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ni*`r*r~ilV' 4*-* L-tfS%*JC&d o i . , LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION Graybar Building, <30 UxMgtaa Avenue New York, H. Y. Octdfcer 31, 1*35. To Bombers of the load Industrie* Aeiocletloaf Subject! Conference of Manufacture r*: Housing PI relay Council, Vashlngton. P, 0. It the Invitation of Ur. Pa Ur Orlorn, Assistant to the Secretary o tha Treaeury, I attended a hooting conference la Vaehlrgton of whet la known aa tha Manufacturers' Bousing Display Council oa todnaaday, Octobar 30, 1935. TLa Manufacturers' Bousing Display Corooll consists of a group of lataatrlaa which ara cooperating alth tha Treasury .apartaaat and tha Paderal Housing Adad slatrati on for tha atlas. 1 Aloa of tha building lain atry. Tha meeting tti aall attended by representatives of tha cement, copper, glass, lroa and steel, plumbing gooia, electrical goods, braaa, aall paper, luabar, nickel and many othar largo Industries, aoaa fifty representatives being la attandaaco, la opanlng tha meet'ng, Ur. patar Orion atatad It was not tha jxirpose of tha Government to act aa a `wet nuraa* for tha building Industry, or to provide It with ary *gravy* for proootlng lta Intaraata, but that It datlrad to voile *"<* In hand vlth Industry to stimulate building, balltrlng that this vaa tha bast naans of restoring employment la prints 1*. duatry. lha program of tha Manufacturers' Bousing Cl splay Council coataeplatss tha promotion of housing ahovs to ba bald throughout 1936 in various parts of tha United States. It la proposed to begin la tha middle of January with five housing ahova In order to teat tha feasibility of tha project. The following all cities, (flva to ba chosen) were euggeatad aa a taatlng ground: Atlanta, Oeorgla. Houston, Texas Louisville, lantocky. Blend, fieridx. Richmond, Virginia, San Antonio, Texas. Objection vaa axpraaaad at tha masting to the selection of these Southern dtles, tha feeling being that tha initial test should bo aada In a acre diversified aalsetlon of ettlea. Although tha Chairman aada the statement that tbs fire exhibition* would ran simultaneously, this was also objected to on account of the expense Involved. I believe that tha feeling, at expressed at this mastleg, will result In the shove being held consecutively In flva different oitlea. P'Msj.yewetgi;we--e,otesssfwjvfii wus^,,<.'i."^.->mjjlJ.UpPjM't.*'- l"m" 0 !> w jgjwu1 .... f. LIA21715 ., - , . -. -- . ' - _ ,, ' i Liu-^ei3L^i.i3L October SI, 193S. -a- Manufacturers' Housing Display Conference. Tha Council carefully considered e report of it Xxecutlve C omit tee, outlining the establishment of the propo eod shows which It Istundod to DiJot curtain that th7 will be conducted on A high plane with no clrcui atmosphere preeeat. r Hr. Crevlfton, of the Crane Company, who acted at Chair-ana, lu winding m the ease ting, ftated that ha eitlaatod some 160,000 housing unite would be built la 1936, about twice ai many aa will hare been built la 1933. To action waa taksn at the meting aa to bow many Industrial would participate la the fhowa or aa to the coit. It la presvmed that theae matters will now be developed. My purpote la attending the meeting was, of courae, to act aa an observer and to keep abreast of this teal-goremaeatally m&eored development. I would Ilka to know, howuver, whether this particular project la of Interest to any of our member* Individually or collectlvoly. The load Industry servos building tradoa with many products, principally white lead, red lead, sheet lead for roofing, flashing, ornamental purposes and shower pans, lead piping for plumbing, solder for sweated' Jolnte and calking lead for plashing. If this show movement appeals Individually to any manufacturing member, ha la urged to connrml cats directly with Mr. Peter Crime. Tor your convenience, there la attached a synopsis of the proposed Home Shoe program. Respectfully yours. Secretary. .o .miysewe-|ii ievwwnwman^'1,1 iw.e ii msu i iij p u 'i m1 V qpi.ll "in rV. -h'uT'a V I'l LIA21716 Load Induitrltt ittoclttlos 420 Ltxlagton Arenua iaw Torfc, *. , r k s w e or fRoposa Hare aaotg Sportortd Br maunciTHUs1 h o u s ik o p t s p ia t c o w c il fha Purport of tht Kent Shout It to fotttr th dttlr* for horot ownorthlp and to ctlmulat* tht tnl* of building raterlfli and qrdpntnt. Short wlU bt npprovod hjr tht 7#dtral Routine Adnlnittratlon. Local dlitrlbutort will bt txpoctod to carry uajor portion of financial burdta. kxiburthlp cf lUs'^ioturtri1 Housing Display Council It Halt*! to oncufacturtn. , Rm Cortnrant to conttruct dltpltr* to prorldt central ftaturt In educating tht pub lie on host cmtrthlp. 