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Show SUPPORT GIVEN HOMES PROJECT Contractors, Dealers and Unions Offer Help to Untermeyer NEW YORK. Jan 2C The Tbomp-son-Starret company, building contractors, con-tractors, announced Wednesday lhat it was prepared to co operate with Samuej Untermeyer in an attempt to solve the housing problem through undertaking, without compensation, supervision of binldinq (he proposed 1500 model tenements Including 15,000 four-room apartments Louis J. Horowitz president of the j firm said his company was prepared ! to handle $1 tio.iiiHi.Ooo worth of construction con-struction work a year and offered in lend his entire stall of experts and supervisors to "see the proposed construction con-struction through from foundation to roof " A manufacturer qf painter"' supplies sup-plies and a window glass manufacturer manufactur-er notified Mr, LTmcnneyer that thc v. ould tuijnish all supplies at their disposal dis-posal at cost while spokesmen for the j building trades council sent word they I w ere ready to submit to the union a proposal for laborers to give six cddl-ilnnal cddl-ilnnal hours of work a week to the project. In return, Mr. Untermeyer proposed renting the apartments to such workmen at not to exceed ?9 a room monthly. 1 1 was also announced that nrchl-ipcis nrchl-ipcis of the Metropolitan Tafe instance inst-ance company were ready to go ahead with the plans as soon as there was sonic- prospect of tho state insurance laws being amended to enable the Com pah to devote 10 per cent of Its B - is to building |