Show ASK ASIS lUM U TO M Vf Telegraphs Convention Urgent Urgent Urgent ent Message to Assist in Getting Program of Home HomeBuilding HomeBuilding HomeI I Building U Un Under n d e r Way WayN IN N A message sent by wire Avire to the V Western stern lumbermen's convention convention convention con con- I which is now in in session in Fresno Presno Cal Governor Charles R. R Mabey l urges the lumbermen of the West Vest to inaugurate a building campaign to relieve the present industrial Industrial in industrial In- In condition throughout the West est The convention is composed of delegates representing every mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain and coast state an and the message was In reply to a request for the governors governor's views on the situation The governors governor's telegram follows The home is the foundation of all an good government Without home homebuilders homebuilders builders and home owners a nation is is doomed to disintegration and Im- Im I potency With lith a shortage of approximately approximately approximately one million homes In America today th the nation Is facing a very serious problem No single agency is In a better beller position to relieve this alarming situation situation situation sit sit- than the lumber industry Through the united support of and cooperation of the lumbermen a home homebuilding homebuilding homebuilding building campaign of effective proportions proportions proportions pro pro- portions can be carried onI onI onI on I commend this service to the patriotism patriotism pa pa- and enterprise of the Western Western Western West West- ern lumber dealers and hope their deliberations In the eighteenth annual an annual annual an- an nual conference will result In the initiation initiation in initiation in- in of an extensive home buildIng building building build- build Ing program My Iy congratulations are extended to you ou on being one of the last to Increase the price of your product during the war and the first to re return return re- re turn un to nor normal |