Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1934, Page 17

WASHINGTO! PRIVATE FINANCES DECLARED NEEDED 10 HELP INDUSTRY Builders Agree Federal Ac- tivities Ought to Be Tem- porary in Nature. MOFFETT SAYS HOUSING ACT WILL NOT COMPETE | President Given as Authority Pri- vate Enterprise Will Be Given Free Hand. KNOXVILLE, Tenn, P). —That “sound come only through a vate industry, | private purck a four-day ference of con- struction industry which ended here today. | The Construction League of the | United Stat represent the in- ther set 1 program at the meeting that “a| public construction program for other than necessary Federal projects is a emergency measure and should be limited as soon as possible to that which can be luded in a | balanced budget.” James A. Moffett, administrator and outstanding speak- er of the entire meeting. told the con- tractors he was authorized by Pres- ident Roosevelt to the public rogram would not compete ate enterprise in the field Covered by the national housing act. December 8 | recovery” can | revival of pri- | ing and theme of ate ng was the [ in Federal housing | Is Long-Range Program. “The national housing prise and is a long-range program ‘The National Construction Code Au- thority, which held a one-d: ing in charge of Step! its chairman, heard Southern tractors protest the 40-cent-an-hour common labor wage t ughout the | country as too high for the South. The protes contractors intro- duced a resolution asking that the wage for common labor be reduced from 40 to 30 cents an hour in the South. The resolution was referred to the National 1ng and Adjust- | ment Board : Board, which considered 1t in closed session. J. W. Follin, secreta said that body reque contractors to appoin to meet with employe m board to see if solved. The Planning and Adjustment | Board will then make recommendation to the National Recovery Adm tra- tion. The board is composed of 21 mem- bers, 10 representing contrac 10 representing labor, whi Jones, New York City a ., was named by President Roosevelt as chairman and the twenty-first mem- | ber. Favored 30-Cent Labor Rate. Jones said he favored lowering the common labor wage in the South to 30 cents an hour provided Southern contractors paid higher wages to| skilled workers “The code.” he n\w' i fix wages for sk ing that to be w basis a skilled wc than a common 1 re has been that the skilled worker in| the South has been receiving 41 cents, | which is inadequate.” | Adopted by the Constru on League as & proposal that manufacturers name a committee to meet and con- fer with the contracting group in the | latter’s program. This was suggested by M. J. Beirne, vice president of the American Radiator Corporation | The league agreed that plans should be carried forward for the setting up | of regional hoards for the enforcement of codes in the industry. | Cost Can Be Held Low. The Planning and Adjustment Board, it was announced, approved a statement by its chairman, Mr. Jones, that “the job of the construction m-‘ dustry is to build homes for the, Americans who need them. The in- dustry can construct substantial homes at as low cost as the Government or any other agency.” “It means.” the chairman explained, “that we think the construc dustry should meet the that industry must organize the job, which is its job.” Willard T. Chevalier, vice president of McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., who | delivered the keynote address at a conference of the entire group Thur day, urged that the Government prose- cute violators of the construction code. “I cannot help thinking.” he said, “that if the Government through ag- gressive and sustained action, would obtain one conviction in each State for code violation, most of the com- pliance problems would be dissolved 1n thin air.” He said there was too much “ma and not enough “shall” in connection | with many of the trade practice pro- visions of the code. He charged that | the Government _itself not living | “(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) of the board, ed Southern representatives to do| Shepherd Park 1407 Juniper Street N.W. Detached, 70-Ft. Lot A superfine. custom-built. new. detached. stone and brick Cape Cod Colonial in an exceptionally y fine locat i rooms. lavatory. garage. fini © First floor in antia and living room wit paneling. A home of tional merit and anpeal. to sell at & 0. excep- Priced Open and Heated Sunday, 10 to 9—Week Days, 2 to 6 Drive out 16th St. beyond W ter Reed to Juniper St, E tween 14tn"and 16tk Sts Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1506 K Natl, 1438 | dividual accounts held by | that association'’s Upper left: Home of Dutch Co- lonial design planned and built by V. T. H. Bien, Bethesda, for S. S. Jaffe, at 506 Surrey T Somerset, Md. Upper right: New home of Raymond P. Brandt, Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, at 4955 Quebec street, Spring Valley. It was built and sold