Home Builders Predict Need for 2 fflillion Houses o Yeor in 6Os

Washington-Th. leader of the private home building industry says tlie nation must get ready for a dynamic decade of growth and be prepared to make it a period of "orderly dynamism." Carl T. Mitnick of Merchantville, N.J., president of the National Association of Home Builders, said the challenge will not be met by a "hit-or-miss approach by industry, or by failure of the government to grasp the meaning of the times."

Mitnick said the 60's will witness the long-expected population growth, stemming largely from the high birth rate following World War II, and the family formation 20 years later. "During the 60's," he said, "this nation's need will reach at least two million new housing units a year and the need will grow and grow."

He said statistics point to "one certain fact: an enormous number of people are going to have to be housed-and housed properly-in the years ahead. We have arrivecl, therefore, at the point-and none too soon-when we must PLAN."

The Government's interest in a healthy housing industry also is evident, he said, and all branches must think and act now for the future.

" there is the collateral effect that a booming industry will have on the nation's economy as a whole," Mitnick continued. "The theory has been advanced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics that every house built accounts for putting 2l men to work for one year-one in the factory, one on the site, and one-half in utilities and community facilities. If we advance to the two million figure-700,@0 more than we are currently building-the industry could add 1,750,000 to the employment rolls. Government cannot help but heed such a cogent economic factor."

As for the homes themselves, Mitnick said those produced in the next decade must be "efficient, well-built, and pleasant to live in. This calls for sharp technological thinking. We must become more and more research-minded. New products, new materials, new methods, must be evolved so that we can produce a better house at less cost. If there is any thought that there will be a shortage of skilled manpower, we must concentrate on making up for it mechanically. Machines can fill the gap. A11 we have to do is fit the machines to the job that needs doing."

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