Evening star., 1944-05-07
All Phases Of HOUSING
Will Be Discussed
AT Meeting Saturday
Conference Is Designed
To Let Citizens Know
How to Meet Needs

Both Washington and national
aspects of the housing problem, and
what public and private agencies
can do about it will be discussed
at the city-wide housing conference
Saturday at the United States
Chamber OF Commerce.
The program for the all-day con-
ference, announced yesterday By
Mrs. Elizabeth Delman and Mrs
William Wells, co-chairmen of the
Co-ordinating Committee for the
conference, will go into housing
needs as well as overall planning
and the effects of proposed legisla-
ton.
A brief question period, it was
announced, will follow each speaker
and half-hour will be devoted tc
general discussion after both the
morning and afternoon sessions
The conference will be open to the
public.
AT the end of the afternoon
meeting, the Co-ordinating Com
mittee will report on the conclusions
reached during the conference and
will send these conclusions to 26 CO.
operating civic and professional
groups, for their guidance in mo-
billzing public opinion behind the
speedy clearance of Washington S
SlumS"
Legislation Is Objective.
In addition to the 26 organiza-
tions, nine individuals, including
Mrs. Roosevelt, are cooperating in
the program which, it was ex-
planned, is designed to let District
citizens know the housing needs of
the community and how these can
be met most effectively, so that
they may act together for the pas
sage OF appropriate legislation.
John Ihlder, executive officer of
the National Capital Housing
Authority, will open the morning
session at 10 o'clock with a report
on present housing needs here
Eugene H. Klaber, fellow of the
American Institute of Architects
will discuss Land, Rental and
Other Subsidies, Open and Con-
cealed."
What private housing can do to
meet present needs, on the basis of
Its past record and income levels
TO be served, will be outlined bv
Rufus S. Lusk, president of the
washington Taxpayers Association
What public housing can do on
the same basis, will be presented
through a round-table discussion
with Coleman Woodbury., assistant
administrator of the National Hous-
ing Agency chairman: Mrs. Helen
Daey Hoffman. executive director
OF the Washington Housing Asso-
cation. and Franklin Thorne, NCHA
housing manager.
Over-AIl Planning a Topic.
Lee F.. johnson, executive vice
president of the National Public
Housing Conference, will discuss
the need for overall planning
problems of land acquisition and
the role of public and private
housing. The morning session will
conclude with a discussion of pro-
posed housing legislation by Milton
Roy Stevens of the Joint Commit
tee on Housing, representing the
Washington Central Labor Union
and the AFL Washington Building
and Construction Council.
After a summary of the morning
session by Pauline R. Coggs, execu-
tive secretary of the WASHINGTON
Urban League, c. E. A. Winslow,
Yale University professor of pub
llc health and chairman of the
New Haven Housing Authority, will
discuss Within Reach; A Decent
Home for Every Family"
The Rev Francis McPeek. social
welfare department, Washington
Federation of Churches, will pre-
side at the morning session and
Caroline Ware, chairman of the
National Social Studies Committee,
American Association of University
Women, will be the chairman of
the afternoon session.