Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-21
AIl-Out House Drive On
To Put Over Housing Bill
Zoe. De.4hs Ncss. Can he Mustered
to Block Adua,n,xtraEs>s Measure
The colrs,ceI Nil
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racea ~ Prvxaasas Tyz=Asa rve~as aas
violent assAsk CT TIRE ~r~Al eatAsF aaAAs ~~~
tas real estate en&Fcss et Ire ce@Huy ans
sas Associations cs hSsns e<Aas1sxs~~tas ~.
mAr:ssxaiaoa - sassx~a n a. aa-c%A drive
10 pas taEeuxn lie House ia usascx sarsa4assA
hot2s4ag e4Ia NFra1aT measure atswaas saa
passed the Senate Tho Reszss esA rsvsaaea
1os . lasgwf measure cs sprna4aS than ecss
ths Senate eal.e And ths yoas Ia tAAe asxsats
vas tsargsSS4ye IN sass atsA HaaEy Rspoesa-
cans, inelaalax ssnstea Tar 81 oaaa, sSsna
along wtih ths n~moeERts
Republicans IN the hets< asaeA by snsns
Of the conservative n~mexrsss plan 10 MAKE
a. egssk battle Is sssey ear against IRE
hegssng bill They wvge abe 10 naa and
plSeorholr . similar hoQsaas eat IA ire
HOUSE. altAoash TIE Senate had pa&se1 ~
DURING the sosh CeagTras Bal the It's neeszss
10 be Up naw, II - extremely aeahlfaI thsy
can muster The soses te defeat o. vecamsnss
the ADMINISTRATOR new housing ela Ten
Republican,. frosa sag-eats aGeas have ,e4nea
In odefanx q substitute hoaXans eall o aasl
which would kirs o e~gtsf es~ak 10 patssas
home building. hroush Government iaAfa.
il is stu a public houaang measure Gen.
orally speakins. Republicans wtA support tAss
observation-disclosures sosne COP Eaeran~r~
and Conservative Democrats waa So un
record asAInS, both The substitute ean ana
the administration proposal
Lobbying hy MasaFx
The President IN h!s stAlemeaI accused
the real estate people of conducting q nuss
loeeN and Of maklns false statements regaTd.
ms the cost OF the public houAiaK project
As matter Of fact. the ioahysnS fos trs
ball has been tremendous One ns the tatnss
examples is petition flied Monday with ire
HOUSE OF Representatives signed ~ tire
mayors OF ~ cities ali except tao having
populations IN excess Of loo noc Included
IN the list are the mayors al New YORK las
Angeles, Detroit, Milwaukee Minneapolis.
st Paul. Seattle. 81 LOUIS and Kansas c4ty.
This petition put the mayors GA reoafd
A. saytns that their cities did not have
enough decent dwellings 10 house their
people. that they have desaSiatanx kltsms.
and that they have not been able by them.
selves and with private enteTprise 10 provide
sufncient housing or clear the sitms 50
they ask the Federal Government 10 step in
The petition was the work Of kupportrfs al
the soeialised housing ideA-and IT il notice.
aole that number Of the eountrya larRs
cities are not represented In the iast~~amans
them Philadelphia. San Francisco and
Boston II may be the promoters did not
gel around To the mayors OF these eltiea
The President and the eritiea al the haas-
inS bill have split far apart ever the cost
OF The operation The bill does authosaxs
annual appropriations Of Federal iunda az
$500 600 900 over q period Of forty years
which would total ti6 900 900 900 Yet Mr..
Truman, In his blast. contended that the
total cost OF the low-rent. housing program
would be only nine 10 ten billion dollar.
plus administrative expenses over q - 10 81
year period. II may be- that the rreaidsnt
Is correct-and the total sIs 900 900 600
which the measure authorizes would not he
expended--but judging from past perform.
ances, II would be q miracle II IL were net
unless some future Congress Ghould tust
decline 10 make the authorized annual
appropriation,
Far Wiser 10 &c slew
Al time when the countsy--that IL the
0overnment--ls soing further into debt .ln.,
Jess expenditures are cartailed II would a~
far wiser TO 10 xlow on tAiA proposed
enormous housing project Especially is this
true in the lghi Of the 900 900 homes which
have been constructed In this country since
the close OF the waT--a greater building
record than In any similar time The trouble
is that too many Of the supporters OF houkins
legislation are interested In public housing
per se-~they want soeiaIlSed housing Ftlr.
ther. there Ia the group which well under.
stands that public housing can be uned "a
q tremendous political weapon. 10 keep q
party or an administration perpetuaiiy In
power.
House Republican, under The lsadsTsh,e
OF Representative Martin Of Massachusetts,.
are nRhting the housing ball They have mo
objection TO making appropriations 90 isrip
clear city slurns. although they point out
that even In such q program. the assistance
OF the cities themselves should be given.
particularly with regulations calling on eta.
sens TO keep their homes In sanitary eonei.
tion-and the landlords 10 take care ~
rented properties. Unless there Ia q real
uprising against the housing bill II vii hs
animportant step toward the Welfare ssats.
which Ia just another name for state social
tsm--As former 9erretnrx nf asais nxxasa