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March Housing Starts 98,000

A total of 98,000 new permanent nonfarm dwelling units were started during March, up 27 per cent from February, according to preliminary estimates of the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The FebruaryMarch rise was not as great as in most previous years on record, but, March 1950 excepted, new housing volume during March 1952 was at a record high for that month. Included in the March 1952 estimate were 12,0n new publicly owned units begun during the month.

Preliminary reports to the Bureau indicated a pronounced rise in new housing activity during March in the New England, Middle Atlantic, and East North Central regions, but evidence of some decline in the Mountain and fiest South Central States.

Private housing starts increased 16 per cent (11,80O units) from February to 86,000 new units in March, bringing the 1952 first-quarter total to almost 225,000. This figure was 10 per cent lower than the volume for the first quarter of 1951, the remaining three quarters of this year, 1952 will nevertheless be another million-unit year for new private housing.

A total of 18,100 new public units were put under construction during the first quarter of t952, compared with 11,400 for the comparable 1951 quarter. During the 9 months July-March of the l95I-52 fiscal year, 28,100 nerv public units were started in the United States. The majority of these (about 26,5n) represent units begun under the

50,0@-unit limit established by Congress (for the U. S. and possessions) for the fiscal year ending June 1952 for the Federal low-rent housing program.

Final 1951 reports show a total of 1,091,300 new permarrent nonfarm dwelling units started, compared with the Bureau's preliminary estimate of 1,090,@0, issued in January. Of the final total, 1,020,000 were privately owned trnits. One-family houses accounted for 87 per cent of prir.ate activity in 1951-a slightly larger proportion than in 1950.

Appointed Mcrrcrger oI Portlcrnd OIIice

Announcement is made by Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, of the appointment of Robert J. O'Neill as manager of their Northern office in the Wilcox Building, 506 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Portland 4, Oregon.

Mr. Wilson has had a wide experience at the mill end of the lumber business. The appointment was effective April 1.

Future Lumberman?

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Remak of Redwood City, Calif. are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Jan I{oward, who arrived April 15, and weighed in at 7 lbs. 3 oz. Mr. Remak has been a salesman for Smith Lumber Co., San Francisco, for the past five and a half years, and before that was in the lumber business in Durban. South Africa.

You'll find home sales are basier and faster when you give your customers the distinctive beauty and character of Long-Bell Doors. These two new interior designs in Ponderosa Pine will enhance the personality and.appeal of any room-in any type of house. They are as much at home in a cozy Cape Cocl cottage as in the rambling Ranch style house.

Long-Bell Doors of Ponderosa Pine or Douglas Fir are expertly made for easy, time-saving hanging. Quality materials and precision manufacture give you a door that lasts a lifetime.

Use Long-Bell Doors to add extra sales appeal to your homes. There are designs and sizes-distributed through millwork jobbers-to meet every need.