Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1935, Page 19

D. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1935. REAL ESTATE. MODEL HOUSING | HOME BEAUTIFYING B3 {LOW MODERNIZATION COST CITED BY BANK Institution Materially Increases REAL ESTATE. THE REAH[]RS m HEAR Modernized House Brings Larger Rental EVENING -STAR, WASHINGTON, thinking to economize, bought bar- gain-price paint merchandise. To- day they are discovering that the low-priced, inferior paint is peeling off or is failing to protect the underlying surface properly. As a consequence these property owners are sadder but SCHMIDT TUESDAY Three Major Movements of Concern to Investors Is Topic. Three major movements of imme- diate concern to investors in real es- tate will be discussed in an address before the Wadiington Real Estate Board Tuesday night in the Mayflower Hotel, at 8 o'clock, by Waiter S. Schmidt, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Mr. Schmidt, whose address is one of the first to be given since his induction into the national realtor presidency, will deal with: 1. Rehabilitation of the real estate mortgage structure, including measures still urgently needed for a permanent stabilization of real estate mortgage credit. Mortgage Unit Urged. The association is urging that Con- gress at the present session create a Federal mortgage agency, which might be set up as part of the Federal Reserve System, under regulation of the Federal Reserve Board, or which might be otherwise integrated with | the present Federal agencies con- cerned with the financing of real estate. It asks that this agency, how- ever created, have the power to di count all sound mortgages without re- course. This would include the power to buy sound mortgages from the members of the Federal Reserve Sys- tem, under regulation of the Federal Reserve Board. 2. Proposed action in at least 35 States for modernization of State and | local tax structures to give eflective real estate tax relief. | Major action, on a fairly uniform | plan already taken by Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and a number of other States in line with the program advo- | cated in the association, has already resulted in these States in reducing | real estate taxes an average of 235 | per cent Need for Unification. 3. Urgent present need for real estate owners over the country to unite effectively with organized real estate boards in a way which will give effec- tive voice against further entrance of Government ind-the real estate busi- ness in such a way as would be in- volved in direct Government con- struction and operation of housing projects. The association holds that control and maintenance of the national credit structure is properly a gov- ernmental duty. It protests, however, against the assumption by Govern-' ment of functions which can best be performed by private persons and private business. The Government, it holds, should not become landlord to its own citizens by engaging in con- struction, renting and sale of real estate, or assume the functions of real estate men in land development, in appraising and in the servicing of loans. | | Tax Savings Cited. { Annual savings to real estate tax payers in States which have enacted Dr. 8. S. Jaffe, Washington den- tist and owner of the house shown in the photos, said he was unable to rent the structure before mod- ernization even for a very small sum. However, within a short time after the house was renovized as shown above he was able to rent it for double the amount originally asked for it. The job cost nearly $5,500, but now Dr. Jaffe possesses a saleable house. The work was done under supervision of Harvey P. Baxter, architect, by Guy B. Stephenson, contractor. The pres- ent house contains eight rooms, two baths and a two-car garage. The effective transformation shown here is typical of the work which is being carried out in the Washing- ton Better Housing Campaign, through the medium of loans in- sured by the Federal Housing Ad- ministration. WORKERS HOUSING PROCT OFFERED Group Proposes Federal Employes Launch Own Construction Scheme. Government employes and other organized groups in the District are | urged to “solve their own housing | problems” by forming cn-operntivei housing associations to acquire land | and construct dwellings for them- | as interest on mortgage, taxes, amor- tization and operating expenses. