HEARINGS Longreas. House COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS 75674 BEFORE THE SECOND SESSION ON S. 866 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HOUSING MAY 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 27, Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1948 HEARINGS Sugreas. House COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTIETH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION 75674 BEFORE THE ON S. 866 AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL HOUSING MAY 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 24, 27, Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1948 •A5 COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY JESSE P. WOLCOTT, Michigan, Chairman RALPH A. GAMBLE, New York BRENT SPENCE, Kentucky A. S. MIKE MONRONEY, Oklahoma JOHN J. RILEY, South Carolina WILLIAM J. HALLAHAN, Clerk 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 Bakewell, Hon. Claude I., a Representative in Congress from the Ballard, Frederick A., representing the Washington Housing Associa- 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 Camp, Ehney A., Jr., vice president and treasurer, Liberty National Carr, Edward R., realtor-builder, Washington, D. C____ Clarke, Arthur, department commander, American Legion.. Colloms, Albert L., representing the National Wallace for President 116 Coogan, Thomas, secretary, National Association of Home Builders--- Davis, William D., president, Farm Management Associates, Inc., and past president, Institute of Farm Brokers.. 1045 Dobbs, Farrell, Presidential candidate, Socialist Workers Party--- 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___. 927, 965 575, 1103 Foote, Hon. Ellsworth B., a Representative in Congress from the Third Fuller, George M., vice president, National Lumber Manufacturers Goodman, Leo, representing the Congress of Industrial Organizations Grant, Hon. Robert A., a Representative in Congress from the Third Page 184, 345 Ellingson, Carl H., representing the National Savings and Loan League_- 1081 Farrell, Thomas F., chairman, New York City Housing Authority---- 424 Foley, Raymond M., Administrator, Housing and Home Finance 992 Gwinn, Hon. Ralph W., a Representative in Congress from the Twenty- Hand, Hon. T. Millet, a Representative in Congress from the Second Hart, Merwin K., president, National Economic Council, Inc., statement entitled, "How Honest Is Public Housing". Holden, Thomas S., president, F. W. Dodge Corp., representing the |