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COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

JESSE P. WOLCOTT, Michigan, Chairman

WILLIAM J. HALLAHAN, Clerk
ORMAN S. FINK, Technical Staff Director

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-

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1

Alessandroni, Walter, chairman, national housing committee, American

Legion.

463

Bakewell, Hon. Claude I., a Representative in Congress from the

Eleventh District of Missouri__

691

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

tion

579

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_-_.

741

1106

427

292

Brock, Milton J., president, National Association of Home Builders---- 1030

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

York City--

Camp, Ehney A., Jr., vice president and treasurer, Liberty National
Life Insurance Co-----

917

1076

927, 942

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

Clarke, Arthur, department commander, American Legion_.

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

Committee

741

614, 629

1045

Coogan, Thomas, secretary, National Association of Home Builders__

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

ents and Teachers___

608

Davis, William D., president, Farm Management Associates, Inc., and

past president, Institute of Farm Brokers..
927, 965

Dobbs, Farrell, Presidential candidate, Socialist Workers Party--- 575, 1103
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

424

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-

37

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

Association---

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

District of Connecticut----

699

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".

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

1066

889

Statement of-Continued

Inglis, James H., director, Detroit Housing Commission_.

Javits, Hon. Jacob K., a Representative in Congress from the Twenty-
first District of New York____

Jernagin, Rev. W. H., executive director, Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches in America_.

Kaufman, Charles L., chairman, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing

Authority

Kelsey, Frank W., Administrator of Finance, Veterans' Administra-

tion

King, T. B., Director of Loan Service, Veterans' Administration___

Knudson, Dr. A. B., Medical Rehabilitation Service, Veterans' Ad-

ministration

Lockwood, Rodney, vice president, National Association of Home

Builders

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554

679

1101

409

721

721

427

1038

Lyle, George D., chairman, Wayne County Council, Veterans of For-
eign Wars

741

McCarthy, Hon. Joseph R., a Senator from Wisconsin_.

701

McGowan, Rev. Raymond A., director, social action department, Na-
tional Catholic Welfare Conference, Washington, D. C.

McGuire, Milton J., president, Milwaukee Common Council___

Madar, Arthur, commander, American Veterans of World War II.

Markle, Fergus, representing American Veterans of World War II

Maslen, Sydney, representing the American Association of Social

Workers

Mason, Norman, president, National Retail Lumber Dealers Asso-
ciation

1113

571

741

741

600

876

Morgan, James W., president, Southern Building Codes Congress_.
Morgan, Robert M., vice president, Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, and
chairman, committee on mortgage investments, National Associa-
tion of Mutual Savings Banks_

793

896

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

Catholic Charities

580

Pace, Hon. Stephen, a Representative in Congress from the Third
District of Georgia---

1023

Pike, Norman, chairman, Inter-Project Tenants' Council of New York

City

673

Proffitt, George W., representing the National Apartment Owners Asso-
ciation_

1018

Propper, Henry M., executive vice president, National Committee on

Housing, Inc____

729

Reeves, Hon. Albert L., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the

Fifth District of Missouri_

924

Richards, Franklin D., Commissioner, Federal Housing Administra-
tion___

127

Robson, Mark S., Rating Schedule Board of Claims Service, Veterans'
Administation

427

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., national housing chairman, American
Veterans Committee__

491

Rouse, James W., chairman, Federal legislative committee, the Mort-

gage Bankers Association of America

1006

Sander, Charles F., national legislative officer, Army and Navy Union,

USA___

1064

Sanders, J. T., legislative counsel, the National Grange.

1070

See, Harry, national legislative representative, Brotherhood of Rail-

Road Trainmen

460

Shattuck, Willard Ide, Jr., chairman, AMVETS Housing Committee__

Shishkin, Boris, secretary, housing committee, American Federation

of Labor..

541

435

Smith, Russell, legislative secretary, the National Farmers Union,

telegram from--.

1085

Snyder, Calvin K., secretary, Realtors' Washington Committee, Na-

tional Association of Real Estate Boards___

927

Steidle, Harry H., representing the Prefabricated Home Manufac-

turers' Institute---

1120

Stern, Alfred K., representing the National Wallace for President

Committee.

613

Statement of-Continued

Strauss, Anna Lord, president, League of Women Voters of the United

States

Taggart, Eugene F., national liaison officer, Catholic War Veterans
of America_.

Taylor, Col. John Thomas, director, national legislative committee,
American Legion___.

Tobler, H. Willis, representing the American Farm Bureau Federa-

tion.

Van Antwerp, Hon. Eugene I., mayor, Detroit, Mich_--

Ware, Caroline F., representing the American Association of Univer-
sity Women_.

Weinfeld, Edward, president, National Public Housing Conference_
Weitzer, Bernard, national legislative representative, Jewish War
Veterans of the United States___

West, George W., president, First Federal Savings and Loan Associa-
tion and West Lumber Co., Atlanta, Ga.

Wheeler, Hon. W. M., a Representative in Congress from the Eighth

District of Georgia___

Whitlock, Douglas, chairman, the Building Products Institute_

Williamson, John C., assistant director, national legislative service,

Veterans of Foreign Wars__

Zeidler, Hon. Frank P., mayor, Milwaukee, Wis_

Zook, George F., president, American Council of Education__

Miscellaneous information submitted to the committee by-

596

1086

523

817

698

737,

767, 797, 832, 868.

