econ) = (Sy) aa uu az us a=Soldiers and Sailors Need HOMES ANY shortage of living facilities required to keep the defend- ers of the Nation and their families strong and alert tends to weaken the defense effort. Morale is as essential as equip- avy, and the Air ment for the enlisted men of the Army, the Corps. Clean, decent, healthy living builds morale. quate defense housing, therefore, becomes an important part of the four must rest. It is ment as the production of munitions. ation upon which the superstructure of defense much a function of the national Govern- THE Federal Works Agency is building sturdy, modern homes for the families of noncommi sioned officers and civilian personnel of the f the } and the Air Corps who are sta- i t bases in this country and in the insular States. They are possessions of the United bright, clean, and comfortable; with outdoor space for the children to pla They are spread across the country from Canada to the Rio Grande: from the Atlantic to the Pacific. They have been built in the freezing cold of Alaska and in the tropic heat of islands in the Pacific and the Caribbean. They are homes for the defenders of democracy.Defense Workers Need HOMES TENS of thousands of workers answered the call for men to build planes, battleships, tanks, guns, machine tools, precision instruments, nd and one other things needed for national defe: As they swarmed into industrial supply of dee ng accommodations soon be nters, th hausted. Families were forced to live in ramshackle houses under slum conditions. Two or more families to a house. Houses with leaking roofs but no running water. Other families for: live many m from factories and workshops in insan wooden shacks, with only tar paper on tl ed to y walls, ‘Thousands of new homes were needed. And needed at once! FWA BUILDS THEM ACROSS America hammers are clattering, conerete is being mixed, new homes are rising. Homes for decent, healthy living. Homes to provide for the families of defense workers a share of the comforts of the American way of life—a place in the sunshine for the children by day; a sound roof over their heads at night. Thousands of these homes have been completed and occupied. Other thousands are in process of construction. They bulwark the workshops of Ameries gainst the sweatshops of continental Europe. They bolster the morale of free American workers against the goose -stepping labor battalions of dictatorship.