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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

other machinery for the use OF
home.seekers, and insisting on the
observance of honest, straightfor-
ward methods by those who deal
with home-seekers Is not paternal-
ism but good business and good cit
izenship. It is the square deal
and it As not only right but essen
tial that the cards should not be
stacked against the home-seeker.
If our standards Of housing are
not to lag behind our improving
standards in the matter OF food,
clothing, education and recreation,
we must count first Of all on the
energy and resourcefulness OF In
diyi6ual families which determine
to own their homes and have the
character and ability to save up the
amount Of first payment. For the
demand for attractive, ltvable homes
from families who can make a sub
stantial first payment Is the most
dependable force to insure the build
ing of the right kind OF homes.
This demand can be encouraged
and made more effective, from an
economic point of view, by improved
home financing facilities, especially
in the field of second mortgages, by
increasing efficiency within the con-
struction industries. by improved
layout of new residential areas, and
by the cooperation Of local gov
ernments in assuring orderly civic
development through good city
planning and Zoning.
Rising standards for owned homes
should tend to raise the standards
of rented homes, which we may con-
slider auxiliary. We have ample EVIL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
monument DESIGNS
SOUGHT IN CONTEST
Architects of Nation Asked to Sub
init Plans for Appomattox
Court House Project.

The War Department Is sponsoring a
Nation wide competition among archi-
tects for a monument to be erected at
Appomattox Court House, Va. COM
memorating the close of the Civil War.
The departments program has been
Endorsed by the Committee on Com
petitions Of the American Institute of
Architects, of which Egerton Swart-
won't of New York Is chairman.
The QuartermaSter general, under
the authority Of the Secretary of War,
invites architects who are citizens of
the United States to submit designs for
this monument and q landscape treat
ment of the site.
"As the monument authorized by
Congress Is to commemorate the ter
mination Of the war between the
States" the communication said. "the
design should carry out this thought
and should not call to mind the ire
mendous conflict with all Of It's attend
ing sorrows."
The monument will be erected on the
old Court House square at Appomattox
Va. This tract is rectangular in shape.
with the long sides running east and
west, and contains approximately two
acres. A State highway runs through
the square on an east and west line
and divides to inclose the site of the
old Court House.
It is required that the design for the
monument be accompanied by q land
scape plan showing proposed treat
ment OF the Court House tract and any
proposed relocation Of the highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
Owning Building Section Washington and Suburbs
Hoover Describes Benefits of Home Ownership
And Outlines Financing Problems to Be Encountered

dence that too great reliance on
rented dwellings tends in the mod
ern industrial state to inadequate
housing and the demand for state
participation in housing.
Demand Healthy Factor.
The large BODYBUILDING program
of the past five years has undoubt-
eddy been instrumental in the
maintenance Of stable employment
and prosperous business conditions,
and q continued demand for homes
Is always a healthy factor in the
general business situation.
When a family or a state or a ma
ton does not pay enough attention
to the future consequences Of its
acts, 1t is in peril. Looking to the
future Is a point Of view which
permeates a mans whole attitude
and outlook on life. The home
owner, or the man who sees home
ownership just ahead, inevitably has
that point of view strengthened.
While the home-owner's judgment
as to the future may be warped in
some cases, at some times, and there
is always a need for liberality and
thought and wisdom in meeting
changed conditions, surely, the
greater the number Of home owners,
the greater confidence we may place
in the future of our country.
Certain clear obligations rest upon
us of the present generation. It
behooves parents TO achieve home
ownership so far as they are able.
We all ought to promote better IA
cilities for the use Of others who are
striving to own their homes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
Department STORE
ACQUIRES SIX LOTS
Palais Royal to Use Property on
Tenth Street for Auto
Parking Space.

