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Show Gordon Weggland Simplifies Priority Bugaboo Tuesday evening at the Lehi Memorial Me-morial building, Gordon Weggland, state administrator of FHA delivered deliv-ered a friendly address to a large assembly. The meeting was referred to as a clinic. If a set of M. D.'s could have analyzed a human ailment more completely than did Gordon Weggland go into the intricacies of old man priorities, and put his finger on the cause of worries to the layman, the M. D.'s would have completed a successful huddle. For 30 minutes Mr. Weggland deciphered the cause that has made priorities such a talked-about subject. sub-ject. The cause war the war caused a scarcity of metals, metals being the prime ingredient going into the materials used in conducting a successful suc-cessful war. The average dwelling contains lVi to 2 tons of metal. It became necessary neces-sary for the W P B to corral all copper, lead, zinc, and steel possible for munitions and machinery, foi ships to conduct a war that will spell victory. Hence the pinch on metals going into a home. However, the WPB also declared that housing hous-ing for defense workers was a prime necessity for the workers' welfare. To protect the defense worker, WPB created a thjng called priorities priori-ties and wished the control on FHA and Mr. Weggland, as affecting affect-ing Utah. Living in a defense area where a heavy influx of war workers are now knocking at our doors seeking living quarters, Mr. Weggland's appeal ap-peal was directed to the public to help house these workers. He suggested this be done first by remodeling present homes where possible to convert extra space Into a sleeping room or an apartment. Priorities are available, through his office at the ratio of $100 the room, upto five rooms. Secondly, he suggested sug-gested construction of homes to be rented or sold to defense workers. Mr. Weggland classified defense workers as follows: Class one armer forces of U. S. Class two employes of a war production pro-duction plant engaged in manufacture manufac-ture of munitions. Class three Permanent employes of a defense industry (Geneva steel plant) only when priority application applica-tion is accompanied by a signed statement from an executive of the company, stating that applicant is a permanent employe. Transient workers for a defense industry are not eligible for priorities. priori-ties. 50 Years Ahead of Ourselves Mr. Weggalnd stated that the old days are gone forever. Industrial expansion has hit our valley with i a tremendous force. 50 years' progress prog-ress will have been made in a twelvemonth. In other words, the tempo has ben stepped up and we find ourselves our-selves in an industrial setup that normally would not have hit Utah until about the year 2000. The Geneva steel plant is one of the largest developments undertaken under-taken by the government. In the near future, it was mentioned by Mr. Weggland, that the air corps will have established quarters for 22,500 officers and men in a new con-tonement con-tonement somewhere near Lehi and that it would be a mighty fine patriotic gesture for those who could prepare now to help house these new arivals to our locality. It was suggested that a good idea would be to buy paint. This necessary neces-sary liquid is not now subject to a priority order, but it Is expected to soon be classed as preferred merchandise. |