President lke Appoints Advisory Housing Committee

Denver, Colo., Sept. 12, 1953: The President today issued an Executive Order establishing the Advisory Committee on Government Housing Policies and Programs.

The President appointed twenty persons, representing all elements of the housing industry and every section of the country, to the new group. He designed Albert M. Cole. Administrator of the Housing and Home Financing Agency, as chairman. Additional appointments are expected. The Committee will advise the President what role the Federal Government should take in meeting the nation's housing needs, after making, or directing, a series of intensive studies and surveys of what government is doing now.

Activities of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, which are due to receive the Committee's attention, includc slum clearance, and community redevelopment, aid to public low-rent housing, small home and apartment mortgage insurance, and supervision of home-financing institutions

The 'Housing and Home Finance Agency embraces the Home Loan Bank Board, Federal Housing Administration, Public Housing Administration and National Housrng Council.

The President, commenting on plans for the Committee's work, said:

"I have every expectation that such a reviell'rn'ill develop for me a series of recommendations which rvill clearly identify the proper roles of the Federal Government in this field and outline more economical and effective means for improving the housing conditions of our people."

The Executive Order provided for an Executive Committee of four members of the Advisory Committee, also serving under Mr. Cole's chairmanship. The four are:

Mr. George L. Bliss, President, Railroad Federal Savings & Loan Association, New York City.

Mr. Ernest J. Bohn, Director, Cleveland Metropolitan Housing Autl-rority, Cleveland, Ohio.

Mr. Rodney Lockwood, Past President, National Association of Home Builders, Detroit, Michigan.

Mr. Aksel Nielsen, President, Title Guaranty Company, Denver, Colorado.

The others appointed today are:

Mr. Ehney A. Camp, Jr., Vice President and Treasurer, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, Birmingham, Alabama.

Mr. A. R. Gardner. President, Federal llome l,oan Bank, Chicago, Illinois.