Requests Continuing Existing Housing George \Tindeler Company Awarded Regulations \(/ithout Change

Washington, D.C., February 17-The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association yesterdal. (Saturday) callecl on the National Production Authority and the Housing and Home Finance Agency to continue existing housing regulations r'vithout change until there is better evidence that the building industry would use more copper than already has been allocated for housing construction.

Clyde A. Fulton, president of NRLDA, stated that the proposed changes in the regulations would save very little copper but u'ould make it difficult, if not impossible, to build 3-bedroom homes urgently needed for veterans and defense rvorkers in some areas.

"Builders are planning relatively ferv larger homes because of the tight credit restrictions now in effect," he said. "Therefore, the average amount of scarce copper used per home undoubtedly rvill fall under the 3O pound allowance proposed in the forthcoming regulation.

"This means there undoubtedly rvill be enough to permit as much as 35 pounds per home, the present allorvance, in the small number of larger units rvhich r'vould be built.

"The proposed reduction rvould force builders of the small number of larger homes to restrict room sizes to a point where they would mean cramped living for the owners who occupied them.

"There also is no need to forbid a second complete bathroom if builders can install it n'ithout exceeding the copper and steel allotments or if owners prefer to have the second bathtub installed with the idea of putting it into service later rvhen critical metals are more plentiful. There is no shortage of tubs, and it is less costly and much less inconvenient to install the second tub at the time the home is originally built."

Roy Forte Moves

Roy Forte. machinery dealer, has n.roved into new and larger quarters at 723 E,. Manchester, Los Angeles 1. With office space in front and 3500 sq. ft. of rvarehouse space to house both nerv and used machinery, Roy is well equipped to shorv his stock, and invites the trade to drop in and inspect the ng11r quarters. His nerv telephone number is THornvall2224.

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The George Windeler Co., Ltd., San F'rancisco, manufacturers of wooden tanks and related products, 'ivas awarded the Certificate of Cooperation by the Economic Cooperation Administration of the Marshall Plan in Europe, it u'as announced by Fred Windeler, president of the company.

In cc-roperating with the ECA, the George Windeler Co. received a group of manufacturers in allied industries from France, Germany, and Denmark. The company's engineers and production managers g'ave the visiting group information on types of machinery used and the functions of each with details of production methods.

Appointed Distributors For Simonds Products

Simonds Saw and Steel Co. of Fitchburg, N{ass., manufacturers of cutting tools, announces the appointment of Ducommun Metals & Supply Co. of Los Angeles, Calif. as a distributor for Simonds products to western industry. Besides their main office and lvarehouse in Los Angeles, Ducommun maintains branch offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Fresno, Bakersfield, San Diego and Phoenix, Arizona. Stocks of Simonds products at these locations rvill be maintained from Simonds factory branch office in San Francisco.