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Evening star., 1943-12-14
COLLECTION MANAGER

Capable, experienced collection man, with
clean record; excellent opportunity for ad-
Vancement:-- starting salary. $4,000 per
young aggressive finance company. Apply
MI, Buehlef, Advance Credit Corp, 1887
r. I. ave.. Mt. Rainier. Nd. Union 1850.
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ll0T 10th ST. NV
WAR WORKERS NEEDED

w
On Pacific Northwest Construction Project,
TRANSPORTATION Advanced! Attractive
Scale of Wages.
Work week. ~ hours tSlX 9-hour days.
time and one-half for work in excess OF
40 hours
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS NEEDED.
MUST BE CITIZEN OF U. S. A.
Immediate complete living facilities
available for all men employed!
Men having draft status A "a. or e-B
will not be considered. Applicants must
bring draft registration and classification.
social security card and proof OF citizen
ship
Workers now employed fun time at their
highest skill in war industry Will not be
considered
INTERVIEW TINE
Company representative will interview
applicants week days through Dec. 81, .
a m. = p m Apply
U. S. Employment Service,
War Manpover Commission,
sos x St NV or 3ol King st Alexandra.
Va; S5ll Colesville rd Silver Sprlnc. Md !;
4SoS Rhode Island ave Hvattsville Nd
REAL ESTATE
House salesman. exp. downtown office:
must have car and license or secure same;
local man preferred or GOOD knowled-o of
city; high type, aggressive man desired:
plenty of leads and cooperation in clos
ing: splendid opportunity awaits nan who
knows his business. Replies confidential.
EoX 46l- C. Star.
Evening star., 1943-12-14
PHOTOGRAPHERS

for darkroom work. plate maker. opaque
print knowledge of line photography.
APPLY ALL WEEK EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Open Mon. thru Fri. to Il. Sat. = 10 !.
Statement of availability neceSsgrv-
BRITISH SUPPLY COUNCIL
Evening star., 1943-12-14
OFFICE BOYS

OFFICE BOYS.
MESSENGERS. NO EXPERIENCE NECES
APPLY ALL WEEK EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Open Mon, thru FIJI. . TO 6. Sat. . 10 l.
BRITISH SUPPLY COUNCIL
tt,
Evening star., 1943-12-14

DELIVERY BOY
For grocery store: good hours, excellent
salary. Super Garden Market. 4233 N
Fairfax dr.. Arlington. Call oxford 1147.
AUTO MECHANICS AND BODY MEN for
large direct Chevrolet dealer; excellent
working conditions, top pay, time and a
half paid over a. hours, vacations with
pay. Annual bonuses. Bring your GER
tifcate of availability. Ready for work
Apply to Mr. Presgraves.
OURIsMAN -MANDELL CHEW. CO.,
18th and Good HOPE Rd Sc
Evening star., 1943-12-14
HANDY MEN

APPLY ALL WEEK EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
Open Mon. thru Fri. . TO s, Sat. . to !,
Statement OF availability necPssarv.
BRITISH SUPPLY COUNCIL
Evening star., 1943-12-14

AIR COND. MECHANICS.
SOME EXPERIENCE OF WORK NECEs
APPLY ALL WEEK EMPLOYMENT OFFICE.
Open Mon. thru Fri. Q to 6 Sat. q 70 J.
tSta tement OF availability noceSS9
BRITISH SUPPLY COUNCIL
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

aries, labor, supplies, ETC., as follows:
R. C. Causey 1880. E. E. Carpenter
Sass, Charlie Washington SAT-, Son
Motion s47., Annanias Num- SAC, Henry
Moore $3.50, Tchula Automotive $s.70,
Standard Oil Co. $34.92. Miss. Lubri-
eating Co. s62.s3, Lion Oil Refining Co.
se6.ss. Henderson & Baird Hdwe. Co.
sli7.73. Lion Service Station $3l.60, H,
L. Brock $500.
II is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out Of
Separate Road District No. 5, Tchula'
for salaries. labor, supplies, ETC., as
follows; Sylvester Dodd $64.35, Henry
Patton ss4.35, Cleveland Clark $4s.50
Henry Bremand $3.50, Jake Navy $21.-
rs. c. Z. shuttleworth s1i6.so, W. E
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

