Evening star., 1932-04-30
HONOR
TWO DISTRICT MEN
Horace PeasIee Second Vice
President and Baldwin Re-
elected Secretary.


officials of the American Institute OF
Architects for the new year was
announced as the sixty-f1fth conven-
ton of the organization drew to a
close last night.
The local leaders honored by the
architects of the country are Horace
w. Peaslee, who was elected second
vice president and Frank C. Baldwin.
who was named secretary for another
| term
Ernest j. Russell of st. Louis was
elected president, succeeding Robert
.. Kohn of New York, and Charles D.
vice president. Edwin Bergstrom OF
Los Angeles is treasurer.
Regional directors elected are James
o. Betelle. Newark, N. j., for the
Middle Atlantic division; Herbert E
Hewitt, Peoria. H., for the Great
Lakes division. and Raymond j. Ashton
Salt Lake City, for the Western
Mountain division.
Frances White Emerson of Boston
and William Sloane Coffin of New York
| were elected honorary members of the
institute. The following we're elected
honorary corresponding members: Fer
| nando de Ia Cruz, Santiago, Chile;
Hermann Distel, Hamburg Germany;
Carlos Obregon Santacilia, Mexico
City, and FREDERICK E. Mariscal,
Mexico City.
Russell Man of Service.
Mr.. Russell, long prominent in civic
affairs in st. Louis. has been a first
vice president and director of the
"a
many years chairman of the National
Board of Awards for Jurisdictional
Disputes in the construction industry
During the war he was deputy chief of
production of the housing division of
the United States Shipping Board.
The convention was brought to a
close last night at a banquet at the
Mayhower Hotel in celebration of the
18th anniversary of the founding OF
the organization.
Speakers at the banquet at the May
flower Hotel last night included Fred
eric A. Delano, prominent civic leader
and member of the National Capita
Park and Planning Commission, ar
honorary member Of the institute; Rev
Father Ignatius Smith, professor of phi.
losophy at Catholic University, anc
Irving K. Pond, past president Of the
institute.
Mr.. Delano said that while he spent
30 years of his business life in the
West, he was not ready to run the
gamut of new architectural ideas beine
sprung on the public" He asserted
that each age should keep abreast Of
the times and make the most of its op-
portunities to reach the highest degree
Of perfection in architecture.
Referring to recent trip to Yucatan
Mr.. Delano praised the architecture
prowess of the Mayans, who created
beautiful ediflces with a minimum o.
material. He also lauded the work o.
architects at Williamsburg, Va, whit
| are restoring the second capital of the
| State to its early condition. This typ,
of architecture, he stated, will be o.
vast value to future builders in provid
ing concrete evidence of early styles.
Father Smith had for his topic The
Future of Architecture" He said that
during the last 5000 years architecture
has shown no retrogression or dissolu
ton, and predicted that it will continue
to show progress in years to come.
Mr.. Pond, who was the thirteenth
president Of the institute, traced briefly
the progress and achievements of tht
institute from its infancy.
struction Work Corporation was urgec
by Francis Lee Stuart, New York engi.
neer, past president of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, in a session
yesterday afternoon, devoted to the
Construction League Of the United
States.
Such corporation, Mr.. Stuart eX.
planned, would be owned and financed
by the Federal Government with re.
volving fund of $500, 100000, to bt
raised from sale Of bonds, for the pur.
poses of making loans at cost on proper
security to States, cities and public
utility corporations.
The funds so loaned would be for the
definite purpose of rehabilitating anc
improving cities. towns and other dis
tricts and obsolete plans of public utili-
ties and such other things for which
interest and amortization on the loan
legally can be put into the local tax
rate schedule or be assured of their in
come from the general public by rates
under public control.
Sums and Purposes
The sums made available, according
to the plan, should be divided ano
marked for and loaned about in the
following proportions:
One-fourth for reconstructing slum;
and homes, one-fourth for sanitary
aspects of the cities such as water
sewerage, paving. ETC.; one-fourth fol
reconstruction of obsolete portions OF
plants of public utilities, the economics
of which may filter to the public in
rates or otherwise; one-fourth for pub
lie transportation aspects, the benefit
from which may filter to the public by
rates or otherwise
Mr.. Stuart, who is vice president oi
the Construction League of the United
States and member of the Public At
fairs Committee of the American Engi-
neering Council, asserted that the
$40 900, 600, 900 construction industry
has shrunk to $4,000, 100000 and that
this shrinkage, disarranging the whole
economic structure of the country, has
made corrective efforts imperative.