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of false freplacss and gables and the
use Of well seasoned lumber.
Continuation of construction during
Winter months was seen by the group
as another means Of reducing costs.
d. c. Members of Committee. =
Washington members of this conmtt-
tee are William c. Miller, a director N
the National Association OF Real EstatS
Boards; G. Clinton James, past 'presi-
dent OF the United States League Of
Building and Loan Associations; M. j.
McDonough, president Building Trades
Department, American Federation Of
Labor, and Vincent B. Phelan, United
States Bureau of Standards
Apparent lack of interest in the i'm
provement of. home grounds In many
communities Is due largely to ignorance
OF the ease with which conditions may
be bettered, according to the Confer
ence Committee on Landscape Planning
1t also emphasized the rise in the
value of property which results frcm
good planting. =
Mrs. Junius S. Morgan of Princeton,
N. j., is chairman of the committee.
Progress in Kidding American cities
of blighted areas and slums is almost
negligible, according to the report Of
the committee that investigated the
subject for the Presidents conference
Slum Conditions Burden.
Slums, the committee says, exist in
practically all cities and constitute an
economic and social burden which Is
SO heavy as to portend an irresistible
demand for Government relief. .
The committee recommends the re-
conditioning of the buildings structur-
ally sound and the complete demolition
and replacement of buildings in a di
lapidated state District replanning
for the promotion of the rehabilitation
of blighted and Slum areas Is also sug-
gested. The project for the recon-
struction of large portion Of the
lower East Side of New York City is
cited as an example.
Abram Garfield, a fellow of the
American Institute of Architects, served
as chairman of the committee. There
were 10 other members. -
The immediate emergency organiza-
tion Of community groups In all centers
to stimulate home repair, remodeling
and moderniZation activities is urged by
committee of the Presidents Confer
ence on this subject.
Effect on Unemployment.
The effect of such q movement on
the unemployment situation was con-
sidered by this group. headed by Fred
erick M. Feiker, director of the Bureau
Of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
A panoramic picture OF the farm
home Of America presented to the con-
ference by the Committee on Farm and
Village Housing revealed conditions sof
neglect and backwardness in compari-
son with urban housing. :.
Due to existing distribution of in
come throughout the American populs-
ton, many families now are barred
from purchasing homes it was found by
the Committee on Relation of Income
and the Home, headed by Niles Carpen-
ter, professor of sociology. University
of Buffalo.
Improvement in buying policies of
the household, scheduling of household
tasks and provision of adequate stor-
age space are essential to the saving
of money and fatigue in home-n making
and so to the increase of BENEFITS Of
home ownership, IN the Judgment of
the committee on household manage
ment.
This group, headed by Miss Efie I.
Raitt, professor of home economics.
University of Washington. found that
the buying policies Of the household,
rather than the income. are often the
determining factor in the ability of the
family to provide adequately for its
house
The characteristic rectangular Ameri-
can land subdivision has frequently
proved failure, the conference was
informed by its committee on subdi-
vision layout, headed by Harland Bar
Cnolomew, president of the National
Conference on City Planning.
SpaciousnesS is controlling principle
in good land development, the com
mittee found