Evening star., 1938-03-19
REA[TYPR0BLEMS
TO Be DISCUSSED
Central Atlantic Par|ey to
Hear of Role in Economic
Picture.

Real estates place in todays eco
nomic picture, real estate business
questions in todays market, real
estate from the investors viewpoint
these will be leading topics of discus
sion for a great Central Atlantic
regional real estate conference an
nounced today to be held at the John
Marshall Hotel, Richmond, May 6
and 7.
The conference. open to any one
interested in real estate, is being
planned by the real estate boards of
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District of Columbia,
affiliated with the National Association
of Real Estate Boards.
Donald T. Pomeroy, Syracuse. N. Y,
vice president of the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards for the
Central Atlantic region. heads the
Planning Committee and will preside
at general sessions
Catharine Among Speakers.
Joseph w. Catharine, Brooklyn,
president of the national association,
will head the list of conference speak
ers. which will include national leaders
in the fields of real estate brokerage,
real estate appraisal. property man.
aeement, home building and land de-
velopment. Mr.. Catharine will outline
work now under way to strengthen
and safeguard real estate advance and
better our understanding of real estate
use and of real estate value Mr..
Catharine, for the last two years vice
president of the association for the
Central Atlantic region, is past presi-
dent of the Real Estate Association of
the State of New York
K. Lee Hyder, Milwaukee, president
OF the American Institute of Real
Estate Appraisers. will discuss widening
fields for service of the real estate
operator. Mr. Hyder, vice president of
the American Appraisal Co., Milwau-
kee, is in charge of its engineering
division, devoted to the appraisal of
land and leaseholds. improved real
estate of all kinds. natural resources,
public utilities and various classes of
industrial property, expects to give ap-
proXimately half of his time during the
coming year to the important work
which the institute is now engaged in,
including notably the development of
certain broad and fundamental educa-
tional courses on real estate appraisal
principles and methods
Chicagoan to Speak.
James c. Downs, jr., Chicago, presi-
dent of the Institute of Real Estate
Management, will address the general
sessions on real estates place in today's
economic picture.
Other prominent speakers will be
Charles F. Noyes. New York, and My
ers Y. Cooper, Cincinnati, former Gov
ernor of Ohio, and chairman of the
associations Committee on Real
Estate Taxation.
Hobart c. Brady. Wichita, Kans..
sales consultant for the national asso-
ciation, will address the conference
on Making Sales in Today's Market"
Home building. expected to be an
important factor of real estate advance
for some years ahead, will be discussed
at special meeting concerned with
practical questions of cost, and with
the most recent developments in ma
terials and methods. simultaneously,
there will be held other group meetings
to discuss practical current questions
IN various other specialized fields, in
Guiding real estate appraisal, general
brokerage and property management.