National Home Builder Attacks Proposed California Housing Law

Milton J. Brock, President of the National Association of Home Builders, says California's so-called "Housing Amendment of 1948," "Proposition 14," is worse for housing welfare than the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Federal Proposal.

Discussing the proposed state constitutional amendment, which will be voted on at the November elections, he said:

"IJnder the guise of providing public housing for those who lack the means to obtain shelter, this initiative creates a state housing agency with unlimited self determined powers.

'"Its commissioners, appointed without regard to civil service laws, are left free from any form of'regulation whatsoever for at least 1O years after the amendment is adopted.

"Calling for initial bond issue of $100,000,000, the initiative provides for the creation of a state agency with

Scn Jocrquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club Meets crt Bckersfield

A dinner meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club was held at the Bakersfield Inn, Bakersfield, August 13. Twenty members attended. There was a discussiolr on the subject of the Annual Valley Frolics to be held in Fresno. October 9. Willard La Franchi is chairman of the entertainment committee.

powers to control every practice affecting the cost of construction of buildings.

"It would also be given power to set up a propaganda bureau.

"Hidden in the maze of. words are such phrases as;

'The agency may exercise its powers at any place in the state it may deem necessary or convenient.'

"There is also a classic clause giving such additional powers that the agency would be free to operate in any manner it saw fit.

"Another provides that for 10 years 'no law shall be enacted which will diminish or lessen the appropriations or powers' given the agency.

"In this manner would the hands of the elected representatives of government be effectively tied. In this manner would the people of a state relinquish control of their own government. In this manner we have witnessed the collapse of more than one nation in Europe."

Tree Planting Progrcrm

Next year over three trees will be planted in the United States for every man, woman and child in the country.

A total of 368,306,000 tree seedlings are to be produced by state forest nurseries, according to a recent surve yjust completed by the American Forest Products Industries, Inc., Washington, D.C., which more than doubles the production of. 156,976,551 for last year.