Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-16
BOARDS To STUDY
APPRA|SALS PLAN
MidWinter Convention, to Be
Held at st. Louis, Will Hear
Classification Scheme.

A definite proposal for the certify
| ing" of real estate appraisers will be
laid before officials Of the National As
ISOLATION of Real Estate Boards at its
annual midwinter convention, to be held
next week at st. Louis.
| This is a plan, under consideration
| for several years in general principle
| by officials of the national body, which
| is designed to present recognized and
standardized classiflcations for realty
appraisers.
In the past two years more and more
attention has been centered on the mat
! ter of appraiSals in real estate opera
| tons as being key to the success of
such investments, and one in which the
public as we'll as developers and brokers
are directly interested.
Committee Studies Plan.
A committee Of the national realty
organization has been giving the pro-
posal for certiication of appraisers Of
! property study, and will present a re-
port to the directors of the association
next Tuesday at St. Louis. They will
recommend the practicability OF the
plan, which is somewhat similar In
principle to the registration of qualified
architects as required by law in many
sections.
Members Of this committee are Philip
w. Kniskern of New York City; George
Gray Brooklyn, and Harry E. Gilbert
of Baltimore, representing the Commit
tee on Certification of Appraisers; Peter
Hanson, Glendale, Calf; Richard King,
Minneapolis, and S. Charles 1versen
Chicago, representing the appraisal di-
vision of the national association, and
August Sehrt, Milwaukee; Stephen w.
Sleeper, Boston, and Ward C. Clifford,
Kansas City, representing the realtor
association directors.
The proposal was laid before the ma
tional Board Of Directors at the past
November meeting, and since then ad-
ditional study has been made OF the
matter.
Owners to Deliberate.
Features of the annual convention,
opening next Wednesday, will be ap-
proximately SO addresses by students Of
finance, taxation, selling, architectural
design and the farm market, all speak
ers being actively engaged in business
at the present time.
One event of the three day session
will be a convention of property owners
who have affiliated with member
boards Of the national realtor organiza-
ton. An extensive program mas peen
outlined for the first time for these
non-realtors who have joined realty
boards to protect their interests in con-
nection with the fight for tax relief for
real estate owners.
State Senator Joe Rand Beckett Of
Indianapolis Ind, will discuss the tax
situation in Indiana, and John j. Car
ROLL Chicago banker, will present q
study of The Present Record OF Real
Estate Investments"
SonnenSchein to Speak
Phases of realty finance will be dis
cussed by several speakers, including
Edward Sonnenschein, Chicago attor-
ney, on The Influence Of Usury Laws
on Real Estate Financing; Oreon e.
Scott, st. Louis, Mo, on "Reviving Pub
lie Confidence in Real Estate Securi-
ties" and Charles W. Carlson, vice
president of a Pennsylvania mortgage
company, on justified Mortgage
Loans"
L. T. Stevenson, Pittsburgh, Pa, pres
ident-elect of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards, and other new
officers, divisional chairmen and COM
mitteemen will be indicted into office
next Friday.