Restricting Exportation of Douglas Fir Peeler A BILL TO RESTRICT THE EXPORTATION OF CERTAIN 148445 MAY 12 AND 15, 1939 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1939 RESTRICTING EXPORTATION OF DOUGLAS FIR PEELER LOGS AND PORT ORFORD CEDAR LOGS FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1939 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, FOREST PRODUCTS, MINERALS, AND LAND SURVEYS OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m., in the Commerce Committee room at the Capitol, Senator Bilbo (chairman) presiding. President: Senators Bilbo (chairman), Lee, and McNary. Also present: Senators Holman and Schwellenbach. Senator BILBO. The committee will come to order. This is a meeting of the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Forest Products, Minerals, and Land Surveys for the purpose of considering S. 1108. (S. 1108 and the amendment thereto, are as follows: [S. 1107, 76th Cong., 1st Sess.] A BILL To restrict the exportation of certain Douglas fir peeler logs and Port Orford cedar logs and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Douglas fir peeler logs shall not be exported from the United States, or any Territory or possession thereof, except with the approval of the President on the joint recommendation of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Agriculture, after an application made to the Secretary of Commerce. SEC. 2. For the purposes of this Act, a "peeler log" shall mean a log (a) having a diameter of twenty-four or more inches at either end; (b) suitable for rotary veneer cutting and capable of producing not less than 20 per centum of clear veneer, based upon the scale content of the log; (c) having not less than eight annual rings per inch at the smaller end; and (d) not containing such defects as shatter, excessive splits, loose annual rings, loose or soft heart decay, or any other defect which makes such a long unsuitable for rotary veneer cutting. Any defect apparent at both ends of a log shall be considered to exist throughout a log. SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act, Port Oxford cedar logs shall not be exported from the United States irrespective of size or quality. SEO. 4. Any person who knowingly exports or causes to be exported any such logs without the approval of the President, as provided in his Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in any district court of the United States, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 1 |