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ments will continue forever and
that the vacancy rate will re-
main at its present almost
fantastically low point.
But there. isn't any. apart
ment-building program of any
Importance now under way.
And there isn't any immediate
prospect Of the Government
starting a big new program.
So. 1t appears. the present sup
ply won't be augmented to q
great extent in the near fu-
ture.
Thus, unless Washington
shrinks instead Of grows, the
vacancy rate probably will stay
down for a long time to come.
The apartment owner, as q
consequence, is not threatened
and should find it unnecessary
to regret that he saw an oppor-
tunity and grasped it when it
was possible to do so. Nor
should lending institutions be
Saddened, either. at the turn Of
events; for no development has
as yet gone sour. the interest
is being paid. and amortization
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FILA Survey Shows Vacancies
Are Low, Turnover Is High

payments are generally being
made on schedule.
There is one annoying fly in
the ointment, however. In spite
of the low vacancy rate and
the resulting high return in
rents, the turnover rate is way.
way up.
In some apartment buildings.
turnover is at q disquieting rate
Of up to so per cent a year, or
more. That's hard to believe.
but the FILA people say their
survey reliably reflects the
turnover situation. and that it
is far higher than would be
normal in other cities.
Likewise (though FILA has no
basis, Of comparison and there
fore doesn't say this in so many
words) turnover is probably
higher in recently built apart
ments having relatively high
rents than in cheaper-rent older
units.
Why Is turnover so high?
FILA doesn't have the full ex-
PLANTATION. but it does make a
few points that help throw some
light on the matter.
In the first place, the char
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acter Of employment in WASH
ington is said to be such that
workers here are subject to
transfer much more frequently
than In many other commune
ties. That means families NOV
ing in and out OF apartments.
Second. many persons who
have been living in apartments
have wanted to buy their own
J homes. Through low down.
payment plans Of both the Vet
erans' Administration and FILA.
an unusually large number Of
families have been able to buy
since the war ended. Even to-
day, under tougher cash-down
requirements. sales continue in
substantial volume. That has
chiefly meant. In the present
tight apartment rental market.
that apartments have been
opened up for new tenants at a
faster clip than IL home pur-
chases had been more difficult.
And it has boosted the turnover
rate.
A third reason for high turn
over might be given-that since
rents are relatively high for the
great bulk Of postwar apartment
units, many families and indi-
vidualS find it impossible to pay
the rent and buy the other ne
cessities Of life. Therefore, they
are obliged to seek smaller. or.
in other ways. less desirable, ac-
commodationS. Most observers
consider this to be undoubtedly
a factor, since the turnover rate.
is generally higher for the post
war high-rental apartment than
for the prewar unit with the
lower rent.
FHA's survey was made as Of
March 81, 1852, and covered a
three-month period prior to that
! time as to turnover. Covered
were more than 5000 units.
A similar survey of $4,000
units last year showed q va
cancy rate Of 1.9 per cent.
A survey in 1850 Of 10000
units showed q vacancy rate Of
"a per cent.
This years exact vacancy rate
has not yet been determined.
But preliminary indications are
that it viii not reach ] per cent.
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Admiral Joy Takes Over
lat Annapolis August 4
By the Assoeiaisd Press

ANNAPOLIS. July l2.-T h e
Naval Academy has announced
that Vice Admiral c. Turner JOY
will take command Of the acad-
|emy and the Severn River Naval
Command August 4.
Admiral JOY recently returned
Ito the country from Korea. where
lhe commanded the United States
naval forces in the Pacific and
served as chief United Nations
delegate to the Korean truce talks.
He will replace Vice Admiral Harry
w. Hill, who Is retiring from active
duty and has headed the academy
for two years.
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Realty
Revue
HOUSING POLICIES.

