14 Tha Newt-Review, Roteburg, Ore. Tues., Mar. 21, 1950
Housing Demand
Undiminished By
Winter's Boom
WASHINGTON -JJP- The de
mand for homing was reported to
day juit aa high ai ever, after
the biggest winter homebuilding
boom in the nation'a history.
Ewin Clague, commissioner of
labor statistics, aaid February
completed i three - month period
during which buildera itarted dwel
lings at an 80,000-a-month clip an
unusually high wintertime record.
Housing construction in 194 top
ped the 1,000,000-dwelling figure for
the first time yet the winter con
truction rate a year ago was only
It a M.0O0-a-month mark.
In spite of this mammoth con
struction "housing demand contin
ues virtually unabated," Clague
said, adding mat tnia aemana is
"buoyed by high consumer income
and the continuing high marriage
and birth rates."
Clsgue's survey matched the ,
housing construction rates with
boosts in the population and came
up with this conclusion:
"Indications are that tha new
dwelling unita started esch year
will have to exceed 1.000,000 fo
aeveral yeara to wipe out the
backlog, as well aa to meet cur
rent population increase and ef-t
fective demand."
The country will have to contin
ue ita all-time record of 1.029,000
dwelling units stsrted in 1949 for
"several years" to come, Clague .
Sredicted, if this housing deficit '
i to be eliminated.
He said a general belief that
building costs will remain stable j
in 1950 is probably one reason for
the big wintertime housing; boom. ,
Favorable weather was given' as
another.
Most attention was centered on
the 41 percent increase in apart
ment construction in 1949 as com
pared with 1948, Clague said. He .
added that a fact overlooked is that ,
the 790,000 one-family homes stsrt
ed in 1949 also set a record. !
Civil Defense
Agency Heads Are
Named By McKay
SALEM, March M.-O'rV-Gover.
.nor Douglas McKay appointed Fri
day IS men to be chiefs of divi
sions under the state civil defense
agency.
He said they would deal with
peacetime emergencies as well as
war problems.
The appointments are:
Jamea E. Singleton, Salem,
public utilitiea commission, to be
chief of the evacuation division.
Joseph M. Miolsness, Salem,
state relatione officer of the Red
Cross, to be chief of the food and
clothing division.
Leslie H. Warfield, Salem, high
way commission, to be chief of the
ahelter and housing division.
State Public Welfare Com
missioner Jack H. Luihn, Port
land, to be chief of public welfare
division.
Col. William C. Ryan, Salem,
state coordinator of institutions,
to be chief of planning division.
State vocational director Oscar
I. Paulson, Salem, to be chief of
training division.
Thomas Lawson McCall, Salem,
iocretary to the governor, to be
chief of public relations.
Col .Edward C. Snow, National
Guard, Salem, to be chief of mu
tual aid division.
State police Capt. Walter I.sn
sing, Salem, to be chief of plant
protection division.
Major Irvina Ail, Portland,
National Guard, to be chief of
warden services.
Deputy stale police' Supt. Lee
Down, Salem, to be chief of police
aervices.
O. R. Blair, Portland, to be chief
of transportation division.
W. C. Williams, Salem, assist
ant state highway engineer, to be
chief of engineering and rescue
division.
Capt. Robert L. Clark to be chief
of Rround observer section.
Lt. E. W. Thomas, Portland
National Guard, to be assistant
chief ground observer.
Because of the many tasks to be
performed it takes a staff of 74
to produce an average variety
hour on television.
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