DECLARATION OF HOMEBUILDERS

Without an all-out attack on waste, there is no use hoping that increased production alone can meet America's tremendous need for arms. The only alternative to a drastic reduction in the American standard of living is a still more drastic reduction in the American standard of waste.

We believe that such an all-out attack on waste could achieve amazing results in almost every sector of the economy. We are certain it could achieve amazing results in our own industry. We are satisfied that these great savings and economies in home building can be effected without any real sacrifice in the quality and livability of the finished house.

Some of these economies would express themselves in dollars, and thus contribute importantly to the fight against inflation. They would give the home-buying public better value, now and after the emergency. The more waste we take out of the house, the more quality and livability we can build into it.

We are all agreed that these savings could easily run 20%; if all obstructions are removed they could reach 30% or even 40%. Sacrificing nothing but waste, t should still be possible to build a better house with 50% less cast-iron pipe 50% less cement, far less lumber, far less gypsum, far less steel. In other words' an all-out attack on waste could save more critical materials and more critical i could be saved by a drastic further cut in housing starts

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