Piute County News | 1941-04-04 | Page 2 | Government Buys Auto Trailers for Defense Workers

government buys auto trailers washington more than 2000 a automobile u to mobile trailers are being purchased c by the government to furnish stopgap housing in crowded defense areas these orders are expected to absorb virtually the entire output of the largest manufacturers in the trailer bus business iness for some some time according to C B baldwin farm security administrator the trailer camps will be lashed as part of the emergency de for defense workers program TO shelter for families of industrial workers in areas where the period of 0 defense employment Is expected to be relatively short in addition to the trailers farm security will build dormitories for approximately 2900 single men working in such industries dus tries when they are no longer needed in the original locations the trailers can be moved to other areas with emergency housing problems 1 q