Jones Est. So, Baine Hdwe. Co Sl4.sa'
Sou. Eqp. Sales s205.6s, Sharpe Serv.
Station s140.59, Lion Service Station
$500. E. ]. Sheppard $21.
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
Separate Road District No. 5, Cruger'
for salaries, labor, supplies, ETC., as
follows: Jack Simmons $60.79. John
Howard SCOTS, Clark Wood $6o.79, John
Brooks $50, Joyce Cox So, Lucy n
Cox So. Joyce Cox $l16.60, Lion Ser
vice Station $5.25. Ashton Store $l3.Zo'
Milestone Store $6.25, Barr-Gwin Co
$47.2-, Cruger Service Station $2o.o2'
Tchula Automotive Serv. $60.7O, DR.
Scott $25., Lion Oil Refining Co. $685.
IS, Standard Oil Co. $35.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

Co. S1.53, Miss. Power & Light Co. So
flee Supply Co. SAGE. Povall Printing
Co. S6.05, L. W. Rabb s42.9 2 l. w. Car
SON s2S2.1s, Eulalie Johnson 800, w.
r. Thompson $25., B. H. Cooper 1896.
Ruff & Watson So, Miss. State Hwy.
Dept. ST., Povall Printing Co. $1-2o, l.
W. Carson s1.41, Allene Mccormick $97.-
go, Lodge No. "a S., Allene Mccormick
$3.50. Louise Edwards $685., Daisey An
derson $40.. Tom L. Ketchings $751; 81,
The Fincher Co. $0.4o, Heinrich Drug
Steore $1.02, Miss. Stationery Co. $3.50
Tom L. Ketchings Co. $22.24. o. B
Campbell $l2.50, Povall Printing Co
$l3.s5, Hederman Bros. 1850, Denton
Rosamond $159.95, Mrs. G. B. Rutledgs
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out Of
County Fund, for salaries, labor, sup
pies, etc, as follows: H. II. Johnson
$50, Pat Barrett $3.50, Pat Barrett
S2S.75. Ernest Dulaney $50, Luke Wood
$40, Durant Library $780,, Irene Money
s25., Winifred Mcintyre $50. Mrs. J. B.
Irving $3.50, City of Lexington $12.60.
Miss. Power & Light Co. s44.27, R. G.
Rhyme ST., The National Laboratories
$93., The Fincher Co. $40, Lexington
Lumber Co. 1887, H. X. CHM 5000.
Crane Co. 1897, Lexington Lumber Co.
$l0.24, Standard Oil Co. $685., o. L.
Ellison 1886, W. A. Ramsey, sheriff
$4s.5o, City of Lexington $5.25, Miss.
Power & Light Co. $500, The Fincher
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

S73.S5, Mrs. J. A. Cade $3.50, Dento
Rosamon S., Miss. Stationery Co. s31
SO. w. A. Ramsey sheriff 500, Sam
s26.72. R. G.. Rhyme $3.50, Miss. State
Sanatorium $30., Povall Printing Co.
$7.65. c. W. Watson s132.52, G. d. Nc
Caleb S., w. A. Ramsey So, J. c. York,
Sr. ST., John Mcbride ST., J. P. Wilt
shire ST., L. M. Caldwell 81, J. W.
Moss 81, J. R. Beechley ST., Parham H.
Williams. clerk 1890, W. A. Ramsey,
sheriff $3.50, F. p. Davis ST., r. c.
Truitt 81, o. L. Stephenson 81, Par
ham H. williams, clerk 1890. W. A.
Ramsey. sheriff 1920, r. A. Rogers ST.,
Ed Tate 81, R. G. Brock 81, Parham H.
Continued on Page q
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22
Proceedings OF The
Board Supervisors

Be IL remembered. that the Board Of
Supervisors Of Holmes County. Missis-
sippi. met in the courthouse in the City
OF Lexington. on this 5th day Of July.
AD- isas. IL being the first Monday
ard the first day Of said term with the
following officers and members present.
to-wits v. n. Fowler. MBs Mol: ". s.
Rogers. NBS Ma. 2: X. p. Thomas. MBS
Ne. 3; NJ l. Saith. president. MBS No.
q; G. W. Ellison. MBS No. 5; Parham
". Williams. clerk; W. A. Ramsey.
Sheriff. and n. n. Johnson. attorney for
Board. when and where the following
proceedings we're then and there held
and had:
In Re. County Depository. beg 10
hand you herewith list showing bal
anees in the various funds Of the
....
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-07-22

