Nixon asks loan subsidies to control housing costs
WASHINGTON (UPI) President Nixon Tuesday took action to drive down interest rates and increase supplies of skilled construction workers to snap home building out of a year-long slump and control the spiraling cost of housing.
To lower interest rates, Nixon called on congress to act now on the administration's plan to subsidize federal loans to savings and loan associations and thus permit them to increase their mortgage lending.
He also urged Congress to authorize the Federal National Mortgage Association to buy conventional mortgages, thus freeing more private funds for additional lending. The agency now is limited to VA and FHA loans.
Describing construction labor as in "disturbingly short supply." Nixon announced these
steps to increase the number of skilled workers:
- Labor Department programs to train building trades workers will be expanded by 50 per cent.
- All federal construction contracts must contain a clause "that will require the employment of apprentices or trainees on such projects."
- Vocational education and apprenticeship programs will be expanded.
- Regulations prohibiting racial discrimination in construction employment will be vigorously enforced.
"Our most urgent need is for homes that middle and lower income Americans can afford." Nixon said in a message sent to the House and Senate. "Yet, today, the average price for all new houses offered for sale is $27,000."
Nixon recommended doubling,
Docking signs into law bill on flag desecration
TOPEKA (UPI)—Gov. Robert B. Docking announced today he has signed into law a bill making it unlawful to desecrate the state flag or the flag of the United States.
Under the law, publicly mutilating or defacing the flags will be classified a misdemeanor.
Docking also has signed a bill which will allow Maj. Gen. Joe Nickell, state adjutant general of the Kansas National Guard, to be promoted to lieutenant general.
The governor said he will request the Kansas Senate to approve the promotion for Nickell when the legislature reconvenes next Monday.
The bill provides that an adjutant general who has served 15 years in that position may be promoted by the governor to the rank of lieutenant general. The promotion requires consent of the Senate.
The governor also signed bills which would:
- Absolve the recipient of an unsolicited credit card of any liability for charges on it if the card was lost or stolen.
To aid state and local construction projects such as for highways and hospitals, Nixon freed $1.2 billion which had been frozen since September as an anti-inflation measure. When added to $300 million in state and local matching funds, the action means a $1.5 billion boost for the construction industry.
rrom 223,600 units last year to 450,000 units this year, the construction of federally assisted housing for low and moderate income families. And to speed up early construction, he reallocated $1.5 billion worth of federal housing assistance funds.
- Establish a procedure to determine paternity and fix responsibility for support of children born to unmarried mothers.
Nixon also ordered federal agencies to plan their construction projects to minimize interference with private building. One method he suggested was to schedule federal construction in the winter months, a slack time for the construction industry.
Nixon also ordered federal agencies to plan their construction projects to minimize interference with private building. One method he suggested was to schedule federal construction in the winter months, a slack time for the construction industry.
Student wins award for architectural work
The winner of the area award given by the Portland Cement Association for architectural competition is Ronald Turner, Raytown, Mo., fourth-year architecture student.
The award qualifies Turner for the association's national competition and a possible $1,500 scholarship at the Fontainebleau School of Fine Arts in France.
The design submitted by Turner is for the new Lawrence Public Library.
Professor denounces blacklisting
WASHINGTON (UPI) — A Columbia University professor accused an Illinois organization Tuesday of running a "blacklisting" agency designed to block employment of people whose political views it opposes.
Alan F. Westin testified before a House banking subcommittee and said Congress should control agencies hired by employers to screen prospective employees.
Some of them, he said, are "very dangerous" and cited as an example "an ultra rightwing organization called the Church League of America, located in Wheaton. Ill."
Westin said one of the league's letters suggests that prospective employees should be screened on their "philosophy of life." He quoted the letter as saying, "Our working forces include more than a few radicals, socialists, revolutionaries, communists and troublemakers of all sorts."
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