by W. C. & A. N. Miller. Below: No. 3202 Cleveland avenue, which Judge and Mrs Eugene O. Sykes just bought from Shannon & Luchs. Judge Sykes is chairman of the new Communica= tions Commission. —Star Staff Photos. MMORTGAGES SEEN DRAWING CAPITAL Federal Savings and Loan Groups Report Heavy Business Gains. Evidence that private capital when properly safeguarded is actively seek- ing investment in home mortgage | loans is afforded by the 175 per cent | | increase in less than six months in the amount of private subscriptions | paid on shares of 262 recently organ- ized Federal savings and loan asso- ciations, and by the 42 per cent in- crease in the number of different in- these in- stitutions. During the same period. the num- ber of people who have invested sav- ings in these new institutions in- creased from 15631 to 22289. The average amount paid in on shares by | each private shareholder rose from $102 to $195. The same associations, which had not even been organized a year ago, already have made long-term loans to some 2.000 home owners, in the amount of $6.934,065. Converted Units Show Gains. Similar activity is reported by 130 Federal associations which are not newly organized but converted from former State-chartered which have aggregate resources ex- ceeding $115,000.000. One such asso- ciation, converted last February, states that its revenue from private investors has increased at the rate of more than $100,000 a month as a result of | conversion to Federal charter, these additional funds being now available | for loans to home owners in its com- muni Illustrating the reason for the rapid rise in the resources of these privately | managed thrift institutions under Fed- snl charter is an instance cited by one such new association, located in New York City. A retired business man first called at the association offices in July, the association. In since then, hundred dollars, and has already placed over $6,000 of his savings in shares through such Several of them were bills, evidently installments. paid in large-size | brought out of hoarding. In commenting upon the growth of | ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Cheapest House in Chevy Chase, D. C. 4917 41st Street $7,350 Six delightful rooms, 3 porches including sleeping porch. Beautiful oak floors throughout. Oil burner and electric refrigeration. Be Sure to See This Sunday or, Saturday Open 10 to dark. Realty Associates, Inc. Realtors 1506 K Natl. 1438 In the Shadow of the Cathedral 3846 Macomb St. N.W. ® 4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths ® 3rd-Floor Playroom ® Automatic Heat ® All Insulated Unquestionably the best new house value in the city for $14,750 Open Daily and Sunday FRANK S. PHILLIPS Realtor 927 15th St. DI. 1411 institutions, | making the small! initial installment of $10 on shares of | the five months | he has made 15 further | payments, each from $50 to several | PROMINENT DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES LEASED ‘The recent leasing of six prominent | downtown properties was announced | today by the office of Carl G. Rosinski, realtor. Included in the list are 719-727 | Seventeenth street which has been leased to the Service Parking Corpora- | tion for the owners, the Corcoran Gal- | lery of Art. The lease was negotiated | in co-operation with the Thomas J. Fisher Co | Other leases negotiated by Rosinski include: 1006 H street to the National Up- | holstery Co. for David J. Tavenner, owner. Second and third floors of prem- ises 1220 G street, Taylor's Beauty Shop, for S. Kann Sons Co., owners. Space in the Homer Building, to James L. Parsons, Premier Cab As- sociation and the firm of Von Steiner | & Baumgarten. Premises 1235 G street, to Norman Libbling, Inc., for use as & millinery | shop. 2624 Fourteenth street, to Footer's Dye Works for Fidelity Storage Co., owners. 1727 Pennsylvania avenue, to Eu- gene Moy, who will establish in the | premises a Chinese-American restau- 5ram REATEST VALUE inWashington New Center Hall Brick Home 804 Quackenbos St. N.W, Only arge rooms and R with' 7 large osk &5 $8,350 Out Geopgia, Ave., to Quakenbos, ht 2 blocks. A Rare Offer 20-ft. Brick Home 1877 Ingleside Terrace N.W. Overlooking Rock Creek Park Comparatively new all-brick home in_perfect condition. containing 6 bix rooms. bath with shower, au- tomatic ~ ‘gas heat. and screened double Tear porches, hard- wood floors, cedar closets. built-in garage. modern kitchen and other features. Priced to Sell Now Terms You Can Easily Afford OPEN FOR INSPECTION Built by B. H. Gruver 2844 27th St. N.IV. $8,950 A substantially built row brick home with front porch, eight rooms (five bedrooms), bath, nice lot, 2-car brick gardge. This location is out- standing for convenience and environment. Open Sunday from 11 AM. to 6 P.M. Cooper Lightbown & Son Ouners Phone Cleve. 