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A delegation of American home builders left New York June 11 on the first leg of trip to the Soviet Union to inspect housing in 12 cities from Leningrad on the Gulf of Finland to Tashkent in Asiatic Russia near the border of Red China. The delegation, representing the National Association of Home Builders, is headed by Earl \Ar. Smith (11000 San Pablo Ave.) of El Cerrito, Calif., 1955 president of NAHB, who acted as official host to a delegation of Soviet housing technicians who visited the United States last October as gues,ts of the trade association.

"The itinerary proposed by the Soviets indicates that our delegation will have a good opportunity to inspect highly varied types of housing and construction. We feel certain that we will, in accordance with the pattern established by NAHB last Fall, be accorded ready access to information concerning their materials and techniques," Smith said.

The delegation was to enter the Soviet Union via Prague after a stop-over in Paris. Soviet officials were to meet the party in the Czechoslovakian capital on June 15 and, unless weather conditions interfered, fly to Moscow the same day.

The members of the delegation include August Rahlves (7614 MacArthur Blvd.), Oakland, Calif.

Joseph B. Haverstick, president of the National Association of llome Builders, announced that because of urgent business considerations he has withdrawn from the delegation of American builders who will visit Russia. He said that the pressure of his duties as president of the 37,000-member tracle association made it impossible for him to leave the