The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-11

forts are being made to raise the salary
scale the opportunity now presented
carrying the possibility of property
ownership, with the burden distributed
over a period of years and under condi
tions that do not impose a severe strair
at any one time, will make for indie
| pendence and sound citizenship.
Still more valuable from this purely
| civic viewpoint, 1t is felt, will be thC
| next move of the Mayors committee IL
| fostering the organization of a saving,
| and loan association among the trade:
union members of the city. The Off
cials of the Central Federated Union al
| ready have given their Endorsement L
the plan.
According to Mr.. Doyle, secretary Of
the committee, the labor leaders pledged
to set the new association forward are
Robert p. Brindell. Hugh Frayne, Mich
ael ]. Cashel, James B. Allen, Edward
I. Hannah, president of the Central Fed.
Grated Union; ]. P. Coughlin. Henry Ar
mendinger, John F. Clancy, Louis MAJ.
zola, William Klein and G. B. Do
guard.
Home Owning I'm Easy Reach.
Discussions of the housing problem al
meetings of labor bodies in the city have
recommended repeatedly the formation
Of cooperative movement to put home
acquisition within easy reach. The May
or's committee believes the organization
now being formed offers the shortest
and most effective route to that goal.
Great interest in the association fol-
city en- ployees has already seized many
Of the employees with families. Most OF
them live far from the centre Of the city
and still find rents soaring over their
heads. A police sergeant was the first
applicant for a loan. His request was
received fully week before the organi-
zation assumed definite shape. He had
heard only that the plan was being
carried forward and wanted to lose no
time afflliating himself with 1t. He tod
the committee he had recently acquirs I'd
$50 cement blocks, and at a sale he had
managed to get 1000 feet Of lumber at
q low figure. He was ready to build,
and proposed to do a good deal of the
carpentry himself. Could he obtain a
loan to secure lot and enough more to
cover his building costs? The commit
tee promised to get him all the money
he needed without delay.
Most of the homes OF the association
will be erected in Queens, although u
good share OF them can be Offered In
Brooklyn through the offers Of lots made
to the mayors committee. The cr-
ganizers are having prepared a plan for
model houses of $1,000 and less for con-
struction, which strike the medium at
tainable to the reach of most Of the city
employees.
It is admitted that the building itself
presents problem because Of the 81 OF t
age of material, but the offices OF the
Mayors committee undoubtedly will be
invoked to overcome this problem as
rapidly as possible.
The objective of both movements, d.
rected to aid those who 1t is felt ara de-
serving Of immediate attention in work.
ing out a solution for the entire housing
problem, should be reached within A
comparatively short time. The Iepst
expectation places the number C. new
dwellings at 10000. The plan is for
two and four family houses. and the d.
dltional room provided will take some
of the edge from the acut. situation.
When the stakeholder in thsS associa-
ton appreciates that he may build and
own a house and receive dividen1s on
his unpaid investment, and at the same
time enjoy rentals that may accrue from
subleasings, the movement, II Is believed,
is bound to grow tremendously in pepr-
larity.