8664 or Ad. 9354 | Exhibit wrtu SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, 3’ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, ¢ Fopening Staf 1934, HOMES EXPOSITION TO CLOSE TONIGHT Described by Those Sponsoring Booths as Successful. ‘The Washington Better Homes Ex- position will close tonight after two weeks of public exhibition which has been descried by merchants and organizations sponsoring booths as “‘unusually successful.” Large crowds attended almost all sessions of the show, and more than two-score District civic, business and | social organizations, were guests dur- ing the two weeks the exposition was open. It was learned on good authority that it is probable that another homes exposition will be held next year when the Spring building season opens. The public will get its final oppor- tunities to view the 33 exhibits this | afternoon and night. Almost every | type of equipment and material for modtrmzanon of the home may be | E 3004 McKINLEY ST. $9,950 BRAND-NEW RECREATION ' ROOM Open All Day Sunday * J. WESLEY BUCHANAN, INC. 916 15th St. Realtors. Met. 1143 SACRIFICED $9,450 1416 Nicholson Street This splendid detached house with living room, din- ing room, kitchen, breakfast alcove, large bed room and bath on first floor, 4 bed rooms and beautiful bath on second floor. 2-car garage, oil heat. A modern home just 4 square off 16th street, surrounded by very expen- sive property. The Buy of the Season . Open all day today. See Drive out 16th St. 4 squares beyond Kennedy, turn right to home. Realty Associates INC. 1506 K St. N.W. NA. 1438 ! MODEL HOME ENTERS THIRD EXHIBIT WEEK| | Washington's first model home for | colored people, sponsored by the Capi- tal View Realty Co, at 5027 Ames | street northeast, will enter its third | week of public exhibition tomorrow. | The house has created so much in- | terest in the past two weeks that it | has been difficult for the sponsors to | handle the large crowds who wished to inspect it I The house is one of eight which | the Capital View company has either | completed or has under construction. The organization plans to build 50 homes in the $6.000 price class in the | subdivision within the next 12 months. | The public is invited to inspect the model house daily from 2 pm. to 9 | pm. and Sunday from 10 am. to 9,‘ p.m. 4822 Chevy Chase Boulevard Chevy Chase, Md. Outstandin— $6,750—Terms A large detached. all-brick (with tile roof) bungalow of 5 large rooms. big_front porch, fireplace, electric re- frigeration, oak floors and magnificent It is on a paved street and a lot. with a detached garage story finished and insulated over entire house. OPEN ALL DAY WEEK DAYS, 2 Tt Drive out Wis. Ave. to Chevy Chase Blid. (opposite Chevy Chase Club grounds) turn left to home. Phillips & Canby, Inc. NA. 4600 Investment Bldg. SUNDAY— 0 6 P.M. One of the Finest Moderately Priced New Homes IN THE CITY 222 .Emerson Street N.W. Completely Furnished . + . Quality built and wonderfully equipped throughout . . . Beamed Ceiling Living Room. Step-up Din- ing Room, DE LUXE MODERN ELECTRIC KITCHEN. Three big bed rooms. modern bath with raised, built-in tub; tiled vanity in beautiful tiling and many other unusual features, including a Ma- rine recreation room. Only $8,850 Open ilfl! 9 lI to 9 p.m. Out Ave. to Emer- son !t N W » right to home. Owner and Bullder 1508 K St. N.W. Natl. 4886. { all the rage,” | tors New Homes 4Acquired~ Recently by Prominent Washington Residents Building News PAGE B—1 BULDING PERMITS INNOVEMBER NEAR RECORD FOR YEAR Second Largest Monthly Valuation of 1934 Is Revealed. 85 HOMES AUTHORIZED, EXCEEDING APRIL PEAK 13 Multiple-Family Structures Started—Northwest Leads . in Construction. The second largest monthly total valuation of the year was recorded | in November, according to a report of | the building activities in | issued by Building Inspector Oehmann. Oehmar more permits ,, | single-family dwellings month than in pres 1934. Thi ris 85 e ¥ e vl icingedi e April, which previously ious mor month of the ve )f private con: Furnaces and Bath Rooms | Rovember 1 312555 Stirred Ire of 1870 Writer No new deal in decoration or archi- tecture was desired or encouraged back in the 1870's, especially if it involved | such revolutionary innovations as sta- tionary washstands and central heat- ing, according to a Congressional Li- | brary volume which recently came to | light. Writing a series of articles for pub- lication in Scribner’s, Clarence Cook. | an authority of the day, took the opportunity to discourage home own- ers from installing the new-fangled plumbing, which he declared was not only unlovely, but actually dangerous | to health, and deplored the new fad for furnaces instead of fireplaces. Furnaces “Devil's Gift.” “We are just putting behind our backs the time when furnaces were he wrote, “and the doc- in consequence were rattling around in their gigs with no end of business, and it required a steady | stream of rich men’s last-will-and- testaments to keep up the supply of | hospitals that