Home ys. Guns is False lssue, Foundation Chairman Declares

Replying to proponents of restriction of civilian home building for the period of the national emergency, Southern California Homes Foundation heads declare that among the basic necessities of life there is a nation-wide shortage in housing alone and that there are good prospects of sufficient supply of building materials for both defense and civilian needs. Defense officials and building industry leaders are at an advanced stage of effective organization for such supply, according to the Foundation.

"As an example of this drive, West Coast lumber manufacturers met on July 31, and pledged increased production in response to a request from Donald Nelson and Leon Ifenderson," says Orrie W. Hamilton, Chairman of Southern California Homes Foundation. "Defense officials in turn are making every effort to provide needed sawmill and logging machinery for stepping up lumber production. According to OPM, defense construction expenditures reached a peak of 380 millions for the month of May and should decline sharply from September on to lily, 1942, barring a large new cantonment building program.

"Retail lumber dealers generally have enlarged their stocks of building materials, to meet both defense and civilian needs to the best of their ability. Metal materials have been hard to obtain, in many cases, and delivery of all materials has been much slower than in normal times. But with the united prospects of reduced defense construction and of stronger organization between Government and the building industry, there is good assurance of effective supply of both building materials and building labor for civilian needs.

"With the skies clearing over the home-building field, advocacy of the suspension of FHA 'for the duration' or of similar measures to restrict private home building is baseless and destructive. Homes vs. guns is a false issue. Food, clothing and shelter are necessities of the material wellbeing of America, and this is what we are defending. At the top of the institutions of American democracy is the family home, and these institutions are what we are defending. There is a plentiful supply of food and clothing, and there is a great shortage of housing. Home building is beyond question the No. I item on the critical list of civilian needs, after defense requirements are met."

The Foundation this week offers an economy plan, ideally suited to the needs and tastes of California families. Your local retail lumber dealer can adapt this design to meet your special wants. For "Two Answer Books on Home Building," write Southern California Homes Foundation, 1348 "E" St., San Diego, or Northern California Homes Foundation, 1833 Broadway, Fresno.

Ten Years Ago Today

From Septen6er 15, 1931 lssue

"History of the Hardwoorl Irrrlrrstry or tlt:.|,'ar:ific Coast," an address delivered by C. It. White, vice president and general manager of White llrothers, San l,'raucisco, at the convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwclocl l)ealers' Association at Victoria, B. C., al,I)eared in this issue.

R. W. Smith, Californi:r ltedwood Assot:iation, San Francisco, talked to the rnemLers of thc l'racy Lions Club on the uses of Redwoor.l. Ilis lalk was illustrated by motion pictures showing logging artd nt;rtrufaclrrling operations in the Redwood Emlrire. I-1. M. Sctrartr, lrranager of the Good Lumber Comparry, 'l'r'acy, was cltairtrran of the meeting.

Appearing in this isstte rvas an acltltess by Frank Burnaby, Sun Lumbel (irtnlrany, Bevcrty L'lills on "Trade Promotion" delivererl at tle semi-annual meeting of The Millwork Institutt: of Calilornia.

A person:rl cateer write-tt1t of I'I. Sewall Morton, president of Hill & Mot ton, lnc., Oakland, was in this number.

Quist Brrrthers & Courpany, I'layward, completed the construction <.rf a new shed. 26x100 feet.

The l)iarnond Match Comlrany, Chico, purchased the D. A. Williamson l.urnber Cotnpany yard at Galt.

Mr. arcl Mrs. W. H. Nigh received congratulations on the birtlr oI a rlaughter. Mr. Nigh is in charge of the Pine Departtrtenl for ttre Wenrlling-Nathan Company, San Franciscrl.

Lloyd llarris, Satt l,'t'ancisco, won the $25 cash prize offeterl by tht: Califorlria Redwood Association for the most corrstrttclive strggestion or most constructive selling work durirrg lht: month crl August.

Super Harbord Plays lmportant Part in National Defense

'l'he Geo. .|i. Ream Co., agents for Harbor Plywood Cor;rrll'ation's lrloducts in Southern California, report that over 75 per cclrt of the materials they are supplying are gtrirrg directly into defense jobs or closely affiliated projects.

"'.llhe arJalrtability of Super-Harbord, the outdoor plyworid, to rtttttterous uses where regular cold glue plywood c<ruld no1 llc used, has aided in the construction of canlonments, supply depots, fortifications, airplane plants and lrousing projects, materially speeding up the requirement of Nati<lnal <lefense," says George E. Ream, president of this c()ilcer1l.

"Al<lrrg with the big job of furnishing defense needs our conllrany is doing its best to distribute as widely as possible to the dealer trade whatever surplus is available for civilian construction. This same policy holds true with the ruany other products distributed by the Geo. E. Ream Cu."

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