singPru Merits I\ ation-Wide S"PPort ffiffi

Thus the dimensions of buildings are being coordi' nated with the dimensions of building products and equipment in a ioint effort to deliver greatet home value at low cost.

As the program Progresses, the savings and ecoo' omies that come from the use of standardized products will be more widely enioyed.

Multi-Family Housing Program

Sustained interest in the multi-family housing program of the Federal Housing Administration is expressed in the submission, by private builders, of 52 applications to the Los Angeles FHA office during the week closing Sept. 19, and representing 803 new dwelling units to be constructed in the Los Angeles area, according to John E. McGovern, district director for Southern California. This brings the total number of applications received during the period Jan. l, through Sept. 19 to 355 applications involving 5,366 dwelling units.

This volume represents a total dollar volume of approximately $38 million in loans being made by private lending institutions to be insured by the FHA for privatelybuilt rental housing projects.

With the exception of three developments the locations of the projects arc all in Los Angeles County and are broken down by dwelling units as follows: Long Beach and the Harbor Area, 1,01 1 du'elling units; other Coastal cities in L.os Angeles County, 329; Glendale and Burbank and Mon,trose section, 270; other San Fernando Vallev l,ocalities, 537; Beverly Hills.and West Los Angeles,3Z0i Montebello, Monterey Park Area, 428; Pasadena, South Pasadena, Alhambra and Arcadia general area, 357; Compton, Downey, South Gate and nearby, 3i9; and the remainder of Los Angeles County, 1789.

i56 of the 355 projects, involving 2,087 dwelling units are already under construction or will start construction within the next two weeks, Mr. N{cGovern said.

Applications for an additional 1,786 rental units under

George H. Henderson Re-Elected President Of National Hardwood Lumber Association

George H. Henderson, Lufkin, Texas, was re-elected president of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, at its 50th annual meeting held at the Congress llotel, Chicago, Ill., on September 15-19. Frank W. Hutcheson, Huntsville, Ontario, Canada; James C. Walsh, Chicago, and Charles H. Barnaby, Greencastle, Ind., were re-elected vice presidents.

John W. McClure, Chicago, Ill., was renamed secretarymanager by the board of directors.

D. C. MacI ea, Baltimore, Md.; Abbott M. Fox, Iron Mountain, Mich.; E. V. Babcock, Pittsburgh, Pa. i Joseph J. Linehan, Cincinnati, Ohio, and John J. Shafer, Logansport, fnd., past presidents of the Association, were elected members at large of the board of directors.

Four directors were elected for the term ending in 1950. They are Lawrence Kellogg, Alexandria, La.; J.B. Morg?D, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ; H. J. Plunkett, New Rochelle, N. Y.; Frank J. Connolly, Los Angeles, Calif.

C. F. MacRae, Cleveland, Ohio, and Franklin T. Griffin, Chicago, fll., were elected directors for the term ending in 1948.

Hobart Manley, Savannah, Ga., and Chester B. Stem, New Albany, fnd., were elected directors for the term ending in 1949.

FHA's two-to-four unit have been received by period.