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B 82' NOMINATIONS OF PHILIP N. BROWNSTEIN

60VERNMEN1 AND CHARLES M. HAAR

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HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

ru THE NOMINATIONS OF

1-11 PHILIP N. BROWNSTEIN AND CHARLES M. HAAR TO BE

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF Er

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

JANUARY 27, 1966

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Banking and Currency

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

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COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY

A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia, Chairman

JOHN SPARKMAN, Alabama WALLACE F. BENNETT, Utah

PAUL H. DOUGLAS, Illinois JOHN G. TOWER, Texas

WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin STROM THURMOND, South Carolina

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey BOURKE B. HICKENLOOPER, Iowa

EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine

EDWARD V. LONG, Missouri

MAURINE B. NEUBERGER, Oregon

THOMAS J. McINTYRE, New Hampshire

WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

MATTHEW HALE, Chief of Staff

WOODLIEF THOMAS, Chief Economist

JOHN R. EVANS, Minority Clerk

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CONTENTS

WITNESSES

Brownstein, Philip N., of Maryland, nominee, to be Assistant Secretary of

the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

Haar, Charles M., of Massachusetts, nominee, to be Assistant Secretary of

the Department of Housing and Urban Development 

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LETTER, STATEMENT, AND DATA

Biographical sketches:

Philip N. Brownstein 1

Charles M. Haar 1

Brewster, Daniel B., U.S. Senator from the State of Maryland, statement_ 3

Kennedy, Edward M., U.S. Senator from the State of Massachusetts,

letter 2

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NOMINATIONS OF PHILIP N. BROWNSTEIN AND

CHARLES M. HAAR

THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1966

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met, pursuant to notice

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at 9:32 a.m., in room 5302,

New Senate Office Building, Senator A. Willis Robertson (chairman

of the committee) presiding.

Present: Senators Robertson Proxmire, and Bennett.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please come to order.

This meeting, previously called for 10 o'clock, has been stepped up

to 9:30 because of a meeting of the Senate.

We are called to pass on the nominations of Hon. Philip N. Brownstein and Hon. Charles M. Haar to be Assistant Secretaries of the

new Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Without objection, I will have printed at this point in the record

two brief biographical sketches of these two nominees.

(The biographical sketches follow:)

THE WHITE HOUSE.

BIOGRAPHY OF PHILIP N. BROWNSTEIN

Mr. Brownstein was born in 1917 in Ober, Ind. He enteted the Government

service in 1935 with the Federal Housing Administration and served in various

positions with FHA until 1944. In 1946, Mr. Brownstein joined the staff of the

Veterans' Administration and became Chief Benefits Director of the Veterans'

Administration in 1961.

In 1963, he was appointed Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration.

Mr. Brownstein served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. He

attended George Washington University and received an LL.B in 1940 and an

LL.M in 1941 from Catholic University Law School.

He is a member of the District of Columbia bar. In 1960, he received the

Exceptional Service Award from the Veterans' Administration.

He lives at 620 Sheridan Street, Hyattsville, Md., with his wife, the former

Esther Savelle. They have a son, Michael.

THE WHITE HOUSE.

BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON CHARLES M. HAAR

Charles M. Haar, professor of law at Harvard University, is a native of Cambridge, Mass., and was born in Belgium on December 3, 1920.

He graduated magna cum laude from New York University in 1940, received

his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1941, and took the LL.B. magna

cum laude from Harvard University in 1948.

From 1943 to 1946, he served as ensign and lieutenant (junior grade) in the

U.S. Naval Reserve.

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Mr. Haar held the Sheldon traveling fellowship at Harvard from 1948 to 1949,

leaving to practice law in New York City. In 1952, he returned to Harvard as

assistant professor of law, becoming a full professor of law in 1955.

He is one of the Nation's outstanding experts on property and land-use management. Apart from extensive teaching and lecturing activities in these fields,

he is author of the definitive "Land Planning Law in a Free Society," "Land-Use

Planning," and "Federal Credit and Private Housing." He is also a frequent

contributor to law and planning journals.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American

Institute of Planners, the British Town Planning Institute, and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Haar is married to the former Natalie Zinn and has three children, Jeremy,

Susan Eve, and Jonathan.

The CHAIRMAN. I have here a letter from the distinguished junior

Senator from Massachusetts, Edward M. Kennedy, saying that he

welcomes the opportunity to introduce to us and the members of the

committee Mr. Charles M. Haar and fully supports his nomination

as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban

Development. Without objection, I will have that letter printed at

this point in the record.

(The letter follows:)

Hon. A. WILLIS ROBERTSON,

Chairman, Banking and Currency Committee,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I welcome this opportunity to introduce to you and the

members of your committee Mr. Charles M. Haar, and to fully support his nomination as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

I have known Mr. Haar for some years and have fully relied upon his judgment

and ability in many matters important to the State of Massachusetts, as well as on

issues before the Congress.

Professor Haar graduated magna cum laude from New York University in 1940,

received his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1941 and took the LL.B.

magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1948. From 1943 to 1946 he

served as ensign and lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Mr.

Haar held the Sheldon traveling fellowship at Harvard from 1948 to 1949, leaving

to practice law in New York City. In 1952, he returned togiarvard as assistant

professor of law, becoming a full professor of law in 1955.

He is recognized as one of our outstanding experts on property and land-use

management. Professor Haar is the author of what are considered to be the basic

works in his field, including "Land Planning Law in a Free Society," "Land-Use

Planning," and "Federal Credit and Private Housing."

But it is more than simply his fine academic background and professional

achievements that I rely upon to commend Professor Haar to this committee.