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics® bulletin states: ‘Instead of rents in- | creasing, it is the general experience that monthly charges for co-opera- tive housing decrease each year.” “Co-operative housing associations are as truly limited in dividend as| limited dividend corporations. Con- | sequently, co-operative housing a: | selves, in a letter printed this week | sociations in building low-cost hous- | MME. SCHUMANN-HEINK | WILL SPEAK ON RADIO | Address Will Be Delivered at| 12:15 P.M. Tomorrow as Part | of F. H. A. Program. Mme. Schumann - Heink, known concert singer, will widely be the | - ACT PROPOSED Realtors Discuss Plans to Aid Sound Rebuilding of U. S. Cities. Looking toward the creation of model State acts of a new type to aid in the sound rebuilding of Ameri- can cities, a preliminary discussion of what form such acts might most use- fully take was opened at a meeting held at the Union League Club, Chi- cago, Thursday, at the invitation of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. ‘The association in its program for 1935 has taken as an immediate cen- tral objective the devising of practical legal instruments needed in the re- building of American cities. It pro- posed to set up: 1. A model State act embodying minimum housing standards. 2. A model State act to permit land assembly and reassembly. The model act would look toward the creation of improvement districts or housing districts, a needed instrument for im- proving the character of blighted neighborhoods or neighborhoods threatened with blight. 3. A plan for the authorization of limited dividend housing corporations in such a way as to make them prac- tical instruments for attacking the problem of low-cost housing. The association, through its com- mittee on housing, of which John McC. Mowbray, Baltimore, is chair- man, is seeking the aid and support of men notable for their study of these problems in the development of the proposed model acts. Among those who took part in the March 14 discussion were: Dr. Ernest M. Fisher, economic adviser, Federal Housing Administration, and Miles Colean, director of the technical division of F. H. A; Harland Bar- thoiomew, St. Louis, past president of the American City Planning In- stitute, city planning consultant to the National Association of Real Es- tate Boards; Clarence Perry of the Russell Sage Foundation, New York; | Col. Horatio B. Hackett, head of the | housing division of P. W. A.; Donald | H. McNeal, Washington, director of reconditioning, H. O. L. C., and hous- | ing adviser to the board: Arthur C Holden, New York, of Holden, Mc- Laughlin and associates, who, with a | group of engineers assigned to him | by P. W. A, is engaged in studies for | the reassembling of land for housing development in the New York area: Coleman Woodbury. Chicago, presi- dent of, the National Association of Housing Officials; Walter S. Schmidt, Cincinnati, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards; | Herbert U. Nelson, Chicago, secre- | tary to the association. As soon as tentative instruments can be drafted | the association will place them before its members for concrete discussion. SRR Causes of Drafts. In rooms where drafts are a con- | for instance, WITH PAINT URGED National Association Head Holds New Surfaces Restore Confidence. There is no sounder investment and no better way to make our dollars work for us than by beautifying and protecting our home, according to Ernest T. Trigg, president of the aNtional Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association. Painters and decorators. Mr. Trigg believes, are rendering a service to home owners second to none. Not only does new paint protect surfaces against depreciation, Mr. Trigg says, but it serves in great measure to re- store confidence and optimism. “Just as the knowledge that he is well dressed gives a man assurance,” Mr. Trigg points out, “a home that is well painted and well cared for | gives him faith in himself and the | future. Another important factor to | be considered is that the public is always ready to judge by appearances and likes to do business with the | man who appears successful | [ | Threat to Reputation, “A house or store that looks | neglected and is badly in need of | paint tells the world that its owner is either unsuccessful and financially crippled or that he is a poor business man who doesn’t properly protect his investments.” Just as people are becoming more conscious of the importance of out- ward appearances, they are also be- ginning to be wide awake to the economy of quality merchandise, Mr. Trigg believes. In the matter of paint, Mr. Trigg points out that the public is learning by bitter experience that the best grade paint products are the cheapest in the long | run. During the worts years of | the depression, many property owners, i An Exceptional Ofiefing In Exclusive Massachusetts Avenue Park 3554 Edmunds St. N.W. A spacious and palatial home on a wide corner lot. The home