1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
Separate Road District No. I for sal
aries, labor, supplies, ETC., as follows;
II. S. Terry $107.10. Bill Turner $1l.,
Rich Kealhofer ST., Cliff Hughes $685.
81, Walter Tucker $67.59, Herman Crit
fin $75.27, Charlie Jackson $780,, s. V.
Farmer $68.I5, Gradyden Johnson $751;
II, H.. H. Lehman ST., eileen McNeer
$4,000, r. d. Mclean SAT $50, L. c. John
son $1O7.10, Miss. Lubricating Co. $751;
rs, Shaddock-Kimbrough 1918, Jackson
Road Equip. Co. $22.s 3, Same $135, Stan
dard Oil Co. $l25.39, Same sl67.96.
Holmes Co. Imp. Co. $0.40, The Fineher
Co. s5.12, Jackson Road Equip. Co.
The Texas Co. STATS, Weathersby Chev.
Co. S31.s4, Same $433.19, Western Auto
Assoc. 1918, w. A. Harvey Store Si.07,
Terry's Garage $179.72, Peoples Service
Station SIG, Same $340.23, Texaeo Ser
vice Station S46.10, Hammett Gravel Co.
S169.S3.
1t is hereby ordered hat the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out OF
Separate Road District No. 2, for sal
aries, labor, supplies, etc. as follows;
A c. Autry sl07.10, Jake Manuel sos
Is, Elum Mcbride s57.22, Quinn Nc
Bride $50. Sc, Bit Kyzer s47.5o. Richard
Ellis s54.s5, Will Walker s54s5. Jack
son Road Egypt. Co. ss.15, Brown Bros.
$1,000, Mrs. Mildred Holmes $50, A.
H. Brown S1l.20, Hand Motor Co. s22.-
95, Hays Standard Service Station SILL
rs, Miss. Lubricating Co. s116.l2, Miss.
Tr. & Eqpt. Co. $104.45, Sou. Eqpt. Sales
$17.S5, Miss. Tr. 4 Eqpt. Co. sl0ia5
Standard Oil Co. $26.32, Same S9.17. Red
L. Oil Co. $54.31, Same Ss4.s5, Hands
Store S7.73, Bells Sand & Gravel si02.-
As, Halbert Farmer SIS.
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out of
Separate Road District No. 3, for sal
aries. labor, supplies, etc, as follows;
Otto Wallis $64.35, II. o. Marshall $50.
Stewart Terry $50, Oliver C~ovington
$4,000 Elsie Williams S15., Joe Meek
ST., II. C. Brock $500, c. r. Hoover
S25. Humphrey-O'Reill $46.2s, j. W.
Burwell $1,000, Thurmond, Moore & Co.
$3.50, Western Auto Assoc. Sl6.7S. Ter
rvs Garage SlU.ii. Jerry , NdIast 80"
20, Jackson Road Eqpt. $26.70, Henson
Garage s1.02, Earl Covington $3.50.
Presley Chev. Co. 1897, Maxwell &
Owen S2.44, Western Auto Assoc. s0.6i,
T'erry's Garage $0.65, Miss. Road Sup
ply Co. $15,23, Miss. Tr. & Egypt. Co.
s44.73, Yazoo Valley Elec. Power Si2.-
Ia. Mansfield Oil Co. s41.95. The Fin
cher Co. s0.41, Jackson Road Eqpt. Co.
S17.99, Jackson Road Eqpt. Co. SCALA,
Harreld Grey. Co. $4.33, Sou. Eqpt. Sales
S6.Ss, Henson Garage $6.0l.
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out of
Pickens-Richland Separate Road Dis
triet for salaries, labor, supplies, ETC.:
Standard Oil Co. $109.34, T. F.. Murtagh
S240.66, Miss. Tr. & Eqp. 1913, Pres
ley Chew. Co. $6.37.
1t is hereby ordered that the follow
ing accounts be allowed payable out Of
Separate Road District No. a, for sal
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Montgomery Urged 10 Take
Over Trash Collection

