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I MILLIONS UNABLE TO BUILD DUE HIGH COSTS Baltimore— Minton* or persona ««of moderate means seeking to , build homes for their families Stave been effectively checked by .liigh costs fostered by real estate -operators, homebuilders and: money lenders. These were the charges made 4»y Boris Shishkin, AFL econo mist, in a radio discussion over tthe American Broadcasting net work witn Mwara it. v arr, pres - j dent oT the National Association I of Home Builders, in which Mr. J Shishkin declared that millions j had been spent for defeat of the Taft - Ellender - Warner Housing Bill. In a broad attack on the Home Builders Association, Mr, Shish kin declared: “The National Association of GIVE TO FIGHT JWERICAH CANCER SOCIETY ELECTRICITY v SERVICE MAN ' TO INDUSTRY t I, t 1 * r The power thot cuts steel, crushes granite, lifts mighty burdens . . Speeds every in dustrial task and lowers your production costs. Oaf industrial engineers ore always glad to discuss your power needs and problems. You ore invited to consult them. DUKE-) POWER COMPANY Jlin'y t) Home Builder* i* not itself in the business of building? house*, j A look at their Washington letter . :s enough to make it plain that, in the last couple of years the j association's staff and money have been mobilised to accomplish just three things. First, to kill all price controls — something? they helped to do very successfully last year. Second, to kill rent con trol—and they are doing a good job of it right now. And third, to stop the community from do ing anything to help relieve the housing shortage or clean up slums. “More than nine million Ameri cans, a great many of them vet erans, have been wearily living in crowded squalor, hopefully waiting for the new homes they need. Most of you know what it means. You have been hear ing a lot of promises, from home builders, materials manufacturers, real estate men and others, prom ises oil a literal torrent of home construction just the very min ute the OPA is dead, the con trols are off and tne producers and builders are left to them selves. “You are still eagerly listening for the good news. But the news that you and I hear from day to day is pretty bad. “In March, 1947, with all price ' controls off and practically all other reguations removed, only four houses were begun for every five houses started in 1946 under the conditions of the then pre vailing acute material shortage. And this last April, when the construction season was supposed to get into full swing, the. volume i of home building dropped even more. “What happened? Just as soon as controls on materials were lifted, price* skyrocketed. The volume dropped sharply. The price of new bousing became too high for most everyone to afford. “Those who are most respon sible for this final and deadly price spiral are trying hard ta pin blame on labor. But no substan tial wage increases have taken place since last July. Lumber has gone up 60 per cent since that time, but carpenters’ wages rose only 8 per cent in 15 months. Paint has increased 80 per cent. During the whole of last year, all materials rose 32 per cent—while labor, less than 16 per cent. “One of the chief reasons for the riae was the speculative boom in real estate. Builders were cashing in on boom profits. Mr. Carr’s own “Washington Letter” for April 24 shows what hap pened to the Home Builders’ min imum house in the Southwest since before the war; the cost of the house, up 80 per cent, while the builder's profit rose 112 per cent. It is significant that on a large number of private j and public hous>ng projact* on j which the latest reports are avail able, the labor cost in 1947 wa.4 33 ped cent of the total cost, of iust about the sarpe as it was before the war. "Of course, we could do a num ber of other things to get rid of the housing shortage. First of all, we could do nothing, as Mr. Carr seems to suggest and let the boom-bust cycle take Its course. We could do worse. “Millions of American families want large-scale eonstrution cf rental homes now. And they also want large-scale construction of half good homes built every year to get rid of slums and squalor infesting our cities^ to make their land fit for modern living.' Both these things can be accom plished under the American Hous ing Plan. After long study and hearings, this American Hous ing Plan was embodied in a non partisan bill, sponsored by Sena tors Taft, Ellender and Wagner and backed by President Truman. Solidly behind this bill is labor, Catholic and Protestant church TAKE&UUEOF • u^p Lifet* information L^Wwt/ Your Union Social Security Committee, O^tHe ?barest Social Security Office. A SURVEY OF LABOR LEGISLATION IN SO. CARO. (Continued From Page 1) of the House members of the 'Jeneral Assembly on the River’s Bill on March 27th: FRIENDS OF LABOR Those who voted against the River’s infamous anti - labor bill. Speaker Littlejohn, J. Per rin Anderson, Barr, Brailsford, Boyd, Brown, Burton. Cabell, Clary, DuPre, Egleston, Gaines, J, Carl Gibson, Grist, Harley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hilliard. Howey, Lawson, Lever, Mc