Show Round Merry n Realtors Recruit Lobby Army To Fight Housing By Drew Pearson V WASHINGTON Unlike ASHINGTON Unlike the su supreme re court the real estate lobby does not be be k lieve in noting noUng the election returns Wor Yo Work ing dIU diligently gently and secretly the real eata esta boys have now recruited an army Of ot 33 DO amateur lobbyists is to bombard J ton with last-ditch last 0 a stand aga against housing and rent control t f This new lobbying force has been hand picked on the basis of personal friendship friendship i with influential congressmen P They a au scattered throughout the roots grass-roots soto so 1 to make the movement appear spontaneous and their names are arc carefully guarded u housing day D-day before congress Meanwhile Cal Snyder chief lobb t for the National Association of Real Estat Esta Boards is boasting that the lobby win will defeat de de- feat President Truman's housing program again again by by at least 30 votes in the house homo The coalition of Republicans and southern south south- ern em Dem Democrats boasts Snyder will still beable be able to block public housing and rent co con n in the new w congress While he may Y not not 1 want It published Snyder spoke off the the record before the secretaries' secretaries council of ot the National Association of Real Peal Estate Boards recently I Remember he jubilated that Roose velt had a a. Democratic congress in 1938 and andi he asked a billion dollars dolls rs for public boos hous ing Roosevelt was a pretty smooth j oper opera ator but he didn't get the money for housu hous hous- in ing There was a Democratic congress congre l again in 40 and they didn't get it In ul 42 and 11 U they didn't get it either Now is not the time to compromise comPromis e Snyder sounded the new battle cr cry Now is the time to get in there and punch Now is the time if you'll pardon the expression 1 to adopt the tactics of Harry Truman in the th election Get in there and fight ight I Unregistered Lobbyists Snyder S n y d er lj ls counting upon the army of newly vly recruited re- re hometown lobbyists to turn the tide They will vill not register as lobbyists but o operate op op- erate crate as congressmen's constituents In most cases congressmen cong wont won't even realize they are dealing with lobbyists controlled con con- trolled from Washington They will con j be close personal friends of the congressmen picked because they can influence vo votes s. s To finance this operation the National Association of Real Estate Boards is asking ask ask- ing 5 a head from its members This should swell the total lobbying kitt kitty to more than In most cases however the lob- lob will pay his own way to to Washington Lobby Roll Call This Call This roots grass array army doesn't mean that the real estate lobby is ii doing awa with its away command squad already already al at ready operating on Capitol hill hiU These profess professionals pro pro- fess represent every phase of hose hone building and in order that new congressmen congressmen congress congress- men may know who they are here is a list of the l key ey real estate lobbyists Doug Whitlock Chunky Whitlock-Chunky Chunky genial gl glad glad- d hander for the building products institute te which supplies materials for build building i hornet homes Herb Nelson Shrewd Nelson Shrewd executive vi vice e president for the National Association ol of f fReal Real Estate Boards which sells the homes home His chief working lobbyist Is Cal Snyder who spins yarns and manipulates votes with the best of them Another teammate is slender young Albert Payne who does most of the paper and lei leg work work Morton Bodfish Astute Bodfish-Astute Astute kingfish of them all He represents the U. U S S. S Savings Saving and Loan league ue which finances the homes John Owen Owen Wealthy Wealthy elderly president of the National Apartment Owners association asso association which wants to boost boast rents His right-hand right man is blond egotistical Burton Edwards who spends freely and boasts boast of having congressmen in his pocket f Herbert Brill Executive Brill-Executive Executive secretary of the New York City metropolitan fair re rent t committee Discharged from the army ua u as asa a captain he still refers to himself as Captain Cap tain Lain Brill These are the men whom President Tru Tru- Truman Truman man once branded as the worst lobby In fa Washington and who are girded for w last last- ditch action when congress convenes Jan 3 Shoe on Other F Foot ot When a newsman ne mistakenly reported that White Ho House Hous e press secretary Charlie Ross tried to sell ell his Washington home before the election Ross raised the White House roof He grumbled to the president and beefed at staff stall meetings meet ings for three days Finally at the 9 am a.m. meeting o of the White House staff the presidents president's military aide convivial Gen Harry Vaughan blurted Mr tIr President I cant can't help making the e observation that during these past part months when myself Admiral Leahy General Graham Graham Gra ham and some of the rest of us have taken takes knocks like that our press secretary was mildly offended and largely amused Butas But Butas Butas as soon as he gets a mild scratch on the shins he y yells like a stuck pig |