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International Congress of Building Societies to Meet in London
A historical overview traces the push for a world Congress of Building and Loan Associations, Co operative Banks, and housing societies. The 1914 London meeting at Hotel Metropole gathers officials from the United States and many nations to share methods and promote home ownership.
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International Commission
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United States League of Building and Loan Associations
International Congress of Building and Loan Associations
United States
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Great Britain
Europe
vThe International Congress of Building and Loan Associations
London
England
Building and Loan Associations
W. J. Bayesdorfer
United States League
Shreveport
H. F. Cellarius
Cincinnati
L. L. Rankin
Columbus
H. S. Rosenthal
H. W. Pinkham
Wollaston
Building Associations
Rosenthal
A. A. Winters
Dayton
Friends of Building Associations
Chicago
Building Association
World’s Fair Commission
United States League of Local
United States Congress
Washington
International Congress
Hotel Metropole
United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Ohio State League
Canton
Ohio
American Building Association News
League of Local Building and Loan Associations
Henry S. Rosenthal
Toledo
Co-Operative Home Societies
Messrs. L. L. Ranvit
H. E. Baker
United States League of
James M. McoKi
League
Charles E. Clark
Covington
Kentucky
C. A. Royse
Terre Haute
Indiana
George F. Gilmore
Omaha
Nebraska
F. D. Kingsbury
Corning
New York
Kingsbury
Charles O’connor Hennessy
Atlantic City
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Committee On International Congress
Building Societies’ Association of Great Britain
International Congress of Building Societies
Germany
Canada
Norway
France
Switzerland
South Africa
Wales
New Zealand
Ireland
Turkey
Australia
British Guiana
San Francisco
Co. A. Rouse
Terra Haute
Charles O'Connor Hennessy
Park Row
New York City
Herbert W. Pinkham
Charles Eugene Clark
W. Sixth Street
Ezra Naylor
Building Societies’ Association of England
Naylor
James M. McKay
Youngstown
American Building and Loan Association
J. Gilbert Magee
Londonderry
F. E. Blackwell
Johannesburg
C. F. Sanders
Cardiff
Hjalmar Wessel
Christiania
Charles Pranard
Paris
Christian Hasaon
Georges Risler
Grau Bogh
Bergen
Jules Siegfried
Charles G. Cutler