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Alien longues
In U. S. Schools
Called Menace
President of I). A. K. Urges
Teaching of No Spoken
Language but English as
an Incentive t? Patriotism
Annual Convention On
Americanization of Natives,
as Well as Foreign Born,
Opening Session Theme
WASHINGTON. April 14.?The teach?
ing of any foreign spoken language in
the public schools of the United States
was characterized by Mrs. George
Thacher Guernsey, president general of
the Daughters of the American Revolu?
tion, as one of the greatest barriers to
patriotism and amounting almost to an
act of treason.
Speaking at the twenty-eighth annual
? Convention of the organization, Mrs. i
: Guernsey, the principal speaker, de
I clared that the development of the
; American consciousness depended on !
I the exclusion of all spoken languages
except English from the public schools. .
Genuine Americanization of native
i born Americans, as well as those born '
1 in a foreign country or of foreign par?
entage and residing here, was the
theme of the opening session. The
congress will continue until Saturday
evening.
Ten nominations were received to?
day for vice-presidents general, seven
' of whom are to be elected. Those nom- i
inated were Mrs. Frank William Bahn?
sen, of Illinois; Mrs. Frank E. Dow,
of New York; Mrs. John P. Hume, of
Wisconsin; Mrs. Louis 11. Coburn, of
Maine; Mrs. Isaac Lee Patterson, of
Oregon; Miss Janet Richards, of
Washington; Mrs. William D. Sherrerd,
of New Jersey; Mrs. James Dowry
Smith, of Texas; Miss Mary B. Temple,
of Tennessee, and Mrs. Willinm Henry
Wait, of Michigan.
| Troy Methodist Conference
Changes Few Pastorates
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., April '
14. The annual session of the Troy;
Methodist Conference was concluded
her" to-day with inc announcement by |
Bishop William Burt of pastor appoint?
ments for the ensuing year. Few
changes were made in churches.
Robert L. Thompson, of Johnstown,
was appointed superintendent of the
Albany district.
Pastors assigned to new charges in?
cluded: Rensselacr, Broadway Church,
' J. H. Keep; Johnstown, C. M. Sturgess;
t Troy,- Memorial Church, M. A. Ham?
mond.
Success ior Young Men
^\ T OST MEN arc agreed on the underlying
^?1 factors that contribute to making a young
^ man successful.
Manv very sound and plain statements about success '
have been made by men who were successful.
For instance, Tas. J. Hill, empire railroad builder, said :
\ "If you want to know whether you are destined
to be a success or not, you can easily hnd out.
The test is simple and is infallible. Are you able
to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose.
You may think not, but you will lose as sure
as fate, 'for the seed of success is not in you."
With logical saving the-re should go hand in hand a
sound judgment as to how you can benefit most as
a result of your thrift.
We believe that to establish early in your Life a
deposit account with a bank such as ours, and
through this relationship have it known that your
account is acceptable, will mean for you a constantly
increasing asset in your business life.
We have on our books the deposit accounts of many
high-class and deserving young men and we are
always glad to welcome others
Why not come in and let us talk this matter o\er
with you?
The American Exchange
National Bank
128 Broadway Xerw York City
Total Resources over $150,000,000
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U..S. Home Loan
Bank May Solve
Rent Problems
Bill Prepared for Submis?
sion to Congress Which
Would Make Building and
Loan Mortgages Bankable
,V> w York Tribune
Washington Hunan
WASHINGTON, April 14.?The addi?
tion of $1,500,000,000 to the home
building funds of the Unnited States,
with a marked effect on housing and
rent problems, will be realized if Con?
gress acts favorably upon the plan for
the creation of a great system of home
loan banks, which was indorsed at a
conference to-day of representatives
of the Department of Labor and the
United States League of Building and
Lean Associations.
A bill has been prepared proposing
to create a new class of banks to lend
on the mortgage loans of the building
and loan associations.
The paid up capital of the building
and loan associations of the country
is 40 per cent greater than the capital
of the national banks, being $1,530,
000,000, and they have 3,850,000 mem?
bers. Their unpaid mortgages amount
to about $2,000,000,000.
Big Sum for Home Building
It is intended to make it. possible
for them to borrow on these loan con?
tracts from the federal home loan
banks up to $1.500,01.0,000. thus pro?
viding an immense accession to the
home building capital of the country.
The bill provides for (he creation of
a Federal home loan board, which shall
divide the United States into eleven
homo loan bank districts, in each of
which there shall be a Federal homo
loan bank, with as many branch offices
as it may establish with the approval
of the board.
Each bank is to be organized by an
association of ten of more building
associations with aggregate assets of
not less than $5,000,000, and is to have
a capital of not less than $100,000. The
permanent organization of such a bank
is to consist, of six directors elected
by ihe member associations and three
appointed by the Federal home loan
board.
