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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-15
UROPEAN POSSIBILITIES CONFUSE STOCK MARKET
STORES

SAVANNAH, March IA Up -
Turpentine firm 81; offerings 3, all
sold; receipts %; shipments 12S:
stock 1889. Rosin firm; offerings
none; sales none; receipts 1871; ship.
ments "a; stock 1853. Quote: b,
D, 4.S0; E, SIS; F, 5.45; G, $50; II,
5.55; 1, 5.57 IL: K, $50; M, $50 1-3H
N, 5.65; WIG, 5.72 IL; WV, X, go
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N. q. OIL

NEW ORLEANS, March 14-R
New Orleans cottonseed oil closed
steady. Bleachable prime summer
yellow 6.85n; prime crude 500.
March 6.27b, May 6.39b; July 6.44b;
Sep. 6.51b.
b-Bid
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March 14-R
New Orleans spot cotton closed
quiet, eight higher. Sales 149. Low
middling 9.54; middling 1854; good
middling 11.09; receipts 2,4S4; stock
739, 404.
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COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March 1S.-uP
The average price Of middling 10,
16 inch cotton at 10 designated
southern spot markets To-Day was
higher at 1859 cents a pouhu' av
erage for the last 80 market days
was 1880.
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CHICAGO RITTER

CHICAGO, March IA Up But
ter 714,S07, firm, prices unchanged.
Eggs 1880, firm; current receipts
Is; other prices unchanged
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PEANUTS

SUFFOLK, Va, March 14-R-
Peanut quotations: jumbos 3 7-8 to
q: bunch 3 IL to 8 5-8; runners 3
3-S to 3 IL. Market continues quiet.
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open High Low Close
Nv, new YORK BUTTER

Butter 'oRk. March IL Up, -
higher .b l,os4 'oS2 firm. Creamery,
" wor ,s,Sn a., extra 20 1-4-so, Extra
q; se c5 a 2'' firsts (8s-s1) % A.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, March l4.-R
Mill price-fixing and short W
ing bolstered cotton futures here
today and most of yesterdays de-
cline was wiped out. Closing prices
were steady at net advances of
eight to II points.
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CHICAGO LARD

CHICAGO, March 14.-LP-Lard
t~ierces 5.95; loose $40; bellies SIS.
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BALTIMORE POTATOES
BALTIMORE, March IA Up -
Potatoes: unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
Wilbur D0sher Elected
LEGION Commander Here
Boss Says Cannon Did
Not Speak For Church

CHICAGO, May 23-(P-The
Rev. DIR. Charles F. Boss, Jr.
declared today Bishop James
Cannon, Jr., was not speaking
for the whole Methodist church
when he urged Secretary Hull
to use Ibis great influence with
the President and congress to
declare war against Hitler and
his fellow monsters"
DIR. Ross, executive secretary
of the commission on world
peace of the Methodist church.
said Bishop Cannon spoke only
as a retired bishop and as an
individual in his open letter to
the secretary of state. DIR. Boss
emphasized the Methodist stand
on war was utterly opposed
to that taken by Bishop Can
nOn.
DIR. Boss said the only body
that can speak officially for the
Methodist church is the gen.
eraI conference,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24

WASHINGTON, May 2S.-N
With a rolling volley OF "ayes
the house today voted to par
communists and "Nazi bund'
members from WPA rolls, Whlie
the Justice department suggested
that the nations citizens send
in any tips they may nave
about fifth columns"
Meanwhile a special house
committee, acting with unprece'
denied speed, cleared the way
for congressional approval Of
President Roosevelt's plan TO
shift the immigration
from the Labor department 10
the Justice department, SO that
authorities may "deal quickly"
with spies and %saboteurs'
BY unanimous vote. OF ooth
democratic and republican COLL
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
BRITAIN ARRESTS
M0SLEY, OTHERS
Fascist Union Leader Seiz.
ed During Widespread
Raids In England

