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Housing Situation Will Be Discussed At Parley Friday Government, Business, Labor and Welfare To Be Represented Government housing leaders and members of the National Public j Housing Conference will meet here Friday for an all-day discussion of i “Public Housing During the War and Post-War Periods.” The con ference is called in connection with the eleventh annual meeting of the organization and will be held at the Washington Hotel. Those attending the meeting will represent business, labor, social wel fare and community groups from every section of the country. In announcing the meeting, Mrs. Mary K. Simkhovitch, president of the organization, said, "We propose to analyze carefully the current hous- j ing situation, with its effect on the | war effort and on civilian morale.” Chairman Thomas of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor will address the luncheon session. Mrs. Simkhovitch, who is vice chair man of the New York City Housing Authority, will preside. Other Luncheon Speakers. General theme for the luncheon session will be “Public Housing Dur ing the War Period.” Other speakers Will include Baird Snyder, III, acting j administrator of Federal Works Agency; Charles F. Palmer, defense j housing co-ordinator; Leon H. Key serling, acting administrator, U. S. H. A., and Louis H. Pink, superin-; tendent of insurance of New York State and treasurer of the con ference. The morning session will be di- ; vided into two parts. First will be a session on “Rent Control,” at which Dr. Edith Elmer Wood, hous- I ing consultant, will preside. Speak-' ers will be Karl Borders, chief of the rent section, O. P. A., and John Ihlder, executive officer, District Alley Dwelling Authority. Post-War Planning Session. Edward Weinfeld, president of the National Association of Housing Officials, will preside at a second session devoted to discussion of “Post-War Planning.” Speakers at this session will In clude Charles Ascher, consultant, National Resources Planning Board; Langdon W. Post of San Francisco, West Coast regional director. United States Housing Authority and for mer chairman of the New York City Housing Authority; B. M. Pettit, director, New Haven Hous ing Authority; B. J. Hovde, admin istrator, Pittsburgh Housing Au thority; Ernest J. Bohn, director, Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Au thority; Herbert U. Nelson, execu tive vice president, National As sociation of Real Estate Boards; Robert G. Weaver, chief of Negro Employment and Training Branch, Labor Division, War Production Board; Thomas J. Lyons, president, New York State Federation of Labor; John Green, president. In dustrial Union of Marine and Ship building Workers of America, and Michael Straight, Washington edi- : tor, the New Republic. _____ I Chief of Street Cleaners To Retire; Plans Trip After William E. Tyng, veteran foreman of the District’s street cleaning service, retires tomorrow, he hopes to leave soon on a long vacation trip to riorida, where he Is sure he’ll find no streets clogged with snow and slush. Mr. Tyng Is one of the few old timers of Washington who does not WILLIAM E. TYNG. j bemoan the good old times when a 1 snowfall was something to talk about. He did recall in an interview yes terday, however, some of the city's big snows, including the fall that |i brought the Knickerbocker Theater disasted in January, 1922. Mr. Tyng was assigned as foreman in the Mount Pleasant area then and had his hands full. His crew of men began haul ing snow away from the scene, Eighteenth street and Columbia road N.W., before daylight and they remained on the job for days. “I don’t want to see any more snows like that one,” he commented. Mr. Tyng will be 70 on March 14 and his retirement becomes effec tive on March 31. Meanwhile he leaves the District service tomor row, taking advantage of accumu lated annual leave. He and Mrs. Tyng live at 716 Ninth street 8.E. Mothers' Club to Meet The Mothers’ Club of St. John’s College High School will hold its regular monthly meeting at the achool, 1225 Vermont ave. N.W. at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Thomas J. Kennedy will pre side. Final arrangements will be dis cussed for the coming card party and dance for the benefit of the scholarship fund, to be held in the new ball room of the Shoreham Hotel February 12 at 8 p.m. BACKACHE? 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