Six lots on Tenth street between q
and H streets, containing about 1900
square feet of. land, have been pur-
chased by Palais Royal, Inc, depart
ment store owners, it was announced
today by A. C. Case, vice president OF
the concern.
The consideration involved in the
transaction, which was handled for
the corporation by the Thomas z.
FARRELL Co., realtors, was not made
public.
The property Is to be used as auto
mobile parking space under present
arrangements. The property, formerly
improved by q number Of old brick
dwellings, was obtained from John j.
McInerney, Leon Ulman, Leonard
Doggett and the estates Of Charles G..
Thorne and Charles Thomas.
The property has a frontage Of
about 1lS feet on Tenth street and q
depth Of approximately 100 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
APARTMENT HOUSE
STUDY PROGRESSES
Final TabuIation of Figures
on Vacancies Likely to
Start Next Week.

The apartment house vacancy survey
undertaken by the Washington Real
Estate Board, to determine trends In
this phase of Washington'S develop
ment, is now well under way, it Is re-
ported by John A. Petty, secretary OF
the board.
All members of the board and q large
number of other apartment house in
terests received in the past two weeks
questionnaires with specific instructions
as to the character of information
needed.
To date more than 100 buildings have
been subject Of reports and are now
in the process Of tabulation, Mr.. Petty
announces.
The survey is designed to ascertain
the number and percentage of vacant
apartments In Washington, as well as a
more detailed study of these factors in
respect to the variety of apartment unit
sizes.
When all reports have been received
and tabulated analysis is to be
made to show current conditions Of
interest to financiers, builders, owners
and rental agents and the relation be-
tween different types Of properties in
respect to public demand for this form
Of housing.
II the present rate Of reports con-
tinues 1t Is thought final tabulation Of
the figures will start next week.
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owner has constructive aim in life.
He works harder outside his home;
he spends his leisure more profit
ably; and he and his family live O
liner life and enjoy more of the
comforts and cultivating influences
Of our modern civilization. A hus-
band and wife who own their home
are more apt to save. They have
an interest in the advancement of
q social system that permits the
individual to store up the fruits of
his labor. AS direct taxpayers they
take a more active part in local
government. Above all, the love OF
home is one of the finest instincts
and the greatest Of inspirati tons OF
our people.
Opportunity for Progress.
Today, In the period Of postwar
recovery, when our National pro-
ductivity Is increasing, we have the
opportunity to make definite prog
ress in the right direction. More
over, the development of the auto
mobile has given great impulse
to suburban life and an increasing
possibility of home ownership. Hap
PLY, a large section of the people
is awake to the problem, and an
increasing number OF business
groups have publicly acknowledged
their responsibility and interest in
it. They realize that unnecessary
barriers that may encompass man
determined to own his home are
hindrances to good community spirit
and to good business. They see
that taking 1eighborly interest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

Dozens of means Of cutting the cost
of construction of American homes will
be recommended to the Presidents
Conference on Home Building and
Home Ownership at its meeting here
December 2 to 5 by national COM
mittee of builders, contractors and sup
Div men, 1t was announced today.
The committee, headed by A. p.
Greensfelder, president OF the Asso-
ciated General Contractors OF America.
has been at work for months making
a comprehensive survey Of existing con-
ditions in the house construction field,
1t is announced.
Concrete Recommendations.
washington members of the COM
mittee are c. Clinton James. lawyer
and past president Of the United states
Building and Loan League; M. j. NC
Donough, head of the building trades
department, American Federation OF
Labor: w. c. Miller, past president:
former Chairman Of the home builders
Estate boards. and ". B. Phelan, re-
search secretary, United States Bureau
of Standards.
ON the basis Of It's study. the COM
nittee has based concrete recommenda-
lions on subjects ranging from paLtla.
excavations for homes, to the Wider
sdontion Of quality standards for ma
terials.
Full Reports to Be Made.
The conclusion of this group of build
ing experts that the cost OF the Amerl-
can home can be cut materially comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
FIVE HOUSES TO GO UP

Construction Of five two-story brick
and tile dwellings at 5903 to 1913 Sew
enth street, at a total estimated cost
Of $40, 900, is proposed by ]. B: Ttffey
in Specifications just filed with the
District government with applications
for building permits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
LEASE TAKEN BY CAFE
Property at 1884 Fourteenth Street
Leased for Three Years.

