"The Philippine American Insurance Company is embarking on a nationwide housing program designed to build decent. homes for the lower income groups of the population in all major population centers in the country," said Mr. Earl Carroll, pres ident of the company. This was done, Carroll said, to give safe investment outlets for the policyholders' money. He said that negotiations for the purchase of a tract of land in Quezon City in order to permit the Philippine Ameri- can to set up a model housing project is being undertaken. The Quezon City project, when completed, would accommodate some 600 families, Carroll added. It would also create a model community center in Quezon City because the area will be pro- vided with all facilities that may not be available in the vicinity, such as a public park, puericulture center, a church, market, recreation centers and a school. "In undertaking an ambitious housing program that would provide decent homes for the middle or lower group of people,' he said, "we feel that we are contributing in a small way, to the improvement of peace and order in the Philippines and helping