Resolutions urging the Montgom-
cry County Commissioners to take
over trash collection in the county
and to repair certain Silver Spring
streets have been adopted by the
Park Hill Civic Association.
The measure on street repairs
asks for improvements of drainage
for Schuyler, Windsor, Dartmouth
and Wayne avenues and on Dale
drive.
Delegates and alternates to the
Montgomery County Civic Feder-
alton, who will also serve in that
capacity to the allied civic groups
OF Silver Spring, have been ap-
pointed by Ralph d. Boyd, presi-
dent, as follows:
Joseph Hayes. Dewey Gardner
and Mr.. Boyd, delegates; Ernest L.
Wiley, Gordon Birrel and Harold
Boss, alternates.
Mr.. Boyd urges any one in the
area interested in giving time to
civilian defense work call him at
Sligo 1922. Activities include the
organization of a radio unit.
A house-to-house canvass will be-
gin within few days as the first
step in a membership drive.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
121 Maryland Students
To Quit R0TC for Army

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Jan. 12.-One hun
dred and twenty-one members of
the Reserve Officers Training Corps
face automatic induction into the
Army when they graduate from
three Maryland universities this
month or next.
The future Of those ROTC men
left behind. however, still was not
clear to college and Army officials,
although most collegiate spokesmen
said they believed juniors would be
allowed to stay in school until they
completed this year, whether at the
end of the current term or in May.
Johns Hopkins University will
graduate IS into officers training
schools next month. The University
Of Maryland will award diplomas to
80 ROTC men February 4 and four
will be graduated from Western
Maryland College January %.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Falls Church Council
Penalty on
Overdue Wafer Bills
Prompt Service Cutoff
Sought to Prevent
Delinquent Accounts

Falls Church citizens no longer
will be assessed a per cent penalty
on overdue water bills. The town
council last night discontinueds the
penalties, but called for stricter en-
forcement of a 30-day shut-off Or
dinance.
In the past per cent penalty
has automatically been added to
water bills that had not been paid
Is days after the date they were
rendered, John F. McCauley, town
clerk, explained. While these pen
alties were added, he said, service
had not always been discontinued
where payment was overdue 30
days.
Now, he said, persons who have
not paid water bills by the end of
a 30-day period will find service
promptly discontinued.
The council also voted to make
arrangements for an early collec-
ton of tin cans in the town. Mr..
McCauley said cans would be COL
lected by the regular garbage serv-
ice if possible, or would be col
lected at regular intervals by town
trucks.
If trucks are used, he said, per-
sons will be notified where to place
cans for collection.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Game Official
| Draws Fine for
Illegal Hunting
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Jan. IA. w. Tyus
of Richmond, for many years fiscal
secretary OF the Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries, was
fined $40 and costs yesterday in the
Trial Justice Court of Princess Anne
County on a warrant charging viola
ton of the law on shooting coots in
Back Bay.
Mr.. Tyus did not appear in court,
but pleaded guilty through letter to
Game Warden r. o. Halstead, who
preferred the charge.
A warrant also is pending against
Game Warden Milton Doughty Of
Cape Charles, in connection with
the same incident. At the request
of Mr.. Halstead, this case was post
poned until Friday. It was said that
Warden Doughty showed the boat
from which Mr.. Tyus shot the coots.
It was charged that Mr.. Tyus
did unlawfully and wilfully shoot
coots without the means Of decoys
and from row or push boat" Mr..
Tyus was reported to have written,
along with his plea Of guilty, that
he had overlooked the fact that .
special law governed the shooting Of
ducks, geese. brant and coots In
Back Bay.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Mrs. Julia Ann Heafon
To Be Buried in ARLINGTON

Mrs. Julia Ann Heaton, Sc, of Sill
yer Spring, who died Sunday, will be
buried tomorrow in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery, following funeral
services at 10:30 IN. at Humphreys S
funeral home, 8434 Georgia avenue.
The Rev, j. Wesley Lofts, pastor of
Silver Spring Baptist Church, will
ofnciate
Mrs. Heaton was the wife of Tech
nical Sergt. Frank H. Heaton, who
is somewhere in the South Pacific.
A lifelong resident of the Washing
ton area, Mrs. Heaton had made her
home for the past year and half
with her daughter, Mrs. Addie Hen
derson, ITO Melbourne avenue, Silver
Spring. Besides her daughter, she
is survived by a sister, Mrs. Addie
Crock, and brother, William T.
Garrison, both of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Arlington 10 Hold
Birthday Ball 10
Honor President
Sponsors Plan Dance
And Hope to Get Ban
On Driving Lifted