LONDON, May 23-R-The Brit
ish government today seized Sir
Oswald Mosley, would-be fuehrer
of England and brother-in-law of
the Hon. Unity Mitford-Freeman,
the statuesque blonde English girl
who was wounded in Germany dur
ing her frustrated pursuit of Nazi-
ism and Hitler.
The aristocratic member of par
lament and leader of the British
union of fascists was arrested by
Scotland Yard in widespread raids
aimed at fifth columnists" as the
German forces stood almost with
in a parachute drop of England.
Other leaders of Sir Oswald's
once black : shirted party e r e
seized by the government which
now, by democratic transition to
wartime dictatorship, has life-or
death power over it's subjects.
Just before his arrest Sir Oswald
had been linked in a House of
Lords debate with Lord Haw
HaW," the radio announcer who
nightly twits the British with his
Oxonian-accented broadcasts from
a German station.
How do we know that this man
Gord Haw Haw) is not receiving
information from hi friends in
British fascist groups demand
ed Lord Elibank. Sir Oswald
Mosley has a great deal to answer
Before the raid Lady Mosley, the
former Mrs. Diana Guinness, left
for Denham. Police followed her
while others seized and examined
records at Mosley's apartment and
Headquarters on the Thames, near
parliament.
Lady Mosley is a sister of Miss
Mitford-Freeman, who shared a
mutual admiration as the perfect
Nordic type" with Adolf Hitler be-
fore her return some time ago to
England-still dazed from the I'M
explained gunshot wound.
A conservative M. P, Capt. Ar
cnibald H. M. Ramsay, antl-Sem-
itic president of the so-called
Right Club" and others were I'M
prisoned on suspicion of a elton
''prejudicial to the security of the
state.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
Revised Bill Is Sent To Sen
ate After Rollcall Vote
OF 354 To Il
MEETS F. r. REQUESTS
Broadening Of Prohibition
Against Employment Of
Aliens Approved
BY DONALD A. YOUNG

WASHINGTON, May 23.-LP-A
ILL, 754,916 relief bill revised to
meet President R%oosevelt's requests
and to prevent employment of aliens,
communists and nazi bund members
was passed by the house tonight and
sent to the senate.
The rollcall vote was announced as
354 to 81.
With the democratic majority in
full command, the members approx
ed the Presidents recommendation
for a 1915, $50, 900 WPA fund with
permission for him to use it in eight
months beginning July l., rather
than to stretch it over the full r.
month period.
Endorses Request
The house also endorsed his re-
quest for elimination of restrictions
against use of WPA funds on big
construction projects. The deleted
sections provided that no federal
building, bridge, stadium or other
structure could be erected with WPA
funds if the total cost exceeded $780,
900 and that the WPA contribution
to non-federal projects must be lin
tied to the same amount.
Mindful of reports of the effect
iveness of fifth columns abroad, the
members accepted without debate an
amendment by Representative Wal
ter CD-Pa) to broaden the prohibi-
ton against employment of aliens
to include communists and members
of nazi bund groups.
A little later, Representative Rich
(R-Pa) successfully sponsored an
amendment to include in the r%estric-
lions any person who advocated the
overthrow of the government.
At the last minute, the house
brushed aside on a voice vote a de-
mand by Representative Taber (R-
NY that the administration of re-
lief be turned over to states, coun-
ties and municipalities and that the
government make grants-in-aid to
them.
Also buried by the democratic ma
jority were proposals by Representa-
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FRENCH AND BRITISH START
DOUBLE COUNTER-O OFFENSIVE;
BRITAIN PUSHES DEFENSES
MANY MEN TRAPPED
Drive On British Isles Must
Await Dissolution OF
Large Allied Force
CALAIS THREATENED
GERMANY

BERLIN, May % (AP)
German forces aimed liked
a spear at the heart of Eng
land probably" have taken
the French seaport of Bou-
logne, authorized sources as
serted tonight.
But any offensive against
the British Isles must await
dissolution of British, French
and Belgian forces-between
500, 900 and 100000 men
now trapped to the north of
the German salient to the
English Channel, said an au.
thoritative report on the gi-
gantic struggle in the west.
Near England
Boulogne, a city of $4,000,
lies only 26 miles by channel
steamer from Folkestone,
England, and los miles by
water - IS by air - from
London.
The Boulogne Folkestone
route was the only one reg
ularly available to civilian
traffic between France and
England since the start of
the war.
German advance forces had
been stabbing toward Bou-
logne since Tuesday when
they reached Abbeville, As
miles to the southeast.
j British Prime Minister
Churchill admitted before the
house of commons today that
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mitteemen, it sent to the house
floor an unusual resolution
which, upon congressional ap-
proval and the Presidents sig
nature, would make his fifth
government reorganization pro-
gram effective in ten days.
From Senator Byrd D-Va)
came a statement demanding
drastic" legislation compelling
aliens to be fingerprinted and
registered so that America may
be purged of every alien and for
eign influence attempting to un-
dermine and destroy our system
of government"
So eagerly was the ban against
relief for communists and men,
ber~ of "any Nazi Bund organ
ization accepted by the house
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
INVASION FEARED
British Steel Themselves
Against Possible Drive
From Dover To Ireland
MOSLEY ARRESTED
BRITAIN

