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In Military Service:

Robert w. Chasteney, Jr.

Robert Hanford

Joseph C. Hazen, Jr.

George B. Hotchkiss, Jr.

S. Chapin Lawson

A. Banks Wanamaker

TRE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM VOLUME 78, Numter '4

APRI L 1943 THE MONTH IN BUILDING National Resources Planning Board publishes its most important report, dealing definitively with housing , urban rehabilitation, public works • . . Gov. Dewey moves to rcmove Moses from planning Commission .. . HOLC in danger of losing its life ... Absenteeism versus hous­ing ... heavy construction falling aff .

. TOWN HOUSE A New York house, built new from the foundations up, presenting a fresh approach to the problem of city living .

VICTORY HOUSE A noteworthy proposal far an emergency war housing unit to replace the trailer, develooed by the John B. Pierce Foundation.

HOUSES Three more small houses, illustrating a well established trend ... Alteration of a typical Pennsylvania Dutch far·mhouse, by a modern architect.

LIBRARY Modern architecture on the Carroll College cam!)us Another step toward humanizing our educational com­munities.

THE PREFABRICATED HOUSE Chapter 5: Wood, materia! of realization ... Sectional wood houses .•. "Precut" houses ... lnfluence of sheet materials •.• ''Conventional" Prefabrication ••• A picture-and-text survey of the leading prefabricator3 of the present time.

THE PRIVATE BUILDER AND WAR HOUSING An exposition of war housing regulations and direc­tives to date ... The case far private housing ••. Possibilities in 1943.

FORUM OF EVENTS Thomas Jefferson: 200th anniversary of a statesman­architect .•• Announcements .•. Obituaries.

BUILDING REPORTER Technical News: Ex:>erimental dairy barn ... arctic shelter ... lead as a protective coating ••. New prod­ucts: Fiber pipe . .. Drafting equipment ... Non­criticai plumbing .

BOOKS An outstanding survey of old and new architecture in Brazil .•• Handbook of Civilian Protection ... Twen­tieth Century Portraits.

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Publisher, Howard Myers; Managing Editors, George Nelson, Henry Wright; Associates, John Beinert, Arthur Goldman, Paul Grotz, Doris Grumbach; Assistants, Richard E. Saunders, Madelaine Thatcher. THE ARCHITECTURAL FORUM ÌS published by Time !ne., Maurice T. Moore, Chairman; Roy E. Larsen,4 President; Charles L. Stillman, Treasurer; David W . Brumbaugh, Secretary. ·Publication and Subscription Office, Orange, Cono. Subscriptions may also be sent to 330 East 22nd Street, Chicago, illinois. Executive Editoria! and Advertising Omces, 19 West 44th Street, NeW York. Generai Manager Ruth Goodhue. Advertising Manager, George P. Shutt. Address all editoria! corres~ pondence to 19 West 44th Street, New York. Yearly subscription, payable in advance, U. S. and Possessions, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, South America, $4.00. Elsewhere $6.00. Single issues, including Reference Numbers, $1.00. All copies Mailed Flat. Copyright under International Copyright Convention. All rights reserved under Pan American Copyright Conventwn. Copyright, 1942, by Time Inc. Printed in U. S. A.

Pu.blished monthly by Time Inc., Orange, Cono. Yearly subscription: U. S. A .. Insular Possessions , Canada and Cuba, $4.00. Foreign Countries in the Postal Union, $6.00. Single

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Th<> nrh:ertising pages of TuE AnCHITECTURAL .F'ORU!Il are the recogn.ized market place /or architects and all others en.gaged in buildin.g. A house or any other builllin.g could be built completely of products advertised in THE FORUM. While it is n.ot possible to certify building products, it is possible to open these pages only to tlwse man.ufacturers whose reputation merits confidence. 'l 'his 't'H.t: FORU!Il does.

Adams and Westlake Company, The .................................... 147 Alberen·e Stone Corporation of Virginia .................. ..... ..... 107 Aluminum Company of America ................ : ................... Cover Il American Brass Company, The ................................... ........... 18 American Lumber & Treating Co. .. .. ...................... ,............. 94 American Pencil Company ........................... ........... : ............. 142 American Rolling Mill Company, The ............. ................... 7 Andersen Corporation ................................................ ... ... 120, 121 Arco Company, The .......... ........................................................ 110

Marsh W ali Products, lnc. .................................................... 22 M~sk~r Bro.s. . ...... :··:··:···· .............................. ....... : ...... ........... . 30, 31 M1am1 Cabmet Diviswn ........................................................ 96

(The Philip Carey Company) Milwaukee Stamping Company ............................................ 146

(Bathe·Rite Division) Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co ..................... .............. 148 Monsanto Chemical Company, Plastics Division ................ 13 Mueller Brass Co ............................................................. Opp. 112

Armstrong Cork Company ........................ ........................... ... 92

Bakelite Corporation ................................................ ........ 108, 109 (Unit of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation)

Bathe-Rite Division .................................................................. 146