Arlington County is going ahead
with plans to hold the President S
Birthday Ball this year, despite re-
ports from Richmond that sponsors
Of the fetes in Virginia would call
of the dances due to the OPA ban
on pleasure driving, it was learned
today.
Mrs. Laura T. Boldin, Arlington
County chairman of the Birthday
Ball Committee, said the fact that
balls are being called off in other
sections of the State would not af-
feet plans for the event in Arlington
The dance will be held January 80
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club, she said.
Mrs. Boldin said the committee
will make an attempt to have the
ban on pleasure driving lifted for
those who will attend the ball. She
said committee members would con-
fer with j. Maynard Magruder,
chairman of the local rationing
board, and also with officials of the
OPA.
Mrs. Boldin said the Mile Of
Dimes will be held from January
Is through January 80, and will
be under the direction of Marcus
A. Jackson of the Arlington County
Post, American Legion.
Co-chairmen for this event include
Miss Margaret Troxell, president of
the Arlington County Business and
Professional Women's Club; E. F..
Steger, commander of the John Lion
Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and
T. M. Forne, commander of the
Billie Mitchell Post, American
Legion.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Alexandra Church Gets
Temporary Rector

The appointment of the Rev. AL
bert Theodore Mollegen as rector
pro tenn of st. Paul's Church, Alex
andria, to serve during the absence
of the rector, the Rev. Ernest de
Bordenave, was announced yester-
day.
Mr.. de Bordenave has been COM
missioned a chaplain in the Navy
and leaves today for the chaplain
school at Norfolk Mr.. Mollegen
will assume his duties at once, serv-
ing on part-time basis, since he
Is member Of the faculty of the
Virginia Theological Seminary.
A native Of Meridian, Miss, Mr..
Mollegen is a graduate of the Vir-
ginia seminary and has been a mem
Der Of the faculty for the last eight
years as associate professor Of
Christian ethics and the New Testa-
ment and also as q teacher Of the
history Of religion.
He also taught for two years at
the Union Theological Seminary in
New York City, where he received
the degree Of master of systematic
theology.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Manager Held in Theft
At Silver Spring Diner

Gordon H. Barbour, SO, of Grace
Church road, Silver Spring, Md,
was being held in the Rockville jaii
today in default Of a $1,000 bond
on charges Of housebreaking and
grand larceny. police reported.
Corpl. Frank A. Lane Of the Rock.
Vile Detective Bureau said Barbour
was arrested yesterday and charged
with having broken into the Tasty
Diner at Silver Spring, where he
was employed as night manager,
and taking $35.
Corpl. Lane said the theft was
discovered Sunday morning when
the day shift came to work. He
said Barbour was traced by scratches
on his neck and face made, police
said. when he cut through q
screened window.
A hearing will be held at Silver
Spring today before Judge Ralph q.
Shore, it was said.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Here Are the Kinds of Driviino
That Are Now Legitimate