LONDON, May 23-(AP)
-Menaced from two sides
and facing a threat from
within, Britain steeled her
self tonight against possible
invasion from the beloved
chalk cliffs of Dover to the
shores of Ireland.
It is a task incomparably
greater than the historic
stands against Napoleon and
the Spanish Armada.
Across the English Chan
mel the ports shook with the
thunder of German guns. The
German army stands where
it never stood before.
To the west, the govern
ment admitted it was "alive
to the possibilities of an in
vasion of Britain through
Ireland.
At home the government
struck quickly and decisively
against possible fifth col
umn" threats. Numerous
raids and arrests were made.
Sir Oswald Mosley, British
fascist leader, and Capt.
Archibald Ramsay, conserva-
tive member Of parliament
were among those arrested.
Mosley's British Union"
was put under police control,
his town and country houses
raided, and his lieutenants
imprisoned in the interests
of security.
Death Penalty
Parliament decreed the death pen
atty for traitors.
Newspapers and street converse
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Pledge Aid To
Defense Plan
Pledge Utmost Cooperation
In Pushing Through Gi-
eantic Defense Plans
NAVAL FUND OKEHED
Pepper Urges U. S. To Seek
To Swing Tide Of Battle
In Favor Of Allies

WASHINGTON, May 23-(R-
Prominent industrialists pledged
president Roosevelt their utmost
generation in pushing through the
fuge defense program today, while
Ne senate heard ali appeal that
Adolf Hitler be told that American
resources are dedicated Ito his de-
/ sruction as a force in the affairs
Of decent men"
During the day, with a unanim-
iy born of fateful times, the SEN
ate approved an appropriation OF
Is 49, 1856 28 for the navy and its
air force by a vote of 70 to O. At
tie same time officials adopted
plans for applying Americas mass
PRODUCTION talents and technique
10 the production of fighting planes
and engines.
Roosevelt Will Report
From the White House C a m e
vrd that Mr.. Roosevelt would
hive the nation on Sunday night a
"straightforWard and factual re-
port on the progress of his de-
Tense plans. Broadcast at $50 p.
m.. Eastern Standard Time, by
t1ree nationwide chains, it will be
tHe Presidents first radio "freslde
cnat' since the opening days OF
tbe war.
The pledge of the industrialists
Nas taken to the White House by
tbe commerce departments bust
bess advisory council, a group OF
1ore than 50 representing a cross
section of American industry. They
presented a resolution saying that
business recognizes the need for
complete unity in the cooperation
tt all Of our country's vital forces
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
HOUSE VOTES TO BAR MEMBERS OF NAZl
RIDNDS AND RED PARTY FROM WPA ROLLS

on a local or voluntary organi-
cation basis, citizens could aid
by reporting to the federal bu-
reau of investigation acts,
threats OF evidence of sabotage,
espionage or other disloyal &C
tivities."
He also appealed to all citi-
zens to refuse to join any or
ganization until they knew the
sources of its funds and who its
hackers were.
The attorney general indicat-
ed that the FBI may be en-
largeG to combat subversive ac-
Invites. He said President RoOse-
welt had made ready many
months ago to meet fifth col
umn" inroads and that the FBI
has "capabIy, zealously and ef-
fectively carried out its task"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
OUTLINES HIS PLANS
Intends To Appoint Every
Member OF Post To Amer
icanism Committee

Wilbur r. Dosher, postmaster,
was unanimously elected comman-
der of Wilmington Pest No. 10,
American Legion, at a meeting OF
the post in the Tide Water as
sembly hall last night.
There were no other candidates
for the office.
In accepting the post, Dosher
stated that one of the first acts
he hopes to accomplish is the ap-
| pointment of every Legionnaire in
the city and county to a perman-
ent membership to the American
ism committee, adding 1.-The reason
for this is abvious.'
Advisory Committee
In addition to the executive COM
mittee of the post which formulates
the policies of the organization,
Dosher stated that he will appoint
an advisory committee consisting
of an attorney, a law enforcement
officer and one OF two business
men of ability.
DOSIcI SuCCSCuS IL ".
as commander of the post.
Other officers elected for the year
1940-41 were
Robert Strange, first vive-com-
mander; Glasgow Hicks, second
vice-commander; Henry l.. Register,
third vice-commander; Rupert L.
Benson, finance officer; Cyrus D.
Hogue, judge advocate; Stella PETIT
way, historian; the Rev. R. H. Sat
terrified, chaplain; Harry E. Fales,
service officer.
Wilbur D. Jones R. C. MacMahon,
John M. Bremen (two years., J. r.
Hollis, and w. A. Peschaux Gone
Year, members of executive COM
mittee.
The adjutant, sergeant at arms,
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RETURNS
. FROM CAMPAIGN
Wilmington Candidate Con-
fIdent He Will Top Tick
ct In Vote Saturday

