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Plywood has come a long way since the eady days of the industry.

_ H-ere at Associated, in addition to standard, high quality Douglas fir plywood, we manufacture specialty panelsl These produc"a present new sales and profit opportunities io you. They aie:

SEA SWIRL decorative fir plywood. Interior and exterior, in 4'x8' panels (other sizes to ordei).

KNOTTY SEA SWIRT decorative fir plywood. A companion Droduct to select Sea Swirl, and now being riranufactured ih respoise to steady requests.

FIRCH- {1c_e{ plywood with solid cores. In standard size panels, r/a" and 7a" thickness.

PHILIPPINE flIAHOGANY faced plywood with solid cores. A companion product to Birch faced fairels.

APMI quality plywood products are available at company warehouses, and through selected independent jobbers. Youl iriquiries are welcomed.

General0fficgs:

BRANCH SAI.ES

WAREHOUSES:

426aUtah St, St. Louis, Missouri

4814 Bengal St., Dallas, Texas

4003 Coyle St., Ifouston, Texas

Wake Forest Rd., Raleigh, N. C.

1026 Jay St., Charlotte, North Carolina

STorley Road, Greenville, South Carolina

925 Toland St., San Francisco, California Eugene, Oregon rD/illamina, Oregon

SALES OFFIGES:

The things that claw, And the things that gore, Are unreliable things, And so is a man with a sword in his hand, And rivers and women and kings.

Ryder

I know not what thoughts, what discoveries, what inventions may leap from the brain of the world; I know not what garments of glory may be woven by the years to come; f cannot dream of the victories to be won upon the field of thought. But I do know that coming from the infinite sea of the future there shall never touch this bank and shoal of time a richer gift, a rarer blessing, than LIBERTY.-R. G. fngersoll.

What then is the spirit of Liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right. The spirit that seeks to understand the minds of other men and women. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interests alongside of his own without bias. The spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten: that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side by side with the greatest.-Judge Learned Hand.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and orphans, to do all which may achieve a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.-Abe Lincoln.

rt is in vain, sir, a .l*1".1" the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace-but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me LIBERTY, or give me death!-Patrick Henry, L775.

Brave and beautiful sentiments on the subject of LIBERTY ! As Tacitus said: "It is of eloquence as of a flame ; it requires matter to feed it, motion to excite it, and it

BY JACK DIONNE

brightens as it burns."' (I quoted the above from Tacitus years ago, and a learned jurist stopped me on the street afterwards to express his surprise. Ife said, "I thought that in these days of decadence, I was the only man who was acquainted with Tacitus.") *** d<{.*

Which reminds me to mention the fact that we in the United States are going through another of those rouncls of eloquence and near-eloquence that we call a political campaign. It need hardly be said that the words that are uttered and the statements and claims that are made in these campaigns are not to be taken too seriously. Telt your growing boy that most of the stuff now being uttered on political platforms were better never made or soon forgotten. It is just one of those phases of our political life that marks it from "ll r.,n.: countries.

We are hearing volumes of excited debate strongly punctuated by political diatribe. These periodical attacks of political hysteria are not nearly so savage as they sound when uttered. Like the Chinese, some of our orators would burn down the house to roast a pig. Men who know less about more things than most others fling aloft their arms and raise to heaven their voices depending for effect so much on denunciation and so little on logic. ft's just politics. Sitting on the dead limb of political precedent they hoot the same hoots they have been hooting since political time began. Some of these orators make little effort at variety in their remarks. They just holler louder in different places.

We hear many things. We hear the wild yodel of calamity clackers, who would have us to believe that unless we vote their way we must all return to those dark places where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth. Predicting the destruction of our economic house is the pastime of their idle moments, and declaring that the paths of their opponents lead only to the grave is the serious business of their campaign. Humb,ugs and hypocrites abound. The speakers so declare. Word wrangling and phrase raping are contesting with the football season for the center of the stage.

A lot of this political oratory would be laughable did not the law of propriety forbid mirth at the expensc of infirmity. The public gets a daily double-barreled taste of inconsistencies and absurdities. Neither side has any monopoly on nonsense. The justice of Aristides is conspicuous by its absence. Intellectual bilgewater flows copiously in all directions. It seems at times that the arsenal of ideas rnust be totally without weapons. Stale platitudes abound' Studied misrepresentation calculated to convince the unwary is one of the stoutest weapons employed in the fray. As always, we are told the fate of the world hinges on the decisions of the voters. Maybe this time, it's true. Who knows?

