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Show LUMBER MILLS ARE TO DO THEIR PARTi WASHINGTON. Oct 30. Southern pine lumber producers at a conference here yesterday with shipping board officials of-ficials gave assurance that they will . furnish ship timbers for tho wooden shipbuilding plan as fast as needed! by building concerns. The shipping) board had threatened to take over and operate lumber mills unless timber was i forthcoming in more liberal quantities. quanti-ties. Dolays in delivery of timber It is declared, have seriously hampered I wooden shipbuilding operations a!cn.T the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Ship- 4 ping board officials blame the build-j ers, howevor, as well as the timber producers. pro-ducers. Inexporienced constructors, in many instances, it is declared, have laid keels for too many ships Instead of proceeding with the construction of a keel at a time. |