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CONFIRMATIONS POOD 0<1NT.Rot.' .um 'T'Hl!! M~TlaCT ItElq'TS A<::r llJzecutive not'NinciMm& Olntifi,rmel -&JI the Bmatt1 AJ)'l"U !8 (1e'gil­ Mr. SNIDLL. Mr. Speaker, I -ca.11 up a privileged repetrt ~~e ·4aJf! ~ Aptil ~), J9!t from the Committee on Ru.1~, Honse Resolution ·210. POBT!il:ABTEBS Mr. TINUHER. Mr. Sl)eaker, I make the point of order that fhe resolntlon is not prlVileged. IOWA The SP!DA.KElB.. The Chair wm hellr the gentleman briefly. Mary T. Jacobson, Blakesburg. Mr. SNELL~ 'Mr. Speaker, I think it would be well to have C~aucle M. Sullivan, Cherokee. tlre resolutlon reported. Orpba .M. Bloomer, Havelock. The SPEAKER. The Dlerk will report tbe resolution. Wilbert W. Clover., Lohrvill&. The Olerk -read as follows: • Benjamine R. Mow.ery, lllaqooketa. llesoZ~ That when the House pt'OceMs in CO"mmittee of the Whole YABEIAd~SETTS to the further consideration -of H. Jt.. 7962, entitled, "A. blll to crea•te Roland M. Baker, Boston. .and establlE!h a commission as an independent establisl*tlent of the NEBRASKA Federal Government to reg.Wate rents ot the Distr1ct 61. Commbia.," Walter G. :uanguld, Bennington. it shall be in order at &l!J' time to otf~r the fbll<>wing 1lS a substitut~ for the text of the bill : NO:&TR CA1lOLINA. " Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lleu thereof Annie L. Stant-0n, Stantonsburg. the following : oHto " ' 'I'ha t it is hereby declared that the emergency described tn Ralph B. Troyer, Continental. Title II of the food coutrol and District re11.ts act t1till exists and George F. Burford, Farmdale. coatinues in the District .of Oolumbia, and that the present housing Michael J. Meek, McDonald. and rental conditions therein requtre the further extenmon .{)'f the provisions ot ·.guch titJ.4?, TEXAS " ' Smc. 2. That Title U of the food C&»trol and the District of Arthur E. Davis, Blue Rt Thomas B. Higgins, Roeagan. extend for the period of two y~ars the p-rovisions ot Title II ot tile Remlig. Otoollo Lewin (Mrs.), food -control and the DistJ;kt el Columbia Pents act, a:p~roved October Clarence V. McMahan, Waoo. 22, 1919, as amended,~' app1mved· May .22, 1922. " ' SEC. 3. '!'hat subdivision (a) of section 102 of the food oo:a.tirol and the District of Columbia l"ents act, as amended by seetlon 4 of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES such act of May 22, 1922, ls hereby· ameBded by strlldne out the figures " 19.24 " j,n said subdivision anli i.m!er.ting ill lieu there!Jf ·the Y.oN-D'AY, Apri'l ~8, 19~4 figures " 1926 n .' " Upon the offedng gf the ,subiltitute tker.e sllall be not to· e2:0eed two . The Hetuse met at 12 o'clock n@~n. 1 The Chaplain, Rev. James Shera 1\fontgomery, D. D., offered horus general debate, one-half to be cODtrolled by those 'taV01:.lng the ·1the following prayer : substltute and one-half by those opposing. At the conclnsl<>n of the general debate the substihrte shall be con­ Trusting in Thy ioVing pr~vidence, our heavenly Father, we sidered under the five-minute •ule, Rlld during that coBSider.ation lt seek to bring to Thee our devout expressions .o.t gratitude. Re­ shall be in order to offer an aime:udment to tba eubsUtute providing metn~r us, 0 Lord, and cause us to keep Thy commandmtmts for the reduction of number of C()mmissioners p.l'ovided for .1B said b~ willingly a'nd faithfully. Deflhe foT us each day the ·pathway At the hour of 4 o'clock, U: the conKllileration o~ the1 substitute fif dut:r and gtve 11s deep desire to obey its obligation. Inspire shall not have been sooner completep, the ~m.mlttee shAll vote ~ anti bless every moyement throughout our country that ~eans the substitute as am;ended, - if an1 · amendm'ents have been- ~. the advancement of the social, political, and Christian life 00: and immediate.J.y upon the concluslou of -that v-Ote the ~~mltte& shall our fellow men. O .hear us, betp us, bless. us, and forgive us, automaitlcally .rise and report the b.J.11 and any, amewl1DeJ1,ts, or ~ for Thy name's sake. Amen. substitute and any am'endments, , to .the Rouse ; and the previous The lourno.ls of 'Saturday, ·..Alp:rll 26, 1924, and Sunday., Ap!'IJ.1 question shall be considered as ordered OD the bill and amendments fpr final passage. 27, 1924, w-era read and se~rally approved, Mr. TlNCHER. Mr# Speak-er, the gt:intleman from T.exas C:itANGIN'G NAME OF THmTy;-sE~NTH STREET BETW,EE~ CHEVY [Mr. BLANTON] deserves the credit for first calling attention to CB:.l.SE CIRCLE AND RENO ROAD tlris point of order. I did ne»t ce::oo to be in the attitude of trying Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Speaker, I call up Senate bill 1982, to take his point of order away from him, but I thought it to change the name. of 'I'hirty~enth Street between Chevy slilould be made at the time it 'Was ;afl"eretl as a privileged :reso­ Chase Circle aud Reno Road, and .ask tbat it be taken from the lution. Speaker's table, an. identical House bill being on the calendar I do not think the resolution is privileged .&t all, and there are with a fBrvore.ble report. at least tWl6 deeisions of -the Speake~ -of the House clearly cover- 'I'he SPEAKER. The .gentleman from Massachusetts calls ing the question. · up for e<>ns.t~ration Senate bill 19821 an identical House bill If the Rules Committee cani Blibstitnte a bill for a bill that a being on the calendar and hav~g ·been :favorably reported.. committee has r.eported, it can take any bill on which they are ~be Clerk w.ill report the bill. asked for a rule, or whether fillrey are as~ed for a rul>e or not, The Clerk read tlle bill, as fellows : a.nd take the power away from the leg;iglative committee to eon· Be it enact-ell, etllld like to have the gentle­ man state hi:s point of order. The SPEAKER. The J;Iuestlon is on the third reading of Mr. TINCHER. · The poin.t of order is that the re.solution ls 'the bill not privileged. · The blll was ordered to be read a third time, w:as read t.he "'rhe SPEAKER. Why oot? third time, and passed. 1\ir.· TINCHER. Because the Rules Commtttee has reported· EXTENSION OF REM~ a resolution containing legislation over wliich the District Com­ 1 Mr. .TOST. Mr. Speaker, I aslt unanimous eonsent ro extend mittee had jurisdiction and title bill bas Dot been cml:Sider.ed bT my rema-rks 1n the REco:sD on the subject of child labor, wtth the Distl"iiet Committee. For that ma.son I believe the resol-ution · Special re-ference to the amendment tllat was passed Saturday. i1!1 not J>rivlleged. · The SPEAKER. The gentletnft.n already bas that privilege Mr. BLANTON. Will ithe gentleman yield tD me? and all Members of tbe House ha"Ve that privilege. Mr. TINCHER. Yes; I would llke to have rthe ~ntleman. from Texas present this .point of erder. : l?EADING OF RESOLUTION The SP.EAKER.. ·ne Chair wall hear tbe gentleman trom ! .l\Ir. HOWAR_D of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I present a resolu­ Texa& hrleily. . \lon and ask tha,t it be read ta the House foi· its iafGrnlat1on. .Hr. BLANTON. Mr. tipeaker, I have spent quite a lot .at ldr... LONGWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I oDject. tiJ:na .leoJdlng. 11,p Ul1a ~ Tiie .:rules o.f the House. .u •

7.374 CONGRESSION AD RECORD-HOUSE· APRIL 28 the Speaker knows, prescribe the jurisdiction of every com­ that ls foreign to the provisions of the Lampert bill, and clearly mittee of this House. They give to the District of Columbia that is legislation and you can not get around it, Mr. Speaker. Committee jurisdiction over all matters affecting too District rt is legislation that properly belongs to another committee. It of Columbia and prescribe the limitations and jurisdiction of. goes beyond the jurisdiction that the House has conferred upon the Rules Committee. The Ohair will note that section 56 of the Committee on Rules. Mr. Speaker, if we were to permit the Rule XI prescribes that the only jurisdiction which the Com­ Committee on Rules to offer this as a substitute for the Lampert mittee on Rules has is on rules, joint rules, and procedure; in bill; it could come in here and _offer a substitute for every bill other words, it fixes the procedure of the House, but nowhere that comes from every committee of this House. It would de­ hag it ever been held that it can propose legislation to the stroy the integrity and the stability of the jurisdiction of every House which•belongs to the jurisdiction of another committee. committee of this House, and I submit this to the Speaker in all l want to cite the Chair to four precedents and they have earnestness, believing that this Committee on Rules should be ne,•er been overturned. First, I want to cite the Chair to the held within its jurisdiction aod not be permitted to report as precedent of August 15, 1912. l\1r. Henry, of Texas, who privileged legislation of its own to this House. was then chairman of the Committee on Rules, presented to The SPEAKER. Does the gentlemaq. from Illinois desire this House a Senate resolution as privileged to create a com­ to be heard? mittee looking to the purchase of Monticello, the home of Mr. MADDEN. I simply wish to say, Mr. Speaker, that I Thomas Jefferson. Our distinguished former colleague from do not believe it is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Illinois, than whom there never has been a better parlia­ Rules to report legislation and to make that legislation priv­ mentarian in this House, Mr. Jim Mann, made a point of ileged. I believe the Committee on Rules has the right .and order· that it was not privileged under the rules, notwith­ the power to report any legislation that may be referred to standing its coming from the Committee on· Rules. The Chair the committee, but when they do report it, it must take its will note that Mr. Mann there stated what the rule was. · Let place on the calendar as any other legislation would. The only me read what Mr. l\fnnn said: thing the Committee on Rules would have the power .to report The SPEAKER. The Chair does not care to hear that. and make privileged would be a resolution making in order the Mr. BLANTON. I would like to have it go into the RECORD. consideration of pending legislation. The SPEAKER. The Chair has control of the time. Mr. SNELL. Will the gentleman yield for a question there? Mr. BLANTON. :Mr. Speaker, may I have unanimous consent Mr. MADDEN. Yes. to put in the RECORD excerpts from Mr. Mann's statements and Mr. SNELL. What else is done· by this present resolution position, which were sustained by Speaker Cannon, in con­ except to make in order pending legislation? This is purely a nection with this matter, and other excerpts from other Mem­ pro1)osition for order of business. · bers on the same point? May I have unanimous consent to l\Ir. MADDEN. This resolution provides for a substitute do that? resolution. The SPEAKER. Is there objection? Mr. SNELL. If it is adopted, it shall be in order to be Mr. SNELL. I object. offered by the chairman of the committee. Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to discuss further this l\Ir. MADDEN. It would be the privileged order of business. point of order for a moment, if I may. I maintain that any resolution or any bill referred to the Com­ Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Mann called attention-­ mittee on Rules may l>e reported by the committee, but the The. SPEAKER. The Chair wishes the gentleman to confine mere fact that the committee does report it gives no privilege himself to this point. whatever. Mr. BLANTON. This is the point: Part of this resolution is Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman yield? privileged in that it fixes the order of procedure of the House. :Mr. MADDEN. Yes. There is no question about that. The first se,en or eight lines Mr. BI~AN'.rON. Suppose the Ways and Means Committee of the resolution are clearly privileged, and the latter part of should report a revenue bill. The Rules Committee could come the resolution _is privileged under the rules because it fixes in here, if this is held in order, and report an entire substitute procedure, but the part of the resolution which sets up three for the revenue bill. different sections as a proposed substitute is legislative matter Mr. MADDEN. Of course. The Committee on Appropria­ and is clearly not privileged because the Committee on Rules tions, for example, is authorized to report privileged appro-. has no authority under its jurisdiction, under the rules, to priation bills. A privileged appropriation bill, under the rules, propose to the House legislation. The Committee on Rules is a general appropriation bill. The Committee on Appropria­ clearly attempts to ·make in order a three-section bill of its tions frequently comes in with resolutions, but the Committee own prescribing it as a substitute for the Lampert measure. on Appropriations recognizes as well as anybody else that such It clearly has no right to make in order legislation of this resolutions are not privileged, and to show you that we do nature. not think they are privileged we always ask the House to give I want to call the Chair's attention to what happened the us unanimous consent for the consideration of such bills or other day. resolutions. The SPEAKER. The Chair does not care to hear anything On the other band, the Ways and Means Committee has further on that. The Chair will hear the gentleman if he has the right to report a revenue bill, but nobody will argue that any further precedents. the Committee on Ways and Means has the right, under the Mr. BLANTON. I cite the Chair also, as a precedent, what rules of the House, to report any kind of a resolution merely happened on January 11, 1918. The Speaker will find it in the because it comes from the Ways and Means Committee and CONGRESSIONAL RECO'RD of that date on page 833. The gentleman make that privileged. Further, the only reason why the Com­ from North Carolina [Mr. Pou] brought in a resolution to create mittee on Rules can make certain things privileged and give a new committee, which the Rules Committee clearly had the them immediate consideration is that they are the medium· right to do, but incidental to that rule he attempted to give through which this House desires to give early consideration that committee a clerk, and Mr. SANFORD, of New York, made a of measures that are pending. They are not pending if they point of order that they had no right to give the committee a are referred to the Committee on Rules. The Committee on clerk, because that was beyond its jurisdiction. Rules may report them out and put them on the calendar. The SPEAKER. The Chair is familiar . with that decision. Mr. SNELL. I agree with everything the gentleman has Mr. BLANTON. And over some of the best parliamentarians said. on this floor, including the gentleman from North Carolina Mr. MADDEN. Later on, if the Committee on Rules chooses [Mr. Pou], including the gentleman from Tennessee [Mr. GAR­ to report a rule making that privileged, I think they may do RETT] and including the former Member from Wisconsin [Mr. so, but, Mr. Speaker, the Committee on Rules has gone beyond LENROOT], Mr. Speaker Clark held that the Committee on Rules their privilege. bad no authority to present legislation that properly belonged to Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman yield? another committee, and on the mere fact alone that it attempted Mr. MADDEN. I will. to grant a derk, which was in the jurisdiction of the Committee Mr. BLANTON. There is pending before the Rules Com­ ·on Accounts, Mr. Speaker Clark held that was out of order. mittee the Begg resolution, which embraces this identical sub­ Applying this present rule, here is the Lampert measure of stitute. The Committee on Rules would not have any authority 35 pages which bas been considered by the Committee on the to report the Begg substitute, and it is an attempt to evade the District of Columbia, and the Committee on Rules attempts by rules of the House by proposing legislation. this resolution not only to prescribe procedure for the Lampert Mr. WINGO. Will the Chair hear me? bill, which it has the right to do-it has a right to do anything it The SPEAKER. '.rhe Chair will be glad to hear the gentle­ wants to with the Lampert bill, but it does not stop there. If man. the Speaker pleases,' it attempts to provide a substitute for the Mr. WINGO. I want to suggest to the Chair that at first Lampert bill, an entirely new piece of legislation, and legislation blush I thought the point of order was good. I ·um not in· 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7375

terested in the merits of the controversy, but I am interested believe the majority of the Members desire to take up and have in preserving the orderly procedure of the House. It is in concluded at this time. order to-day, being District day, to consider the so-called Lam- Mr. JOST. Mr. Speaker, will tlie gentleman yield? pert bill. The rule presented provides that when the r,Iouse Mr. SNELL. I yield for a question. proceeds in Committee of the Whole to the further considera- Mr. JOST. Under this rule would any amendment other tion of the rent bill it shall be in order to offer an amendment than that provided in the rule be in order? in the nature of a substitute. Mr. ·SNELL. I think any amendment that pertains to the What is the legislative matter before the Ho~se? Under the substitute proper, like changing 1926 or something of tliat kind, rules it is a bill regulating and affecting the rent law. It pro- would be in order. Any amendment germane to the substitute vides not only for its extension but the terms on which it will ' would be in order. . be extended and the jurisdiction of that Rent Commission dur- l\fr, JOST. Specifically, does the gentleman think that a ing the extended term. substitute altering the proposition entirely would be in order What is the substitute proposition? If it was offered on the under this rule? . . :floor it might go out i1 a point of order, but the rule of the Mr. SNELL. No; I would not think that a substitute alter· Rules Committee does what it has done in many cases," it says ing the proposition entirely or presenting an entirely new prop· that in the consideration of the bill before the House an osition would be in order under the rule. amendment to that identical subject and that identical or- Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? ganization shall be in order in the nature of a substitute. . l\lr. SNELL. Yes. . · · Mr. MADDEN. Will the gentleman yield? :Mr. BLANTON. The gentleman has provided for two hours Mr. WINGO. I yield. of general debate upon the substitute. Suppose after the time Mr. MADDEN. Because the Committee on Rules frequently is used up in debate the substitute should be yoted down. does what the gentleman says, unless somebody makes a point Then tllere would be no time whatever left to debate a 35-puge of order, it prevails, but in this case the :Members of the House bill. . have exercised their privilege and made ·the point of order l\Ir. SNELL. If the substitute be voted down, the committee against the thing the Committee on Rules has no authority will report it back to the House as having been voted down, to do. · and that would be the end of it, and that is what the gentle- Mr. WINGO. The House considered the blll the other day, man wants. , and there are some gentlemen who are in favor of rent legisla- !\fr. BLANTON. But the committee would have to report the . tion different from that pr•vided in the bill, and others who bill with a favorable report under the resolution. are opposed to any le~islation. Mr. SNELL. Oh, no; it does not provide th_at at all. The \vhole question is before the Houi;;e, and there is a ques- !\fr. BLA. ...~TON. It says the bill. Suppose we vote down the tion whether the proposed substitute would he in order ; but substitute. there is no question that it refers to the Rent Commission, Mr. SNELL. Then the bill is before the House the same as which is the substantive part of the bill It refers to the ex- if the substitute had not been offered, but if you vote down the tension that ls brought before· the House, and the committee substitute the hill is virtually kllled. . simply cuts down the proposal to a simpler proposition that will Mr. BLANTON. But it is reported to the House for passage meet the objections of some. . if the substitute is voted down. The original bill would then It occurs to me that it is a proper exercise of the jurL~diction be before the House. We would either have to vote it up or of the Rules Committee to do that for which the Rules 0om- vote it down. mittee exists-to present rules to enable the House to proceed in l\lr. SNELL. Not nece.ssarily. If the substitute is defeated, an orderly way in the situation in which the House ftnds itselt you can go on antl consider the original bill if the House to consider the subject before the House. wnnts to. Mr. CARTER. If the gentleman will yield, the only thing I Mr. POU. . :Mr. Speaker, I ask the gentleman to yield me Bee that the resolution does is not to displace the measure, bnt three minutes. , simply to make the offering of a substitute in orde1• at any time. Mr. SNELL. I yield the gentleman three minutes. l\Ir, WINGO. It makes the substitute in order as an amend· :i\fr. POU. Mr. Speaker, lest by silence my attitude be mis- ment to the bill, which the Rules Committee does quite fre· understood, I avail myself of the brief time yielded to me by quently. If the House does not . want it to be in ordn it can the chairman of the Committee on Rules to say that I am vote it down, but it cnn consider a proposition covering the Rent opposed to this rule, and that I am opposed to this legishl- . Commission and the terms urider which· ·it shall act 'in· the tion. I think the· time has come when the property of the future judgment· of the House. In other words, the rule will people of the District of Columbia should be returned to th~ enable the House to express its judgment·; it may vote it rlown, rightful owners, to be controlled by them \vithou:t further but if it ·wants to consider the amendment it can do so. It i::i iuterference by the Federal Government. [Applause.} l\Iore an a matter of procedure. · · than fi.Ye years have elapsed since the armistice was agreed · The SPEAKER. The Chair is ready to rule. It seems to to. How long is this control of private property in the Dis­ the ·chair, as has been stated by the gentleman from Arkansas trict by the Government to continue? It is now proposed to [M1·. Wn~oo]; that this is one of the functions which the Rules extend the operation of the rent control act for two years, and I Committee is constituted to exercise. It is preparing th~ way predict here anl of the gentleman. from The ~lerk read as follows : Texas against the measure· and in cont:ool o:f the gentleman from .Wisconsin in favor of it. " A.lllendment. oft'ered by Mr, BL.\JSTO~ .na. a. substitute for the amend4 Mr. CHINDBLOl\1. Mr. Speaker, in the event that the gen­ ment offered QY )It, LAMPEU.T: Stdite out ·all after the enacting clause tleman from Texas should yield one-half of his time to the and insert : " It shall be un,lawful f-0r MY eorporation1 ti.rm, or in~ gentleman. from Massachusetts, woo'.ld the gent~man from dividual to enter into or become a party to any contract, agreement, or l\Iassa.chueetts· in turn lmve the right to yield portions -0f his un~~taiWing, Pr in any 1mmp0r ·whatsoever tQ corrfederate, combine, time? er act with another -0r others, f1>r ,the pu.rpo.se all{} with, ~he design of The SPEAKER. He would not ; except by unanimous con- lessenipg <>r preventing, or t~n~ng to ~sse1' of preY.ent, fu,ll and free ~~ ; . competitiQn ill the renting Qf real estate, 01· to 11~ l"ents within the l\lr. UNDERHILL. I want that to be provided for. Dlstrlc~ , of Cwumbia. , " SEC. 2. Any corporation, firm, or individual convicted of violating T.he SPEAKER. The Ohair suggests it wou1d1 be better to make a unanimous-consent request. the provisions e punh1hed by a 1lne of not less than J\Ir. BLANTON. r ask unanimous consent, Mr. Speaker, that $.50 nor m.or~ than $i)q0, o-r I~ . imp-ris1>nm1>n1; not le&f! than 30 days nor I l>e permitted to yield bnlf my time to •the gentle~an ·from more tba.n one< year, or both such flue ll!lld imprisonlllent." Massachusetts [Mr. U.rrnnHILL] and that he may. yield to l\Ir. LA1\1PEHT. Mr. Chairman, I yield 10 minutes 'to the others. gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG]. . The SPEAKER. The gentleman .from Ohio [Mr. BEGG] h&d l\Ir. BEGG. l\Ir. Chairman and memhers of the committee, better make· his original request. · ·r simply want to make an obf'lervation l;>efore starting wlth a :Mr. BEGG. Mr. Sp@'llker, I tnalte the unanimous-consent re~ brfet discussion of what I think the debate wm· hinge around quest that the time a~ainst U1e measure be in c;ontrol of the to-day, namely, the eft'.ect of the decision. of the Supreme Court. gentleman from Texas [Mr. BLANTON] and the gentleman from The argument was oft'.erecl tlle 'other doy that· the eperation I Massachusetts equally, and that the time in favor of the reso­ of the rent law; increased the rents and made rents higher than l 1tttlon be In the control of the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. if we b~d no ' 'rent laW. Now, I just want to subµiit' to the I LAMPERT). cbmmon: reason of all the Members of the H'6nse that lf 'that The SPEAKER. Is tlrere objeetion to the gentleman's re- were true, it woµld seetn · ~athet· out of the ordinary to have all ' que!!t? the tenants, generally' ~~ing ! in fi\,vor . of the Rent Com­ There was no objection. , ' 11 ~issiqn a,nd have f\.11 the op.position to' this ~aw , coiue from the 1 sf • _ The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion df the gen- renting or the landlord de of ii:. ' ' 1 1 tleman from Wisconsin that the House resolve itself into Com· Now, it would se~m to me that tlle '.mere st.ate.mept of that 1 mittee of the Whole Hduse on the ~ate ot the {Jµfon. • ·· ought tq, be re\luttnl , enough to aJ?.Y' _' argu~e..Dt q1at ,m·gQt be Themot;lon was agreed' to, ~ade tb.~t the rent law. dpes no~ fu.,nction; It t!1e rent law 'does ' Th,e SPEAKER. The gentleman from Illinois [l\lr. Gru.H'A:M:) :µot function, then why dq the, t~na,uts want it a.nil the land· I wtll please take tile chair, lords want .it revealed q~ .)filled? , ' ' '~ , ' , . . Accordingly tlie. House resolved itself into Committ~ of the :Mr. SPROUL of Iilin · ~ good friend. mission. as' a~ il,ldepeµdent establishment of the ,Federal Gov­ Mr. SPROUL of Illinois, I thi.DJr the gentlemau J-s ~istakeq ernment, to regulate reht.s of the t>lstrict of dolumbia, with Mr. in saying that the tenants want this law continued. . GRA.llilit ot Illinois 1n the chair. ' · Mr. BEGG. ~n a general sen~ ,l ·used that ~xp.ressk>.n • . The' OBAIRMAN: Tlle ''.House is i'D. Co'inmittee of the' Whole Mr. .SPROVL, ot, Illipojs.., NQt gw:ie1·ally.. , 1 1 House on the state of the·tJ'nion·:ror th~ further consider,aUon Of l1r. BEGG. I can not yield further. · · ., · / the bill H. R. 79.62, which the Clerk WIJ,l report by title.' ' .The Y tQ.at pqurt ls interei;tiµg ~tselt!, whan1 .appealed clause and insert in lieu thereof the ffillowing : to, as to wh~ther or not , t.h~ legislative body has ex~cled . -i~ " That it la hereby declare~ tha.t the em~rgfncy .deJicribed in Title II right to legislate , in , vi~latio.o. of. tb~ Cpnstltutim;i. un~.r ·, t~ of the food control and the Di.itr~ct rents act sUll exists and «On1;1nueJJ emergency whlch, il.CCOJ;dIP~ to ,my belief, msolely Of le~slati VQ ln the District of Columbia, and that; the present bousln.g an~ rental jurisdiction anp: function. . . , . · · ,1 '. , couditiollS tb.erfU. require the further extenaion of the prevlsiops of Mr... l\.LADDEN. Mr. Ohairmant ·Will the gentlem,an yield for such title~ ' a single question? I • , , ' '' Sze, 2. That Title II of the food contxol and tJle District ()f Mr. BE(;G. l can not yi~l

amended., approved May 22, 19~2.' Mr. MADDEN. l'bere~ore the1 gentlem~ can l\Ot yield: ••SBC. 3. Tbat subdivision (a) of se~tion 102 ot the tood control 8.lld · Mr. BEGG.. Now tbe Supreme Oou.rt hM Ml4 r~pea.te~•7. the District of Co.l.umbia rents act, as amended by section ~ of ii~~ tllat a legi~latm·e in u. St;ate has a rjght to determine · ~<), ~