Mayor Tom Cooper was home
Eom the vars last night, con.
EaeAt he will top the ticket in the
FtINocratlc primary Saturday in
FAlcn he seeks nomination as gov
Ffnor.
He came into the city after a
Eaifl|lnd trip through Columbus
no Brunswick counties which
laT'ed at Whiteville yesterday
ofAlng and carried him through
"pOr City, Claredon, Chadbourn.
u Dock, Ashe, Grissette Town.
l .9'naSooro, Shallotte, Southpor'
pa Supply.
besides being confident of being
sn man in Saturdays primary
W., WIPER was also confident t h a
@-lAlAgton and its beaches are
oDg 10 have their finest season
history this summer" From
u west and from South Caro-
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ITALY CONTINUES
WAR ENTRY PLANS
Premier Mussolini Puts War
Manufacturers Under
Cabinet Division

ROME, May 23-tR-1ndications
that Italy would enter the war
piled up today as Premier Musso.
lini put war manufacturers under
a cabinet division and was reliably
reported to have conferred with
his supreme defense council.
This eve of the anniversary Of
Italy's declaration of war on the
side of the Allies Is years ago-to-
morrow the flags will fly
and wreaths will be laid on the
war monuments-found the people
going through air raid drills from
Rome to Trieste, and the press
laundering against Britain and
France.
The newspapers cried out about
Italy's imprisonment" in the
Mediterranean and Italians &C.
cused the French authorities il
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
HOOVER SAYS u. S.
HAS DOUBLE DUTY
Says America Holds Last
Chance OF Making System
OF Liberty Vital To Men

BOSTON,, May 23-R-Former
President Herbert Hoover asserted
tonight that here in America is
the last chance of making the sys-
ten of liberty vital to men, and
maintained that this country had
the double duty of repairing de-
mocracy's failures and of constant
ly rebuilding it.
'These are grave days for the
future of civilization and for our
own country" he said in an ad,
dress prepared for the a u a !
meeting of the Boys CLUBS OF
America, an organization which ne
serves as chairman of its board OF
directors.
Our minds" Hoover declared
"are distracted by the infinite trag-
edies which unroll day by day
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press Writer

The southern jaw of the vise-like
grip Germany has fastened on
southwestern Belgium and North
western France has crunched Its
way to the English channel near
Boulogne to threaten Britain with
invasion for the first time in nearly
nine centuries.
That was the brief report made
to parliament by England's all but
omnipotent war-lord, Prime Min
lister Winston Churchill. He did not
await a chortling German victory
claim to reveal the bad news.
AS he spoke, the vibrations OF
gunfre and bomb blasts in the bat
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
ALLIES REACH AMIENS
German Salient Imperilled
By Pincher Movement
From North, South
FIGHT RACES
FRANCE

PARIS, May % (AP) -
In a double counter-offensive
on the Somme and Flanders
fronts the Allies rallied to-
night against the nazi march
to the sea, denting on top
and bottom the German
salient which extends across
France like a pistol leveled at
Britain.
The central forces, in a
furious push northward on
the Somme, reported they
had reached their first OBJ
Elective - fernando | d
Amiens.
The northern army, mean
while, had fought it's way
southwark to the outskirts
of Cambria in Flanders
Fields.
Salient Imperilled
The German salient, jut-
ting west to the channel,
thus seemed to be imperilled
by an Allied pincer move
ment from north and south.
Only a thin line of German
armored columns extended
between the northern and
central Allied forces through
the hole broken between
Flanders and the Somme.
The French military
S o e S m an acknowledged,
however, that through this
hole additional German units
had filtered today in the d.
rection of the sea.
On the north side of the
salient, in Flanders, a pitch
ed battle ragged tonight with
the Germans flashing back
savagely at the Allied often.
sive.
Nazis Pushed Back
Of the details of the fierce struggle
on the southern side, little could be
learned beyond the fact that the
Germans had been pushed back at
Amiens.
Amiens earlier had been reported
held by only 5000 Germans.
The Nazis, striving to divert pres
sure from their spearhead, attacked
during the afternoon in the Attigny
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WORK IS STARTED
ON GRAND STORE
Modernization Program Is
Scheduled To Cost
About $65,OO0