The central supervisory body is to
be a board of five members, including
the Secretary of the Treasury, which
shall operate as a bureau of the
Treasury Department. The salaries
of the four appointive members are
placed at $10,000 yearly. These sal?
aries and the expenses of the central
organization will constitute the only
charge on the public treasury', ;l* the
capital and expense of the district
banks are. to be provided hy them.
No Opposition Expected
It is said that there will he no oppo?
sition to this measi re from national,
state or savings bank . as with the ex?
tension of the Federal Reserve system
to include them, less and ?ess of the
funds of the last two goes into real
est?t? mortgages and the first class of
banks is uot involved in this sort of
business. Mew York City savings banks
i first mortgage loans are reported to
have shrunk $165,000,000 within the
last year.
It was voted to-day not to submit.
; this measure to Congress until the next
regular session, the interval to be
?used.in consulting and communicating
: with the interested associations and in
: improving the tentative bill.
Among those attending to-day's con?
ference were Charles O. C. Hennessy
' of the Franklin Society of New York.
\ and K. V. Haymaker, of Detroit, who
was appointed to work out the propo
! sition.
500 Persons to Aid Survey
Of City's Housing Pro blems
Inquiry Into Increase of Rents Involving About
250,000 Residents Is Begun by Reconstruc?
tion Commission With Help of Welfare Workers
A secret comprehensive survey
housing conditions and rent increo
of 250,000 New York residents was
gun yesterday. This investigation
; heing mr.de by the housing commit
: of the Reconstruction Commission
, New York, with the aid of thirty vol
I teer civic organizations. This invei
; gation is so organized as to inch
the positions of hoth tenant and la
lord. ,
Twenty-five square blocks have b(
! selected in sections where the hous:
| situation is most acute. It is estima'
! by the commission that each block c<
, tains at lease fifty building;-, with th
ty apartments, housing from live
seven individuals.
The investigation will show the nu
her of rooms occupied, number of t<
ants in them, number of boarders, nu
her of children under five years, cc
; dition of sanitation, upkeep and i
pair, name of landlord or own*
whether the property is operated by
lessee^ the present rent, previous rer
and time when the rents were i
creased.
Ready to Hear Complaints
The commission is ready to recei
complaints in writing from any sour
which embrace those facts.
The commission also is conductii
an investigation among owners, Ian
lords, lessees, building and loan oper
tors and real estate men to learn the
, side of the problem. This inform?t!?
; will include cost of operation, repair
taxes and upkeep over a period of f\\
years. It is expected the 500 worl
Mrs will complete the work within U\
weeks.
"We are trying to get deeper tha
the moment."" said Mrs. Henry Moi
' kowitz, secretary of the commissioi
"We are trying to find if there ar
houses enough and if they are in In
able condition. The survey is not cit
' wide, but the blocks selected will b
'characteristic of conditions where ten
ants formerly paid $10 a month or loss
"The housing problem is worse thai
unemployment because no temporar;
relief is' possible. The industrial de
velopment of New York will be checkci
if building does not catch up with thi
| demand. It may mean the city mus
| do what, the government did during th<
i war, that is, build houses at no mattei
i what cost.
i To Consider Legislation
"The advisor?, committee to the
, housing committee will meet, Friday tc
consider the information gathered and
also the data already collected on cost
of material and labor. They also will
! consider legislation now pending at Al?
bany, and when the report of the com?
mission is prepared we will be able lp
make recommendations for meeting the
situation."
The advisory committee consists of
Walter Stabler, controller of the Met?
ropolitan Life Insurance Company;
Walter Linder, of the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company; Edgar A. Levy,
builder; Alexander Ring, builder;
Krank (i. Howe, of the Queensboro
Housing Corporation, and G, Richard
l'avis, real estate operator.
"The increase in wages," Mr. Mosko
witz said, "has not kept, pace with the
increase in rents. Wage earners who
formerly lived in a $25 flat now have
to live in cellars where half the win?
dows are underground. They pay from
i $7 to $10 a room in such places. Tho
situation among the colored inhabi?
tants is worse. The. negro sections are
Secretary Glass
and
Admiral Sims
Metropolitan Opera House
TO-NIGHT
The last great organization rally of Liberty Loan
workers will be held at the Metropolitan Opera House to?
night at 8.15 o'clock,
The Victory Loan will be discussed authoritatively.
Admiral Sims will make his first public address since
his return to America. Milit?rs7 bands will play.
All seats not filled at 8:30 sharp
will he free to the public
Get Behind the ?^
Victory Loan!
GOVBRNMEN1 LOAN ORGANIZATION
Second Federal Reserve I)i?tnet
Liberty Loan Ciimmittet, 120 B'wuy, Ne*? \ in
j
full and there is no possible expansion. ;
Consequently families are taking
boarders and overcrowding.
