The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-13
ZON|NG SYSTEM AND CITY BEAUTIFUL IS
 1922 REALTY PLAN
Newly e-eIected President, Jerome Tucker, and Ma tionaI Vice President
 Cite City's Needs

Dedicating his 1922 service to ef- forts for an adequate zoning system which will tend to make the Magic City Birmingham Beautiful,n Jerome Tucker, who was unanimously re- elected president of the Birmingham Real Estate board last evening. out lined plans which he thought neces- safy 10 Dring ldat issue ro reanty.
 hoDert JenasOh, Jr., vice presluent of the Na1onal Association o1 Iteal estate boarus ana retHlng vice pres Iuent of the birmlngnam board, sounded the keynote of the city Deautl1ul iuea Tn presentation aa- uress in which MT. fucker was re- elplent of a god watch given hlm by the board.
 Mir. Jemson asked realtors to spread the gospel of Birmingham beautiful, stating mat many peo- pie of the country thougnt this merely an industrial city and never idenufied the beauty oI l.s topog- raphy and the many fine homes with the clty.
 Builder of Citizenship
 He termed real estate as a com modity winch is the greatest builder of eitizensnip in that it encourages home building. He stressed the rs- sponsibility Of the realtors work, which he termed a profession.
 If the zoning system does not come about we wll have City ugIy' Instead of one of beauty" salu President Tucker In his audress.
 .Business is now eneroachlng to some places where it is out of pIace. It's natural trend is to the lormer Golden Quadrangie' of our rormer residence section, where 1t rigntfully belongs.
 Wherever tried, zonlng has made for the enhancement of property values. We need an enabling act rom our legislature to allow the plan. some people are more con cerned with property rights than with human rights and We should not hold property rights so sacred as to sacrifice the human phase"
 Organization of realty boards in all towns of Alabama and the perfec- tion of state organization was urged by MT. Tucker.
 Rev. Hendrix Talks
 Rev. w. R. Hendrix, pastor of the Highlands Methodist church, was the honor guest of the evening. speak ing on the human phase of the real tors work. You can't work on a principle of inhibition and prohibit tion," he said.
 character is not made by oppres- sion, It is made by impression, that is why the freedom of the home is great. We need more people owning the moderate priced home and real estate men can help in that. Dis eouragement of that principle would be organizing against babies. Real estate men must feel the conscious ness of the responsibility.
 .The transition is inevitable to the time in the business world where what is right will be good enough Tor both of us."
 w. V. M. Robertson, Jr., o. H. Horton, David Duskin of the Mont gomery Real Estate board, II. S. Meade. president of the Ensley Real Estate board. and W. T. Warren, architect. were also on the program.
 1922 Officers
 Officers for 1922 were unanimously elected following the report of the nomination committee, as follows:
 President, Jerome Tucker; first vice president. Frank B. Clark; sec ond vice president. Harold M. Hen derson; secretary, Ed s. Allen; treas urer. A. B. Tanner; appraisal com mittee, H. A. Moseley, J. Winston Hale and Fuller l.. Kendrick to suc- ceed s. E. Garrett, A. A. Gambill and s. Bethea, whose terms have expired; board of directors Robert Jemison, Jr.. Courtenay s. Henley and H. S. Meade (Ensley board) to succeed T. H. Motion, H. A. Moseley and A. c. Montgomery. whose terms have ex- pired.