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Vol.1, No.14 Federal Works Agency, U. 8. Housing Authority —- Nathan Straus, Administrator M” _. _ , November 14,1939
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N ' 'd B d H 'l
Presrdent Roosevelt atIOH-Wl e 1'08 cast a1 8
Praises USHA s d A ' fUSHA
P CCOD nnlversary 0
r 0 g r e S S . _ _
. 1 h f The Pres1dent of the United States, Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York,
- P ”53191115500513? 13’ V; tile 13H?“ Congressman Henry B. Steagall of Alabama, the mayors of five cities, and mil—
expresswn, on: 1rd 0 eh :10: lions of listeners from coast to coast celebrated with USHA Administrator
1s lll'houfied’ .as fecgmet e es ' Nathan Straus and staff on November 1 when the United States Housing Au—
known p iase in t e Ollsmg move- thority went on the air over a Nation-wide hook-up 0n the occasion of its
ment, took formal notice of the second birthday
. ~ m' a I . . .
Unlted States Housmg Anth0}1ty S From the ballroom of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D. 0., Mr. Straus
second aaneiSfW by addiessmg a read a letter of congratulations from President Roosevelt. Senator Wagner
letter to AdmlnlStl ator Nathan and Representative Steagall, sponsors of the U. S. Housing Act in Congress,
Straus. The letter fOHOWS in full. expressed their approval of the USHA program and their hope for expansion
The WHITE HOUSE, of its important work. .
,. Washington, The National Broadcastlng Co. took its listeners on a cross—country radio
. October 26, 1939_ tour to hear congratulations and best Wishes from Mayor LaGuardia in New
MY DEAR MR. STRAUS: York City; Mayor Archambault of Lowell, Mass, speaking from Boston;
The second anniversary of the (See NATION-WIDE BROADCAST on p. 3)
.United States Housing Authority is _ - , * . . ‘ ‘ ‘ . " . g '
an occasion for real celebration. Dur— ' a ’ _ ' . ‘ “ v- ' , ,2 I _ .
ing these two years we have seen an ' ‘ ‘ . ' '
idea develop into a reality. An in— , ‘_ i," _ . /’.Vr ‘4 3
sistent idea that the ill-housed poor v g, 3 g @1437; -‘ .. ms: a
must be provided with decent shelter ‘3 »_ ‘ {3:5, ' ‘ ' j“ I,
and that unsafe dwellings must be :_ \ V " a .. "
eliminated has merged into the reality ;I ‘ ewe ', " v - . ...-..\ ‘ g ,2,
of finished projects, of decent low- " _ V" v 37?)» a H ($3.5 V ‘ ' ,- if?
rent homes being constructed, of - i, 5/ ‘ . "
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‘ miserable, substandard hovels being ‘ *‘. $ $3 3 ’3” (a . a . ' ‘
It is this satisfaction in knowing . . a gang ”@332 . ' .
that a long felt need is being met v g I’miwl§9’€"fmfi'lwlv ' - 3
which, to my mind, highlights your : fife _ if .‘ " . v, - '
second anniversary. This is the deln' ‘: H I ‘ s~». are; wwrflg’fw‘. I ‘
ocratic way, this the American way ” ' ax»”"«r: ‘ .. ; ‘
of doing things. . - g ’ V, , ' .
It gives me great pleasure to extend _ . V r . V W,” t V
to you and through you to the local v ' “fig 3 31:??? I f 3’?
housing authorities and their staffs, ' g‘i 9:3”?fi33f’é 1W 9 '
. and local, city, county and State ofli- g * ' with” in? ”mg? g ' ,V
cials throughout the country, my best . . W a, ~12"? 1;: is; - gm
wishes and an assurance of In a re- ' " ' ' ' ' M
ciation of the work being. (1011:: pp Co-authors of the United States Housing Act, Senator Robert F. Wagner
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. V 1" incer 1 ur (left) of New York, and Congressman Henry B. Steagall (right) of Alabama,
.e ys eyyo S’ congratulate USHA Administrator Nathan Straus (center) and public
(Slgned) housing officials throughout the Nation as USHA celebrates its second
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. anniversary.
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AFTER TWO YEARS-THE RECORD
LOANS Loans totaling $521,097,000, representing 90 percent of the $579,125,000 total '
estimated cost of 296 projects, have been approved for 135 communities.
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CONSTRUCTION A total of 115 projects, designed to provide approximately 47,790 low—rent homes
are now in construction. ‘
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TEN ANTS More than 10,000 persons will have migrated from substandard slum dwellings into »
‘ new USHA-aided projects by the end of this year. i
MATERIALS Approximately $84,800,000 will be spent for building materials on the 115 projects ‘
already under way.
