A BILL TO AID IN THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF HOUSING, THE ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF
SLUMS, AND THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF

URBAN COMMUNITIES

MARCH 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, AND 18, 1954

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

H. R. 7839

A BILL TO AID IN THE PROVISION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF HOUSING, THE ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION OF
SLUMS, AND THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF

URBAN COMMUNITIES

MARCH 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 17, AND 18, 1954

4.5. Congress. House,

Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency、

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Apr.

CONTENTS

H. R. 7839, a bill to aid in the provision and improvement of housing, the

elimination and prevention of slums, and the conservation and develop-

ment of urban communities___

Statement of—

Baughman, Stanley, president, Federal National Mortgage Associa-

tion___

Bean, Lee C., chairman, legislative committee, Wherry Housing

Association..

, Benjamin, Alvin, attorney, David Shaw & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bialac, Jerry, vice president, Rental Development Corporation of

America, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Page

1

73

806

309

884

715, 734

Burns, Fritz B., Los Angeles, Calif., chairman, Build America Better

Council, National Association of Real Estate Boards..

Campbell, Wallace J., director, Washington office, Cooperative League

of the United States of America__

Clarke, William A., president, Mortgage Bankers Association of

America.

Colborn, Fern M., secretary, social education and action, National
Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers..

663

405

814

Cole, Hon. Albert M., Housing and Home Finance Administrator___

Colton, Herbert, National Association of Home Builders__ -

Daniel, Wilbur C., chairman, National Economic Commission,

American Legion..

596

678

Dickerman, John, National Association of Home Builders..

Ditchy, Clair W., president, the American Institute of Architects,

accompanied by Louis Justement.....

596

710

Downer, A. M., assistant legislative officer, Veterans of Foreign Wars

of the United States. _

688

Du Laurence, Henry, chairman, legislative committee, National

Apartment Owners Association, Inc.

771

Edelman, John W., Washington representative, Textile Workers
Union of America (CIO).

Ehlers, Joseph H., field representative, American Society of Civil

Engineers.

Fernós-Isern, Hon. A., Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico.

Ferry, John M., special assistant for installations to the Secretary of

the Air Force

Fischer, Ben, housing director, Congress of Industrial Organizations..

Fitzpatrick, B. T., Deputy Administrator and General Counsel,

Housing and Home Finance Agency...

285, 296

815

849

253

285

73, 145

Follin, James W., Director, Division of Slum Clearance and Urban
Redevelopment, Housing and Home Finance Agency.
Foster, Charles E., assistant national director of legislation, Disabled
American Veterans-

73, 126

701

Foster, H. B., manager, Brick and Tile Service, Inc., Greensboro,

N. Č.....

875

Goldman, Arthur S., building economist_.

797

Hazeltine, John C., Commissioner of Community Facilities, Housing

and Home Finance Agency.

Held, Harry, vice president, Bowery Savings Bank, New York City,
representing the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks.
Hollander, Edward B., representing Americans for Democratic Action
Hollyday, Guy T. O., Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration
Houser, Mrs. Jency Price, national organizer, Residence at Ease Asso-

ciation.

Hughes, R. G., president, National Association of Home Builders,
accompanied by John Dickerman and Herbert Colton----