JAPAN: Post-Quake Facts

News from Japan indicated that the work of rebuilding the areas devastated by the recent quake is, on the whole, proceeding smoothly.

Off to Japan. The following prominent U. S. citizens left or were reported about to leave for Japan on reconstruction work: Loyall A. Osborne and Guy E. Tripp, respectively President and Director of the Westinghouse International Co.; J. R. Lovejoy, Vice President of the General Electric Co.; Robert Dollar, chief of the Dollar Line. Americans already on the scene of the disaster include: B. K. Condict, Vice President of the International Western Electric Co., as well as representatives of the United States Steel Corporation, Standard Oil, Stone and Webster.

Damage. It was confirmed that the damage to property during the quake amounted to about one billion dollars —$13 for every Japanese. This increases Japan’s per capita national debt from $25 to $38.