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Show Construction Gon Seen for 1948 j : New construction in 1943 Pr 1 ably will reach $15,2 00,000,000 ( expected 20 percent gain over ig I ; according to a joint estimate oftv Department of Commerce and a Department of Labor. Private residential building e elusive of farm construction ' expected to hit $6,000,000,000 1 25 percent increase. Farm buildl' c :is estimated at $500,000,000, Upl! ' percent. About $11,375,000,000 J C the 1948 total will be privately j' .' nanced and the rest will be pm i |