has been completely redecorated and is in new-house condition. The first floor arrangement is ideal for entertaining. Upstairs are five bed rooms and three baths. There is a large sun parlor, maid’s quarters, storage room, large, bright basement with oil furnace, play room. Two-car detached brick garage. OPEN SUNDAY 10 TO 6 wiser. Better Qualities Used. “Painting contractors alsp are de- manding better paint because they realize that it goes farther, lasts longer and requires less labor in ap- plication. Customers are thoroughly satisfied, and the painting contractor’s business benefits as a result,” Mr. Trigg states. “In one Southern city, Volume of Loans by Issuing Pamphlet on Work. Giving detailed examples and costs of typical modernization projects, one |bank has added materially to the | volume of its modernization loans | by issuance of a pamphlet which gives actual figures from contractors showing how numerous repair proj- ects may be done economically. dealers report that 75 per cent of paint being sold now is of quality material. Three years ago the op- | posite was true.” One thing that has stimulated the demand for the better grade of paint is the supervision given by Govern- ment agencies to many renovating jobs. The H. O. L. C. specifies the best grade on all its jobs; the leading mortgage companies take the same attitude and the Federal Housing Administration urges that “only ma- terials of proved durability and suita- bility for their purpose be utilized in modernization work.” Examples cited | “Eleven dollars and nineteen cents | per month will finance the installa- | tion of an oil burner, thus relieving | you of the burden of removing ashes and giving you the comfort of & warm house at all times. | “Nine dollars and fifty-nine cents | per month will pay for new brass | piping throughout the house and also | a new copper boiler to replace cor- | roded or obsolete plumbing.” | The brochure, published and cir- culated by the bank, includes 20 such suggestion: A MILLER-BUILT COMMUNITY See the Furnished Exhibit Home 4921 Quebec St Open 10 A. M. to 9P. M. Drive out turn left Quebec S Massachusetts Avenue, on Fordham Road to 4921 et, Spring Valley. o, , Opri tre W.C.&A.N.MILLER 1119 17th Street DI. 4464 /SLIGO PARK§ , HILLS This Five-Bedroo m Home Is Easily the Season’s Biggest Value | stant menace to health, a check fre- | | by the Washington Committee on | ing could probably so organize as to | speaker on the Federal Housing Ad- i | quently finds that open stairways and constitutional or other limitations on % | Housing. | qualify for Government insurance of 'mnjstration radio program from 12:15 the total tax rate leviable against real FLOYD E. DAVIS CO. estate, and which are now drawing on a tax base notably wider than the obsolete and inequitable general property tax. are cited by the asso- | ciation as follows: | Indiana, $42,000,000; Michigan, $38.- 000,000: Ohio, $50,000,000; West Vil ginia, $20,000,000; Washington, $30,- 000,000, S. W. King, Representative in Con- gress from Hawaii and former presi- | dent of the Honolulu Real Estate Board, will acquaint members of the local board with real estate activities in Honolulu. ELM DISEASE A MENACE TO TREES IN MARYLAND Loss Threatened if Germ Is Not Eradicated in Two Years, Pathologist Warns. Unless the disease is eradicated in the State within the next two years Maryland is threatened with loss of its elm trees through Dutch elm dis- | ease in much the same manner that it | lost it chestnut trees a few years | ago, according to C. E. Temple, -It is pointed out in the letter that Capital earn $2,000 or less a year | and that $43 is the maximum monthly rent they should pay if heat is included. The publication com- ments that “good dwellings at that | rental are scarce.” The Editorial | | Advisory Committee of this “Housing | previously possible.” Letter” is composed of Clarence Phelps Dodge, Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes and J. Bernard Wyckoff. “Perhaps the Federation of Fed- eral Employes and other organiza- tions,” the letter continues, *could find among their members groups of i | similar income and congenial interest ’ that would be venturesome enough | to attempt to solve their own housing | problem by forming comperatn’e" housing associations to acquire land | and construct dwellings for them- selves. Bulletin Available. “The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor issued a bulletin in July, 1934, entitled ‘Or- | ganization and Management of Co- operative Housing Associations.’ This | bulletin discusses methods of organi- zation, contains model by-laws, model lease, balance sheet and yearly in- come and expense account. | “Much of the co-operative housing their mortgage. They could thus 140,000 Government employes in the | eliminate junior financing. secure a lower rate of interest and a longer | amortization period than co-operative housing associations have heretofore | had available. Accordingly, tenants’ monthly payments for interest and | amortization would be lower than | LITTLE GARDENS GROUP | WILL CONTINUE WORK As a result of efforts of the Society of Little Gardens in Foxhall Village | for community beautification, resi- | dents of that area soon will be sup- | plied with decorative reminders to! insure that alleys will be free from piles of waste and ash heaps. Kitchens are being recommended as | the place for posting the reminders | that the neighbors object to unsightly | alleys. New Colonial Cape Cod | “What Home Means to Me,” will af- ford the radio audience an oppor- | tunity to learn the viewpoint of an- to 12:30 p.m. tomorrow. | This is one of a series of 26 pro- | grams donated by the General Elec- tric Co. to the better housing pro- | gram. Mme. Schumann-Heink will speak from the Chicago studios of the Na- | tional Broadcasting Co. Her subject, | other person of national prominence. | WYNNEWOOD PARK arches are the cause of this discom- fort. In many cases French doors or similar types can eliminate drafts dangerous to health. — . 0ld Lighting Made New. Modernizing of old lighting equip- | ment is made easy by a new line of | indirect light fixtures (of spun alumi- | num) which are installed simply by | screwing them into the old light socket. 733 12th St. NNW. Natl. 0352 Center Hall Brick Colonial Home Mass. Ave. Park $19,500 2732 34th St. N.W. Beautiful Center-Hall Colo- nial Home, all brick and of the finest construction. The most outstanding in value of any home ever offered in this ex- cellent section. Is practically new and perfectly done over from cellar to roof. A thorough= ly modern property incorporate ing every appointment for your convenience. Center hall, large living room with fireplace, bright dining room with bay window, modern kitchen, cozy breakfast room and first-floor lavatory. On the second floor are four well-planned bed rooms, two pretty baths and open screened porch. A slate roof, large attic, oil heat, maid’s quarters with bath, elec- tric refrigeration, a two-car The robins and bluebir: ds will soon be building homes of their own in the friendly oaks standing on side and rear lawn. There’s plenty of space for a flower garden and a flagstone terrace, where youw'll enjoy fragrant Spring evenings. Wood-paneled living room with bookshelves, win- dow seats and log fireplace. Sun-flooded dining room, modern kitchen with every convenience. Basement recreation room has wood-paneled walls and is connected with lavatory, laundry and heat- ing plant. Easily the home value of established community. $10, No. 8 Pa the Spring season in this 900 rkside Road pathologist for the University of Maryland Extension Service. Mr. Temple said that since the dis- ease was introduced into this country in 1930 nearly 8,000 infected trees have been reported and the disease has been found as far north as Massachusetts, as far west as In- 4714 Morgan Drive Chevy Chase Gardens ®5 Large Rooms ® Full Basement © Open Fireplace brick garage and a large well- graded lot with abundance of pretty shrubbery all add to make this a perfect home. The price has been made extremely low to sell it quickly. Open to Inspect in this country is not really co-opera- | tive because the speculative element | is permitted to enter. In true co-| operative housing each member owns | shares in the association and does | not hold title to any individual | dwelling. ! Fionrn\ A /AsumcroN Realty Company Inc. 7906 Georgia Ave. E. BROOKE LEE, President SHepherd 2400 DIRECTIONS: Turn right from Georgia Avenue on Sligo diana and as far south as Virginia. Dutch elm disease was first reported in Maryland on a tree at Fort Mc- Henry and the disease was definitely traced to a shipment of logs that came into Baltimore Harbor from Europe. No case has been reported in the State since 1933, but all nursery- men and landowners are warned to “When a member withdraws from the association his shares can be bought only by the association and | at the price he paid for them. As| a further safeguard against the urge | for speculative profits, it is suggested | that provision be made in the by- laws that members’ shares be kept at par and any profit made by sale | | ® Fully Insulated Screened Weather-stripped ® Side Porch ® All-brick Construction @ Slate Roof ® Built-in Garage Corner Lot, 65 Ft. Wide ©® Paved Street 18 North Mansion Drive A Delightful New Cape Cod Colonial Home