·"I:" ''·l 1924 CONGRESSIONA..L ·RECORD-· HQUSE ' 7377; certain, .and that the statement by the legislature that an l\Ir. KUNZ. Will fqe gentleman yield? emergency does exist is bona fide, and they have so held re­ - Mr. BEGG. I can not yield. peatedly in cases to which .I will call attention of the com: From what examination has been given· to this subject, it appears mittee. And I um going to show further that what the Supreme that whether a statute ls constitutional or not is always a · question Court of the United States has held as being within the of power. jurisdiction and power of the legislative body· as to a State lies more powerfully with the National Congress in its juris­ That is the Supreme Court. Does any man maintain that diction over the District of Columbia, because the power of this Congress does not have the powe~ to extend a law that it the Congress over the District is even greater than the power itself has passed and that the Supreme Court has held constitu­ of the legislature over a State; and if the Supreme Court has tional? Certainly the gentleman from Kansas, who made such held, as I will point out to you, continuously, regarding the a blustery speech the other day vn the fifth amendment to the action of the legislature of a State, who is there among the Constitution, would not care to put himself in the ridiculous eminent lawyet·s in this House that wants to hazard his repu­ position of saying that the Congress has not the power to do tation as a lawyer by saying that the Supreme Court will what it did do and that which the court maintained. oYerride the findings or.fact? I submit that the mere declara­ Oh, men, it is time we got a little reason, and it is time we tion of this body is an ascertainment of a fact, even though got a little bit of good sense into some of our practices and we err on the side of truth, and that the only ground that the some of our arguments on the fioor instead of attempting to Supreme Court has as to the overthrowing of a fact regarding win by sarcasm and satire. the emergency by the National Congress would be on the bona They must assume that legislative discretion bas been properly exer­ fide submission of evidence of fraud or some wrongdoing on cised. If evidence was required, it must be supposed that it was the part of the legislature coming to that decision on the find­ before the legislature when the act was passed. ings of fact as to the emergency. And not before the Supreme Court of the United States. Now, when the Supreme Court, in the case of Block v. Hirsh Now, then, it says: (256 U. S. p. 135) held the rent act of October' 22, 1919, constitutional and valid it necessarily d.ecided that when And although it bas sometimes been urged­ the same or similar conditions exist, either of a temporary or It does not say held- pern,rnneut nature, the Congress has the constitutional right at the bar that the courts ought to inquire into the motives of the to pass that kind of a law. Ccl'tainly nohody '''ill maintain legisln tur·e. that the Supreme Court has ·a right to challenge the finding of the Congress on any fact. And so forth. Suppose that because we declare an emergency exists the But remember, men, that the precedents have always held Supreme Court overturns that finding? Su1111ose that the that the legislative body ha.cl the power to ascertain the factN. Natioual Congress and the Chief Executive fint1 that· there is Now, in Fletcher v. Peck (10 U. S.), in Ex pa.rte l\IcCardJe aµ emergency of war already in progress? S0111eb<~dy could (74 U. S.), in Doyle v. Co.ntiuental Insurance Co. (94 U. S.), carry an uppeal of that finding of the fact to the Supreme Court and in Powell v. Pennsylvania ( 127 U. S.), the position I am of the Uuitecl States and there would be precedent for that taking on tlle floor this afternoon has been sustained, namel;r, court to rule that the Congress had made a mistake in the find­ that tbe Congress has the power to ascertain the facts of an ing of ·the fact that there was a national calamity or a war emergency, and any other po~ition is not only hazardous but agaiust this great domain. Personally I am not a bit ernbar­ any other poRitiou than that ls dangerous to the future welfare rus::->e,il nor worried that the Supreme Court will overrule the of the American Govel'Ilment. finding of the fact. They did uphold the constitutionality of l\Ir. KUNZ. Will the gentleman yield? this law during an emergency and I will guess they will uphold Mr. BEGG. I can not yield. Now, then, there are other cases where the same principle is involved and those cases it a second time so far as any facts are furnished them. ~·egard­ iug the violation of the Constitution In the passage thereof. have the approval of the Supreme Court. In the case of Now, I would like to emphasize that in the finding of that . l\Ioeschen v. Tenement House Department and Jacorson v. opiu'on tllere was no decision contrary to the finding of that Massachusetts (197 U. S.) the court sustained a law com­ fact by the Supreme Court, and l\Ir. .Justice l\IcKenna, in de­ pelling vaccination. 'l'he same principle was at stake men livering his dissenting opinion, assents to the view and uses the and it was held in eYe.ry single instance by the Supreme' Court following language : that the jurisdictiQn of the court did not extend far enough-- T?e CRAIB.MAN. The time of the gentleman has again If this (the rent act) can be made to endure tor two years, it can expired. be made to endure tor more. l\Ir. LAMPERT. I yield the gentleman five minutes more. Acting upon this constitutional right, the Congress, by act of The CHAIRMAN. The. geµtleman is recognized for fiye August 24, 1921, first extended the rent act for seven months, additional minutes. and hy the act of l\Iay 22, 192"2, extended it for two more years­ Mr. BEGG. That the jurisdiction of the court did not extend that is, to l\fay 22, 1924. far enough to find out whether or not there was·an epidemic of The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman has expired. smallpox, but that it lies solely within the legislative wwer l\lr. I..AMPERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield the gentleman five of the State to ascertain the facts, and the mere statement minutes more. that the . health and general welfare of the State at large was The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Ohio ts recognized menaced unless the children were vaccinated was sufficient. for five additional rnluutffi. The Supreme Court upheld that decision and said the State l\Ir. BEGG. Now, iu the case 9f United States v. Des legislature had the right to compel the vaccination of the Moln~ ~avlgation f'o. (142 U. S. 510) the court, speaking children. through .M:r. Jnstke Harlan, at page 543, said: Now, in the case of Holden v. Hardy (169 U. S. 891) the That net is. beyond chnll<'nge. <'ourt su~tained a law of Utah prohibiting laborers from work­ ing more than eight hours a day. Why, men, it a legislature Now, I wish yon would get this, you members of the commit­ can preYent an adult man from ·working more than eight hours tee who are going to nrgue the question of constitutionality. a day, even though he enters into a contract so to do and it The knowledge and good faith of a legislature-­ a legislature can stop that on the ground that the 'general Which was a State institution- welfare of the whole people and the morals of the State' are greater than individual rights, where do you have a leg to are not open to question. stand on when you-say the Supreme Court will not sustain the Mr. CARTER. What was the question there? finding of a fact by this body that an emergency does exist. l\Ir. DEGG. The question as to whether the Supreme Court Also, my friends, the case of Gardner v. Michigan ( 199 U. S. contd take cognizance of the finding of the fact· of the emer­ 323), citing with approval Du Pont v. District of Columbia (20 g.ency. App. D. C. 177), involving criminal municipal regulations is clearly in point. ' It ts conclusively presumed that a legislature nets with full knowl­ A l_ot has twen said about private property. Now, get this de­ edge and in good faith. It is true the bill alleges that its passage cision of the Surweme Court, involving criminal municipal was induced by the navigation company, by false repre8entation.s and regulation, .providing for the removal of garbage, even though threats of suits; but such an allegation nmount.s to nothing. the garbage had a practical, pecuniary value to the owner So says the Supreme Court. It was argued before the court thereof. that the law .was passed through fraudulent means and not in :(f anything I have on my premises has a financial value to good faith, yet the Supreme Court says it is not within its me, if that is not private property, then you can not estahlish province to take notice even of that kind of a charge. private property umler the laws of the United States, and yet 7378 CONGRESSIONAL ·RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 28 the Supreme Court held in a ease involvfng criminal llablllty These show that the C()urt may ascertain. as lt sees ftt any tact that that it was not the province of the Supreme Court to ascer­ 1& merely' a, ground ffn layl:D.&' down a rule -of law, and it the question tain the faet as to whether or not the declaration in the law '\tere onlJ' whether the statute is in furce to-day, upon t.he facts that that it was a pulsance to let this man continue to own that we judicially know we should be compelled to sn7 tha.t tbe law has garbage and keep it on the back of his premises was true. oea1ed to operat:AJ. The Supreme Court again held that the general welfare of the What ln.w? '.rhe very law they are talking about reenacting whole people was greater than the individual rights in private here to-day. Let us see if they agree with my friend, the property of any single individual, and that case in polnt is gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG]~ !urther on: more identical with the present situation than any of the cases cited, and every one of them BlIStains the position which the Here, however, 1t is material to kno\v the condition of Washington gentleman from Ohio takes. at different dates in the past. Obviouely the ta.ct.s should be accn- In conclusion, I want to leave this for my concluding thought rately ascertained and carefully weighed, and this can be done more with yon. Every one ot . these cases, practically, has been a conveniently in the Supreme Court of the District than here. The State case. I made the statement a while ago that tbe evidence should be preiterved so that if necessary it can be considered National Congress had greater power over the District of by this court. • Columbia trum did any State legislature over its own State. According to th~ arguments you just listened to, the courts Let us rend that part of the Constitution: have nothing to do with the facts. The only trouble with that Congress shall have power • • •. 17. To exercise exclusive leg- argument was that it is in direct confilct with the decisl-OD of islation in all cases whatsoever over such District (not exceeding 10 the Supreme Court. The only trouble with this act is that the miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the accep~ court has said that they judicially :find that on the 21st day of ance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United April that the law ls not in e:trect, and the trouble about re­ states, and to exerelse like authority over all places purchased by the enacting it is that you invite hundreds and hundreds of law­ consent of the legislature of the Stnte in which the same shall be for suits, eveey one of which will be decided against the Govern­ the erection of forts, magazin~s • .arsenals, dock yards, and other need- ment by the court upholding itsel!, and the United States Gov- ful buildings. ernment pays 40 per cent of the expenses of those cases. I say to you that this legislation is unfair to the renter. It I want to submit to you that if you want to be guided by is unfair to the people of the District, and It ls unfair to the precedents of the Supreme Court of the United States, I Congress to ask tJ.s to stultify ourselves and pass a law in di­ have cited a dozen where the jurisdiction of the United States, rect con1Uct with the Constitution of the United States after by their own decisions, denies to them the right to inquire 1Jlto the court has said that it would be unconstitutional. tbe finding of the fact on which an act is passed. They decided this matter on the 21st day of April. What has If this Congress should fail to incorporate in this bill the hn·ppened since? Has there been any emergency since? I statement that there was an emergency here growing out of do not believe any man that is versed in law will argue that the 'the war, I would concede the argument immediately, but if we Supreme Court has not told us to not pass these laws, not to cit.e. incorporate 1n this legislation that statement, that a national' these facts and ask them to be bound by it. I think that is emergency in housing 1n the District does exist as a result ot the province of the court and that we can pot make an emer­ the war, I will prophesy that ·the Supreme Court will never gency by simply declaring that one do.es exist. [Applause.] inquire into the findi:p.g o! the fact. [Applause.] T}le CHAIRMAN. The time ot the gentleman :tro~ Kansas Mr. UNDERHILL. l\fr. Chairman, I yield five minutes to· has e:q>lred. the gentleman from Kansas [1\fr. TINCHER]. Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman, I -yield three minutes. Mr. TINCHER. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the com- to the gentleman :fl-om Indiana [l\Ir. SANDEiis]. inittee, I have no interest in this matter except I think it wolflcl Mr. SANDERS of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I have been op­ be unfortunate if tl;le House of Representatives sl:lould decide posed to the rent law since the emergency has ceased to exist. to follow th-e gentleltlan from Ohio [Mr. Broq] instead of the I have been op_pQsed to it because I did not think that we Supreme Court ~d the la,t. . · have a constitutional right to take over t'he regulation of If h113 legal proposltlons were sound, 1 do not think I wpqld rents except as a war-time powe,r. I 'have been opposed' take the floor this mc;>rninq on this matter. , 1 to ui because I think 'it we did ha.Ye the constitutional right The SttpreJ;D.~ Court has deciqed t'Ws case~ It is all rlght tPJ it: wou?d 'not ·be a wise exercise· 1of that constituttonal -pow.er say that ' the lSs\le w.as n'ot l:>efOr.~ it.. but let us see wJiat the · to interfere in the District of Columbia with the ordinary :fssue was. The owners of the Chast1eton Apartment appeale~ business transaction of renting' buildimgs t., individual tenants, from an ordeJ: of the lowe~ court denying them tll.~ right to any more than I think it would be wise for the States through· challenge the <;onstitutlona.lity of _this a.ct, i)l , ~they; s.ir~ · UP qpt the ~o. UQ..try to ta;k:e taat socialisti-Q.coJJ,rser 1in ~ling with there was no emergen0lgm, .'i>~ tiw SJ.lbj~ct ao_Q !18.¥, said that .in ltf pp~on oplnl~on 1 W,>~Oldi~ the ~'nst~tuti9naijty o~ th~ Jf4.W • . T~e ...coµrt the emergency has passed, and it _seems to me it woµ.14 be reversed the c~e and sent !t back and dttected the· lo)Ver court utter ·folly and w9u4l throw t;he . whoi~ thing- into· :eh~os . "nd tb inqhire into the facts. What facts? As to whetllelj ~n con!Q.slon if w~ r~port and pass as. a vaWl law whQ.t we. lcnow .' epierq-. ~cy a.ctu.al,l.y e.xisteP. ~ 1 is an invalid la'f.; ,, TWs bill sbpUid ... h_, die,feat,d,. ieu~tute ,1\Ir. BLANTO;N. Jn, 1922. t! ; .....1.. • J 1 , 1 , and all. [Applause.] . , . . . Mr. T~HER. :. Ye~; i1i :J.9~~. 'Now, wba,t aQ tbrey say The CHAIRl\IAN. The trme of the gentleman'. ' has 'E!Xi;}ired. 1 a'bo~ Uie emergen~Y . orl t:tl.e 21~t ot April, 192.f.? l do .IlQF1 want .l\ir, BLANTON. .Mn., ,Chairman, I ask. unanimous consent you 'to' folto\V · th~ great lawyer-~att\e-raiser-ifnd-so-f.o~th l\!r. to extend my rellUl.rk.s in. tlle REVORD~ . · 1 ' J;lEGG, of Oblo, unless M fs 1n accord witll the COl,lrt. The CHAIRMAN. The g~Ji.tleman from 'I,'~~as a-s,ks nnaai- 1\fr. ABF..R,NET.HY. l\fi'. Qha.lrmJUJ., I . rai~ · ~ point of <>roer. mous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD. Is there ob- I think the gentlema~ in r~!etring t.o the ~entlemaµ fr.om ()bio jection? 1 1 should use the usual parllam.enta,r,y1 'Japguage. , There was no objection. , . , Mr. BLANTON. MX~ Chairman, th~ gentlezna.n hhn~lf said l\.Ir. IlLANTON. ,Mr. Chairman and gentJ~men, the majority ·he was. a class A. hog raiser. of tJ;iis committee has 'uscrci wise judgment in, one 'particular. l\lr, TINCHEil. L do not yield. . They bate chosen as their generalissimo to pass this bill the l\lr. ABE,RNETHY. I r1"ai~ a point of order. I do not think only man in this House who could pass it, who has the abil1ty one Member of the House should refer to another ,Member in· to pass such a bill, and that is our distinguished friend from that way. . , Ohio [Mr. BooGJ. He ls not a member of the District Com­ ~. TINCHER, This is what the court says with reference ~ittee. The majortty o:r that committee €O~d n.ot ftnd on~ et! to their power,. and so forth, to .go into the facts; i.ts own members, I pres:ume, to handle this mtr1eate question, so they sent out and got l\Ir. BEGG, and they g<>t the best We need not inquire how far this court might go in decidi'ng t1'1e ~bllity that was available. He will pass this bill. lf any in.an question for itsel!, on the principles explained- • i.n this House can do it, Mr. BEG.G can perform it. Then the court cltes Prentiis v. Atla.n.i;ic Coast IJ,ne Qo. (2U Bu~ this bill ought not to be passed. Neitber•the1prqppsed. U. S. 210), Gardner v. Bru.'.Iley (6 U.S. 499), and several other Lampert' substitute proposing to extend tbe present ~w two cases, b.nd then says: 1 more years nor the Lampert bill ought to pass. · We ought to t924 OONGRBSSION:AL RE06R. ~HOUS'E

t I . let this -war emergency commission expire May 22, for the •wart It is a matter rat ·pnllUe !JmoWletlge 1tilat •the Gowrnmeu.t Ila• .:on is over. . At4er~.1Jr .dimlJUab.ed . ~t• .dem.n.nd .tor em_pll;>y.ees .that was one oi the The gentl.eman from North Carolina [Mr. 'llAMJ.nm'], when great causes of tbe sudden .a1Hux ot _peqple to Washington, and that .discusging :this --subject :in the REcom> :last iweek, claimed "tha.t other causes have lost at ·1east much of their power. If about all this law is not based upon emergency, ·and -that •the recent de- that remains of war cOlidltlons is the increased cost of living .that is cision of the ·Srupr.eme Court ~ holding tile -aet uncQl18tiW.tional not in _itself a justification of the act. should be dis~arded by -us. And-the oourt .fill)eciflcally 1beld: Likewise the distinguished _gentleman from -Wisconsl11 [Mr. 1f 1t!he 'C(llfftion 'Were ortly Whether the ~tatnte is 1n force ·to-day LAMPEBT], bill, extend author of the proposing •to this ·act tw.o •upon -the facts tllat we 5uiUclally know we should be compelled to say ·more years, claimed the other day that 11U.Ch 11c:t was not based that the law htt!!I ceftsed ·to · openrte. 1.m ''emergency," and I quote from page 6334 his eu.ct ·State­ ment, tow~: But because the .couti held that it was necessary to know whether the emergency existed back .in 1922 it sent the case Another false cry -which bas been raised hi th.at resent time, in that it i::J ·temporary legislation, and shall terminate in two years. .The not in accord .with tbe ,pr-0visions of the Constitution, which foregoing was Title 'II o1' tbe act ·of {)ctobcr 22, '19W, entitled ,prev.ents property from bei{!.g taken .from its lawful Qwner "The food control and the District of Columbia i·entl:s act." without due compensation, except in ..emergencies. And the first section o1' Title I of sal-d .act has ·the lfollowing What is Mr. ILui:Mj!lR ,going to do? What is Mr. Lill:PERT recitation: going to do i And .what are the members of the Rules Com That, l>y reas:On of the existence of a state .of .war, it 1ls .essential to .mi.ttee going .to do? And what is .the Oongress going to do the national seclll'it.Y and defense, for the .SUeeet!Sful prosecuti-0n of the .relative .to i])asaing another emergency .r.ent le.w next .Monday w~. and for the support and maintenanee of th~ .Army aud Nnvy, t-0 when f foods, feeds, wearing ·apparel; contninel'S primarily ~! the •Qll<'stion -were orfly whether ·the ~statute ts in force to-day designed or intended for containi.Qg foods, feeds, or fertlllz.er.s; tuel, upn that a establish and .maintain governmental control of such necessaries during war emergency still exists on :April .28, 1924, and that it will the war. ·For such purposes the insh•umentalities, means, methods, continue to exist until May .22, 1926, when the war has been powers, authorities, duties, obligations, and prohibitions hereinafter over since November ·11, 1918, and the Supreme Court solemnly set forth are created, estllblisbed, confen-ed, and prescribed. held only last Mondaj that its nine members j.udicially know that such le.gisl.ative declaration is not true, and that they Now, keep in mind that the .above act became effective 'Octo­ would be compelled to s&-Y that the .law is unconstitutioual ber :22, 1919, nearly a year after the armistice, yet nevertheless and not ·operative? it was a war emergency measure just the -same, and specifically WH..\T THl!l SDl'REMJC coua:r JUDIOIALLY K~OWS declared to be a war emergency. And when Congress last extended this act ·to i\:lay 22, 1924, by dt knows that the war .is ovier; that 1the armisti£e was the act "Of May 22, 1922, it specifically rectted 1n that act: signed on November 11, 1918; that practically atl of the war -laws have been !l'epealey must get back to ·nOJ.'Illalcy of tbe food control and the District of COlumbia rents act still exists that this was an emergency law; that .thie •wat:i ..a temporary and .continues in the District of Columbia, and that the pres.ent ]lousing law so

I quote the following from our recent hearings: taln number of ther;

1 apartmellt', 32r5 O· Street, 5 rooms and1 bat?L-______:__ $35. 00 4l'l8 Ml lttn>ett SW;, 8 rooms ll.nd

"Apartment 108, the. Ambassador, Sixteenth and S Streets, 8 Mr. DEAN. How many vncnnt apartments have you for rent at rooms, reception ball, bath, and porch, $75." present? This is a fireproof butlding, contalnjng 2 eleYators, where telephone Mr. BOWLI:so. Forty. service is supplied to the tenants. Mr. DEAN. You have 40 npartmcnts vacant? What do those ap.irt· "Apartment 301, the Ambassador, 2 rooms, reception hall, and ments rent for? bath, $62.50. Mr. BOWLING. They vary from $50 to $100-from $40 up to $10(). "Apartment 803, the Ambassador, 1 room and bath, $47.50. "Apartment 402, the Ambassador, 2 rooms, reception hall, and I quote the following from l\lr. McKeever's testimony: bath, $65. New apa1·tment1 "The Ricanlo, apartment 1, 4 rooms, bath, and porch, $110." These apartments arc new and have never been occupied. The build· Apart­ fng was finished about three months ago. Ready- Location, owner, and description ments "Apartment 6, the Ricardo, 5 rooms, bath, and porch, $185. "ApaL·tment 41, the Ilicardo, 4 rooms, bath, and porch, $1115. May 1 •• - ••••••• : •. 21 C Street NW., F. S. Haskins·--·------112 The next lrnlldlng is a high-class building, with large apartment 1 room and bath, $40 to $60; 2 rooms, kitchen, units, that ls also new and never has been occupied : and bath, $75. 1uly 1••••.••••••.•. 1317-23 Connecticut--.A venue ____ -···-··--··--·-- __ 8 ''Apartment 1, 2500 Massachusetts A>cnue NW., 10 rooI!ls, 4 2 and 3 rooms, $65. baths, and garage, $250. Apr. 1. ••.••••.••••. 921-23 Nineteenth Street NW., Howard Etchison. 7 "Apartment 4, 2500 Massachusetts Avenue NW., 10 rooms, 4 2 and 3 rooms and bath and kitchen, $55 to $75 per month. baths, and garage, $300. 1une L------·· 3016-30 Porter Street, M. R. & B. Warren ______72 "Apartment 212, 3800 Fourteenth Street NW., 6 rooms, 2 3 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $65 per month; baths, inclosed porch, $125. 4 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $75 per month. Aug.1 •••••••••.••• 2630 Adams Mill Road, Howard-Etchison ______36 "Apartment 8, 1829 G Street NW., 5 rooms and bath, $50. 3 and 4 rooms and kitchen and bath (prices "Apartment 1, 3801 Macomb Street, 6 rooms, bath, and not fixed). 2500 Second Street NE., J.B. Shapiro ______.______garage, $150. July 6 1 L---··--·----- 3 rooms, kitchen, and bath (price not fixed) . " Apartment 2, 3801 Macomb Street, 4 rooms, bath, and porch, Oct. 1•••••••••••••• Thirteenth and Buchanan Streets, J.B. Shapiro .• 8 ,90. a, 4, and 5 rooms, kitchen, and bath (price not "Apartment 44, the 01Jservatory, 5 rooms and bath, $65. fixed). May 1----·--·---·· 1701 Lanier Place, M. R. & B. Warren •• ______80 "Apartment 401, Florence Court W, 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath, 3 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $65; 4 rooms, ,50. • kitchen; and bath, $75. "ApartmPnt 8, 3801 Macomb Street NW., 4 rooms, bath, and Aug. 2901 Connecticut Avenue, Kennedy Bros .•••••••• 69 1------······­ 1 to 6 rooms (price not fixed). garage $90." Mayl ••••.•••••••. 1818 Vernon Street NW.t E.G. Walker ...••.••••• 15 The three apartments to follow are apartments to become available 2 rooms, kitchen, ana bath; a rooms, kitchen, shortly: and bath $55 to $67 .50. Jan. (1925) ••••• ---- Nineteenth and R Streets NW., Howard Etchison. " Apartment 4, the Myrene, 6 rooms, batll, aud porch, $55. 6 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $150. "Apartment 83, 2301 Connecticut Avenue NW., 5 rooms, re· June L •...•••..•... 1321 M Street, H. R. Howensteln -----·-·--···--· ceptlon room, 2 baths, and porch, $150 (March 1, 1924). 1 room kitchen, and bath; 2 rooms, kitchen, and 1oath $50 to $75 per month. "Apartment 303, 1302 Eighteenth Street NW., 7 rooms, 8 bathe, May 1-•• ·······--- 2526 Q Street NW., Harry Kite·-----··------· 22 $250 (April 1, 1924).'' 2, four-room, d/a, kitchen and bath, and The ones that I first read are all nctnnlly vacant now nucl all a.re porches, $125; 12, 2-room, k, d/a, and bath, $50 per month; 3-room, as above, $72.50. vacant except these three. Aug. 1 ••••••••••••• 2520 Q Street NW., Harry Kite . .••••••••••••••••• 22 Furnished apartments, now vacant : Arranged as above. " Apartment 41, bachelor, 2 rooms and bath, with service, _,100. Oct. 1•••••••••••••• 2516 Q Street NW., Harry Kite.•.•••••••••••••••• 22 Arranged as above. "Apartment 315, 3800 Fourteenth Street, 3 rooms and bath, July Sixth and A Streets S.E., Harry Kite._------20 1nclosed porch, $115. 1--·--·-----·- 1 room, k, and d/a, and bath, $45 per month. "Apartment 316, 8800 Fourteenth Street, 3 rooms and bath, 0ct. 1•••••••••••••• No. - New Hampshire Avenue NW., Victor 72 O&.hlll. - inclosed porch, $95. 1 and 2 rooms, with kitchen and bath, 'to rent "Apartment 7, 2500 Massachusetts Avenue, 10 rooms, 4 baths, Do. ______from $45 to $65 per month. and· garage, $300. No. - Twenty-first Street NW., Victor OahllL .• 8 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $65 per month. " Three four-room houses located on Colonial Terrace, right .Apr. I ...... 1445 Oak Street NW., Charles Segar·------··· 8 across the brJdge in Georgetown, from Rosslyn, that have never 2 rooms, kitchenette, and bath, $62.50 to $65. bee.n occupied, are new, at $60 Rpiece. "No. 1827 Riggs Street NW., 12 rooms and bath, $100." In considering rental values in the District of Columbia we must Percentage of inc·rease 1n cost of 1·1mts froni December, 1914, to Decem­ consider the increased value based upon the cost of reproduction, ber, 19'l3, as compiled by U111ited States Deparlment of Labor, Bureau which ls approximately 100 per cent, the far greater value of the of La~or St<1tistics, for f0Zlo10ing cities ground on which they stand, as shown by the increased tax assess· 71.9 ment, which ls 40 per cent, in confirmation of which I submit the 47.0 following statement of figures secured from the omce of the assessor i~~~~re~a~~=::::::::::::::::::::::::::~====~:::::::::: 71. 8 95.4 of the District of Columbia. 78.7 The increased co.st of production, as shown by the monthly report 1-07. 5 of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics-October, 1923-for ~~~:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 36.4 Jacksonville, Fla ------33.4 the six-room brick house is, on all materials weighted as they go 100.9 into the st~ucture, 103 per cent; for frame houses, 107 per cent; this ~0~bi~~gxr=~-:~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 42.6 fluctuates to January, 1924--general lncrease--to 81 per cent. The 62.4 NorfolkfNew York. Va------­ N. Y------­ 67.0 increased cost of labor as shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Pbllade!f.hia. Pa------66.9 in their monthly report for the years l91l'r-1928, bricklayers, 91 per 31. 7 ~~~l:~d: ~~g:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 42.7 cent; carpenters, 104 per cent; all trades combined, 107 per cent, 86.0 which shows that the increased cost of labor carries on with the in· 47.5 creased cost of materials relatively. l!!tt~~~~:~~=~~~;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 62.9 '\Vasblngton, D. C------84.2 873 APARTMENTS FOR $50 OR LIDSB "The percentage of increase for 32 cities from 1913 to Sep­ Mr. SHEA. We have 721 apartments, 878 of which rent for $50 or tember, 1923, for housing is 66.5 per cent. Therefore, it would less; 216 of which rent for $50 to $715, and 89 of which rent from nppenr that rents in Washington, D. C., with an increase of on)y $75 to $100, and 43 of which rent above $100. That is, 52 per cent 34.2 per cent, are cheaper than of the 32 cities except Portland, rent for $50 or less; 30 per cent rent for between $50 and $75, while Me., and JacksonT111e, Fla., and that the increase is only one-half 12 per cent rent _for between $75 and $100, and 5 per cent rent for of the average for 32 cities." above $100. Mr. HAM.MER. About how many apartments have you for rent? • • • • • Mr. SAUL. We have 494 apartments, and about 40 vacancies. FORTY APABTMIDi"TS VACA:ST l!'OR RE:ST LABOR COST ABOUT 110 PER CENT Mr. DEAN. Have you apartments vacant now? Mr. BOWLING. Yee. l\lr. Harry Wardman. has built in Washington over 4,000 Mr. D•AN. Have you a list of your vacancies? residences and over 300 apartm~nt houses. ·On page 380 of Mr. BoWLINO. I think I have. the hearings he testified that the labor cost went as high ag .t Mr. DllA.N. Do you df>al in all cla88ea of real estate? 57 ·per cent of· the cost ot the 'building. Ancl Mr. Wardman! '•:· Mr. .HOWLJNG. Yes, sir. whom Chairman Whaley of the Rent C<:>mmission said was 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE absolutely reliable and honest, nssured our committee posi­ Mr. GorBEAU. Up untn Inst Augnst. She is a right slck woman tively that he would eject no tenanr:; for refusing to pay higher and unable to do anything now. rents shoule advanceen't you? l\ir. GoeBF.aU. Yes; but it is no pleasure for me to rent rooms. . Mr. WARDMA~. Yes. It is a great Mcrifice of comfot•t. Mr. BLANTON. You know rentul conditions; you knuw property us Mr. llLA.XTO~. But you get $G::i back. well as any man in Washington? Mr. GooBF.A.U. Very likely.

