The daily progressive-miner., 1919-04-12
HOW TO CONDUCT
 BODYBUILDING
 CAMPAIGNS

Since tho armistice was signed the United States has been taking stock of conditions and the first fact recognized is that there is a serious shortage or houses, caused by the cessation of con. truction work during the war. This shortage is placed by conservative esti- mates at 500.000 and it is apparent in the largest cities and the smallest viii lages. Soldiers are returning from France at the rate of S00,0O0 month 30 overcrowding will be more and more strious as the season advances.
 In view of present needs and as . means of furnishing employement to men discharged fro mthe service, the United States Departa1It Labor has been conducting building cam paign since the beginning of the war. Building affects many trades and is the industry most likey to provide employment for all types of men sinct it stimulates local business while it as sures wages for skilled and unskilled labor. \ return to normal standards of construction means that whole com munities will benefit and that pros peritv will be assured.
 As part of it's general building cam paign. the United States Department of Labor has organized an own your own home branch. and this part of the campaign work gives promise of con stantly increasing success. Cities have taken it up and with the cooperation of civic organizations and individualf ex tensive operations have been started. During the war most communities have been educated in ways of prose cutting the so-called drive" It is therefore an easy matter to profit by experience gained in Liberty Bond, Red Cross, and other campaigns and to prosecute home-owning and home building campaigns that appeal to purity local interests.
 The success of an own your own home campaign depends on three things: First, the actual need of buildings in q given community; sec ond. the organization through which the campaign is carritd on; and. third, 1 publicity.
 1 If a community is fortunate enough to have adequate housing facilities for its population, manifestly an own yocr own home campaign will not promise success, but wherever there is short age the campaign should be under taken from the point of view of civic and social betterment The directing organization therefore should have & personnel made up of men and women who enjoy the confidtnce of people Of every sort. Since the prospective home builders interest equals, if it does not surpass in importanct, the combined interests of other clements ill the campaign, they should have representation on the general commit tee and on subcommittee, Wherever labor is organized the unions should be liberally represented.
 The directing machinery for an own your own home campaign should be a general committee with the mayor or some one who could represent him as chairman. It is often advisable to have the general committee composed of the chairmen Of subcommittee. Second in importance to the general committee is the subcommittee on finance, which may be drown from representatives of local banking in- stitutions and business concerns able to promote the building industry.
 The United States Department of Labor has prepared for distribution on request manual containing a de- tail instruction for conducting own your own home campaigns.