The F. and w. Grand store at 2l8
to 222 North Front street has start
ed a modernization program cost
ing approximately $4,000, D.. I.
Odum, manager, announced yester-
day.
Workmen have already begun pre-
Iiminary operations at the store,
which is owned and operated by the
H. L. Green company, of New York
City.
The modernization program, In
cludins, the installation Of the latest
facilities designed for increased SER
vices for the shopping public. is ex-
pected to require from two to three
months for completion.
Contracts for the general project
and electrical work will be let soon,
Odom said. Additional improvements
are also being planned by Herbert
Bluethenthal, owner of the building.
The modernization program will in.
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that Rep. Walter (D-Pa) did
not even have a chance to COM
pIete his explanation of it.
As he began to explain the
amendment, which would broad
en- a prohibition against relief
employment of aliens, Rep. Can
non (D-Mo), who was in charge
of the pending billion-dollar re-
lief bill, announced that the
house appropriations committee
would accept it. The house then
approved the amendment.
The request for help against
"fifth columns" was made by
Attorney General jackson, who
told reporters at a press con-
ference that while subversive
activities could not be dealt with
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-24
WAR INTERPRETIVE

tie around Boulogne thudded men
acingly in the ears of English folk
along Britain's channel coast, new
er reached by a foe since William
the Conuueror landed at Hastings
in 1866, 874 years ago.
Churchill's grim message re
veals anew, however, the spirit OF
die-hard resistance in which he has
undertaken his task armed with
power greater than any English
man before him has been given,
He sought to touch chords in Brit
ish hearts around the world to steel
them to supreme war effort.
Moreover, he capped that with a
message to the armies and the
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OF ANTWERP
BLAMED ON COUP
Correspondents Learn Gar
risons OF Two Forts Sur
prised, Overpowered

WITH THE GERMAN WEST
ERN ARMIES, May 24-(Friday)
-R-Antwerp. the important Bel
gian seaport and commercial cen
ter, surrendered to German forces
in a typical coup d'etat in which
the garrisons of two Notifications
were surprised and overpowered,
it was disclosed to news CORE
spondents today on a tour of the
front.
Antwerp's burgomaster thereup-
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WEATHER

North FORECAST
(@Orgia CCafolina, South Carolina and
FMtp 81 cloudy, scattered showers, not
Eght ~ warm Friday and Friday
bowers saturday partly cloudy, possibly
F t5htasss:4G .5s data for the "a hours
=, In. Yesterday.
LEO 2 temperature
! s; d 7 N; 81; 7:3o a. m. 81; 1:so p.
|inimum ' 90 p, M. &c; maximum s.:
20 mean 76; normal 70.
\ 50; IN! M ST; $50 a. M. s.. lao n
Total f., Precipitation
Eae;; to 'yr a hours ending 7;3o o. m
y inc 1br,Sl Since first Of the 90 month 40 II,
1'des For Today
lntagton High Low
---- II :56a 6.53a
.S'''''o Inlet s:5o, 3s: :93p
.i 5:llp'j : %o: sunset l? 7:isp; n a;s9p
IO%Atinuos
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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-22
Pldsterers' Union
Studies New Scale
Purpose To Open Invest
ment Nearest in Small
Home Buildinq

Cincinnati. o. (OLNS). .-Plasterers'
Union of Cincinnati is considering a
proposal for $l-an-hour wage scale
for AFL Unions in the construction
trades proposed by George E. Rice and
his Unions delegates at special
meeting of Central Labor Council last
week.
Cement Finishers' Union adopted the
81 scale recently, reducing their scale
on residence construction from $1.37.
The present scale of the Plasterers is
$1.62R. The average scale for con-
struction trades is now $l.44.
Mr.. Rice stated that the purpose
of the proposed reduction in scale in
the Plasterers' Union and other con-
struction trades is to open an invest
ment market in home building and to
counteract competition offered by non
union organizations.
Mr.. Rice said the average wage
earned by Union plasterers last year
was only 800 This he said was due
to lack Of steady employment.
"Out of ten million dollars worth
of residential construction in Cincin-
natl in 1889, ninety-five per cent of
this work was lost by the Union work.
er to the non-union mechanic" Rice
stated.
"Our problem today" Rice told his
fellow unonists" is to produce home
that the average American can buy.
To do this we will have to keep labor
costs at level that will permit large
capital to invest so as to make profit
and prospective home owners to build
at prices they can afford to pay"
"Under present conditions of work"
Rice said "there is little hope Of
Plasterers or any other group of
building mechanics ever building our
own homes"