HEARINGS

U.S. Congress, Senate BEFORE THE

& COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY.

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 349

A BILL TO ASSIST THE PROVISION OF HOUSING AND

COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES

REQUIRED IN CONNECTION WITH

THE NATIONAL DEFENSE

JANUARY 16, 17, 18, FEBRUARY 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, AND 20, 1951

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Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking and Currency

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1951

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY
BURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina, Chairman

J. W. FULBRIGHT, Arkansas
A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia
JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama
J. ALLEN FREAR, JR., Delaware
PAUL H. DOUGLAS, Illinois
RUSSELL B. LONG, Louisiana

HOMER E. CAPEHART, Indiana
JOHN W. BRICKER, Ohio
IRVING M. IVES, New York

ANDREW F. SCHOEPPEL, Kansas

EVERETT M. DIRKSEN, Illinois
WALLACE F. BENNETT, Utah

HBP15 Mar. 51

CONTENTS

S. 349_

Statement of-

Adams, Frederick J., professor, department of city and regional plan-

ning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-.

Atkinson, W. P., president, National Association of Home Builders.

Berry, Theodore M., member, City Council, Cincinnati, Ohio....

Blincoe, Edward, Washington, D. C.-

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1

528

506

481

275

Campbell, Wallace J., director, Washington office, Cooperative League
of the United States of America..

263

Carper, G. Wallace, chairman, Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County,

Va....

255

Colborn, Miss Fern, National Federation of Settlements and Neigh-

borhood Centers, New York....

195

Corbalis, James J., Jr., sanitary engineer, Fairfax County, Va..
Devendorf, Earl, State sanitation engineer, New York State Health
Department, representing Conference of State Sanitation En-
gineers -

261

229

135

Digges, R W., Carpenter Construction Co., Norfolk, Va.

Elliott, Howard, member, General Assembly, State of Missouri, St.
Louis, Mo...

Epter, Lawrence A., president, Mortgage Bankers Association of

New York, Inc.--

Fahy, Mrs. Jack B., executive director, American Parents Committee_

Foley, Raymond M., Administrator, Housing and Home Finance

Agency.

Fuller, Edgar, executive secretary, National Council of State School

Officers.

Goodman, Leo, secretary, CIO national housing committee, accom-
panied by John W. Edelman, Washington representative, Textile
Workers Union of America, CIO_---

344

200

236

16

184

424

Green, William, president, AFL accompanied by Bert Seidman of the

research staff

356

Gunther, John J., Americans for Democratic Action_.
Harrell, C. A., city manager, Norfolk, Va.-

150

333

Henderson, Elmer W., director, American Counsel on Human Rights__

Johnson, William H., Trailer-Coach Dealers National Association_.-

Krooth, David L., president, National Housing Conference.

Levitt, William, Levitt Bros., New York, N. Y

422

300

465

173

Lindman, Eric, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency.

105

Lundberg, A. T., county manager, Arlington County, Va., accom-
panied by A. B. Lillywhite_

247

Manilow, Nathan, treasurer, National Association of Home Builders--

Mason, Norman P., Chamber of Commerce of the United States

Massey, Maurice R., Jr., Mortgage Bankers Association of America__

McPherson, L. D., McPherson, Inc., Chicago, Ill_---

518

289

413

219

Mitchell, Clarence, director, National Association for Advancement

of Colored People-

477

Myers, Brig. Gen. Colby M., USAF, Deputy Director of Installations,
Department of the Air Force--

110

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

348

Perrin, Richard W. E., executive secretary, Milwaukee Housing Com-
mission...

307

Pershall, Edward E., mayor, Hazelwood, Mo.

345

Plowden, Charles, director, South Carolina Research, Planning, and

Development Board, accompanied by A. Stanley Llewellyn

459

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