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Public Housing for Public Housers?

Washington, D. C., April l6-The building industry owes Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin a great debt of gratitude for clarifying the public housing features of the TaftEllender-Wagner Housing Bill, H. R. Northup, secretarymanager, National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association, Washington, D. C., stated today.

"On the basis of the Senate floor discussion," he said, "senators Taft and Flanders make it appear that the chief reason for passing the TEW Bill is to create public housing for public housers."

Senator McCarthy is the only member of the Senate who has fought to make Title I Class 3 loans effective and who has realistically demanded public housing to cover those who need it most, Northup said. His amendment to the rewritten TEW Bill would restrict public housing to indigent groups and to people having the very lowest incomes.

Senators Flanders and Taft, Northup pointed out, apparently take the position that all of the low income groups are entitled to subsidized housing and that only a very small percentage (less than l0/o) of the very lowest income groups should be admitted to subsidized projects.

"Apparently," Northup continued, "the Federal public housing people do not want the very lowest income groups and welfare cases to occupy federally subsidized housing because if that happened then the public housers wouldn't have any pictures to use to advocate more public housing."

Senators Taft and Flanders have also opposed on the floor Senator McCarthy's amendment covering Title I Class 3 loans-a truly American 'l'vay to finance actual lowcost homes for the American people, Northup stated.

"Senator Taft stated, 'If any considerable number of such houses are built, it rvill simply create a new source of slums, because it is impossible to build a modern house for $4,000 or $5,0@."'

Notrvithstanding Senator Taft's views, Secretary Northup points out that "Industry Engineered Homes are being built at $5,400 and $5,000 complete rvith land under Title VL "Scores of building material and lumber dealers have built and can build homes under Title I. Class 3 rvith $3000 financing," he said.

As an example, Secretary Northup quoted {rom FHA's cxvn ofhcial publication "pe11f6lis" for the first quarter oi 1948 reporting the experience of Hans Gehrke, Jr., vice