Evening star., 1924-05-31
BY WILLIAM j. WHEATLEY.

Broad problems facing the realtors
of the nation will be discussed at the
annual convention of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
which Is to convene here Tuesday,
and which will bring to the Capital
city men and women influential in
the business of their respective COM
,1nunities to help solve such problems
'Hs housing, subdivision, handling nor
Hnal and abnormal population growths
and, not the least important, the
&cing of real estate on a profess
;. Spal basis by providing college
II lyrses.
This convention will bring to the
: Sapital city one of the largest dele
cations ever assembled. and the local
real estate board will not overlook an
opportunity of pointing out to these
delegates that this is their Capital
city, and let them take the word back
TO their respective communities. more
than $500 persons are expected, IN
Guiding the wives and daughters or
the delegates. Many boards Will SEND
their entire membership, and not a
few of them are coming by speciai |
train, bringing their own bands ana
some of their own entertainment. Eut
The Washington board has been WORK.
ing for weeks in the preparation OF
a program that will not leave an idle
moment while the realtors are mere.
Session at Theater.
The convention sessions will begin
Tuesday morning with general ses-
sion at KeithS Theater, and eacn
morning a general session Will be
held there, while in the afternoon the
convention will break up into eight
subdivisions, each with 4 speciality TO
sion will close on June 8.
Already delegates are beginning to
arrive, and some of them have sent
advance guards to open Headquarters
Elaborate preparations have been
made for receiving the delegates and
registering them at each of the
hotels where they have been as
signed. and a central registration mas
been established, so that one dele
gate seeking to establish contact
with another may ascertain on
moments notice just where he can
find that delegate.
All trains will be met by details
from the local board. who will pro-
vide transportation and see that the
visitors are comfortably located in
the quarters assigned them.
Work Is Subdivided.
The convention will work upon
more than 200 subjects. and there
will be some 200 speakers. As all of
the speakers are considered author
ities on the subjects they will ham
die, and as it is impossible to han
die them all at one general session,
1t is necessary to divide the after
noon meetings.
The divisions and the chairmen
are: Brokers division, w. III. Kinsey,
Grand Rapids. Mich; mortgage and fl
nance division, Hiram S. Cody, Chi
cago: cooperative apartment sec
tions, mortgage and finance division,
Albert w. Swayne, Chicago; home
tuilders and subdividers' division,
Tichard G. Lambrecht, Detroit: prop
erty division, Louis 7. Orr: farm
lands division, Ben F. Faast, Eau
Claire, Wis: industrial property di-
sion, Louis B. BeardSlee, Chicago;
and realtor secretaries division, Maui
rice Dunn. Louisville, Ky. The ses-
sions of these sections will be held
in rooms at the Willard and Wash
fngton hotels.
The general headquarters of the
convention will be at the New Will
lard Hotel. The officers of the Ma
tional Association are: President, H.
r. Ennis. Kansas City, Mo-: treas
urer. Hiram S. Cody, Chicago; Sec
retary, w. H. Dyer, Cincinnati; vice
presidents, A. J. Kelly. jr,, Pittsburgh;
sell c. Hill, San Antonio; Caldwell
Norton, Louisville; Paul c. Loeber,
Chicago; ogden A. Confer, Minnea-
polls; Benjamin Watkins, Atlanta; c.
&. C. Tatum. Los Angeles: Claude D.