Mr. WABDMAN. I think so. EXCERPTS FRO~I MUS. WHITE'S TESTIMONY Mr. BLANTON. When you bought that Berne apartment you knew whnt the tenants were paying? Mr. HAl\U!F.R. What tlo you pay? Mr. WARDMAN. Yes. I knew all about that. Mrs. WHITE. $60. Mr. BLANTOX. You knew if you were going to increase their rentals Mr. HA11r11rnr.. Do ~·on rent to anj·body else? ;you were going to have trouble, didn't you? Mri;:. WHITE. I rent one room. Mr. WARDMAN. Why, I didn't really expect to have any trouble with l\Ir. I1.u1MER. What do you get for that? them. Mri;:, WHITE. $35. Mr. HAMi\IER. Do you furnish it? Mr. BLANTON. But you knew what th<'y had been payi.1.11; fot• tbe la:;t 10 years? · Mrs. -n·Hl'.l'E. Yes, sir. Mr. HAMMER. And pny for the gas nnd light? Mr. W'ARD~IAN. Yes; and 1 knew the return the man who owned the Mrs. WRITE. And the washing and laundry, the upkeep of the apartment was getting. That was prnctically nothing. When he room, and all those things. paid the interest on the mortgage and the taxes there waR scarcely Mr. HAllnn:R. How long have you been there? anything lert. He got disgusted and let the buildi11g gv at a sacrifice. Mrs. WIIITE. Seven years. Mr. BLANTON. And you thought there would be a clumce to tnke Mr. IIA l\Ill1ER. What dirl you pay prior to 1920? over the building and increase the rentals aud make money, didn't Mrs. WH£TE. From 1917 to 1920 we 11aid $47.50. you? Mr. BLAYTO:S-. I suggest that the lady be seated, She does not Mr. WA1tDMAN. I took it over to put it on a business basl11. have to stand. Rememl>er that Mr. Wllaley, chairman of tlle Uent Commts­ Mr. II.uarnr.. Did you recelv.e any notice of increased rent? sioi.i, testified that Mr. Harry Wardman was one of the most ! Mrs. WHITE. Yes; I recerred one from Mr. Wardman. I have it responsible realtors in ·washing-ton, th~t ,he had impJidt con­ if you would like to see it. fidence in him, and that Mr. Wardman bad been be.fore the Mr. Br.Axrox. She can just tell what the increase was. commission time and again, and · the~· had found him Rl>solutely Mr. H\e\lDIEn. What was the increase? honest and straightforward in his testimony, which was that of Mrs. WHll'E. To $80. a man in whom he had eYery confidence. Mr. BLANTON. Yon have bt>en there how long? l\1r. Wardman found out that suites in the New Berne were Mt·s. WIIITE. Seven years. renting for only $12.50 per room. ancl be knew that such suites Mr. IlLAXTOX. You and your daughter? of like standard had had a mu('h larger rental adjudged to them Mrs. WHITE. Yei;i, sir. by the Uent Commission, and he knew that he could safely l\lr. BLAXTO::-<. You have four rooms and kitchen? raise such rents up to the amom1ts fixed by sucl• decisions, so Mrs. WHITE. Yes, sir. . he bought the New Berne with the express intention and pur­ Mr. BLAYTON. Four i·ooms besides your kitchen? pose of raising the rents just as high as the decisions of the I Mrs. WHITE, Yes, Ril'. Rent Commission would RuthorJze. Now I quote from the Mr. BLAXTo-s. Anrl you have a bath? hearings excerpts from the testlmonY: of New Berne tenants: 1 Mrs. Wnru:. Yes, sir. MR, LOUIS GOUBl!lAU EXCERPTS FROIU MRS. KENNllDY'S TESTIMONY Mr. GoenEAU. My wife and myselt. Four rooms, bath, and kitchen. l\Ir. RAMMER. llow many in your family? Mr. HAMMER. What do you pay? Mrs. KEN.SEDY. I am the only one. Mr. GoOBEAU. $60 at the present time. I came in when they made Mr. IIAMMER. You live at the New Berne? the raise three years ago last July. Mrs. KEx;-;EDY. Yes, sir. Mr. IIAM!IIER. Han you received notice to increase your rent? Mr. II.AMMER. How long have you lived there? Mr. GounEAU. Yes, sir. Mrs. KEXNEDY. Ten years in October. Mr. IIAMMER. How much? Mr. IIAMMl!IR. How many rooms do you occupy? Mr. GOGBEAU. From $60 to $80. Mrs. KENNEDY. Four rooms, kitchen, and bath. l\lr. BLANTON. Did I understand you to say you had !our rooms, Mr. IIun1ER. You pay what? kitchen, and bath? Mrs. KENNEDY. On the fifth tloor, $70. Well, I pay for the phone, Mr. GOUBEAU. Yes, sir. too. Mr. BLANTON. You are working tor the Government? Mr. IIAMMl!lB. How many rooms do you rent out? Mr. GOUBEAU. Yes, sir. Mrs. K&NNEDY. I rent out three. Mr. BLA.""iTON. What salary do you receive? Mi-. HAMMER. What do you get for them? . Mr. Goumuu. I work at night, and I receive approximately $2,500, l:lrs. KENNllDY. I get $40, $30, and $25. Mr. BLANTON. $2,500? Mr. BLANTON. You are ·paying $70 and you are getting back $9o! Mr. GoUBEAU. Yes, sir. Mrs. KENNEDY, Well, I pay $5 for my phone. I pay $7CS reall7. Mr. BLANTON. Does your wife WOl'k? Mr. BLANTON. But you use the phone, do you not? Mr. GOUBEAU. No, sir. :Mrs. KBNNEDY. Yes, sir. Mr. BLANTON. She has no position? Mr. BLANTON. You get $u worth a month out of the phone? I pa7 Mr. GoenEAl". No, slr. $5 for my phone, Mr. BLANTOS. Has she ever had a position? Mrs. KsN~EDT. Well, that goes Into the rent, does 1t not, $75? .·. Mr. GOUBEAU. Yes, sir. Mr. BLANTON. WeJJ, you pay $7~. and ,et back $95? Mr. BLAXTON. She bas had a position in the Government? llt"s. KmNNEDY. Yes, elr. .7384 OONGRESSIONAL RECORD-ROUSE APRIL 28

DCDPT5 l'ROll TESTIMOMY O• Mi81 M.Al.001' Mrs. Gull.us. Yes, I came in from tbie do1lntry and put ~ little Miss MA.LONEY. Maloney. pl lb school. • • • Mr. HAlllMtta. Row mllny in your family? Mr. BLANTON. You have no connectlo.n with the Governm.-nt at oll? Miss MA.LONEY. Two; my father and myself. Mrs. GBAHAV. No. Mr. HAMMER. You live where! Mr. BL.L~TON. You just like to live In Washington? Miss MALONEY." Apartment 43, the New Berne. Mrs. GllAllAH. No, I am not employed. My llttle daughter is at Mr. HAMMER. What floor! school here and I am trying to make a home. Miss MALONEY. The fou'tth ftoor. Mt. BLANTO~. nut yon like Wal!!liington and you llke to llve beret Mr. HAMMl!la. How many rooms! Mrs. GRAHAM. I ·have lived here sin~ I was married. Miss MALONEY. Five rooms and bath. • • • Mr. BLANTON. What is your native State? Mr. HAMMER. You pay about what rentl Mrs. GBAlUH. I came from Maryland. Miss MA.LOXEY. $60. Mr. BLA~TON. You prefer to Uvt! in Washington and send your Mr. Ha101u. Increaai.Dg it to 'tVhatt daughter to school and give her the advantages of the city! Miss MALONEY. $80. M:rs. GRAHAM. Yon see I would like to keep her with her grandfather. Mr. BLANTON. You Jlave been in this apartment how long? t:Ier grandfather is a physician and has been practicing here over ~O Miss MALONEY. I think 1t is 16 years. years, and it means a great deal to him and for her. Mr. BLANTON. Sixteen years! Mr. BLANTON. He ls living with you? Mfsa M..u.onY. Yes air. Mrs. GRAHAM. No, not with me, but near me. Mr. BLANTON. How much did you pay there durlDg the war 1ear, Mr. BLANTON. He ls living near you? say April, 1917 7 Ml's. GRAHAM. Yes, &ir. Mln MALONJJY. l think it was $47.50. EXCERPTS FROM TESTIMONY O!' MRS." MA~st'lllLD Mr. BLANTON. Since 1920 you have beea paying $60! Miss MALONEY. $60. Mr. HAMMER. How many rooms do you occupy' have four rooma, kitchen, bath. Mr. BLANTON. And you have five rooms and bath 1 Mrs. MANs1rii!lt..o. I and Miss MALONEY. Yes, sir. Mr. HAMMER. What do you pay? Mr. BLANTON. Occupied by two people? Mrs. MANSFIELD. I am paying now $60. Miss MALONEY. Yes, sir. 'Mr. HAMMER. You sublet two rooms for how much? Mr. BLANTON. You will pardon a personal question, but do you blind Mrs. MANSFIEr.D. I get $30 for one. and I can only rent the other stating what salary you get? one part of the time, and I get $25. But I have not had that rented Miss l!ALONJDY. I get $1,740. very often. In fact, I ought to have that for myselt and my (laughter Mr. BLANTON. $1,740? to live decently, but I have to rent It. Miss MALONEY. Yes, sir. Mr. BLANTON. Are toh employed by the Government? Mr. BLANTON. And your father Is a retired employee! He has Ills Mrs. MANSFIELD. No, sir: I am not employed at all, just to tuke retirement pay? care of the apartment, and I do sewing wh11tever turre I ean. Miss MALONEY. Yes, ab. Mr. BLANTON. Your daughter is going to school? Mr. BLANTON. What 18 the amount of hl1 retirement pa'? Mrs. MANSJl"llOLD. She la 16 years old. Miss UALONmY. $60 a month. Mr. BLANTON. And going to school? Mr. BLANTO!IJ. Your aunt stayed with you? Mrs. MANSFIRLD. And gofng to -school. Miss MALONmY. Yes, sir. Mr. BLANTON. You are educating her here fn Wal!lbtngton t Mr. BLANTON. And sbe was working for the Government? Mrs. MANlnl'IELt>. Yea, sir. Miss MALONEY. Yes, sir. Mr. BLANTON. Washington is quite a desirable t>la.ce to edllond floor. Miss HAJ\DIETT. Yes; to $00. Mr. HAMllEn. How many rooms have you? Mr. BLANTON. During the 17 years that you have been there, you Mrs. GRAHAM. We caU it ftTe N()mB, four l'Oom• yd kltdlen and have been reasonably gatl~ed? bath, or five room'S and bath. Miss HAMMETT. Yes; but not always with tile 8&"Vlce. Mr. IIA.llMER. What do yott pay' Mr. BLANTON. Have you ever renred· out more than one room? Mrs. GRAHAM. I pay $60 now. )fies HAIDl:E'1'T. Ye8, sir. Kr. H.unn:a. Ha•e you re~ived any nottcer Mr. BLANTON. How many? Mr& GR.AH.Alt. I received a notice for •so. • • • Miss HAMlIETT. Two, since my father's death. Mr. BLANTON. Yo:u ha"fe been there how Jona t Mr. BLANTON. What did you ~~ve for tbe two7 Mrs. GR.ilUM. Well, we went there when the hollse was· fttllt btdlt. Miss HunrnTT. $:W for one and $35 for the otMr. Mr. BL.a.M'l'Oll. Ill 1900? Mr. BLANTON. That was $65, and ~ are paying $70! Mrs. GRAHAM. Yes, sir; • • •. Miss HAMMETT. Yes, sir. Mr. SZ..l"'l'ON.. Were you Mre during the war period from April, Mr. BLANTON. So, not ieonstdering O"ferbead expensts- 1917-- Miss IlAM.&IETT. It is not rented now. I have only· ODe rented nciw. •I• 1924 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE 7385

Mr. BLANTON. But you could rent two? are rent payers, demand that they shall have a representation of Miss HAMMETT. Yes ; I have only myself. at least two members on said commission-one man and one woman. l\Ir. HAMMER. Well, t4c next meeting ls to-morrow morning, is it? In order that there shall be no mistake or failure ln regard Mr. BLANTON. Probably the Post and the Ilernld would notify them. thet·eto, I respectfully request you, as chairman of said committee, Mr. HA:MMFJR. You wonld have to pay for tt. to propose an amendment to said bill in such behalf and to urge Mr. BLANTON. Oh, well, the newspnpers are pretty good about giving its adoption. people information. If you desire me to do so, I shall be glad to prepare a form for Mr. IIAlDu.:n. They may be working people who can not .come to­ such amendment and mall a copy to you. morrow. Hoping this letter will receive your early and favorable consider­ ation, I am, RENT COlU.lJSSIO~ ALONE RESPO:XSIDLE J!'Oll NEW BERNE RAISl'l 1,;ours very respectfully, THOMAS L. Jo~Es. I submit that no foir-minde

GO apartme11t1. The 11rtces that they asl: for a mtte tour or five room The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman specif,. in what particular? apartment is twice as much aa it le In New 'le:rk Cit-1 or Chicago, and Mr. BEGG. I will take first section 118. They have absolutely taken on t.unstlgatlon and in going to the bottom of the thing I have d1scov- away all co11bol of the individual over hi• property, and tbe1 so admit 8l'ed ha enry single Instance it it not the tnlllvldual who bas his dol­ 1.u their 1tatement, in which they say : lars inTested in the property with whom :vou 6.eal, but almost always " This section probtblts subletting at an advanced rate. ef Charge some irresponsible agent ~ho has leased the property prior to this time without the consent of tha commiaslon. This varies the Senate and now be 11 holding 1t out fo,r mbleaaing. I should like to pass this amendment, which prohibited all subletting without the consent of bill with nn amendment so as to kill tlle sublessor ~f this city instanter. the qwner or of the commission." [Applauee.J A1 this bill ts drawn the 111blessor Lu tenure of life for They have absolutely taken away all the rights of the owner In this three more years. As this bill ts drawn the owner of the property bill that they are subm'ittillg, and it ts not th~ result of a compromise surrenders his control as to who shall occupy 1t ; and I de\ not believe or a conference. tbfs Co111t?esa has ~one so far asti-ay or haa becom.; ilO bU:Q.ded to the SPEAKEll SUSTA1Nl!lD POINT OF ORDER sacredness of prQperty rights that ft ls . willing to 1urre~der a man's ooutrol of hJs. propei;ty to an lrresp<>niible sublessot for a period of From the extended debate that followed, let me quote th~ tbree years. I can cite YQU instances in this town wn~e I ttled to finll following excerpts from l\lr. Walsh, than whom there was no a liom~ tor myself wl;ler~ the O'\U>.ei:s of the prqperty have haq ..rbl­ better parliamentarian 1n the House. trn.rlly taken over. from tllem the cQntrol ot theh: pr14>erty, and have MJ.-. WALBH. • • • It is hitched up and conjoined with the hnd arbltrarlly fQrced upon them a cQptra<;t of lea!le to an irresponsible service agreed to be fu:rnlshed therewith or required by the commission. sublessor for 30 a~arl:lnents in this apartment bouse, aul thlfl 13ublessoi:. I rea

rights mean anything 'in this country any more. ANJ.) 'l'BEY WIUT HAPPlii~gn BEGG POINT OF OJ?DElt The committee did just exactly what the gentleman from And the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG] made a point of Ohio [Mr. BEGG] is now doing; it went before the Rnles Com­ order against the entii'e <::onference x:epo.rt : mittee and persuaded the Committee on Rules to grant it a Mr. Baoa. Mr. Speaker, l m .. k.e the point of order that the conferees rule to make the conference rep<>rt in order despite Mr. BEGa's have gone outside 9f their jurisdiction •nd have included :siew m'Btter. point of 01•der. And the Rnles Committee granted the rule, for in that they have taken in rents of lands and services. let me quote from the RECORD of October 11, 1919, to wit: 1924 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE

:rooit Pll()f)UC'l'll, l'Un, AND ·a11NTS (JI. Dtt. 320) support to· the :a~ee which t:he gentleman from Kansas [Mr. Camp­ Mr. CAllrlPBllLL of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I submit a prh1leged report bell] ae-ved UllQB the H0t2se yesterday, which be has reiterated from the Committee on Rules. again tn.fere.nce report. That a.t the c~clnslou ot debate Iowa [Kr. H•uGmN] may CGD.trol SO minutes in fa.TOtr of the report the previoua qu.estion shall be co.naidere.d aa o•dered upou the con­ and tlle pntteman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG] 30 minutes againat it. ference report, without interveulng motion except one motion to. The .Sr11un.. ~ 1entlaman: from Massachusetts asks UJUlllimoua :recommit." consent· that the gentleman bom Iowa [Mr. HAUGJJ.N} control 30 min· Mr. CAMl'BELL of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I move the previoU'S ~­ utes in favor of the report and the gee.tleman from Ohio [Mr. BBOG) ilon Oll the resolutiiQn. control 30 minutes against it. Ia thel'e ohJectlon? 'l'be previous question was erdered. There was no objection. Xb.e SP:UKEa.. The gentlemau from Kansaa [Mr. Caapbelll ls i·.e:cog­ Mr. BEGG. Mr. SpeakerDiront us in the Distrlet of Columbia t~7 they bave oo]y ereated ~he maeld~eey that will either cause tllis law to be declued uneoDt­ LLtDllltS J'UllllGJID 'ftlA.'r NO <>THD lttrCll B.'71.11 W-OULD llVllB. BB GUNTJm ot the of A.CMIM stitutional by the courts Distriet Callllllbl.a.-whlda I a:a very tirank t<> say, aot ae a. la~er bot as a layman, I think will Mr. CAJrPBllLL of Kalll!as. • • • I do agree with th~ gentleman happen--0r else I can see nothJ.zig otber tba.a the ereat;ion of · tlle fir.om TeDDHBee [lh. GARBll'rl'] and wfth others that this ht not the macbinery to prolong in power the subl~tter, who ls the- very iuhtidual proper way to 1~'8late, ud that- conferees should not be en~uraged that is. the curse of tlle District o.f CC>lumbia to-day. ID spite ot all to bring flt legtslatfen I& conference ~portl't tllat liae not ~ eoneld­ that has been cla.lmed for this act,. you have not given the subletter erefl IJ.y eit'ber Hoose. • • ., We are au almoet worn to a fruzie.. the death blow which be so .dchly. deserves. You have crea.tQd t.b.e Tlte U.118e ls tired ~ tlte 8eBate is tired. : and if we keep en the eount-IT machinery whereby you have robbed the legitimate, honest, boaa ~ will be ttnd whet W1' are ddl'llg. It 19 important that we conclude ot investor in real estate in this town; and 1.t you ~ do it in the outt lmshless tlC tlle eailieet 'tlfrfe ).lOnible, a.lld lt important that the ti cfty of Washington, you have certainly set a p~ecedent that .ls goin,c 8ll~ io•tten eoetraldered' m 'thfit. tonferen~ report be adjusted berore to confront yon in other cities in the United States. You have robbed. . Congress takes a recess or adjourns. the legitimnte owner of property, whether he be the owner ot a thou- IIr. Buo. Will tbe gentleman yield for a quesUMJ? 1511nd-dollar cottage or a mllllon-dollar apartment house, of tlte con­ l\fr: CtMPBllLL el Kansas. Yes. trol of his own property. You have taken it away from llim aDcl Mr. B'JlgQ. ~ming Ul.Gt what he has just nid is ·exactly tlhe truth, given it to the subletter. · 1tl that any jnettlleation · for pasaing legislation at tills time and at thfs WILDEST-E~D BOLSUEVIST WOULD NOT ADVOCA.TJI: WU:.D•R J)OC~B.IN• moment1 Wlla~ is ·• J.ea.se? T.be woi:d " lease " is uaed r*atedly bl tb.b Mr. C.&llrlPBJrLL of Kansas. r em not jugtifYing tire passage of the bill. Now, if it is anythiug.. It 18 a coot:J'act, I W·ill lillbmlt to tM ~slatioe. I am ·justifying tlle rlght 1>f the HO'llSe· to dl'spo$e uf tbe- mlttter one way or the other, and do ft finally. ' lawyers of this House if that ls not a fair statement that will stand I in any court. A lease is a contract. Any contract, in order to get SOUND POSITION OB' PltllSJlN~ llUNOR.ITY Lll.A.DllR 1eeopd.tl001 In flllY court must be. C.U.nded on the fundamental. a.nd , ;JIU. Gb?IDTT et Tenaes~e. lfr. SJteateir, • • • f'lr ill~ CQnveaieuce of ballc prlnct.Jde QJ .a coai.ng top.the of two •minds en some &llbJect tor the conte.riees we a.re asked to take thia e:1'tra~.rdlnn.r~ zne.thod of pa!liling Ill considenrtion, for a · limited titn4*.. That .is .a eolltract; and .1f thla a rule which pre!ieats UMl lWue fiom • Co~del:ing legisJatlan .. ln. any bill does no:t ile!Jtr~ the- .()Olltract and eke the les.ee unliuiit.ed -time, ~ope.r. sell."° el Uuit tel."Ill, tha~ the· c.on.f~reea hay~ ,t~~ehea put. Lu violation ei ~be ·WW of cmeo pairt;y to the ·cont.ca.ct and tbe mutual ¥1~ tb.i• .bW. I a.m ow(tf!ted «> that. .. It i.J;lcvolna a dangei:())ls pr.in.. agr~mnt 1witlh t¥ lessor, then ,r ~a• nD"' · Why, the wildest-eyed Bolsbe.viat tbat ewer spoke: from. • .soap bor In ~on1 it is w,oi-se than .e.ven- tha,t. ot. 1~terd11y, .&Dd fur ~ ireason : the city of New York never advocated any )Vilder doctrine than this; l-et ~en, :cec,all tke pist.ary. 01; , ~e ~~laURn iWhicll· hr re&lly and I want to say fo you nien that you wfi1 be confronted with thl::J 1e dispute llere, .ii~, t~ . J."eJlt. legi&latl~n applf'ing t~ the. District same proposition when 'Yeu go to ybm riomes, with havln~ · l!let up a. of Coi.limbia. That .has. :pQt, bQitn ~ thl• body .1n R.D-.J .t~m tw: vreeeaent 1or titting away from a property owner 'the right to deter­ acmal. eop.sidel'aiieoD. Wbat. oc~red,? 'l'be food ~m rep~ed from mine · wh~ s:lall live 'lb hls 'house-. • • 4 In the namP. · ot ~od; the Committee on Agrlcultµre .&ni p&IJs.ed by th• Ho.use was sent to men, does the riroperty right feunded 1n th~ ' Constitution • and the bffi the ,Se,uate. Thex~ under. s~me- .scu-t of p.eculi~ rul.es, . w~ic,h I do -aot of rights of the Censtitutlon mean anything, or can you legislate· tt 1 und~stan~th~. ge.n1:Jeman from, M.issoari, . tJ,J.e f~pne;r .~ker of away 't The- IJnly exc•se tht tB.e pi-opo~Itts of this bill have bl 'that thii;; lloqse. one,e expressed it, prf}baQlJ veq accurately,, w.heo, he ~id, they say the property ~wners o.f the District of Columbia are a bunch that ,that body ha~ no :cules a.qd pid ;o,ot , ob~e w.hat they Q,id haye-­ ot thieves and ro&ben, and that thei do not deset'Ve an1 consideration bu.t undef some sort o! rule thej tak.e up a pill C(lllcex:ning rent.s in the or any rights. I challenge you men who are in favor of this bHl in Diatdct ot Columbia and put lt OD. a.n agd.cultµral bil.J, That com• thitJ form to. ge ha.ck. home and •paS. &11ch a biil fm- your iJtate. If back to this body. And wha~ .oc.cµra? The ,amendments ue. di~greed J"O• do, you will n~er get aneither vote from any. man wbo owns J>rop­ to intorm.aUY, theOJ:eticaHy considere<\, but _prac.ti~UY . never rJ!ad to, erlJf v.alued .a.t as much a& $5-0(); U there is a thlllc that America •Ile Boijse. No ckan.ce to amen(}, no opportuJlity to 11>ei;f.ect tha~ is goiQg to be confJronted with-and it is .gQin~ to. be the dead line legi&lation. And in tha± crude fQrm it goea to e&n!erence, and ~e wide- of five yenr&' tlme--it la a sbowd<>wn between the mnn · who conferees find tbemsehes Iv. a condition. where to gl-ve vitality and thr.u~ ln4.ust:ry .and persev-erance and ecO:Dom1 has saved out of a vlgo1· to the v.ery purpose or suppo~d pUJ.fpose of the other body mere pittance enough to acquire something, and the pr•filsate and the

