CIO Outlook: U S Housing Starts Decline Demand Two Million Homes
The CIO Economic Outlook warns Washington policy mirrors a contraction push not expansion as U S housing starts fall from 1 43 million to 1 23 million annual rate. It calls for at least two million new units yearly for 15 years to meet housing needs and replace substandard stock and losses from fire flood and condemnation.
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Washington
CIO
CIO Department of Education and Research
U. S
United States
CIO Outlook on Housing Urges Broad Program to Aid Low Income Families
The CIO publication argues that housing policy favors wealthy families and ignores two thirds of households earning under 5000 dollars yearly. It urges expanded public housing, low rent programs, and affordable ownership to serve moderate and low income Americans, including rural, minority, and unemployed groups.
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Congress
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
CIO
Sour Chamber Music Opposes Taft on Unemployment Pay
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce pressured State Representative Robert A. Taft Jr to oppose a higher unemployment compensation proposal. Taft cited outdated arguments against social legislation, while the Committee to Protect Standards of Living accused him of opposing Eisenhower administration recommendations.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Robert A. Taft, Jr
Taft
Committee To
Eisenhower
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Newspapers Criticized for Unemployment Claims Coverage
The Ohio Information Committee and allied groups were accused of distorting facts about unemployment compensation. Official Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation data showed 64,000 claims filed by workers from other states, but only 23,000 received benefits, with under three tenths of one percent of total benefits paid to out-of-state jobless.
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Ohio Information Committee
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Manufacturers Association
California
Florida
Ohio
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
BUC
OIC
Committee To Protect
Ohio Chamber
Elizabeth Magee
Ohio Press
Harry Truman
Find That Man Music
The piece criticizes U S Chamber of Commerce chairman Clem D Johnston for missing a trend toward smaller profits. It lists General Motors, United States Steel, and Bethlehem Steel profits for 1955 as evidence of rising earnings. It mockingly suggests he needs glasses.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Clem D. Johnston
Bethlehem Steel
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