The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-18
Over 400 E. xpected At
 Realtors Convention
First Interstate Session to Be Held at Springfield
 October Waterbury Sending Representation

/, tion,s plan of regional conference nationally sponsored where the regions may want this kind of meeting.
 Two states Massachusetts through the Massachusetts Association of Real Estate Boards, and Connecti- cut through the Connecticut ASso- citation of Real Estate Boards, of which John Hutchinson of Water bury is president, are expected to hold business meetings in connec- tion with the regional convention, and there will be round tables for delegations from each of the other states.
 Realtors and real estate owners from northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and eastern Pennsyl- vania are invited to attend the convention.
 Rose and Edwards Head List of
 Speakers
 Walter w. Rose, Orlando. Florida president of the National Associa- ton of Real Estate Boards, will head the list of convention speak. CTS, taking as his subject "What We Can DO to Help the Real Estate Market"
 Revaluation
 With revaluation of the whole real estate outlook now going on in the financial community, Charles c. Edwards, president of the Gen. tral Savings Bank, New York city, and former president of the Real Estate Board of New York, which office he held for three years, will address the general sessions of the convention in Q talk expected to have interest for both real estate and banking groups over the coun- try.
 Mir. Edwards, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards during 1925, will analyze real estate from today's point of view of the mortgage financing institution of which savings banks in the New England region and in New York and New Jersey have an important place. Alfred H. Wagg, West Palm Florida, vice-president of the Na- ticral Association of Real Estate Boards for, the southeast region, president of the Real Estate asso- citation of the state of New York and of the Florida Association of Real Etate Boards, will speak about Modern Merchandising of Real Estate"
 Herbert U. Nelson, Chicago, na- tioiial executive secretary. for the National Association of Real Estate Boards, at present studying housing conditions in Europe who is ex- pected to return early in Septem- Der is scheduled to bring before the New England regional convention some of his observations, of Euro peai1 practices and methods. MT. Nelsor's talk will center on ideas and methods, in planning, building, and financing, of special interest to real estate leaders in the United States in the present period when new home building is re-opening, and when the entire building and real estate industry is searching everywhere for cost reduction meth ods. His Springfield convention talk is his first scheduled address to real estate group following his present visit to some of the leading new housing developments in Eng land, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Italy, and France. s
 Brokers Division
 At the special group meeting for brokers, Robert B. Whitaker, Ken osha,. Wisconsin, chairman of the brokers division of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards will preside. E. c. Hacker, Lansing, Michigan, president of the Associa- tion's Institute of Real Estate Man. agement will conduct the group meeting for those interested in real estate management problems. Home building discussions will be led by Charles s. Wanless. Spring. field, Illinois, vice-chairman Of the Associations Land Developers and Home Builders Division. Maurice F. Reidy, Worcester, Mass, as presi- dent of the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers of the na- tional association. will also be one of the convention speakers.
 Under the auspices of the aSsocia- tion's national committed on real estate taxation, members of the convention will be, told of action in various states to nnodernize. state real estate tax systems, and of the actual reductions in real estate taxes that have been accomplished. Arthur .G. Taylor viii head the