1. Ill tho** will fonturo both aodtrnlintlon and m oon> * traction. 2. xll shows suit bo actlvtlr sponsored by tht local Ttdtral Hontine Idsdnl ttrutlon Btltvr E mill nr C cut 11*, aad tht rupport tsd cooperation of tht following loot! groupt autt bt tallttodi (a) Rtal It tat* Board (b) Chaabtr of Coantro* (c) Contraction Induttrr Irchltoctt Contractor* tad Builder* Xattrlal tad Supply ota Building Trad** Couacll (d) Cardan Clubt and Vootns1 Clubt (*) park Board (f) Local utility Zltctrlc Lttgut or orfaaliatloa of alaetrle applltao* strehaadltort. (g) Tiorlit*. (h) Itndtcap* wrphlttct* aad nurttryata. 3. Pull attantlon coat ba given br tht local rpontort to tht reduction of tpao* rtntal rat* to th* lowest pottlbl* alnlaua. 4. th* prooottr or manager of a hoaa tho* should bt txptrltncad la this typ* of exposition. HI* plant autt bt rubultted to tht Inhibition tJnlt of th* 7odoral Routing Idxdnlttratloa at Batblngton. D. C. for approval. 6. Participation should b* ad* gunU to rtprtttnt tht aador la tartiti of tht Industry and llaltod to onnufncturtr* and dlttrlbutor* of building aetirlnls and tgulaatnt and hott* furnlthlng* aad no v*r-thocount-ir dallvvrlot art to ba allowd, Chit ragulattcn dost not appljr to that taction of tho txhlhlt dtvoted to food and rtfrothotat itanli. ^uiiia.^mri'inai l1 a--*1 ail i u.atJ|`c.a>oroi- 0 :* - N 1867.0] " ^;Sv "'.'? ' .' -yw-' , v ^ 'P L1A21717 gflF*iarJc?SgiR o e ' ] October 31, 1938. -2- Uanufaeturort' Kou.1ac Dltplay Council. S. Duration at tbo tho* - alnlmm of 8 A"* *ith tbt oxoaptlon of cltlei of 500, 000 or orer and optional at) to 15 &yo, ahlch It to bo tbo maximis duration of tbo Show. f, Addition Cna.-(0 - Minima " Madawt 40f. 8. Vo toll citation thould b* mdt on tbt part of tba oxMM tort In tbt lnttrtti of prlto cr contott that sight lnrol** a prln. Vo contoit will bo In ortiir oxcept contatti that till bo Initruoontal In tbt promotion of tbt building Induotry. 9. Cocxslttea bollowwt that In ordor for a thow to bo tuocattfu.1 It suot bo tlaod. In tbit connactlon, It *at unaniooualy abroad by tbt CoBsdttot that on anlytlt bo salt by tba PeAoral Routing JLdaJnlttratloc of vho trarlout loeatlont and tbt TEX thould utlllto all rtatlttlct oral 1ablo In ordor to arrlwo at an Intelligent conolutlon at to location! ad tba CoodtUo will bo guldtd V ouch aoloctloni. It It tba rocoonondatloa of tba Ccndttoo that careful ttaadardt ba tot up for oach thow to that oach out till got a fair trial. 10. tbo addition of a nodal houto to an oxfalblt rnob at tbt Coonlttoa It txptrlnontlnf olth naotttarlly scant additional tzptntt and It. tharofon, ontiroly a local aattar bo lag dopondont upon local condltlont. 11. It It rtoaomtadad that local ooadttaot rxntorlng hooting (boot adopt a dirtcUng ergaaliatloa aoooobat Ukt tbo following Managing Director aartttaet Dlroctor Xxhlblt Slrootor (Tbo aboro thrro poopla to bo `proftttlonala* fmiliar olth axpotltloa probloat.) ArcMtactunl Dlroctor (1 local archlttct probably put on a aalary batlt for thla Job.) Kattor Mlitr (Local bulldor *ho would oorro at a oontnltont together rltb tbt Architectural Dlroctor.) X Joart of Dlroctoro mould bo ottablltbod it Corporate ltb thlt sanaonaont (roup *lth one or norhapt too ropro tontat loot of each of tba following (roupoi Moal tttato Joard Chamber of Cascoroo archl tactural Laagua Conttructlon League (Or Tbo yiorlit Croup tldlar orgad tatlona hordoa Cluba Croup utlr* other moot). Park Joard Otbor organized (roupt la 1(111 and lAobor tbo conttructlon lnduttry. Soalart it to elation! bocal Ctlllty Hoc trio League or orgadaattos of oloctrle appllanco sarchandlaort. 01'.' tjar raaut.j L'W'T. TC^niJItLII I,.*,! Uj. o \ $ October SI, 1938. Manufacturer!1 Houtli* Dlrplty Council, t l * Troa thlt (roup of director!, offlcart tbould 1* chosen (sad it 1* tvcxattad that a prtildant, a Yioa Presidents, a Treasurer aal a Sacratary ha elactad. la addltloa to the above skeleton orfjilration, the local federal Housing idninietratlon Offlea and Batter Houalt^ Cooalttaa thou Id, of court*, ba actively rapra tantad la all edolnlitratlre natter*, 13. ill show* to ba approval by tha Council tha11 uta tha educational dlaplay material aada avallabia by tha federal Houalnc idalnlitratton* 13. ill thowt ara to ba otrlctly looal la character. 14. la order to sake tha advertising tod othar promotion eurk Intended to build attandaace for tha shoe affactlaa, tha CoctsIttee suggests that tha promoters of tba ahoa arrange for all tuch natters and that tba to-called comparative advertising bataaaa nenufecturers and local dlatrlbutora ba not a part of It except for thox oanufactarers ho nea have a national plan of this nature In affect* i o Mir t 'i .w