Housing Act of 1954

Statement of-Continued
Hollander, Edward D., national director, Americans for Democratic
Action__

Hollyday, Guy T. O., Commissioner, and Allan T. Thornton, Direc-

tor, Personnel and Statistics Division, Federal Housing Adminis-

Pago

368

Houser, Mrs. Jency Price, national organizer, Residence at Ease Asso-
ciation.

Hughes, R. G., president; Herbert S. Colton, general counsel; and
John M. Dickerman, executive director, National Association of
Home Builders of the United States__

Johnson, Byron L., associate professor of economics and Gene T.
Skrivan, chairman, building industry and real estate department,
University of Denver...

Kahn, Efrem A., Lindenwood Realty Corp., New York, N. Y...........
Kennedy, Miles D., director, national legislative commission, Ameri-
can Legion...

King, T. Bertram, Acting Assistant Deputy Administrator, Loan

Guaranty Service, Veterans' Administration..

Levitt, William J., New York, N. Y..........

Mason, Norman P., United States Chamber of Commerce-.

McAllister, Walter W., chairman, and Wade Harrison, General
Counsel, Home Loan Bank Board--

McCormick, Pat A., Trailer Coach Association, accompanied by

E. R. Shaw, Trailer Coach Association of Los Angeles, Calif.;

Ralph Karl, consultant and Washington representative; Walter

Wells, Mobile Home Manufacturers' Association of Chicago; Lee

Painter, president, Mobile Home Dealers National Association____

Mead, Donald H., mayor, Syracuse, N. Y., American Municipal

Association.

Mitchell, Clarence, National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People...

341

708

1003

344

351

893

Moore, John H., executive director, United Community Defense
Services, Inc...

913

Murphy, M. K. M., past president, and Stephen Slipher, staff vice
president, United States Savings and Loan League.

686

Northrup, H. R., executive vice president, National Retail Lumber
Dealers Association_

481

O'Grady, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John, secretary, National Conference of

Catholic Charities.

640

O'Malley, James J., chairman, Federal legislation committee, National

Savings and Loan League.-

651

Packard, Arthur J., chairman of the board, and O. M. Ryan, manager,

Washington office, American Hotel Association_

654

Paul, Lt. Gen. W. S. (retired), assistant to the Director for Non-
military defense, Office of Defense Mobilization___

Perk, Ralph J., councilman, Cleveland, Ohio...

Peterson, Val, Administrator, read by Ralph Spear, Deputy assistant
Administrator for Planning, Federal Civil Defense Administration__

Rafsky, William L., housing coordinator, Philadelphia, Pa. ----

Raider, David L., attorney, Associated Builders of Greater New

York, Inc..

Reilly, John A., American Bankers Association..

Robbins, Ira S., president, accompanied by Edward F. Barry, chair-

man of the board; and Dr. William L. C. Wheaton, professor of city

planning, University of Pennsylvania; National Housing Confer-

ence.

Robin, John P., executive director, Urban Redevelopment Authority

of Pittsburgh, Pa., United States Conference of Mayors..

Shanks, Carrol M., president, and John G. Jewett, vice president,

Prudential Insurance Company of America; and Milford A. Vieser,

vice president, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. of Newark, N. J.;

American Life Convention and Life Insurance Association of

America

Shishkin, Boris, secretary, housing committee, American Federation

of Labor

Slusser, Charles, Commissioner, and Lawrence Bloomberg, economist,

Public Housing Administration__.

Statement of-Continued

Smith, Henry C., Deputy Administrator, Farmers' Home Adminis-

tration, accompanied by Charles C. Barnard, budget officer, and

R. L. Farrington, Director of Credit Services, Department of

Agriculture

Thimmes, James G., vice president, CIO, and United Steelworkers of
America, accompanied by John W. Edelman, CIO legislative sub-
committee on housing; Frank Fernback, associate director of re-
search; and Ben Fischer, director, committee on housing, CIO.......
Tuemmler, Fred W., American Institute of Planners__
Wallace, William T. Peru, Ind.

Waltemade, Henry G., chairman, Realtors' Washington Committee
National Association of Real Estate_Boards, accompanied by
Alexander Summer, Newark, N. J.; and Fritz B. Burns, Los Angeles,
Calif....

Weitzer, Bernard, national legislative director, Jewish War Veterans of
the United States of America..

Wellman, Charles A., vice president, Glendale Federal Savings &

Loan Association.

------

Winston, Oliver., C. president, National Association of Housing and

Redevelopment Officials accompanied by John Searles, Executive

Director, District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency-

Letters, statements, exhibits, etc., submitted for the record by-

Alaska Development Board, Al Anderson, assistant manager: Letter

to chairman_.

Page

204

490

670

661

411

987

275

620

1102

Alaska Housing Authority, Glen R. Wilder, executive director: Letter

to Delegate Bartlett enclosing resolution.

