| Show Building Plans Spur Inquiries I I dont don't know how interested you readers have been in my reports of what American ingenuity in different different different differ differ- ent communities h has s done to make brick and other building material materi l for veterans' veterans homes without the straw of f readily available materials materials materi materi- als and labor which we seem to lack in this otherwise rich and prosperous prosperous prosperous pros pros- land of ours But I can tell I you that a lot of people who thought they could go and do likewise were heard from Yakima Wash whose achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment was the first described in this column has had requests for information information information mation from 41 cities and 18 states Nearby communities have sent people people people peo peo- to Yakima to get hand first-hand information in information information in- in formation in person Delegations have come to Yakima from Spokane Spokane Spokane kane Seattle Seattle- Walla Walla Ephrata Pasco Prosser Ellensburg and Bremerton in Washington and from Portland and Pendleton in Oregon The Salem plan under w which ich the city is subsidizing the conversion of extra space into new apartments has drawn comment from a number number num- num t ber of other Massachusetts towns Gloucester already has copied part of the plan and inquiries have come comein comein in in from five other cities in the Bay state and from state offices of AmK Amr Am- Am K r vets and American Legion t The veterans' veterans operative co-operative which has been so so successful in building moderate cost housing in Albuquerque N. N M M. M has been busy answering questions too Requests have come from Houston buston Houston Hous bus I ton and Amarillo Tex from Syracuse N. N Y L Chicopee Mass Las Cruces N. N M M. M Great Falls Mont Erie Pa Berkeley Calif Oklahoma City f Detroit and elsewhere ji J The rhe success of Rochester N NY Y in providing living space has brought in an impressive list of queries from other communities which haven't yet solved their housing housing hous hous- ing problems Chambers of commerce commerce commerce com com- merce in Bristol Tenn and Farrell Farrell Farrell Far- Far rell Pa and in hall half a dozen New York and Massachusetts towns have inquired Twenty-nine Twenty banks in 14 states and one in Canada have writ writ- I ten in for I details Housing committees committees committees com com- in Ann Arbor Mich and San Antonio Tex have hav asked for the story as have a dozen other committees in cities nearer to Rochester The stories I printed were only a afew afew afew few of the many communities which had the will that finds the way I wish I could print them all |
