Evening star., 1939-04-15
Thomas Listed
Among Speakers al
ReaItor Conference
Regional Porley to
Hear Practical
Discussions

Realtors attending the Central
National Association of Real Estate
Boards, to be held at Atlantic City
May IL and 13, will hear Lowell
Thomas, it was announced today,
at the banquet on the evening of
May IL.
Practical discussions of the most
significant current problems in the
various specialized fields of real
estate will make up the meat" of
the conference, which will bring to-
gether realtors from New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania Maryland,
Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia
and the District of Columbia. A
battery of consultants on various
phases of real estate activity will
be present, with whom realtors may
discuss their individual problems.
This meeting, leaders point out, is
not convention, as no action is
taken, but conference for the ex-
change of ideas and information
and for the discussion of important
questions facing the business of real
estate today.
Speeches Slated for Brokers.
Joel L. Schlesinger. Newark, will
discuss the buying, selling and leas-
ing of commercial properties be-
fore the associations brokers divi-
sion: Frank P. FELTON,, jr., Phila-
delphia, will discuss the market for
older homes; Freas B. Snyder, Up
per Darby, Pa, will discuss the op-
Grafton of a small real estate office;
George c. Smith, St. Louis. Mo-,
president of the associations In
dustrial Property Council. will speak
on the social and economic factors
influencing commercial and indus
trial properties. Samuel T. Hall,
Philadelphia, vice chairman of the
division, will preside at brokerage
sessions.
Maurice R. Massey, vice president
of the American Institute of Real
Estate Appraisers, N. A. R. E. B.,
will preside at appraisal sessions.
Ralph V. Field, Galesburg, ILL.,. ma
tional president of the institute,
will lead a discussion of the neces-
sary equipment of a real estate ap-
praiser and how this equipment
may be obtained and kept up to
date. The appraisal of retail prop
critics will be discussed, also the
practical application of basic prin-
ciples in the appraisal of different
types of real estate, speakers to be
announced later.
Management Ideas to Be Given.
William l. Mirkil, Philadelphia,
regional vice president of the In
stitute of Real Estate Management,
will preside at sessions devoted to
management. James c. Downs, jr.,
Chicago, president of the institute,
will outline new ideas and pro-
cedures in property management
which he has observed in his visits
to every region of the country dur
ing his year and half as the in
stitute's head. The program will
include discussions of tenant rela-
tions and of the management of
properties for institutional owners,
speakers to be announced.
John McC. Mowbray, Baltimore,
as regional vice chairman of the
land developers and home builders
division. will preside at sessions de-
voted to home building. There
will be critical discussion of new
materials and equipment for home
building, discussion of the modern
ization of old structures, of multi
ple-family dwellings and large
scale housing operations. Colored
pictures taken by the associations
convention director, Lawrence G.
Holmes, Chicago. of realtor projects
In all sections of the country will
be shown
Outstanding speakers at general
sessions include E. L. Ostendorf,
Cleveland. Ohio, president of the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards; Donald T. Pomeroy, Syra-
suse, N. Y. vice president for the
Central Atlantic region: Paul E.
Stark. Madison, Wis, past presi-
dent of the association and trus-
tee Of the National Real Estate
Foundation; Mr.. Field and Mr..
Downs, who is president of Real
Estate Research Corp.
Members of the national asso-