The following smplhcaion Of legitimate Of automobile
under the order banning all pleasure driving
the once OF Price
that the crisis in oil every alternative the use
the family car should be employed.
You automobile:
To go to work and to those places your you
TO go home from work (The District
are to stop for social the home from
in the Army Navy and on frlouqh YOU may
automobile to visit relatives social calls uniform
Is not enough however You must furough papers
adequate alternate transportation are available
you automobile:
To do essential shopping shopping quanti
ties fr bus trolley transportation carry
other essential purchases large troeys get
restaurant for essential eating when roleys cannot
To go to church services, including weddings
To call paor last respects are being
paid to the dead.
To attend funerals
70 attend meetings directly connected with
TO attend meetings necessary to the public welfare
TO attend meetings necessary to the effort
To 60 to . doctor
To meet ian emergency involving to ne health OF
property"
Evening star., 1943-01-12
|ckes Advises 0'ConoI
Against Five-Day
Week in Maryland
Favorable Development
In Oil Situation in
Baltimore Area Reported
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 12-Petroleum
Co-ordinator Ickes advised Gov.
O'Conor last night he did not think
the fuel situation justified the call
ing of five-day work week in
Maryland.
Gov. O'Conor wired Mr.. Ickes
Sunday asking the advisability of
putting Marylands public and nom
essential buildings on a five-day
week. He also asked, as an alterna-
tive, If the schools should be closed
temporarily as a fuel-conservation
measure.
Gov. O'Conor said. "Mr. Ickes did
not suggest that such action be
taken. In fact, he indicates that
he may not have jurisdiction of
such a matter.
Meanwhile, I am advised of a
more favorable development in the
Baltimore area and it is not thought
necessary to take summary action
at this writing"
Gov. O'Conor declined to comment
on his statement that he was ad-
vised Of q more favorable develop
ment in the Baltimore area"
Pointing out he had made the re-
quest for information not only as
Governor Of Maryland but also as
the president of the Governors Con-
fernce, Gov. O'Conor said he had
asked for full information on the
status Of fuel supplies in this area
as we'll as statement by the Fed
eral Government outlining the steps
which should be taken to conserve
oil and coal.
Gov. O'Conor would not clarity his
statement, quoting Mr.. Ickes, that
the petroleum CO. -ordinator may not
have Jurisdiction of such a matter"
Evening star., 1943-01-12
Jesse D. Brown Rites
Planned Tomorrow
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star. =
CLOVERLY, Md, Jan. 12.-The
funeral Of Jesse D. Brown, n, retired
farmer, who died at his home here
yesterday after long illness, will
take place at 2:30 pm. tomorrow
from the Free Methodist Church at
Spencervtie. Burial will be in
Union Cemetery.
Mr.. Brown is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Elvetta J. Brown; two
daughters, Mrs. Henry Iatlief, Ed
nor, and Mrs. Elsie L. Bryan, Clover
~; two sons, Henry G. Brown and
Mortimer D. Brown, both Of Spen-
ton Brown, Ashton; is grandchil-
dren and 8 great-grandchildren.
Evening star., 1943-01-12
4,307 Low-Cost
Dwellings
Slated by July
ADA YeorIy Report
Sees More if WPB
Lifts Restrictions

The House District Committee had
before It for consideration today q
report Of the Alley Dwelling Author
ity depicting the progress it has
made in providing low-cost housing
accommodations for war workers In
the crowded Washington Metropolis
tan Area.
A highlight of the report revealed
that ADA expects further to relieve
the acute housing shortage within
the next six months with at least
4,307 dwellings of both permanent
and demountable types 1t has been
constructing.
This total may be exceeded" the
ADA declared! "If projects deferred
because of WPB restrictions can be
constructed"
The report, covering operations of
the ADA for the fiscal year ended
June 80, was transmitted to Con-
gress yesterday by President Roose-
welt.
1886 Units Completed.
That 12-month period, the ADA
said, marked the greatest con-
centration ! of planning and con-
struction activity of any year in its
history and resulted In completion
OF 1,346 low-rent dwelling units, an
increase of 800 over the preceding
fiscal year. And at the end of the
last fiscal year, ADA said, it had
IN various stages of planning ISL
dwellings of permanent construc-
tion and 1884 units of the demount-
able type.
These achievements were made.
the report pointed out, despite such
major handicaps as the lack of
manpower, the shortage of critical
materials, the difficulties in finding
sites and delays caused by WPB red
tape.
A classic case of red tape was
cited as follows:
"A recent example of the work
required for the filling of appar-
emily minor orders was request for
an Al priority rating certificate to
cover the purchase of 36 screws for
bathtub overflow plates. The cost
OF these articles was approximately
50; the time of workers in the pur-
chasing section in making the or
der, filling out the WPB application
form and following through was
approximately -"
Job in Finding Sites.
The report declared that one of
the difficulties in providing low
cost housing lies in procuring sites.
The WPB, the ADA said, requires
that sites be adjacent to sewers
and water mains, because it will not
permit use of critical materials to
extend utilities across vacant land.
The authority pointed out it in
vestigated 127 sites in the Metro
politan Area and found only 81 that
were usable. Moreover, it said,
many of the usable sites were in the
comparatively high-cost residential
areas where home owners objected
to ocost housing construction for
fear the Government housing might
become permanent and injure the
value Of their property.
The report was signed by David
Lynn, chairman of ADA, who
pointed out that the Authority's
program was drastically changed in
the last fiscal year as a result of
the war and that, instead of contin-
uing its program of slum area rec
lamation and providing dwellings
for those in the low-income groups,
it had turned to providing housing
accommodat tions for war workers.