they mll8t cllange the languase. ot that ~rtic•la.r bij.1. or that par.. 1 waster who has a.pent .his aq aµd to.cln.y ~ nothi.11.g. I .know wb.a.t it tleula,r ,part ot the bill that wa~ iG d.ispu.te. • * • I am ,pleading means ti> be poor. I have ·a.1W"1'S been poor., and I llave ren.ted nearly f~ the 111.t~rity ot legislative pro.ced.1,1re ; I . ._m pleading for the every year of my life. I upeet .to rept every day that l live in Wash­ opportunity o! this House tQ pass upon tj\l:ls legl&l~tlon in a. way that lngt<>n, and I have nGt a dollar to-day other than that whkb I have it would have the ftp-portunity to l8lllend it if in lta. wi.idow. U thought earned by ha.rd work and the economy of my wife and nzy children and it was desirable to amend it. That opportunit:- does IU).t e;x;ist here myself. :aut. do _you think I will stand on the fioor in the Ball of tlle aow, because tbis conf~ence.i:ellOrt must be voted. up or down as a whole, United States· Congress, or a.oy other spot, and vote away the sacred­ and there is .no chancE! to pJ.ace ~n this 1';lgislation any amendme.n.t. ness of the tnte.rest ot the~ who owns his house as to who shall llQwever germane it mSiY .be or however dilsitable it may be, Against 9ccupy It?' • • • , ' this sort of pQllc;v I protest, I xeai.lfe :thq.,t /t is futile ~w.. . probably I submit to .every fa1Mnlnded mnn ll that ls n,sking. a,nythJng more 10 far as this partrcular rule IS concerned_; but 1 desire to give my than is guaranteed by our Constitution. I stand here to ,ProphesJ 7388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 28 that the courts will call this law unconstitutional; but, if they do not, telephone, law books, books of reference, periodicals, furniture, sta­ I have lost my confidence in the old teaching of the sacretl protection tionery, office equipment, and other supplies and expenses as may be that is thrown around every man by that old mantle, the Constitution of necessary to the administration of this Ball rent bill. the United States. I want to say to you that the fear of being pun­ The assessor of the District of Columbia shall serve ex officio as ished does not deter . me from defending the sacred principles that I an advisory assistant to the · commission, but he shall have none of believe made this country what it is to-day. the powers or duties of a commissioner. The assessor shall recciyc a I want to submit this final question and then I am willing to turn salary of $1,000 per annum, payable monthly, in addition to such over some time to some other gentleman : Who made this country to­ other salary as may be prescribed for his office by law. day what it is, from the time of the adoption of' the Constitution The only qualifications required of these commissioners is that until now? Was it the man who was industrious, the man who saved, none of them " shall be directly or indirectly engaged in, or in any the man who acquired, or was it the other element of society? Think manner interested in or connected with, the real estate or renting it over. Now, will you take away from him one of the fundamental business in the District of Columbia." In other words, this court rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, and make shall be made up· of renters; owners of real estate are disqualified. that first step in the Capital? I would like to have a photograph of this bunch of irresponsibles that exercise arbitrary power and control over all private property in the NOT AFRAID OF VOTELESS WASHINGTO~, BUT WOULD NOT VOTE IT ON HOME District of Columbia. FOLKS Now what is the jurisdiction and power of this Rent Commission? The reason, and I do not have any hesitancy in saying it, why some I have only time to call your attention to a few of the many arbitrary of you are so ready to take lt away from the people of the District and unconstitutional powers granted to this court over the 470,000 of Columbia is because you think they can not get alter you. They persons that live in the District of Columbia. do not have a vote. You will not go back to your homes and talk These rent commissioners have by this Ball rent bill full control and that kind of stuff that you are now talking on the floor of the House. authority over all the rental property, land or building or part thereof, Mr. Il'GDDLESTON. Will the gentleman yield? in the District of Columbia, rented or hired and the service agreed or Mr. BEGG. I will. acquired by law or by determination of the commission to be furnished Mr. HUDDLESTON. In line with what the gentleman has just said, per­ In connection therewith, hotels or apartments. Also over the tenant, mit me to call bis attention to the fact that the Committee of the subtenant, lessee, sublessee, or other person, not the owner, entitled to Whole House in considering this bill originally voted by a vote of the use or occupancy of any rental property, hotel, or apartment. Also seventy-odd to about sixty to incorporate an amendment to apply this over any hotel or apartment, or part thereof, In the District of Colum­ same principle against which the gentleman complains to the whole bia, rented or hired, and the land and outbuildings appurtenant United States. That ls to say, we adopted an amendment which -thereto, and the service agreed or required by law or by determination included rentals and made it a crime for the tenant or owner to of the commission to be furnished in connection therewith. Also ovh charge more than a reasonable rate for the premises, and· it was th~ owner, lessor, or sublessor, or other person entitled to receive rent applicable to the whole United States. or charges for the use or occupancy of any rental property, hotel, or Mt'. BEGG. I have no quarrel with the man who wants to fix a price apartment, or any interest therein or hiS' agent. Also over the !'lerv­ whe1·e the law of supply and demand can not function properly. But ice, furnishing of light, heat,. water, telephone or elevator service, when it comes to saying to the owner you shall let John Jones occupy . furniture, furnishings, window shades, screens, awnings; storage, your premises instead of Sam Smith, you are transgressing the sacred­ kftchen, bath and laundry facilities and pl'ivlleges, maid service, janitor ness of property rights. service, removal of refuse, making all repairs suited to. the type of Mr. HUDDLESTO:S. But•the gentleman said we would not dare to go build~ng or necessitated by ordinary wear and tear, and any other home and make that kind of talk. I want to call his attention to the privilege or service connected with the use or occupancy of any rental fact that the majority of 'the Committee of the Whole did do it. property, apartment, or hotel. Mr. BEGG. But it is not on the statute books. '- Further, the commission or any officer, employee, or agent duly Mr. HUDDLESTON. No; lt did not pass in the House, but at least 79 authorized in writing by it, shall at all .reasonable times have access tu, Members of the House were willing to "talk that kind of stuff" with for the purpose of examination, and the right to copy, any books, refet•ence to the people at home. · accounts, records, papers, or correspondence relating to any matter Mr. BEGG. I would suggest to the gentleman from Alabama that he which the commission is authorized to consider or investigate; and go home and work for that in bis legislature and see what happens the commission shall have power to require by subprona tJ>,e attendance after the public understands what he ls doing. and testimony of witnesses and the production of all such booktt, accounts, records, papers, and cor~espondence relating to any such HR, BEGG'S SUPPORTING SPEECHES matter. Any member of the commission may sign subprenas, admin­ Now, remember thnt the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG] ister oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. controlled the entire time in opposition1 although he was not This new court for the Disttict of Columbia provides and furnishes a member of the committee. He could yield his time to such an attorney free of cbar~e for the benefit of the tenant and pays all Members as he wished to speak. It is presumed that he would his costs in th~ lawsuits in all matters of rents and real estate and yield to those who most strongly supported his position. Now contracts with real estate owners; but the owners or landlords get no let me quote a few excerpts from the remarks made by some of free services or benefits, but pay the costs of the proceedings before a Mr. BEGG's supporter~, to whom he yielded: court organized to look after the interests of the tenants only. This prejudiced cou1·t has the power and authority to make its own MR. BEGG YIELDED TO l\~R. H}DRSEY, OF MAINJll rules of procedure, and at the hearing or trial they are not even bound Mr. HERSEY. Mr. Speaker and gentlt>men of the llouse, • • by the usual and ordinary rules of evidence. Trial by jury, provided I do not understand how it was possib'e for the conference commit­ and guaranteed by the Constitution, ls denied to the owners of real tee to secure from the Rules Committee the necessa1·y power to de­ estate. They are to he robbed of their property without o. jury trial prive the House of the right to give proper consideration to new and and in total disregard of the rules of evidence. important legislation. It will not happen again, we are informed, From the decision of these· autocratic commissioners on a question for the able chairman of the Rules Committee, the gentleman from of fact there is no nppeal. They shall ftx and determine the amount Kansas [Mr. Campbell], in pret1entlng the rule apologized for the of rent charges nnd services and all the terms and conditions of a rule and said he would never do it again. This is his statement from lease or other contract for the use or. occupancy of any rental prop­ the RECORD: erty, hotel, or apartment, and from their decisions there ls no appeal. " Mr. CAMPBELL of Kansas. I agree with the gentleman from They can change all contracts and leases of real estate in the Dis­ Tennessee [Mr. GARRETT] and with others that this ts not the trict, permit the tenant to sublet in violation of his contract, and most deslrnble procedure on a eonference report, and I want to when the lease has expired and the tenant," under hie contract, has SE-rve notice now upou conferees that they must not bring oon­ no further right to ocCUJlY the premises this commission is authorized ference reports t.o the Committee on Rules with a request that and empowered, against the wish of the landlord, to extend the lease their provisions be made in order contrary to the ordinary rules for two years more, and from this decision there is no appeal. of thP Bouse." And this is not all. This unconstitutional commission shall make Mr. Speaker, in the few moments I have remaining· I want to bring all contracts between landlord and tenant in the District of Columbia; before you some of the features of this vicious and unconstltutJona1 they draw the forms, agreements, covenants, and terms between the rent bill. What does this " Ball rent bill " propose? parties and provide that no other forms ,iJhall be used and no other It provides a court composed of three commissioners, to be known contracts or agreements made by the owners of real estate under a and called "the rent commissioners of the District of Columbia," to penalty· of a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for not be appointed by the President, to hold office for three years, and exceeding one year, or by both. receive each a salary of $5,000 a yea1'. The commission shall appoint Under this Ball rent b1ll these commissioners have power and a secretary, who shall receive a salary of $3,000 a year, payable in authority within the District to demand that the owner of every like manner ; it may appoint and remove such officers, employees, and hotel or apartment shall file witl;t the commission plans and other agents and make such expenditures for rent, printing, telegrams, data in such detail as the commission requires, descriptive of the 1924. . CONGRE~ION.A.L RECORD-HOUSE

:rooms. 1tecOD1owdatione, ancl service In connection wi*'i sn:eh hotel _.OUD HSJllBllB8( CNf DU!nrIC'J? €0i!OIIT'rll'S APPllJIRBD AGAINST' llll!R. BlllGa or apartment, and the commission shall deter.mine aad iD the n.tes While not a single· member- ot the District of Columbia Com· and charges for suell. rooms, hotel ~ avertment. fm .. Such a d-eSpotic use of U1Wridled PQ9'!1' is elearl~ un1t()Jl!Jtitliticmal, mittee unalteral>fy f)pJ>(M!ed to the bill appeared before the and tb.Q authors 01: this se-calle6 Ball reafJ biU know It; but they RuFes C'ommtttee-, stating they were against this bUl. And seek to escape by. lnvokiag the w.nr power& ot th& Consti-tlltiallj after rememl;er that· 40' per cent of all at the expenses uf this Rent tll'e w.ar is ended. They say : Commission comes: oot of the Public Treasury, pEtid by t1l.e tax· ·~ SEC. 122. It is hereby declared t~at the pnwirlons of tli1s payers of the whore Untted States. t:l.tl~ are made necessuy. by em.ergenci'e!S srowii:rg out oC the w.ar with tb~ Imperial Geno.an Goveemnent, msuhinr in rental cm- , PRBSJllN'l' 60-40• FISCAL &ELA.1r10N. ditw.ns in the Distri<:t of Colambta. thmgerous to. the public · Under too present sy8tem now in ft)ree the· people of wash~ h-eaWJ. and! burdensom~ to pul>lle oftlcffll and empl&yees whese ington pay a total tax of only $1.20 on the $100, on both real duties recv.me them to reside wtthin the Dimict and othr and personal propef'ty,. with a. pen;Ofl'a.l property exemptk>~ of pei:sons whpse activ1ttea .a:re ea1utDJtial t•, tlHt • 1118:1b1tenance and $1,000 free of alt taxation, and with their property assessed comfort of such. omcers. 001.d emplol"J!e~ ana thereby embarr.usmg ·at about half vataatioDJ, a.ncil the wOOle people of the 1Jnited the Federal GGftJ:D:ment in tb& transact10D: of. ~ public· bum- .. States then pay 'all the babmoo of theilt expenses tlllder this ness. It. is a.$o decla.lied that th-ls titlei ..:Jaall hit .rollSiOOmd ndicnlou11 60--4() fiscal system, unde17 whi~h the GavenmJellt · ttmpnrary legislatwn, and tllat 1t aha.11 te:rmioate .u.1 the expir&- makes. JWmerous apprOf)riatloo:ls. f@r- the Dfstrtct ot: ColumM.a tion et two nan frO!Dl the date of ·the p.a1Sage Gf' t'h1s: acrt.,, 1111- local civic matters,, la ·numerous supply bills,.. where t)le lip. lea:.. soonel.! r~pealed." · pd"opdation is taken out of the: lJni1!ed States Treasur~100 per In the menBtime1 the CQUrta wiU decl&ra this viriovs Balll rent «ent. WI 1UllC?tHJStltqtionall. 'Rhese three• wise. cooam1&siioolei:s 1 w.lll lOlle ibeir jClb11. and saluiell .and. be t.oreed to seek some llooest emp~­ ment and. pay a i:easonable ;l!'ftlf: a.nd be· boUilld ito keep: their c011- This is not a bUl that airects merely the people living In the tnrcts. l'r(Jl)eriy righta Wlllii stfl1 be leld sa.c:ce4 at. tlie Capital of · D1stri'ct of Columbia. It a1f~cts an ot the people in t.ne whole ·the l!\ntleili. Cangr:eM will reeo\ler from its hyetu:lcall condition and U:pited States, f(ff the whole people ot the Nation pay 40' per ltegjslate in a sane< an.d lawful mwo.ner., tmd the good peop.Ie of the cent of an the $filarfes of the o:tttcers and employees ot' this !tent Comm1s$ion and o! of' the other expenses o! the Di~ Dh!tric1! of Coluanbia:, aitbongh they have no vet•, wm still b~ ea­ an titled to "life, liberty, and the nurault el happiness:• trict of Columbia.. And the people ot Washington pay a total tax rate or on:ly $1.20 on tfie $100, assessed at about haif QCUTIID .TUDGJ? x~N, OF TJDN;N'11ssnr yaluation,, while,· colllltfng the State, county, school, and other . And in the time ot. the gentleman. from Ohio· [Mr. BEGG]~ the ciVic taxes, all of the otlier cities of the United Stat.es. l)oth' .&enueman trom Maine Uh'. ~E~] then qaoted the remarks smfl.11 and l>arge, pay ~XE$ rµmrlng , from $2.75 to $6 anf Co~~s seeb m change ~· llil;)tt.st J.ud~M~, of Tennes!ee, •w.P.ose sQund ~b Mr. HDS1i:Y system o.t tdiowing. the peop~ of WttSl).lBgtQn tAY · tfJe ~r.ed ·in ~:apport -Of ;!Ur: BF4l~ · to wit~ 1 :rid.ic11Jpu1J ta.x r~te at oal¥ $1.20· on tlle- $100. tne new1var..eirs Mr. MOON. Mr. Speaker, I ant nQ( eoucertied' iD the aI"G'Pertf" ttiat the C'o11stitutio.n does. not &uthGr~. T~ say tJnl.t ~T- of the local city ~DSes because iii owns so muich "t>l'0PettT b~ ~111ent' emi>Iot.ees must tie ·housed! does not cury with1\t· the right to I say to the citizeB that be sha.11 ~rnish the hou.9lng at su~b ftgmes u a W.asl¢igt6n is 'Jbe Nqtlon'a 'C'i;tpitai and s~ould be ma'..de. the t!&1m~11l88l0D rtnay 11.x. Yo0; may take prlvite- preperty fer f)Ublic . uses' most, beautiful', city i:r;t tb~ wo:i;ld'I ~ I wlll go jUBt AS far ~ tmd' pal>lic ,urpose8 , but r deJLy the :rlkht under tlle constitution .Of az:iy other man. th.rqugh all legitimate and proPer InE;fl.IlS to make tbls· Ooo.gn!sei tro 11ake private p:r&i>erty of a cntf.z~ and tu.Jl tt ~er at it tlle mQSt beautiful · ~tY. in the world. Before the G.o.ve.rn.m~nt flgnl"es ft:ired bJl' s eomlldssieu in the ~te11est ~ ano.the ' c1~. • built ~11 of its ,fine iuStl'tudons ]1..ere W~tng;ton was a mere Whea yon have said> that the man who- owns a pteee of property has village. Property here 'was of lit"de .vall;1e. It is b~~ of'tlil.e n~ lo:qer the right to C'Qnbrol tt, hns no. longer tW. right td say wll.o shall ~~ct that ~e , United. , Stat~ has s~:Qt Its millions here that has -0ecupy Ml. no ,Jongier the right toi sa.y' what tlle price aball be, 1t ti· such cllusecf some Tots fo 'jump, W val~e ,from, $.100 to .$100~. Ever7 an illvaslma of tlie· prt\"a:te right• aB,clJ Muests of a -dtillle• alJ eom.es piece of property owned fly tlie Government' in Waslllngton IS directly in confiict with the provision of the Constitution that guaran-· dail'y' enjoyed by the people <1t ·Washfngten. 1 tees tie protection of property. in thia cout:rYJ. ,. 11 T.he local pay 1'.0ll of the Government is a bonanza to the 1-t is. 8 beginning· of th.at system •of teghrlatlon.. the .Axl.Dg RYl•~ all you shllM' fls this pr.fee and no other;. Omgreu kas usu.med .an u.nder-1 ta~es OB Us IJ%OI>ert;J tOt ~et it to JDOV.e its capital ·to1 sudl eity. taking tbat tt ean 1:1ot Y.e~ "weB. carry out ' r , • 1 , Because we want to make it the moat ' biee.\ttiful city in; the 1 i:n:sist, Ur. Speaker, that tU "est· tnmerests of thi11 cnntcy require: world is no ~~~SOQ. why tile G:'>ver.nroent ,shliMl.ld pay :t'<>I" bwl\ting that Wle, J.iberty, and. propert:J> ·'Under tbl& Constlttutl

emergency exists is binding upon the Supreme Court. He took last men in this splendid national council who ought to back a up most of his time arguing tllat and in claiming the right paternalistic and socialistic -doctrine like this in time of peace. upon the part of the House to say in this hour that an emer­ [Applause.] · gency exists for the passing of this law, and that our state­ Every time a pronouncement like this comes from the National ment will bind the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said Assembly at the seat of the Nation's Government its evll ex­ exactly the contrary, and I quote the language of the opinion: ample spreads all over the Nation and plagues the whole We repeat what was stated in Block 11. Hirsh (256 U. S. 135, :154) country. [Applause.] as to the respect due to a declaration of this kind by the legislature The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Missouri so far as it relates to present facts. But even as to them a court has expired. is not at liberty to shut its eyes to an obvious mistake when the l\Ir. !.,AM.PERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield 10 minutes to the '\Talidity of the law depends upon the truth. of what is declared. And gentleman from New York [Mr. LAGUARDIA]. still more obviously, so far as this declaration looks to the future, The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York ls recog­ ft cnn be no more than prophecy and is liable to be controlled by events. nized for 10 minutes. A law depending upon the existence of an emergency or other certain Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the com­ Btate of facts to uphold it may cease to Operate if the emergency mittee, this is the third ttme I have been through a legislative eeases or the facts change even though valid when passed. fight for the enactment of a law regulating the rent of dwell­ That knocks the argument of the gentleman from Ohio into ings. In 1920 the Legislature of the State of New York passed a cocked llat. The legislative· declaration that an emergency the first State rent law. I appeared before the legislature at exists amounts to nothing in the face of that opinion, which I the time as the acting mayor of the city of New York and pre­ venture to say is in line with the weight of authority in sented facts that justified the passage of that law. I heard in . "every jurisdiction of this Union. There is no State court, ex­ 1920 exactly the same argument as ls presented against the cept a very few, that will be bound by the declaration of a extension of the rent law here to-day. I heard the same land­ legislature that an emergency exists putting a statute in ope1.·­ lords crying for protection of the State in the exploitation of ation immediately upon its passage where the constitution of the tenants. I heard the same cry. of their constitutional right the State provides an operative date of another time. The to. do anything they wanted with their own property and to fix, oourt will look back of the declaration of the legislature and raise, and charge any rent without interference. make its own finding of fact, as it did in this case, and that Last year the State legislature of my State, in anticipation pronouncement knocks the bottom out of the argument of the of t~is v~ry question, created· a regional housing commission, gentleman from Ohio. The court in the instant case did more and it, with the governor of the State, appointed commissioners than that: It laid down the rule in this opinion that it will to investigate the housing situation and to report its findings to take judicial notice that this so-called emergency has ceased the next legislature. I attended the hearings of this commis­ and that the law accordingly is at an end. The only thing sion, an9- I heard the same landlords with the same attorneys, that happened was that the case was reversed and remanded with the same old arguments, appear before the commission, not for the purpose of ascertaining whether the emergenc) argue, and plead that an emergency no longer existed. That exists to-day, but whether it existed at the time that bill in commission investigated very thoroughly. It first heard the equity was filed. That is what it went back to the lower testimony of tenants; it then heard the testimony of landlords· court for. Mo1·e than that. the court laid down the plain it conducted its investigation and took a census of severai statement that if all there is to this case is that rent is high, typical blocks in the greater city. It made an investigation of there is no justification for continuing the act. availabie apartments and investigated the rentals per room in The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Mis­ the various type of apartments and tenement houses in New souri has expired. York City. The landlord appeared before that commission with Mr. UNDERHILL. l\Ir. Chairman, I yield three minutes to the best of legal talent and with professors of universities and the gentleman. experts on economics in an effort to prove that an emergency l\1r. JOST. Let me read to you the opinion of the court no longer existed ; but, gentlemen, with all of their experts upon that point: with all of tlleir professors, with all of their legal talent the~ is no argument that can prevail when a man with a ~eekly It is a matter o.f public knowledge that the Government has con­ income and a family to support is compelled to pay out of his siderably diminished its demand for employees that was one of the income such a large proportion that there is not sufficient left great causes of the sudden amux of people to WasWngton, and that to properly care and nourish his children. · That is the condition other causes have lost at least much of their power. • • • If in New York City; that is the condition in Washington, D. C. about all that remains of war conditions is the increased cost o.f living, What good is it that you bring here advertisements in papers that is not in itself a justification for the act. showing that there a.re apartments vacant when those apartments Later in the decision the court says: are beyond the reach of the residents of the District of Columbia. If the question were only whether the statute ls in force to-day, upon The emergency exists because the people of the District of Co· the facts that we judicially know, we should be compelled to say that lumbia can not to-day any more find suitable apartments to live lhe law has ceased to o.perate. in than they could when this law was first passed by Congress. In the face of every constitutional argument that was presented What more do you want? The justices say that on the facts here to-day, in the face of the opposition to this bill before the as they exist to-day from what they judicially know they would committee \Yhich investigated conditions in the District, the declare the law to be at an end. The case was remanded for &ame as happened in New York, it remains a fact that 85 per the purpose of ascertaining whether facts amounting to an emer­ cent of the residents of the District of Columbia are unable to gen<'y, such as first caused the enactment of the law, existed at avail themselves of the apartments that are vacant. That is the the time the bill in equity was filed. r.rhis law is dead. There is direct result of the original emergency. Rents became so high no use wasting valuable time of this House in attempting to because property owners took advantage of the situation and carry it forward. buildings were constructed that were of the type demanding The law is contrary and in opposition to the real facts. I high rents which did nothing to relieve the situation and do picked up a copy of the Evening $tar of \Vashington, of Satur­ away ·with the emergency. 'l'hat is a matter entirely within day last, and find it contains eight full columns of houses and our province. As practical men, we know, as men having had apartments offered for rent, averaging 60 to a column. Four experience in our own home States, in our profession, or as city hundred and eighty vacant houses are advertised in that issue or State officials we know how to go about an investigation of and offered for rent. I now exhibit the paper if anybody wants this kind. I appeared before the District Committee. I hap­ to look at it. Then tell me that with that condition this House pened to be there when a very prominent real estate man of this should go through the formality of establishing a paternalistic city told the committee that he himself had relieved the emer­ government here for tenants simply because there is a claim gency by apartments which he was ready to let, two rooms and that rent is too high. Why men-and I am talking to you a closet at $5-5 a month. Apartments at $25 a room does not Democrats now, because you can expect those to the left of the relieve th~ situation. It is not only a matter of price, as the Speaker to either underwrite business or to clothe unfortunates court in its opinion indicated, it is a matter of availability, and with the cloak of paternalism, because they have a habit of as long as there are n·o apartments available that wage earners, doing that; it is their principal occupation-but you men on the working people, Government employees, business men, profes­ Democratic side who believe in the philosophy of Jefferson, who sional men can rent or lease, an emergency exists. As long as believe that that government is best that governs least, who landlords are determined to exact a pound of flesh from their believe that the field ought to be kept open, that statutes ought tenants, as lon·g as landlords insist upon the right to increase not to be thrust into private relations and a1Ialrs, you are the i·~nt, limited only by their own greed and in the failure to pay LXV-466 OONGRESSION AL RECORD-HOUSE APR:rL '28 an exorbit.ant in~se to bave the .right to dispossess a family · upon our .statute books. That is what regulated real estate up smnmar,ily~ M enjoyed by the landlords UBder the old ;00mmon to the time of the war. law and under our statutes based upon the common :law, as lan,g Gentlemen, the only blessing that came from the war is as that conditioo exists, an emergencll' exists, a.nd I for one do that it br~<>bt .a condition which gave the legislatures of the not ~it.ate to say., as I have .stated before, it is paxt of the duty vatione; States stllficient C(}'a.rage to pus, for the first time in of the Government to protect its people in providing r-egulatory history, regulatcry _powers over dwellings in · eities. If this provisions for the people's shelter as we regulate their Jood, emergency does not exist, why all this opposition .a.gain.st it? b.ealtli, transportation. and .safety. . If It is not the intention -0f an organized systenr m bleed these Why, it is stated that no emergency exists. If this law falls tenants, why all this opposition in the District of Columbia and .to pass and the rent law lapses, nine families out of ten will New Yor~? This is a new policy. You can not get away from receive an increase notice within a few hours after the e:x:­ it-the .right to live, the right to be sheltered, is just as neces­ .Piration of the law. I believe it ls absolutely necessary for sary to. the health and welfare, to the safety., of the com­ "the protection of the IJeople ot the District of Columbia that munity .as the right to prevent disease, the right to prevent we extend the provisions of this beneficial law for two years crime. longer. I believe that it is absolutely necessary as a matter Why. what happens under the old comm-0n law? The land­ of governmental policy that we dev..ote time 'during these two lord has the absolute right .at any time to take a tenant and yea.rs to the study ot JJroper legislation far the regulation of dispossess him. That is the complaint against the emergency the renting of houses for dw-elling purposes. Changed eon­ relief l&w ln the District of Columbia and elsewhere. They ditloruJ bring the need of new laws and necessarily changed want the absolute right oo take the tenant and the family and · ~mtstmctlon ot -constitutional ltnrttations to meet the Tequire­ throw them on the street at any time; and it is high time, ments of the clumged conditions. after five -or six centuries, that the Gov-ernment step in and Mr. KUNZ. :Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yieldl say to the landlord,~' Y(}U shall not put a tenant out upon yot!'! · Mr. LAGUARDIA. In ·a moment. The commission 1n New whim or upon any caprici-0us noti-0n or on the pretext that you York reported to the State legislature that the emergency con­ want more than the -prem?ses are worth." tinues, and the State Legi.slatn:re of the State of New York Mr. BLANTON. In Russia they put the ltmdlords out en­ extended the ~mergency relief laws for two yea'I"S, up to 1926. tirely. Does the gentleman appro\~ of that? Our District Committee reports to this House that the emer- Mr. LAGUARDIA. No; bu.t I approve o-f the English com­ ·gency oontinues in the Distrtet ()f Oommbla and it ls our duty m0n law as England it;self has now modified it. to extend the law. Why, gentlemen, in England they have more beneficial an-0 Now, I know the gentleman fr-O'Ill Texas [Mr. BLANTON] adva~d rent ~lief laws than we ha~ her~. Only a. tew days wants to be fair. ag.o in the House of Commons a bill was up for the extension Mr. KUNZ What did the commissicm report'? of the le.w, and in it you will find a provisicm that no 'rent shall . M.r. LA.GUARDIA. The commission reported that an emer­ be paid if the tenant is unemployed. An amendment was gency existed in tbe etty ot N-ew Yo-rk. offered from the floor, and will be ta.ken up, I believe, in a ff!W Now, tbe gentleman from Tems stated t1iat there were no days -for eonsideration, providing for a partial payment to the Jaearing& I am sure he 'WRS referring 'to two years ago. But landlord out oJ. public funds. If we accept originally the com­ for tbe purpose let it be staOOd. now that the mon. law from England govemmg :me.I estate, the least we can committee did hold hearings on the bi"ll now betore uis. do now is to follow the English method. It did iaTestigate. The committee held hearings for week'"'S Mr. BLANTON. Some of t™' oommitree are adv-0eating that in the .daytime and at night, .and they went into this question right now, that the Government shall pay the r-ent. tboroagbiy, and the action of the committee ls the aetion of Mr. LAGUARDIA. We will eQme to .that, I will say to the the Honse. gentlemap. from Texas, in time. You can not keep l)~ck the Mr. BLANTON. I was t.alklng a'OOut 1'921, when this lnw progr.ess of Government; you ean not keep fie Government for was first passed. Ther.e were no hearings ha-0 then. · the landlords; you can not keep the Government for the mo­ . Mr. LAGUARDIA. Yes. I Wllnt to make it dear that the nopolistic interest"S whi'Ch control the necessities 0-f life. We District Omunitooe .bearings were held now. have taken the " lord " out of " landlord " and we are g<>ing Mr. KUNZ. In all the hearings what was the inf6l'Illation .to keep· the "lord " out of " landlord." developed? Was lt a question of housing -conditions -0r a ques­ Mr. BLANTON. The gentleman was acting mayor of New tion f tbe citizens of the nized for two additional minutes. Di.J!trict of Columbia or the citizens of any Stat~ in this Union. M,r. LA.GUARDIA. I will say to the gentleman from Teras I refer -you to the debate in tbe 'CmqGRESSIONAL RECORD at the that the gentleman from New York is not ashamed of the time we were first consictering the regulatory powers of the stand he takes on measures and refuses to stop thinking for Govern.nu.mt .over interstate commerce and transportation. himself even lf tn his city there Is such a street as Wan S~t. Why~ it -was then urged that the Taikoads could n-0t be de­ But 1 submit, gentlemen, that the question 'before the House prived of their propel1ty and that t'hey had the right to eharg-e to-day ls in response to tbe decision banded down by the Su­ .any rate tor freight or passage that they desired. And yet we preme Court a few day~ ago, and that aB a result of the in­ established an Interstate -commerce Commission which fix-es the vestigations of one committee of this Honse, with delegatetl rates of the railroads. You say this property is sacred and that })Owers, and a report from that committee that an emergency legislatures can not control the use of p-roperty. No such thing does exist, it ls 011r duty to extend this Jaw and then wait exists. upon the decision ot the Supreme Court. Ani;I in this day The trouble is, gentlemen, that real -estate has been governed and age I respectfully ~bmit-ootwithstanding my training by ' the lancl16rd-made law for centnries. · The le.ndl~rds made nnd education as a lawyer-that as legislators it is om.- duty the la'WS which cover reo.1 estate to-day. Those laws ~re maoo to meet the -defiance suggested tn tbe UI>lnion handed down. at the time when only land1or seme ar­ Thei CHAIRNI.AN. The g-ent~nnrn from WisconslJl' bas '1-8 gument on. •a 'proposition that neither the- gentleman from Ohio mhmres remaining, the ~rrtleman from Mnssa:dusetts has 1~ :nor the gentleman :tram Virginia ner any of the other gentle­ minutes Temaining, and the gentleman from Texas- l'S minutes men who have argued 1n favor of this eNtension ba-ve t&nched remain'ing. • · " upon, and that is the ronstructiOn to be given ro tb.e word ~fr. BEGG. r think the apposition lmd better ~e sornei flt. " judicial," which is certainly not meaningless in the opilrl©ri. its time. . . . The Supreme Court says: Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Ohatrman, I yield three minutes to We would judicially sny that the act was not operative now. tbe gentleman from Maine [:5Ir. EERsEY]. · " The finding of a · fact and judicial knowledge of a fact are Mr. HERSEY:. Mr. Ohan-man, r want yottr attenflon, gentle­ men, while I read' something fl'tlm tltis resolution. T1:Jjg ts whttt eutJ.rely di.ffer~nt, and ,if the eomm\ttiee sho;uld tl.u.f public kn-0wl~dge that the Government hail con­ emergency exists in the Distirict df Columbia when no such &ider.ably diminished its demands for employees that was. one, o;( the ·emergency exists· at all. There ls DO more war emergen.cy ex­ &Tea.t caW1es of the sudden.. a.m.ux ot people to Waalllngton1 awl i0ther iflting in the District of Celumbia than 'there I!! iJl an,- .other eauaea ha.ve lost a.t least much Q.f their :power. • • • If a.~ut au city In the land. Rent& ha:ve increased 41 per cent in all of tlra:t remaJJts of war conditions is the 1ncr~a11ed ~ ar living that is the cities ~ and beca~ they ha.v~ inc:reasecl is -tb&t a war :Dot in. itself 4 ja.sWlca.tion of the a.at. emergency? We could not have enacted th1's law m the ftnt Now, If an emergency grows out -0f causes arising :from t'J!l'e· })'lace unless tire WorHI War existed. Now yoo want to extend ·war, this leglslatkm is proPE'I", but if i·t does not t'hen the it for two years definitely. If the war eme~neyi still exists, court says that judicially it has ceased to operate. when is it going to stop? The Supreme Court says in their 1D24 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD---HOUSE id'pinioo that the war «nergency no IOnger exists II.nil that this we.y. I had 1l011g ·before that come to the conclu©oo th&t tbe Tent law we seek t-o ex:tend :UO longer exlBtS j that it IJ.u become trusts and combinations Should not •haV-e thE power that is wid. Let us respect the !highest court in the land, iand, above cla.tmed nvery time there ls ·objection to the4r having that all, let us respect ·our conscience and our oath of otftce under tpr>wer. I had ltmg before that come to the ·conclusion that we the Constitution. •ought to legislate to restrain and eurb organized greed in its The CHAIRMAN. ~e time ·Of the -gentleman from Maine etforts ·to rob th9 Amlrlca:n people of all their tights. Our has ~ired. civillzatlon has changed. ·Conditions are dt.ffel"ent from what l\f.r. UNDERHILL. Mr. C'b.11.trman, l shall ume ·five minutes there were. We have listened here to the lawyer from Kansas of my ·own time. A number of years ago a Detnocmtic cand1- reply to the laWl'er from Ohio, to the judge from Texas pass date for President made the remark that the tarttt was a local judgment on both their opinions, and since then we bave beard issue. A.t that time he was lauched ·at. Time has 11hown 1that the argument ot the gentleman from 'Virgtnia and the gentle~ :his remwk is more -or less trrie. Abont the 118.me time a certain .man. from Missouri and othel'S. I am deeply interested in the gentleman from New York, the Hon. Tim SnlliTan, made a Qplnlon of the $Uptem:e Court which was handed down only remark which bas gone down into history. He mquired, "What la.st week. · 1.8 the Constitution between 'fniend~?" I h<>t>e lthat that remark .Mr. ltUNZ. ltr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield'? is not to become equally true with the remark Gf Winfield Scott Mr. RAMMER. l have only eight minutes and I can not Hancock iregarding the ta.rm. yield, because l have so much to say and so little time. ln whlclt I never was so astonished in my life as I was to hear J"ttdge to sa1' It. The {lhe.9t1eton ~e.ee tt11 -one of those ln~tall'Ces in Moou, of 1Virginia. I never expected to hear a man 'from the whreh there hate ~n skyraeketlhg 'in. the arena 'O'f high State of J"ohn Marshall make the speech that J"udge MooBE iimmcmg. · made here this afternoon. Virginia U&U l\&u1sachusetts have The building, according to the testimony -of the archttect, •tood shoulder te 1slroulder ln all matters conceniblg Ole Con- including the grovads, oost only $1180OO, as appears in the stitutkm ud the -welfare of the coUntrr as a wbol~ I wbis testimony before the Rent C9mmission. At one time there astounded when I heard as nble a man as J"udge Moo:aE take were seven trusts on that b'O'.ilding. There were six different the position lie did In regard to the Constitution. . ce>nmance~ in .tee, and e~ery bnl! o'f those conveyances mre AS a layman 1 am not competent to discuss the deetslon. ot ·among the 10 per centets and the ~roekete't$, and those who the Sm>reme Oourt, but I can present to you a tew comtnon-irense ~:re eonnected. wUb the tr. R. -Stnlth do., ex:cept bne, and that facts regarding this bill. In the 'first place, lt carries an ap- -Was th~ ' Ou,t>tmts. 'rbe pt·op~rb was sold to Mr. b-crpont 'for propriation of almost $100,000. Do you ~nppose 1n the la!:!'t $3.000,000, -a'n.d there tVas a tlead lbs's ot half a mlru.on dollars two or 'thl"ee yeQT8 that th19 -commil!!Slon has MV~ ttin.t .aim:nnt to DliPo'llt Wh~n the property went back to the ChMtlEfton Cor- 4>f money to tthe -people ·(Jf the Dl.Strtct-0f 10otu.mbia '! ll doubt tf l>oratiru:i. tt ls now 6wned by a gentleman ha.med Stu'bble­ they have 18.'Ved $1(),000 or '1.,000 l() th~ peOp.le o'f the rDlstrlct. ti.eid, Who, \Vheµ we began to b'ttng otlt .In tbe hearl.ngs before ·Den 4th8"! ·Is ~ coet of llttgatton, wblch ht addetl tb 1t, kf1.d 'YOttr the 'subcomltl'tttoo the actlv.ities ,of these 'finanelers · and 'their ~stltventl!I tm.d rnin-e ·arb pa~ng «> 'pet cmt ..fff that ~ost. The · ficti~folis s~lilatioti.$ . Mto<'Yk Jilinself to Fl0rida along :with •awoor's ·Side of rtll1.s qttsstt~n 18 ·not .a ~putar bne, t>ut it 1& at .Falt 8.b.d l\rct.eah. to breat~ llie bal.tny alr of that aeUghtful IMet Cleserrtng ot 3usttee. 1or •cou1'90 it wm.ild -be d&lightrul ~limate. lle .'1~ 'Still there and, can not be reachecl ,by .a sub- to go 'tmck to':tbe tlme wbM we palG 1.2 l'Mts -a dollen for 1eggs, ; ~:ria !tom the ctnnplltlee or by t~ Rent OomtnisSloneri, '2.?>0 e. ·pa1r ror 11hoes, -$5 a 'b:M ~or ·b1artl "C08.l, 1and '$2.00 a ten who C:les1re to inv~Stlgate .o~~r activlties of t'he realtots Jn this '!or t!Oft coot, ttJ a ttfme men you rcotild h~ a llle.id tf9l" '2 iar 'Digfrict. '8 a week ·to eome ln and do all iyaur il~Work:) tthe f\Vaahing Referring to tb.e Chasneton case, I agree with the gentle­ ilnclnded; but 'those (la~ a"' l>ll'8't -aaa gone t.re~r, •nd you mah from Vlrglnta .t'Mr. MOORE] ·whose anal,ysl.$, according mn not get at the slttmtt_,n 'to-1lay by lftxlng 1!he prloo ttJf rent. to w 'view. ot fhe opin1qn .o'f th~ court iast wee'k was most You ha•e t(') ~ • all the \Va}' ttown tJitle line if foll are gM.n:g to ac.ctrta'te. The 'learned gentleman stated sound prlncipies and correct it, and ifix tke price of · ~Ing, ttom 1the hat on Yt>llr deductjons ahd a correct anulysle of the opinion of the court. 'bead to the shoes on y'1fft feet. It 18 a grMt ptt:Y that tbeae 'the ~~lords are ratiemptlng to inake much cfij>ltal out ef the condltlmu~ do preva.U, but 1n -order to ·e:pproXi.mat'a the cola times recent aecislon of the Supl1eme Ot>urt in th.la Chastletan case. ·we mmt get ibfre'k to SOitte -of {!be old WeU, 'the -Old ldMs of ttirlft I 'The pi·ev.alling opinlon, t1ellvered by nr. J'usUce Holmes, B.Dd tnduetry, 'B.D.d ~uttltlg ~r :g'&.Tmeftt taccerdlng-m 'yMU' >eldth. : does not, so far .as t can -Eiee. ' raU!e. the questlOD of the -con­ 'lf 'yon 'Wllllt'to llv-e up ·northwest 'Ill Mm~ of thMe fl'!Well lfflJRl't- slitu~nality al the present rent law. That law il!f tollllded ment htmse8, 1yt>U ought to pa' 'the 'ri~ :but U Yott a.re w1lltng on .an emel'g.ency, accord;Lng te the Ja'.nguage of the statute, l~ 'SOl!l'e -o! ttl!I to ·llve on ·plebetan Oli.ptto.1 Hill, ~otl .c!lit ;ll"ffl I growing out of the war and .the aaole question raised h1' Mr. for ·ha.If the pI'lce that l'UU wotild ha...e 'bt 'pa)' in the Warilmah 1 ..Justice Holmes 1s wli.ether the emergency etlll exlst.i ud if lt ·Park loefttton. does, whether 'the law has cea$ed to operate. Mr. MCKEOWN. ·:Mr. Chlllrma.n, 9"11l the gent-ie.ttau '1-elt1' '.rbe plaintiff alleged that the emergency .bad ceased to exist 'Mf'. 11NDERHILL. ·t l'll'll 1 not ' ~lll l 'Wtl.Dt te «twg to iyt)'ttr but ,prod·uced no .pl'oof .other than by .a11ldavlt. '.tlils was a attentmn one ttitng which l: hold m~ Mlt!l'ed 1a-ntl that 'ls ·a i~gal conc'J.~lon. .of the .plalntUf, l.or the opinion -.11: · portl~n 'Of Article VI cJt. the Oonstlt\ltton': Wttbut ~olQ ·b1!'7ond 'tR lbbitl oi .tadlr:bl kn~ "'" 10&.n ay ·wt .and all executive and jual.clal oftlc""", both of the . United States al'ld I least that the plalntUr'e allegations can not be declared o1rhand to be of the several States, shall be bGilnd bY, eath or aftltmatlon to 8tJ.1Sl>ort I nnmaln.\alaable, ana '11et tt ls llot tmpotiaible that a :frill dHelop.ia'Dnt .this C.nstltution. . bf the fa plaintitt -can 'Prt>ve ,its allegtttion that the ~tnergency has to stand by your oath and support the Constitution. (Ap- -ceased to e-xist then 'th1' bperation -of the ~tatnttii, whicb ls plause.J , -based solely on an ~ncy, although ln the Brock case It Mr. LAGlJARD'IA. Mr. tJhnlrman, I 1iSk 1lllanlmous eoh1Sent . was 'tntlicated that the optnlon we.is based <>n 'the Police l_lOWet' to extend my remarkS in the lb!:omm. 1ti the 'Ccmstittttion, lia:s -ceased to -ertst. ·rrhe cottrt, therefore, The CHAI'RMAN. ts there objection? referred the al!lcertalnment of this ·tad to 'are Supreme •Coo.rt There was no objection. I trf tire Dtstrtct. This ls Se>lely a · qne8tlon of f~has tbe lir. LAMPERT. Mr. Chairman, 1 ask unan\mO"DB co11~nt to e'D:lergtm~f 'l'en.sed~ l't ts nbt a 11tte8tton of law; the qll'estlon extend my remar'ks in the RECf ·teaaDU and their ,fllmlJies, a represent• 1cea1 m.:y opinitm. behind the ·g9Wn .tJt. 'Thomas .J-e1fereon flnd 1et atlve of the Federal EmplQyeea'.-Umen, the oomm1Sldaners of the sweet will of the special interests o:t this country have their the Rent Commission, and landlords and their agents, a ma- I I I