The building industry is already
beginning to reckon on the possi-
bility that in case there is .
change Of party in power next
January there may be q change
In the way the Government
handles aids to building. Would
there be q reduction in Govern
ment help? i
The long era Of Democratic
rule has reyolutionized the build
ing and financing business. Every
body who has watched develop
ments in this industry over q
period Of the last two decades
recognizes that.
Starting with the efforts to
save homes from foreclosure and
to bail out laundering banks and
building and loan associations in
the deep depression Of the early
'30s. the Government has played
an increasingly important part in
construction activity.
Except for private-enterprise
criticism of the public housing
program, and certain other un-
favorable reactions to increases in
Government activity in this field.
almost the entire home building
and financing business has become
dependent upon, and a supporter
Of Government aids.
At their recent convention in
New York, the Nations architects
inveighed against Government
practices. primarily of using serv-
ices Of Government architects to
create designs for Government
buildings rather than the services
Of architects in private practice.
But there was wide recognition
that the Roosevelt regime and its
inheritors have sponsored many
huge and continuing building
programs. and that there was
doubt about the course a Republi-
can President and Republican
Congress might pursue. That un-
certainty was even mentioned in
. report Of the board Of directors.
The Federal Housing Admins
tration. the Housing and Home
Finance Agency. the Federal Ma
tional Mortgage Association. the
Home Loan Bank System, the
Veterans Administrators home
loan guaranty system. the Farm
ers' Home Administration-all arel
creature agencies Of the New Deal
and Fair Deal.
What will happen to them under
q no deal administration?
Without them. as things stand
today, the home building and H. !
nancing business would be almost
in the same kind Of jeopardy as
an Eskimo without clothes during
q blizzard in the far North.
No one doubts that these agen-
cies have become so much a part
Of the American economy as to
preclude their complete excision
from the Government. But there
are many who do believe Republic
can policy might tend to limit
their activity severely and seek to
lessen their influence.
Before any such movement
could be expected to develop.
however. you can be certain or
sanized builders and financing
groups would put q few bugs in
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a few ears. Since a high volume
of building and financing. on 9
stable basis. has come to rest sc
much upon the Governments as
sumption of an important role in
the proceedings, you can be sure
that any movement to take the
Government out Of this field would
meet with loud outcries and po-
tent opposition, from builders at
least.
AS for public housing, the story
is q bit different. Architects. for
example, like public housing, in
general-one Of the reasons being
that there are fees to be made on
public housing. Many large-scale
builders and contractors are not
too much opposed to public hous-
ing, either. since public housing is
built by private contractors and
is a source of profit.
But the powerful and vocal Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards. the National Association
of Home Builders. and other
groups in the industry don't, as a
whole, like public housing at all.
They have given battle to the prin-
ciple of public housing and to the
practice over a long period Of
years. And they could be depend
ed upon to continue that battle
before a Republican Congress with.
perhaps. more chance of complete
success than they have had here
tofore.
One more point might be made,
and that is that the need for
decent homes has been, rightly or
wrongly, in politics ever since the
war. For awhile it was the No.
political issue in the Western
world. And today it remains OF
high economic and political i'm
portance. Politicians on both
sides. therefore. are not likely to
slight the issue. however the cam
paign may develop.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01
Progressives Have Two In
FIafhead County Contests
For State Legislature

Kalispell = Progressives in Flat
head county are working diligently
to elect their two Progressive party
didates-Lawrence Sonstelle and
Haakon Isakson-to the legislature.
Sonstelie, young farmer, is
World War III veteran of the Oki-
nawa campaign and the occupa-
ton of South Korea. In the 194s
campaign for the House of Rep
resentatives he was barely nosed
out in the general election by Rep.
Dry Armstrong.
Isakson, a disabled veteran of
World War |, has long been a
fighter for better roads and other
improvements in the Big Fork COM
munity.
Their main platform planks are:
Placing occupational diseases und-
er workmen's compensation.
Increased workmen's compensa-
ton and unemployment compensation
benefits.
Taxation based on ability to pay.
Repeal the gross weights tax.
NO SALES TAX!
No additional taxes on co-ops.
With four representatives to be
elected from the county, only two
Democrats are running-Ross Luding
and Ray Mcbride; and four Repub-
licans-Ory ]. Armstrong, Fred o.
Breeder, Clifford E. Haines and
Robert C. Sykes. Armstrong, Sykes
and Haines are incumbents with al
most 100 per cent anti labor and re-
dictionary records.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01


