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that, in normal year. they build or
cause to be built approximately $4,000
homes. This constitutes from one
third to one-half of the total number
of single family dwellings CONNER
cially built and sold in the country
under normal conditions. Most of
the houses so built cost less than
$4,000.
The whole matter of code freedom
for home building has been pending
for more than year. To protect the
interests of its members the aSsocia-
ton has filed special code for land
development and home building and
has received from the National Re-
covery Administration a stay with re-
spect to the provisions of the con-
struction code. except those having
to do with child labor, minimum
wages and maximum hours.
In the National Recovery Admins
tration three advisory boards, namely,
the Consumers Advisory Board, the
Industrial Advisory Board and the
Research and Planning Board, have
recognized that home building should
not be subjected to the costs and
innumerable regulations which the
construction code seeks to impose
and have recommended the granting
of the independent code for home
building filed by the association.
The aSsocia ton, in addressing the
Senate Finance Committee, objects to
the construction code not only as ad-
verse to the public interest as delaying
new home building, retarding home
ownership and deterring employment,
but also on further grounds:
Commerce Clause Hit.
"1. The development of land and
the construction of building is not in
terState commerce. The fact that
certain objects and materials used in
the building of a house may have
been transported from one State to
another does not make the process of
building the house itself interstate
commerce as contemplated by the ma
tional recovery act. If the words in
terstate commerce can be expanded to
include an activity of this kind, the
term will have lost its meaning and
all business must be classified as inter-
state commerce
80. The construction code seeks, by
definition. to control activities not
commercial in character. Under the
definition in the construction code,
any construction in the United States
costing more than $4,000 is subject to
its provision. This means that the
farmer who undertakes to build barn
is subject to the code So is the man
who undertakes to build his own house
with his own hands. So is the man
who desires to build an addition to his
home and employs for this purpose a
local carpenter or small contractor.
1t seems to us questionable whether
such persons of whom there are mil
lions, can be said to be engaged in
either commerce or industry in pre-
pairing such facilities for their own use
or enjoyment. Nevertheless, the con-
struction code now requires that all
such citizens, located on farms, in
villages and in cities, must report their
intentions and activities to the code
authority Of the construction code /
Washington and must conduct their
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HOME PURCHASERS
SAVE IN BUYING
FROM BUILDERS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
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appeal to the industry than most
of the annual gatherings since 1929.
The magnet which has particularly
drawn the regionals together again
Is the necessity Of common industry
action and common trade-promotion
activity. The fundamental group
phase Of promotion of lumber and
timber products will be the re.
sponsibility Of the national associa-
ton, leaving the regionals charged
with the duty of promoting particu-
lar species following the advance
Work by the national. Behind the
regional association work should be
intensive and intelligent selling by
individual companies in the markets
created by national and regional as
sociations.
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adopted by associations desiring to
use the direct reduction system with
out giving up the share account"
feature.
The use Of the economical direct
reduction loan plan is optional in
most States for State-chartered build
ing and loan associations, an increas-
ing number Of which have adopted
1t. It is compulsory for all Federal
savings and loan associations. except
in the few States where State legis-
lation makes such plan imprac-
ticable. Approximately $50 Federally
chartered thrift and home financing
institutions are now operating In A
States.
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practical because It cannot be ad-
ministered In addition to the gen.
eral construction code. there are a
number Of supplementary codes,
governing in detail various phases Of
the process of building. All of this
constitutes a mass of material, having
legal effect, which it would require
weeks of study of well qualified law
yers to understand. To seek to apply
this mass Of regulations to the activ-
tiles of millions of citizens and small
business men, most of them unsympa-
thetic with the object sought, is an
undertaking beyond the power of any
administrative body. and possibly Of
any government"
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operations under regulations so de-
tailed and complex that they cannot
be understood by a layman. We be-
lieve that such activities are of such
private and personal character that it
was never contemplated by Congress
or by the law that they be classified
either as industry or as interstate
commerce.
Building Held a Function.
49, Construction is not an industry.
The construction code seeks to define
all construction costing $4,000 or over
as part of the so-called 'construc-
ton industry We believe that this
defines a function but not an in
dustry. In the field of construction
there are a great number of varied
lines of business, often highly COM
petitive, seeking to sell goods and
services to the public. These various
lines of business have no common
purposes, no common policy, no COM
mon management. In fact, they have
few common problems To seek to
group all these lines of business, of
which there are scores, as a coherent
unit which might be called an indus
try is contrary to all fact and all
experience. All efforts to organize the
construction field through voluntary
association in past years have failed.
The construction code viii fail to
do so because the attempt is illogical.
The attempt to group all construction
activities under one heading as an
industry is just as illogical as it
would be to attempt to set up code
governing all machinery and the ac-
tivities concerned with all machinery
under one heading and to seek to
designate this grouping as an indus
try to which code should be applied.
a. The code authority of the con-
struction code is not representative.
The present construction code was
formulated by group of architects
and contractors. The code authority
of the construction code consists to-
day largely of similar persons.
IS. The construction code levies
forced contributions on those not
represented in the code. authority.
That millions of citizens should be
constrained to make such contribu-
tions to code authority IN which
selection they have had no voice and
of whose plans and purposes they
have no knowledge, or else be in vio-
lation of Federal law. is repugnant
to all American tradition and usage.
IS. The construction code is Inn
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credit upon the commitment of the
Federal Housing Administration, ad-
vancing funds as the construction
work progresses. After the construc-
ton work Is completed and approved
the mortgage is then negotiated and
the funds advanced on the CONNER
cial credit repaid.
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LUMBERMEN TO MEET
IN CHICAGO APRIL rs
National Association Expected to
Be Reconstructed as Federation
of the Industry.