Property at 1904 Fourteenth street
has been leased for q period Of three
years by the Embassy Restaurant Co.
from the Sanitary Grocery Co., 1t was
announced today. The consideration
was not revealed.
The quarters leased contain about
$500 square feet and have been extern
sively. remodeled by the new tenant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

President Hoover describes the bene-
ftS OF home ownership and outlines me
IN the frsf chapter Of the Better Homes
Manual, INST published oy the Untuer-
sitv Of Chicago Press and Gated oy
Blanche Hdlbert, research director OF
Better Homes in America. ~ Is a REF
erence book for home bniideIf and ne
for the PresidenfS Conference on Home
Building and Home ODnership. The
herewith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
APARTMENT BUILDING
AT 1910 K ST IS SOLD
The John Marshall Is Purchased
by Local Investor for I'm
disclosed Amount.

The John Marshall Apartments
1910 K. street, has been acquired from
the Securities Corporation of the Dis
trict Of Columbia by Joseph H. Rose, q
local investor, for consideration Of
an undisclosed amount, it is announced
by Weaver Bros, realtors, who han.
died the transaction.
The building is an eight-story struc-
ture Of brick, stone and concrete con-
struction, containing 40 apartment
units. It has a frontage of "a feet
and depth of 131 feet and was erected
in 1924 by John L. Barr, original
owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
ACTOR HELPS MAINTAIN
HOME ERECTED IN 1896
Fairbanks Named 90 One of Spon.
sors Of Supposed Oldest Domi-
cile in q. s.

Douglas Fairbanks, the movie star,
is said to be member Of the Fair
banks Family In America, Inc, spon-
sors of the beautiful old home at Ded-
ham, Mass, that has been known for
long time as the Oldest domicile in
the United States. He contributes to
the support of the first home Of the
Fairbanks family. which was built in
1886, according to the National Asso-
citation Of Real Estate Boards.
Data on 10 other homes said to have
been built before 1886 have been re.
ceived by the association and letter,
continue to pour in from people whc
want to encourage the movement tt
make shrine TO aid home owning, o.
the oldest domicile when found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
BANKS TO SPUR BUILDING
WIN FAVOR OF REALTORS
Hoover Home Loan Plan Along Lines Similar to
Suggestions Sent to White House by
National Association

HE proposal Of President creation of system
OF home loan discount of
board made public today similar in thought suggestions
recently forwarded to the White House National Asso
citation of Real Estate Boards - ~
While national realtor
during recent months the matter along organza
TONS mas not made public details
Of creation OF Federal mortgage
This proposal for system Of Government for the red
count OF residential mortgages designed
make easier financing
directors of the national reaor body forwarded to the
White W "-e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
MEANS OF CUTTING HOME COSTS
TOBE GIVEN TO CONFERENCE
Presidents Organization Hear Report by Committee
Including Local Leaders.

on the heels Of a similar conclusion
given to the county recently by a
group of architects who compose the
Committee on Design Of the Presidents
Conference.
The full reports of both committees
will be laid before the conference next
month.
Although the building industry Is the
second largest in the country, an aver
age of four and a half to five billion
dollars year having been spent on
construction of homes alone Tor several
years prior to 1929, the committee finds
this industry falls far short OF others
In efficient organization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

Belief was voiced by the direct
ors that such a banking system
might handle frozen" credits
clogging activity all along the line
in the business world.
This was the first official action on
the part OF the associations directors
since tney were authorized at the Bal
timore convention last May to study
possibilities Of mortgage bank plan.
The realtors national directors also
for home purchase that Is so often
a problem to the family in the low in
come group, and set aside December
as National Home Savings day when
realtors and others will seek to aid
Continued on Second Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14
SILVER STAR HOME ADDS
TO COMMUNITY BEAUTY
Built to Harmonic With Section and Retain Its
Own Attractiveness as Sepa-
u rate Unit.

