NATIONAL HOUSING ACT HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY SEVENTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION · ON S. 3603 A BILL TO IMPROVE NATION-WIDE HOUSING STANDARDS, 59284 MAY 16-24, 1934 Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1934 HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY UNITED STATES SENATE SEVENTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON S. 3603 A BILL TO IMPROVE NATION-WIDE HOUSING STANDARDS, 59234 MAY 16-24, 1934 Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency CONTENTS Bodfish, Morton, executive vice president, United States Building & Loan Breheny, Walter W., real estate and insurance broker, the Bronx, New Brown, Lewis H., Greenwich, Conn., president of the Johns-Manville Cor- poration and member of the Durable-Goods Industries Committee of Caffrey, James G., Cleveland, Ohio, representing Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards, the Building and Professional Associates of Ohio, and the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association___ Compton, Wilson, general manager of the National Lumber Manufactur- ers' Association, Washington, D.C.-- Deane, Albert L., special assistant to Mr. Harriman of the National Re- covery Administration, Washington, D.C.. Eccles, Marriner S., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, Edison, Charles, Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N.J., president of Thomas A. Edison, Inc., and State director for New Jersey for the National Fahey, John H., chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Wash- Farrington, Marvin, Chevy Chase, Md., lawyer, Washington, D.C. Fleming, Robert V., president, Riggs National Bank, Washington, D.C.. Friedlander, I., president of the Gibraltar Savings & Building Associa- tion, Houston, Tex., and vice president of the United States Building Page 244 153 Fugard, John R., Evanston, Ill., president of the National Association of 141 Gross, Arthur J., attorney, Boston, Mass... – 184 Harriman, Henry I., Newton, Mass., president of the United States 107 Harriman, W. A., Special Assistant Administrator of the National Re- 350 177 217 Kingsley, William H., Philadelphia, Pa., vice president of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., in charge of mortgage investments. - - Lester, Orrin C., vice president, Bowery Savings Bank, New York City. - Lewin, Lewis P., president Lewin Lumber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio... Liversidge, H. P., chairman executive committee, Philadelphia Federa- Mac Dougall, Edward A., chairman of the housing committee, National Association of Real Estate Boards; business address, 60 East Forty- McCarthy, E. Avery, 2532 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif., repre- senting California State Real Estate Association and other California Miller, Charles A., Barneveld, N.Y., president Savings Banks Trust Co., 301 O'Neill, William C., Secretary-Treasurer, Building Trades Department, 412 |