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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01
7,4OO Public Housing Units
Started In June

Some 7,4O0 public housing units
entered the construction stage during
June this year, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reports.
Except for emergency housing in
war industry centers, public housing
will come to virtual standstill this
next year because of adverse Con-
gressional opinion. Although there
is a need for several hundred thous-
and new public housing units per
year, Congress, by adopting the Fish
er amendment, limited the total new
starts in fiscal 1853 to 5000.
Rep. D'Ewart voted for the linn
iting amendment and Rep. Mans
field against limiting the new
starts" in fiscal year 1858 to
5000.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01

ments for himself. With ingenious
agility he rose to heights of rhetoric,
then came back down to the level of
the people with the art of an accom-
plished fenser, to pierce a point home
with devastating word thrust that
landed sure and strong where it was
aimed.
Requests were so numerous the
local radio station twice rebroadcast
the speech of the Democratic candi-
date.
Many wondered . was the Gen
eral listening? Did he feel he might
be going into battle with modern
David?
Future events in the political ar
ena will determine the fate of Stew
enson and the General. To many,
Stevenson, like the General will have
to prove himself. Unlike the Gener-
al, Stevenson has a political record,
but it is not well known.
Yea, verify, the 1852 Presidential
campaign will be one that will be
followed more closely by the people
because they have been able to
listeni
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01
LABOR

The Republican party believes that regular and
adequate income for the empoye together with unin-
terrupted production of goods and services through
the medium of private enterprise essential to a
sound national economy. This can only be obtained
in an era of industrial peace
With the above in mind, favor the retention of
the Taft-Hartley Act which guarantees
To the working man:
The right to quit his job at any time.
Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-01
The NATION LISTENED
BY GRETCHEN BILLINGS

The conventions are over. Ih'
many words that will be written ant
said about the American convention
system of nominating presidential
candidates will be of interest to ev
eryone. Thanks to coverage by
radio and television the American
people also attended the conventions
Their attendance is going to have {
profound affect on future nationa
convention activities. TIME maya
zine remarked that the people of the
nation, much of the time, knew more
about what was going on than the
delegates on the convention floor
The very fact that the nation was
listening gives greater hope for the
cumbersome workings of democracy.
Long, tiresome, endless procedure
made even the armchair politicians
restless, it made the tired, hungry
and hot delegates moan, but it was
part of the rules.
We were all in on a gigantic
political mechanism. What impress
sion has it left on the voters? Has
it made them favor more direct
participation by way of national
presidential preference primary?
We were present at the scene of
excitement and drama when a fire
broke out on the convention floor;
we laughed with the delegate (who
was worth the price of the show
when he so emotionally portrayed
what must have been the state of
mind of the delegates by declaring
he would be glad to give his life for
his country, but felt this was, not the
time or place; we suffered with Es-
ties Kefauver as he waited to throw
in the sponge. Regardless of what
our reactions are to the conventions,
there is hope for improvement when
the nation is able to listen and sur
vey the situation as it has in AMER
ICA, 1862.
The tumult and the shouting dies,
The captains and the kings depart,
. KIPLING.
So, now, what about the Demo-
cratic candidate?
Many listeners felt that he was not |
drafted by popular mandate of
the delegates. He had opposition
that stuck by their guns. 1t was OPP
position that was not broken until
Harry Truman appeared on the
scene. Only when it was announced
that his alternate was voting for
Stevenson, did the wall of opposition
begin to crack. The grass-roots felt
crushed. They felt it had been de-
,ided all the time.
The American people like fight
er. The progress made by Estes Ke
'auver against all the political bos-
les was no less than phenomenal, it
appealed to the imagination. But in
he halls of the political kings he was
lot able to make the grade.
Stevenson had made no fight for
he nomination. He was not we'll
nown to the people. He did not |
ave their hearty and personal God I
peed. Knowing little about him, {
hey regarded him as the choice of
he political bosses; by the same c
oxen he had incurred no great per- /
onal animosity. /
But even as Adlai Stevenson
spoke the nation listened. What e
the people heard left them stimu- e
lated. We're the politically wise,
wiser than they thought? Hans t
kaltenborn, bless his old Republi- a
can heart, compared the speech b
with the eloquent days of Abra-
ham Lincoln. q
With dexterous humility Steven 4
IN accepted the nomination. He b
reelected no momentous achieve Ii
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We know that national prosperity depends upon a
vigorous, productive and expanding agriculture.
We take great pride in our party's record of per-
Torrance and in the impressive gains made by Amerl
can agriculture in the last two decades. Under pro-
grams of Democratic Administrations the net agricul
tura income has increased from less than two billion
dollars to almost Is billion dollars. These programs
must be continued and improved.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
Negotiators Move
 Closer to Armistice

