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national functions of reconditioning
for the corporation. The headquar-
ters organization is divided into six
major divisionS-eXecutive, architec-
tural, legal, personnel, statistics and
field representatives.
Close coordination of all activities
will be maintained in conducting this
new branch of the corporation, Donald
H. McNeal, head of the Home Recon-
ditioning Division, said. Relations
will be maintained with the building
trades, including materials manufac-
turers, contractors, subcontractorS,
real estate and mortgage banking in
terestS. building code authorities, and
architects.
0 Twelve regional reconditioning su-
pervisors have been named to repre-
sent the Washington headquarters in
the field Each of the present H. o.
L. c. regions has been divided into
two parts. with a regional supervisor
assigned to each subdivision.
The field organization. supplement-
ing the headquarters staff, is designed
to consist of expert reconditicning de-
partments in each field lending Office
, to handle all repairs, remodeling and
modernization, technical field func-
tions from initial consumer contact
through to completion of construction.
Each of these departments will be
under the State H. o. L. C. Office.
Field Workers Instructed.
In issuing instructions to field work
ers the headquarters Office stresses
this point:
In view of the fact the division S
services will be devoted largely to
those who are or have been in some
form of credit distress. the ability
of the borrower TO carry the addi-
tional burden of reconditioning is of
prime Importance. Many properties
may justify the rec0nditioning applied
for. but the home owners credit may
not permit him to undertake the bur-
den of paying for them
Each reconditioning department is
charged with the duty of seeing to
it that all home owners who are
eligible and desire to recondition their
homes receive the maximum benefit
from the services available. This
means" they are informed from Wash
ington, that work to be done must
be designed expertly to give maximum
value. Quality and appropriate ma
terial must be used and reliable con-
tractors must execute the work"
These developments came as citi-
zens of Montgomery County, Md, pre-
pared to get together in the County
Building at Bethesda tonight to COM
pare notes on progress in The Stars
81 900 Better Homes Contest in that
territory.
The meeting was called by S. E
Stonebraker. temporary chairman OF
the Central Better Homes COMMITTEE
for Montgomery County, for 8 pm
At that time permanent chairman
of the group will be named and plans
for pushing the drive completed. In
addition to representatives of more
than 80 civic bodies, Mr.. Stonebraker
has asked a representative of the Boy
Scouts to be present to outline plans
for distribution of literature and con-
test entry blanks by members Of that
group.
The Stars contest will continue
through September Is, with prizes Of
fered for the best Improvements tc
homes valued at $4,000 and less and
awards for homes appraised above
that figure. In each class the prizes
are: First prize, $3.50 second prize
500: third prize; $50, and four hon
orable-mention prizes of SIS each.
Home owners in the metropolitan
area who are eligible to receive H. o
L. c. loans for property reconditioning
are given the opportunity also to enter
the projects in The Stars contest, it
is pointed out.