Evening star., 1946-04-10
Veteran HOUSING
Program |s0ff
On New Start
Gen. Young Explains
Plans for 2-Yeur
Home Building Here

The District Veterans Emer-
gency Housing Committee today had
new chairman, a different set
OF subcommittee and a new agenda
to carry out its part of Housing Ad-
mlnlstrator Wilson W. Wyatt's two
year building plans here.
At special meeting late yester-
day, Brig. Gen. Gordon R. Young,
District Engineer Commissioner, as
sumed the Craftsmanship in line
with a reconstituton of the COM
mittee decided on by the Commits
sioners at the request of Mr.. Wyatt.
A. Julian BrylaWski, former chair
man, was named vice chairman of
the Executive Committee The en-
tire 24-man committee is designed
to serve as the "spearhead" for
the Wyatt program in the District.
Reorganization follows pattern
recommended for 400 other cities
throughout the country.
Specific Program Set.
At the opening of the meeting,
Gen. Young explained that reor-
ganization was recommended by Mr..
Wyatt to achieve specific, uniform
program. The Engineer Commits
sioner praised previous service Of
the committee and Mr. Brylawski,
and emphasized that the Commits
sloners wanted to ''go along with
Mr.. Wyatt in every way possible"
Gen. Youngs announcement that
he didn't feel inclined to recon-
mend that the committees mem
bership be reduced at all' drew some
criticism, which subsided quickly.
Louis Schwartz, representing the
American Veterans Committee,
questioned whether veterans and
public interest groups were as well
represented the business and con-
struction interests. In reply, Gen.
Young said that while the matter
OF additions to the committee could
be left open until the next meeting
he considered that all viewpoints
were evenly represented.
| A. E. Casgrain, representing the
American Legion, also said he was
dissatisfied with the representation
OF various interests on the commit
tee and indicated he believed it was
loaded with the conservative real
estate point of view" He said pub
lie housing was "an integral part
OF the Wyatt program" and that he
considered the committee contained
too many opponents of this type of
housing. He added he thought
church, womens and university
groups should be represented.
Subcommittee Named.
! Five subcommittee were appoint
ed as follows:
Planning Committee - John H.
Ihlder, chairman: Mr. Casgrain,
Mrs. William Wells, and Philip
Ershler.
:! Codes and Practices-EdWard r.
Carr, chairman; Mr.. Schwartz, Clem
F. Preller and Rufus S. Lusk.
i Labor and Materials-Maj. Gen.
David McCoach, jr., chairman; Ray
mond Sawyer, Joseph H. Deckman,
Charles T. Penn, Max Roffman, and
Mr.. Preller.
Emergency Measures - John J.
Reilly, chairman; William Baugh,
r. W. Santelmann, Mrs. Helen Duey
Hoffman and Lewis F. Colbert.
Public Relations William II.
Press, chairman: Neville Thomp-
son, E. F. Harris and Fischer S.
Black.
( The Executive Committee will be
headed by Gen. Young with Mr..
Brvlawski as vice chairman. and be
composed of chairmen of the five
committees.
Subcommittee will undertake to
carry out a series of steps suggested
by Mr.. Wyatt. incluging survey of
housing needs to determine goals
and studies aimed at provision of
new areas with utilities, moderniza-
ton of building codes, breaking Of
materials bottlenecks, discourage
ment of black market sales, pref
erence to veterans on sales and
rents, and encouragement of con-
versions to provide additional
dwelling units.
Future meetings will be held on
the first and third THURSDAYS of
each month the committee 6aoide,;