MUNSAN, Korea, (P) - A United Nations Command spokes- man said tonight the. Allies and communists 'have moved closer to an armistice" in Korea.
 Brig. Gen. William P. Nuchols, the spokesman, said agreements reached by staff officers working on. truce supervision and the sub committee on prisoner exchange mean i've have moved closer to an armistice." -
 He said communist acceptance of a JUN. proposal to start inn mediate negotiations on the final section of an armistice indicates "they have hopes of an armistice"
 Truce negotiators scheduled a full dress session Wednesday to start work on the fifth and last agenda item. And there were op- timistic predictions from an Allied member of the prisoner exchange subcommittee.
 "I think we can get together and write the rest of the agreement" on prisoner exchange" said Rear Adm. R. E. Libby. "For the first time, I think we are in a position to settle the nuts and bolts of the situation"
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
"Old Curmudgeon'' Harold l.. Ickes. Dies At Age v

WASHINGTON. (P - Death came quietly at dusk Sunday to Harold L. Ickes, TT, the New Deal CT whose sharp wit and blunt speech stormed for two decades across the national scene.
 Ickes, self-styled "old curmud- geon," died at 6:25 p.m., in a coma at a hospital here. He suc- cumbed after an II weeks illness following complication; of an old arthritic conition. z>esr ::
 Virtually an: unknown in 1882 when Presient Franklin D. Roose- welt appointed him Secretary of the Interior, Tckes had become one of the most turbulent figures in politics by l946, when he resigned in huff to President Truman
 ;. During the turbulent depression years of the 193O's Ickes was head man of the Public Works Admin istration, overseeing - sometimes down to the last penny - more than. seven billion dollars worth of public building, ..
 His bitter feud with the late Harry Hopkins, President Roose. velt'S close friend and head of the Works Progress Administration. made New Deal history. ..-~.f-e.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
Ranks of British Upper Income Bracket Reduced

LONDON, (P)-The thin ranks of Britain's much-soaked earners of big paychecks have been weed ed again.
 The inland revenue commis- Sioners reported Friday only 60 persons had incomes of 5000 pounds ($16,8OO or more after they paid income taxes for the year that ended in March, 1850.
 The year before there had been 88 members of this dwindling elite corps. ..
 And the little guys still paid most of the taxes. Revenue off, cials said most of the money col lected came from 9,290,00 people earning between five and ten pounds .(S14 to $28 a week. ...e., .,
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
New Covenant Church Opened Saturday

A capacity crowd filled the new Covenant Church last Saturday evening when it opened its doors to the public in special Youth for Christ" service.
 This modern, new church, which has been under construc- ton for the past year by Rev. Paul Carlson, who not only plan ned the building but planned the interior, is an outstanding place for worship, centrally located on Nome's main thoroughfare and most convenient place for the many people passing through our community, as it is between our two hotels.
 Rev. Carlson who has been in Second Division for 15 years, has achieved a special place in the history of the far north as "sky pilot" with many mercy flights and missionary visits by plane to all parts of the north.
 This church is the third that he has built. Tn 1887 he constructed one at White Mt. and in 1922 he built a church for Candle. He also assisted with building church at Solomon.
 It is understood that another new church is planned for Unala- kleet next year.
 Assisting Rev. Carlson with the construction was Spencer Strand who came from Connecticut to give his services and who has also been active in the young peoples group of the church.
 Assisting in the dedication serv- ice were Rev. R. Amundsen and Mrs. Emory Lindgren who came from the Covenant Children's Home at Unalakleet for this event.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
US. Came Close To Full Mobilization This Winter

