The Washington herald., 1922-06-18
ANNUAL REALTORS
CONVENTION GIVEN
UNUSUAL SETTING
Redwood Trees Trans
planted for Occasion and
Hall Decorated.
BIG ID. C. DELEGATION
Washington Representatives
Ride Buses From Los An
geles to San Francisco.
BIG DC. DELEGATION

A unique setting was arranged In
the exposition auditorium In San
Francisco for the occasion Of the
fifteenth annual convention OF the
National Association Of Real Estate
Boards. May 81 to June 3. Giant red
woods had been transplanted and the
entire interior Of the spacious hall
was boxed in with tall trees and a
crude log fence arrangement. Even
the platform and speakers. stand con-
sisted of trunks Of redwoods and the
whole scheme lent a novel and re-
freshing atmosphere to the proceed
ings OF the convention.
President Irving B. Hiett. realtor OF
Toledo. Ohio. presided over the ses-
sjons, which were held in the main
assembly hall. At these session vari-
Gus organization matters were dis
posed Of as well as the usual ad-
dresses by those prominent in official
life Hon. William B. Stephens.
governor OF California, and Hon.
James Rolph. mayor of San Fran
cisco. welcomed the realtors on the
opening morning OF the convention.
Recommendations of the executive
committee made at it's meeting held
in Washington in March were adopted.
Perhaps the most important of which
was the proposed change in the con-
stitution of the National Association,
which was felt would be more in
keeping with the tremendous growth
of the organization and the i'm
portarfce of the work being carried on.
Under the new arrangement a board
of fifteen directors from various
States was created and Mr.. William
E. Shannon. member of the Washing
ton Real Estate Board. was elected
as one of the directors.
Group Conferences.
The major portion OF the convention
sessions were in the nature OF group
conferences Each conference was pre-
sided over by a vice president ana
the discussion was led by some
pronninent realtor recognized as an
expert in his line. All proceedings of
these various conferences were steno-
graphically reported and will appear
in the coming issues of the National
Real Estate Journal.
Questions pertaining to uniform
license laws, advertising. appraisals,
zoning. ONCE management leases
farm lands and financing were dis
o. Il
was led by Mr.. Thomas Bradley. vice
nresident Of the Washington Loan
ana Trust Company and a member
~ the washington Real Estate Board.
President Hiett outlined to the con-
yention the progress made in develop
ment work since a field secretary nao
been appointed. The convention voted
TO increase the number Of field secre-
taries. thereby signifying their in
,5orsen,ent of the constructive work
ACCOMPLISHED along these lines in re-
cent months
The ieId secretaries visit boards
throughout the country and are active
in the organization Of new boards IN
those cities where no organization
exists. As a result Of this specialized
work the method Of board organlza-
ton has been standardized and definite
progress has been made in standard
fling the fundamental practices in
real estate work in accordance win
the National Code of Ethics.
Rivalry for Trophies.
"A is usual, considerable interest
and rivalry was apparent at the San
Francisco convention over the award
Of three silver cups One Of these cups
Is .warded for attendance at conVen-
tions. another in the speaking contest
and the third for board achievements.
The attendance cup, which Is awarded
TO the board sending the largest per
centase Of its active members the
longest distance to the convention,
was vvcl. by the Durham Real Estate
Poard q, Durham. n. C., which has
eileen rrer.nsrs and which sent nine
% the convection. In the speaking
contest representative from each
hoard II aiirwed five minutes to talk
about his home town. The honors OF
this contest went to Pittsburgh. For
.he best rspart Of achievements ac-
ccmplished during the year by boards
throughout the country. Philadelphia
was awarded the cup. The Washing
ton Real Estate Board was cited for
first honorable mention OH the re-
oort which II had submitted.
The San Francisco Real Estate
Board and other nearby boards had
ARRANGED an entertainment program
that occupied all the time rot actually
allotted to convention work. Or every
hand the visiting realtors wee met
with greetings and &ifts ard every
opportunity was presented to visit
the various sections = the State OF
California
The Washington Real Estate Board
sent the largest delegation of any city
east Of Chicago and its size attracted
attention all along the route. This
was particularly true on the motor
caravan trip from Los Angeles TO
San Francisco. May 20 to 80. Every
city and village along the line met
the caravan and showered 1t with
fruits and flowers. The Washington
delegation were in two large buses
with Washington signs on each side
and therefore attracted attention
everywhere. Local papers had news
stories of the trip and several fea-
at Nth riCfnreQ of