The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-22
Home Owners
Organize, Too
rbapter Of National Home
And Property Organ
;zation Formed Here

naclaring that Everybody else
organized, why shouldn't the
'ronerty owners be organized?"
g' RI l. Wade, local realtor, open
" an organization meeting here
~ 's,+ night, in the courthouse, of
IpI .sn National Home and Property
olnners W., foundation, which saw
.bo election of officers for the
,r rro,p of approximately go per-
sons present.
Col. Royce McClelland was
o,ected president. Other officers
follow.
william NJ. Hill, vice president
George Brinson, treasurer; and
Mss Bernadine Foyles, secretary.
Named with McClelland, Hill,
md Brinson on the board of di-
actors were: ]. o. Powers, Tom
Wright. Jr., Mrs. John Snyder,
W G. Broadfoot, John Nuckton,
and Dallas Orrell.
7 E. L. Wade, local realtor,
rrpsided in the absence of Col.
WcClelland at the organization
meeting. Associated with the
foundation for some time, Wade
is the vice president of district
five in the national organization
of the foundation.
He explained that the founda-
tion is a citizen-o1vner organiza-
tion whose purpose is to maintain
constant vigilance for the preser-
vation of free institutions and the
right to own and enjoy private
property. ,
Everybody else is organized,
wbv shouldn't the property own
ers be organized?" Wade asked.
statistics show there are 80 mil
lion property owners in the ma
ton eligible to join the founda-
ton. If even half of them join, the
foundation will do we'll"
The foundation opposed the
-Ellender-Taft bill and
was instrumental in getting the
bill shelved for the 80th session OF
Congress, Donald J. Carter, state
field director of the foundation
told the gathering.
"The WET bill calls for spend
ing seven billion dollars of the
taxpayers money for the con-
struction of barracks-like struc-
lures which will not pay Their
normal share of the taxes to the
local communities" Carter said
"The bill was originally intro
duced to get the veterans vote ;
He said poll of foundation
members revealed 81 per cent
of them against the bill so the
foundation had opposed it. The
members we're opposed to the
government getting into the
housing business in competition
with free enterprise, he explain
ed.
The American Legion's loca.
post was not officially represent
ed at the meeting Tuesday night
Charles H. Foard, commander O.
Wilmington Post No. 10, tole
the Star after the meeting. Nc
effort was made to contact the
post. he added. He said that Col
McCielland is a member of the
post of long standing but wa:
not acting as representative
Of the Legion.
Neither was the V. F. w. con-
tacted nor was it represented
at the organization meeting Of
the foundation, according te
Ken Noble, chairman of the VFW
national housing committee.
"The National Encampment o-
the VIEW endorsed the Taft-El'
lender Wagner bill with reserva'
tons which took the socialism
cut of it," Noble explained
Recognizing that the present
acute national housing shortage
could be alleviated by a move
ment which needed the aid Of
government impetus, the VFW
went along part way with the
bill"
The VIEW made it clear, how.
ever, that it would not support
the measure unless it was amend
ed to provide for the sale o1
any government-built housing
units back to private interests
not later than Is years after they
are built, Noble said.
He denied that government
housing buildings fail to pay
their fair share of local govern
mental support. Although the
lederally owned buildings are MOI
taxed, they pay sums equal tt
the real estate tax sin lieu o.
taxes" he explained. For ex'
ample, the 584 units of the VIII
IN Lake Forest paid approximate
y $4,000 to the city and county
curing the current fiscal yeal
IN leu of taxes" Noble point
ed out