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RRCC Committee Choirmen

The appointment of chairmen for ail standing comn.rittees of the I{echvood Region Conservation Council has been completed for 1957, announced \\'alker B. Tilley, IiI{CiC presiclent.

l,eacling the activities of the Council n'ill lrc: R. R. Chaf-

Pacific lumher lfealers$upply lrc.

Town 'Rqfions'Building Permits

\Vashington-The recent decision of the Town Council oi Nen' Castle, N. Y., to "ration" building permits was terured "a most unr'vise ancl discriminatory action which cannot be pern-ritted to stand unchallenged," by Joseph B. Haverstick, president of the National Association of Home Builders. He said NAHB strongly supports the Westchester County Home lluilders Association in its opposition to the Council's action. He added there could be no question but what the constitutional rights of property owners are involved ancl that the legality of the Council's action shoulcl be cletermined by the courts.

The New Castle Council meeting r-oted a rationing systerx for building permits intended to lirnit the number of building permits in the 23-square-mile unincorporated \\iestchester county township to 100 annually. It would give top priority for permits to persons ou,ning a lot in the tou'nship and who planned to build a house for their o\vn occupancy. Next in line would be the so-called "sn.rall builders," and finally the speculative builders.

"The pressure of increasing population, not new home building, is making inevitable the expansion of suburban cornrnunities, such as New Castle," Haverstick said. "The Council has taken a most unwise and discriminatory action which cannot be permitted to stand unchallenged. Furtherrnore, it is self-defeating. I know of no quicker way to stifle the vitality and economy of a community than to take an action such as New Castle has taken."

New Castle currently has a population of about 7,800.

fee, Berkeley, Conservation Adr-isory committee; Russell Ells, Willits, Membership and Finance; NIrs. Kenneth O. Smith, Willits, Youth Work; Jim Timmons, Arcata, Fire Prevention; and Dr. Sidney E. NIcGau', Berkeley, Education ancl Training. Bernard J. \'aughn, Fort Bragg, tr,as Junior Logging Conference committee chairman.