7396 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 28 jority of ·your subcommittee was convinced th.at the emergency I call their attention to this man Stubblefield who owns the still exists and so reported. Chastleton, and the man who sold the property to Dupont, a Independently, a committee of the Senate undertook to make gentleman whose activities are well known to the Members an investigation through the police department under an agent of this House, and the other gentleman who owns property and appointed by it. After a thorough survey by the Metropolitan intends to exploit by :fictitious inflation value the lot, the former police of Washington, covering a period of almost a manth, this home of President Buchanan, next to the House Office Building. agent of the Senate committee reported: He is the gentleman who is operating and dealing in millions of In view of the disclosures of this survey of the present chaotic state dollars, although he is a bankrupt and not worth a penny. of the housing situation in the District of Columbia, my opinion ls that Nearly 100 judgments stand on record against him, two of which the emergency ls a'S great for at least the temporary continuation of are for $1,000 and $5,000, respectively, and he is bombproof the Rent Commission as was the necessity during the war, inasmuch as and an execution could get nothing out of him. This is one during the period-necessary for the situation to properly adjust itself of the men who ls used by these· exploiters, who load up these . it does and will require a body clothed with the proper authority to properties with mortgages and then unload them upon the uphold its decisions, to determine right from wrong for the best inter­ public. [Applause.] ests of all, and protect those who to-day are unable to protect them­ The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from North selves from conditions over which they have no control. Carolina has expired. Mr. HAMM,ER. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to In view ot all this testimony and the testimony which ca.n and revise and extend my remarks in the RECORD. will be adduced before the Supreme Court of the District, do you The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the gentleman's re- believe for one moment that that court will find that the emer­ quest? · gency has passed? There was no objection. THll TWO PROPOSBD AM•NDMZNTS Mr. HAMMER. In the Chastleton case, recently decided by Now, let me say a word with regard to the two proposed the Supreme Court, the court I1'.lakes the following observation : amendments. First, to limit the extension to a period of one These cases show that the court may ascertain as it sees fit any year. This amendment, of course, is proposed by the landlords, fact that is merely a ground for laying down a rule of law, and if the for they well know that six months before the law expires only question were only whether the statute is in force to-day, upon the the boldest of tenants will venture to apply to the commission facts that we judicially know we should be compelled to say that the for rellef. The termination of the act-the sword of Damocles-­ law has ceased to operate. will be continually suspended over each tenant's head during the Mr. Speaker, without any disrespect to the court, that is one final six months of the act. Any tenant who applies to the of the most astonishing statements ever made by a judicial commission or takes advantage o:f the protection of the law body. It is founded on observations of the justices' eyes and knows well that upon its expiration he wlll be ruthlessly evicted. ears without the taking of a piece of testimony from disinter­ Any tenant who, though his family may be shivering with cold ested parties who are well acquainted with the situation. The during the winter months, applies to the commission tor heat court says, "Upon facts that we judicially know." What will face the same misfortune. Do not destroy the efficiency of facts do they know? Certainly no testimony has been taken the law by limiting its operation to the period of one year, before them, and therefore the only facts known to them are which In e1l'ect means that the tenant will not be protected for the facts which they have gathered from observation and con­ more than six months. Vote for at least a two-year extension versation. What ls the real situation? On the one hand, we and vote down this destructive amendment. have the nine members of the Supreme Court, able, learned, The second amendment, to reduce the number of commis­ distinguished, and highly honored men who live in the city of sioners from ftve to three, is another proposition of the land­ Washi:Qgton, but in only one section-the northwest section­ lords, presented solely for the purpose of hampering and delay­ where chiefly the wealthy, society people, and offi.cials live. ing the work of the commission. They know well that on the They may observe in riding about the city that there are rental lst of last July there were 700 cases pending before the com­ signs out, but how can they know that those signs are not put mission undetermined. They know full well that the five com­ out, as often is the case, to mislead the passer-by? With whom missioners who took office on July 1 last have considerably do they converse? Certainly not with the tenant class as a reduced this number. They also know that the commission is whole or generally. How many departmental workers do the still five or six months behind in its work. Anything they ca~ members of the Supreme Court holQ conversation with during a do to delay the hearing of cases and clog and congest the cal­ week, month, or a year? Do.you suppose these tenants attend endars will tend to destroy the efficiency of the commission large banquets and social functions. The information which and inspire the hope that cases against them may not be heard. the Justices of the Supreme Court gather is from the landowner This is the great drawback in a law with limitations. It is class and the wealthy people who own their own homes, main­ necessarily so in every law so limited. tain · their handsome establishments, and entertain on a lavish Do not be prevailed upon to accept either of these amend­ scale. Do you think many of the tenant class ever attend these· ments. Vote them down at once and pass the resolution of my entertainments and have an opportunity to talk with these jus­ colleague from Ohio extending the present law for two years tices, o.r do you think that they have been attended by the more. The emergency still exists a.nd will continue for at least wealthy lawyers who represent the wealthy landowners? Do that period. you think that the members of this great court know anything The question is, Has ·the emergency ceased? Not whether about the southeast section or the northeast section or the it is constitutional or not. This whole· opinion is an obiter southwest section? How many times during the year d-0 you dictum on the part of the courts as it relates to the constitu­ think they have visited these parts of the city of Washington? tionality Of the law. And yet this court says that from the " facts that we judicially Mr. KUNZ. Will the gentleman yield? know." Mr. HAMMER. I can not yield. I have only a few min­ utes, and I have an hour's speech to complete in that time. THE CONGRESS IS IN BETTER POSITION TO KNOW OF THE EMERGENCY [Laughter.] Here is the great Supreme Court, composed of On· the other hand, there are 435 Congressmen in the House learned judges, nine of them, who live in one congested center of Representatives. These Members are scattered all over the of the District of Columbia, the northwest. Do you mean to city in every section, south and east, north and west, and say that that court, by reason of an affidavit attached to the even in the suburbs, Chevy Chase and other outlying sections. petition, together with the little real actual knowledge th~t They have as constituents, friends, and acquaintances people they have, is superior in knowledge to the knowledge that this in every walk of life, the wealthy and the poor, the high and House has, this House consisting of 435 Members, and a Senate the low the departmental worker, the high-priced lawyer, consisting of 96 Members, and a subcommittee, composed of the cha~ffeur, the street-car driver, and the wealthy diplo­ members llving in all parts of Washington, north, south, east, mat:' and west-do you mean to say that those nine members of that All his friends who cater to his acquaintance pour their court can with propriety say that they know more about troubles into his ear. He lives in this environment and be is it than all the Members of Congress put together? They do well acquainted with almost every apartment house in this not mean to say anything like that. They mean to say merely city because of his sojournment here. He is well acquainted that from the observation that they have, along with the ad­ with the real estate man and his agent because he is a renter mitted reduction in the number of employees of the Govern­ and he meets these agents. He knows the conditions which ment and the affidavit that was attached to the petition, from prevail in these apartment~ and is daily in conta~t. with that 'showing there the law had ceased to be operative. That the services which are furnished. There are· in addition tQ 1s all they mean in this opinion. these 435 Representatives in the House 96 Senators who are 1924

-llimilarltv situated, who- live ail' over the city·;• same otr them1 • tar- UJ ft. mlatat ta presen't Pre81~ Aiugust 25, 1921. '!?he mvll'. their.' homes because o~ long :membership In the lilenate.. fac.t:B. Bllt fflUl ..to 1them a ctcmri contelition; however; encou.ntera in Bu.t" tbey are the fnr-; some ha.ve apemdve Jlome&w and they· t II not: at ~ ~ lblK. !ta •• oppoaitton. the vielr- tllati the>. power are the exiception. :Bllt the me.joritl' ot' th• Senata as a whole1 te an· eb'Vlhnlal ml9tUat wlllaa the l'f.bicll. d.ealaned the ~ 1s the la liTlng in the apartment h01l89 o~ Washlngton. and• know: 0f Wllldlty ot dla1la.wr dapend.9< upon power to ded.an- its: ceaartian &tHl them own knowledge what tbe1 true &ituatton ls. Tlt.ase.- :men1 the truth.i Of what' ta 4ecli.red.•• wh:a.ti th• Ce88&tiaD' nquirea. ':mile 1 also know that most of the signs ua lRmg out OB apartm&B.ta • • • (CBH9 cited) "'A.net powert 11:. leglslati'ff'• A court. can where the.re are· no. vacancies.; that the signs. ar.e plaaecl. there attn. meM obriou11.,., •far u tfila.i not! estimate. the- efte upen. the extlb­ • tar swallowed up thu legl:IWL­ mon.y ofi the membe~s. ot the Bent O>mmlmkln: a& to what. th01 ence of an emergency or• ot:ller aer.­ tlon. addressed! tGr lta emer&.81UlJ had ceased to have purpose or op. conditions we:m· from tbeil'l obseiwatlon ~d inYestiglltion. taJn, state of facts to uphold it eratltm wlt11 the cessation o~ "1• They bad thei Gwnem and the ten.ants· bef.om .them; tba1 trade may. <:f!&ae to - llving• comllthms. except among tlie taken no testimony, have had no iiJUrvey before t'hem, and who · wealthy_ classes. llve in their own homes in one section of the city: Which. are In this. ©apit8:1 C~ty of a Nation looked' upon as a g~orfoua you· going to take? Wblch do you· thihk tlie su~reme Court example of ei\7iliza.t10n we ftnd daily deploralHe and cll8gttce­ sliould take? · f.trl! livillg conclltionsi whieh· aire menace• tG elv1llza.tlon. In~ Nevertheless, the expression used by the court in this sanitary, congested a1r permeated witf1: ttie· odol'S from cooking, case has given aid and comforr to those who want to tea:n from batilroo~s~. nnd n~rous . other offensive odors; laek of down. and: destroy. the great ~Yi of the Governmait which! sun and ventilation.;. homes where- prlv~ey and modesty- 8-rie of guards and protect.s t)le man. of reas~able meanB1 whcx ~ecessJ.ty unknown, gJ!QWU: cbiildz.en, of dift"erent sex sleeping is employed by the Gover.IUl.le.nt fl:om. bein~ taken. advanta m one room, only a curtam drawn· between.; tam.flies foreed of by those who want ta. e:xact e~tortionate i:ates and. a.t t:: into.pool'\ a.nd , smal~~r quarte~;. two fa~illas . in quartemwhich same time secure to the property owner at all times a gen- under normal cond1t10ns-.-wo.uld 1be occupied by· o.ne family-they erous return on his investment are being. forced to take. in.lodgers w pay the high rents.. Such Let me call your attention t~ this parallel: conditicme ~an ~t ~ut be candwtive to· ill health and b:nmcr rality. EnF:YI fru.Mnmded person will admit that poop!& da. not UNITBD S!rMES SUPRBME COUJl.T.. UNITJtD STMI'ES SU.PJUl.~llll €0URT, prefer to liv.e- under such condition&;_they are· com1:1elled tffi be· APR.IL 21, 19"-' AJ"RIL 23, 11129 · cause- of the scarcity of a.vai:lable, reasonably priced dwellings OhaatJZe-ttJn OOrptJnit1um v~ 8Uicla4r OomtaeroJai 2'toU8t a&. ..,., M\f.l~r fur tent. Sure~ na oner will claim that lf dwellinp weire· plen- After referring· to the original One year ago, on April" 23, 1923. tiful and reasonable the- colWLtiona w-0uld o~ could exist. Do rent act and;: its extension.. on Au,. the- court said in tbe case of Com- not get the i.mp:cesmo.n. that !iW?hi esndi.ttons exist only w:wmg gust 24. 1921, and its further ex- mer<'ial Trust Co. of New Jerse)l the poorer clas.ses. The:y exist among all classes except ·tha 1 tension with amendments until ti. Mmei: (262 U. s: 51): wealtbY.. May; 22, 1922, the Supreme Court, By load'ing up wfth ft'ctit1ous moi:tgages and by fake and referrln~ to May 22, 1922, the dummy sales-and' lnftilted vuiues, landlords have increased' rel\tS date of tile extension. said : out- of all proportlen to the cost' osed we huve as to t1le re~cct due to a d'eclara- July 2; l'fr.!1 (4'2: Stat. tcbuna:tlbn of' )2eace b7 tlle and: It woul\l b~ ~ult tt>· ob~in · ft'nanci:ai: assistance. tn. 7398 CONGRESSION An RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 28 answer to this attention is called to the unprecedented build­ through arrangements which were effected with the Senate com­ ing in the past four years by giving the table prepared from mittee they went to work digging up information which so the annual reports of the building inspectors, showing that in amazed those who have seen it that it was decided not to make 1901 there were $5,000,000 and a little more expended annually the evidence public for the present, at least, for reasons which fl r building, whereas in 1923 there were more than $52,000,000 will be onvious when the facts become public; yet the gentleman expended for the same purpose. In 1921, the year that this law from Texas, if I am ndt mistaken, said that this was not the went into effect, there were $14,881,517 expended for building. situation about second trusts- I call attention here to the hearings that we had two years That a man owns a pieee of unencumbered property which is vacant, ago, that a number of realtors testified that if the law were and in order to improve the property he borrows a certain amount of continued there would be no building operations. In 1922 the money, which the money lenders are willing to lend him. He says that figures jumped from $14,000,000, which I have just stated, to a man borrows the money and constructs a building. He bullds it to $31,678,105 for the year 1922, and in 1923 the increases were sell. When he sells lt the buyer assumes this tlrEtt trust and then, $52,000,000 and more. The table is as follows : instead of paying cash for the difference he owes the man, for most of the difference, say, he. makes a small cash payment and the balance then is covered by a second trust. Then, if that man sells again, the l~~==::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::1904______12,033,916·::~i?;gg~ man he sells to assumes the first and second trusts, and in instances gives a third trust. (See hearings, pt. 1; p. 78.) This explanation ls quite dift'erent from the skyrocketing, :fictitious inflations which result from these trusts; yet the. 1009------illi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 13,268,868~i~lli~lii gentleman from Texas has stated since these high :financing 1010 ______~------13,384,774 methods have been looked into that he has known for a long ~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: li:~l&:~~~ while about tbe crookedness of these dealers ; if so why should 1913------~------~--- 8,256,912 he have defended them by the explanation he made at the hear­ 1914------~- 7,830,563 ings as aforesaid, which explanation made their acts innocent 1915------6,948,871 and inoffensive. 1g1~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: l~:l~~:::~ The testimo.ny of builders of the Chastleton Apartments was that the cost of building the entire apartment was $1,800,000, l~t~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:!~~:~~g including the cost of grounds. There have been six transfers 1922 ______31,678,105 of this property, of which were among them the grafters and rn~~======1~:~~1:~~~ skyrocketers, one of whom unloaded Qn the Du Ponts and for 1923------~------52,071,502 which they stuck the Du Ponts for half a million-a dead loss. The building inspector's estimate, based on the admission of This property was sold at one time to Mr. Felix Lake, to witnesses testifying for the landlords, that there would be an whom I have heretofore referred, for $3,000,000. He kept it increase in the class of property known as the better class-­ six months and sold it at a loss of $3,000,000. Revenue stamps that is, in the 870 apartment houses in the District which con­ on the deed when purchased showed that he sold it for $900,000, tain 17,672 apartments--of 25 per cent in rents, would amount and I assume that the $1,200,000 were in trusts. to more than $4,000,000. This does not include small houses This man was comparatively a poor man as I stated hereto­ nor small two-story fiats. fore, against whom something like 100 judgments were docketed Wages have increased upon an average in the District of in the District of Columbia, two of which are for $1,000 and Columbia from 28 to 50 per cent above pre-war prices, while $5,000, respectively. Those who are in position to know say that rent has increased from 50 to 100 per cent, although from the he is absolutely bombproof from execution. He is one of the facts presented by the landlords of the District through the members of Smith & Co., who inflate property by :fictitious board of trade, rents have increased only 34.2 per cent since transfers and who practice the loading up with mortgages and 1914, a most intelligent gentleman representing the Federation unloading on the unsuspecting public such fictitious and :fraudu­ ot Labor, of Washington D. C., one of the members of the Rent lent ·methods ; this type of a certain kind of realtors who Commission, before our subcommittee stated· that 60 per cent defraud the public and whose business is to inflate values and of wages in Washington were paid fer rent. That some classes keep rents at a high and unreasonable price by their fraudu· of workers get $12 a week now "iVhen they received $16.50 a week lent and fictitious methods. under the minimum wage commission. Women workers who It has been stated by the gentleman from Texas that Mr. were getting $16.50 a week now receive $9, $10, to $11 a week Wardman made a solemn promise before our· subcommittee at since the minimum wage commission was declared unconstitu­ the hearings that he would not eviet the tenants on their tional. When that law was in existence they told us the law refusal to pay the increased rent demanded. Mr. Wardman's was unnecessary, that without the law as much would be paid statement in reply to the question, " Do ·YOU expect to put the as with the law in existence. The 70,000 members of labor tenants out?" was: unions in Washington have requested that this law be extended. No, sir; I do not expect _to do that. You will :find in the rent hearings this year (pt. 1, p. 78) that I stated in the examination of Mrs. Taylor that I heard But the gentleman from Texas did not give the Members of Mr. Wardman say that- the House the benefit of the information that Mr. Wardman gave the committee that he disposed of this identical property. he carried the second trust himself. Some of these gentlemen told l, me that the second ·trust does not cost anything at all. That it is On page 82, part of the hearings, I quote: pure velvet. That remai11s on 1t when they sell it, and that is why Mr. HAMMER. How much did the building [the New Bern] cost you 'l this cost is so enormous. They put on these trusts, which seem to ·Mr. WARDMAN. I would have to go into it in detail. be a system of high financing. I do not understand it at all, I admit, Mr. HAMMER. I thought you could give us the figures. and when these gentlemen come on. here we will try to find out more Mr. WARDMAN. I had a trade there. I gave a lot of property in about lt. We will try to find out what is the matter when they sell return. It was a three or four cornered deal. It would be pretty these properties and whether they actually sell and get this amount. bard to get it down to a cash basis. I have already traded this oft One gentleman purchased three apartment houses the year before last to a firm. · and made $120,000, They are making enormous profits. FURTHER .ARGUMENTS IN BEHALF OF TENANT Not one of the persons who composed the committee that If the Rent Commission were to accept as the criterion of made the survey for the realtors were before the committte, and value sales of rental property based upon the monopolistic

