't try to figure the total cost of drinking and drunkeness in terms of crime, accident, and human suffering.

The refinement of vengeance. Bierce wrote'that, "You, are not permitted to kill a woman who has injured you,' but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing otrder every minute; you are avenged 1440 timed a day." *d(rf

Joe Glutz says he has a guaranteed way to keep a boy out ,of the army: join the navy.

And Martha Stewart is quoted as saying that the bestplace to look for a helping hand, is ?t the end of yourown arm' * :B *

In my scrapbook there is a'clipping from a newspaper' in which one word made it scrapbook material. A news: paper reporter told of a woman gettine a divorce when she testified that her husband "had not even kissed heq in five' years." Wrote the reporter, "There was pathos in that wordtevent.tt * * >r

Time Magazine, reporting the deBlorable letter Harry Truman wrote about our Marines, declared that our people were "scarcely able to believe that even Harry Truman could say such things." There was pathos in THAT word t'even," also.

With Gcntin-Ryan Lumber Co. ft"..f Gully, iormerly a partner, in the Hansen-Gully Lumber Co., Riverside, Calif., is now with Gartin-Ryan Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, Calif', as salesman. IIe covers the Peninsula and Coast Counties territory.

Dubs, Ltd. September Tournqment

Dubs, Ltd. held its September golf tournament at the beautiful Claremont Country Club course in Berkeley, on the 15th. Co-hosts were Tom and Bob Hogan.

The golf winners rvere the following: First flight, low gross, Del Travis; 2nd low g'ross, C: E. Needham. . Low net, tie betrveen Bob Hogan and Jim Needham; 2nd low net, Fred Z\ese; 3rd low net, Leo Cheim, Jr. Second flight; low net, Bob Everett; Znd, tie between Leo Cheim and Norm Cords; 3rd, Larry Owen. Guests, low net, Ted Stalz; 2nd, Tom Hogan.

The next meeting will be held October N at the San Jose Golf & Country Club, tan Jose, Calif. Leo Cheim, Sr. will be host of the day. Tee-off, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Srraight or ilked Cars

PIlIE I FIR I PIYWOOD

Our policy is to ship a breakdow4 ol items irt cars to enable yards to keep their inventories in balance-at least as tnuch ds is possible consistent u,ith qusntity production.

Grants Pass, Oregon RAIL SHIPMENTS

8 Months Fir Production Breaks All Records

Portland, Oregon, Sept. 21-(Special)-At the end of eight months of 1950, with a production of 6,863 billion board feet of lumber already cut, Douglas fir mills of Oregon and Washington appear certain to reach an all-time record of 10.5 billion feet by year end, H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, said today.

Produiction of 10.5 billion feet this year, Simpson stated, would be 34/o greater than the cut of 7.8 billion feet in 1946, the last year government controls were applied to industry.

A retarding factor to further production increases this year, the lumber leader pointed out, is the paralyzing freight car shortage which is costing the fir industry an estimated 60 million feet of lumber production a week. The car shortage is most severe in Oregon and Northern California where the greatest expansion in lumber production has occurred since 1946 and, where increased output would normally develop.

If the lumber can 'be shipped, Simpson forecast, the Douglas fir mills. will be able to care for all demands of military and defense, for essential industry'and still have ample quantities of lumber to supply the needs of booming home construction.

The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in August was 241,839,000 b.f. or I47.4/a,of tht! 1945-1949 average. Orders averaged 222,384,0W b.fr; Shipmeots 206,958,000 b.f.; Weekly averages for July were: Production l 184,871,000 (112.7% of the 1945-1949 average) ; Orders 207,661,000 b.f.; Shipments 176,977,000 b.f.

Thirty-five weeks of 1950 cumulative production 6,863,301,000 b.f.; Thirty-five weeks of. 1949, 6,398,572,ffi0 b.f .;, Thirty-five weeks of L948, 6,442,942,000.