He is, to me, an example of the kind of man who must be involved in public

service if we are to realize the goals that we have set for ourselves to better the

lives of our urban citizens. He will bring a dedication, patience, and full understanding of the problems facing our cities to this new assignment. He will fully

reward the confidence that I trust you will place in him.

I am sorry that my presence has been made impossible by weather conditions

this morning, for it would have been a matter of pride for me to sit with Charles

Haar and testify more fully on his behalf.

Sincerely,

EDWARD M. KENNEDY.

The CHAIRMAN. I am sorry Senator Kennedy could not be here in

person.

I also have a statement, supporting Mr. Brownstein, from Senator

Brewster, which, without objection, I will have printed at this .point

in the record.

(T-he statement follows:)

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE,

January 27, 1966.
NOMINATIONS

STATEMENT BY DANIEL B. BREWSTER, U.S. SENATOR FROM TIIE STATE OF

MARYLAND

Mr. Chairman, it gives me a great deal of pleasure to support before your

distinguished committee Mr. Philip N. Brownstein, Commissioner of the Federal

Housing Administration, and one of my constituents from Prince Georges County.

Mr. Brownstein has been named by the President to the new position of

Assistant Secretary for Financial Management of the Department of Housing

and Urban Development. Today, he comes before you seeking your approval.

Mr. Brownstein has served as Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration since March 1963. He came to his present job with a distinguished

career of 29 years in government and housing.

Mr. Brownstein attended law classes at Columbus University in Washington,

D.C., receiving his bachelor's degree in law in 1940 and his master's degree in

1941. Ile was admitted to the District of Columbia bar in 1940.

Fronx.,1944 to 1946;.Mr. Brownstein served with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Following his discharge from the Marine Corps, he began a 17-year period of

service with the Veterans' Administration. In 1958, Mr. Brownstein was named

Director of the Loan Guaranty Service of the Veterans' Administration and, in

1961, he assumed the position of Chief Benefits Director.

In each of the positions he has held, he has assumed great responsibility.

The CHAIRMAN. We are pleased to have both nominees before us

and we will give them the privilege of making any statement, if they

wish to make a statement.

STATEMENT BY PHILIP N. BROWNSTEIN, NOMINEE

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. Thank you, Senator Robertson.

I am certainly happy to appear before this committee, and I am also

gratified at the expression of confidence on the part of the President

nominating me as an Assistant Secretary of the Department.

I have been in this field, as the committee knows, for a good many

years and am looking forward to continuing.

The CHAIRMAN. I may say that I have received letters from constituents speaking highly of you. All who have observed your work

in the past are pleased you were given this promotion.

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. Thank you.

STATEMENT BY CHARLES M. HAAP. NOMINEE

Mr. HAAR. Senator Robertson

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I am very honored by the nomination to be an Assistant Secretary in the new Department and at

being here at the committee this morning. I think that it would be

bestjust to offer myself for answering any questions you may have.

The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions?

Senator BENNETT. Mr. Brownstein, is it your understanding that

in your new responsibility in the new Department you will continue

to have supervision over what we knew in the past as the FHA?

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. Yes. In addition to being an Assistant Secretary, I will continue as the Commissioner of the Federal Housing

Administration.

The organization of the Department, of course, is now being developed. However, I will have a broadened area of responsibility

dealing with the private market.

Senator BENNETT. In addition to the FHA, can you tell us what

other areas you will be responsible for in this broadened area you

mentioned?
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Mr. BROWNSTEIN. Well, I cannot be any more specific at this time,

Senator Bennett, because the organization now is under development,

but it will deal with the private housing market.

Senator BENNETT. Mr. Haar

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do you have any understanding now

as to the area in which you will serve in the new Department?

Mr. HAAR. Senator Bennett, at the present time my responsibilities will be primarily in the field of metropolitan development and

metropolitan growth in the various areas of the programs dealing

with sewer and water, open space, mass transpo

Senator BENNETT. Urban renewal?

Mr. HAAR. No, sir.

The organization is still being settled, a An Brownstei ated.

We will all be working as a team in the diff t ligearamr un aken

by the Department.

Senator BENNETT. I read your biography *mean this isgio r first

service in the Federal Government. .4r

Mr. HAAR. Yes, sir, it is; aside from the Na No,

Senator BENNETT. Yes; many of us have ha xperience at

one time or another.

You come in with the rank of Assistant Secretary.

Mr. HAAR. Yes.

Senator BENNETT. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

The CHAIRMAN. The Senator from Wisconsin.

Senator PROXMIRE. I know both these gentlemen and they are

extremely well qualified.

I would just like to say that Mr. Haar has the best of all possible

worlds in education. He is a Wisconsin graduate, having an M.A.

at the University of Wisconsin, and a Harvard graduate. I submit

you cannot beat that.

I would just like to ask Mr. Brownstein: Your duties are going to be

pretty much the same—I do not want to repeat what you have

answered if this is repetitive—pretty much the same duties you have

had to date, but, perhaps, a little bit broader.

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. It will be a broadened area of responsibility; yes.

Senator PROXMIRE. But substantially the same.

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. I will also continue as Commissioner of the

Federal Housing Administration.

Senator PROXMIRE. I think you have done an excellent job in that

respect. I am delighted.

Mr. BROWNSTEIN. Thank you.

The CHAIRMAN. The chairman wishes to announce that one reason

he took the liberty of moving this hearing up to 9:30 was that we had

given ample notice of the meeting and no one asked to appear in

opposition. All the evidence that we knew of was friendly, so we

do not anticipate any problems, gentlemen, and we are pleased to have

you here and we thank you very much.

(Whereupon, at 9:40 a.m., the committee went into executive

session.)

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