Evening star., 1934-05-12
ARCHITECTS MAKE
BUILDING SURVEY
Will Present List of Projects
to Congress for P. w. A.
Funds.

Chapters of the American Institute
Of Architects are surveying the build
ing needs Of the country with the
aim Of presenting to Congress list Of
projects on which construction might
begin within six months or year
under the public works legislation,
which, it Is expected. will be enacted.
This is a call for cooperation from
the architectural profession to assist
in a program which Is intended to
hasten national recovery, and to en-
courage building construction" said
E. C. Kemper of Washington, execu-
tive secretary Of the institute, in a
statement sent to the presidents of the
81 chapters.
State. county and city projects OF
various types will be listed by the
architects. including hospitals. primary
and secondary schools, libraries, city
halls. jails, homes for the aged, State
aided colleges. parochial schools and
asylums of all kinds.
Manufacturers Aiding.
IlO0uSClo SOullCll, q ldtlOlldl
organization of manufacturers and
producers of building materials and
equipment with headquarters in New
York City, is cooperating with the
institute, with which 1t is aff1liated.
The Public Buildings Committee Of
the council made public statement
in support of the building provisions
of the La Toilette bill, now before the
Senate Committee on Education and
Labor.
Privately financed building con-
struction continues to be subnormal
in the extreme" the committee de-
clared. The relatively small alloca-
tions to date for building construction
from funds appropriated by the Fed
eral Government for public works
have made little impression upon the
building industry, and have failed to
stimulate appreciably employment in
the building branch Of construction
and the many industries which de-
pend upon and serve it." it was said.
The Producers Council on its own
initiative and in cooperation with
other interested groups in the build
ing industry has assembled informa-
ton from many and various informed
sources, which convinces us beyond
any possible doubt that needed pro-
jects are available all over the United
States.
I'VE urge the definite ALLEGATION
and appropriation of substantial sums
for building construction. both Fed
eral and to assist and stimulate the
financing Of non-Federal building.
Failure to provide relief for the
building industry has been due ap-
parently to various reasons and
causes. First, it has been the con-
viction of many that there was no
pressing need for building. Second, it
takes longer to plan and get build
ing construction under way than 1t
does various other forms of !construc-
ton, and therefore the relief sought
through employment Of large num-
bers Of men is not so immediate.
Third, in contemplating the effects
OF expenditure for building construc-
ton, the direct labor involved is not
as concentrated and spectacular, and
there Is tendency to consider build
ing only in terms of labor and ma
terials, overlooking the fact that the
production, manufacture, and trans
portation of materials represented
labor, the employment of which af-
fects much wider and more diver
sifled field than labor at the site,
and the benefits of which reach into
every phase of our economic and
social structure in every part of the
country.
1T is our earnest conviction that
recognition and action upon these
facts have been far too long delayed,
and that no real or permanent re-
covery can be attained unless ard
until the great forces Of the building
industry are given confidence to pro-
ceed and the men. long idle, put to
work at their various trades and
callings."
Petit Is Chairman.
B. M. Petit of the Indiana Limestone
Corporation. Bedford, Ind, is chair
man OF the Public Buildings Com
mittee OF the council. Other members
are j. c. Knapp. Otis Elevator Co.,
New York; C. w. Peelle. The Peele
Co. Brooklyn, N. Y; F. P. Byington,
Johns-Manville Corporation, New
York. and F. W. Morse, Chamberlin
Metal Weather Strip Co., Detroit.
Members Of the Producers Council
include: aluminium Co. OF America,
Pittsburgh, Pa: American Brass Co.,
waterbury, Conn: American Radi-
ator Co., New York, N. Y; Armstrong
Cork Co., Lancaster, Pa; the Barber
Asphalt Co., Philadelphia, Pa; Ben
jamin Electric Manufacturing Co..
Des PLANES, ILL.,: Bradley Lumber Co.
OF Arkansas, Warren, Ark; Carrier
Engineering Corporation, New York,
N. Y: The Easement Hardware Co.,