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Show Kaibab Studies Economic Status for Future Plans Carl Keept, plant manager at Kaibab Industries, Inc. in Panguitch said the company had sent letters to all employees explaining that "times are tough" and Kaibab is still in the process of evaluating its position with regard to the present economic situation. He said the letters told employees that the company was in the process of revising its operational plans for the year and that several plans had already been considered and rejected. Plans for each facility operated by Kaibab must coordinate with each other facility requiring a greater deal of reworking of possibilities. Employees will be notified as soon as the company can arrive at a practical isolution which will permit the highest degree of actibity under the limitations .of the greatly reduced market. In Portland, Ore., the Western Wood Products Association reported employment figures for the week ended March 27 in the Western Lumber industry. The industry survey showed 26,000 or 25 percent of the 102,000 sawmill employees in the western lumber industry were off the Job. Some 37,900 or 37 percent more were working short or curtailed shifts. For the previous report (week ended March 20), 20,890 were unemployed and 37,400 were working short shifts. Of the 756 sawmills in the West, 161 were closed and 267 were operating at curtailed levels, the survey revealed. Figures for the previous report were 176 and 262. |