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Evening star., 1944-05-13
Mott Named Director
OF Urban Lund Institute

The appointment OF Seward H.
Mott as director of the Urban Land
Institute was today announced by
Hugh Potter, institute president.
At the same time Mr.. Mott an
nounced his resignation as director
of land planning for the Federal
Housing Administration. He will
join the institute June /.
Mr.. Mott has occupied the FHA
post for nine years, during which
he was largely responsible for de-
signing the administrations resi-
Dental developments throughout
the country.
His appointment to the urban
land position at this time, Mr..
Potter explained. is in line with
an expansion Of the institutes COM
munity planning service to meet
postwar demands. His executive as
sistant will be Margaret Kay Stew
art, who has been directing the
institute staff since March.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Survey Shows Huge Demand
For Homes of Family Type

age Of approximately per cent Of
the buying Is in hope Of profitable
resale. The same condition largely
prevails in farm transactions.
Communities estimate an average
Of rs per cent Of such buying is by
farmers for their own use. In II
communities out Of every 100 farm
acquisition is solely for use. In-
vestment buying makes up lS per
cent of farm purchases, being q
somewhat heavier factor for farms
than for urban real estate. Fol
farms, as for urban real estate
only about Z per cent OF the buying
Is estimated to be primarily fol
resale.
5. The family-size dwelling, with
two or three bedrooms, at price
around 5000, is the kind OF urban
property that Is in greatest de-
mand today. There is a marked
preference for the close-in home
with gardening land and good trans
portation.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
SATURDAY,
Nearly All Homes to Need
Repairs, Equipment After War
Serious Deterioration Caused by
Lack of Core Due to Labor Shortage

ing number of houses put In livable
salable condition within a short
time.
The lapse of time while this work
is being done will give new designs
and material time to be tested, new
machinery time to be set up so ma
terials can be turned out in low
cost quantity. Mr.. and Mrs. Home
owner will also have time to adjust
to a warless world in which they
can begin to think of the type OF
home they really want. 1t should
prevent lost motion and false starts
all along the way.
Americans are saving millions in
banks and war bonds for the pur-
chase of new homes. Much con-
fusion exists in their minds as to
what this postwar house will be like
History has proved that no people,
even those as forward looking, en-
terprising and ingenious as Ameri-
cans, are ready to turn from the
tried and true" to the unproven
invention, no matter how pleasing
its package" at the drop of a hat.
A wise thoughtful approach to the
whole situation, which takes into
consideration what is wanted, what
dollars can buy, and what can be
produced that is worth buying, is
the picture which will be faced by
the home-owner when the war is
over,
Evening star., 1944-05-13
Real Estate News of Week
GerhoIz Praises PIon of Private Builders
To Take Over Low-Cost Housing

will have no beneficial effect upon
the thing most vital to the future
of your business, your families, your
lives-the basic character of the
people of this country. In a world
that is being torn apart by con-
flicting PHILOSOPHERS, what more cer-
tain way to anchor people to the
sound principles on which this Ma
ton was built than to provide each
one with stake in his country"
X 4 u X
Great progress could be made in
eliminating blighted city areas and
redeveloping valuable urban prop
erty If the power of eminent domain
is granted to private enterprise
under properly controlled conditions
Frederick Babcock, of The Pro-
ducers' Council, stated here yester-
day.
Under the present system, the
owner of / per cent of the property
in a blighted district can prevent
redevelopment by refusing to sell his
property or by asking an exhorbitant
price,"
X Il
First major sale of a Defense
Homes Corp. project was announced
this week. Stuart Gardens De-
velopment in Newport News, Va,
was sold to a group of local business
and professional men for $3,615 600.
Important point Is that Newport
News evidently wishes to integrate
its new wartime population into the
community permanently. Also in
this first DIG transfer there was
no broker and no prior appraisal for
the Government.
| X X 4 X
Reverse lend-lease is in operation
from Russia. Returning ships bring
Russian soft woods which will be
used for Grating military shipments
| Amount incoming is not yet known,
but the need is enormous. Possible
Evening star., 1944-05-13

