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Beligion

They have killed in this ancient town (Jeruralem), Hlled until every alley was f,ooded with blood. Not a wall in dl this maze of walls but has rrurg with the grloan! of thc dying. Skulls beyond counting have been craclrcd on these fagr; throatg unnumbered have been slit in these dark doorways. They've murdered, and pillaged, and raped in thig old holy town till now it i,s all but one Golgotha, one bloody Hill of Skulls. And if you would know why, you need only look into tlre eyes of these hurrying phantoms. Readily they will tell you; cxplicitly. Men have slaughtered and ravished in Jerusalem because they had-religion. Men have gouged eyes and ripped bellies because they had-believed. Bclieved in what? In God? Hardly. No, they have believed only in mere vocables-Yahveh, Christ, or Allah; those vocables that are the fingers wherewith men try to point to God. Strange potency this thing we call religion. It has made men do barbarities quite beyond the reachqs of credence. For it men have done foulnesses below the foulness done even by beasts. Yet for it aleo men have done benevolences such as transcend the benevolences of angels. If men have killcd and died for religion, men have also lived for it. Not merely for it, but by it. That cowering Jew slinking in the shadow of the archways sloughs off his terror and becomes a king when he enters his synagogue. His bent shoulders straighten, his staggering knees become firm, and the blessedness of peace lightens his eyes. That blind Arab beggar, a mere frame of bones hung over with smelling rags, becornes a sultan when he stands at prayer in his mosque. He stands there healed of his ailments; he becomes a changed man, with a vision reaching beyond his world to Paradise. That dark-eyed Synan girl, poor trull whose lips have caressed the flesh of twenty races, becomes clean once more when she kneels at the feet of the virgin. Strength foods into her tortured bones, healing comes to her flesh. Strange potency, this thing we call religion. It came into man's world untold centuries ago, and it is still in man's world today. It is still there, deep and tremendous: a mighty draught for a mightier thirst, a vast richness to fill a vaster need. No matter where one turns in time or space, there it is inescapably. Wherever there is a man, there there seems to be also a spirit or God; wherever there is a human life, there is also faith. One wonders about it. What is it, this thing we call re.ligion? Whence did it come? And why? And how? What was it yesterday? What is it today? And what will it become tomorrow?

(The above is the introduction to "This Believing \il/orld," written by Lewis Browne, and conceded by numerous scholars to be one of the finest writing jobs done in America in many decades.)

My Lcrurc

My Laura's cyer are bright, blue rtars, A peach'r down doth rcem her aHn, My Laura's mouth does frame a kies, A dimple firts upon her chin; My Laura's hair ia milky night, Twin blossoma pecr, ear-tips begin, My Laura's mind in crystd-clear, No cloudy thought doth enter in. My Laura's eoul is white as Enow, BUT HER FINGERNAILS ARE RED AS SIN.

Colored Wisdom

When the colored recruit chose the infantry, a friend asked him why he didn't join the paratroopers where the pay is much higher. He said: "I doan wanta do nuthin where de fust time you does h'it, you gots t'do h'it right."

For Men Onty

I saw her swimming in the brook, A moment ewift and flceting, And from the shock of that brief look, My hdart almost stopped beating.

I worked my way "roirnu the trees To where the view was clearer, And then on trembling hands and knees, I edged a little nearer,

I never saw such perfect line, As she was there displaying, Beneath the shade of spreading pines, In languid splendid playrng.

Her twists and turns were full of grace, Her body smoothly molded, I know that joy showed on my face, As each new charm unfolded.

And when she floated with the stream, The sight was most entrancing, Her wondrous body seemed to gleam From sunbeams softly dancing.

I yearned for her with heart anil soul, And then I fell to wishing, For I had neither hook nor poleAnd trout are caught by fishing.

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Plywood ond Door Sclesman

Sam Hanks, fearless ace <irtver, and star salesman for Cote Do<lr & Plywood Co., Los Angeles, has proved himself good at both lines of business, for automobile racing is a business as well as a sport.

Sam was born in Columbus, Ohio, in July, 1914. He moved to Alhambra, Calif., in l9n. While in high school he built and drove roadsters on famous Muroc Dry Lake; drove his first midget car in Gilmore Stadium, Holly1yood, in 1936; won the Pacific Coast championship in 1937, and in 1938 bought his own Offenhauser-powered midget and spent that year learning thc mechanics of real auto racing.

His first race at the Indianapolis Speedway 500-rnile contest was in 1940. He says this was his greatest thrill. He finished l2th, and then campaigned the midget circuit and won the Motor City championship of Detroit, setting a one-lap record that lasted until 1948. At Sportsman Park, Cleveland, ()hio, he won seven straight feature wins, an all time record.

In l94l he won the Michigan State championship, Flint championship, and the Pennsylvania banked track championship for the l94l national title.