It is next to impossible for persons operatlrig in the atmos­ increased. construction. The natural flow of capital, through which the phere of the exploitation of the present abnormal demand to law of supply and demand is expected to relieve any unusual scarcity lay aside their natural prepossessions and formulate opinions in a given commodity, does not take place, The result is that the concerning rental property which would be of any assistance bidding ts all on one side. There ls no competition between those who to the Rent Commission in the fixing of fair and ~easonable among them control the only available supply of habitation space. .rents. In short, so far as the housing situation is concerned; the normal com­ Congress presumably had this in mind when it provided petitive system has completely · broken down. It is as truly non­ that none of the members of the Rent Commission 11 shall be existent as in the business of furnishing transportation, water, gas, directly or indirectly engaged in, or in any manner interested electric light, and other facilities which are universally recognized as in or connected with, the real estate or renting business in proper objects of regulatiout three-fifths of the population, the pre­ In Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., and so forth, decided by war surplusage h.aving been offset by the total depreciation the Supreme Court of the United States March 6, 1922 (U. S. and condemnation of others. 258, p. 165), Justice McReynolds, speaking for the court, quoted During the war, when there were here more Government from a master's report t.o the effect that a public-service corpo­ workers than there are now, private homes were opened all ration was not entitled to earn a return- over the city. These homes were practically all closed to out­ upon the present high reproduction cost of its property • • • but siders in the early days of 1920. Therefore we now have a upon the actual reasonable investment in the property devoted to the population of at least 500,000 with homes for about 400,000. service of the complainant's consumers. 2. The population of Washington is increasing daily, as is shown by reports from the gatemen at the Union Station. A While the court did not expressly approve this language, canvass of business offices shows large sta1fs where prior to the there is nothing in the opinion which shows its disapproval. · war there ~as but one man to watch the so-called big interests In the case of Block against Hirsh, in which the rents act of the country. was held to be constitutional and valid, the Supreme Court of 3. The civil service shows a falllng off of several thousand the United States used this language: employees, but there is nothing to show that these workers Machinery is provided to secure to the ln.ndlord a reasonable re~t. have left Washington. In fact, the secretaries of most of the "SEC. 106. It may be assumed that the- interpretation of Congressmen and Senators could tell of constant appeals from 'reasonable' will deprive him, in part at least, of the power of these discharged workers who are still attempting to find work profiting by the sudden infiux of people to Washington caused by in Washington. Most of these former employees are still in the needs of Government and the war, and thus of a right usually Washington, as I attempted to show in my remarks in this incident to fortunately situated property-of a part of the value House on April 24. of bis property. • • • But while it is unjust to pursue such 4. The attitude of the landlord at the present moment shows profits from a national misfortune with sweeping denunciations, conclusively that there will be a crisis in the affairs of tenants the policy of restricting them has been embodied in taxation and which can not but end disastrously were the rents act to go is accepted." out of existence. This is evident in the bearings room in tes­ That there ls a condition of practical monopoly in the Dis­ timony which comes from both tenant and landlord. It is trict of Columbia can not be denied. In the able brief of the obvious that the minute the Rent Commission goes out of Attorney General of the United States in Block against Hirsh existence a large proportion of the more than. 8,000 tenants it was said: who have appealed to the Rent Commission will be evicted. It can not be disputed that the housing situation in a city like New We have constant information to the effect that rents will be York or Washington presents all the features of a practical monopoly. increased on the 22d of May, and the unemployment in the There is a house shortage which amounts to a fixed and inelastic city shows conclusively that there will be many people facing limitation of supply. The demand, on the other hand, is intensified and actual starvation. It is true now that high rents are causing rendered s.cute by the rapid increase in population, the conversion of the heads of families to decrease the supply of food on the residence Jnto business property, and the practical cessation of building table until the workers go to their Government work underfed operations during and immediately after the war. This inten.sified and little children go to school undernourished. This is a demand, however, is an emergency demand. The present expansion is critical time in the affairs of the workers of Washington, a regarded as more or less temporary and subject to sudden and ( eco­ time when taking away the restriction from grasping landlords nomically speaking) unforeseeable change. The increased demand for would mean tragedy and death. [Applause.] housing, therefore, is not sufficiently stable and permanent 1lo bring Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Ohairman, I yield fiv• minute& to the into play the private enterprise which would ordinarily respond by gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MADDEN]. APRm- 218

· Tb.Er ~N The gentleman from· Dl'inois le recog­ Mn: tf.NDEBHILL M~ Che.lmum; :m. Croilecttcut lt expire? Tle wnr is over, and it is time an 1!lie war' l'tlws ·'Mir.. 'hLsoN] was 111 the: diair he·kept the-tiIDe',. and I think be ware- repe&led This: was a war law. There is- n<> longer a:ny will ve:rtfyi my atatement. ~ te there- is. an euor too need f0'1'1 it. There a~ · aboot" 8;.000 or 9,-000 vacant apn:rtinents Chain will e-0r.rect it. in tlMJ District' of ia to trade with eai!h. other? eight minutes. , Tbat· is what we are doing. We are placing guardians over ~. LUGE.. The- ooll8tifutiK>nm question directly lnT>a1vecl 'the dght· ot peopte to m11ke · C0ntrnets~ If somebody feels here· i& 90, simp~ and nnrraw that one QBD! baPdly a1! this stage aggrieTed as- toi tr centract whkl\' he> hl!S mnde between him­ e.f, the debate address- himstif. tor it ·wiihout repetttbl. But self aoo B«Jme one- else, whll~ t'11s guardlftllsbip. · exlet~ he gues should any gentleman still be uncertruin.1 as to• the· natm.-e·

We have- renehed the' stage fn life ln tlie United' States by the inferential method of the use 0f' the ~Uee po-wer.1 i~ where life ls so· emrrpUcntecf that we never can tell from one which case-he is oot t01 be compemiated~ TllteJ i-esua- here is on0 moment to another wootlum if we start to g@ North we should of' the exercise of the police power. 'The scope- of' this- powl'r go South if we do not want to violate the law~ and it may be ha~ been,. dl11cnaisem for. mn.ny years- and tn great extent and that while we are on our way North some governmental ageucy still! is fUleeedingly uneertainJ But the opihioni b&.-nded 'doWn may come along and tell us that we ought to go East o~ West. last MondaJ11~ coople wtth the previous opinion in tbe same Horace Greeley when he was alive used· tO' say, '"Young. man, matter-, goes so fal' toward· clarifymg alld ~ dMming tJ.lie .l'roblem go West and grow up with the country;• I think it might'. be that.ti I ean not agree with. t1re gentleman :from V'irgfnia fMr. wise. for a lot of people in the District: ot· Columbia, if' tlrny l\1oonE] that no important constitutional i.8BlJe is berei- can­ wanted to get aeqmrfnted with the United States, to go West cerned. aml grow up with. the country and see what ls going on. It is not easy, at first sight. to recollCile- these: two· opin.il6ne· ot. There ought not to be ney- d.ou'tlt abdnt what our attib.i.de the Supreme Court,. but a Calief.ul S€rutin~ will 8™lw ~u, that is tle would' have discovered a long line of argument ·on the ot11er out of the kitchen. sfd'e, to which he did not call your atten.tiop.. ~ speDt his :Mr. RAKED. Will the gentleman ylel'd? time on a task from which I would escape by tel.ling. you thall Mt'I. lUADDEN.. Yes. no matter what have been the opinions of the jurists on ibis Mr. RAKER. Tberei is- noborly wno· undel"Stands this situa­ point for mere than half B: century-the Ieac11ng decision in tion better than thet gentleman and who is bette?" able tu answer' my own State dating from 186()-and fn spite of' a.II th'is argu­ the question I intend to- a-s:k. Wt:n the gentlennm advise the me:et and difference of judgment the proposition he puts for­ eommltteeo baw many:· more people ate in Washington by virtue ward no longer has a:ny bearihg. of the Veterans-' Bureoa.u, b-y virtue &f the Treasury DepRrt­ What men may have thought the l'aw hr now of' no 'conse­ witl:i ment, the War and Navy Departments, and by vfrtue of eon~ qu€tlce. We am dealing to-d'ay not history; we aTe deal­ ditions brovght &bout bJ' the wa:r? ing with· what le now the law. The court spoke last :Monday Mn. M.AiDDEN. 1i think there B!ret 3{1,000 people here on the and said what rs· now the raw, sa.id it iD: a sen.ten.re tbttt I' think m~t Govermn.en.t pay roll who ooght not to. liJe l\ere. [~pplause.} Ilas heretofore been cf"ted' and that seems to me to be the w~ baJve been trying to· get then? oft bm we have- not been af>l!e core of its position : to get them oft'. We have passed appropriA?tl0n bills tu• pay In our opinion it lir open to tnquirei whether- the exigency lftill e-xl:i!ted t:heh!' way home, buti they will not even go home when you offer upon whf~b the continued operation ot the- law

the situation as it is. If we care to, let us put ourselves on emergency may .well cease to operate when the emergency record as to whether we believe the emergency still exists, itself ceases to exist. The court's declaration in this regard, though knowing all the time that the court will in the end while made in its discussion of a constitutional question, is in determine and in all probability will say it does not now exist. reality an outgrowth of the old common law maxim that reason · One gentleman has shown to you the result of his examina­ ~s the life of the law and that cessantis ratione legis cessat tion of a newspaper of Saturday night. Following the same ipsa lea:. line of inquiry I took yesterday morning's Washington Post This proposed legislation for the continuance of the Rent and discovered nearly 400 houses, apartments, and apartment Commission is both unconstitutional and un-American. It has houses for sale or to rent advertised in that one edition. no more justification than laws providing for the regulation ·Yesterday afternoon, in riding from here to Chevy Chase, I of the prices which we shall pay for the staple goods of any passed apartment house after apartment house with placards household, or for shoes, clothing, meat, fruits, vegetables, or showing that apartments were to rent, and house after house any other article which is used in our common_ existence as a for sale. No man's eyes will tell him that there is to-day any people. In nearly every community retailers can be found such shortage of living accommodations as to constitute an who are profiteering in all such articles. If it is conceded that emergency. [Applause.] rents asked in the District of Columbia are excessive, this fact The CHAIRMAN. The time of. the gentleman has expired. does not constitute such an emergency as to justify tbe inter­ Mr. LAMPERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield one minute to the vention of the police power of the Government, for in what gentleman from Missouri [Mr. WoLFF]. growing village, town, or city in America can not the same Mr. WOLFF. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the House, thing be said? Such legislation as is here proposed if carried I have not taken any of the time of this House previously. to its logical conclusion will destroy competition, wipe out the I tried to get a little time to-day. I have heard the speeches constitutional guaranties of our citizens to the enjoyment of made by the gentlemen against this bill. I have heard my col­ life, liberty, and the private ownership of property, and will league from Missouri. defend his stand. I have heard the other ultimately set up in America a government based on socialism gentlemen defend their stand from a constitutional standpoint, run mad. Again, we are asked to pass this law in the face but I want to say to you that I defend my stand from the of the assertion of the Supreme Court that the emergency standpoint of a poor man. [Applause.] I believe I can defend which justified the original enactment has now disappeared. it trom that standpoint. I have only one minute to-day, but The court truly says that " if about all that remains of war con­ I want to say that the man who votes against this measure ditions is the increased cost of living that is not in itself a to-day is not right, I do not care who he is. I say, when you justification of the acC' defend this thing from a constitutional standpoint and tell In the light of the foregoing extract from the opinion of what the Supreme Court has done, give them a chance again. the court, it is abundantly clear that we should refuse to per­ Law is a matter of opinion, and a matter of opinion only. mit political expediency to stampede us into continuing the Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield two minutes to the existence of a commission the legal justification for which gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. RooERs]. has long ceased to exist. Mr. ROGERS of New Hampshire. Mr. Chairman and gentle­ Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield four minutes to the men of the committee, I think we can all agree with the state­ gentleman from Illinois [Mr. KuNz]. ment of the gentleman who has just preceded me that law is a l\ir. KUNZ. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the com­ matter of opinion, although the opinion of the Supreme Court mittee, there has been a great deal of discussion upon the of the United States by virtue of the Constitution is the final question of emergency iri the District of Columbia, and the opinion so far as we are concerned. Prior to the opinion· of the city of New York has been put on a parallel with Washing· Supreme Court handed down last week there seemed to be a ton. The gentlemen who were presen.-, and heard the con­ great deal of speculation as to whether or not this law which troversy on the question of immigration will remember that it we are now considering was or was not constitutional, and so was pointed out that there were 800,000 immigrants who far as I am able to judge from the disagreement manifested by immigrate into the city of New York every year. certain distinguished lawyers who are Members of this body in During the war and just after the war, those of you who the debate to-day there now seems to be a great deal of specula­ we1'e here know that in some of the rooms they had four or tion as to what has been held by the Supreme Court. Regard­ five cots to accommodate those who visited Washington. less of the correct interpretation of the decision of the Supreme To-day you walk along the streets of Washington and you find Court, one thing is certain, and that is that the court has not signs "Apartments for rent," .. Buildings for sale." You did attempted to abrogate the fifth amendment to the Constitution not see that three years ago. The trouble with a great many of the United States which provides that no person shall be de­ people who are trying to promulgate the idea of a salary grab prived of life, liberty, or property witl1out due process of law. bUl is that they are afraid to tell you the conditions as they [Applause.] . exist. During the war it . was a question of housing condi­ Mr. Chairman, six years before the armistice was signed, if tions. Now it is a question of a combination of real-estate any such legislation had been proposed in the Congress I ven­ owners, and I defy the gentlemen who are on the committee ture to say it would be a fair prediction that no Member of to contradict my statement. The Rent Commission, uhder the this body would have voted for it, . because they would have law as it stands at the present time, can do nothing to prevent known and recognized the fact that it would have been beyond them from forming a combination. The substitute that was the constitutional powers of Congress. The Members of this offered by my colleague, the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. House would have realized then, as they must realize to-day, JosT], provides a penalty against any such combination within that the creation of a commission with power to fix rents in the the District of Columbia. District of Columbia could be justified only under the police Mr. LAGUARDIA. Will the gentleman yield? power of the legislative branch of the Government, and that its Mr. KUNZ. I have not time. If you will give me some existence could be constitutionally defended only in the face time, I will yield. of a serious emergency affecting the lives and health of the If you want to help the poor man, as my friend, the gentle­ residents of the District. Such an emergency undoubtedly man from Missouri [Mr. WoLFF] says, then amend this bill existed during the war, when it was vitally essential to the or adopt a substitute that will give protection to the poor men successful prosecution of the war that accommodations be of the District of Columbia. This Rent Commission will secured for the housing of a vast army of Government workers simply take $100,000-yes, an unlimited amount of money­ in the Capital of the Nation. The demand for tenements out of the Treasury of the United States and compel the greatly exceeded the supply, and the profiteering landlords in people of this country to pay these salary-grabbing people who Washington took advantage of the necessities of the Govern­ are of no avail to the people of Washington. One of the mem­ ment and its thousands of officers and employees who were bers of the commission who was secretary to a former Sen­ compelled to find a place in which to live. ator is working in his State to elect his Senator and is draw­ The fixing of rents in times of peace and in the absence of ing his salary out of the United States Treasury. a great national emergency, simply because the rates are high Gentlemen, the trouble is there are too many of us who are and occasional suffering and hardship involved, is just as in­ all the time in the air. Instead of havJng our ears close to defensible as the fixing of the prices which a purchaser shall the ground to hear the rumblings of the people, we are wander­ pay for all other necessary articles of life, such as food, cloth­ ing far above, and in consequence when the election comes, ing, fuel, and so forth. We are asked to continue the Rent some one else comes here and takes our place who does not Commission in the District of Columbia. Six years after the understand the conditions as they are at the present time. armistice we are urged to declare the continued existence of a 'l'he CHAIRMAN, The time of the gentleman from Illinois war emergency, which, if we are honest with ourselves, we has expired. know does not exist. The Su}lreme Court has well saicl in the l\fr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, with a normal committee of Chastleton case that a law depending upon the existence of an 21 members there has been but one member of the Committee '.7402 OONGilESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE APRIL '28 ~~~~~------~-----~~------.;-~------~ I' 00. the DJ:sulct of Oolumeia who has spol!en for this Rent O~m- 161-1 .Eye .St., .opposite Army Juld NavY Club: Large room, beautifully 111.iu.lon. Juet ·one member, the gesrtteman. frflm North Cam­ furnished.; so.uthem .exposure; .nes:t to .bath ; 2nd tloor; for l. or 2 Una [Mr• .11.A.MKDa., be being the oo.Iy .member iof the comm1twe gentlemeD.. w;l.M> .hns spoken in ;favor et e~ it. .1341 Cllftnn-: -Large, cheerl'ul zeo~ suitable for two, ~otntng ' bath; three windows; .home pcl:v.ileges·.; unlimited pb.one~ ·ideal locatioD\fl DOES A:N'Y W:A!t Elt!!llRGENCI£ S't'll.iL EJl:fST Ada.ms -287-'. ! If ,you pass this measure you will be declaring fhat 1t ls 1727 F N, W. : Euorlshed rooms, alngle .aud double; single .beds l based upon emergenc'ies 9f the war~ when the war bas been .electrlclty; Jnatanta.neous hot-water heater. sA.pplr Garing week ~ · over now nearly six years. You are .asked to make a legisla· .4.8Q. • I tlve declaration that war emergencies stm exist, when, as a .Xhe Moot&romery, North Capitol JUld M Ste., Apt. ~7: LaJJge, ;nlceIT. matter of fact, they do not. I have already quoted «1Uite a tur.Dished room, next bath, .electricity., .contlnuoue .hot wnter. .Frank­ large number of vacancies tn the District of Columbia which line 18935...J. l are now otrered for rent. Tbe ,gentleman from Massachusetts 4L7 11th St. NW.: (0pposlte Star oftlice) : Newly ,funaished outside [llr, LTicE] mentioned the large number o'f properties advertised rooms ; .electi:icity ; continuous hot water, .running wat.er in rooms. l tor rent yesterday ln the Washington Post. Let me sbow you 1723 G St. N. W.: Apt. 40: Nicely funllshed, .comfo~tab~e -r-0om I what has recently been otfered in the :Star : 4:entlemen .only. The Washington Star for March. SO, 1924, carried six and one­ 63 N. Y. An.: One large, nicely furnished Toom, nert to batiil; heat ball: columns, 74 adv.ertlsements to the column, olfering rooms and electric light; suitabli! .for O'lle or ·two gentlemen .or married ce11\)le z and snit.es of rooms ·tor rent, and catrtea seven run co-lUmns of ..r-easonable; priv}l.te .tami]y. , advertisements o'tfering n.par.tments tor .rent, and carded two 141-0 lllh .St. ,NW.: ,Nice room for 2 girls; girl wants roommate J fnll ·cohmms of attvertisements ottering yacant .tesldences ~or parlor.~ piano, ~ectrdcl.ty~ ,pbcne, 1. m. .k. and la.un~ ,pr.hileges; "12 pe~ rent. r rm.onth. N.ol'th .S'l34. I The Wasbingtan Star to-r A.prll l.3, 1'924, .carried -six 'fnll ctil­ 16th and .You St:s. : Large, .attractively :furni~ .room for 8Di! .&r tw~ unms, uvera:ging 15 a ~lvertlsements to the column, ottetlng .la.dies; .e~ery conve-nl.ence; sitt~ roron, kUChen ~~ea.; ~at.er~ rooms ·an'd suites Qf rooms 'for rent, and carried seven and bne­ caf(;; walking dJsta.n.ce e paissetl. 11111001 by the beds,; :next tn bath, .a.. m . home ,privlle,es..; 'Dle&ls iit-t1esille4; reaBono( 1 .a.; ·courts of 'fbe ceuntry, fl'.nd tt Will be e: \7ery ma1Jerial 1nqirtrf ias able. , 1 }n8t -what• the to are facti8 o to rreiital 1fat!Illtles now tn the 943 0 .St• .NW. : AttraoUvely f.uniahed r-enm, tllree ~ 1WiB4ows ; 'Disttlct, I 'W'i~ ·Show exaictl!V orrered ·for rent 'y.eSter­ nat•was another large room 2nd 1loor.; .hot end oold water Jn l!I08Dl ; .l1W.tal>le .fo~ day in just one of the Washington n~pers · : light bo~u1ekeE1ping; .ba.th same .tio•r. .Nert.- 'H~. i iDVllm'rnlmlll!l'NTS !'OR RENT Dr WA'EJmNG'!'O'N . STA~ A'pJtfL ~7, 16.2.t. 1:402 Delade.l.d Pl• .NW.~ Bea.u~fully fUl'nlshed. room, w~ io~ wWMmt ;1mlrimtte;d ~ " The folh>wllur iadviertisements ~r.Ll!lg pDepertv "for rent ap­ ,private bath ; centlnuous pot wa.teti, rteU!phene detaQbed ii>eared :in tJ!le WashinP;on Star ~terday., .l\.pril 2'1, l.924: ..pdnte~. 1 1-330 Columbia Rd• .: H-.ndsemely .turnls&.ed, single •or .m, 6•ifle., tlnff 1lEN'1'' llt!mlfS-Ptmm SXJ!lD rooms·; ;pr-ivate ba.th; ~nt.dnuons •t water ; olean ; ~We; ttJl&'ll-< One .blo~k o! cli.~ '.Phalle Circle : :tmttmi!lately available, .in prtvate .stentEJ, ,permaJteJ1.t. · home Of aaultS, 2 :tumbJb~d 1'oOm8, l>tl~'te 'bath, ane~s; private,; "ftr.ae.d .f•mlb' o -ein.. 1 !bent, large ~tumo room 11.bd small dressing room; must be seen ·to be d)klYed .CC)l;lple .desired,; r ~ .&Ad. . eleat.l'i'oi~; bat.a OIL .2na tfi&6l"; ·l, 11. k. ~pprecta:tea: a. tn. t.,; telephone; maid service. ,Line. ~.{68 .• ., 'C\olle ' to 14th and Colbrado Ave. : Dl!~hed prtvat.e home, new, 2 ~ear 14th and :SU.cha.nan: ,Attractive ,room, ·adJolni.nc bath; ~3 -i:ooms, with ba.th .; single or 'Btift ; 26x:t2 and 15xi&, e1osets ..of t>ropor· on court; modern conveniences; breakfast privileges; .fi&M»nable.' tlonate ~e ; prqe; no other roomers ; ·price reasonable. Adams 425'6. IA.dams 8189. i 1.9'61 13lltmo~ S't. N.'W. : LaJ,"&e .'tron't room for tw.o; sunny bay .A.dOoming .&ck Creek P&Jlk.: :BmgJit, ..(:001 .front t!Olelll, aext oo il>aih.. wtndolr _; attracttve neSghborlM>od. .eonvenient tQ both car llnes, but 2633 i.Mla.ms ,Mill Roa~, Apt. -31. vic!.Dlty 18th and Cfol Read. I away from ·no18e.. Sil\Cle room ta.Clog south also avalla:ble. .2M6 Ulllv6l'S1.ty Pl. ~w. : Lup ftnlaisa~ •l'OClm, inUlable .fm tw• f Ch.wy Chase, D. C. : 'Large turn1sbed 'bedroom, second floor front ; ele . p. m. -any 12532 .14th, icorner CU!ff.Jl. .Aipt, 3.: P.ictvaie ·family tefrel'I .Jarnwe 1.r0•~. evening, or call l:aams ~771 ror a:ppQlntment. fumi,8ked in ma.hog~Jl5'. -next be.rta; ~n QPHtme;; .:Protestant~ 1748 Q St. N. W. : Large tront bedroom, twln beds; electrlc ll,ghts; terred. PJlone .Celu:mbia .ID-W. j next to bath ; coutlnuous hot water; maid and , phon~ ; suitable tor 18th and lt : Large, norner · ~ -N&m, priv.a11e ba.tll, po11cb, 'two or "thl'ee _.entlemen; rent $40. '¥.hone Nor'th 9741>. .modeNJ. .q>artment .heuse .; for ,gentleman, -quiet tastes. A:wly ·4 ·to 5.30. 1831 'Monroe 'St. N. W.: LaQ:e 'f.oont room, With IaJ.:ge Alcove, su'it­ :Main -399.4. 1 able for three or four.; l:wln l>e,ot ;water, ..soree.D.1', phone; montll.; .,&'entlemen.. .Col. .2'S7 4. ~ar~~e. 1924 CQNGRESSION Alli RECORD--HOUSE .7403

1430' Rhode Island A.venue NW., Aputment 26. Large, ple&lanf room, GMleme& only, large front roem, adjoining bath ; all modern im- next bath, in modern downtown apartment house; reterencet~ Fran1'­ provements. Adams 8929. . lin 141. 1116 Columbia •Ollid: Lar~. well fnnished, with private bath, dining 1224 Eleventh Street NW. Furnished t()'f light houBekeeptng; one room ; $30, one ; $35, two. Columbia 2134. large front room and kitchen; bath en aame ftoor; newly decorat-ed; 1408 hlgraham st. NW.: ~wly famished, for l'ady, in new detached $40. home; all conveniences. Col. 6022. 803 Mount Vernon Pln.ce (near Seventh and K Streete). Two large 911; New York Ave. NW.: Clean, homey rooms, with and without roolll'B and back porch, parlor floor ; llgbt housekeeping if desired ; l'ea­ housekeeping; living rooms, piano, teleplion-e. Call. sonabie. Also sleeping room, n~xt to bath, e15 month. 2038 F St. NW: : Single, next to fiath ; sereened' pol'ch ; a. m. 1. ; 1107 Seventeenth NW. Twin beds; laTge, clean, second front, next phone; gentleman; $20. bath ; ontside balcony; continuous hot water; unlimited phone. Call Glri t.o 11hare nleely fu:n:iished 2-room, kltahenett-e apt. ; grand piano ; Sunday after 1, week after 5. three exposures; delightful for summer. Phone CleTe. 2116. 1737 Seven~en~h Street NW. Bed-living roem on second floor, front; l~llt Ca1·0Une- St. NW., jll8t -off 16th: Room, 2d floor front, with or also room on third tloor; con~nient to bus and three car lines; elec-­ without garage; reasonable. tricity, phone eervice. 1417 Harva-rd St. NW.: Large 3d-story back reom, running water, 1757 Euclid Street (near Eighteenth and Colilnl'bia Road). Desirable electric ligllt. 2 large windows; phone. room, single or double ; convenient meals ; two car tines ; Protestants. Ill7 N' Nl\V.: Two frG11t 1rooms, large and small, $20 and $10; elec­ Columbia 4855. tricity, hot water; downtown; gentlemen. North 9938. l+w Meridian Place NW., Apartment Ii. Two well-furnished and 'Cem­ 1035 New Jersey A.ve. NW:: Two fur. fol' I. b. k. t newly papered; fortablc rooms Jn modern apartment, suitable for one or two ; rent, f13 man and wife preferred ; $25. and $25 per lll'Onth. 1.201 Clifton: eomtorto.bl~ 1sman room for young man desiring con­ Large room, choice, furnished as bedroom or bed-sitting room ; 2 large venience and economy; $15. t!losets, aujoinJng bath; convenient to downtown; no other roomers; 1920 Pnrk Road : Two nttnt ll'D

603 North Carolina Ave. SE.: Large front room, with or without 1703 Irvlng St. NW.: Front room, one block from Mt. Pleal'lant cars J 1. h. k. Phone Lincoln 4391. gentleman ; reasonable. 1236 11th St. NW., Apt. 1: Front bed-sitting room to lady: reason­ 4407 8th St. NW. : Large front room : a. m. i. ; close to buses and able. Call after 7 p. m. cars; board if desired. Col. 1028-W. Petworth, 726 Taylor St. : Two nice housekeeping rooms ; desirable ; 2011 Park Rd., large, airy room, facing park : all modern improve­ home privileges ; adults ; $30. ments ; next to tiled bath ; owner's private home. 3467 14th St. NW. : Nice room, suitable tor 1 or 2 gentlemen; 4223 4th St., Petworth NW.: Iowa bus or Soldiers' Ilome car; 2 suburbs ; board optional ; by May 1. I. h. k. rooms, location high and dry: private famUy. Adams 440S-J. Well-furnished rooms in private home; garage. Phone Cleve. 107-W, 815 Mass. Ave. NE.-Rooms with sleeping porch; 2 gentlemen or Sunday or evenings. employed couple without children. 3316 Mt. Pleasant St.: Pleasant room, convenient to end of car 5U5 Randolph St. NW.-2 nicely furnished, bright, clean rooms; line; bath with shower on same floor. 1. h. k. Col. 2883-J. 723 6th St. NW.: One large front room and kitchenette, first floor, 2 well furnished front rooms; a. m. 1.; southern exposure: continuous and 2 rooms on second, tor I. h. k. hot water; reasonable: phone privileges. Pot. 2546.

