The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-03-16
HOUSINCBGARD
OF Unnamed
Will Formulate Plan to
Finance Erection of
Homes Here.
WILL SURVEY CITY
Committee Appointed at Sug-
gestion of Secretary
Hoover.

thirty-three men and women to
serve on the District Housing Sur
vey Committee. e.
1t is expected that they will re-
ceive their instructions from the
Commissioners next Monday.
The committee consists of:
snowden Ashford, 1888 H street
northwest. former municipal archi-
tect
Harry X. Boss, 1905 Mckinley
street northwest. president Of the
Real Estate Board.
Thomas Bones. 1926 Sixteenth
street northwest, connected with
Harry wardman. real estate firm.
Harry Blake, 1915 Rhode Island
avenue northwest. manager Barber
and Ross. hardware dealers.
Citizen Bodies Represented.
Charles A. Baker. 1925 Conduit
Federation OF Citizens Associations.
f. T. Chewning. 1888 Holmead
place northwest. president Of United
Clay Products Company
John Donlin, National Hotel.
president Building Trades Depart
ment, American Federation of'Labor.
Z. c. Graham. 200 Connecticut
avenue northwest, president Ma
tional Electric Supply Company
DR.. John NJ. Cries. 1922 Nineteenth
street northwest. chief of Housing
Bureau. United States Department
Of Commerce.
William Deane Ham, KedrIck
apartments. president of the Mutual
Homes Society.
Frank ]. Hughes. 1913 l. street
northwest. Hughes Finance Corpo-
ration. investments and building
loans.
Several Lawyers Named.
Mrs. Eli Helmick. 21I7 Bancroft
place northwest. in charge of ma
irons of the Housing Bureau of the
war Department during the war.
John 1hdler, 2sl1 p street north
west. manager Of the civic develop
ment department Of the United
States. Chamber of Commerce.
w. P. Irwin. 3l01 Sixteenth street
northwest. Irwin and Shank. real es-
tate dealers.
c. Clinton James. 3212 Park place
northwest. lawyer. president of the
Council of the building and Loan
Associations of the District.
Mrs. Adolph Kahn, 1927 Adams
Mill road northwest. representing
the Council OF Jewish Women.
John II. Larner. 1909 Nineteenth
street northwest. president of the
Bankers Association of the District
and president of the Washington
Loan and Trust Company.
Charles 4. Mckinney. 61S Seven
teenth street northwest. engineer.
Peyser on Board.
Thomas w. Marshall. 1923 Blair
road northwest. civil engineer.
Frank X Eebeker. 3432 Ashley
Terrace northwest. lawyer.
Mrs. J. p. s. Neigh. 40 n street
southwest, social settlement worker.
John H. Paynter, 701 Fifty-first
street northeast. settlement. worker.
Julius ]. Peyser. 1888 Nineteenth
street northwest, lawyer, president
of the Security Savings and Com
| mercial Bank
Samuel J. Prescott. 1910 Newton
street northwest. president of Sam
uel ]. Prescott and Company.
| builders and contractors.
Miss Sophie F. Sweet. 1906 Six
| teenth street northwest. secretary
Of the Council Of Social Agencies.
sawyer Is Appointed.
Erig. Gen. Charles f. Sawyer.
willard Hotel. Presidents physician.
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor. Montana
apartments. rent commissioner.
william P Tulloch. 1902 Decatur
street northwest. vice president and
general manager of the George Nj.
Barker Company. millwork and lum-
be- dealers.
r. f. Walker. S25 Fifth street
northeast. foreman. r. X. Ferguson
Company.
Rev ]. Milton Waldron. 1884 V
street northwest. president of the
Emergency Housing Association and
the Alley Improvement Association.
Walter S. Ufford. Argyle apart
mcnts general secretary of the AS
ISOLATED Charities.
Frank Upman, Livingston Heights,
Virginia, architect. president of the
Washington Chapter of the Ameri-
can Institute of Architects.
Frank Russell White, 1850 Six
teenth street northwest, architect.
Secretary Hoover's Suggestion.
Appointment of this committee by
the District missioners is the
| result of a suggestion made by Her
| tert Hoover. Secretary of Commerce,
al housing conference last Friday.
Mr.. Hoover has placed any informa-
ton that the Department of Com
| merce has at the disposal of the
committee. and he will be repre-
scented on that committee by Dr..
John NJ. Cries, chief of the Housing
Bureau OF the U. S. Department of
Commerce.
The tasks which the committee
shall undertake as outlined by Sec
rotary Hoover are:
l. Ascertain where the shortage
exists and how many houses are
needed
2. Plan a type of construction
suited for the section under con-
sideration.
,. Determine the cost of building
materials and the cost'of construc-
tion.
4. Formulate a scheme for the
| financing the erection of the needed
homes.
May Solve Alley Problem.
In announcing the names of tho
committee members Commissioner
Rudolph expressed regret that he
was unable to use all of the citizens
who volunteered their services. The
| name of the chairman was not made
public, and it is possible that a per-
\ son not already on the committee
will be. chosen.
Probably the most difficuIt task
that the committee will have to face
| Is that of finding a home for the