Orders for thirty-five weeks of 1950 freakdowp as follows: Rail 4,857,106,000 b.f.; Truck 359,@2,nA b.f.; Domestic Cargo 1,741,078,0A0 b.f.; Export 139,93,000 b.f.; Local 454,354,000 b.f.

The Industry's unfilled order file stood at 1,060,231,000' b.f. at the end of August; Gross stocks at 785,533,0@ b.f.

Lumbermen's Post No. 403 io Mcrintcin

Open House crt Biltmore Hotel Oct. 9-11

The American Legion National Convention will be held in Los Angeles, October 8 to 11, with headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel.

Lumbermen's Post No. 403 will maintain open house in the Biltmore on the second floor, Grand. Avenue side, from October 9 to 11. All lumbermen and their friends are invited to visit the'Post headquarters at that time. r

The Commander of the Post is Dave Webb of Davidson Plywood & Lumber Co., Los Angeles. The committee in charge of arlangements consists.of Dave Webb, D.'R. Philips, Jr., R. T. Gheen, Al Shaw, and Val Nygaard.

Francis Heron Heads SanFrancisco Lumberman's Club

Francis Heron of Western Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, Calif., was elected president o{ the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club at the luncheon meeting of that organization held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, September 19.

The other new officers elected are: Bjll McCubbin, Cords Lumber Co., San Francisco, 1st vice presideht; Wendell Paquette, Lumber Sales Co., San Francisco,2nd vice president; Len Kupps, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., Srn f'rancisco; secretary, and Paul Overend, California Redwood Association, treasurer (re-elected). Sergeants-at-arms are Bob Bonner, Ricci & Kruse Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Al Bell, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco.,

The nerv directors are: Ernie Bacon, Sherman Bishop,

Hac Collins, Norm Cords, Art Evans, Jim Needha*, J"ok;'

Pomeroy, Charlie Schmitt, and Bovard Shibley.

President Jack Butler presided. He thanked the officers and members for their cooperation during the past fet[ and turned his gavel over to the new president, Francisl Heron.

Fred Ziese, a past president, on behalf of the Club presented secretary Jim Knox and treasurer Paul Overend with U. S. Savings Bonds, and a set of Wilson golf clubs (irons) to retiring president, Jack Butler

Phil McCoy of Western Pine Supply Co., program chairman, introduced the speaker of the day, Rear Admiral Albert G. Cook, U.S.N. retired, who is Director of Civilian Defense for the City of San Francisco. Admiral Cook outlined the basic organization already formed in'San Francisco to deal with afiy emergen,cy that migft arise. He explained the duties of the various component groups of this organization, and reminded h-is audience that in an emergency the behaviorof the individual will determine the success or otherwise of the methods adopted. It will be the duty, he said, of each individual to learn wl-rat he cap do to help the program being worked out by the Civilian Dgfense Orgatrization.

Building Matericls in 1950

Washington, D. C., Sept. 15: Stepped-up p:oduction of building materials is expected to bring supplies generally into balance with. 1' requirements for immediate use late this year, the Construction Division, U. S. Department of Commerce, reported today, in announcirg'.. that building materials output during June set a new all-time record.

The shortages 'of cement, brick, gypsum board prodqcts and some other materials that have appeared ir1 1950 have nottreen due generally to a lack of productive capacity, but to several other factors. The fact that th'e record volume of homebuilding in 1950 was not fully anticipated is one important factor. Production of a number of building materials, could have been increased more rapidly during the e:rrly months of the year if the demand had: been fully foreseen. Distribution problerns, including a shortage of railroad cars, have been responsible for some local shortages of building materials. Work'gtoppages, especially'in cement plants, have cut production at a crucial' time.

A tight supply situation for several buildiiig materials may be expected to continue through September and October, but the subsequent seasonal downturn; in construction activity should bring rebuilding of stocks by early winter if builders' purchases conform to the normal schedule in advance of actual use. Maintenanc€ of a high rate of production, as permitted by seasonal factors, through the winter would then provide fora continued large volume of construction next year.