Evening star., 1946-04-12
NHALiberaIizes Limits
On Building; Veterans
Retain Lions Share
BY the Associoted Press

The Government took down its
veterans only" sign today and
promised help to some others in
obtaining scarce materials for
homes.
But in broadening the program
of priorities assistance on building
supplies, officials emphasized this
will not open the way for any free
for all home construction.
THE program is being liberalized
some to take care of certain emerg-
ency situations, but the lions share
of materials available still will &c
into homes for veterans" National
Housing Agency official said.
Truman Satisfied With Bill.
Meanwhile, President Truman told
his news conference yesterday that
he is satisfied with the emergency
housing bill which the Senate passed
Wednesday.
The Senate went along with Mr.
Truman on his request for S6O0,00O,-
600 in subsidy funds to increase pro.
ducticn of scarce building materials
although it joined the House in re-
fusing to vote price ceilings or
existing homes, which the President
also had asked. The House alsc
had spurned the subsidy program.
Announced last night by the Ma.
tional Housing Agency and the CT.
william Production Administration
the revised priorities order allow.
channeling of scarce materials to
l. Construction and repair O.
homes for farmers engaged in pro-
duction of essential food.
2. Dwellings for workers in in
dustries turning out other urgently
needed products and materials, il
cases where lack of housing is i'm.
peding production.
3. Homes for present members o.
the armed forces and the merchan
marine and veterans who served
with Allied forces. Heretofore only
discharged American veterans were
eligible for aid.
Homes for Veterans Widows.
4. Homes for widows of men killed
in World War II, or for widows O.
veterans whose death occurred
otherwise, If they are living with z
child of the deceased.
5. Homes in need of repair as thu
result of fire or similar disaster.
6. Nonveteran dwellings which
were under construction befor,
March 26.
In the latter case. application.
for priorities generally will not h.
approved, CPA said, if the proposed
price IS more than $4,000 or tht
rent mere than S120 a month.
CPA said it was authorizing com.
pletion of such dwellings in order Il
prevent waste of materials already
put into them and because all such
places will help ease the housing
shortage.
Thus far these houses are thu
only exception to the rule that dwell.
lngs built with priorities assistanc,
must sell for $4,000 or less or rem
for no more than $50. Except fo
the nonveteran housing authorized
under the revised order, all dwelling
built under the program must b,
held for veterans during construc
ton and for 80 days thereafter.
10-Year Program Backed.
An ambitious program to provide
Is 100000 homes during the next II
years won support in the Senate yes.
teroay from an unusual combina.
ton of members.
Senator Taft. Republican, of Ohio
frequently leader among the more
traditional Republicans; Senator
Ellender, Democrat, of Louisiana, 6
member of the Southern Democratic
bloc, and Senator Wagner, Demo.
crat, of New York, veteran sponsor
of much New Deal legislation, joined
in vocal support for the program.
They termed it big step" to.
ward permanent national program
to provide decent living conditions
for millions of American families
with private capital supplying mos
of the funds, and local and State
governments taking the initiative.