Evening star., 1941-03-29
SHOP TALK
News About Builders
And Real Estote
Personalities

A national symposium on defense
housing will be held April II, in
which more than 460 local real es-
tate boards throughout the country
will take part by holding stimuli
taneouS meetings. The program will
originate in Washington and will be
broadcast that afternoon over the
N. B. c. Blue Network from 2 TO 2:3O.
An approach TO the problem Of
providing housing for workers III
defense industries from an unbiased
and intelligent viewpoint will be
sought in the program, Solutions
now under consideration for solving
the vital defense housing problem
will be described, and realtors will
be told the part they must play in
this vast program. The symposium
will be sponsored by the National
Association OF Real Estate Boards.
Defense Housing Co-ordinator c.
S. Palmer. Federal Housing Admin
istrator Abner H Ferguson, and
Philip Kniskern, president of the
national realtors organization, will
participate in the Washington pro-
gram.
The defense housing program will
be approached from three different
angles. Mr.. Palmer will tell of
housing needs and the steps and
manner in which the Government
is seeking to fill those needs Mr..
Kniskern will outline the situation
AS it affects each local realtor and
will offer program for realtors TO
follow in cooperating with Gov
ernment agencies. Mr.. Ferguson
will describe the financing aid being
offered by his agency TO enable
realtors and private enterprise to
aid in filling the housing needs cited
by Mr.. Palmer
April and May will indeed be busy
months for the real estate fraternity
here. The National Conference of
Real Estate Taxpayers will be held
at the Mayf1oWer on April 25 and
2e Then. early in May. operative
builders OF the country will gather
in the Capital for a conference on
their problems. The latter group
Will endeavor to lay the groundwork
for program designed TO absorb
Inc shock when the huge defense
e1ort and the world crisis is over.
The taxpayers meeting. likewise
WILL be sponsored by the National
Association of Real Estate Boards.
IN cooperation with the American
Farm Bureau Federation the Ma
honal Grange and the National AS
soclation of Building Owners and
Managers. Up for discussion at the
meeting will be the proposed estab-
hshment of commission on taxa
ZION and land policies of the United
States.
Senator Joseph Hurst Ball of
Minnesota will make his first public
TAX since coming to Congress when
he addresses the Washington Build
ing Congress next Thursday night
at the Mayfiower Hotel. Senator
Ball will talk on What Is Ahead
for American" The occasion is the
annual banquet Of the builders.
Senator Ball is a former news
paperman. He was State political
writer for the Pioneer Press and
Dispatch in st. Paul when appointed
last fall by Gov. StaSsen to fill the
vacancy created by the death of
Senator Lundeen.
James A. Cassidy, who is in charge
OF entertainment, is lining up
large floor show which he saws will
be made up of the best Broadway
talent. Leon Brusiloffs s Orchestra
will play during dinner and for
the entertainment. A raised STAGE
will be installed in the center of
the ballroom so all the guests NAV
see the entertainment.
The congress dinner gets bigger
and bigger. At first it was decided
to limit attendance to SEQ. The
tickets were gobbled up so fast that
the number was increased To 6OO
Now these are almost gone. and
tcket sales will be closed Monday
night Claude w. Owen is the
dinner chairman.
A number of large home build |
ing projects are in the wind"
It Is expected that j. Wesley |
Buchanan will announce soon plans |
Tor his huge development in nearby
virginia. The last house was sold
this week in Lyndale, Buchanan's
community in Southeast Washing
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