tEGtLOfS note: THIS Is the nrSt
OF tour surpeys OF the national
real estate market. The others
will tollop in this column on
successive Saturdays.)
The National Association of Real
Estate Boards today reported that
the Nations real estate, under the
economic pressure Of two-and-a-
half years Of war is being used more
intensively than at any time on
record.
The association in its 42d semi
annual survey Of the national realty
market, disclosed the most general
shortage Of dwelling space in history
q high volume Of sales and an un-
paralleled demand for the family
type" house-the one with two and
three bedrooms.
The survey. which in II years has
become . standard business index
was designed to determine the effects
Of two-and-a-haH years Of war or
the Nations real estate plant. II
covered 376 cities and represents the
carefully checked data and opinion
Of local real estate boards in those
cities.
Pressure Easing.
It was found that there was:
!. A shortage Of single family
dwellings in % per cent Of the re.
porting cities as compared to 8,
per cent six months ago when thu
previous wartime survey was made
Only 2 per cent report oversupply
There is an undersupply of apart.
ments in 50 per cent Of the reporting
cities as against rs per cent 81,
months ago. Only / per cent repor
oversupply. This Is an unprecedent'
ed situation. But already observ
able In q few cities where employ
ment has passed its peak Is al
easing of of the extreme pressur'
for housing.
2. Selling prices for real estate
especially for residential property
are higher than q year ago in 81
per cent Of reporting cities, at leas
as high in 80 per cent Of the cite,
and lower In only per cent Of th'
cities.
For those places and those type
Of property experiencing q price ris,
the median advance was 1914 PEI
cent.
Sales Volume Up.
3. Volume of sales Is higher thar
a year ago in SO per cent Of thu
cities, at least as high in 90 per cent
of the cities and lower in only
per cent Of the cities. But some
cities expect their sales volume
actually to fall OH, despite demand
in the months ahead because Of the
scarcity Of listings.
4. A very large portion Of today
buying is for use by the buyer. II
urban property the reports estimat.
that an average Of approximately
II per cent current sales are fol
the buyers own use. Approximate,
Is per cent are for investment. Ac.
cording to local estimates, an aver.
Evening star., 1944-05-13
w. A. Reick Heads
Federal Architects

William A. Reick of the War De-
partment was elected president OF
the Association of Federal Archi-
tects at the annual banquet at the
Hotel Hamilton this week.
Others elected were: Vice presi-
dent, Marshall Shaffer. Public
Health Department; secretary.
Oliver w. Wilson, War Department.
and treasurer. Albert A. Gustafson,
Navy Department.
Directors chosen were s. M. WELL
NTa and H.. Kaplan, Public Build
iffss~a admiristration: Nicholas e.
Chotas, Navy Deaartment; Franklin
E. Warner and Charles johnson,
War Department; J. J. Accardo.
Office of the District architect, and
c. H. Irwin, Veterans Admins
tration.
The association Is composed Of
architects In Government service
whose work reaches the public
through the official publication,
the Federal Architect.
Evening star., 1944-05-13

The plan drafted by Washington
private builders to take over low
cost housing and "courageously at
tacking the further spread of
"socialized housing" was praised by
Robert Gerholz, president of the Ma
tional Association of Home Builders
of the United States, at four-day
conference held here this week.
1--WE are going to sponsor COM
prehensive plan," he stated, "for
enabling private enterprise to abolish
slum areas with a minimum of
governmental assistance"
Representative Frederick c. Smith
of Ohio, speaking at conference
session said, "The United States
Housing Act is grossly dishonest
piece of legislation. 1t shows un-
mistakable evidence of having been
written with the view of deceiving
whom it could"
Opinions on public versus private
enterprise handling housing, slum
clearance, and rehabilitation of
blighted areas will be aired Saturday
May Is, during city-wide housing
conference at the United States
Chamber of Commerce Auditorium
More than a million housing units
are needed annually in this country
for at least 10 years." Irving Clarke,
of Westinghouse Manufacturing Co.,
told the Washington Building Con-
gress. challenging them to make
plans Immediately for postwar
building.
X X 4 II
Joseph Merrion, speaking before
members Of the National Association
Of Mutual Savings Banks in New
York on the same subject, said, 1--WE
must sell the American public on the
principle of home ownership
For all Of the $84, 900, ,O00, 900 that
is spent for cars and jewels and furs
Evening star., 1944-05-13

restrictions on private residential
building are the primary reason for
the further contraction of building
this year.
Evening star., 1944-05-13

