Show DUTCH CITIES BEAUTIFIED IN HOUSING PROGRAM WITH WITH SUBSIDIES SUBSIDIES OF GOVERNMENT Best Houses At Lowest Possible Cost Proves Successful Aim Of Builders AMSTERDAM May By 19 19 19 ByThe I The Associated Press Confront Confronted Confront ed with a 0 housing shortage after oCter I Ithe the war lr Holland d undertook to remedy the tho situation with Ith three fundamental Ide ideas In mind i clency economy conomy and beauty I i iTh Th government go gae gave subsidies At first these were ere 1000 a house I today with building material cheaper the rate rote Is 15 No peo- peo people peo people pie are able to make nuke money go eo I as far tar as arc are the Dutch even when It is public money Jobbery seems to be practically unknown unknown-on unknown on n-on anything approaching the Ameri Amen American American can scalp at ill e events But al- al although although al although though the tho work ork has been don dono economically Amsterdam has been d I IThe 1 The old Amsterdam wIth nith its pie pie- picturesque pic picturesque and narrow streets and lanes Its narrow canals In the citY an and 1 Its larger surrounding canals canal Is spreading out into new suburbs suburb I i with Ith wl wide roads and tine fine and parks Holland Hollands s best architects archi- archi I I j are co operating with the theto to town n council to build the best I houses at the 10 lowest est possible cost The architects concerned hate o I costI taken pride In obtaining the mo most t delightful effects with Ith the cheap cheap- cheapest cheapest cheapest est material It Is not what hous hou- housing ing ing- has co cost t the city that the they talk about but how much It has sated cd the city That Is the Dutch of ot eh civic chIc Ie pride Great attention has been paid o 0 what may be bo called the rebuild rebuild- rebuildIng rebuilding ing tog of ot Am Amsterdam to dwellings for tor the work working In and middle classes T They ey mark a great advance 0 otel el as are usually foun found 1 In continental cities The rhe number of ot houses bouse built In Amsterdam since 1914 has now reached over oter 20 and eten en more ext extensive e and finely planned suburban schemes have havo been up- up proved ap-proved pro ed pros ed r |