Milford chronicle., 1934-11-23
COM MITTEES
FOR REHOUSINC
CAMPAIGN NAMED
fContinued trom Firit Faae1

Lilt tNGA dl DCllEl L AOS1A ih
presents a very practical aspect. II
is prompted by nothing short of ne
cessity for ii is not within the
meaning of good judgment to allow
these property values to continue tC
depreciate.
There are. of course" Mr.. Spring
er continued, many other very
good reasons why this program
should be carried forward. 1t will dc
much to rehabilitate real estate
values in Milford and it will be tre-
mendously useful in furnishing EN-
ployment and putting more money
into circulation. Funds that now are
lying idle in the banks of your COM
munity will be drawn out and put
to work in a manner that could
scarcely be exceeded for practical
value.
I'm my opinion. the National Hous-
ing Act, which makes il possible for
local banks and other approved fl
nancial institutions to loan on eX-
tremely reasonable terms for need
ed repairs and improvements, is one
of the soundest recovery measures
that has been enacted.
at takes little imagination TO
realize how the action of an individ-
ual property owner can carry out
fully the purposes of the Better
Housing Program. When he arrang-
es for his loan, he is putting hither-
to idle money into local circulation
where il can work for every citizen.
He pays a part of it to local mer-
chants for materials. which helps 10
start the wheels of mills and fac
tories turning The larger part of 1t
he pays to a variety of local skilled
labor-our own little group from
the millions in the building trades
who have been without steady work
for years. Those wages get back in
to immediate circulation through
our local merchants. And a home
has been taken off the property re-
lief rolls and conditioned into effi-
cheney and normal value again.
Multiply that individuals actions
by millions of property owners ana
you have the countrywide fulfilment
of the purposes of this portion OF
the National Housing Act.
ats benefits extend to owners OF
residences, apartments. stOrerooms,
office and business buildings, indus
trial plants, and farm property. The
scope of work possible embraces al
most any permanent improvement
that adds to the efficiency or value
of roperty-eligible improvements
having included recently. for in
stance, such an emergency activity
as digging wells in the drought
swept areas of the country.
simplicity of operation marks ev-
cry phase of the Acts provisions,
the more quickly to get property i'm
provement action on large scale
with its resulting stimulation to in
dustrys and employment.
"The purposes of the Better Hous-
ing Program are sound, understand
able. and a bold acceptance of the
challenge of depression conditions
to millions of property owners with
their investments of billions of dol
lars"
At the conclusion of the movies,
Mr.. Springer offered to explain any
phase of the rehousing plan that
had not been made clear.
c. d. Holzmueller. chairman of
the Milford campaign then introduc-
ed Gerrish Gassaway, secretary OF
the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce, who spoke briefly Oh the
success being made in Wilmington
in the conduction of the campaign.
MIR. Gassaway said that resump-
lion of activity among the building
trades would do much to throw off
The last tentacles of depression, and
hat while thB building trades were
Dne of the hardest hit, they lave
been the last to be helped.
Chairman Holzmueller then read
4 list of the committees that are to
serve during the rehousing cam
paign here. Mr.. Holzmueller espe-
,ially stressed the Importance of the
ield campaign and planning COM
nittee in connection with the sue
,ess of the campaign.
The committees named by Chair |
nan HOlzmueller are as follows:
RehOusing Campaign Committees
Chairman, C. d. Holzmueller;
reasurer, ]. C. Truitt; secretary. |
edwin Messick.
Executive Committee - Chairman,
d. D. Short; r. A. Derrickson, G. H.
Draper, Jr., WIN. V. Sipple, Herman
Johnson, Charles Banning, C. E.
yarney.
Finance and Loan Committee -
chairman, Daniel Hirsch; l.. N.
learn. l. D. Short, Herman John
on, j. H. Humes, J. P. Pierce.
Publicity Committee - Chairman,
robert Yerkes; Marshall Townsend,
ohm Steward, Frank NAPLES, Ed
yard Evans.
Building and General Industry
- Chairman, Herman
ohnson; Willis Hall, Roy Steven
on. Haswell Pierce, Alphonso
Women's Committee Chairman,
frs. Walter Barrett; Mrs. Elizabeth
utter, Mrs. Robert Griffith, Mrs.
harles Banning. Mrs. C. d. Holz-
lueller.
Field Campaign and Planning
ommittee-Chairman, Charles Ban
ing; Captain Wilson Vinyard, FAR
sic Collins. C. e. Varney, s. NJ. d.
Iarshall. George Perry, Wilmer
ankford. Max Cohen. r. P. Davis,
|. R. Lemex. Harry Deputy. Jacob
oosa. /