Evening star., 1938-10-29
PARLEY To WEIGH
REALTY INTERESTS
Cutting of Taxes to Be One
Policy Considered at
Milwaukee.

Steps taken during the past year
and steps that may usefully now be
taken in the all-around strengthening
Of the real estate structure Of Amer
ican cities will be reviewed by the Ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards and its professional institutes
and specialized divisions and councils
at the coming annual convention OF
the association in Milwaukee, Novem-
Der 9, 10, II and IL.
Concerned with questions of public
policy which form the underlying con-
ditions Of future real estate develop
ment, and constituting at the same
time the great national round table on
current trends Of the real estate mar
ket and on developments In business
practice to meet current economic
needs, the convention will be preceded
and followed by important meetings of
the associations board of directors,
will culminate in a general business
session on the morning OF November
~, the principal such meeting of the
real estate year.
Joseph w. Catharine. Brooklyn, N.
Y, as president OF the association, will
be chairman Of all general sessions
and at the opening general session on
the afternoon Of November Q will out
line the work which real estate men
and real estate boards have before
them in guiding sound urban real
estate use under the very much
changed conditions OF city growth
which have come about in the last 10
years and under the changing general
business conditions which may be ex-
pected to characterize the years just
ahead.
Officers to Be Named.
Oficers Of the association for the
coming year and officers Of its insti-
sutes. divisions and councils will be
elected at the Milwaukee meeting, to
take ONCE in January. 1899.
Forward action toward lower real
estate taxes will be given national mo-
mentum at q meeting open to all prop
erty owners and to be held November
., under the auspices of the National
Committee on Real Estate Taxation,
made up Of 345 representatives chosen
by the associations local boards and
the various State real estate groups.
Myers Y. Cooper, Cincinnati, for
mer Governor OF Ohio and chairman
OF the associations committee on real
estate taxation. will preside at the tax
luncheon, which will Immediately pre-
cede the first general session of the
convention. and will outline there the
plan for national tax bureau designed
as q clearing house for all national
and local groups interested in lower
real estate taxes.
Frank c. jackson, Seattle, executive
secretary OF the notable organization
formed by cooperation of many civic
and business groups to establish An
overall limit on the real estate tax In
the State Of Washington, will address
the States Council of the association
at sessions Of November 10 on swayinr
public opinion for real estate tax relief.
Speech on Valuation Base.
Herman o. Walther, Chicago chair
man Of the committee appointed by
the American Institute Of Real Estate
Appraisers to study the whole question
OF appraisal for tax purposes, will ad-
dress the institutes opening meeting of
November 10 on the valuation base for
I'd valorem taxation.
important present-day mortgase
trends will be discussed by the Mort
gage Council Of the association In a
session to be held Thursday afternoon.
November 10, with Earle G. Krumrine
Chicago. presiding. Principal topics
scheduled:
l. Amendments to the National
Housing Act needed to give it mari
mum usefulness to private financing
agencies.
2. Experiences Of MORTGAGE com.
panies in using Federal agencies.
Edward A. MacDougall, New York
chairman Of the associations Commit.
Zee on Real Estate Finance, has been