Evening star., 1946-11-12
|Realior Session 10 Get
plea 10 Urge End Of
|Building Restrictions
By Robsrf ] Lewis
Real Estate EDITOR Of The stal

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. IL.
Washington realtors, contend
ing Housing Administrator viii
son w. Wyatt's program has
collapsed" today win urge the
39th annual convention Of the
National Association OF Real Es-
tate Boards to call for prompt
repeal Of all building restrictions.
Removal OF price controls, accord
Ing to Washington builders attend
ing the sessions here, means that
the emergency housing program
viii no longer be workable"
In Washington, especially, con-
tinuance Of the $4,000 ceiling on
homes would hamper construction
because the District Is q high-cost
building area. realtors here pointed
out.
Colbert to Present Views.
Nov that price control is out, the
only logical thing for the Govern
ment to do is to follow up with re-
moval Of all controls at once and
let building get started in earnest, :"
Lewis F. Colbert, director OF the
Washington board, said.
Mr.. Colbert today will 90 before
the conventions Resolutions COM
mittee to present the views Of the
Washington board.
Realtors also contend the housing
program viii better on without the
priorities system and limitations Of
nonhousing construction. They are
confident, they said, that under the
stimulus Of price decontrol, supplies,
Of materials will rapidly mount to
take care Of demand.
Early termination Of subsidy pay
ments to materials producers now isl
also looked on as a must" since the
reason for such payments was re-
moved with the end Of price control,
they said.
House Rent Plan Formulated.
Most important of the group ses-
sions held UP to now as prelimi-
naries to the opening of the con-
vention proper tomorrow was AMI
all-day meeting yesterday of thet
OPA House Rent Advisory Commit
tee. At this session, undiSclosedl
recommendations on the nature oil
rernt control were formulated.
Edward Dupree Of the OPA MAJ
tional Office met with the commit
tee and returned to Washington last
night with its recommendations.
Calvin K. Snyder, the associa- |
tion's National Legislative Repre-
sentative and Secretary Of the COM |
mittee, said that, under an agree
ment with OPA, any announcement
of the rent recommendations would
have to be issued jointly with OPA.
He said he hoped the proposals
could be disclosed today.
@Cushioning Proposed"
Convention officials Indicated
earlier they would demand an Inn
mediate end of rent control, based
on q "cushioning formula" through
which landlords would agree not tol
raise rents more than Is per cent
until January !, 1913.
Some real estate men are said tol
fear that with complete decontrol
Of rents q comparatively few land
lords might take advantage Of the
situation to jack UP rentals beyond
reasonable limits.
The Washington board has gone
on record in favor of removal OF
OPA rent control hut has not taken
q stand a. yet regarding the nature
Of the District Rent Control Ad-j
ministration, q separate agency
which fixes rents within the Dis
trict. .s . ,ssss
Washington Committee to Meet.
Last night, n. Clifford Bangs of
Washington, director OF the ma
tional association and former presi-
dent OF the National Institute of
Real Estate Brokers, attended q din
ner for past presidents Of the insti-
tute.
Tomorrow the realtors Washing
ton committee, which represents |
the national association In Its re-
lations with Congress and Govern
ment agencies, will hold its OPEN
ing meeting. Lewis T. Breuninger
Of the Washington board Is . mem
ber of this group.
Committee meetings Of the ma
tional association and Of afiliated
organizations will continue today In
preparation for the start Of the
main sessions tnYn0rrnw