ODERN pncpeso community planning which promotes the
M beauty whole by avoiding disturbing units
revealed Silver Home f1opan roao
4 on public exhibition.
Hundreds demonstration house. by
found that planned as part OF the picture
the modern
followed builders in washington and
nghbos there need be sacrifice OF interest or variety In the
while the architecture
community there remains ample
layout and orentation in single
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-14

~ UYING or building . home
- requires the use Of sound
judgment in seeing that the
IL personal needs of the fam
lily are best met with the
funds available. 1t involves not
only the carrying on of transac-
lions of financing and buying or
building. but it involves the proper
determination of location with re-
spect to school, to work, and to
neighborhood.
Maintaining a high percentage
of individual home-owners Is one
of the searching tests that now
challenge the people of the United
States. The present large proper
ton of families that own their
homes Is both the foundation Of a
sound economic and social system
and a guarantee that our society
will continue to develop nationally
as changing conditions demand.
A family that owns its home
takes a pride in it, maintains it
better, gets more pleasure out of 1t,
and has a more wholesome, health
full, and happy atmosphere in which
to bring up children. The home
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
MURPHY EVICTS
EX-SER VICEMAN
FROM HIS HOME
Vets Should Join the
Unemployed Council

DeCrolC, Mich.
Daily Worker:
Despite the demagogy that Mayor
Murphy is spreading about being OPP
posed to evictions and being a friend
of the ex-service men who served
overseas, it can be clearly seen that
he is more concerned with protecting
the interests Of the landlords and
the other big business men who
elected him as head Of their govern
ment.
Within two weeks several eviction
notices have been served on an I'M
employed ex-serviceman, Mr.. Vosceo,
3112 Dubois st. This unemployed
worker was one of the first to volun-
teer for military service during the
World War and served 81 months in
France.
The Unemployed Councils are pre-
pairing to resist any attempt on the
part of the authorities to evict this
worker from his home. Mr.. vosceo
is only one Of the many ex-service-
men who is beginning to realize that
fighting for the bosses is fighting for
their profits, and that hereafter he
intends to fight in the Unemployed
Councils in the interests Of the I'M
employed workers of this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
German Boss Press Begins Lie
Campaign Against international
Unemployment Day, February Is
Same Course Will Be Followed by Capitalist
Press All Over the World to-
Terrorize Workers 49,

BERLIN.-"Tempo," a German
bourgeois daily well able to compete
with the London DAILY Mali and
the New York Times" for deliberate
dishonesty stupidity and lies, begins
with a big attack against the Inter-
national Day Against Unemployment
to be held Feb. IS. A streamline on
the front page announces in great
block letters, Moscow orders dis
turbances all over the world for Feb.
25!" And then follows a tarradiddle
about dress rehearsals for reyolu-
ton" 1900 Moscow emissaries sent
cut" 1.-TWO already arrested by Lat
Wan police" Important documents
captured" proving that the Commu-
mist International intends to organ
ize, apart from meetings and demon
STATIONS, disturbances, smaller
putsches," ETC., in all countries. For
this purpose, reports the Tempo"
moscow has granted large sums of
money" Further, special columns
are to be organized to provoke dis
turbances, whereupon the columns
will disappear in order to avoid cap
ture," and so on,
This campaign Of the bourgeois
press will undoubtedly be taken up
all over the world in order to intimi-
date the masses Of the unemployed
workers and prevent them demon
strating Feb. Is for their demands.
In Germany it is the usual task of
the capitalist press to prepare the
atmosphere for blood-baths on such
occasions. Demonstrations of unem-
ployed workers are to be transformed
into armed putsches before ever they
occur and the police encouraged to
shoot them up.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
National Conference Of Elected
Delegates Of Unemployed Today;
Present Insurance Bill Tomorrow
CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNE>

ture rolls when these are handed to
congress.
The conference demands from con-
gress the right to the floor in the
house of representatives and in the
senate, and the National Campaign
Committee for Unemployment In
surance, with the approval of all dele
gates it is possible to reach, yesterday
sent to each individual senator and
representative the following letter
No Workers in Congress
"TO the members of the house
of representatives and the senate
of the United States of America:
"Over one million unemployed
workers, gathered in mass meetings,
in membership meetings of their
various organizations, participating
in Hunger Marches and demonstra-
tions have collectively and individu-
ally given their endorsement of the
Workers Unemployment Insurance
Bill.
"These masses of workers, adult
and youth, Negro and white, work
ingmen and women, have elected
delegation which is now in Wash
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

