Part 1

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BETTER HOMES IN AMERICA

Plan Book

for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON

July 21, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Meloney:

I am directed by the President to assure you of his earnest endorsement of the Better Homes Campaign which has been launched by the Advisory Council and is being carried on by representative women of America. He regards the campaign as of particular importance, because it places emphasis not only upon home ownership, which he regards as absolutely elemental in the development of the best citizenship, but upon furnishing, sanitation and equipment of the home.

The President feels that as many millions of dollars and the best minds of this generation have been devoted to improve factory conditions, the home is deserving of its share of the same intensive consideration. There are twenty millions of house-keepers in America. For them, the home is their industrial center as well as their place of abode, and it is felt that altogether too little attention has been paid to lightening the labors and bettering the working conditions of these women.

The President feels that the women, who are so successfully conducting this campaign are entitled to all consideration and recognition, and he hopes that every community in America will exhibit a model home.

Your sincerely,

Secretary to the President.

Mrs. W. B. Meloney, Sec'y., Advisory Council for Better Homes Campaign, 223 Spring Street, New York City, N. Y.

BETTER HOMES DEMONSTRATION WEEK

Advisory Council

CALVIN COOLIDGE Vice-President of the United States

HERBERT HOOVER Secretary of Commerce

HENRY C. WALLACE Secretary of Agriculture

JAMES JOHN DAVIS Secretary of Labor

Dr. HUGH S. CUMMING Surgeon-General United States Public Health Service

Dr. JOHN JAMES TIGERT U. S. Commissioner of Education

C. W. PUGSLEY Assistant Secretary of Agriculture

JOHN M. GRIES Director Division of Building and Housing, Dept. of Commerce

JULIUS H. BARNES President Chamber of Commerce of the United States

JOHN IHLDER Director Housing Conditions, Chamber of Commerce of the United States

DONN BARBER Fellow American Institute of Architects

JOHN BARTON PAYNE Chairman Central Committee American Red Cross

LIVINGSTON FARRAND Chairman National Health Council