1344 Spring Road : Nicely furnished 3 rooms and bath ; electricity 1821 Vernon St. NW.-Room with porc_h1 private family : gentleman s and gas; available May 1; $50 month. reasonable-Phone North 7764-J. 1115 East Capitol St. : Large front room facing Lincoln Park, three 918 Eye NW.-Very attractive bedroom, second-floor front. windows ; twin beds ; nicely furnished. Phone Linc. 6159. 1441 Pa. Ave. SE.-Three front rooms; range: I. h. k. 217 East Capitol St. : Exceptionally attractive porch and room com­ 1315 15th NW.-Lovely single front room: convenient home; bined, for gentlemen ; hot water always. transients. Potomac Heights : Large, new ; accommodates two young ladles ; · 122u N NW.-Two front housekeeping rooms; water: electricity. board if desired. Clev. 3238. 1214 K, Apt. 3.-Single room, n. m. i. Call after 4. 1337 22nd St. NW. : Nicely furnished front room, twin beds : French Takoma Park.-1 or 2 rooms, prtvate bath; breakfast it desired. family; reasonable. North 2861. Adams 4258. 1727 P, Dupont Circle: Large, bright front room, near bath; elec· 13th near Park Rd.-Two large rooms, private bath; continuous hot tricity ; parlors ; telephone. water. Adams 4553. 1642 Newton St. NW.: Second floor, near bath; priv. getting break­ 619 Eye St. NE.-2 clean furnished rooms; I. h. k.; $22. fast; gas and electricity ; very reasonable. Col. 8651. 643 East Cnpitol.-Nlre, bright room, near bath. Phone Linc. 3970. 1752 Corcoran St., Dupont Circle: Private family, extra large front 1372 Harvard St. NW .-Three rooms, $45 ; two front ; housekeeping. double room, with balcony; board. North 7121. 1321 Columbia Road.-Second floor front ; two others : $30 : house- 1823 Eye Street NW. : Two furnished rooms ; light housekeeping keeping. allowed ; gas, electric lights ; $30 per mo. 1121 12th St. NW. (12th and Mass. Ave.)-Second-ftoor front: a. m. I. Apt. 238, Klingle Mansions : Two large, beautifully furnished rooms ; 131 A St. NE., Apt. 43.-Attractive L'Oom, a. m. l. Phone Linc. 2 windows, private bath; $37.50. Col. 6797. 6050-W. 14th and Delafield Sts. : Beautltul corner room, next to bath; $30 1330 Mass. Ave. NW.-Ln.rge outside room; gentlemen only. mo. ; in detached house ; every comfort. Phone Adams 5025. 130G Columbia Rd.-Double or single rooms ; gentlemen or employed 933 N. Y. Ave. : Small, private family home, single room ~or rent; ladles. every modern convenience. Knight. Thom11s Circle, 1418 M St.-Desirable sleeping and housekel:'plng 1716 Kilbourne pl., Mt. Pleasant: One room with private bath; rooms. elect. and hot-water heat. Col. 4225. 1433 Clifton St.-Very attractive 2nd-floor room: modern con­ Two neat, 1. h. k. rooms, completely furnished, a. m. i., for employed veniences. couple. Call 110 E St.· NE. Lincoln 736. Nice front room, splendid location, private home: a. m. i. ; reason- Apt. No. 43, Ventosa: Wanted, one or two young ladies to share; able. Pot. 1312-W. may be seen Sunday after 1 p. m., or evenings after 5.30. 1505 22nd St. NW.-Room and kitchenette, $22.50. 1013 M St. NW. : Large and medium, second floor, housekeeping; Chateau Bonaparte, 1627 K St. NW.-Pleasant rooms for men. attractively furnished ; electricity. 1211 K St. NW.-=Apt. of 2 rooms and kitchen. Other desirable 1831 Monroe St. NW. : Nicely furnished room, private home; con­ rooms. tinuous bot water ; garage ; references. Adams 4850. 1012 10th St. NW.-One large front room for l. h. k. : electric 2304 14th St. NW. : Apt. 6, desirable room in corner apartment tor Ugh ts. one or two gentlemen ; $1S-$25. 317 A St. NEl.-Comfortable room. Lincoln 4::!49-J. 4 Iowa Circle: Bed living room, front, facing park; very attractive; 4119 7th St.-Furnished, front, for middle-aged cO\lple. walking distance ; unlimited phone. 1743 ru. Ave. NW.-Donble and single; In private family. 2622 Unlver'1tY Pl. NW.: Two well furnished rooms, with board, 2506 K NW.-Room with 2 becls, $10 month. West 2680. '7.50 per week up. Telephone Adams 719. 502 M St. NW.-With or without housekeeping. 1483 Meridian Pl. NW. : Double and single rooms in detached house ; 1720 21st St. NW.-Semi-basement with bath; also front t'o&m s large porch; 1. h. k. if desired. Adams 1696-J. modern home. 1465 Girard St. NW.: Double room for gentlemen; opens on sleep. 521 2nd St. SEJ.-Two or three housekeeplnir; sink and gas ri.lnga ing porch. Col. 5545-J. in kitchen. 1511 Vt. Ave. NW.: First or second floor, single and communicating; cheap ; central ; housekeeping. 1419 Chapin St. NW., apt. 2.-Double room, adjoining batlJ : fur­ 1u01 11th St. NW.: Two large front i·ooms and kitchenette, apart­ nished in walnut. ment, range; very desirable; $40. 1322 L St. NW.-Large, front room, running water, elP,ctricity ; 311)1 Mt. Plea.sant St., Apt. 31 : Nice room, private family; May 1 ; three beds. gentleman. Col. 9381-W. 1758 Kenyon St.-Nicely furnished front room. 1021 20th St. NW.: 2 blocks from Penna. ave.; bay-window front; Mt. Pleasant-2nd floor room with porch, next to bath ; all cars. $20 and $22 monthly ; dally and weekly rates. Col. 8027. 1107 10th St. NW. : Two rooms and kitchenette, running water, In convenient NW.-Two desll'llble rooms. Phone Adams 1255. housekeeping ; couple. Call after 5 p. m. 1709 Irving St. NW.-Front room, pl'ivate; twin beds. 1858 Columbia Rd., Apt. 46: Attractive room, southeastern exposure; 1733 17th St. NW.-Two rooms, kitchenette and bath : $l.l5 per two windows ; lady ; reasonable. Col. 7783-J. month. Call Col. 950-3. 1762 Columbia Road : Furnished room, next to bath ; second floor ; 1830 Columbia Rd.-Attractlve rooms, home atmosphere. private home ; reasonable. 5038 Conduit Rd. NW.-3 rooms, bath, housekeeping: all conve­ Mt. Pleasant: Bright, attractively furnished; a. m. 1. ; $15 ; gentle­ niencel'I : no children. man ; also garage. Phone Adams 2442. 13SO Quincy.-Large front room, twin beds, shower buth, private 1629 K St. NW.: Newly papered, painte

l.~00 lst S.t. NW.-Color.ed,; nlceQr tu1'1ilisbed romn. splendid location: 1219 M St. NW. : &illgle .and ·double, with l&rg~ dosets in each. gentleman only. 1843 Calvert NW.: Room for on.e or two gentlemen; n . .m. 1. 1224 C.Onn . .Ave., A.pt. 4J..-Two lu:ae, beautifull7 turDJ&hed rooms, 1.336 11th NW. : Nice room~ second floor; electric ll_g'hts, ps, 1. h. k. ; exceptionally cool. $5. . 1436 .Irving St. NW.--La.rge, sunuy~ il.rat-Aoor bent room; Tea- 622 ]lye St. NW. : Two rooms, .1. h. k. ; newcy papered .and painted ; sonable. first 'floor. . 1448 Clifton St.-.2 well .turni&hed rooms; -bright ..and BllDDY. 1940 Calvert St. NW.: .Room with porch; private bome; lady. 941 O St. NW.-2 or 3 rooms, second floor; lleat, gas, .bath; 1. h. k. Col. 6018. 2.234 35th .st. NW.-Ba.Y-window ifront J:'IGOm-; ia. m. :1.; •use ·Of JOtchen. 1404 .M NW. (Thomas Ci11cle) : Large, clean room. twin beatih; ~ootrlclty. lt:122 !East tricity, elevator, cafll. afh.; sulta1>le for 2 sing.le housekeeping rooms; near ma:rket and cars. Phone. Call after persons. 4 p. m. 17406 CONGRESSIONA'L RECORD-HOUSE APRIL 28

BENT ROOMS-FUR. OR UNl'UR. 658 12th St. NE. : 3 large outside rooms ; gas stove: semiprivate 2211 Il St. NW.: Five very attracthe rooms with bath; bot and bath ; $35, gas included ; adults. cold water on each floor; convenient to two car lines, Government Your trunks, etc., moved 50 cents and up: Always open. Phone buildings ; reasonable. Main 1005. District Express Co. Dupont Circle, 1409 20th St. : Second-floor front, furnished, $20 ; 12 Eye· St. NE. : Entire ~ floor, 3 rooms and kitchen; gas, heat, elec~ unfur., S17. Franklin 8729. trlcity; $35 month. Frank. 7116. Several ladies or gentlemen desiring real home to take rooms ; rea­ 317 Varnum St. NW. ·: Two unfurnished rooms for 1. h. k.: new sr,nable. Address Box 20-D, Star office. home .i southern exposure. 2419 18th NW. : Two large rooms, l.h.k. ; partly furnished, nice 508 Kennedy St. NW. : Two large, unfurnished rooms and kitchen­ home ; very convenient; with furnishings, $35, or unfurnished, $RO. ette ; electric lights ; $35. H39 You St. NW.: On corner; single or double furnished room: 505 M St. NW.: Two large, bright rooms and kitchenette; gaa !'ange, entire second floor, unfurnished, $45 a month. · electricity, and gas; walking distance of Govt. depts. 3519 10th St. NW.: Furnished or unfurnished housekeeping rooms, 715 Princeton Place : Private apartment, 3 rooms, sleeping porch and eecond floor; reasonable. Columbia 4090-J. kitchen ; modern equipments. 1837 16th NW. : 2 large rooms, 3rd floor; housekeeping or non­ 57 New York Ave. NE.: 3-room apt., unfurnished; modern con­ bousekeeping ; gas, electricity and phone ; $40. veniences ; reasonable. 420 3rd NW.: 3rd floor, l.h.k., running water; adults only. 3038 Cambridge Pl. NW.: 2 rooms, kitchenette, elec. light, he t, gas; One or three rooms, l.h.k., garage; suburbs; couple or gentleman. phone service incl. West 1122. Col. 8073. 1503 M St. NW.: Colored; living room, kitchenette; married couple; Two attractive rooms, modern house, $26 per month. Columbia good condition ; llght; heat, fine location. 5272-R. 449 Newton NW.: Two large connecting I. h. k. rooms or large front 314 6th NE. : Two front 1. h. k. rooms ; reasonable; garage. Lin- room, kitchen, bath; a. m. 1. coln 8043-J. 1246 Maryland Ave. · NE.: Four rooms and bath; electricity; gas 1120 Park Rd. NW. : Second floor, l. h. k. ; porch. range ; sink ; large closets. 1730 N. Capitol St. : 2 rooms, furnished or unfurnished, for I. · h. k. 1514 9th NW.: Entire third floor of three rooms, large hall, water 2023 0: Large front room and kitchen, gas range; a. m. i.; very on floor ; housekeeping ; no children ; $35. reaRonable. 607 Columbia Road : 3 unfurnished rooms, light housekeeping ; gas, 1515 Upshur St., NW. : Two or 3 rooms in private, modern home; electricity, heat; overlooking reservoir; reasonable. nry reasonable. 1246 20th St., Apt. 3 : Large front room, use of kitchen, for lady 317 C St. NW.: Nice, convenient rooms, with bath; reasonable. employed; reasonable. Franklin 7425. 1829 16th NW., apt. 6: Large room in apt. house. 634 L St. · NW. : 3 rooms, kitchenette for I. h. k. ; heat, gas, elec­ 638 E St. NE. : 3 large rooms, furrushed 01· unfurnished ; electric tricity ; reasonable. light, h. w. h. and l. h. k. 1008 Potomac Ave. SE.: 4 unfurnished rooms for 1. h. k.; newly 1412 Irving St. NW.: Furnished or unfurnished rooms; couple pre­ papered and painted'; 2d floor; semi-bath; adults; reasonable. ferred. 604 F St. NW. : Two bright rooms; steam heat; $20 month. Apply 1770 Col. Rd.: 3 rooms, kitchenette and bath; furnished or unfur­ 422 6th St. NW. nished. 1503 Vermont Ave. NW.: Light housekeeping 3 rooms and -kitchenette. 204 9th St. NE. : Large ·front room ; 1. 11. k. 52 V NW.: Two large housekeeping, gas, elec., bath and use of 1040 Otis St. NE. : Room for rent. phone. Frank. 7660. 631 Otis Pl. NW. : Three rooms. h.-w. h., electric light, closed sleep­ RENT ROO:P.IB-UNFURNISHED ing porch. Three unfurnished rooms, new h<>use ; 1. h. k. ; closets, semibath, 63 K NE.: Three rooms, private bath; range, sink; reasonable. large porch and grounds ; electricity ; near car; 20 minutes to 12th 619 F St. NW. : One large room, 1. h. k., elec., gas, and water; and Pa. Ave. NW.; rent reasonable. H. H. Blandford, corner Shelley reasonable. . Road and Lattimer Ave., Arlington, Va. 2134 P St. NW.: Two rooms, running water, semibath; housekeeping. Mt. Pleasant, 3345 17th St: NW. : Entire third floor, three rooms, Potomac 336. unfurnished ; porcelain sink in alcove, rear room, four large closets ; 604: Mass. Ave. NW.: Two or three rooms, kitchen, sink; employed one block frnm carEt ; rent, $45 per month ; including gas and elec­ couple. tricity. 634 Massachusetts Ave. NW.: 3 rooms, third floor; reasonable; no 8 Ash Ave., Takoma Park: Three housekeeping rooms, sleeping children. por<'h, bath, first floor; new bungalow; a·. m. 1. ; private front and 717 Fairmont St. : Housekeeping; 3 rooms, first floor ; 3 rooms and back entrances ; $45 ; 8 minutes from 14th St. car ; 35 minutes to bath, top floor. . Treasury. 1303 9th St. NW. : Rooms for 1. h. k. ; newly papered; $30 month. 1915 S NW., nr. Conn. Ave., walking dist. depts.; 2 large, clean, 1804 16th St. NW.: Large, newly decorated, unfurnished, 1. h k. light, airy 1. h. k. rooms; large closets, hall, ana private bath. Pot. rooms ; reasonable. 1916. 41 R St. NW.: Two large rooms; light, gas; two car lines; rPason­ 413 2ncl St. SE.: 2 communicating rooms, second floor, next to bath; able. bay w.indow ; across from park ; convenient to cars ; reasonable ; Four rooms ; a.. m. i. ; three adults, one child ; limit, $45, Address, l. h. k. Box 273-D, Star office. 3 Rock Creek Ch. Rd., Petworth: 2 rooms, large glassed and 100 W St. NW. : 3 third-floor room·s. North 10434. screened sleeping porch ; partly furnished if desired ; l, h. k. ; a. m. 1. 1828 A St. SE. : 2 or 3 rooms ; back porch ; 1. h. k. ; new home. Col. 3877-W. 1730 10th St. SE. : 3 unfurnished rooms for 1. 11. k. ; adults only. 1136 8th NW.: Two large rooms, kitchen, bath, running water, gas 308 7th N.E.: Entire floor of 3 rooms; sink and gas range. range ; cupboards in every room ; every convenience ; reasonable. In 16th St. apt.: Large room. North 3085-W. 3426 13th St. NW., corner Monroe- St.: Second floor; front parlor, 318 E St. NE.: 3 rooms, bath, 2d floor; l. h. k.; eledrlcity, h. w. h., bedroom, with kitchen and bath adjoining. gas ; reasonable. 1518 K St. NW. : 3 unfurnished rooms; will rent separately if de­ 912 East Capitol : Bedroom, bath, kitchen, porch ; reasonable rent ; sired. Eugene H. Taggart (Inc.), 1518 K St. Main 5500. adults. 1112 ·13th NW.: Basement, two rooms, running water; partly fur­ 401 B St. NE.: 4 lovely rooms; electricity, heat, gas; adults. n1shed ; other desirable rooms. 474 Maryland Ave. SW.: 4 rooms and bath for 1. h. k.; reasonable. 616 Princeton Pl. NW.: Two rooms; 1. h. k.; a. m. i.; sleeping porch; 3618 13th NW. : Entire· floor, 3 rooms, bath, heat, and gas; l. b. k. rent reasonable, 3114 Wisconsin Ave.: 3 unfurnished h. k. rooms, opposite Cathedral, 2413 18th NW. : Private home, 2 large front; 1. h. k. ; modern con­ $35. Cleve. 1145-W. veniences ; very reasonable. Adams 5309. · 646 B St. SE. : 2 roms, suitable for 1. h. k. ; adults. 2115 1st St. NW.: Two newly papered rooms adjoining bath, in 44 K St. NE. : Four unfurnished rooms, first floor, $30. private residence; a. m. 1. 318 14~ NE. : Unfurnished rooms for I. h: k. 3443 14th NW. : One room, kitchenette, bath; 2nd floor ; new:l.y 940 O St. NW.: 3 rooms ancl bath; very attractive; newly deco· decorated ; a. m. 1. ; unlimited phone ; garage. Af~er 5. rated; $40 month. 656 Hobart Pl. NW., corner Georgia Ave.: Three 1. h. k. rooms 3801 Kansas Ave.: Two front housekeeping rooms, a. m. L Adams with bath, heat, gas, electricity ; also aerial service. $45 month. 5262. Near Lincoln Park: Three nice rooms, back porch, heat, gas, and. 1304 13th St. NW.: One front room, kitchen, bath, second t!oor; electricity; adults. Phone Lincoln 7409. vacant May 1 ; $35. 208 4th SE. Entire second floor, two large rooms, kitchenette and 631 4th St. NE. : 2 unfurnished rooms ; heat, gas, and bath ; third bath; h.-w. h., elec. and gas ·furnished; adults. Lincoln 2060-W. floor ; reasonable. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ·7407

237 G St. NW.: 1 large front room; heat and electricity. 1222 New Hampshire Ave. NW.: Lage, second-floor front room, five 1706 M St. NW.: Single second-floor_rOOII\; gentleman. large windows, perch; overlooking a park; private lavatory, continu• 930 B St: SW.: Three rooms, I. h. k., heat, gas, ·eJectricity; $35 per ous cold and hot. water, electric light, telephone, excellent meals ; suit· mo. Fr. 6523. able for two or three persons ; very reasonable ; walking distance to 1406 Hopkins St. NW., near 20th and P: Second floor, frScott Circle, 1230 17th St. : Single and double rooms in girls' club ; keeping ; a. m. l ; ideal location. splendid location; excellent meals. Franklin 10260. Two unfurnished rooms, kitchenette, ba.th, electric lights, gas ; Middle-aged lady: Employed; quiet home In private family; north· rent, $25 ; Cherrydale, Va. Address Box 30r>-D Star Office. west section, west of 14th. Address Box 139-D, Star office. 2954 Macomb St., Cleveland Park: Private home. Phone, Cleveland 1852 Biltmore St. NW. : Room with twin beds, suitable for two 3378. persons; continuous hot water. Columbia 10300. BOOMS .~ND BOARD 1407 Delafield Pl.: Large room with sleeping porch, next bath; Well, employed young women of good character can make rese"a· a. m. i. ; also single room ; use of phone. tions in girls' club opening about May 1. Beautiful surroundings, 2622 Conn. Ave. NW.: Attractively furnished 2nd-floor front room~ every privilege dear to a girl's heart, dances, music, etc., abundant with porch, 2 people. carefully prepared food, best re8idence location ; rates very reasonable. 314 A St. NE. : Desirable room for two, electricity, phone; ftne Addree, Box 136-C, Star Office. home cooking ; reasonable.

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1 :1 Dupont Circle neighborhood : Fi-ont southern room, twin beds ; also Three rooms, ldtehel'lette, private bat'h, and porch on first floor, fur- ldngle l'Oom: reasonab~. N. IS816. nished. .Apt. 2, 1440 R St. NW. J · 2800 Wooclley Rd., half block Wardman Park Hotel-Front room 1n Greenwood Ave., Takoma Park, Md.-A.partment, furnished, 3 l"O()ms, new :home : couple or ladles. Adams 4697-W. first :floor ; a.m.i. ; $30 mo. ; garage, $5. Adams 3568-W. 3615 Mc.Klnley St., Chevy Chase, D. C. : Single or double rooms, The Cbastleton, Apt. 786; n:leely furn. living rm., 2 bedrooms) glassed­ with or· without board. in sleeping porch, kitchenette, bath. 8tngle room, front, with excellent board, to lady. C-01. 4481. Mt. Pleasant : 2 rooms, kitchen, bat~ elosets. seoond floor ; all Iowa, .Apt. 2 ~ Bed living room ; girls ; mealg optional. Fi•ank. 2618. out.Ide rooms ; airy and cool; overloolcs Rock C~k Park ; !excellent 11512 Lemo.nt St. NW. : Nice front room; twin beds; private family. neighborhood; telephone; electric lights, gas, hot water included; rent .Adams 5099. reasonable. 1821 Kenyon Bt. .NW . Cleveland Park : Single and double rooms ; large porch ; high and Near 16th and Columbia Road: Two or three rooms, all outside; cool. Cleve. 1651. electricity, gas, piano. 3033 15th St. NW. In private home: li"urnishe.Cl room nnd good board, $4~. N. 596-.T. Near Dupont Circle : Attractive 2-room, kitchenette and private bath Sem.Hllvnlld: Bright, cbffrful room; moderate rates; lady. Phone apt.; moderate rates. 2020 N St. NW. Milin 6988. 412 Tenn. .Ave. NE.: Apt. 4, S rooms, tile batb, porch, h. w. h., 902 Pa. Ave. SE. : Front rooms, eoothern exposure~ excellent table.· $42.50. 1933 Biltmore St. NW. : NJee, cleon room; good meals, home cooked. 1913 Pa. Ave. NW.: Two rooms, porch; elec.; gas range, por~lnin 17,291 Que St. NW. : Rooms. and boa:rd ; home cooking ; hot bread ; sink and tub; hot water ; $40. chicken dinnus. The Royden, R near 16th St. NW. : Four rooms and bu th; nice].J' J.716 Eye 8t. NW.~ Delightful roomt1 for 2 or 8; evf!!r'y comfort; ful'nished ; $1}01i0. See manager. exceptional meals. 1453 Fairmont: Third-floor apt., 3 rooms, bath, and porch com­ 1120 Park Rd. NW. : Second :floor front; also single room. pletely furnisJ;i.ep for hou~ekeepi.ng ; l,ight and airy ; adults. , Tea Hollft. 1.711 De Sele. St.: Rooms and boa.ra. 3 rms., private bath, a. m. i.; no children; call after 6 or Sunle room; excellent 1738 . T St., apt. 3 : Three rooms, kitchen and bath; back J>-Ol'Ch; meals-; $85 month. a.pa.rtment building; electricity, gas. 1230 Mass. Ave. NW.: Large front room for two. Iroquois, , 1410 M: ,Attractively fµr. 5-room sou..tb 1828 Col. Rd. : Large deliciou. meals. Phone CoL 100-48. room, apt~; very lltUe over rent. See elevate)," boy. 1360 Columbia Road NW. : ·Private family. Bach. apt. : 2 large rooms and senlibath ; nlce].J' furnished ; a. m. i. : 1343 Girard St.: Pleasant room; all conveniences; good table. reqt re3,(fon.able. Pho11e North. 9174. for hle front rooms two persons ; -0ook- Colored : Two-J;oom apt. to let fo.r 1. h, k. ; range in k~tc~n.; otheir blg; reterences. rooms furnished ; fine location ; good pegp~ only need appJy ; no cbil· Glen Echo Heights, Stop 30-Room and boa1·d. Mrs. Moody. dren. Phonfl North 6078. 3115 13th NW.: Nice .i:ooms; reasonable. Girl to share apt. 311, Argcmne, 16th and Columbia Rrui.d·; 1 r., k. Can accommodate one girl in 6-room house with 4 others. Col. and b . .and reception pall, or will sublet ; reasonable. 8703--J'. Three large rooms, porch, bath, $70; 3d :fi.9or. 1523 17th St. NW. 3605 l~th St.: Rooms rea~nable; young l~qies or couple employed. Pown towD, 809 , 21st St. NW.: 2- L b. k. rms; gas,. elec., phone, Conv~nient to e~Uent 1515 L St.. NW.: down tQwn with or without $27.50 and light services~ .2 rma, porch, ,$50. Ask 1908 Eye N)V. board. . Nicely fUJ;Dished 4-roe>m apt.. for house.keeping; fUllning wawr; 1426 21st, D'l&r ~pont r Nicely fu.rnlshed room, excellent home $37.50. Apply Nelson's Pha.rll,iacy, No. 1 R St. NBl. cooking. · 3 rms~ PJ,"~vate showeJ: 'bath, I!Orch; highest location; eompletely fur­ 140~ Massachusetts .Ave., NW.! Deairn.b~ double. room, mod., excel.. nished. 4024 Illinolil Ave. Jent meals; walking distance govt. depts. ; reasonable. Room and kitchenette, completely fur. for h. k.; hot water, elec., The Fairmont: 14th and Fairmo~t Sts.-Desirable double and Bingle unlimited phone. 605 Taylor St. NW., Col. 371, , rooms; excellent meals; telephone in every room; rates reasonable. Carlisle .Apt., 1213 N St. NW.: Attractive 2 a,nd 3 room. kite.hen, 1323 Girard llW,; Beautifully turll.ished rooms, with or without and bath apts., $75 and $80. Ralph G. Robey, 405 Insurance Bldg. pr\vate bath; ~. meals.; summer i;atfIB. M. 7638 qr see janitor. 1 Hillcrest: 2800 13th St. NW.-An ideal home for those away frQm Attractive 4-room and bath outside apartment; convenient locp.lity. the comforts of their own. Rooms with and without bath. Meals that North 1421, apt. 150. satisfy. Desirable furnished apartment for couple, two rooms, adjoining The Colonial ; 15th and M Sts. NW. ; .200 rooms; .American plan ; bath, in modern. suburban home; garage. Phone Clarendon 203-W-l. hotel service; reasonable rates; .singlfT, dquble rooms and suites avail­ Overlooking Rock Creek Park: Bedroom. dining room, Jdtchen, comb. able. Dairy produce and vegetab~es supplied. from our Virginia farm large porch, 2d :floor; range and sink; $45. 1933 Calvert NW. daily. 914 B St. SE. : Two large, bright rooms, kitchen, and bath ; com­ APARTMJINTS-,.FURNISHEl> pletely furnished ; a. m. i. ; adults. Two rooms, inclosed sleepiD.I' poreb, bath, porcelain sink, electricity; Cool quarters tor summer, Apt. 58, the Marlborough: 3 rooms and second tloor, modern home. 227 S 8t. NE. Pot. 10Cs..t-J. tiled bath, 2 bedrooms if desired; attractively and comfortably fur· Fiva rooms and bath, large back porch. 811 lld. Ave. NE. Hall & nlshed; rent reasonable. Gray, 1204 B St. N.E. I4ncoln 1591. No. 9 Grant Place NW. : Downtown apt., front, weJI fur., l~ge room, I<'ive rooms and bath, all oo.tside rooms, second floor. .Apply Apt. 6, kitchen, electricrty, adjoining bath. o~ j:m:ltor, 1006 Webster St. NW. 131r> Clifton St. NW., 2d-floor front: Parlor, dining room, kitchen, 3805 Kansas Ave. NW.-2 large, l.h.k. rooms, double inclosed porch; bath, 2 bedrooms; all outside; well furnished; telephone service. Dew house ; a.m..1. ; .re-asooable. Apartment 22. Five rooms, newly papeired, $32.50-. Four rooms, electricity; rent, Exclus. 16th St. apt. house, south of Scott Circle, offers an attractive '$27.W. N. R. Marshall, 929 New York Ave. apt. of 4 rms., tenable. ll26 Stb St. NW. For rent: Furnished apartment, six rooms. Woodward Apt. For Entire 3d fioor r(>om tor 4 o.r 5 persona, in tine home; sink and gas appointment call North 1874. rnnge, private bath; price, $100; h.-w.h., eleet.; .a,184) nice .-ooms. 1727 1272 New Hampshire Ave. NW., corner N: 2 or 8 front rooms, Col. Rd. kitchenette, bath, a. m. 1.; oontln. hot water; walk. dis. depts. 3160 18th St. NW.-Two rooms. kitchenette. ltath, fully furnished, S...room apt., l. h. k.; best. NW. a~tion, neu Dupont. Circle; prlce elieetric H&hts. •cantinoom hot water.. ut.ensicm. telephone; ab8olute reasonable. Pbon~ .Poto.mac 2727. privacy; good neighborhood, near Zoo ; $45. Wanteii a ~ouple. no chil­ Mt. Pleasaµt section;. 1 NIOm, dlni.Dg room and llitchen .eombi.ned, dren ; clean1 permanent. Columbia 8&16. a.nd pa,t~ t1. ttractwely tumtsbed. Goo. ·w. Linkin~ 1719 K St. Small apt., clean, convenient, comfortable, permanellt and reason•ble, Down-town section: 1 room, dining :toom. a.ad kitchen co;mbined, and for two or more. 1315 R. I. Ave. NW. ba,th, beautifully furnished. Geo. W. Linkins, 1719 K St. 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ,7409