fled and instructed to proceed to
Washington and demand unemploy-
ment insurance from congress on Feb.
10 by huge mass meetings of en-
ployed and unemployed workers, held
in all parts of the country, will meet
Monday at 10 a. m. here, at Con-
cord Hall, 314 G. st. NV.
They meet with the assurance be-
hind them of 1,126,OO0 who have
either signed the bill, up to Satur-
day, or have attended mass MEETINGS
and demonstrations and demanded its
passage there. This does not count
the signatures that will surely be
brought in from week lend collec-
tons or already collected and carried
to Washington by delegates them
selves, and it does not include the as
yet unknown number of hundreds of
thousands who will demonstrate
throughout the country tomorrow in
support of the bill.
The delegations backing already
known and tabulated is half a mil
lion individual signatures to the bill
(these are already checked tabulated
and ready; a hundred thousand in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

cluded in collective endorsements,
voted at meetings and signed by the
chairman of the meeting; 790,458 en-
dorsements representing the member
ship of national organizations which
have endorsed the bill; 210,500 DEM
onstrators for the bill thus far tabu-
lated, in demonstrations and hunger
marches which were held during De-
cember and January (not counting
those held before. and $4,000 who
voted for it through collective en-
dorsements of local workers organ
izations, the resolutions being passed
at their regular meetings and attested
by the officers of the organization.
Plans Its Action
The conference tomorrow will or
ganize its approach to congress, de-
eide on spokesman. and what they
are going to say. The conference will
work out a draft statement to be in
cluded with the Workers Unemploy-
ment Insurance Bill and the sigma
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09

pay the high fares and are forced to
walk to where they want to go. The
bosses now plan to reduce the service
on all the street car and bus lines
and throw many more workers out of
job and into the soup lines.
The interurban service between Ak
ron and Cleveland is being curtailed.
Seven runs are being taken off this
week, throwing IA men out of work.
Many small business men are 60
ing out of business and others say
they do not know how long they will
last. Over so restaurants have failed
in the past year.
I say to all workers, let's organize
in the shops and into the unemployed
councils and fight against unemploy-
ment and for the workers unemploy-
ment insurance bill.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-02-09
ORDER CUT BY
SACRAMENTO; TO
BUILD SLOWLY
9th er Red Builders
Clubs Are Showing
Steady Growth

The Red Builders News Club OF
Sacramento, Calf, cut its bundle Or
ders from $50 to 100 copies daily,
clear case Of organizationaI weakness.
We were prepared to criticize the
comrades for allowing such situa-
ton to develop, but w c. Hardy,
secretary of the News Club, analyses
the mistakes himself. In order that
the other districts may avoid these
errors, we quote from his report:
I'm the first place, we were carried
away by enthusiasm and increased
the order from so to $50 without hay
ing any basis for it. Sacramento has
population of about 10000. There
is no doubt that the circulation can
be built up, but it was a serious mis-
take to suddenly increase our order
500 per cent" (Another case Of
Spectacular" orders from which the
Detroit District recently suffered as
well)
Having realized their errors, Handy
informs us that their plan of work
is "to concentrate on factory, house.
toulouse sales and out of town sales"
"We intend to order 1000 copies
Of the Foster meeting issue. I'm
every Daily there will be a Ieaflet
explaining the necessity Of The
Daily, our carrier system, subscri1-
ton rates, etc. This is but one
plan. The Daily will be built TN
mainly by systematic day by day
work"
The Sacramento comrades clearly
understand the immediate steps to
be taken SO that doubtful, unsteady
Daily Worker sales may be avoided.
and are getting down to the job of
developing real basis for permanent
circulation. We have one suggestion:
that more frequent reports be sent
regarding the Red Builders News
Clubs so that direct assistance may
be given them from this end. Don't
forget to mention the Daily Worker
premiums in your letter,