were made necessary by this, the devil's last, best gift, to man, as much as by anything.” The Columbia Players unearthed this gem in their search through old volumes on interior decoration, neces- sary to the building of the set for “Alison’s House,” their next produc- | tion. the action of which takes place in the latter part of the nineteenth century. | Further search in the same series of essays was rewarded with the au- thor's exact views on the new plumb- ng. “# ® ® there is only one other cus- | tomary enemy to be got rid of in the bed room, and that is the fixed wash- stand. This machine is useful enough 1n public places. in hotels and restau- rants. but ought to be banished, both English Charm With American Ideals of Comfort and Convenience NO. 8003 SARATOGA AVE. Just 25 Minutes From White House Standing high on a terraced hills side, framed with stately oaks, this Emglisk cottage ofiers yom every comfort and comvenience of city and country life. Living room has large open fire- place, ready for cheerful crackling logs, and friendly faces im its flickering shadows. Dining room is reached through arched entrance, flanked by spa- cions bookshelves. Two beautiful bedrooms, large basement club room with fire- place, wood paneled walls and comnecting lavatory. Laundry ad- joins furmace room, and plenty of closets throughout. Ten minutes from University of Maryland, a stome’s throw from graded schools, churches, stores and 16th Street bus. Also three golf courses, sennis and other out- door sports within five minutes’ drive. 8,950 DIRECTIONS: Turn right from Sligo Avenue. 8003 Saratoge ligo Park Hills. ORTH N Realty E. BROOKE LEE, President 7908 Ga. Ave. SHepherd 2400 Avenue, ASHINGTO| company Inc | and drain pipes are heir to—I beli | said to be self-sizing, & single coat | e —— — Total valuation for sanitary and esth from our domestic life t J"l()l\ xs |v;<ed at ha”aw Cites Drain Pipe Evils. 13 Apartments Authorized. “Leaving out of view the expense of | In addition, Oel plumbing arrangements—their liabil to get out of order, the frequency wi which they get stopped up, the freez- | ing in Winter, and all the evils water | ve it is now admitted that the drain pipes are the source of a great deal of the disease of our cities and even of our country towns “Convinced of this, certain way to prevent long as drain pipes are in bed rooms. many people days are giving up fixed washsta altogether, and substituting the fashioned arrangement of a movable piece of furniture with movable ap- paratus—the water brought in pitc] ers, and the siop carried bodily aw in their native slop The Columbia Players set will be built in the approved manner—no cen- tral heating or “fixe when “Alison’s House” 1s presented Pierce Hall December 12 and 13. housing its or 60 families The Northwest s led all others in 1517 29th Street GEORGETOWN NEWLY REMODELED SEVEN- ROOM, THREE-BATH HOME OF TRUE REFINEMENT. RENT, $147.50 Open Saturday and Sunday . LEO KOLB 1237 Wisc. Ave. West 0002 s at Kalsomine Improved. A recently developed kalsomine is sufficing to produce a smooth, hard. non-rubbing finish which is washable with soap and water. Dahlia Terrace 7121 8th St. N.W. The last two remaining houses in this development are now completed for inspection. Detached brick, 6 rooms (3 bed rooms), 2 baths, recreation room; oil burner; deep lots. Convenient schools, transportation and stores. This is your last opportunity to buy a standard Breuninger constructed house at this amazingly low price on convenient terms. inger & Sons & PBreuni Owners—Architects—Builders National 2040 Investment Bldg. FOR IMMEDIATE SALE Present Owner Has Just Purchased Much Larger Home No. 2 Hesketh Street In the Finest Section of Chevy Chase, Maryland Just West of Circle $2,500 Above Existing Legitimate First Trust Nine Rooms—2 Baths Enclosed Sleeping Porch, Two Finished Rooms on Third Floor. Gas Heat—Large Frigidaire Spacious Lot—Beautifully Landscaped—2-Car Garage, Overhead Doors PULCTRUTESSUUIPNTey One block from car line and near churches, schools (public and parochial), stores, movies, bank (And the Right to Vote) THIS IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY Open Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. HILLEGEIST Realtors Nat. 8500 AN OUTSTANDING VALUE IN A NEW DETACHED BRICK HOME Priced Surpris- ingly Low Furnished by P. J. Nee Co. Open Daily and Sunday 121 MADISON ST. N.W. At one of the highest points in the city. Located on an attractively landscaped lot adjacent to Ft, Slocum Park. Spacious living room with fireplace, bright dining room, 3rd fl. bedroom or clubroom; is insulated with rock wool and celotex, assuring all your comfort and minimum fuel consumption. 0013 Bros, vrive out 16th st. or Kansas Ave. to """"""“" Madison St. and tursjright to house. Tower Bldg.—NAtional 9240 Bed Rooms [ ] Two Baths [ ] Detached Garage [J De Luxe Kitchen Gas Appliances Thru Co-operation Washington Gas Light Co.