Make idle dollars fighting War
Bond dollars!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
"I STOPPED DOSING
MY CONSTIPATION
A YEAR AGO!
Says Happy
KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN User

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Sounds like Magic. DOESN'T 10
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Kellogg 5 in Battle Greek.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
7 Coaches Destroyed
In DSR Garage Fire

A SprinklinG system was credited
today with saving the DSR garage
at l4420 Third, and 20 coaches
from ruin when fire started there
late yesterday. Two coaches were
deS troyed and a third damaged.
Arnold Trebesch. garage super
intendent, said the blaze started
when George Kienk working with
an acetylene torch heated a motor
support bolt which in turn Ignlted
an oil rag.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
Head Of Tool Concern
RetIassified Into IA

The government order 10 re-
classify men in essential industry
IS being followed locally Fred
Gollbach owner and manager OF
the Ace Tool and Die Co, dis
covered today
G0flbach. married and the father
of one child. and head of con-
Germ producing tools and gauges
for alrplane and ship construction
today was placed in Ia for Undue
ton into the army He has APP
pealed his classification.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
InSlruclS OWL
Davis Orders All Facts
About Candidates

WASHINGTON March . CUP)
--OWI Director Davis has issued
a new policy directive for propa-
ganda handling of 1914 political
campaign news. inSuuctlug OWL
employees 10 get as close 10 the
facts as the facts are known IN
identifying cahdida,es for the
presidential nominations ID was
learned today.
The new policy Is an outgrowth
OF a recent incident i'm which an
owl news dispatch abroad, con-
corning Gov Brickcr OF ONO,
failed 10 mention that he was
a candidate for the Republican
nomination.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02

II you are still dosing your con-
stipation. don't fail TO read this
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
LOG, 600 Students
Eligible TO Enter
0rdtory Contest

More than 100000 high school
and college students in Detroit
and k3 suburban communities are
eligible 10 enter the nationwide
John Paul Jones Oratorical Con-
teSt in which 81 900 in war bonds
VIII be awarded locally by The
Detroit Times
Sponsored by Hearst news
papers from coast 10 coast, win
ners OF the national college and
high school finals will each receive
"A 81 900 bond and all runnerS-up
IN the national finals will be
awarded 500 bonds.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
MANY OTHER PRIZES

The winner in each Detroit
metropolitan high school will be
awarded a So bond by the Times
with the college champion receiv-
4ne a $50 bond The Greater De-
trou champion i'm each classified
ton Viii receive a 500 bond and
ttIU -Tuuugrup q S5J6- bond q
All schools are urged 10 make
plans immediately 10 hold It's own
competition. AS school winners
must be announced 70 the contest
editor not later Than March -
Gov Kelly and Mayor Jeffriee
9ro co-Chalrmcu OF the Times con
tc~t and-B3cmberS of the national
>ponSoung committee which in
ciudc~ ifadlng statesmen and
mircnt educators of the nation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
THIN TO CHICAGO

Dc'rolt> winners VIII be chosen
--7rr7rrrr1 rurf1y1rturt school, district
and city final ellmnationS. Both
high school and college winner,
oi Detroit viii 90 20 Chicago 10
JUperc IH fiIf- StIddtr- West zone
Dal, % Alarot
IN April winners Of the Mid
Eastern and Pacific zones
no meet for The grand national
Aer York City The
icar>t newspapers VIII pay all
VDrTIVrT 70 the contest cities.
Students may select any one
phase OF John Paul Jones achieve
m1nlz In preparing orauons, or
yp0TK on MS career generally
The ucatIons which win Will be
based upon ms real meaning as
ep American the FIRST Of the great
twcr cam sea ll0htcYe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-02
Winery Must Pay
Ex-0ffitiaI St6,735

