HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 866

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HOUSING
OBJECTIVE AND THE POLICY TO BE FOLLOWED
IN THE ATTAINMENT THEREOF, TO FACILITATE
SUSTAINED PROGRESS IN THE ATTAINMENT OF
SUCH OBJECTIVE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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MAY 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 27,
JUNE 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, AND 8, 1948

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CONTENTS

S. 866 An act to establish a national housing objective and the policy to be

followed in the attainment thereof, to facilitate sustained progress in the

attainment of such objective, and for other purposes-----

Statement of—

Page

1

Ballard, Frederick A., representing the Washington Housing Associa-

tion

Berry, Robert L., representing Disabled American Veterans--

Bigelow, A. S., chairman, Massachusetts State Housing Board_

Bland, R. P., Office of Legislation, Veterans' Administration_.

Brannan, Hon. Charles F., Assistant Secretary of Agriculture___

Brock, Milton J., president, National Association of Home Builders----

Brooks, Ralph A., secretary, the Five Boro Taxpayers' Defense of New

York City-

Alessandroni, Walter, chairman, national housing committee, American

Legion__.

463

Bakewell, Hon. Claude I., a Representative in Congress from the
Eleventh District of Missouri.

691

579

741

1106

427

292

1030

917

1076

Camp, Ehney A., Jr., vice president and treasurer, Liberty National

Life Insurance Co__.

Carr, Edward R., realtor-builder, Washington, D. C..

Clarke, Arthur, department commander, American Legion_

Colloms, Albert L., representing the National Wallace for President

Committee

Coogan, Thomas, secretary, National Association of Home Builders__

Cook, Mrs. Stanley G., legislation chairman, National Congress of Par-

ents and Teachers---

Davis, William D., president, Farm Management Associates, Inc., and
past president, Institute of Farm Brokers__

608

927, 965
575, 1103

Dobbs, Farrell, Presidential candidate, Socialist Workers Party---
Edelman, John W., representing the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations

Edgecomb, Charles F., councilman, city of Detroit, Mich_-

Edwards, George, president, Common Council of the City of Detroit---

Egan, John Taylor, Commissioner of the Public Housing Adminis-
tration_

1091

719

639

184, 345

Ellingson, Carl H., representing the National Savings and Loan League__ 1081

Farrell, Thomas F., chairman, New York City Housing Authority-

Foley, Raymond M., Administrator, Housing and Home Finance

Agency

424

37

Foote, Hon. Ellsworth B., a Representative in Congress from the Third

District of Connecticut----

699

Fuller, George M., vice president, National Lumber Manufacturers
Association____

992

Goodman, Leo, representing the Congress of Industrial Organizations-- 1091

Grant, Hon. Robert A., a Representative in Congress from the Third

District of Indiana__

921

Gwinn, Hon. Ralph W., a Representative in Congress from the Twenty-
seventh District of New York...

1048

Hand, Hon. T. Millet, a Representative in Congress from the Second

District of New Jersey-

925

Hart, Merwin K., president, National Economic Council, Inc., statement

entitled, "How Honest Is Public Housing".

1066

Holden, Thomas S., president, F. W. Dodge Corp., representing the
Commerce and Industry Association of New York, Inc__.

889