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row $4,000 on their CT home loans
and the $500 difference would come
to them in cash immediately-to be
paid back ultimately as the loan
natures.
Carr Is Optimistic.
While he has not been able to
reach all the men who may be
involved in the BODYBUILDING prof.
ect, Mr.. Carr said he had talked
to enough leaders to be optimistic
about the success of the overall plan.
At least two loan companies, he
said, have offered to finance the
homes without interest during
construction.
A number of subcontractors and
materials dealers have offered to
make their supplies available at
discounts ranging up to 10 per cent.
The builders who would go into
the association sponsored new cor
poration to start a project from
scratch have agreed to work on a
substantially lower" margin OF
profit than is normally expected.
At least two title companies have
offered to do their work at cost or
near cost.
Another Method of Saving.
Several construction experts who
have gone over the plans for the
Williams homes believe that an ad-
ditional several hundred dollars
could be saved by restudying the
plans and turning out houses with
the same amount of living space
but less cubic size, Mr.. Carr said.
The association director said that
if enough builders agree to take
care of some of the veterans in their
own projects, pass along whatever
savings can be made through the
special concessions and add their
own discounts, 1t might not be
necessary to start another project.
He said, however, that a combination
of the two plans probably would, be
GIle ultimate SOluIlOIl.
Wants to Face Williams.
+ Meantime, a demand that Will
liams face the veterans whose de-
positS he took came today from Wal
dron Leonard, director of the Dis
trict Veterans Center
Mr.. Leonard said he would call
Robert w. Mccullough, attorney
for Williams, to ask that he pro-
duce his client at the meeting of
veterans tonight.
Pointing to newspaper reports in
which Williams personally, or
through mis- attorney, has appealed
for more time IN which to COM
plete his housing projects, Mr.. Leon
ard said:
Hes pleading to the public in
the same way he pleaded to the
veterans for six months. He should
stand before the boys and tell them
what he's been saying in the news
papers,
Mr.. Mccullough said positively,
however, that Williams would not
appear tonight. He suggested Will
Hams might be willing to talk to a
duly appointed committee represent
ing the entire group but would not
face an audience of the size ex-
pected to gather in the veterans
center.
Unable to Find Williams.
Veterans and their wives reported
that from october, when they start
ed demanding that their money be
returned, until last week, when Will
liams closed his Offices and went
into seclusion, they had been un-
able 10 talk to him directly.
Several of the wives said they had
spent many hours waiting in Will
liams' Office in Washington for him
to appear. Other wives said they
had started calling around at his
seven Offices every hour on the hour,
but had never been able to reach
him.
After the complaints against Will
liams came out in the open, the real
estate man left only his Cottage
City office open. Callers were re-
ferred to one of Mr.. Williams at
torneyS.
Even the attorneys reported diff
culties in reaching their client. They
kept in touch with him by waiting
until he called them.
Will Discuss Legal Aid.
When interviewed by The Star,
Williams was decidedly nervous.
He kept running his hands
through his hair and smoked one
cigarette after another. He refused
to let a photographer take his pic
ture.
Tonight's meeting was called to
discuss means of providing legal
assistance for veterans who have
not sought their own legal repre-
sentation. Mr.. Leonard said the
center would provide the necessary
forms and legal advice required for
the veterans to complete their
claims as Williams creditors.
The completed claims must be
ready to present at the first meet
ing of creditors to be called in
about two weeks by John A. Bres-
rahan, referee in bankruptcy.