We read and hear " roa*"tl.r,*that grarrd old man, Winston Churchill. But there are historic facts concerning the great patriot and orator that are never printed when he comes to our shore. All of us know that his mother was an American girl, and that's about as far as we go in the matter. His British ancestors seem to completely overwhelm his Americanism, although it looks like his mother made us a pretty fair claim to the man. Here's something about his mother most of us have never read or heard.

Back in the middle of d. tJ"t l.nt,rry there lived in New York City a gentleman of character, wealth, and social position, who was also a great lover of horses, particularly of the thoroughbred racing type. Of course' there has been horse racing in the world and in the United States just as long as there have been horses to run, and men to pit them against one another. But horse racing was not an established thing, and there was no central body to supervise it, and manage the thoroughbred horse racing situation.

So this gentleman "oti".il.a* the idea of establishing racing in this country in a manner fashioned after established English customs, where the rules and regulations concerning race horses and horse racing would have their headquarters. He interested friends in the scheme, they created the American Jockey Club, built a splendid race track in New York, and held the first official race meet in this country in September 1866. The meet was a great success both fashionably and otherwise, and thoroughbred racing got a splendid start. ***

When the Inaugural Handicap was run that first day, this gentleman lifted his little daughter up so that she might crown the winner of this, America's first stake race. The gentleman was Leonard W. Jerome; the race track was Jerome Park; and the little girl who crowned the winner was Jennie Jerome. Not too many years later she married a titled Englishman. And not many years after ttrat she bore a son who was to make history. His name is Winston Churchill. So when you hear that "Winnie" loves a horse race, remember, he was*bred for it.

(The facts in the above I got from a new book, "This 'Was Racing," a compilation of some of the columns wriiten by Joe H. Palmer, a sports writer for the New York Herald Tribune, and published in that newspaper. Mr. Palmer died Oct. 31, L952, mourned by every sports authority in the nation, as well as by a multitude who read his writings because they were so wonderfully done. The book was compiled by another New York writer and Mr. Palmer's best friend, "Red" Smith, and is published by A. S. Barns & Company, Ilew York City. Mr. Smith writes: "Joe Palmer could write better than anybody else in the world whose stuff appeared in the newspapers, and that may be limiting the field too narrowly." f agree with Mr. Smith. After reading the wonderful things Mr. Palmer typed, you will probably thumb your nose at the so-called writers of all sorts who get most of the world's notice today. Any other American writer of the past generation could take a postgraduate course in journalism by reading Joe Palmer.)

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And now, in a deadly serious vein, the following thought that I have read many times of late, uttered by thoughtful men discussing the European situation, who wish to explain the deadly danger in which Mr. Churchill finds himself. It is this: Should world war three actually start, how long would England last? If, as they claim and our government apparently believes, Russia actually has the atom and hydrogen bombs ready for use, who can doubt that England would be wiped from the face of the map right at the beginning. Our promised huge retaliation would come too late for Churchill's home land. With that in our minds, must we not look with deep appreciation of the fix in which he finds himself? THERE is a man with problems !

Old Hcrmmond Mqnsion Being Rozed

The old Hammond mansion at the corner of Chestnut and Hyde streets in San Francisco is to be torn down make rvay for an apartment house. Built in 1900 bv B. llammond, founder of the Hammond Lumber Company, the mansion survived the earthquake and fire of 1906. When city offrcials attempted to dynamite it that year in order to clear au'ay fire damage, residents of the irlock formed a human chain to prevent its demolition.

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Dozens of people u'ho remember the old mansion are going to see it for the last time. Many bids have been made on its oak panels which line the 35 rooms of its lhree floors.

Sqles Monoger of Pormco' Inc. Honds Out Bouquet of Orchids

Much credit for the rapid growth of screen door dealers for "Tropicere," the all aluntinum screen door manufactured by Parmco Inc., Ontario, California, is given to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, according to Tom Jones, vice-president and sales manager of Parmco, fnc.

"Our Tropicere door is only 10 months old but, itr that short time, over 50O active dealers have taken part,"' said Mr. Jones.

"We are particularly thankful to The California Lumber Merchant magazine for their vast distribution in helping circulate our display advertising, as well as making an approach through their dire:t mail program," the sales executive continued.

Parmco, fnc, is still growing and has plans for nerv products in aluminum that will be in full production at an early date. Parmco, fnc., also manufactures an all aluminum combination door, louver door stortrr windows and door grilles, as well as the "Tropicerc" Screen Door.