NPA Releases Steel For Unfinished Jobs
The Government took a second major step yesterday to ease nondefense construction controls and curb growing unemployment in the building industry.</br></br>Commercial buildings and public works structures less than 20 percent completedÛÓ frozen since last OctoberÛÓwill be permitted to obtain enough steel to proceed with the projects beginning April.</br></br>Effect of this' order by the National Production Authority will be to bring some relief to New York, Washington, and other cities which have been hard hit by the stringent construction controls for the lack of military and defense projects. Over-all Construction Down</br></br>Last week NPA announced it will authorize, beginning July* 1, the construction of 645 community . buildings, churches, police stations, jails, and public institutions.</br></br>The newest order does not remove the building ban on construction projects which have not reached the foundation stage; nor does it bring any easing of the prohibitions, against building for recreational or amusement purposes.