Daniel, * McGuire, McChesney, Merchant, Milam, Obear, Par ris, Poliakoff, Pope, Rawl,, Sapp, Scott, Simons, Spigner, Sims, Stall, Thomas, Wallace, Ward, Weeks, Welbom, WiW liamson, Wise, Wylie, Youngs Representatives Rawl, Spigner, Young and McChesney were paired. UNFRIENDLY TO LABOR Those who supported the River’s Bill were: Agnew, Leroy Anderson, Ar rants, Arrowsmith, Baker, Benja man, Blatt, Blease, Bogoslow, Brad well, Brawley, Browder, Hugh C. Brown, Butler, Buyck, Calli son, Cartee, Chandler, Clifton. Colclough, Cuttino, Dennis, Floyd, Galloway, B. M. Gibson, J. B. Gibson, Graham, Greneker, Gres ham, Harrelson, Hawkins, Hen drix, Heers, Holder, Hooks, Hor ger, Hudson, Ingram, Jackson, Kelley, Knox, Legare, Legge, Louis L. Lesene, Martin, McGhee, Morrison, McMaster, Miley, Mil ler, Mimms, Mltchum, Morrah, OTuel, Palmer, Page, Perry, Plowden, Rice, Rivers, Rodgers, Smoak, Spivey, Thompson, Tuten, Warren, Wasson. LUMBER PR1CE8 SOAR FAR ABOVE PAY RISES Portland. Ore.—Wage increases totaling 85 cents an hour since November, 1945. have increased the production cost of pine only $5.25 per thousand board feet and ’ fir $4.fid. but quoted lumber price increases r the Same period amount to $30.50 and $<£7.12 per thousand for pin* and flr, accord ing to a survey by the Lumber and Sawmill Workers (AFL). groups, thousands of women's clubs and the mayor of practic ally every city and town In Amer ica. “The Taft-Eliender-Wagner bill is as American as a town meet ing on the village green. It would cost the Government only 150 million a year—half of what the Government spent in a day at the height of the war effort- The plan is based on community self reliance. It would do nothing without local initiative. What is more, it gives private enterprise and private investors maximum opportunity to build, sell and rent moderate-priced homes at a fair profit.” EX-REP. FITZGERALD DIE8; LONG ALLIED WITH LABOR (Continued From Pi(fe 1) raised Connecticut to a high stan dard of labor legislation compared w'th other States. He introduced and worked as siduously for the passage of the minimum wage law, the 48-hour law for women and minors, • the old-age pension and unemploy ment insurance laws, measures for the elimination of child labor and the abolition of home work, md leg slation requiring the pay ment of prevailing wage rates on State buildings. I His broad experience in the field of labor legislation is indi * rated by the fact that during his serv:ce in the Connecticut Senate he was instrumental in passing 27 measures designed to benefit -file workers.. Nor wys Mr. Fitzgerald lacking "7n experience in the administra tion of labor laws. He served as Deputy Labor Commssioner of Connecticut from 1931 to 1937. It was during this period that the State Labor Department carried on a crusade, actively partici pated in by Mr. Fitzgerald, against sweatshops, which result ed in these notorious establish ments of low-wage employers be ing driven from Connecticut. Washington, D. C.—The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that living costs in mid-March were at an all-time high. They were 20 per cent higher than a year ago, almost 54 per cent above the level of January, 1941, and 17 per cent higher than before the war. Legal Notices State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Willie Mae Hudson Hutto, Plain iff, vs. Daniel Hutto, Defendant. Notice of Service By Publication The above named defendant, Daniel Hutto, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Su nerior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff to obtain an abtoltite di vorce upon the grounds of two years’ separation, and the defen dant will further take notice that he :s required to appear at the offide of the Clerk of the Su perior Court of Mecklenburg County at the Court House In Charlotte, North Carolina, within I twenty (20) days after the 12th day of June, 1947, which date is at least seven days after ftw last | publication of this notice, and answer or demur to the compltffcg in said action, or the plaintiff apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 14th dav of May, 1947. J. LESTER WOLFE. Clerk of the Superior Court. , (5-15, 22, 29 ; 6-5c) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. Notice of Pubiiratioa Edna Kaps, Plaintiff, vs. Mack Kaps, Defendant. The defendant above named, < take notice; * That an action, aa above en titled, has been started in Meek- 1 109 W 6th ST lenburg County, for an absolute livorce on the grounds of two successive years of separation, as is now provided by law for such in the General Statutes of North Carolina, and the said defendant irill further take notice that he is required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County st h:s office in the Court House in Charlotte N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint within twenty (20) days after the last fublication of this notice, or the plaintiff will apply to the' Court for the relief de manded in s->id complaint. This, the 5th dav of May, 1947. J. LESTER WOLFE. Clerk of Superior Court. (5-8. 18. 22. 29c4 State of North Carolina. County of Mecklenburg. