Show America Needs eeds More Homes It lilt is obvious says the current annual report of th American Radiator R and Standard Sanitary Corporation that the growth of I population is steadily creating a deficiency of housing capacity for normal livin living conditions The report port l shows that in the United States based on the stand stand- standard standard standard ard of past generations there is a yearly n need d of or new livin living accommodations accommodations accommodations for about fam fam- fam- fam families a a figure which provides not notI I only for growth in population but for depreciation obsolescence ceJ ce fires etc In the years 1923 to 1929 in- in inclusive inclusive in inclusive new residential accommodations accommodations accommodations were provided for families in similar cities sur sur- surveyed sur- sur surveyed surveyed by the bureau of labor statis statistics an ties an average e of per year In 1930 the number of new accommodations totaled In 1931 it fell to and in 1932 reached the extremely low figure of Between 1925 and 1 1932 32 the country's population gained about As a consequence whatever building boom we experienced in the years following the war war-a war boom r reaching chin its major dimen dimen- dimensions dimensions dimensions in has 1926 1926 has long been oil off offset off offset set by subsequent years of below below- normal below normal b Durin During the l last st several years thousands of people with jobs and money to spend have refrained I from building preci precisely building building precisely ply as they have hae refrained from makin making need need- needed needed needed ed improvements on existing prop prop- property erty-bec erty because erty-because erty because of fear And this attitude has simply added to the stress of depression We can build or repair now at atthe atthe atthe the lowest cost in more than n a generation And the money we spend will do more good than at any time in living memory memory-it memory will create jobs stimulate industry speed the work of re recovery overy Jobs are cheaper and better than charit charity and charity and and we can furnish the jobs to those who need them and benefit ourselves as one and the same time |