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To the heart of the rveariest winter, Through the mystic silence of night, Comes a gracious and gentle presence With largess of joy and delight; And the pulses of life are quickened, As the hours of darkness depart And blossoms of love and devotion

Unfold in each waiting heart.

The past with its cares and sorrows

Fades from our thoughts away, When the bells of Christmas are chiming And the children are happv and gay; For over the hills of, tomorrow, Where lush, green meadows lie, A brave new age is dawning And the clouds are rolling by.

Sometimes our hearts are weary And the way seems long, so long; We are weak and our burdens are heavy And life's triumphs are for the strong; And then we hear the music That floats from realms afar And around us lies the glory Of a fair and ageless star.

To the heart of the merriest season, Through hours of the fading year, Comes the festive Spirit of Christmas, With gifts of good will and cheer; And the sweet old bells are chiming For a ne'iv day just begun And again it is Merry Christmas ! May "God bless us, gvery one."

-Adeline Merriam Conner

Will Build Ply-urood Mill in B. C.

A new mill with a daily cut of 25,000 feet of maple plywood for furniture factories will be built on the Fraser River, east of Fraser Mills, B.C. The company's former mill at Langley, B.C. burned down last spring. F. D. Haddock is manager.'

Southern California Lumber Dealert Auk Elimination of Controls

Los Angeles, Calif.

Honorable Harry S. Truman, December 3' 1946 President of the United States of America. The White House, Washington, D. C.

The following self-explanatory Resolution was unanimously passed this date by our board of directors, with instructions that it be immediately transmitted to you by Western Union wire, with the request that you be respectfully urged to take early favorable action which the matter rightfully deserves. To-wit:

"WHEREAS, by broadening its encroachment upon the freedom of private enterprise and imposing inequitable, discrimiinative, crippling and demoralizing controls, the Government has

(1) retarded and not stimulated home building activity in this area or throughout the nation; and

(2) caused higher and higher construction costs; and also

(3) unnecessarily delayed a balanced building economy; and

WHEREAS, it is quite evident from past and current happenings that the National Housing Agency and the Civilian Production Administration are using the powers granted to them to create, nurture and advance the manufacture and sale of experimental, untried and unsatisfactory types of impractical residential construction, while at thg same time undermining, impairing and retrograding the private construction industry that erects conventional-type homes and apartment buildings; and

WHEREAS, the private construction industry, if given the opportunity, would use its experience, ingenuity and known ability to construct sufficient conventional-type residential buildings of proven quality and desirability for veterans and other citizens in need of .shelter within a reasonable time and at a fair cost, thus more rapidly solving the housing problem and bringing about-much sooner, a balanced building economy.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED this 3rd day of December, 1946, by the board of directors of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, representing more than 500 lumber dealers in this area to whom the public and construction industry not only looks for its supplies but also for tangible assistance in solving housing problems, that it ls our firm conviction and belief :

(1) That the maximum number of homes of sound and lasting construction can be accomplished much quicker and at a lower price by immediately eliminating all allocations, set-asides, priority ratings, rental ceilings on new residential buildings and other Governmental controls dealing with and relating directly and indirectly to the housing program and construction in general; and

(2) That a copv of this Resolu,tion be sent to the President of the United States, and to the other heads of the Federal Government having jurisdiction over the removal of the regulations, orders and controls affecting the flow of building material or the uses thereof; and also

(3) That all such heads of Government, including Congress, are urgently requested to take whatever action is necessary to immediately bring about these removals."

Respectfully submitted, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RETAIL LUMBER ASSOCIATION

Orrie W. Hamilton, Secretary-Manager.

Nice Christmcs Gift

One way to solve the problem of Christmas shopping is by ordering several copies of "Old Trails And New," by Adeline Merriam Conner. who is Poet Laureate of the Lumber Industry. Mail orders direct to Mrs. Adeline M. Conner, North San Juan, Nevada County, California. The price is $1.50 per copy, postage prepaid.

New Scrwmill crt Pcrulina, Ore.

A new sawmill, located 11 miles northeast of Paulina, Oregon, is being built by Marion Stilwell and Jack Vandevert of Bend, Oregon. The mill will have a capacity of from 30,000 to 35,000 feet daily. The owners have purchased five million feet of Ponderosa pine timber.

Monthly Meow

Lu Green and Jack Boorman do a professional job on the monthly "Meow," publication of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, which performs the useful job of keeping members up to the minute on the doings of the club.