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Notice of Publication Wiliam B. Adams, Plaintiff, vs. Rosalie G. Adams,--Defendant. It appear--g from the affidavit of William B. Adams, plaintiff in this action, that Rosalie G. Adams, the defendant here:n, is not to be fo^nd iq Mecklenburg County, and cannot, after due diligence, be found in the State, and It further appearing that a cause of action exists aga'nst the •’efendant for an absolute divorce on the grounds of two years’ sep aration, as is now provided bv law for such in the Genera! Stat utes of North Carolina,' and that this is one of the causes in which service of summons may be made on the defendant by publication, due to the fact that the defend ant, ' after due diligence and search, could mot be found in the above county and state. It is therefore, ordered that summons be served on sa d Ros alie G. Adams by publication, and to that end that notice of th>s action he published once a week for four consecutive weeks in a weekly newspaper published n Mecklenbug County, setting forth the title to the action, the pur pose of the same, and requiring the defendant to appear at tbe Office of the Clerk of the Su perior Court of Mecklenburg County at the Court House in Charlotte, N. C., and answer or demur to the complaint within twenty-seven days after the last publication of the notice of this action, or the relief prayed for will he granted the plaintiff. This the 7th dav of May, 1947. J, LESTER WOLFE, Clerk of Superior Court. (5-8. 15, 22, 29c) State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Ruby Arant Adams, Plaintiff vs. Clarence Thomas Adams, De fendant. Service of Summons by Publication The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com mence* in tiie Superior Court of Mecklenburg County for the pur pose of obtaining an absolute di vorce, from the defendant on the grounds of two years’ separation. And the defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, within twenty days from the day on which service by publication in the cause is completed, or within twenty days from the 22nd day of April, 1947, and answer or demur to the complaint filed in this action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded :n said complaint. This the 30th day of April, 1947. J, LESTER WOLFE. Clerk of Superior Court. (May 1. 8, 15. 22-c) State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT E L. Bishop, Plaintiff vs. Myrtle Dunn B chop, Defendant. Service of SidflHM* by PsMicitl#n The above named defendant Will take notice that an action as 49 titled above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Meck lenburg County, North Carolina. »y the plaintiff to obtain an ab wlute divorce upow the grounds >f two rears' separation; and the icfendarN will further take notice hat she ia required to appear it the office of the Clerk of Superior CoJVt of Meckloaborg bounty. North Carolina, within 20) days after the 29th day of Kay, 1947, and gnawer or denser © the complaint in said action. it the plaintiff will apply to the Tourt for the relief demanded in he said complaint. Tftis the 29th day of April, 1947. *J. LESTER WOLFE, Clerk of Superior Court. May 1. 8, 15, 22-c) Send tat your renewal te [Tie Labor Journal today! V IN THE SUPERIOR COURT State of North Carolina, County of Mecklenburg. i Notice of Summon* By Publication Wilber Carter, Plaintiff, vs. Cornie K. Carter, Defendant. The above named defendant, will take notice that an action aa entitled above baa been com menced in the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Car olina. by the plaintiff to obUin an absolute divorce upon the grounds of two years' separation; and the defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County in Charlotte, North Car olina within twenty (20) days after the 5th day off June, 194', and answer or demur to the com plaint in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This the 6th day of May, 1947. MARY S. POLYTHRESS, Asst. Clerk of the Superior Court. (5-8, 15. 22, 29c) IN THE SUPERIOR COURT State of North Carolina, - County of Mecklenburg. Notice Serving Summons By Publication Connor Edward Taylor, Plaintiff, vs. Virginia Green Taylor, Defendant. The above named defendant will take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Caro lina, by the plaintiff to obtain a divorce from bed and board; and the defendant will further take notice that she is required to ap pear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Meck lenburg County at the Court House in Charlotte, North Caro lina within twenty (20) days after the 6th day of June, 1947, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action, or the Mam tiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the said com plaint. , J. LESTER WOLFE, * Clerk of Superior Court. This the 6th day of May, 1947. (5-8, 15, 22, 29c) It Pays To Trade With DOGGETT LUMBER CO. SU E. Park Ave. Phoae 1179 Reconditioned PIANOS ANDREWS MUSIC CO. -Oor Slat Tear” "Steiaway Headqiiirttn’1 Tryoa Street DeVONDE Syftlhftle Cleaners. Dyers IMUn» Farrier* I. Restores otWgtosI freshness end sparkle. 1 Removes carefdliy all dirt, *. 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