An Editorial Needed: $ZO Billion Re-Wiring Job

Twenty billions of dollars for re-wiring American homes.

Don B. Clayton, president of the National Electrical Contractors Association, told that organization recently that it would require that much money to properly wire the homes of America for this era of electrical appliances. Twenty billion bucks, is what he said.

He expressed the opinion that not more than two out of the 47 million homes in this country today are adequately wired to make them safe and efficient for modern living.

He said that the appliance industry will not long be able to continue functioning if the purchasers are not in position to use their products effectively. And the appliance industry is, of course, one of the fastest growing things in the nation, what with all the modern innovations from complete air conditioning, down to the thousands of small appliances now found in every room of a modern house.

A house must be wired in much different fashion today from that which was considered sufficient and efficient just a few short years ago. And only a small percentage of them are.

Mr. Clayton said that a proper sales job on the re-wiring of homes would keep all the electrical contractors busy for the next 8 to 10 years, and bring 20 biltions of dollars into the pockets of the thousands of electrical contractors; and thus prepare the homes of the nation to properly, safeln and efficiently equip themselves in modern fashion.

All of which, added to the wiring work needed for the continued construction of new homes, would make the electrical contractors mighty busy people from now on. That's what might be called a great reservoir of business possibilities.

TW&J Superintendent Addresses Sqn Joqquin Hoo-Hoo tForumt

The second San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31 "Lumbermen's Forum" was held December 14, at the States Hall, corner of Kern and Angus Streets, Fresno, at 8 p.m. Lee Moffit, superintendent of manufacture and grades for Tarter, Webster and Johnson and formerly assistant chief inspector for West Coast Lumbermen's Association, was the speaker and covered in his address the subjects, ,,Western Pine Grading Rules" and also "\Mest Coast Lumbermen,s Association Grading Rules." The question and answer period following his talk was very interestingly informative.

These meetings are open to all lumbermen-not only tcl Hoo-Hoo members. Coffee and doughnuts were provided after the prog'ram, courtesy of Tarter, Webster and Johnson.