WASHINGTON, (P) - Th e United States came closer to all- out mobilization this winter than the public realized.
 Mobilization officials now say it would have meant the closing down entirely of the automobile and all consumer hard goods in- duStries, layofs by the millions in non-defense industries, count less shortages of things people buy, inflationary pressures.
 The decision was in doubt .un- til around Christmas. Then Presi- dent Truman decided to take a calculated ri S k that Russia would not strike real soon-and spread the expanded defense pro- gram over four instead of three years.
 Under the program Mir. Truman approved, the same upward curve of arms deliveries will continue throughout 1852, arriving at a peak of slightly more than four billion dollars month next Jan- uary. But then the peak levels off into plateau" finally tapers off Is months later. Then spend ing will decline. How far is any body's guess.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
Five Missing, One Dead In Mine Explosion

GRENSBURG, Pa., -P)-An ex- plosion ripped through a coal mine near here Saturday, leaving one miner dead and five missing.
 Four miners were rescued by their companions who fought their way to safety through choking gas.
 State Police It. K. F. Maroney said 65 men were in the Carpen- tertown No. 2 mine of the Car pentertown Coal and Coke Go. when the blast let go. It was at least three hours before the in- jured were rescued.
 The cause of the blast could not be determined immediately.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
Anchorage Nurses
 Attempt Negotiations On Wages and Conditions

ANCHORAGE, (P - Close to 200 graduate nurses Saturday at tempted negotiations with the management of Providence Hos pital on minimum work and pay schedules. ...
 The hospital nurses now receive basic pay of $210 a month. They want $35O, commensurate with their training, jobs available to them in other fields and the "cost- of-living differential."
 A 12-member committee offered a 15-point program regarding spe- cific policies to be discussed with hospital management, but they were refused a hearing, a spokes- man for the nurses said.
 Nurses are at the lowest econ- omic level in the Territory" the spokesman said. By the nature of their profession, they are un- able to take steps open to other workers with grievances. We want to discuss basic policy with the management of the hospital to improve working conditions, and therefore, our service to pa tients."
 The hospital is operated by the Sisters of Providence.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
II File For Senate And 39 For House In 3rd Division

ANCHORAGE, (P - A record number of candidates filed for Third Division seats in the Alaska legislature before the weekend deadline, but a major item of ln- terest was a name that wasn't there.
 It was Rep. Stanley McCutch- con, speaker of the House in 1949, Democratic floor leader in 1851, son of a former legislator and member of a prominent House. Senate brother team.
 McCutcheon, who was a contro- versial figure in the last session, did not file for reelection. He re- recently was named Alaska Dem ocratic chairman.
 Three Senate seats will be filled this year-the two regular vacan- cies and the seat left by the death of Senate President Gunnar En- gebreth.
 Increased population will give the Third Division 10 seats in- stead of seven in the House, where it was solidly Democratic in 1851.
 Five Democrats and six Repub- icans are seeking the nominations for the three Senate seats.
 TWenty-four Democrats and. Is Republicans are seeking party nominations for ten House seats.
The Nome nugget., 1952-02-04
Kefauver Confidently Predicts He
 Will Win Democratic Nomination
 Even If Truman Seeks Reelection
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

Senator KefauVer, O. Tenn confidently predicted Sunday he could win the Democratic presi- dential nomination even if Presi- dent Truman seeks reelection.
 But he said he does not think MT. Truman ''wants the job again"
 Kefauver said on a radio pro- gram he is not running for sec ond place, and if MT. Truman runs again and offers his backing to Kefauver for vice presidential nomination, he would not "be in- terested at all."
 The President, who has not re- vealed his 1852 plans figured in two other developments:
 Senator Aiken, R-VD said he thinks the President withdrew from the Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire ''be- cause Senator Kefauver would have beaten the tar out of him"
 The President told his news