The thirty-third annual meeting Of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association will be held at the Drake
Hotel, Chicago, on April rs, 26 and
81. 1t is expected that at that time
the association will have been re-
constituted as federation of the
American lumber manufacturing in
dustry through the affiliation of the
more important regional associations
and species groups.
The meeting will have a wider
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rectly benefit by the mutual mortgage
insurance plan. They find safe and
profitable employment for their funds.
both in construction credits and
mortgage credits.
The process Of obtaining funds
under this plan is simple, Federal
Housing Administration officials
stated. The person desiring to buy
or build a home first gets detailed
plans and cost estimates from archi-
tects and contractors. He then files
application for mortgage insurance
with the Federal Housing Admins
tration either through a bank or
other lending institution or directly
through a Federal housing insurance
Office.
Responsibility Stated.
With the application is filed full
statement of financial responsibility,
as well as the plans and cost esti-
mates. If the application is ap-
proved, the Federal Housing Admin
istration makes a definite commit
ment to insure the mortgage when the
property is completed according to
specifications and when the mort
gage is signed and legally effective.
When the house is already COM
pleted, the mortgage can be put
through Immediately. When the
house is to be built, a commercial
bank can extend regular commercial
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Jobless at Record Levels.
Unemployment in Switzerland
reached a record high level recently.
Evening star., 1935-04-19
HAzEN DEFENDS
D. c. TAXPAYERS
Criticizes Federal Govern
ment for Failure to Give
Larger Lump Sum.

Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen came
to the defense of Washington taxpay-
ers yesterday and roundly criticized the
Federal Government for failure to pay
a fair proportion of revenue for the
maintenance of the National Capital.
IF the Federal Government paid in
the same proportion as the District"
he said, 1T would pay us 100000
instead of only s5,700,0O0
Claiming that about so per cent of
the property in Washington Is already
tax exempt, Mr.. Hazen said he feared
the constant expansion of Federal
ownership would increase this eXemp-
ton and work greater burden on the
District unless more equitable basis
for Federal payments is worked out. J"
Commissioner Hazen was the speaker
at a luncheon meeting of local George
town University Law School alumni
and before this group of attorneys and
jurists at the University Club he
frankly discussed the fiscal situation
in the District. He also assured them
that Congress soon would approve the
proposed Municipal Center project for
the minor courts of the District. and
he characterized conditions in the
Police Court especially as being "a dis
grace to even small town
Holds U. S. Should Pay.
"Our people are not tax dodgers" !"
the Commissioner declared. They are
willing to pay in the same proportion
as other cities, but they cannot bear
the whole burden of the District"
My idea" he added, ''is that the
Federal Government should pay taxes
here just the same as you or l."
The Federal Government owns
100000 worth of property in
Washington exempt from taxes. he
pointed out. In addition, he said,
there Is another $100,00000 in tax
exempt property, including embassy
buildings, educational institutions and
similar buildings.
Washingtonians would not have to
pay the taxes they do, he declared, if
1t wasn't for the fact that this is the
seat of Government and the Govern
ment is determined to make it the
most beautiful city in the world.
You gentlemen probably don't know
that your taxes pay for the lights in
the parks that have to be maintained
here in greater proportion than in any
other city in the country" he said.
Plans For Center Explained.
Commissioner HaZen displayed
drawings and floor plans for the pro-
posed Municipal. Juvenile and Police
Court buildings. explaining to the law
yers the additional space that would
be provided. The bill for the S2,-
100000 Municipal Center project has
passed the Senate and soon will pass
the House, he predicted.
Explaining plans beyond the proposed
center, Mr.. Hazen said eventually it
Is proposed to demolish the old Pen
sin Building on Judiciary Square and
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the finer sensibilities Of all right
thinking people, the statement read.
1T Is especially offensive in the case
Of baby rabbits and chicks" the state
ment declared. "The chicks, particu-
larly, are fragile little creatures, and
it is the height of cruelty to submit
them to the mauling, though loving
hands Of little, children. Besides, they
must suffer from the general igno-
rance as to their needs Of the proper
food and warmth"
The statement was signed by Mrs.
Herbert w. Elmore, president WASH
ington Humane Society; Mrs. William
F. Ham, president Animal Rescue
League, and Miss Virginia w. Sargent,
president of the Animal Protective
Association.
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construct new building for the Dis
trict Supreme Court on the site.
I'VE would then use the old City
Hall as a sort of local museum and
as repository of old District records, :"
he said
The old City Hail." he said, was
planned by man named Hatfield and
financed by lottery. That wasn't as
successful a form of gambling then
as it is now. for all the money couldn't
be raised that way"
Justice Daniel w. O'Donoghue of
the District Supreme Court, president
of the Alumni Club. presided. He
spoke of the intense interest of men,
bers of the bar in the early compile
ton of the Municipal Center project
and pledged their cooperation. About
so members of the club attended.
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TREE CONTRACT LET

c. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of the National Capital Parks, yester-
day announced he is awarding con-
tract for S47,207 for the removal OF
some 40 trees from Union Square.
between First and Third streets, and
the supplying of other plant material,
to the H. l.. Frost g. Higgins Co. Of
Arlington, Mass This work Is ex-
pected to start Immediately.
Under the program % American
elm trees are to be planted, approxi-
mately As dwarf lockwood plants are
to be set out in Union Square and
some 1000 stems of English ivy are
to be planted to adorn the head of the
Mall. The trees to be shifted away
from Union Square will be trans
planted elsewhere in the park system.
They are the remains of the old Bo-
tanic Garden, which formerly occupied
that site.
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ZION BUSINESS CONTROL
BY VOLIVA DEALT BLOW
Order Affecting Reorganization
Plans Follows Recent De-
feat in Election.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 19-There were
indications that Wilbur Glenn Voliva's
business world may be as fiat as he
says he believes the earth is.
Federal Judge Wilkerson yesterday
instructed attorneys to remove from
the reorganization plans Of the Zion
institutions and industries any provi-
sions which would give Voliva control.
Voliva, religious overseer of Zion,
Ill., recently suffered a setback when
his candidate for mayor was defeated
in the municipal election.
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SALE OF BABY RABBITS
AND CHICKS PROTESTED

Three Organizations Oppose Ex-
ploitation, Asking Business
Concerns to Cease Sale.
Three Washington organizations in
terested in the protection Of animals
protested today against the "increas-
ing traffic in Easter chicks and baby
rabbits" appealing to business con-
Germs to give up the practice of SELL
ing them.
A statement issued said: 1.-THE in
creasing traffic in Easter chicks and
baby rabbits, sold singly or In pairs
by certain Washington stores as live
Easter gifts for children, has reached
q point demanding protests"
Exploitation of any animal offends
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Signals Kept Clean.
Cleaning traffic signals in one Sec
ton Of England will cost $3.50 this
year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
1000 FACE STARVATION
The Coming Contention

Never in the history of Montana has there been
a convention of greater Importance than the
that will gather at LewiStown on October 49, 1t is
our understanding that credentials from any farm,
labor or leftward bound party organization will
constitute badge of admission.
political program for the state Is to be adopted.
On this platform, so-called progressives liberals,
radicals and other office seekers who not openly,
admittedly and VIGOROUSLY for the AnacOnda-POwer-
Observation-Disclosures policies will go to the people. On
1t governor, quota of state officers and legiSa-
ture will campaign There is no hope of betterment
to come, by national change thru agency of either
old party Montana must help itself. The extent
to which it sets out to help itself will depend the
Lewistown program Therein lies the of the
situation.
Candidates for senator congressman, governor,
state offices and legislature will be on hand Doz-
ems OF these want to be elected without falling out
side the breastwOrks of the old political parties.
They are Roosevelt prCgresSives or Borah progress
slves who want to appeal to the of workers,
farmers and small business men without having to
run counter to the Wall Street philosophy of Demo
cratic and Republican parties. They want, and will
fight for milk and water reform program that
sounds good but gets nowhere
Conditions in this state desperate. Che great
mass of people do not want milk and water reform
they want change; basic change that will stop
of the drain of wealth to Wall Street. ease up
tax burdens, put power to work; that will start
taking Montana out of the ownership and control
of it's absentee landlords and ooters and head back
toward prosperity-not onward to destruction.
Such program can be framed It must be franz
ed and adopted at Lewistown. Thereafter it must
be translated into action by the election Of gov
ernor and majority of legislators that stand four
square on the program know what they want and
how to get it. Therein lies our only hope of avoid
ing further swing toward Fascism-then chaos.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

