Many of the workers in this area are living in trailer camps, which, during most of the year, seem undesirable. In addition to that situation, many are living in outside communities and commute the best way they can between such points and their work in Jeffersonville. I believe further investigation on the part of your staff will bear out my contention. Respectfully, ENCLOSURE 3 JOHN B. FUNK, President. CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, Gen. L. O. GRICE, Comanding General, United States Quartermaster Depot, Lt. Col. J. F. QUINN, DEAR SIR: There has existed in Jeffersonville and the immediate surrounding territory a very acute housing shortage ever since before the beginning of World War II. This was due to a great extent to the expansion of the activities of the Quartermaster depot together with the construction of the duPont plant and Goodyear bag loading plant at Charlestown, 12 miles away, and later the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co. Jeffersonville, Ind. At the close of the war, activities in most of these places were curtailed to a great extent but persons who had moved here found employment in other places and remained so that, with the returning of the veterans at the close of the war, the housing shortage became more acute than it had been during the war; and despite a great deal of building the available houses have not been able to meet the demand. A survey made by our city shows that a lack of housing facilities necessitates a great number of people who work at the Quartermaster depot to live in distant points, especially in the outskirts of Louisville, Ky., and in small towns south of Louisville. This not only makes it inconvenient for these persons but also makes them less available when needed at the depot. In addition, they must travel the streets of Jeffersonville leading to the municipal bridge, which is the only bridge across the Ohio River at Jeffersonville and their hours make this traveling at the peak hour of traffic across this bridge, which also carries all of the traffic for United States Highway 31-E, State Road 62, State Road 562, and United States Highway 460. This bridge, which is a four-lane road, is called the gateway to the South and is the only bridge besides the K. & I. bridge at New Albany that crosses the Ohio River from the north for a distance of 50 miles to the east and approximately 90 miles to the west, which adds greatly to the congestion of traffic and creates a safety hazard. It is my opinion, after a careful study of the reports made to me and from my own personal observation, that the construction of housing units near the Quartermaster depot to be made available to their officers, enlisted men, and employees would be a great benefit to this community as well as a much needed addition to the depot's facilities. Yours very truly, Jeffersonville Quartermaster Depot, SAMUEL SHANNON. ENCLOSURE 4 JEFFERSONVILLE BOAT & MACHINE Co., INC., Jeffersonville, Ind. DEAR SIR: In answer to your question as to whether we are experiencing difficulties because of the housing shortage, I wish to advise that we are not experiencing difficulties because of our stabilized working force. Having lived in this community for years, I know that should we have cause to expand we certainly would have difficulty in finding homes for workers. I do 80 CATTLE ON FARMS JAN. I, by CLASSES MILLIONS FIGURE I 1880 1900 1920 *HEIFERS & CALVES NOT FOR MILK, AND ALL STEERS & BULLS 1930 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FIGURE 2 U. S. PIG CROPS DATA FOR 1951 ARE PRELIMINARY 1940 02 YRS, & OLDER NOT FOR MILK NEG. 47147A-XX BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 1960 1940 1950 NEG. 39337-XX BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECOROMICS 150 100 50 1930 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 83762-51-pt. 1-45 FIGURE 4 MEAT AND POULTRY CONSUMED, LBS. Meat and poultry Red meat 1935 1940 1945 MEAT, CARCASS WEIGHT, POULTRY, DRESSED WEIGHT NEG. 48158-XX BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS FIGURE 5 MEAT AND INCOME Retail Value of Consumption and Income, Per Person BY YEARS The CHAIRMAN. We will recess until 2:30 (Whereupon, at 12:30 p. m., a recess was taken until 2:30 p. m. of the same day.) p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Mr. Woods, will you come up, and identify yourself for the record? STATEMENT OF TIGHE E. WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER, ACCOMPANIED BY MILTON DAVIS AND ED DUPREE, GENERAL COUNSEL Mr. Woods. I am Tighe Woods, the Housing Expediter. This is Mr. Dupree, general counsel, and Mr. Milton Davis of my staff. The CHAIRMAN. Will you go ahead, sir, and read your statement, unless you desire to summarize it? Mr. Woods. It is not terribly long, Senator. I would just as soon read it if I have permission. The CHAIRMAN. Go ahead. Mr. Woods. The outbreak of the Korean conflict, and the mobilization program which we have been forced to undertake, make rent control a continuing national responsibility. The extension and strengthening of Federal rent control is vitally necessary in order to achieve over-all economic stabilization, to insure the production of materials for defense, and to protect military personnel from exorbitant rents during the present national emergency. Rent is a major item in the family budget. As Mr. Wilson and Mr. Johnston have already testified, there can be no stabilization of the cost |