LABOR An estimated $68,542,000 will go into the pay envelopes of 140,600 construction
engineers, building trades mechanics, laborers, and clerical workers engaged -
directly on the sites of these 115 projects. An additional 53,000 “off—the—site” 1
workers will receive a full year’s employment in the production, fabrication, and .5
transportation of building materials. 5
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COSTS Dwellings now under construction will be completed for an average net construc— . i ‘
tion cost of $2,894 per dwelling unit. ,
RENTS Shelter rents will average $12.25 per dwelling per month in the South and $17.50 1
in the North. This will permit families with net annual incomes as low as $300 in l
the South and as low as $600 in the North to be eligible as tenants. . I
COURT DECISIONS The housing prOgram has withstood legal attacks in the highest courts of 16 States,
all of which have handed down opinions sustaining the constitutionality of the i
local program. i
THE FUTURE Bids will be opened for an additional 71 projects, containing 24,000 family dwelling 3
units, between now and the end of the present calendar year. A total of 121,000 :
dwellings will have been completed or will be under construction by the late spring .
of 1940. An average of 3,500 families will move each month into new projects
reaching completion during the next 8 months. The present program calls for loans ‘
totaling $693,000,000, which will defray 90 percent of the $770,000,000 cost of proj- ,
ects to rehouse approximately 160,00010w-inc0me families of 155 communities now ‘
having either loan contracts or earmarking funds. Completion of the program 3
will see the removal of 640,000 persons from. substandard living conditions to new, i
low—rent homes. . T ‘
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I Nation wide Broadcast l Housing Bill Authors Highlights of Radio
‘ , ReVIew Past 2 Years Talks by 5 Mayors
(Continued from p. 1)
. .Mayor Knollman of Qovington, Ky., Senator Robert F. Wagner Mayor LaGuardia of New York:
: speaking from CIHCIhhatl; Mayor of New York.- “You will hear in the course of this
i Kelly in Chicago; and Mayor Ross1 in “When the United States Housing program the description of new
2 San Framisco. . . Act was launched in 1937 it faced a dwellings replacing the old slums.
1n Washing ton, Administrator century-01d slum growth that belied But no language has been created or
{ Straus acknowledged the congratula- the proud American boast of an equal words comed to describe properly this
i tions, but reminded hIS listeners that t 't f . 11 th 1 transformation of unhappy, discour-
Q “ _ _ .- , oppor uni y Oi a e peop e. . . . . . ,
the tremendous 30b 01: providing Today We can show by the record of aged, disgruntled people into happy,
‘ decenli hdmlefs ff the underpnwleged achievement what in 1937 was in the encouraged, and loyal Americans.”
; one-t ir o merica’s low-income
l families is in the hands of local hous— will? Oflhogefi? p1 (1)113 £16913; . . t Mayor Archambault
- ing authorities. real :figriifnityWZSsetld—Ialrgeccji; of Lowell, Mass.:
1 All Credit ‘1‘5 due to them,”. M11 pleted or under way in every part 0 f “More than 75 million dollars will
i Straus said, for the chthUSIaShfl, the country in large cities and small be spent in New England within the
t loyalty, and hard and eifecttve work towns Families with incomes as low next 3 years under the present hous—
j which have made the housing pro; 3 $40'0 or $500a ear ar 1 a in th ing program. . . . In my city of
1 gram thc success WhICh It IS today. ls d 'y , te e V g e Lowell alone nearly 3 million dollars
Refel‘rlng to the families rescued :1“: an m‘iYmg ”1 0 new and will go into the commercial life
3 from the slums by tho USt‘IA pro— galt £111 dwel mgs. _' ' ' “AS. the stream, and 1,000 men will find work
t gram, Mr. Straus said: A few blight of the slums is progresswely for the next 12 months.”
- months ago these men and women removed . . . areas long dead to pri-
: were dragging out their lives in vate investment suddenly spring to Mayor Kelly of Chicago:
j dwellings that were a disgrace to our life under the stimulus of now hous- “I have lived in Chicago all my life,
. twentieth century civilization. A few ing projects.” and I have seen this city grow. Dur—
i months ago these children were play- _ ing the same years I have seen fine
. 1 mg on rubbish heaps, in alleys, or on Representative Henry 3- Steagall residential areas degenerate into the
. l .the streets, often practically beneath of Alabama: confusion, the despair, and decrepi-
, the Wheels of oncoming automobiles. “_ _ . I have followed the move— tude with which American slums are
3 But today they are enjoying ClVlhzed ment for low—rent housing from the invariably stamped. But now W6
‘ shelter—homes that are not luxuri— time the proposal was first considered have reached a turning point . . .
l OHS, hilt comfortable; hOt fancy, hut by the Congress down to the present From now on the procession will move
l clean and healthful. They are livmg day. I have sat in my committee in the opposite direction.”
