Evening star., 1934-09-29
CITY HOMES DRIVE
WILL START SOON
Next Week to See Force
in Action to Boost
improvements.

washingtons Better Housing Cam
paign under the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration definitely will get under
way during the coming week.
1t will be promotion and sales
campaign, carried on largely by VOL
unteer workers, in an effort to bring
home to Washington property own
ers the advantages to be gained by
home and property repair and to
show them how. they may borrow
money from their bankers on the in
stallment plan" to make the improve
ments and repairs necessary.
The campaigns primary purpose,
as of those being conducted in more
than 1900. cities over, the Nation, is
to stimulate home and property mod
ernization. Whether this improve
ment and repair work is financed by
the owners themselves or through the
banks, either by straight notes or the
installment loans guaranteed by the
National Government, is secondary.
Money Into Circulation.
If the repairs are made men will
be employed, money will be put into
circulation, building material and So
called heavy" industries will revive,
and, with their revival, the Federal
Government and the F. H. A believe,
the depression will be routed as the
stimulus transfers itself to all other
industries of the country.
The first aim of the Washington
campaign. under the direction of
Thomas P. Littlepage, will be the
raising of the tentative $4,000 budget
set for the carrying on of the house
toulouse canvass and other features
of the drive. Mr.. Littlepage said to-
day the money would be raised by
private contributions by the end of
next week.
Headquarters have been set up in
the Shoreham Building, under the
direction of John Poole, former presi-
dent of the Federal National Bank,
who carries the title Of executive di-
rector of the two-month campaign.
He will be joined on Monday by Dor
sey w. Hyde, former secretary of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
as executive assistant. The only other
paid employees in the local set-up will
be clerical help and publicity direc-
tor 1t is estimated that when the
Office in the Shoreham Building starts
functioning at full till maximum of
eight paid employees will be needed.
Poole said today his Office had been
crowded with job seekers since the
furniture was moved in Thursday,
but that all had been turned away,
as clerical help will not be hired until
needed, and then but small force.
To Hold Mass Meeting.
With the completion of establish
ment of the headquarters a huge
mass meeting will be held in the au-
ditorium of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce, attended by repre-
sentatives of every civic club, citi-
zens' association and other group for
civic betterment in the District.
To them will be outlined the entire
plan for the drive. and the cooper
alton of their various groups will be
solicited. Speakers Of national i'm
porance are to address the mass
meeting and tell of the long-range
aims of the Federal Housing Admin
istration, nationally as well as To-
cally.
The headquarters are to be formally
opened with ceremony. Lttlepage
sid. This opening may be combined
with the mass meeting. 1t is ex-
pected that a meeting of MIR. Little
pages Executive Committee will de-
eide upon dates for these events and
other matters some time next week.
Assisting the local Campaign Com
mittee as a sort of co-ordinator be-
tween them and the national organi-
cation will be J. K. Gilchrist, official
of the F. H. A., who has been desig-
mated to the post by James A. Moffett,
Federal housing administrator. Mr..
Gilchrist's Office will be maintained
in the headquarters.