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JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Price 75 cents
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
[Created pursuant to sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Cong.] WRIGHT PATMAN, Texas, Chairman
WILLIAM PROXMIRE, Wisconsin, Vice Chairman
Bolling, Hon. Richard, chairman of the Subcommittee on Urban Affairs: Opening remarks_.
Finger, Harold B., Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, De- partment of Housing and Urban Development_ _.
Biederman, Charles L., vice president, technical services, Levitt & Sons
Corp-..
SUBMISSIONS
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Bolling, Hon. Richard: Announcement of hearings and scheduled wit-
Table: Occupied housing units, total and substandard, by tenure,
1940-66_.
Table: Housing starts, unit costs, and interest rates, 1913-69-
"Breakthrough,” publication issued by U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development_-.
Transmittal of Request for Proposal No. H-55-69 "Operation
BREAKTHROUGH-Application of Improved Housing Systems
Concepts for Large Volume Production".
PART 2: July 23 and 24
WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23
Terzick, Peter E., general treasurer of the United Brotherhood of Carpen-
ters & Jointers of America, Washington, D.C.----
Ehrenkrantz, Ezra D., Building Systems Development, Inc.......
THURSDAY, JULY 24
Price, James R., chairman of the board, National Homes Corp.; accom-
panied by David R. Price, president, National Homes Construction
Corp.; Frank P. Flynn, Jr., president, National Homes Acceptance
Corp.; Edward Durell Stone, Jr., consultant on site planning and envi-
ronmental design; Milton P. Semer, counsel – –
Rosen, Richard H., president, Urban Systems, Inc., Boston, Mass
Bolling, Hon. Richard:
Article: "Systems Builder Ezra Ehrenkrantz, Constructioos Man of the
Year," reprinted from Engineering News-Record, Feb. 13, 1969___
Ehrenkrantz, Ezra D.:
Prepared statement__.
235
Price, James R.:
Prepared statement__
274
Article: "Housing-Low Costs Through Instant Building," re- printed from Time magazine_
275
Article: "A Promising Step Forward in Assembly-Line Housing," reprinted from Better Homes and Gardens__
276
Appendix: "Town House Parks" (development of Thomasville area, Atlanta Housing Authority)..........
285
Rosen, Richard H.:
Prepared statement___
342
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