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$100,000,000 Public Housing Prosram

The Government is set to lead a building boom rvith a $i0O,000,000 public housing program for lorv income families, according to a recent report from Washington.

Projects already blueprinted, and financed through the Federal Public Housing Authority, are ready for builders in a hundred communities from coast to coast.

Those localities had arranged before the r.var for Federal loans and annual sultsidies for the houses.

Thel' are designed to accommodate 25,@O families. The monthly rent r,vill averag'e about $20 a family.

War delayed construction. Norv the projects are being pushed to get slum clearance plans in motion again and to provicle needecl jobs.

48-Hour Week Order Revoked

President Truman revoked August 30, 1945 a u'artime order u'hich in 1943 established a minimum work week o{ 48 hours. He had previously ordered abolition of the 48. hour rveek for federal r,vorks, returning most Government emplotees to the peacetime 4o-hour rveek.

Retcril Lurnber Ycrds Not Included

Among the types of rvork considered manufacturing, processing or assembly, for rvhich Direction 7 to Order L-41 norv pernrits construction .il'ithout authorization, are logging and lumbering operations, sau'mills, planing mills, and millu,ork manufacturers--but not retaii lumber vards. This was announced by WPB August 21.

U. S. Plywood Corp. to Distribute Miccrta

Westinghouse Electric Corporation and United States Plywood Corporation have concluded an agreement whereby the latter becomes exclusive distributor for Decorative Micarta, a larninated plastic sheet made by Westinghouse. Micarta, available in many colors and patterns and impervious to moisture and stains, found a large preu'ar market in architectural applications and for such uses as table and counter tops, ltooth and store partitions, u'alls and doors.

United States Plywood rvarehouses throughout the country will provide distribution for the plastic sheets and special fabricated items. The company also rvill have complete responsibility for sales, advertising, promotion and service of this material.

Lt. Col. R. T. Gheen On Leqve

Lieutenant Colonel Russell T. Gheen, Quartermaster Corps, stationed at Chicago, left September l1 after spending a short leave at his summer home in Laguna Beach.

Visits Canqdc

Rex. P. Kratz, Northwestern H,ardwood Co., Los Angeles, left September 13 on a business trip to Vancouver, B. C., where he will call on the head office of his company, which operates five mills in British Columbia, cutting alder, maple and birch. He will also visit Portland and Seattle.