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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 : 28 29' : 30 31 32 Ranch© Vegas protest. He, {Folger}, gave the number of bouses constructed in each of the 12 contract® made by the water company and differ­ent builders and the number occupied and the number still vacant. The principal cause of th© house shortage in Las Vegas in 1941 and 1942 was due to the large force employed by McNeil Construction Go* in th© building of the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant. In June, 1942, this force reached a peak slightly in excess of 10.000 workers and it has steadily declined to June 1, 1942, to a force of 2,000, and it is expected to further decrease to a negli­gible number when the McNeil Company finishes its present con­tracts about October 1, 1943. The great demand for housing units for these workers, many of whom brought their families with the®, has gradually ceased as th© men and their families have departed. Mr. Folger further testified that, in his opinion, employees of the Basie Magnesium, Inc. plant would naturally re­side in that vicinity if housing accommodations were available there. He presented figures to show that, in addition to the 1.000 demountable houses already built at the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant, plana were in progress for 300 more units for white employ­ees and 324 more units for negro employees, and dormitories con­templated for 320 single white persons and 175 negroes. It was further brought out that there are now about 5,300 employees in the Basic Magnesium, Inc. plant proper and it is not expected that this will be increased by more than 100 ad­ditional employees for a permanent force of 5,400. questioned by Mr. Petrie of th© City Planning Commis­sion, as to what the local water company would do in the event this rule is cancelled and it later developed that there was a further need for housing units if other large manufacturing enterprises entered the Las Vegas area, Mr. Folger stated that should that - 4 -