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Show Automobiles Vs. Houses The solution cf the housing problem prob-lem in the United States depends upon developing mass-produeticn of houses, says Harvey Wiley Cor-bett, Cor-bett, architect of Radio City. Mr. Corbett declares, "If we attempted at-tempted to build a car today the way we build a house it would cost $150,000 and would not run." Un-de; Un-de; present conditions of mass-production mass-production and coordinated manufacture manu-facture in assembling all the parts of an eutcT.obile at the factory, the labor cost, according to Mr. Corbett. Cor-bett. of putting together all the parts is "SJ.40 for each car." There certainly seems to be an opportunity to improve the method o house construction in the United States. Some smart industrialist will begin the fabrication of housing units, which will be fitted together on the building lot. It is barely possible that lavge construction organizalions will visit various localities lo-calities for the purpose of erecting cifty or a. hundred homes in a few w;eks. Meeting the objection that the pre-fabricated homes will be stand-adzed, stand-adzed, Mr. Corbett says this is not necessary as each builder will be able to construct his model, wdth definite prices for each unit that he puts into his structure. |