containing many new Out 16th St. to traffic light Colesville Pike a short dist and unusual features. in Silver Spring, thence on ance to Wynnewood Park. RM HOOKER Tower Bldg. MEt. 2663 First Showing of Avenue, continuing to No. 8 Parkside Road, Sligo Park Hills. an Early American Coloni Langhorne Community —Clarendon, Va. of the property through dissolution " 4 " of the association be given for some Directions—Out Wisconsin Ave. philanthropic use. | to Morgan Drive, left to property. “Interest on the investment is in | CYRUS KE‘SER, Ir. the form of a lower rent than could | 5211 Wisconsin Ave. Cl 5371 keep an eternal vigilance for the dis- 2ase. 721 10th St. Phone T N Se - Natl 0765 PHONE NOOKS HELP REALTORS—Established Since 1915 Suburban Office, 8955 Georgia Avenue. Phone Shepherd 3530 otherwise be obtained: Tenant-mem- | Installation Proves Convenient to Modern Home Owners. Modern home owners find great convenience in the installation of a small telephone nook or closet. Such installations make possible || | the elimination of discomfort of house noises. ‘The telephone cabinet or closet should include a small shelf or table for the telephone directory and for writing space. A small bench or chair is also a convenient addition. An electric light may be installed con- venient to the writing table or shelf || in the closet. The light can be wired to the door switch so that it auto- maticelly lights when the door is closed. — Some Tung Oil Statistics. ‘The tung oil used annually in the United States paint manufacture—if floated from China in barrels—would require one barrel for every 200 feet of the 9,000 miles of ocean. For Exchange Long Island Residence for Washington Home Preferably in Wesley Heights or Spring Valley. Coming to the Capital to live, this party will make a liberal exchange on fine 9-room stone and cement dwelling " situsted cville Center, Lo . Community is comparable to Wesley Heights or Spring leli. near Long Beach and Jones Beach. Home has suit- sized surroundings. 2-car ge. handsome interiors, recrea- t m. storage room. etc. 1 fence Cntiosve beautitul shrubbers. For full information phone DI. 4464 bers of the association pay a sum monthly to cover fixed charges such BEAUTIFUL This all-brick Colonial ho 3 baths. equipped with automatic garage. $17, on Edgemoor Lane at trafi In the Wooded Section of Edgemoor 560 Edgemoor Lane, Md. Near Glenbrook Road in 'a Restricted Community BUILT BY MONROE WARREN Den and lavatory on first floor, living room, 14x28.6, with wood-burning fireplace. This is an All-Electric Health Kitchen home and is OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. Out_Wisconsin Ave. to Bank of Bethesda; turn left NEW HOME | e N R il o o SRS PR s w0 me has 6 bed rooms and oil heat. Built-in 2-car 500 c light, 8 blocks to house. & 27 Beautiful Two Blocks From Western High TEA ST. N. W. Burleith School, Grade and Junior High $500 Cash—$54.50 Monthly Including All Interest and Principal. Six large, bright rooms—tiled bath with shower. kitchen, electric refrigeration, on: De Luxe e-piece sink and latest cabinets, separate furnace and laundry rooms in basement, leaving balance of basement in recreation room effect, large colonial front porch, concrete floor and steps. Long, rear yard—brick garage. A new De Luxe home value. Don't fail to inspect today or call us for turther particulars. On T Between 35th and 36th Sts. s 50 L&m HAUHHOME | DAILY OPEN FOR INSPECTION & SUNDAY 'tii DARK 1106 Vt. Ave.—METZLEn—Dist. 8600 s day and Nights, AD. 0620 318 Milton Ave. ° Price $9,000 Open Daily and Sunday HIS i home any person T of taste and refinement will a apprsgtiate. It was designed and decorated by an archi- tect of national reputation with the same attention to detail he has given to many of the finest homes on Long Island. Early. Virginian Colonial ar chitecture has been carefully carried out—including wide oak plank floors. . . . Roofing (similar to that used in restori: ng Williamsburg, Va.). Large living room with fireplace, period mantelpiece and cor- niced dining room with painted dodo, and scenic paper. Large master bed room with fireplace and dressing alcove. Two additional bed rooms and tiled bath (tub in basement). Brick garage of same architecture connected to house by arched shelter giving the effect of the outside kitchen of that period. The lot is fifty by one hundred and thirty feet—well shaded and has been planted with box, wisteria and forsythia. Nice neighborhood, excellent bus service, fifteen minutes to the center of the city. TO REACH: Motor cver Key Bridge, take Wilson Blvd. thru Clarendom, past Monument to Milton Ave. and follow signs to home. Wash. EAVER REALTORS Dlst. 9486 BRO