JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

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[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-..

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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:

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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___

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