The Washington times., 1930-07-26
BUILDING LOAN
!. LEAGUE soon
TO MEET
Annual Convention to Draw
1,2oo Members Next Week,
Director Announces Here

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Twelve hundred members of
the u. S. Building and Loan
League, founded in 1888, will
convene in Grand Rapids. Mich,
on July 20, for their thirty-eighth
annual. convention, it was made
known here yesterday by C. Clin-
ton James, director of the league,
; who will preside over the. meet
. Ing Of the executive officers di-
vision ;
Carl H. Weber, Springfield, ILL.,,
president of the National Asso-
ciation of Building and Loan
supervisors. will preside at the
meetings of the building and
loan officials and State super.
visors. and George L. Bliss, New
York city. president = of the
American Savings Building and
Loan Institute, will open the
formidable discussions Of this
organization, which is the eda-
cational research part of the
league.
Speakers listed for the three
day session will discuss real es-
tate appraisal, State supervision,
the trend in real estate values,
the outlook for home ownership,
advanced accounting systems, the
merits of financial advertising.
the educational courses provided
through the American Savings
Building and Loan Institute, the
Importance Of State legislation,
and the advantages of stronger
organization on the part of those
engaged in this business.
Group conferences and round
table discussions 2f attorneys
participating in building and loan
work, State supervisors under
whose direction building and loan
organizations are operated. ad-
yertising experts and other spe-
cialists, will be held during the
convention period.
Presided, over by Ernest A.
Hale, president, Suffolk Co-Opera-
tive Bank, Boston, president of
the league, the convention will
open next Tuesday morning after
the meeting of the directors and
the executive committee the pre-
viollp day.
The, feature OF the Tuesday
morning program is Thomas F.
Holden. vice president of the F.
w. Dodge Corporation, New York
city, who, speaking on THE Real
Estate and Business Outlook"
will give the building and loan
men a picture of what to expect
during the next year from the
point of view Of the Dodge Cor
poration, long engaged in build
ing and financial analysis.
Cure for Depression
Along the same subject lines
is the address of the other head
liner, James S. Matthews, of the
BabSon Institute, who will speak
on "The Way Out of Our Busi-
ness Depression" He will not
confine himself to the building
and loan business.
WHITTIER Home Ownership" is
the terse title listed for Leonard
P. Reaumo, president of the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards, who is expected to face
the issue of apartment life en-
Croachment on the. home idea.
Home ownership viii also be the
theme Of ex-Gov. Chase Osborne,
of Michigan, who will address the
general sessions on Thursday, the
last day of the meeting.
d This is the first convention OF
this organization held under the
new national set-up which pre-
vided for a Chicago headquarters,
and an executive manager, who is
H, Morton Bodfish, formerly WITH
the National Association of Real
Estate. Boards. This new set-up
provides for increasing the assets
of league members and knitting
together even more closely the
men. and women engaged in this
business