Home-Modernizing Campaigns Recommended to Communities

Washington, D.C., Oct. 26.-The President's Organization on Unemployment Relief has recommended to communities the devel6pment of home-modernizing campaigns with a fall and winter impetus as a means to stimulate employment and business, ii was announced today by Fred C. Croxton, Assistant Director.

. "The promotion of campaigns to increase home improvement anl repair is a logicil dbmmunity activity to increase employmend" Mr. Croiton said. "In suggesting-it to Sommuniti.", however, it is not our intention to make a blanket recommendation. Whether such a campaign would fit the employment program of a specific locality must be decided by the locality."

The Oiganization'i recommendation is contained in a soecial builetin which has been sent to community civic, welfare, and business groups throughout the country. Calling attention to the potentiil efiectiveness of the- campaigns, it "offers suggestions f.or organizing them and sets forth several illusiiations of such- community efiort. The title of the bulletin is "Community Home-Modernizing -CaPoaisns to Stimulate Employment and Business." Copies i""i t" obtained from thi Piesident's Organi-z-atiog o-T-Ul-

Relief, 1734 New York Avenue, N. 'W., Washingiorl D. C., without charge.

East B.y Hoo Hoo Club

President Larue J. Woodson presided at th9 regular dinr meefins" of the East Bav Hoo Hoo Club held at the ner meeting of the BaY Athens Athletic Club, Oaklanc Ath-letic Oakland, October 19.

A pleasant feature of the meeting was the presentaiion of a Gladstone traveling bag to the rEtiring president, Ray. B' Cox. Vice-president Joe Todd made the presentatton speech.

^ Frank W. Trower, master of ceremonies at the dedication of the Redwood tree at Calaveras Grove to the memory.of F"ruor, Simpkin, October 11, gave the meeting a very interesting outline of the proceedings.

- Victoi C. Cole, an exicutive of the Pacific Manifolding Book Company' was the speaker-of t-he.evening. Hi.s sub ject was "The New Search for Profits," and the talk was much enjoyed.

H. Se#att Morton, retiring Supreme Jabberwock, $aY€ I brief talk on what took placd at {he Hoo Hoo Annual Convention at West Baden,-Ind., September 23 to 25' President Woodson announced that instead of the usual monthlv dinner meeting in November, Hoo Hoo Club No' Sq ;itt intertain the del-egates to the California Retail Lumblr-"tt't Convention on-Friday noon, November 20, at the Hotel Oakland.

Benetti and TerrY tnu l"it"t a vocalist' musical numbers.