After lengthy litigation Theo-
dore Zachary today obtained in
Circuit Judge WebsterS court a
Sl6,735 judgment against the
Great Lakes Champagne Wineries,
Inc Of which he was formerly
president.
Zachary had presented a claim
for back salary. The amount
granted vas compromise In
addition the winery agreed 10 buy
out ZacharyS half interest IN the
establishment.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
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Evening star., 1944-05-23
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smart pin stripe slack. Made by
0oodoll, specialists in creating cool
summer clothes.
Evening star., 1944-05-23
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29
international Photo

This wns not any feeling of excIu-
SiUenesS. While / felt qualified to
serUe, | was also WeU dtUare that
there tUere many others uOho Were
better qualified. Ii UouId be my
proUince to get the benefit of their
opinions and ddUice. Ii is great
advantage to president, and a
major source of safety to the coun-
try, for him to know that he is not
great man. When a man begins
to feel that he is the only one rDho
can lead in this republic, he is guilty
of TREASON to the spirit of our
Institutions.
ND Since this is presidential
n year, which may bring a new
face to the White House, it seems
timely further to explore Mr.. Cool
idge's simple guidebook.
Warning against exploiting evils
and wea knesses as a means to achieve
personal power, Mr. Coolidge con-
cluded:
"Perhaps one of the reasons |
haze been a target for so little abuse
is because haze tried to refrain
from abusing other people.
"The words of the president
haze an enormous tOeight and ought
not to be used unfortunately.
at UouId be exceedingly easy to
set the country all by the ears and
foment hdtredS and jealousies,
Ohich, by destroying faith and con-
fdence,- tnould help -Hebedy and
harm everybody. The end rOould be
the destruction of all progress.
4" the only Oay I .know to
driUe out eUiI from the country is by
the constructive method of filling it
Nth good"
Thus, the years magnify our
recognition of the profundity of Mr..
Coolidge's quiet insight
AS time passes, Coolidge's stature
grows, and the people can benefit by
re reading his admonitions as well
as his infrequent exhortations.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29
LETTERS TOTUE EDITOR

thus we are back 10 the begin
ming of reason. Every one Of
mans inventions has 10 be SUBJ
Jected TO this analysis.
Our economic system is mans
invention; the motive of which
IS the same as all inventions
TO enhance the joys of life. Life
is ineStlmable, we cannot place
value on IL; and buy and sell
it, the same as commodities or
any other invention. But we
have any number of people who
try it; and get into trouble.
The basis of the New Deal,
was just such reasoning. Jesus
said: Law was made for man
and not man for law. Mankind
has been trying 10 make this
truth soak in so he can remem-
Der il.
Private enterprise is all right,
If the most enterprising are
educated 10 reason; and recog-
nlze the folly of transgressing
the law of God.
What our despotic minded
rulers term law is just mixture
of comedy and tragedy.
The first inconsistency in our
law that l noticed was that in
sacrificing human life for our
liberty; and then retaining the
special privileges that exist in
our economic system, we tempt
people TO commit crime, like
practicing despotic principles in
a democracy: that prom e
despotism; when despotisms
promote wars; and wars mean
wholesale urder: thus we
-fegafize murder then prescribe
rule for law TO kill kidnapers,
to practice extortion TO get back
the money the traitors forced
from them; by the same process.
Thus in democracy where
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29
Quick Questions

Ours is not the only u. s. A.
what's the other7
2-What state is spelled with
the letters SIMP7
3-Who commanded Damn the
torpedoes! Go aheadw and
led the navy 10 victory at
New Orleans, April %. 1862
Perry, Farragut. Lawrence,
Dewey?
1.-The Rush Bagot treaty
signed April %. 1918, re-
suited in the longest unde-
Tended frontier in the world
being at peace the longest
time. BY what nations was
the treaty made?
5-What witt the Dioune Quin-
tuplets be one month from
today, 10, or 10?
6-Right or wrong: (a) Men
are more vulnerable 10 heart
disease than women; OBJ Mo-
hammedans always face 10
the East when they pray7
ANSWERS on Opposite Psge)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29

