Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1927, Page 20

20 HOMES ESSENTIAL, HOOVER DECLARES Families Need Good Dwell- ings, He Says, Indorsing 1928 Housing Campaign. The first essential for wholesome home life is a good house in which the family may live in privacy and com- fort and in which it may justly take | pride, Secretary of Commerce Hoover declared today in a statement indors- ing the coming 1928 better homes cam- | ign sponsored by Better Homes in America, Inc., an educational orsan- ization of which he is president. President Coolidge is honorary chair- REAL ESTATE. Residence at the corner of Franklin street and Wine avenue, Hyattsville, set in a tract of 4% acres, which has been purchased by ilder from 0. B. Zantzinger, through the office of J. E. Douglass. THE EVENING Walter Case, of the advisory council of the ation, which has its head- | re in Washington. he better homes in America move- ment is founded in the beliet that our national strength and welfare are s tained by high ideals and sturdy c acter,” Mr. Hoover said. “From such ideals and character must proceed the common understanding and attitude of mind which underlie growth in eco- nomic productiveness and the sound maturing of our*social and political | P’ Md.,, s | local b been an orga Community Building Interests Combine To Help Residents Finance Own Homes many communities there has anized effort to help peo- le finance their homes by getting to- In tutions. erve and develop our best gether not only building contractors and material men, who are directly mortgage problem, as it reduces the time and thus lessens the amount of capital which will be tied up. g aloniki, Greece, is to have a new | tional Monthly STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©C, WAGES IN BUILDING TRADES HOLD FIRM Survey Reports Little Likeli- hood of Pay Decreases During Year. NEW YORK, October 20.—Building trades wages are well stablized at pres- ent high levels and there is little likeli- hood of any material reduction in es this year, according to the Building Labor Su vey of the Building Economic Re- search Bureau of the American Bond Mortgage Co. The bureau bases its conclusion largely upon information and data gathered at the twenty-first annual convention of the building trades de- partment of the American Federation of Labor held recently at Los Angeles. Representatives of more than 1,000,000 organized building workers attended this meeting and were unanimous in their opinion that wage reductions were out of the question, as they an- ticipate no serious decline in building operations for many months, Hope of Relief Dispelled. “Hope of relief from present high rates,” said the survey, “was dispelled when' the convention unanimously ac- claimed the address of President Wil- liam Green of the American Federa- that it should be the purpose of bulld- ing unions ‘to raise wages, shorten hours of labor and improve the condi- tions of employment.’ “The action of the convention in unanimously voting to withdraw from the National Board of Jurisdictional Awards has caused considerable un- easiness in building circles, as it is expected to result in another epidemic of jurisdictional strikes, which previ- ous to the establishment of the board interfered seriously with construction progress. Unless the building unions immediately take some action toward establishing a new medium of settling jurisdictional disputes employers in a number of sections have announced their intention of moving for State and Federal legislation to meet the situa- tion.” “Reports from various cities in- dicated that the building trades were well employed, although urplus of SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1927. labor exists in a number of cities, especially in the larger Eastern cen- ters. There was some indication that a greater unemployment due to sea- sonal slackness might be expected in the industry, but union leaders were of the opinfon that no prolonged de- cline was in prospect. “One of the outstanding actions of the convention was the indorsement of vocational training for apprentices in the building trades. Opposition, however, was expressed to the so- called trade schools which are oper- ated for profit. “Reports at the American Bond & Mortgage Co. show that building wages during the last month have been virtually unchanged, and that zeneral construction costs are 215 per cent below October, 1926. The decline i reductions in building REAL ESTATE. BUILDING CONDITIONS CALLED GOOD IN SOUTH $100,000,000 in Permits Issued Through Lower Atlantic States, Report Says. A check-up made by S. W. Straus & Co. of prospective building opera- tions for the ensuing Fall and Winter throughout the South Atlantic States indicates a substantial situation, with no_so-called boom conditions. The 50 leading cities in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida during the first nine months of the year issued permits for more than $100,000,000 of new building. This does not include such engineering projects as road building, publi e — utility plants outside of incorporated cities, public building and general public work. The figures pertain only to construction of buildings within the 50 cities. O Baltimore Building on Decline. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 22,—The val ue of building permits issued in Bal timore for the first nine months of this vear 823,218,810, which is $10,- 462,790, or 31.06 per cent, less than the orresponding period of a_ year ago according to a report of H. Findlay French, director of the industrial bu reau of the Baltimore Assoclation of Commerce SIPP AP A good antidote for present trouble is to remember how you can laugh at t]hn things that troubled you yester- d Individual Six and Seven Room Homes T’:ree Rooms Measure 21x15—21x13—16Y5x13 Two Tile Baths 3631 Van and vigorous ideals is our| privilese and duty. The home, the i interested in developing this business, but also local merchants and manu- 2 building costing a half-million school and the church are c ed with this most significent human tas| the building of character. Of these three institutions, the home exerts the first and most continuous influence toward right thinking and right liv- Ing. Better Homes in America committed to conserve and foster the home’s higher values. “The first essential for wholesome home life is a good house, in which the family may live in privacy and comfort., and justly take pride. The detached single-family dwelling makes home ownership possible, promises thrift and foresight, and by giving the [ fi family a stake in the community, in- c: facturers who employ very people who want to build homes. home is | velopment profit from it. perhaps the These have a specific interest in building and community de- because indirectly they For this reason they an afford to go to some trouble to e a financing plan, system or cor- ion to take care of second mort- gages and to help deserving people in the community to build homes and nance them. Other plans have been worked out individually by lumber merchants, and Bigger at Lower Price! Semi-detached Open Fireplaces Tiled Baths Fine garage tion of Labor in which he decl Value ’ 7 fine rooms Hardwood floors Built-in showers Big 145-ft. lots Ness Street Nortl’l Cleveland park C. H. Small Owner and Builder ington, ately different—individual having a spacious floor plan that is only found in You will be immediately impressed with the painstaking workmanship of more expensive homes. We are offering the first four homes just com- pleted of a new building operation of C. H. Small Co., at one of the highest elevations in all of Wash- Here you will find a home that is appropri- in exterior design and with tile These homes depart essentially from the usual stereotype plan, and only an vince you of the innumerable f make them OUTSTANDING ex day construction—combining ever:; e venience to minimizing housekeeping. seven room homes—two beautiful tile baths, shower—bright spection will con- atures that lend to amples of modern- spacious rooms—open James E. Cooper Architect construction, as well as the artistic detail of in- terior finish and equipment. The effect obtained radiates originality and gives a most ples g Old English atmosphere—and yet the objective: Loca- tion, Construction, Spacious Comfort, Interior Ap- pointments, Modern Conveniences—is to be found at an unusually moderate price—further still—liberal terms arranged to your convenience. sures responsible citizenship. Durable construction, simple and dignified ar- chitecture, careful upkeep, appropri- ate furnishing and good landscaping and gardening enhance community values and build up family self-respect &and self-confidence. “By taking part in the Better Homes in America movement we can help to_elevate our national life of today. I have no hesitation in com- mending tb the American people even more help and more cordial support In the 1928 campaign than they have given so freely in the past.” Small Cash Payment and— fireplace—select oak flooring —Frigidaire — special elec- trical fixtures — automatic hot-water heater—slate roof —garage. They are priced very reasonably and on still others by groups of merchants and contractors in conference and co- operation with the local bankers who have surplus money to lend. These plans are based on getting the banks to finance the second mortgage loans, while the individual merchants or con- tractors or groups of them, interested in the work and profiting from it, will indorse the second mortgages and furnish security for them. Another plan interwoven with this includes friendly co-operation between those holding the first mortgage and those holding the second mortgage so that the second mortgage may be dis- charged first. Say, for example, the bark or other fiscal agent has insur- ance money to lend on home building. The arrangement would be to create a first mortgage covering 50 to 60 per cent of the value of the home. Then a second mortgage to bridge the gap between that sum and the amount the home builder or buyer has to start with, The provision would be that the home owner would pay only the in- terest on the first mortgage while discharging entirely the second mort- gage on installment payments. In other words, what payments on the principal he makes from week to week or month to month will apply upon the second mortgage until it is wiped out, then apply to the first mortgage. This is a big thing in the second Liberal Terms $14,950 Reached Via Connecticut Ave. to Bureau of Standards, West at Van Ness St. three blocks—Wisconsin Ave., just north of Cleveland Park Ofpen For Inspection Sunday—10 AM. to 9 P.M. Week Days—3 to 9 Pictures Again Popular. Pictures are returning to their right- ful estate in home decoration as their proper hanging, framing and suitable individuality become more:familiar tc the householder. 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