: in open, well-planned neighborhoods -
. ’ room of the House of Representatives V . .
where there are play-spaces and gar- . - ,_ Mayor R0381 Of San F 1‘ ("1013001
1 1 d tr a d ‘ _ 1 t day after day listening to the pOi— ,, ., .
cens an cos .n grass a p en y. trayal of conditions in the slums of Today we heai the pounding of
And they are paying rents no higher our cities by men and women appeal— hammers and the whirling of saws as
l than what they formerly paid-for the ing for opportunity to remove their these projects grow into reality. It
) priVilege of liVing in bad housmg and h'ld f h t d h l t is mus1c to the ear. Tomorrow we
1 bad neighborhoods!” (Ci 1 If? trom 1’: S an ove S 0 will hear the best of all sounds—the
i ' Mr. Straus declared that the past ec‘en “7mg quai ers. . patter of little children’s feet as they
3 2‘years have demonstrated the feasi- ; - - AS a Representative from an migrate with their parents from the
bility of prov1ding decent homes for agricultural 590151011. I have _ direct hovels and shacks and tenements into
3 people with low incomes. “The ques- knowledge that housmg conditions on new homes and a better way of liv-
2 tion that faces us now,” he said, “is our farms are jUSt as bad for tenants ing.”
" not ‘Can we clear slums ‘2’, but ‘How and others 0f low-rent income as
7 far shall we go ‘2’ is the case in urban centers. So this Mayor Knoum‘m
“The present program will rehouse legislation was made to embrace both of Covington, Ky..-
' about 160,000 families and tear down urban and rural sections. . “I feel proud to be associated with
E 160,000 Slum dwellings. But is that “Thls program should be continued, this great slum clearance and rehous-
; enough? With millions, many mil- conservatively but constructively, and ing movement which has pushed its
; lions of families now living in the in contemplation of ultimate reform way not only into the great Blue
. T .slums of our cities and our farm of existing conditions. The marvel- Grass State'and, particularly, into my
areas, shall we stop where we are? ous resources of the. Nation Justify city of Covington but is rapidly ex—
Or shall we push forward and try to our efforts for relief—the future panding throughout the entire Middle
_ do the whole job?” safety of the Nation requires it.” West.”
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15. '

 Waste Disposal Problem PrOJect Tenants Pay Their Share of Taxes,
Demands Attention of According to Recent Tax and Income Study
Sanitation Expert Public housing projects are nor— and is the largest single source of tax
Filth, litter, debris disorder are mally tax-exempt. For that reason revenue, it accounts for only 32.1 per— . ‘
trade marks of the slum. Freedom it is often clainiedeby opponents of the cent of all tax revenues, Federal,
from these things should characterize program that prOJ Sic“ are being built State, at“ local. . . .
a public housing project. for nontaxpayers at taxpayers ex— ' Cited in the study is an Illinoxs fam-
Experience has proved that people pense. Such . statements are defi- ily With two minor dependents and an
keep public property clean when it is nitely misleading. . income roughly comparable to that l
convenient. This is as true of public Economists have long realized that of USHA—aided progect tenants. It
housing projects as of city streets. the so-called “nontaxpayer”—the was estimated that this family c011—
USH A has, therefore extended its one who pays no-taxes directly— tributed about $190 per year in taxes
research facilities to, problems of nevertheless contributes to taxes. (Federal, State, and local). Since
waste disposal. Most important is The USHA Research and Statistics the family owned its own home, how—
the type of receptacle to be used. D1v1s1on has recently investlgated ever, the direct property tax of $72
Local conditions will dictate the an- estimates‘of the amounts received which it paid must be deducted to
swers in all cases but considerable from all lands of taxes 1n the Federal, furnish a comparison With typical ten—
research must first ’be done along gen- State, and about 175,000 local tax sys- ant families. Upon enter1ng a hous— ~
eral lines. tems, and the tax burden on a low— 111g proyect, such a family would be
How large shall waste receptacles income ($1,000 a year) family .of relieved of property taxes, but would
be? If they are small, they may re— four persons. The investigation 111- still pay at least $118 annually in
quire too- frequent dumping' if too eluded an analys1s and correlation of other ways. _ .
large they may become unwieldy. several studies that have been made ' All statements on family contribu-
Should they be open or close d? Open under tne auspices of suchagencies tion in the form of 1nd1rect and hid—
receptacles frequently cost less but as Dun & Bradstreet Statistical D1v1— den taxes must, of course, be rough
small bits of refuse blow thrbugh s10n, Bureau of the Census, The estimates. Yet there is a cons1der-
them or out of the top. Most closed Twentieth Century Fund, and Tax able'bodyof data'to prove that tenant
receptacles are expensive, but once Policy League. ' fannlles .111 publi‘e hous1ng pregects
litter is deposited in them, it stays The data compiled show that al- are definitely not 'nontaxpayers and . ‘
until properly removed. Should they though the direct property-tax sup- that they do contribute to the support
be anchored to the ground or remain plies most of the local operating funds of government.
free? When are they conveniently
placed and when are they a nuisance? .