National Door Manufacturers' Association ............... .. ....... 150 National Gypsum Company .................................................... 32 National Lead Company .......................................................... 103

( Milwaukee Stamping Company) Beck, Henry C. Co. ..................... ......... ................ ....... ... .. ...... 95 Borden Company, The .................................................... ........ 141

Overhead Door Corporation .......................................... Cover IV Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation ................................ 115

(Casein Division) Palace Travel Coach Corporation .................................... 116, 117 Briggs Mfg. Company .............................................................. 127 Peelle Door Mfg. Co. ............................................................ 89 Bruce Co., E. L. . ......................................... ............................ 130 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company ........................................ 135 B & T Metals Company, The ................................................ 152 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Paint Division ................ 113 Burgess Battery Company .............................. ............ .............. 132 Ponderosa Pine Woodwork .................................................... 144 Byers, A. M. Company .......................... .................... ............ .. 9 Portland Cement Association .......................................... Opp. 113

Cabot, Samuel, lnc ................................................................. 146 Carey, Philip Company, The .... ...................... ...................... 123

Pratt & Lambert, Inc ............................................................. 119 Propellair lnc. ........................... ...... ..................... .................... 19

Carrier Corp ............................................................................... 105 Casein Company of America .................................................... 141

(Division of The Borden Company) Celanese Celluloid Corporation ...................................... Cover III Celotex Corporation, The .................................................... 20, 21 Coyne and Delany Co ............................ .............................. ... 143 Crane Co. ................ ..................................... ..... .......................... 99

Republic Steel Corporation .................................................... 97 Reznor Manufacturing Co. .. .................................................. 102 Rilco Laminated Products, lnc. .. .......................................... 101 Rolscreen Company ................................................................ 122 Roper, George :ID. Corporation ............................................ 154 Ruberoid Co., The .................................................................... 24

Curtis Companies ...................................................................... 6 Samson Cordage W orks .......................................................... 150 Dahlstrom Metallic Door Company ........................................ 128 Detroit Steel Products Co. . ................................................... 140 De Walt Products Corporation .............................................. 14 Douglas :Fir Plywood Association ........................................ 142 Durez Plastics & Chemicals, Inc. ............ .......... .................... 131

Eagle-Picher Lead Company, The ........................................ 90 Edwards & Company ................................................................ 15 Elkay Mfg. Co. .......................................................................... 26

Sloan Valve Company ............................................................ IO Sonneborn Sons Inc., L . ..... ......... .............................................. 144 Square D Company .. ................................................................ 27 Stanley W orks, The .................................................................. 152 Stewart and Bennett ....................................................... : ........ 114 Stran-Steel Division ................................................................ 25

(Great Lakes Steel Corporation) Swartwout Co., The ................................................................ 106 Sylvania Electric Products lnc. ............................................ 11

:Flintkote Company, The ........................................................ 139 :Formica Insulation Company, The ........................................ 5

Texas Pre-Fabricated House and Tent Co. ........................ 98 Tile-Tex Company, The ........................................................ 126

Generai Ceramics Co. ............................................................ 158 Generai Electric Company .................................................... 112 Green Lumber Company, The .............................................. 136

Timber Engineering Company ............................. ................... 133 Time lnc .................................... ... :............................. ............. ... 28 Trane CoiJlPany, The ................................................................ 129

Great Lakes Steel Corporation .............................................. 25 ( Stran:Steel Division )

Gunnison Housing Corp. .......................................................... 106 Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation .......................... 108, 109

(Bakelite Unit) Unit Structures, Inc. .. ............................................................ 157

Homasote Company ..................... ......... ...................................... 93 United States Gypsum Company ............................................ 151 Houston Ready-Cut House Co. . .... : ...................................... 146 United States Plywood Corporation .................................... 149

Imperia} Brass · Company ........................................................ 91 lnsulite Company, · The ............................................................ 125 Ii'l.ternational Nickel Company, The .................................... 100

United States Steel Corporation ............................................ 118 Universal Atlas Cement Co ..................................................... 118

(United. States Steel Corporation Subsidiary) Upson Company, The ...................................... ........................ 17

Johns-Manville .............................................................. , ....... 111, 155 Johnson, S. T. Co ..................................................................... 152 Van Range, John, Co., The .................................................... 110

Victor Electric Products, lnc. ................................................ 136 Kimberly-Clark Corporation ......... ................................ ........... 153 Vonnegut Hardware Co . .......................................................... 138 Koppers Company ..................... .......................................... ..... 137

W aterfilm Boilers, lnc. ........................................ ...... .............. 150 Laucks, l. F., Company ............................................................ 104 LCN Door Closers ..................................... ....... : ....................... 124 Liquidometer Corp., The ........................................................ 154

Weis, Henry, Mfg. Co., lnc ..................................................... 134 · Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. .................... ~

Wakefield, :F. W. Brass Co., The ............................................ 102 Louisville Cement Company, lncorporated .......... ... ............. 23 William~ . Oil-O·Matic Heating Corporation ........................ 29

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