Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1931, Page 12

A—12 SPENDING URGED BY CONTRAGTORS, 18 Recommendations Made for Bettering Conditions. New Yorker Slated. Maximum expenditure of local, State @nd Federal funds that can be raised tmmediately to undertake constructive programs to relieve unemploymert and hasten the return of real prosperity is oposed by the governing boar B Assoclated General Contractors. Seventeen other specific recommenda tions for bettering the economic condi- tion of the country also were urged by | the executive groups of the A. G. C. at | the closing session last night of the | two-day convention here at the Wash- | dngton Hotel. of | was nominated for the post of vice president. Silas H. Strawn a Guest. The program designed to improve vconomu‘:’ conditions was adopted after lengthy discussion at a dinner session. | at which Silas H. Strawn, president of the United States Chamber of Com- merce; 30 members of the London In- stitute of Builders, and Dr. or Lubin, Washington economist, were special guests. President A. P. Louls, Mo., presided. The program includes recommenda- tions that special bond issues be floated to provide a two-year moratorium for tax bills for needed improvements, bor- rowing on unimpeachable credit and collateral of semi-public institutions for the immediate construction of their de= ferred needs, and ex*ensions of the pow- ers end functions of the Federal Re- serve Svstem S0 as to release hoarded capital. Prison Labor Attacked. Greensfelder of St. the competition of prison labor with free labor and to prohibit the entering of the Government into competition with its citizens. General reappralsal of censtruction securities.. Communltv analysis of value received Col. Willlam A. Starrett, New York | for taxes paid. builder, was nominated for the presi- The extension of Federal aid, similar dency of the association in 1932, and |to that now accorded the States for Henry J. Kaiser of Oakland, Calif., one of the builders of the Hoover Dam, All Sizes From 32 Short to 52 If You Cannot Use Two | highways. | Building of schools, hospitals and Encctment of legislation prohibiting | i g0 i \ DGRl eleemosynary institutions - in _order to| hasten the provision of such needed facilities. Issuance of State bond issues for pub- lic_bulldings as well as highways. Setting up of expansion reserves by public utilities for the extension of their facilities, i Certification of construction so that more liberal financing terms may be | arranged. Licensing of contractors and the es- tablishing of credit bureaus to deter- mine their responsibility. SWINDLED BY GYPSY Mrs. Stratgo Colomerh Asks Police to Recover $410. Victim ot one of the oldest swindles known, Mrs. Stratgo Colomeris, 452 Mas- | sachusetts avenue, has asked police to | aid her ecovering $410 she gave to a AYpsy Woman to be “blessed in & come- M" Colomeris received a call from | the y_October 30 to tell her for- tune, which included frse of charge the | blessing of the money. She drew the money from a bank, turned it over to the y. who failed to return. Police have received complaints from & number of other persons similarly | swindled in the put few months, | i s [ ‘The National Auncllflon of Manu- facturers, with headquarters in New York City, has a membership of 75,000. | ALABAMA SOCIETY SELECTS OFFICERS |Ira G. Bain Is Elected to Head State Organization at First Meeting of Season. Ira G. Bain was elected president of the Alabama State Soclety last night at the first meeting of the organization for | the 1931-32 social season. 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