The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1941-11-21

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VIII Not Interfere
With Home Building
Predictions CT she housing out
anxk hate been - cir thai mast 81
taH uncertainties have 3 fFA4oEianiF
/ ehafsce Of tGrfina oUt faFofasIg
last month newspapers every
where proclaimed ia featured heads
Ia more private building govern
uaeas hall al n~ofa-defenss e~un6tur-
tsoa
Ike little knawledee, little tn
/ formation Is stu dangerous,
especially vhen oaily the nigh lights
Of = complicated problem are con
denssd tn headline phrases
snail the plans ot the dream
COTTAGE be put Ia moth balls for
tae daFaslon7 or Is there an out7
Due 70 The nature OF tIle recently
announced restraints Indicated fox
private construction. naost observers
e tie National Capitol arr Of the
opinion that there Is an out
Just shat does our government
want u 10 dor Hos can wt co..
Operate with the goTerument-do
everything required b. m to further
Americas defense program. yet
build olf own home. even though
re do not happen % work IN q
defense industry Or 1--we Ia a defense
aFeaT
30 far tho Government has not
said that residential construction.
per &c. Is inksaicai 10 the interests
81 defense. II has said that It needs
the steel. tile xifr. the copper and
tire aluminium which that part OF
the building Industry. now claSai-
fled as nou-defenae. has heretofore
been aslnE II has said that II will
no longer permit allotmenr Of APP
preciAbe quantities Of any critical
material 10 be made for civilian con-
structlon
The supply Pflorities and AIloea-
ton Beard has announced that II
viii apply 10 eli building projects
hereafter proposed two tests
l. Does this construction involve
the use Of appreciabe quaint
ties Of critical mAteFiaiz9
2 Is tire construction directly
necessary for National Defense.
OF clearly essential for the
health and safety OF the civil
tan populAtlon7
II the project does involve ap-
preelAhla quantities Of critical ma
teriak and Is not directly necessary
fer National Defense. no priority for
the acquisition Of the critical ma
teriaia viii be given.
Does this necessarily lock the door
un John Smiths ncw bungalows at
tfie corner OF Matn and Eim7 II
does, Il John smith insists upon
steel beams IN basement metal
windows, copper water pipes. . cop
per roof over the bay window. metal
cutters. and down spout. But n
John Smith. his architect his con-
tractor. and his material dealer
realize that 90 per cent Of the ma
teFlal Of which the bungalow will
be built s SIN plentiful. not on the
critical list. and not even subject TO
prnrities. Il Is probable that Mr.
and Mrs Smith can have their new
home b. next spring.
Certainly. steel. copper. zinc and
aluminium are important TO the
home building industry. but their
assoeiatton With residential con-
~xtFuctlon has largely come about
within the last so years There were
millions Of homes constructed on
this continent before these ma
tersalS with n single exception
enailsl we're available TO home
builders
John Smiths government Is say
ing 70 HIM You mas build your
home. but you viii have 70 find
your oNn material This IS ANOTHER
way Of saying 70 Mr.. Smith sHow
ingenious and hOS fe~sourceful are
you7~
Americans have always had a rep
uiation for finding many WAYS OF
taking the skin off ne cat The
challenge this time Is eIear-find a
substitute for 10 per cent Of the
materials needed 70 build a house
and you car suIl have yuuf hoglse.
Ink should not be too difficult for
3 nation Of inventors There are
plenty Of bricks. cement blocks. lots
Of lumber. ample supplies o. wood
shingles for roofs. plenty OF plaster
-and these VIII build the shell Of
any home The problem I'll come In
the mechanical departmeut-the
plumbing and heating.
We can substitute wood for metal
Eattes-timbef beams for steel