Alaska National Bank, Anchorage, Alaska, E. E. Rasmuson, presi-

dent: Letter to chairman__ _

1102

Letter__

American Bankers Association, J. Olney Brott, general counsel:

Supplementary statement on proposed voluntary home credit

program.

Statement on proposed Federal Savings Insurance Corporation.
American Farm Bureau Federation, Joe Betts, legislative assistant:
Letter to chairman_ _ _

1103

1104

1040

American Federation of Labor: Condition of housing supply-
American Hotel Association: Amendments___

954

659

American Institute of Planners: Letter to chairman enclosing reso-
lution..

671

American Legion:

Wilbur C. Daniel, chairman, National Economic Commission:

Statement..

351

Supplemental statement.

357

Letter to President, January 30, 1954, from national commander_

White House reply, February 18, 1954.

362

363

Letter to President, March 8, 1954-

363

Letter to VA Administrator from special committee on VA loan

procedures

363

1105

Letter enclosing statements opposing sections 201 and 201 (1),
section 801, and transfer of functions from VA to HHFA_____

American Life Convention and Life Insurance Association of America:

Proposed bill..

National policy on housing and mortgage lending a statement

of life-insurance views_

American Planning and Civic Association, U. S. Grant 3d, major

general, United States Army (retired), president: Letter to chair-

man.

Americans for Democratic Action, Edward D. Hollander, national

director: Letter with attachment on Connecticut program.

Baltimore, Md., Planning Commission, Department of Planning,

Thomas F. Hubbard, chairman: Letter to Representative Gar-

matz

Baratz, Morton S., department of economics, Yale University: Letter

to chairman enclosing article, public housing: A critique and a

Letters, statements, exhibits, etc.-Continued

Bartlett, E. L., a Delegate in Congress from the Territory of Alaska:
Letter to chairman enclosing letter and resolution, Alaska Hous-
ing Authority..

Letter from F. A. Grimsdell, vice president, Commonwealth, Inc.-

Benjamin, Alvin, Brooklyn, N. Y.: Letter to Senator Ives_

de Bordenave, E. A., rector, Christ church, Philadelphia, Pa.--

Bourne, R. C., president, Tomkins Bros., Newark, N. J.: Letter to

chairman.

Boyar, Louis H., Los Angeles, Calif.: Supplementary statement.

Brooklyn Dime Savings Bank, George C. Johnson, president: Letter

to chairman.......

Page

1107

1109

Buck, Vincent, Spokane, Wash.: Telegram to Senator Magnuson_

Buffalo, N. Y., Chamber of Commerce: Statement

Burns, Fritz B., National Association of Real Estate Boards:

Letter to chairman_

1061

1051

478

1051

California Bankers Association, Oscar R. Mennenga, executive mana-
ger: Letter to chairman__

1052

Capehart, Homer E., a United States Senator from the State of

Indiana:

Summary of housing bill._

Letter to Mr. Cole regarding Mr. Henderson's testimony.

Chamber of Commerce of the United States: Statement..

Charleston, W. Va., Board of Realtors, Inc., Robert Paul McCormick,
secretary-treasurer: Letter to chairman enclosing resolution_...
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, E. P. Quarl, manager,
industrial department:

Letter to chairman enclosing amendment to title I...
Amendment to Public Law 171..

Clark, Joseph S., Jr., mayor, Philadelphia, Pa.: Statement.

Colean, Miles L., Washington, D. C.: Letter to chairman..

Comptroller General of the United States: Report on S. 2938_.

Congress of Industrial Organizations:

Supplementary statement on public housing - -

Statements on public housing from various States and cities..

Conyers, Vernon, Spokane, Wash.: Telegram to Senator Magnuson__

Cooperative League of the United States of America:

Cooperative housing, section 231-status as of February 24, 1954.

Comparative programs, 1951–53_.

Letter from Mr. Krooth on proposed Housing Cooperative

Mortgage Corporation. - -.

972

What every cooperator should know-a guide to cooperative

housing.

976

1055

Detroit Metropolitan Builders, Sidney C. Barnes: Letter to chairman

enclosing amendments...

Dague, George W., Galveston, Ind.: Letter to chairman_

Deane, Charles B., a Representative in Congress from the State of
North Carolina: Farm housing program data, from inception of
program through December 31, 1953

404

1056

Eberle, Antone, Spokane, Wash.: Telegram to Senator Magnuson..

Family Service Association of America, Earl N. Parker, assistant

general director: Telegram to chairman..

1059

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Letter on change of name to

Federal Savings Insurance Corporation....

1111

Finkbemer, John, New York, N. Y.: Statement..

1111

Finley, M. W., Guam: Letter to chairman_.

1059

Foster Charles E., assistant national director of legislation, Disabled

American Veterans: Supplemental statement..