In 1942 and 1943 he was an inspector for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. From 1943 to 1945 he was an Army Air Corps production engineer officer for the Pratt & Whitney R-183 and R-2000 engines at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Following his discharge in October, 1945, Sam returned to his home iri GIendale, Calif., and won his first postwar race at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

"In 1946 I had .better luck at Indianapolis," Sam says. "After starting Spike Jones' car in the front row, and havirrg the car blorv up in thc lTth lap, I drove 400 miles non-stop as relief for Joe Chitwood to finish in 5th place. Later I returned to California and rvon the Pacific Coast championship again.

"In 1947 and 1948 I raced in all parts of the country, finished second in the Pacific Coast, third in the Middle West. The 500 miles at Irrdianapolis was a jinx both years, with cars giving up before 37 laps were completed each year. In 1949 was out of the 500-mile race with a brokcn oil tank, and returned to my faithful nrirlget and rvon the National title again.

"In 1950 I started the sea'son at Cole Door & Plywood Co., selling for Bob Sand. There r,vill be a short leave of absence in May and June when I try for th<: Gold Ring again in the Indianapolis 500-mile race. I have a lot of confidence for this race, with 4 good new car, and Clyde Jones, a great mechanic. So with a lot of luck, maybe first place this year."

The Ccrtigrcdc Quertct of Homa

The four model homes have double-covered cedar shake walls and cedar shingle roofs. They all have the same basic floor plan, including a spacious living room with fireplace and dining space, two bedrooms' and an allpurpose room. A semi-detached single garage is another feature of the homes.

The four homes are named after early American statesmen, and are officially designated as The Certigrade Jefrerson, The Certigrade Jackson, The Certigrade Washington and The Certigrade Hamilton.

National Plan Service has developed three optional floor plans f<>r the homes. Plan No. I includes a full basement, I'lan No. 2 has a utility room without basement and is designed for northern construction, while Plan No' 3 also is basementless with utilitv room and is laid out for southern construction.

Four attractive two-bedroom homes, all designed around one basic floor 1>lan, will .be given outstanding national prominence during 1950 under an advertising and promotion program sponsored by the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau.

Known as the Certigrade Quartet of Homes, the four model houses have been designed by National Plan Service, Inc. of Chicago and blueprint plans and material lists will be distributed tl-rrough retail lumber dealers. More than a score of regional retail lumber associations have sent announcements of the prograni to their thousands of dealer members.

The Certigrade Quartet progranl is patterned after the Bureau's outstanclingly successful advertising campaign of 1949, which featured the Certigrade National Home. According to W. W. Woodbridge, secretary-manager of the Bureau, many hundreds of blueprints of the Certigrade National Home have been sold by lumber dealers and the resultant bills of material run into huge figures.

"Our Certigrade National Home program has been hailed by the retail lumber industry as having provided a distinct stimulus to business during 1949," Woodbridge said, "and it is our hope and expectation that our Certigrade Quartet campaign rvill prove equally beneficial.

"Highlight of the advertising phase of the campaign," he said, "will be a series of four full-page color advertisements in The Saturday Evening Post, the first of which appeared in the April 22nd issue. Additional advertisements featuring the Certigrade Quartet are scheduled for other outstanding publications'"

Lumber dealers can obtain free on the Certigrade Quartet, as well as the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, 5510 l, Wash.

Western Pine Ncnnes Midwest Field Representqtive

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Appointment of Gerhard M, Umlauf of Klickitat, Wash., a veteran of twenty years in the lumber manufacturing industry, as field representative in the north central agricultural states was announced by the Western Pine Association. He will cover Iowa, Minnesota, the eastern sections of Nebraska and North and South Dakota and Northern Missiouri, Joseph W. Sherar, promotion manager said.

He was formerly with the J. Neils Lumber Company of Klickitat. During the war he served three years with the Army tank corps. He will make his headquarters in Ames, Iowa.

Ledeen Cylinders

I-adeen Manufacturing Co., 1600 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles 15, Calif., will provide copies of bulletin CS-349 to interested parties. The bulletin describes the application of eleven pneumatic cylinders on a Pony Trimmer in a Vancouver, B.C. lumber plant, to obtain unusual efficiency in the selection and cutting of lumber into best commercial grade lengths.

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Ncw Houring Act Erphinsd

Washington, D. C., April LWith the signing of the Housing Act of 1950 today by the President, FHA renews its long-range housing program under Title II and initiates new programs with respect to insurance of .small home loan and cooperalive housing projects, according to Commissioner Franklin D. Richards.

The amended law, it was pointed out, also authorizes FHA to complete the processing of certain rental housing applications filed with FHA field offices on or before Manch l, last, the expiration date of the emergency Title VI, Section 608, legislation.

"several important fundamental changes have been made in the National Housing Act by the Housing Act of 1950", Commissioner Richards said, "which necessitates the issuance of new rules and regulations governing operations under Titles I, II and VL These are being printed and will be sent to all FHA field offices and interested parties at the earliest possible date."

