Evening star., 1935-11-20

question asked at his earlier press con-
ference, rs the Government going 70
stop direct relief next July?" and re-
told his reply.
MY answer was that the Federal
Government-and / am sure your an
swer will be the same for the city gov
ernmentS-does not propose to let peo-
pie starve after the 1St Of July any
more than during the past few years
A number of the conference mayors
including Hoan, had stated earlier
that cities could not assume the full
burden of direct relief December
After the White House call, Hoan ano
his colleagues appeared encouraged py
the no starvation" statement.
Encouraging, Says Hoan.
"It was fine talk" Hoan said, "ant
We are all glad to have these assurance!
from President Roosevelt"
Mr.. Roosevelt told the mayor:
taxes have grown up like TopSy ir
this country" adding:
I'VE are stepping on each other:
toes, especially in the last 5. 10 ol
Is years. In fact, virtually since the
beginning of the World War the gen.
eral tax situation in the United States
has become not only more complicated
but has called for revision.
We haven't had a revision and
thirk the time is coming-not thi;
coming session of Congress, because VIZ
hope that it will be very short session
but by the following year, when al
Of us can get together and sit around
a table and work out a better system
of taxation, State, municipal and Fed
eral
Late this Winter We are going tc
ask you TO come down and talk about
that subject around the table. I sup.
pose this meeting will be dignified BY
The name of a tax conference. but
would rather keep it informal anc
have it become a continuing study
which will bring forth an intelligen,
report before the close of the yeal
1886. We will have to think Of
taxes in non-partisan way"
Tape Fault of Congress.
The President touched on. charges
that red tape" had DELAYED the WORK
program, saying he was forced to sigr
all allotments in person and that "this
is not my fault, because Congress put
it in the bill" Mayor La Guardia hac
assailed red tape" and the semi.
colon boys" for delaying the public
works program.
Senator Wagner. Democrat Of New
York, principal speaker at the mayors
banquet last night, said SOS 900 900 00t
would be needed in the next 10 year.
to finance needed new homes.
Urging support of his 10-billion-
dollar Federal housing program t.
meet partially this need, Senator
Wagner said: Even a casual toul
of our reputedly well-developed coun.
try reveals in every county an ugly
squalor that spells deprivation disease
and unnecessary exposure to crime
and vice"
As Wagner was urging expanded
Federal effort in the home building
field. survey by the Home Loan Banl
Board reported that small urban cen.
ters were surging ahead of larger
cities in "rate of recovery" in resi-
Dental construction.
Construction i'm Cities.
The survey cited, the report said
that so per cent of the total volum,
of construction during the first min,
months of this year was in cities o
100000 or more.
From recent indications, the survey
said, the Inference might be drawn
that larger centers "are beginning Il
feel the effects of speculative building
and forthcoming construction
BOOM"
This actual activity in Residential
building, however. fails to portray &C.
curately the rate of construction ir
relation to the population require
ments," the report said.
The most striking revelation oi
this picture is the extraordinary ex
pansion of building in the smaller
sized urban areas.
An analysis of the data show.
that for the United States as whole
13.45 units were provided per 10000
population in cities of 10000 to 25,
900 inhabitants in the first nin'
months of 1885, while only 9.55 unit!
per 10000 population were provided
in cities of 100000 or more inhabi
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