Evening star., 1946-11-15
Homes Offering Use
OF Kitchens SOUGHT
For Service Families

For Service Families
The American Women,s Volunteer
Services Will open . concerted drive
Monday morning to md tenporaryI
housing IN private homes for faxni-
lies Of District veterans and sefv-l
icemen stationed in this area.
The new ONCE, to be called the
AWVS Service Families Room Reg
istry, will ask citizens with avail
able rooms to provide kitchen facili-8
ties and admit needy families toI
their homes "at least through the
winter Special eTnphasis VIII bei
placed on providing for seryiceznen
here for temporary stays and their
families.
The registry was created 1aSt
week by q special subcommittee II
the War Hospitality COMMITTEES,
headed BY Mrs. William Calvin, and
including Waldron =. Leonard, d.
rector Of the Veteran, Information
Center, and AWvS ofdciak.
Hardship Cases Cited.
Ranking Army and Navy ofscers
from nearby Installations were In
vited to discuss the project, and
promised cooperation at q meeting
yesterday.
Brig. Gen. c. B. Ferenbaugh, COM
mandant Of the Military District Of
Washington, cited hardship cases
among military personnel In his
command and told the group be
receives about 10 applications . day
for family housing.
Mrs. MarGnret Dunkley, director
Of Navy hou3kng for this area. I'D
more than 100 Navy personnel xre
ON her waiting Lists for homes h6re.
The situation ct Boiling Field &
10 better, according to Brig. Cd.
Hslrton T.. 5uvlt. IL, cognnf1x1 1ar.
Noet than 80 personnel ct his poot
have had TO separate from their
families because they could find no
place to live, he reported. Throneh
efforts Of the base billeting ofIiccr,
50 families were placed last month,
he said.
SO New Applicants Daily.
Mr.. Leonard, who also directs the
District Housing Center, declared
there are more than 5000 hard
ship cases" ON his waiting lists, with
new applications coming In at the
rate Of 500 q day.
Rooms are no problem In fact,
We have about 100 vacancies for
single veterans and servicemen now,
but nothing at all for families" he
said.
The only salvation we can see
is IN the private home" said Mrs.
John McNauara OF the AWVS. s..
Emphasizing that housing need be
furnished only for temporary Pc
riods, Mira. McNamara said the move
win be aat best, . stop-gap meas
ure, but we must find places where
small children can be fed and kept
warm.
The registry will operate from
ofdces provided by Mr.. Leonard at
the housing center, Fourteenth and
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
To Canvass Ads.
Mrs. Mcnamara said her group
viii start by canvassing room ad-
vertisements In Sunday newspapers,
to request kitchen privileges be In
cluded with rooms offered for rent.
AWVS win attempt to find housing
for Is families on the housing CEN
ter waiting list as q start. she said.
Plans also were mapped for an
extensive radio and newspaper
publicity drive to aid the campaign.
available space win be asked to
contact the registry at Executive
5433 or Executive 5434. The once
win be open from 10 am. to pm.
Also attending the meeting were
Capt. G. r. Erck, U. s. N, aide to
Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis, COM
mandant Of the Potomac River
Naval Command; Comdr. L. Evans,
U. 8. N, Of the command; 1t. ]. D.
Clancy. Military District Of WASH
ington billeting oflcer; the Rev.
Thomas S. Steen, director OF the
Postwar Service Commission, WASH
ington Federation Of Churches:
Mrs. James worcester, AWVS, and
Miss Creelman Rowland OF the war
Hospitality Committee.