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Show CITY PLANNERS WILL MEET Those Interested in Advance Movement Move-ment to Gather at London, Eng. land, Probably tn July. The Internationa) Garden Cities and Town Planning ansociation waa formally for-mally launched at a largo meeting of representatives from different conn- tries recently held in London to consider con-sider various proposals put forward with the idea of promoting unity of action between workers for the same object tn different countries. Cecil Harmsworth, M. P., presided, and there were also present Ebenezer Howard (the founder of the movement). move-ment). Doctor Dobrzynski (Warsaw), Prof. Augru3tin Rey (Paris), City Architect Arch-itect Tonnessen (Bergen), Doctor Monckeberg (Hamburg), Richard B. Watrous (secretary, American Civic association), Masao Ito (Osaka, Japan), Ja-pan), Baron con Strantz (Berlin), Doctor Doc-tor Lud-srig (Stuttgart), Adolf Otto (secretary, Gorman Garden City association), asso-ciation), Alderman Thompson (chairman, (chair-man, National Housing and Town Planning Council), Prof. S. D. Ads-head. Ads-head. H. V. LanchesteT, M: Montagu Harris, Dr. R. O. Moon. W. R. Davlctge and Ewart G. Cnlpin. Meetings of the committee hare since been held, and a framework of a constitution has been submitted to the constituent bodies. The first congress con-gress was decided upon for 1914, to take place, if possible, at Letchwork, during the month of July. All propagandist propa-gandist bodies will be invited to Join, and societies and companies, having for their object the proper layout of land and the building of houses with a limited dividend, will be invited to become members. |