Show Luxury Building in Midst of War WarA WarA A A GOOD deal of new construction to be financed all an or in part with tax money is scheduled for the near future in Utah Salt Lake City is planning to construct a new headquarters' headquarters fire station to cost between ana and various oth other r units of government in tn Utah are drawing plans or calling for bids on projects of one kind and another to be built soon Any such public works project built today has has' hasto to be approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by government agencies as esse essential wartime tion So if these projects are built the assumption is that they are re of such immediate importance that we cannot get along without them even for foi another year or so Now there is no doubt that these theS projects are all aU worth while and that some of them really are absolutely essential right now But there is reason to question whether all aU of them are in the latter class Some of them probably be bt put off until after the war at least until after the war in Europ is over without seriously inconveniencing the people of Utah Right now man power is still extremely short in the nation The services of all aU bodied able-bodied workers are needed in war plants and other essential occupations There are re jobs for everyone who wants to work today But that will not b be the case once the war in Europe is over According to estimates war production production production pro pro- will be cut at least a third as soon as Germany is defeated de de- For a period until plants can be reconverted to civilian prod production tion there will be considerable unemployment Then there then will be real need for jobs There will be need for just such construction projects as are now sch scheduled for the very near future in Utah Utah- Our various units of government ought to have a backlog of worth-while worth building projects all planned lanned and ready for construction construction construction con con- as soon as there is need for producing job-producing and business- business stimulating Jing public projects project's after the war If we build all the most worth-while worth projects now not only will we be interfering t to some degree with war production by draining off man power need needed d elsewhere but we may be short of worth while projects to make jobs and stimulate business after the war We may find then wasting taxpayers' taxpayers money on work make-work projects which are not really worth while Furthermore by building these thes projects in the midst of the war we will be paying boom prices f for r labor and materials material and all an too often not getting getting getting get get- ting the best of either Projects such as these valuable and necessary though th they may be under ordinary circumstances may be DC costly luxuries in the midst of war |