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Houses from the Assembly Line
Lasch, Robert | March 30, 1946 issue

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The most exciting part of Expediter Wilson Wyatt's national housing program is his proposal to establish within two years a new American Industry comparable to the automobile industry of the twenties. Since Wyatt announced his intentions early in February 1946, sweeping the timid plans of private industry into the discard and calling for the building of 2,700,000 homes in 1946 and 1947, the termites of special interest have been gnawing at his plan. In no year between 1929 and 1941 were 600,000 houses built by conventional methods. What Wyatt proposes, therefore, is the creation of a new industry that will surpass the record of the old house-building industry in all but its palmiest days.

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HOUSING; AUTOMOBILE industry & trade; WYATT, Wilson; PRIVATE sector; INDUSTRIES; UNITED States
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