The problemés one of making facili- Montgomery County, MIL, Authority Gets $800,000
ties useful to as many persons as pos- . . . .
sible without sacrificing appearance For First American Rural Housmg Protect
or sanitation.
Dr. George Albert Soper, Whose The first earmarking of funds for ties havebeen set up in several States,
long career in the field of public sani- a rural housing project in this coun- this is the first case of an actual com-
tation has made him an international try was announced recently when mitment of funds for public housing
authority 011 the subject, is supervis- $800,000 was made available to the in a rural area. The progress of the '
ing this phase of the USHA program. Montgomery County (Md) Housing Montgomery County program will be
Author, soldier, engineer, Dr. Soper Authority. watched With great interest by agri-
has supervised the construction of fil- An ultimate total of $2,400,000 has cultural and housing experts. Expe—
tration plants in many cities. He had been promised by the USHA for the rience gained here should prove of
charge of the sanitary work in the construction of some 800 dwelling great value in planning future proj-
rehabilitation of Galveston, Tex., units, grouped in Villages ranging in ects for the Nation’s ill-housed agri-
after the disastrous storm of 1900. size from 25 to 50 homes, to supply cultural population.
He has directed the suppression of the needs of low-income farm labor- Actual construction should begin,
typhoid epidemics. He made the ree- ers living in this rural area near the according to Mr. Lee, by January 1.
ommendations on subway ventilation Nation’s capital. The sites tentatively chosen are con-
in effect in New York City today, and Mr. E. Brooke Lee, Chairman of venient to existing school buildings
worked out a sewage disposal plan for the Montgomery County Housing Au— and Will require no alteration in
the same city. In addition, Dr. Soper thority, announced that there will be the present county school program. . ‘
was sent by the New York Academy eight villages for White families and Dwellings Will be of durable brick
of Medicine to Europe to study public eight for colored families. construction and Will be built on lots
sanitation practices abroad. Although county housing authori- averaging about 2 acres.
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 i Louisvdle and Hartford WV " /\‘\s\
1 Name PrOJects lIl Contest "n. /\
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In memory of two national heroes, "it . / /"‘~\ § p
f . . the Municipal Housing Commission IL I’/ ~i/ // ~.\ N
1— of Louisville selected the names it! ”Ii 4~Wl4 ’zy? , \Q .
’ “Clarksdale” and “Beecher Terrace” [ -’ I‘miltiifir ,‘O/ .0 . / '
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[01 its white and N egio pi ejects now "'x‘ ‘_ '0‘, . \r/Z} V§
'_ I under construction. The names were \i' /'~ fizy.’ \l /\\ '§\
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sponsored by the Lomstle szes. “9‘49"” I / / ,‘0 1
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e The name Clarksdale, submitted f§§\\ , .§ ‘1qu .3,“ I
by Miss Ida J ohansen, matron at \ W A '0. It WI.
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9 N anme Lee Fl‘aysel‘ School, honors § w 'ft .1 “it”
3 George Rogers Clark, famous pioneer l/ l- »~r’: ‘ 0’...
_ soldier and statesman. Although 4 , Ks ~4 |
_ . “Clarksdale” was chosen as the name .\ I 's eiwr” - ' .
i Adams also received a $25 prize for 4§ \ - ,/1*,, l
' his contribution, “Clarkdale,” (also w ’ FLOOR
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1n honor of George Rogers Clalh). 4 P §g~~ m\ . ‘. .
_ Prize—winner for the Negro project z" I 6%}. T: (‘55
- was Miss Hattie L- Mumford! 3‘ / / 00/3”...
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1 teachei in the Booker T. Washington M ’ /I.0.0..O. Vf| . .
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_ School Kindergarten, who submitted l/il \ /l”””.ji gm! §§ 2793‘:‘«:.v;f_,=_;._:;.-,2;,,.;:-’_12§'_-:gravy;',;;f.-f-.:11;‘{;y3;;‘}=.3;‘
3 the name “Beecher Terrace,” in V ,/ /’/\\ ?#"47 if A” ‘ i .
; honor of the great antislavery editor ”at; .1 ’ ' /" ”~.\ 14%.... gl/ / 4’!" (44‘ ..
l C ‘ . *1“th Henry Ward Beecher. - lvi‘é /i/ -/} hbstl‘zs‘fi \s: *
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olas H. Dosker, administrator of the ”5,27% Na§$3 % 1': p#”519""l
' Louisville Housing Commission, said, farms: 3." 91 /"”’ii. WI
We would llke these two DIOJects, were”,