A T THE same time, with prophetic
u wisdom Mr. Coolidge examined
the indispensable man thesis.
Had I been chosen" Mr.. Cool
idge wrote in the same article, for
the first place (the Office Of president
in 1920 I could haze accepted it
only Uith a great deal of trepidotion,
but tUhen the eUents of August, 1928,
beStoLOed upon me the presidential
office, felt at once that poLUer had
been giUen to me 10 administer II
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29
TO THE EDITOR:

/ AM referring to remarks
\ by Bricker. l like Bricker, he
has some sound ideas; but don't
Jump at conclusions; if you do II s
like a gun going off half cooked.
You say that to preserve
America there must be a re-
establishment of private enter
prise in the hearts OF the
people; 1 say bologna! To pre-
serve America we have 10 be-
come intelligent. Reason is the
road TO intelligence and under
standing.
Reason is defined as: reach
ing conclusions by a systematic
comparison of facts. Facts are
determined by experience; eX-
-peTIPnCe- Is derived from man S
inventions.
Inventions are the result of
the exercise of the power of
thought; thought is the first
cause of everything; cause is de-
fined as that which produces or
results in an effect, and with
out which il would not exist;
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29

THE late president showed great
i forbearance in avoiding any sem
blance of abuse of power.
After his retirement, in referring
to his return to Office in the 1924
campaign, Mr.. Coolidge wrote, in
the Cosmopolitan Magazine
MANY people at once began TO
speak about nominating me to lead
my party in the next campaign. /
did not take any position in relation
to their efforts. Unless the non,ino-
ton came to me in natural Way,
rather than as the result of an arti-
fetal campaign, did not feel ii
UouId be of any Ualue.
"The people ought 10 make their
choice on a great question of that
kind Without the influence that could
be exerted by president in office"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29

A MEXICAN foreign policy is like
"A that governing the draft and so
much else on the home front.
On the draft, the Roosevelt adj
ministration has followed three sep
arate and distinct policies.
First, DEPENDENCY was the
controlling factor.
Then, overnight this was changed
to JOB ESSENTIALLY.
And now AGE is set as the de-
termining point in an order so CON-
FUSING AND AMBIGUOUS that
only the he physically ineaPaeitated and
the very old know where they stand.
In short, we have NO draft policy.
On controlling prices and check
ing initiation, more of the same. A
policy of applying ceilings on prices
piecemeal Was tried, lDith no thought
giUen to rbdges-one of the ttOo chief
factors in the cost of anything. Then,
after Wages had risen sharply,
freezing order tUas issued, with
THREE SEPARATE AGENCIES
haUing say in the enforcement.
DATf0NTNG has followed the
~ same pattern. While the public
has been restricted on things like
potatoes and butter, vast stores of
these foods have been ALLOWED
TO ROT OR SPOIL in government
warehouses.
There is the confusion over oil
and coal for heating.
The muddled situation governing
gasoline, pleasure driving being
B A Nm f b ONE MONTH AND
LIFTED THE NEXT. All so badly
mishandled that racketeers of the
prohibition era are BACK IN BUSI-
NESS, cleaning up new fortunes in
black markets.
A THOUGH it has been apparent
"A from the start that the war
would cost billions, to this date NO
FIXED POLICY for financing has
been developed.
The tax program has been one of
improUision and compromise, with a
netD iaD Uritten every six months.
The result is that no businessman or
individual has known where he stood
financially.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-29

THE political genius of the Ameri-
L can people has been recorded in
the wise observations of its states
men,
While there is general recognition
of the enormous contribution made
TO the American constitutional ira
dition by such founding fathers as
Jefferson and Madison, it is not
always appreciated that each new
president has his opportunity to add
to or detract from the heritage.
AS the years roll by, the extraor-
binary devotion of the late Calvin
Coolidge to constitutional restraints
takes on new significance.