Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1936, Page 30

EURDPE LOGALZS HOUSING PROBLEN Plans Made to Co-operate With National Program, Fisher Finds. BY ERNEST M. FISHER, Director of the Division of Economics and Satistics, Federal Housing ‘Administration Dr. Fisher recently returned from a tour of several European countries with Dr. Richard U. Rat- cliff of the same division in which they made a survey of hmum_a conditions in these countries. Their report has not yet been made public. The following was written exclusively jor the Associated Press. Housing problems in Europe are recognized as primarily local matters. Each city with its own peculiar prob- lems or special housing needs feels that these matters are best dealt with through local action. In the early days of the English housing movement the powers re- quired by individual cities in the so- lution of their housing difficulties were provided by special acts of Parlia- ment. Later national legislation was passed which was permissive rather than mandatory. The unsatisfactory progress under this policy eventually led to mandatory legislation. In effect, the central government ordered the local authorities to im- prove housing conditions or have them improved by the central gov- ernment at their expense. It is true, of course, that any pians developed locally are required to fall within the broad structure of national policy and to receive specific approval of the central government. Furthermore, technical advice is available to the local authorities and in many cases financial aid is provided. The state recognizes that broad guiding prin- ciples must be laid down for local authorities in order to insure a con- sistent housing policy and that in certain cases technical and financial assistance may be necessary. Municipalities Responsible. It is the custom to allow consider- able latitude in the local adaptation of national policies and to place the responsibility for initiating the various attacks upon local housing prob- lems on the municipal government. Even though loans or grants or guar- antees are made by the central gov- ernment, some financial responsibil- ity is generally placed on the local authorities. In many cases each grant by the state must be matched by an equal grant on the part of the local government. Joint guarantees of private loans are occasionally used. In most countries further decen- tralization of administering the hous- | * ing policy is characteristic. Public utility societies and housing co-opera- tives form this third step. The local authorities keep a guiding hand on the operations of the housing associa- tions, lease public land for their de- | velopment, provide them with funds | either through direct loans or the | guarantee of mortgages and, in some countries, acquire their properties at the expiration of the lease or when the loan is amortized. . Local Control Retained. Rarely does the central govern- ment attempt direct housing opera- tions of any kind. Local authorities prefer to retain as much control as possible in the solution of local prob- lems and the administration of local affairs in the field of housing as well | as in all other fields. The function of the various local authorities involves the initiation of action under the housing acts, the | preparation of plans and programs | for the approval of the central gov- ernment and the actual work of carry~ ing out the plans. Professors, Noting Tinge of Ridicule In Title, Drop it Louisiana Tech Faculty Club Sees Abuse of Word. BY the Associated Press. RUSTON, La., December 10.—The Men's Faculty Club at Louisiana Tech voted yesterday to drop the title, “pro- fessor.” The action was taken on com- plaints that the word is subject to “abuse and misuse” and that it “no longer implies respect and often holds a teacher in ridicule.” ‘The word “professor” is defined as a “skilled and learned teacher of the highest grade” and also the name of an artificial fly used by anglers. ‘The instructors said they objected principally to its street application to the man who plays the fiddle while the medicine man mingles among the dollar.” . Speaks on Fish Disease Cure. A report on a cure for “white mouth,” a serious fish disease, will be presented to the National Aquarium Society tonight at 8 o'clock in the aquarium of the Bureau of Fisheries, H. Perkins of Baltimore. REPEATED THE EVENING STAR, : VV.ASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936. PATIENT AT HOSPITAL MAKES DEATH PLUNGE E3 the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, December 10.—Ed- ward Keck, 40-year-old World War veteran, left his bed in the United States Marine Hospital here yesterday, walked through a sixth floor ward while more than a score of patients watched, and dove headfirst through a closed window. de died nearly two hours later, Hospital physicians said he never re- gained consciousness after striking the frozen earth below the window. Keck, who gave a Baltimore ad- dress when hc entered the hospital Tuesday, was under observation for “acute abdominal symptoms,” records showed. Doctors said he had shown no signs of mental aberration. Coroner Charles W. Didenhover be- gan an investigation. —_— Drunken Cow Reveals Still. DALLAS, Tex. (#).—Federal Agent J. C. Harston saw a suspiciously un- steady cow in a pasture. He investigated. The cow was drunk. Investigating further, he lo- cated a whisky still from which the boisterous bovine had been munching mash. 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