General Housing

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

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

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_.

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
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___ 1045
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

Dobbs, Farrell, Presidential candidate, Socialist Workers Party---- 575, 1103
Edelman, John W., representing the Congress of Industrial Organi-
zations

1091

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---

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_

719

639

184, 345

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