\(/estern Pine Industry

Subcommittee

Washington, D.C., October l0-Detailed recommendations on the levels of dollars and cents ceiling prices which the Office of Price Stabilization plans to puton western pine lumber were made today by members of the subcommittee of the Western Pine Industry Advisory Committee at their second meeting with OPS officials.

Committeemen examined figures compiled by OPS economists, based on price lists established under the General Ceiling Price Regulation, GCPR.

It was proposed that ceilings be established at levels that would cover the prices obtained on the bulk of production of each kind and grade of lumber.

\,4/hether to fix ceiling's on the basis of net return to the manufacturer or at a level that would cover the wholesaler's commission was discussed.

Committeemen pointed out that the price lists obtained by OPS were mixed, some representing net prices and others prices subject to discounts to wholesalers, depending on the individual practice of the manufacturer.

In discussing the proposed prices, committeemen assumed that the higher prices reported for each kind and grade would tend to represent the prices subject to rvholesaler's discounts.

The proposed regulation would cover manufacturers and possibly wholesalers in the 11 lvesternmost states.

The meeting was conducted by A. L. If elmer, chief, Western Softwood Section.

Other OPS officials rvgre: Quincy Adams, division economist, and Carlton F. Diskin, division counsel, Forest Products Division; Johs R. Riggleman, economist; Stanley R. Strauss, counsel ; T. J. Dupont, business analyst; Albe:t K. Henderson and R. J. Sampson, Seattle regional office; S. N. Merendino, Office of Enforcement; J. J. Wenstrup, Office of Accounting, and \\ralter R. Moulton, Office of Advisory Committees

Members of the subcommittee, all present, are : George A. Holden, Olson Lumber Company, Spokane, Wash.; E. L. Sawyer, Peshastin Lumber & Box Co., Peshastin, Wash.; Robert E. Dant, Dant & Russell, Ltd., Vancouver, Wash.; Harold J. Ford, Stockton Box Company, Stockton, Calif., and Homer B. Jamison, Byles-Jamison Lumber Company, Fresno. Calif.

National \(/holesale Lumber Distributing Yard Art'n Elects Officers

Lawrence S. Clark, TwinCity Hardwood Lumber Co., St. Paul, Minn., was elected president of the National Wholesale Lumber Distributing Yard Association at the annual convention held in Chicago on September 25.

Other officers elected were:Alvin Huss, IIuss Lumber Co., Chicago, first vice president; Thos. W. Fry, Fry-Fulton Lumber Co., St. Louis, second vice president, and Geo. W. Bateman, Daniel Buck, fnc., Philadelphia, secretarytreasurer.

Among the board of directors elected were: Frank J. Connolly, \Mestern Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles; P.R. Kahn, Forsyth Hardwood Co., San Francisco, and Robert J. Sullivan, Sullivan Hardrvood Lumber Co., San Diego. Frank J. Connolly was named a member of the Executive Committee.

New Wholesale Lumber Firm

Two well knorvn names in Oregon lumber circles joined recently to form a new u'holesale lumber firm, Whipple & Moslrofsky Lumber Co., with offices at 632 Pittock Block, Portland.

Earnest J. Whipple, son of one of Oregon's best knor,'i'n millmen, Earnest G. Whipple of Drain, is one partner. Second member of the firm is Edli'ard W. Moshofsky, for the past four years employed in the lumber buying department of Northwest Door Company's affiliate, North Pacific Lumber Co. Also identified is Henry Granat, lumber and sales manag'er for E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Twin Harbors Lumber Co., and other lumber firms in past years.

The firm rvill handle all western woods, specializing in Douglas fir, the partners announce.

Glen Tucker Receives Virsit From Old Friends

Late in September Glen Tucker, former manager of the lfomer T. Hayward Company's yard at Salinas, received a visit from Homer T. Hayward and all the branch managers of the Hayward yards at the Kabot Kaiser Institute in Vallejo, Calif. He is still under treatment there, but is hopeful that he will be able to return to work for at least part time, possibly by the firstof the year.