The new amendments are designed to stimulate more housing at lower costs and lower rents and of a more adequate size for family use. It also broadens the provisions of FHA to insure mortgage loans for cooperative housing, according to Commissioner Richards. The provisions of the newly amended law which Commissioner Richards particularly stressed are as follows:

Title I

There is no major change in the procedure of insuring loans for repair and improvements but certain clarifying amendments to the regulations were necessary to bring operations into line with amendments to the Act. No changes were made with regard to maximum loan amounts or maturities of such loans.

The new Section 8 is termed "one of the most significant features of the bill" in that it provides for a greater volume of new low-priced homes for families of low or moderate income, especially in suburban and outlying areas which have received a disproportionately small share of nerv housing in the last few years.

Under this new provision FHA may insure a mortgage on a single-family dwelling up to 9S/o of the FHA's appraised value of the property, if the mortgage itself does not exceed $4750, and if the mortgagor is the owneroccupant of the property; a five per cent down payment is required. If the builder constructing the dwelling is the mortgagor the mortgage shall not exceed $4250, or 85% of. FHA's appraised value. In addition, the Congressional Conference Report clearly stated that in the appraisal of such properties, "particularly in outlying areas" it is not expected that there will be complete "conformity with many of the requirements essential to the insurance of mortgages on housing in built up areas". The processing of applications under this section will follow the same general procedure as applications under Section 203 ol Title II.

Title Ii

Relative to mortgage insurance on low cost homes, specifically Section 203 (b) (2) (D), the insured mortgage for an owner-occupant can be for as much as $6,650 or

95/o of FHA's appraised value. The mortgage amount limitation may be increased by $950 for each bedroom in excess of two but not exceeding four. As to the builder, the limitation is $5950 for a one or two-bedroom unit. This amount may be increased by $850 for each bedroom in excess of two but not exceeding four. This provision is aimed particularly to encourage production of more [ousing, at moderate prices, suitable for families with children.

Under Section fr7 as amended, relating t'o insurance of mortgages on multi-family structures, discrimination against families with children is prohibited and violation is called a misdemeanor punishable by fine' A mortgage cannot exceed 90/o of the first $7,000 of value per unit and, ffi/o of the next $3,000 with a limitation of $8,100 for each family unit, or $7,200 per family unit if the number of rooms in a project does not average at least 4l per family unit.

A new section 213, is added to the National Housing Act, designed to increase materially the assistance given Cooperative housing projects. This new section takes the place of the existing provisions of the law with respect to insurance of mortgages of cooperative housing projects now contained in Section 207 of. the National Housing Act, as amended. Insttred mortgages under this new section shall not exceed $5 million. Mortgage insurance up to 95/o of the replacement cost of the project can be obtained if at least 65/o of the members are veterans of Word War II.

Conrmissioner Richards expressed the opinion that the cooperative form of undertaking, rvhich has proved successful in a number of other fields, holds promise of providing good housing for groups of veterans and others who desire to band together for this purpose' One of the new aspects of Section 213 is that the FHA is authorized to furnish technical advice and assistance in the planning, development, construction and operations of cooperative proj ects.

Lock Your Windows Like You Lock Your Doors

This is the heading on a new display carton for Amerock's patented Wintite Sash Locks. The attractive blue, yellow and white self-service carton is designed for counter and window display or can be used as a shelf sto'ck box. Locks are made in wrought steel and wrought brass. Io. further information, write to the American Cabinet Hardware Corp., Rockford, Illinois, or to any Amerock distributor.

Olympic Displcy

Olympic Stained Products Company has brought out a nelv display to help lumber dealers sell their Perfect-Fit Shakes and Texterior Siding. The display carries two rows of four samples of the products finished with the actual colors so that the potential home builder has an opportunity to see just what they will look like on his home. The display is ofiered by the company' 1118 Leary Way, Seattle 7, Wash.

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E. J. Slonlon & Son, Inc., lor Angolcr

"Wisconsin's loss is E. J. Stanton's gain'"

That's the seritiment expressed by - LeRoy Stanton, president of E. J. Stanton & Son, when he talks in terms of Max Krause, his hardworking young salesman.

Born in Berlin, Wis., 29 years ago, Max spent his early years just growing. Somehow he forgot to stop so that today cabinet makers, furniture manufacturers, builders. etc. are confronted by a 6-ft. Z'in.,220 pound, square-jawed representative of Stanton's.

After finishing his education at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Max found the world going to pot all around him. Since he could think of nobody else to straighten the mess out he joined the Marines. As a Drill Instructor his well muscled frame plus a rough, tough voice, scared the daylights out of more "Boot" Marines than Max likes to think about. "I guess I must have lost more f riends than Carnegie ever made," he says in talking about this phase of his life.

Stationed in San Diego it was inevitable that Max would one day wander north to Los Angeles. He did' The little journey cost him his bachelorhood for a cute, blonde model at the I. Magnin store on Wilshire Blvd. caught his eye. One thing led to another and a few months later Miss Phyllis Henry of San Marino became Mrs. Max 'Krause of the World.