Situation Shown in Figures
"The situation can be better esti?
mated when it is known that only
plans for $.'18,000,000 in new'building
projects were filed in 1918 as against
pirns for $191,000,000 in 101 t?.
"There seems to be a general agree?
ment that the landlords are entitled to
an increase to cover increased costs.
There were years when buildings were
operated at a loss. Now the owners
say they have a chance to make up,
and they seeem to have some basis
for a reasonable increase in rents."
The sub-committee on rent profiteer?
ing of the Mayor's Committee on Tax?
ation organized yesterday and planned
a campaign. It. was announced that
the committee would make every effort
to see that the tax assessment was
raised on properties where rent in?
creases had been made without war?
rant. This, it was believed by mem?
bers, would result in owners checking
profiteering by persons who leased
: buildings from them.
Call for Cooperation
The committee announced that after
April 17 they would receive complaints
of tenants. The committee requested
the cooperation of the press, all the
churches, trade unions and other or?
ganizations, and will ask all municipal
court judges to report to the commit?
tee such cases as they deem worthy
of investigation which may come be?
fore them in dispossess proceedings.
The city departments will be relied on
to make investigations.
The committee will use the coopera?
tion promised by the Corporation Coun?
cil, the City Tax Department, the Tene?
ment House Department, the Health
Department and the borough presi?
dents. It will also ask assistance from
the State Reconstruction Commission,
but it was decided to have nothing to
do with the Tenants' League. Pub?
licity, committee members said, was
the chief weapon.
"Only through publicity," said
Nathan Hirsch, chairman, "can this
work be accomplished. We also wish
the cooperation of the good landlords."
Wish To Be Fair, Says Brady
"We wish to be fair to the fair land?
lords as well as to the tenants," Peter
J. Brady said. "Wo do not want to
browbeat them, but will certainly in?
sist that rents be not raised where we
lind it is not necessary. Investigation
will take the course of finding through
the Tax Department and other city of?
ficers the cost of improvements, wheth?
er buildings were put up at war prices
or pre-war prices and so determine
whether increases are proper. Even
if we have no law upon which we may
act, we can make trouble for the
profiteer and out of the row we may
find a way for a definite settlement."
Henry Block, another member of the
committee, said he thought building
could be stimulated by fixing a tax
limitation.
Dr. A. Ray Petty, of Judson Memo?
rial Church, said many Baptist minis?
ters had agreed to deal with the sub?
ject from the pulpit.
"If they have a profiteer in their
congregations, so much the better. Let
them give him hell," he si>id.
One Offer That Was Rejected
A prominent county official said yes?
terday that he had had over twenty
otters to lease a building which has
been bringing him in $28,000 net a year.
He said he had received one offer of
$32,000 net, and that under those terms
he thought it certain the agent would
; have made $38,000 net.
Another county official said the sit
1 nation was being closely watched in
! the hope of establishing cases of con?
spiracy between landlords and agents.
Officials of the Lawyers' Mortgage
| Company said yesterday that hundreds
! of apartments and rooms were vacant
j in the lower and upper Fast Side sec?
tions of the city and were available at
| reasonable rentals.
"These houses are new and built
i under the new building laws," he said.
. "South of Fourteenth Street and east
'? of the Rowery and east of Third Ave
: nue between Ninetieth and llfith
: streets twenty per cent of the build
I ings are unrented. A glance from Sec
j ond Avenue in either direction in the
| northeast quarter will show a 'For
Rent' sign on nearly every house."
Mrs. Moskowitz told yesterday of the
| complaint of one man who formerly
paid $20 a month rent. He wrote that
he had been raised $2 a month in No?
vember and $2 in January. Unable to '
tind another apartment within his
means, he had to beg the agent to ac?
cept the rent and the agent fined '
him $2. Later, he said, the agent gave
him $10 toward his moving expenses
to get him out, as he could rent the
flat at a higher figure.
Assembly Takes Action
On City Rent Problem
ALBANY, April 14.- The Assembly
adopted unanimously to-night a reso?
lution providing for the appointment
of a legislative committee to investi?
gate tenement house conditions and
rents throughout, the state, and espe?
cially in the city of New York. Simon
L. Adler, majority leader, introduced
the resolution.
Kansas Pure Food? Ad
Ipheld by Highest Court
WASHINGTON". April 14.- Provis?
ions of the Kansas pure food act
authorizing the State Board of Health
to make regulations for the enforce?
ment of the act were upheld to-d?y
by the Supreme Court in refusing t->
i restrain the board from requiring
', manufacturers of proprietary foods to
1 state on the label the percentages of
ingredients used by them.
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