Show BE IISE IT EVER EVERSO EVERSO I ISO SO HUMBLE t I Be De it ever so humble theres there's no place like home But Dut the acute housing shortage throughout America has produced a II new version of that old adage Be Dc it ever so humble theres there's no place Worried officials in Washington Washingto n I are discussing many cures for forthe forthe fo r the situation The trouble with wit h these remedies however is that tha t they are arc mainly aimed at relieving relieving ing the situation temporarily rathen ra rather ther then than permanently correcting it Much Aluch emphasis is laid on all the th control of building materials and andI an a I I their prices and also on the use a of flimsy houses and anti barracks in intended tended originally for occupancy only during the war It hardly need be said that the only real answer to the housing problem is the construction o of more permanent housing facilities When home building gets started d on a large scale construction n should be designed as much fo for forthe forthe r the range long long range demand as for the th c satisfying of immediate needs The well-equipped well home of tomorrow to to- tomorrow tomorrow morrow will have many electrical conveniences Homes built now and in the future should have therefore sufficiently heavy wiring wiring wiring ing and enough outlets installed to make possible the full use of electrical facilities when they be be- become become come available The steady de de- decline define fine cline in electric rates enables even even the the most modest homes to enjoy the convenience and saving labor-saving provided by electric equipment Millions of homes must be built in the next few years if the hous hous- housing housing ing headache is to be he licked But Dut if Washington rv tJ r-tJ l less JI flow w to figure out a quick cure and more time toward getting trees and red tape cut the problem will at least be one step nearer solution |