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Show Campus Housing Gets Go Ahead Services Administration Clears Construction For Dormitory been said with respect to the construction con-struction of Van Cott Hall. This decision will also provide clearance for the construction of other University buildings that may be planned for the future. Construction of a two-million-dollar men's domitory on University land formerly a part of Ft. Douglas has apparently been cleared by the General Service Administration. The three-story structure, which will be capable of housing 400 students, will be built northwest of Van Cott Hall on the upper campus. The University had requested a revenue bond issue from the Federal Fed-eral Housing and Home Finance Agency to finance the building. HHFC had. questioned its right to sell' the bonds since the federal government reserved the right in , 1948 to use the property, and any buildings on it, in case of national emergency upon payment of reasonable reason-able rental, provided construction was not carried out with federal aid. THE QUESTION was whether the HHFC bonds would be considered federal aid. According to the office of Sen. Frank E. Moss (D-Utah), the General Services Administration Administra-tion has now given its approval for the bond sale. Paul W. 'Hodson, business vice president, explained that the Utah Building Board will be able to award a construction contract if this decision is accepted by the HHFA. Mr. Hodson also said that he was surprised when the problem came up because nothing had |