We Underestimclted Ourselves An Edrtorial

At the end of World War Two, the question was frequently, and intelligently, asked-will this nation be able to supply employment for the millions of men coming back ,from war to domestic life?

We certainly failed to estimate our own strength, intelligence, and resourcefulness, didn't we? Read the employment figures and the economic facts of today, and we find less unemployment than ever before, and more people in gainful employment than at any previous time in our history.

It was the organized thinking capacity of our people, combined with creative ingenuity never before shown, that did the trick.

Henry Ford knew the answer to this grpat problem even before it happened. He said that "the greatness of the United States is founded on the ability of this nation to solve problems that have no answ€r in the back of the book."

When the war ended it looked like a cinch that some difficult times might be in store for us. But our ability to solve those problems Mr. Ford mentioned, that have no answers in the back of the book, carried us over the transitional rough waters with hardly a tremor.

And the more you think of it, the more miraculous it seems.

Eurekq Adds Gclori, Prince

Dean Jones, manag'er of the Eureka Redwood Lumber Co. in Downey, has named Duke Calori sales representative for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Imperial area, where he will also continue the wholesale distribution of doors and buildings materials in which he has been engaged. Jones has appointed Jack Prince manager of inventory control at the Eureka yard. He was recently in charge of warehousing for Martin Bros. Box Co., Compton.

Picket Sqntq Roso Yords

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VDouglct ond Whitc Fir Shop ond Sctcctt y'Dcluglor.ond Whire Fir Dimcnsi6n ond Boordr, y',n "n. Gedcr Bocrds tsRedwood Siding ond Finich

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96ine Sqsh cnd Ponet Door

Negotiations betlveen the Carpenters and Teamsters unions and Santa Rosa lumber yards collapsed in mid-October after talks that started September 27. "Invitational" pickets returned to the yard entrances after withdrawing when Yeager & Kirk and the Sterling lumber companies started union-management talks. The pickets' banners invite employes to join the unions.

Theetge Stqrts Own Firm

Bob Theetge, formerly with Winton Lumber Wholesale Distributors in Dorvney, has started his own firm, Western Forest Products Co., at 4230 Bandini Blvd., in Los Angeles. He will wholesale all Pacific wood products on direct shipment by rail or truck-andtrailer from reliable mills.

Hommond Sole Voted

San Francisco-Sale of the assets of Hammond Lumber Co. to Georgia-Pacific Corp. for about $75,388,000 was unanimously approved by Hammond stockholders at a meeting here October 15. S. L. Ray, Hammond secretary-treasurer, said October 22 was the closing date on which assets and money would change hands.

Pugh Appoints Heberle

Sacramento, Calif.-Del Pugh, owner of Sierra-Nevada Pine Co. here, has appointed Heberle Lumber Sales, South Pasadena, as Southern California representative.