The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-29
NEW SLOGAN FOR
 LOCAL HOUSING
"The Home of the Working Man Is the Balance Wheel of Democracy" State ment of w. H. Ham Be fore the National Civic Association to be Used as Typifying Sentiment of Company.

New York listened to a discussion on housing in the United States and in foreign countries. The speakers were Philip Hiss of New York and Wash ington and w. H. Ham of Bridgeport.
 Mir. Hiss told the association of the tremendous need of housing in the United States, and it's relation to the fight that is going on against the great red flame out of the East. He explained how the public had only be- gun to understand the situation, and that the information that came to Congress between the time the Sen ate Committee investigated and the similar investigation by the house brought tremendous volume of en- thusiastic support of the housing movement. He indicated that the future of housing movements would be very great, in his opinion, and that the war had advanced this pro gram a number of years, but that the real housing problem was one of peace times and not of war times.
 MT. Hiss illustrated his remarks by some very interesting stories, and convinced those present of the very great need of those who work having faith in those who employ. The fight being against a common enemy those who destroy.
 MT. Ham spoke of the need of study of the housing problem from the standpoint of it's permancency, so that the work of this generation could carry over into the next the location, size, style, materials of construction, surroundings, equipment, main-en- ance and cost.
 MT. Ham also spoke of the lack of uniformity in method of procuring a home by the working man and thr difficulty of obtaining the proper start in buying home. In his talk on the subject of financing, he again empha- sized the great need of more liquid capital in the field of home building | for the working man. He brought out 1 very carefully the need of Zoning our 1 cities for two reasons: First, that the i location of a home might be per- manent during a proper life of the | home, but more important than this i is the necessity of establishing the proper sentiment around homes. He discussed the materials of con- . ! port is using brick and not following i after one of the fads of the day, such as stucco house or near-stone house, as he calls it. He stated that the brick house cost $50 more per family 1 than one of wood, and at the end of the second painting period, the prices are equal. A slate roof costs $l25 more per family than wood shingles.
 and no city ought to allow any roof covering which is not flreproof to be used within it's borders.
 1 He referred to the Edison house, so called, with its walls, floors, doors and windows and beds all cast of con- 1 crete. His statement was that the wild fire of tangled thought on house l building by bond salesmen who have not made good and other promoters, | has hardly been quenched by sane 1 builders yet. He stated that some
 concrete houses had been built, and
 estimated that 90 per cent. too many of these had been built He said that | in the next two or three years it was | going to be necessary to build five 1 billion dollars worth of houses in the United States, and it was very i'm portant that the type of house, de- tails of construction and style of
 architecture which was to be used, should be studied carefully.
 MT Ham made a plea for the long
 time investment in houses with care
 full financing, so that every year a sinking fund is set aside to take care ! of any depreciation or wearing out of ! the house.
 Mir Ham brought out the advant- age of the group house and apart ments, and indicated how these might very we'll become the receiving sta
 tions of a city, and eventually be owned by those people who wish to live in them until they can buy their
 own homes. Tn the meantime saving
 their money by investing 1t In a secur-
 ity which represents the investment in
 a permanent house.
 He referred to the very evident
 movement between the manufacture
 and employee to get together and
 work iu a direct line towards the goal of satisfaction which a concerted ac-
 ton of manufacturers and employees
 can reach. He stated that "the first manufacturing city to establish q di- rect straightforward union of the
 money from the payroll with that of
 the dividend in a home building and
 home owning plan and on such a
 sound basis that the home bonds are
 salable, will take it's place at the head
 Of the list in a fast race for Democ-
 racy. I say direct straightforward
 union and I mean by this that the
 money does not have to pass through
 the hand of Shylock on it's way to
 work and pay its share of the users 1 profit. The manufacturers have seen