"meddling in foreign affairs" and
the general "inefficiency and snob-
berry" of the Naval Academy grad
yates who monopolize the navv's
check every month, never had to
get out IN the world and work for
officer jobs.
Maverick literally "took the hide
off the brass hats" who. he said.
for 30 years have received a paw
a living, never missed a meal. and
always had dog robbers to wait
on them"
Blow at Liberties
'The admirals feel as though
they are entitled to these services
and emoluments interminably," Mr.
Maverick said, "and have a right
to dictate to the civilian popula-
ton what they must think and do. ,,
The admirals and generals are
now endeavoring to push through
Congress the Military Disaffec-
ton Bill" said Maverick. (which
will take away the liberties of tha
people, set up press censorship,
and make the military supreme as
in Germany"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
Politicians Must Face
Facts And Act Soon
FIVE THOUSAND WHO WERE ON RELIEF LAST
WINTER ARE JUST AS BAD OFF NOW-RELIEF
Is BEING CUT OFF AND THERE Is NO WORK.

Two thousand people in Sheridan county face Starva
tOn On the amount of relief public work and other forms
of help in sight, they cannot survive until spring This
is dream fairy tale flight of the imagination. 1t is
the COdbOOded cruel and not Overawn picture Of eond
tons they exist They be uncovered by fair
minded investigator who will take the time and trouble to
dig down below the surface and these facts they
Five thousand people already are win be, in
desperate need of help All the help in sight will not
for than three thousand probably not that The
picture is growing darker with each passing day The
of the locality cannot carry heavier load the
work and relief provided by state and federal governments
wholly inadequate; additional help must and
soon.
The facts herein presented not obtained by walk
ing and down the main streets of Pentywood and Med
cine Lake Nor they to be had by counting the number
of the road and then specializing the pros
pety these Indicate The whole story cannot be obtained
the relief office the unemployment office the county
missoners any other place. The true condi
tons revealed only when you tap all the other available
sources of information and then talk to those who in
need.
The average human does not boast of his troubles He
conceals them AS result Jones seldom knows just what
Brown actual condition is Of course Jones is glad to talk
about Brown and all about Browns condition What he tells
you 80 per cent guess and in of the
very optimistic and crimSonhued guess You have to get
Browns condition from Brown himself and then fit it in
with the data obtained from all other available We
did that and here is the picture.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
Workers Rapidly Quitting
Old CapitaIistic Parties
Williams, National Organizer for FarmerLabor Party
Reports Workers Throughout Northwest Now
Demand Production for Use Economy

Nebraska declared for launching
Farmer Labor parties Immediately
in those states and set up organic
alton plans.
"a trip of this kind impresses
one with the fact that the profit
system and the New Deal have
failed. They have failed for the
100000 unemployed, the 10000
600 on relief, the 650,0OO farm
families on relief this spring, the
100000 young men in C.C.C. camps
receiving a net wage of $500 per
month, and the two out of five
children in our schools suffering
from malnutrition.
"There is no question that a new
party candidate in 1886 running
on a production for use program
will receive a greater hearing than
any third party candidate since Lin
coin. The masses of the people
are dissatisfied with present con-
ditions, the increasing load of debt
and taxes, and the failure of the
administration to meet the crisis
with anything but palliatives. In
farm sections leaders are already
predicting that Roosevelt will be
defeated. With the Republican
party putting up a real fight the
voters, the newspapers and the
radio will be greatly concerned in
what the new party candidate has
to say and how he and his pro-
gram will effect the election.
"Our national Farmer Labor
party will poll at least S, to 10
million votes and in a close three
Continued ca page q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11
Famous Labor
Leader Coming
TO PlentywOOd

Max Shachtman, member of the
executive committee of the Work
ers Party of America, distin guish-
ed Revolutionary Labor leader and
noted orator, will appear at the
Farmer-Labor Temple, Plentywood
Wednesday, November 9th, under
the auspices of the workers party
of Sheridan county. Comrade
Shachtman is a very arousing and
convincing speaker and he will dis
cuss the issues of particular inter
est to the farmers and workers at
this time. He will especially give
some time to the explanation Of the
Trotsky CONTROVERSY in the revo-
lutionary parties, the action of Sta
lin in selling war munitions to
Italy, and the necessity for the
Fourth International. He viii ans
wer all questions politely and fully.
Comrade Shachtman is also the
editor of the monthly New Inter
national and a brilliant writer as
we'll as a speaker. He is on tour
of the United States from New
York to the Pacific coast, and will
visit Plentywood on his way out
west.
| Bills will soon be out announc-
ing the program. Watch for them
and plan to come.