Evening star., 1936-04-18
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WILL COORDINATE.
Plans Laid to Stimulate
Construction of ESQ., 900
New Homes.

Plans have Just been completed to
coordinate the activities OF more than
100000 members of trade asSocia-
tions to stimulate the construction OF
more than 250,000 homes throughout
the country in 1886. The newly or
ganized National Housing Advisory
Council is behind the program. 1t
represents trade associations cover
ing every branch Of the durable goods
and building industries, as well as al
lied industries. The selling activities
Of every one engaged in building,
equipping and servicing of homes will
be co-ordinated, according to plans.
Members of the Executive Commit
tee of the council are Ernest T. Trigg,
National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer
Association; Frank Carnahan, Ma
tional Retail Lumber Dealers Associa-
ton; v. G. Iden, American Institute
of Steel Construction; DR.. Wilson
Compton, National Lumber Manufac-
turers' Association; Harry A. Tuke,
Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute;
w. ]. Donald, National Electrical
Manufacturers Association; M. j. Nc
MILAN, Portland Cement Association;
Russell G.. Creviston, Plumbing and
Heating Industries Bureau; Waverly
w. Taylor, National Association of
Real Estate Boards, and H. J. Payne,
Associated Business Papers. Inc.
Organization of the National Hous-
ing Advisory Council was begun early
Sn 1886 by a group of associations
prominently identified with the build
ing industry. The group of manufac-
turers represented by the associations
was greatly interested in as prompt
and complete Nationwide Develop
ment of home construction under the
national housing act as possible.
Home Building Promoted.
The council is supported by real
estate, architectural. advertising, pub
fishing and financial interests. Pro-
motion of home building and the gen.
eral improvement of American hous-
ing standards also is included in the
principal aims of the organization.
The program will be projected with
the following purposes in mind, ac-
cording to council officials: "Q) To
unity the building industry for selling
a Nationwide market. (2) To en-
courage and develop the most effective
selling and advertising activities on
the part of all members of the build
ing industry in order to insure that a
substantial share of the buyers dollars
shall be spent for housing or for prod
ucts related to housing (3) Through
cooperation with members of the
building industry to do everything pos
sible to insure that the machinery now
available in the form of existing gov
ernmental agencies and business aSso-
Citations and their established chan
nels Of production shall operate
smoothly and efficiently to sell the
housing market. "a To advise and 10
cooperate with the Federal Housing
Administration and other agencies
whose concern is with a long-range,
privately financed home building pro-
gram"
New Homes Needed.
1--WE realize" the council organizers
said, "the need of a large number Of
new homes, and We believe that the
groundwork for the building of many
Of those homes has been well laid by
the educational work done up to the
present time. With this opportunity
facing the industry and with a deter
mined concentrated effort made by the
Housing Administration, backed up by
those business interests which are di-
rect beneficiaries, it should be pos
eible to make a worthwhile record in
1886"
Development of the program, the
details of which have been sent to
members in every State in the Union
was begun Immediately after the
formation of the Executive Commit
tee. Meanwhile membership in the
council constantly is increasing.