HEARINGS

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

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

A. LEE PARSONS, Clerk

Jos. P. MCMURRAY, Staff Director

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

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

135

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

Louis, Mo..

344

Epter, Lawrence A., president, Mortgage Bankers Association of
New York, Inc...

200

236

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_

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

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__-

Mitchell, Clarence, director, National Association for Advancement

of Colored People-

105

247

518

289

413

219

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