Postwar Housing Shortage Spurs Calls for National Policy
The piece argues the United States faces a growing housing shortage with 3.4 million families forced to double up by 1946 and 8 million vacant or substandard units. It urges a national housing program, citing the Patman and Wagner-Ellender-Taft bills to curb speculation, extend price ceilings, and fund public housing, while condemning builders and lobby groups resisting controls.
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U. S
Nati Housing Agency
Pres. Roosevelt
Patman
House
Wagner-Ellender-Taft
Senate
Pertm Edic
Sunshine by John Paine and Little Luther cartoon dialogue
In a humorous exchange Mr Dilworth and his son Little Luther end a staged strike over wages. They settle on an 18 2 cent rate after debate about pay and piggy bank costs, noting confusion between per hour and per week in a light, comic strip style.
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Dilworth
Little Luther
Luther
Mr. Dilworth
O.K
Cost Views Differ Experts Agree On Price Controls
Washington reply remarks show disagreement over wage price policy. John Snyder questions any material rise beyond current levels. Chester Bowles suggests Eccles overestimates, hoping rise is about five percent. Eccles advocates extending price controls with wage gains tied to productivity and profits. He counters manufacturers who say removing controls would boost production.
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Washington
John Snyder
Chester Bowles
Marriner S. Ecwles
Federal Reserve System
Snyder
Bowles
Eccles
Natl. Assn. of Manufacturers
NAM May Change Strategy In Battle On Price Control
NAM signals shift from pressing to abolish OPA to amending it to remove teeth. NAM News notes Congress may keep ceilings in some form while easing production limits. Farm Bureau lobbies against subsidies, labor bills look bleak, NAM touts criticisms of housing controls and full employment rhetoric.
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NEW York
FFP
Nazl Assn
NAM
Administration
Price Centrol
House
Senate
Pres
Edward O'Neal
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chester A. Bowles
OPA
NAM Sheet
Pres. Truman
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Federated Press Pattern Service
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N.Y
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Harrison & Queen City Aves
Hilltop Furniture
E. McMillan
Amorini
Madison
Jefferson
Cincinnati
Whetsel Ave
Madisonville
The
Oakley Building and Loan Co
Ideal Home Outfitters
Vine St
UNION
Queen Optical Co
Palace Theatre
East Sixth
ST. Cincinnati
Cord
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