ttThnlts My Homett

"That's my home !'

Consider the world of affection and emotion which plays around that expression !

That man is no radical, no Commie, no insurrecto, no red flaming radical !

That man will be a sober and substantial citizen. He will weigh all questions carefully from the focus of that home. He will strike deep roots into the soil, and it will take a cyclone or a volcanic eruption to tear him out!

"That's my home !" * * *

The man who says that will speak no menace consciously; he is ready to stand on that threshold and pay with the last drop of his blood for the possession of those few feet of ground and all that they contain.

"That's my home !" * * *

There is pride, self-respect, the upheld head and the firm step in that word. There is solidity and stability. There is the rock-ribbed strength that makes a nation great.

Let invaders beware of a people whose cry is-"That's my home."

Let corrupting internal influences be careful how they assail a fabric made up of home owners.

Let corrupt politicians and pettifogging demagogues beware of the day when the bulk of our American people will be able to say-"That's my home."

Men who own homes do not sleep when homes are en- dangered. They are aroused tigers.

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Every young man starting out in life will do well to own the ground on which he sets his feet at night. He will go farther on the road to business success, and, what is still more important, he will become a finer, stronger, better man because of his home.

Consfruction Activiry Sets Record

New construction activity declined seasonally in November, but the $3.3 billion of work put in place set a new record for the month and was B/o above November a year ago, according to preliminary estimates prepared jointly by the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Labor. On a seasonally adjusted basis, outlays for new construction were at an annual rate of $38.1 billion, the highest levei ever reached.

Expenditures for privately financed construction r,vere at a new November high of $2.3 billion, with new home construction being maintained at an unprecedented rate for this time of year and with nonresidential building volume matching the peak monthly activity achieved in the third quarter.

During the first 11 months ol 1954, new construction outlays amounted to $34.1 billion, 5/o more than in the same 1953 oeriod.