686

Goldman, Arthur Sworn, construction economist:

List of lending institutions making additional advances_
Article, House and Home: Can FHA insure open-end mortgages?..
Article, Legal Bulletin, United States Savings and Loan League:
The flexible mortgage contract-

767

772

774

Article: House and Home: Dime Savings Bank writes open-end
clause into all its family house mortgages..

826

Article, House and Home: Open-end mortgages-good business
bet, not a legal problem__

826

Letters, statements, exhibits, etc.—Continued

Page

Grimsdell, F. A., vice president, Commonwealth, Inc., Portland, Oreg.:

Letter to Delegate Bartlett-

1109

Gross, Alfred, New York, N. Y.: Letter to Senator Ives..

1061

Groves, Asa B., Jr., Household Finance Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.:

Letter to chairman_

1113

Guam, Ford Q. Elvidge, Governor and A. B. Won Pat, Speaker of

Legislature: Statement...

1123

Hackensack, N. J., Housing Authority, Joseph C. Barsalona, executive

director: Letter to Senator Smith, New Jersey-

1062

Henderson, Elmer W., director, American Council on Human Rights:

Statement...

Housing and Home Finance Agency:

Appropriations Committee actions on public housing.___.

Proposed and current schedules for maximum mortgage amounts

for 1- to 4-family home mortgages insured under FHA, section

203...

Amount of savings invested in savings and loan associations..

Families displaced by slum-clearance projects. --

Extent of relocation in low-rent public housing of families dis-

placed..

Reuse of land cleared by slum-clearance projects.

Low-rent public housing under programs of Public Housing Ad-

ministration as of February 28, 1954-

Chart, Average yield on Treasury bonds and maximum interest

rates on FHA-insured section 203 loans____

100

122, 360

Estimates of financial projection for proposed secondary market

operation under section 304 of S. 2938..

Comparison of proposed program under S. 2938 with program

under existing provisions of title I of Housing Act of 1949

Projects eligible for consideration under Public Law 139, 82d

Congress.

Regarding proposed amendment contained in section 801 (g) (3).

Comments on amendment of Mr. Henderson, American Council

on Human Rights..

140

216

240

275

291

Minority groups' share of public-housing commitments.

Section 607 (b), Lanham Act..

293

366

Percentage of veterans purchasing homes, FHA and VA

387

Comparison of housing starts, last 6 months with corresponding

6 months a year ago - --

390

Mortgage insurance under section 213 for housing with section

207 commitments_

415

Federal financial aid for training planning personnel-proposed

amendment...

672

Adequacy of FHA reserves.

694

Repeal of section 2 (b), Alaska Housing Act.

755

Considerations as to the continued need beyond June 30, 1954, for

for the authorities in Public Law 139, with respect to defense

housing and community facilities..

918

Letter enclosing statement on section 203 (d) -

925

Comment with respect to letter of Comptroller General

942

Section 213 projects-minority occupancy-in process..

962

Section 213 projects-minority occupancy-awaiting financing - -

Permanent nonfarm dwelling units started 1946-54.

Indexes of dwelling construction costs, 1946-54-

963

1122

Indiana American Legion Auxiliary, May Blunt, legislative chair-

man Telegram to chairman

1114

Institute of Farm Brokers, National Association of Real Estate

Boards, B. E. Grantham, first vice president: Letter to Senator

Sparkman-

408

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America: Supplementary

statement....

Johnson, Byron L., associate professor of economics and Gene T.

Skrivan, chairman, building industry and real estate department,

University of Denver:

Housing the independent aging.

Letter enclosing statement..

933

1018

1005

Letters, statements, exhibits, etc.-Continued

Kahn, Efrem A., New York, N. Y.: Letter to committee..

La Pierre, Albert L., Seattle, Wash.: Telegram to Senator Magnuson.
Lincoln, Nebr., Home Builders Association, Ervin Peterson, president:

Telegram to Senator Butler..

Long, Leonard L., Atlanta, Ga.: Letter to Senator Maybank.

Louisville, Ky., Chamber of Commerce, Kenneth P. Vinsel, executive

vice president: Letter enclosing analysis: Public housing in Louis-

ville

Lurie, Irving, New York, N. Y.: Letter to chairman..

Page

346

1063

1064

1083

Main Line Federation of Churches, Inc., Family Service, Robert M.
Myers, executive secretary: Letter to chairman...
Manhattan Council for Social Planning: Letter to chairman.
Marshall, E. A., Jr., Phoenix, Ariz.: Letter to Senator Hayden__.
Mead, Donald H., mayor, Syracuse, N. Y.: Statement..

1124

1085

1034

Miami Beach Apartment Association, Alfred A. Lesser, president:
Letter to Senator Smathers___

1085

Michigan City, Ind., Russell G. Hileman, mayor: Statement.

Miller, William S., Pittsburgh, Pa.: Letter to chairman

Mobilehome Dealers National Association, A. Lee Painter, president: