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Reunion recalls Spruce Production Division in wartime Oregon
The 1939 American Legion Chicago reunion will honor Brig. Gen. Brice P. Disque and the Spruce Production Division, the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, for mobilizing 110000 workers to harvest spruce in Oregon Washington and Idaho. It highlights their eight hour day reform, selective logging, new sawmill methods, and a 2700 percent output increase, with ties to postwar recognition and the 4L’s legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
American Legion
Chicago
Legion
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
Pacific Northwest
Loyal Legion of
Aviation Section
Signal Corps
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Loyal Legion
America
Brice P. Disque
U.S. A
War Department
Disque
Philippines
Michigan State Penitentiary
United States
France
Allis
Wall
Oregon
Washigton
Idaho
Sam Culd
Paific
Portland
Atlantic
Lesster
Northwest
National Army
Michigan
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Coast Range
Washington
Vancouver
Wash
Colonel Disque
The
Loyal League
Fast Express
United States Spruce Corporation
Spruce Division
Loyal Legion of Loggers
Engineering News-Record
Spruce Victory
General Disque
Forum
Century Magazine
Earl Chapin May
Supreme Court of the United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Industrial Recovery Act
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Brain Trust