Agriculture Department:

Table 1-Farm tenancy: Loan applications, number of loans, and

average, 1946, 1947, and 1948 fiscal years, and cumulative from

inception of program through December 31, 1947_

Table 2-Farm tenancy: Distribution of loan obligations, by

States and by fiscal years--

Table 3-Farm tenancy: Average size of farms and loan per acre

in 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947, and 1948 fiscal years___.

Table 4-Actual payments compared with fixed payment schedule

of farm ownership borrowers, cumulative as of March 31, 1947–

Table 5-Production and subsistence loans to individuals, by

fiscal years, from inception, November 1, 1946, through Decem-

ber 31, 1947__

Table 6-Production and subsistence loans, maturities, and col-

lections, cumulative through December 31, 1947–

Table 7-Rural rehabilitation loans to individuals by the Farm

Security Administration, 1945 and 1946 fiscal years, 1947 fiscal

year through October 31, 1946, and cumulative since inception

of program.--.

Table 8-Rural rehabilitation loans of the Farm Security Ad-

ministration, including maturities and collections, cumulative

through December 31, 1947---.

Table 9-Emergency crop and feed and drought relief loans:

Number and approved amount of loans made, collected, and ad-

justed under Public Law 518 and balance outstanding, December
31, 1947-

Table 10-1936 and prior years emergency crop and feed loans

(including 1942 orchard rehabilitation loans): Number and ap-

proved amount of loans made, collected, and adjusted under

Public Law 518 and balance outstanding December 31, 1947__

Table 11-1937 and subsequent years emergency crop and feed

loans: Number and approved amount of loans made, collected,

and adjusted under Public Law 518, and balance outstanding

December 31, 1947.

Table 12-1934-35 drought relief loans: Number and approved

amount of loans made, collected, and adjusted under Public Law

518 and balance outstanding December 31, 1947____

Table 13-Estimated ordinary dwelling units in need of major

repairs, for the United States, by regions, 1947_

Table 14-Estimated ordinary dwelling units without running

water in dwelling unit, for the United States, by regions, 1947__

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401

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483

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302

303

304

306

308

310

311

312

313

314

329

329

Miscellaneous information submitted to the committee by-Continued

Agriculture Department-Continued

Table 15-Estimated ordinary dwelling units with private bath

and private flush toilet, for the United States, by regions, 1947_

Table 16-Estimated ordinary dwelling units without electric

lighting, for the United States, by regions, 1947_--

Table 17-Number of farms and average acreage and value per

farm, by States, 1945.

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330

332

Table 18-Percentage of farms, farm population, farm acreage,

and value of farm products, by economic class, United States,

1945.

333

Table 19-Number and important characteristics of farms, by

economic class, United States, 1945___.

333

Table 20-Farms classified by total value of farm products sold

or used in farm households, 1944 and 1939--

333

American Association of Social Workers:

Resolution on housing__

601

American Bankers Association, statement_

American Federation of Labor, housing committee:

1071

Table I-Change in number of dwelling units, 1940 and 1947: Non-

farm and farm dwelling units, by regions; occupied dwelling

units, by color of occupants__

453

Table II-State of repair and plumbing equipment: Total dwelling

units, by region, 1940 and 1947.

Table III-State of repair and plumbing equipment: Occupied

nonfarm dwelling units, by color of occupants, 1940 and 1947--

Table IV-Tenure: Nonfarm and farm dwelling units, 1890 to

1947.

454

454

455

Table V-Tenure, 1940 and 1947: By region, nonfarm and farm

dwelling units, by color of occupants__.

456

Table VI-Occupied dwelling units: Nonfarm and farm, 1890 to

1947.

456

Table VII-Contract monthly rent: Tenant-occupied nonfarm

dwelling units, by color of occupants, 1940 and 1947__.

Table VIII-Contract monthly rent: Tenant occupied nonfarm

dwelling units, by region, 1940 and 1947__.

456

457

Table IX-Average ratio of property valuation to home owner's

annual income: Single-family dwellings with FHA section 203

mortgage insurance, 1936-46__.

458

Table X-Average ratio of property valuation to home owner's

annual income, by income group: new single-family dwellings

and FHA section 203, mortgage insurance, 1941-46___

Table XI-Distribution, by price class, of asking price for other

than new single-family dwellings advertised for sale: 100

selected metropolitan districts, April 1940 to March 1947------

Table XII-Percentage distribution of nonfarm families and

individuals not in families, by total money income level, by

color of head, for the United States, by region: 1946---.

American Veterans Committee:

458

458

459

How S. 866 will help the veteran__.

Atlanta Housing Authority, letter from, addressed to B. Graham
West, comptroller, Atlanta, Ga-----

494

824

Boggs, Hon. Hale:

McMillen, H. W., general counsel, National Association of Rural

Housing Authorities, statement---.

511

Boggs, Hon. Hale (letters from Governors and others in reply to

questionnaire sent by Senator Robert F. Wagner relative to public

housing and urban redevelopment):

Bradford, Hon. Robert F., Governor, State of Massachusetts-

Burke, Hon. Thomas A., mayor, Cleveland, Ohio‒‒‒‒.

Celantano, Hon. William C., mayor, New Haven, Conn__.

Church, Hon. Stanley W., mayor, New Rochelle, N. Y.

Dale, Hon. Charles M., Governor, State of New Hampshire.

Dorton, Randall M., city manager, Santa Monica, Calif.

Finerty, Hon. J. E., mayor, Gary, Ind____

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91

76

Green, W. Cooper, president, City Commission, Birmingham,

Ala----

66