1357 Euclid St. NW. : Two rooms, kitchenette; bath;-electrlcllght 407 Columbia. Road NW. : 2 attractive rooms, small porch; a. m. 1.; and gas; unlimited phone ; cont. bot water; adults only. gas range: $35. Columbia 7961-W. 2 girls to share apt. Reasonable. 16th St. Mansions, Apt. 636. 4 and 5 rooms, bath, porch, and garage ; a. m. i. ; no objection to Phone North 1000. children. 7135 7th Street, Takoma Park. Adams 3887. 1950 Calvert St. NW.: Three large rooms and bath, completely and Wanted: Young girl to share lovely apt. ; no work. North 4434. beautifully furnished for housekeeping; married couple. One room, kitchen, and bath, attractively furnished. Conard, apt. 2 rooms, large hall, 3 closets, bath, porch, entire apt., private de­ 601. Main 9070. tached home NW.; garage if desired; $50. Col. 885. 70 North· Spruce Street, Clarendon, Va. : 3 rooms, kitchen, and 52 T St. NW. : 2 or 3 communicating rooms, completely furnished bath; 2nd floor: electricltY, gas, hot-water heat; garage. Phone for I. h. k., with gas, elec., and a. m. i.; no object. to children. Clarendon 19-W-1; no children under 10. One-half hour to Treas· 1454 Euclid St., Apt. 4: Five rooms, bath, and porch; reasonable. ury; $65. Adams 2399. 1323 Clifton Street, apt. 23 : Rec. hall, living room, and dining room ~641 13th St. NW. : Three rooms, bath, sleeping porch, nicely furn. ; combined, two bedrooms, kitchen, and bath; $85 per month. Adams exclusive residential section; ideal for 8 or 4 girls i a. m. 1. 1232. Wanted-Girl to share well furnished apartment with two others i Attractive, comfortably furnished 2-room, kitchen, bath, outside• reasonable. 1322 15th st., n. w., Apt. 41. Pbone Franklin 9724-M. apartment, overlooking million-dollar bridge; cafe, elevator, tele­ By daughter of naval officer, for several months, 5-room apartment, phone service; available May 1 to October. North 7006, apt. 301 or attractively furnished, in good n. w. location, $85. Tel. North 9386. manager. St. Albans apt. The Toronto, Dupont Circle--For married couple, housekeeping apt. 1224 Mass. Avenue. NW.: Apartment of one room and kitchenette, on first floor, reasonable. P st. entrance. . Ring bell first door to the gas range, running water, electric lights; adjoining bath. right. Well furnished 5 r. and 'b. apt. across from Meridian Hill Park; Nicely furnished three-room apt., hall, kitchen, porch, and bath, available May 1 for 5 mos. or longer. Col. 1236-W. suitable for four or more girls ; May 1; on R between 14th and 15th. Near Mt. Alto Hospital: A very desirable and well furnished apart· North 5650. • ment of 4 rooms, reception ball, and bath; 2 bedrooms; until October; 29 Eye St. NE.-2 rooms and kitchenette, first floor front newly rent, $80. Apt. 22, 2716 Wisconsin Avenue. Phone Cleve. 3066-J. decorated summer rates. Completely furnished, 2 rooms, kitchen, nnd bnth apt., 1414 B 2400 16th St.-Until Oct., 6 rooms, 2 baths, porch, south exposure; Street NW. ; rent, $65 per month. See janitor or C. W. Simpson Co., most attractive and comfortable ; moderate rent. Col. 7200, Apt. 204. 734 15th Street NW. 123 10th NEl.-2 large, newly furnished rooms, kitchenette and 3508 16th St. NW.-Very attractive apartment, 3 rooms, kitchen, bath ; 2nd floor, light housekeeping; hot-water heat, electricity; bath, sleeping porch; abundance hot water; reasonable. adults only. Linc. 7417-W. Ideal, high-class 3-r., b. apts.-Glassed porches, ga., clean, sunny, Apt. 6, 1824 15th NW.-Sunny south corner, 2nd floor; cool quiet, exclu. apt. service. Rates till Sept. 1633 Q. summer apt., 3 rooms, k. ·b. h., completely furnished; sew. mach., Two rooms, kitchen, bath; light, clean, cool; reasonable; well situ· victrola; $50 two, $60 three; ladie11 preferred. North 6588-J, Sun­ ated. 1740 T st., NW., Apt. 3. days and evenings. Apt. 2, 172!) East Capitol-2 rooms, kitchenette, with Pullman diner 1309 3rd St. NW.-Three rooms, porch, second floor, $9 week; and bath; completely furnished ; 3d floor front; everything new and two rooms, running water, nicely furnished; $9 week. modern. Reasonai:>le. Attractive three rooms and bath (kitchen fully equipped), furnished l\Iay 15 to June 30--Southern exposure, three rooms, kitchen, and apt., 2nd floor; in beautiful Cleve. Park. Cleve. 581-J. bath; $75 per month. 401 Carlisle Comt, 1401 Colum)>ia Rd. R Street, near 21st-Most attractive housekeeping apartment of 3 2-room apartment, first-floor back. Elec., gas, sink in kitchen ; com· rooms and bath in es:clusive residential section; available May 1; no pletely furnished ; $30 month. 463 G St. NW. · children. W. H. West Company, Wm. L. F. King, E. C. Perry, 815 Delightfully cool 6-rm. housekeeping apt.; 3 exposures; all room's 15th St. N.W. outside. June 1 to Sept. 1. The Kenesaw, Apt. 44. 926 Ingraham St. NW.-Three rooms, second-floor front; hot-water 1358 Fairmont-3 large rooms, private bath ; entire 2d floor ; nkely heat, bath; $50 monthly. furnished; electricity, hot water, telephone. Rea. • Apt. 45, 1489 Newton St. NW.-Newly papered, complete and Downtown, in new, modern apt. house; one room nnd bath. Address beautifully furnished, 8 rooms, kitchen,. and bath (2 bedrooms, dining, Box 106-D Star office. sitting room), electricity, gas; $80 month. Call or telephone Col. 5349 10th St. NW.-Newly papered ; three rooms, bath, porch, large 1010-J. closets, elec. ; gn'S range ; adults only ; reference. Parlor, bedroom, kitchenette, phone, piano, bath ; handsomely fur­ 1126 8th St. NW.-Convenient apartment, 3 rooms, bath, good nished; rent moderate; 2nd floor. 3028 0 NW. order, for two people ; reasonable. Delightful h.k. apt., 5 r., 2 b., with balcony overlooking Rock Creek One room and bath, available May 1; two rooms, bath, kitchenette ravine at bridge, charmingly and completely furnished at u.nfurnished and large porch, available June 1. Apply Sunday between 4 and 7, rental, until Oct. 1. Apply 403, the St. Albans, 2310 Connecticut av..i. Apt. 807, the Ambassador, 1750 16th St. 2410 Ontario Road-Two large rooms, kitchen, bath; furnished for 4022 Georgia Ave.-Room, kitchenette, bath, $37.50. housekeeping; summer rates. Col. 4675. Cool, comfortable, 2 large rooms, kitchenette, new private home; Attractively furnished apt., two rooms and kitchenette, gas, elec­ good neighborhood; near cars and stores ; hot-water heat, gas, elec­ tricity ; $50. 1917 Kenyon st. NW. tricity; rent reduced; adults. 500 Tulip Ave., Takoma Park. 911 Webster St.-Four-room and bath apartment; reasonable. N. Bach. apt.-2 large rooms and semibath; nicely furnished; a. m. l.; o. Holmes, above address. rent reasonable. Phone North 9174. Two rooms, bath, kitchenette ; reasonable. . Atlantic Apt., 10th and 3 rooms, kitchen and bath. L. Vue'Sslein, 1119 14th St. N sts. NW., Apt. 404. Desirable apartment, 3 rooms, bath, large screened porch, entire 2d B419 14th St. N.W.-Entire third floor, living room, bedroom, floor, completely furnished for l. b. k.; new house; reasonable ; adults. kitchen, bath, and large porch; couple only. 910 Madison St. NW. Col. 4461-W. 2 unusually large rooms, kitch. & bath, nicely fur., excellent service; Three large rooms, including inclo'sed sleeping porch, bath. Adams poss. May 1, $65 per mo.; convenient to churches, schools, market, and 5480. stores; neai' car lines and busses. Inq. at once, Apt. 11, the Ingle­ Attractive 2 rooms, dining alcove, b., kit., tor summer months; Cleve­ side. Col. 8236-J. land Park, square from Conn. Ave. Cleve. 558-J. Two rooms, kitchenette, and bath. Apt. 2, 3rd floor, 1739 F Street; To sublet for 6 months or longer-Beautifully furnished 2 rooms, $40 ; can be seen Saturday and Sunday. k. and bath, Apt. 207, 1205 15th St. NW. Available May 1. Rent Conn. Avenue near S.: Unusually pretty, light apt., conveniently reasonable. and attractively arranged ; living room, 2 bedrooms, Pullman dining One room, kitchenette, bath ; completely furnished, piano ; vicinity room, bath; reasonable. Col. 4187. Dupont Circle. . Call West 2502-J. Apt. NW.: By lady; living room, bedroom, front, southern ex· Overlooking Lincoln Park-2 large, front, first-floor rooms, for light posure ; unlimited phone; very private; suitable for two ladles em­ housekeeping, in strictly modern apartment house ; unlimited phone ; ployed. Adams 4630. refrigerator; available May 1; $42.50. 115 12th SE., the Stonehurst. 44 New York Avenue NW.: Three rooms, kitchenette, and bath, first Apt. 1. floor; all modern improvements. Small apartment to party buying furniture. Phone between 10 and 4, Near Wardman Park Inn : 2 rooms, kitchenette, bath, and dining Sunday, Main 9010, Apt. No. 503. Reasonable. alcove, completely furnished; for summer months. Col. 338-W atter Wanted-One or two girls to share lovely apartment. Call 1829 6 p. m. 16th St. NW., Apt. No. 5. Potomac 657-W. 238 Park .A.venue, Takoma Park: Large front rm. and kitch., next Artistically furnished room, b., kit., and hall; 2008 16th st., apt. 35. to bath; a. m. i.; sink and gas range; garage, if desired. Call between 5.30 and 6.30 p . .m. Mt. Pleasant section: Beautiful apartment, 4 rooms, kitchenette, 1712 Corcoran st. NW.-Ltv. rm., bedrm., kit., and priv. b., porch; bath, porch; a. m. i. Phone Adams 1209. 2d fi.; well fur.; g. and elec. incl. in price: reasonable. N. 1331-J. 7410 CONGRESSION.A.B REOORD-HOUSE APRIL 28 . 1 $87.50--Room, bath, kit., to purcllaa.r of tnrniture, $350; open Kon. Apartment, furnished, foz the summer; lS rooms, b. (outBide rooms), & Tues. nights, 7 to 9. Apt. 32, 1820 K st. NW. fur. porch; nr. the You St. ~r and 16ith St. bua lines; f'iO. .Adclreee Turn over lea..11e to party buying furnitw:e, .2·l'OOlll apt., Wardman Box 188--D, Star Otllce. Park Hotel. Address Box 207-D, Star oftlee. Two rooms, nicely furnished : Heat, gas, and elec. ; adults preferred ; 412 H st. NW.--Large front room, dining room, kitchenette, porch, $2n. 1429 C n. e. Linclon 8939--J. $35. Frank. 486. Furnished aputment: Three rooms, kitchen, and bath, $115. In· 815 21st NW.-Attractive apartment, 1 room and kitchen. 2d-floor quire 901 20th St. o. w .• apt. 5. front. completely fur.; walldng distance; near Pa. Ave.; i31i. Near 16th and W Sta. : One or two lovely rooms with kitchenette, Near Dupont Cirele--3 large, airy, attractive, fur. rooms, be.th; &lao to desirable couple. Call North 966 before 12 a.. m. apt. with larce screened sl~plng porch : 11ewly decorated ; a. m. t. i Takoma Park: let-Fl, Apt.; 6 roon:uJ, sleeping porch, tile bath, adults. 1827 Corcoran, bet. Q & R sts. garage; new houce ; handy cars; available summer ; adults only. Ap­ Mnin 9265--Three 1. h. k. rooms in apt. ; Tboma.s Circle. ply 217 Cedar Ave. Phone Adams 4885-J". Tbe Tuxedo, 1439 T st. NW.-NiceJ.y !urnished 3-room, kitchenette. Cool, comfortable, front apt: No 80, the Parkwood, or 17461K St. and bath apartment; reasonable. Call 9.30 a. m. to 2.30 p. m. N W. ; very reRsonable; references required. • 2 rooms, kitchen, and batb. L. Vuessleln, 1119 14th i:;t. 1836 Eye Bt. N W.: 2 rooms and bath, beautifully furnished, in­ Beautifully furnished, 1 or 2 large rooms and kitchenette. in nice cluding electrlcity, $75 and $85 a month. apartment house, near dOwntowu; a, m, l.; very reasonable. West 6()4. 'Two rooms, kitcluuette and bath. The Hillside. 1415 Chapin St. 808 The Ambassador, 16th st.-Two rooms. reception hall, kitchen. NW. bath, screenep porch, $100; one room, bath, $00. 'i44 Park Road: Large room, kitchen. inelosed sleeping po-rch, or 1806 Vernon st. NW.-Entire second tloor, furniBhed; south porch, entire floor, 2 i·ooms, kitchen, sleeping porch ; adults. Reasonable. electricity, ga.s, pri'rnte bath; adults. Col. 6079-J". The Cordova, apt. 352-2 rooms, bath apt. ; bright and cheerful; 1218 Euclid N W. : Three large rooms, bath, and porch; southern fully furnished ; reasonable. exposure; seeond floor; $65 month. 1721 T NW., No. 2-Unusual value, desirable modern apt.• 4 rooms, Attractively and completely fur., 2 rms., kit.,. b., p. ; for summer. kitchen, bath, porch; well furnished; excellent janitor. £es. Adams 4588-J, eve. and Sunday. 18th and Col. Rd. 1511 Irving St. NE.-Entlre second floor, modern home, turnlehed Attractive bungalows: 5 rooms and bath. 8 rooms and bath; a. clenn; a. m. i.; sink; running water; gus range; use piano, laundry; m. 1. ; completely furnished ; ft.replaces ; screened sleeping porches. reasonable. R. I. ave. cars, 20 minutes Treaimry. St. James. Glen Eco, Md. Phone Bethellda 205-F-4. 307 Kentucky ave. SE.-Two or three rooms and porch ; a. m. 1. Near Dupont Circle: 3 rooms, kit., bath apt.; small porch. Maoog· Two rooms, kitchenette--J?leasant location for summer; no objection any furniture. $80. Addren bo.J: 74 D, Star ofllce. - to infant; reasonable. 121 Carroll a>e., Takoma. 1500 Columbia Road : 2nd floor. All outside : Three .rooms and 28 Adams St. NW.-3 rooms, large sink, large closets, gas i·ange, bath. Choice bright, oool, attractively furnlahed; suitabl~ for three ; electricity; good location ; newly papered and painted. no children. 16th and P NW.-Reasonable rent ; 3 rooms, furnished; tile bath. Attractively fur. 2-room, kltcbenette, and bath apt., during summer; Phone Franklin 2557. near Rock Creek Park. 2308 Ashmead PI. Tel. Potomac 270. Apt. From May to September-One room, kitchenette; cheap to depend­ 36. Sundays or after 6 week days. able person. Address Box 146-D, Star office. l!"'or rent : Furnished basement flat, hot water, electricity. $21S, 2900 Que st., apt. 4-Wlll rent my 0-room and bath apt., furnished, Phone North 8017. tor 3 or 4 months. West 1694. 424 East Cti.p. St. : 3 large rooms, h. k., large colonial porch, semi­ 129 Fourth Street SE., suitable for two; a.. m. L Ring basement bell. bath, ready to occupy, elec., gas, b. w. h., continuous bot water; all in­ Furnished apt. of 2 rooms, kitchen and bath. Call 2 to 6 p. m., 1401 cluded ; rent very reasonable; adult8 ; office in basenwnt. Columbia rd. n. w. Apt. 120. To colored : One room and kitchenette, furnished ; no chtldren. Living rm., bedrm., kit., bath ; all outaide rms; ex. furniture; i65; 1644 6th St. NW. settled COU[lle preferred ; garage. 1917 N st. n. W. 1732 Eye St. NW. Exceptional appointments. References · re­ Beaut"ul apt. in the Toronto-Six rooms and bath, attractively fur· quired. nisbed. Phone North 106 Apt. 44. Copley Courts: 1 room, 'kitchen, and bath. Call North 4500. West Clifton Terrace-Girl to share lovely furnished front apart­ Room and bath outside apt., to party buying fumlture; owner leiiv­ ment ; Government employee preferred. Phone Adams 3212. ing town. 409 Southern Apts., M and t~th. Mate 8863. 417 11th 8t. NW., opp. Star Office-Four outside rooms, furnished 1342 R St. NW.: Two large front and back communicating rooms, complete for housekeeping; elec. ; continuous hot water. on main ftoor, furnished for light housekeeping; sinks and gas ran'4e. Near Dupont Circle-Second-story front; bay-window alcove: com­ 2518 13th St. NW.: 3-rm. 2nd floor apt. for rent; a. m. i.; ex­ bined sitting and bedroom; unlimited telephone. Phone North 7183. clusively residential ; ready for occupancy May 15th. 2151 Callfornta St., Apt. 4.01-5-room housekeeping; from May 10. 3 rooms with private bath, all modern convenieneeij; select location; Call or phone Col. r>085-W. 626 Eye St. N. E.-2 front rooms for L b. k.; heat, gas, electricity; adults ; reasonable. 1646 Park Road. May 1, 8 furnished rme., private bath and sleeping porch ; electricity all new furniture; $3r> monthly. Ccntrnl-3 large, cool rooms, kitchenette, bath, linen, silver ; from and steam heat. Apply at 311 let St. SE. 1919 19th St. NW., Apt. 30: Attractively furnished front apt., large June 1 to Oct. 1 ; $75. Frank. 93:59. 2 rooms, inclosed sleeping porch, bath, porcelain sink, electricity; living room, bedroom, hall, private shower bath; heated go.rage op­ second ftoor; modern home. 227 S St. NE. Potomac 1051-J. tional. Can be seen any time after 3.80 p. m. Wanted-Congenial young lady to share apartment. Phone North 1323 Monroe St. NW.: Two rooms, kitchenette, bath, sman porch, all front, soutbeM! exposure: adults; transients accommodated. 3000. 1-room and bath apartments, 105 and 106 St. Nicholas, June Hi-Sept. Meridian Hill Studio, 15th and Euclid Sts.: Center of dlplomatie 11'.i, $40 to $50 per month; references. section; unnirual and beautiful 4 and 8-room duplex apts. Jn Mt. Pleasant Apt. House-Large, 8-room h. k. apartment, hand­ Cavanaugh Court, 1526 17th st. NW.: Two rooms, kitchen and bath, eomely furnished, tronttng on 16th st.; eecond floor; light, airy; $75, nleely furnished at $75 and $80. Adams 2!>18. Rutland Court, 1725 17th St. NW.: One room, klteben and bath, Jewish family will sublet upper floor new corner house, porch, new nicely nnd comfortably furnished, $62.50. and lj!G5. furniture; very cheap. 301 Kentucky Ave SE. Avondale, 1734 P St. NW.: An excellently furnished apt. or 3 Three squares north Park Road-Small housekeeping apt. ; reason­ rooms, Jdtchen and bath, furnished in mahogany, linen tnc.; may be able. Columbia 4078-W. seen by appointment. Allan El. Walker & Co. (Inc.), 818 15th Elt. One extra large, bay-window room, kitchen and bath ; reasonable. NW., Main 2690. 1673 Columbia Road. Phone Col. 8806. Ask for 206. Hand80mely furnished rtpartment; cool in summer, three wide-open 1249 Lawrence St. N. E.-2nd ftoor, 8 rooms, kit., b., sleeping exposures ; top floor overlooking beautiful Rock Creek Park ; large porch and garden space; immed. poss.; reasonable. Pot. 2309. living room with fireplace and porch, dining room, bedroom, tile bath 208 9th St. N. E.-Tho large rooms with bath; light housekeeping; and shower, kitchen, large closets; all-night elevator and telephone all modern improvements. Price, $81'1. service; laundry trays in basement. Is a home apartment and wm 1646 Park Road-3 rooms and private bath; every convenience; only be rented to very responsible people with no children. Luse for choice location; best street car lines; adults; reasonable. six or seven months. Telephone North 8846. Attractice and reasonable; 1 room, bath, kitchen, and dining alcove; 3 rooms and bath, in high-class apartment house, near New Hamp­ l'I windows; newly furnished; eonvenlently located; cool; available shire Ave. and T St. $75 per month. W. H. West Co., William L. F. immediately for long or short period. Apt. 208, 1609 31st St. J'llW. King, E. G. Perry, 815 15th St. NW. Beautifully furnh1hed apt., 6 rm~.; moderate rental: loeated near S rooms, one porch. Phone Col. 1093. Lafayette Sq. Phone Franklin 610, or the Rochambeau. 1714 Corcoran NW. : 3 rms., bath ; adults ; reasonable. Pot. 154R. m24.·

1 &800 1'41lh. St. bfW.: .A.ttn.ctiwl:y furab:becY BP*l"ttnent ~ one· l'Ol>m \ 50.&I 21ld SB.-li rioome, . Ill..._,, large back porch. A.dults. oaly. and bath; rent $55 per montit .MtmatlftlJI findlhect apmtmeJrt uti After 5 p. m. · tmee· moms; large lndesed poJ:dl. imd"' batt:a. F.ee !.mpect:1atl; see- nlll- I 1988 Pa. •• .A..v&.-ii an& 31 room• and bl.th ; hat wate'J and hest. dent manager. ffi L.. Rust cru, 912 1at2l at NW.• Kain 8888. Apply to E. ·M. Hodge Co., successors to Edward. S. Wescott Co., a:n(f 801 Tw-enf'T-thirt! Street NW.:• tth9 adjoining bath; gas. elec., · watJe:r, gas, electrlctty; ft19!4!las• eonclltlon•f adults; rerennoe11. Must h. w• . IL,. laUDd17 privlleps:; elea. washer; o:ne car fare; n•r cam.; be seen to be appreefatErct. Mt89 Tngn[bam, 12' S: Street NJIJ. , $35. 3617 llewten St., Kt. lla.hrler, :U:d. Benedlell! : J'or- b&ebefors, 1~ IJ;rf l:Jtreet'~ 2 rooms and l)atli ; stngle l Four rooms, kltehenette, and bath. Del Bay. Va. Eb:Gne Ale:r. rooms ; valet service ; swimming p-o&l'; meat servt-ee; to rooms ; elnb 1111'.i 122'- P.a. A -va · sel"Vice. I 1837 16th St. NW.-T!b.l'lee or Ave. :rooms- and. bath, gaa, electrteit7 Very desirable furnished and• UB!ttrnil!lhed apartment, contalhtng lt.JXr anct plloo!le, 1br. fOO or '10~ l'OOIDllP and· two b&thlfi tnclosed' sleeping• poreb. New Hampebm Avenue, : 712. A St. SE.-Three rooms, kltchenett~ semibath; entire second! near Dupont Circle. Immediate possession; reasonable rent'. Bou 6' ftoor; elacstdctty; Sood :nelg)dlorhoed;. botb1 car lloes; ad.ult. only.

»helps1 14IIT K Street NW.; phtme Mhlrr 980&. I 4 rooms and~ a. m, 1., near Congressional Library, $50 ApplJ'• Five roems, reeeptton hall, and tiath. L. W. ~elf, 1'416 F" Street. J. P. Haatn, ~ l!rew ~Ave. j Apt. Cliften. ~~ . larp rooma and re~tlon llall; dressing; APAaT.MlDNTS-i'UBNUJRED AND UNJ'UJLNJIHllilD I room, JdtdLen and ttatfl,; $90. 2 parch.es i; &UDJINt exposure ; eecupancy 2008 Kllngle Rbad: NW.-TWG roonm, ldtchen, an N.tll ; Mount PleH­ May 1. Call any time. an t; $65 month. Call Adams 5372-J. l 'l'~ Nol'illumbedan14 No, 604---Thl'ee rooms, kitchen ud bath, Thrft-n>rom apartment;. A. ML I.~ po:rebell, lawn,. shade; 40 minutes $100. Call North 3280. 1 flfom ~ea&llll'Y, in quiet llild refined suburb ot Riverdale; no· objection to · 1834 !6th 8t.. NW.-Foar rooms and bath ; 8.rd floor, l. Jr. k. ; gas, OB• child:; '45 mcmt:bl71.- i'lldudJ.iag· gaa and" eJee.;. PhGne 383-Ri Hywtts- eiectridty, plloae,. hoti water ; available May 1i. Wlle. . 634 F NE.-Five rooms, 2nd fioor; h.-w. h. ; eleet.tcity, gas, mth,. Woodrldge-Onec room, kitchen~ semiprivate bath~ g&lr' range, aink, back l)Mch. hot-water heat, elec. ; laundry privllegn ;· Pl unfurntsbed, $SIS fur· , 1200 Ketmef'ly St.--4 outside room8j pnTate bath; front. entraneai uhibetk kdnne. box-8(J...Ji); Star Ofllee. aiuJ' poreh; a«lalta, Dellghttully artistic apartments; &pen ftnpkasi• llpt on aD. side11 1;-i 5-room and bath apartme.a~ wttll. a. m. l., $70. Bllone B'r.ankllnt carmtus old: garden; ran autlq~ ftlr; 18.19 I S~t.. Bl7&Dtl. 378~. For rent-Two OI' tbree• roolil. apartrn.t, tunmthed. or unftnontshed; I Four rooms, first fioor ; 111ur, ~-watm- heat, electdeity ; ~ on B'ourlemtlt 8trflle't' uar Sprt.g- BOMt N:W; l1'IMme Cel. 6171; or call 1 :r.&Deoln 1001. 1 l86Q Pflft7- Plttee MW'. erlet•:re11B011&.ble, Tacoma Park-li'ou11 18Mloor rooms; erery OM1VeE8n09; MW"' 1800 K Street, Bradford Apartment-Two rooms, kitchen, and batlji . house ;· near car lh.es·; svatla111e Ma7 1 ; l'Ullt, $4G: Ci08 'Du.Up ATe. SJld Oll-e n>om, kttcllen,. and\ bath ; modern dewtm>wn bufJding; alJ::.ntght I Two large rooms, prt•ate• bath, gas furalsbed, $~ · monthJ 1311. .,.,ltt-hboanf and· elevator ~ca. . j 7tti St. NW. Apartment of 4 rooms (or smaller, if desired), in private home; heat f' Two rooms and kitchenttee, all In• beltt of eonditton; rent reatiM))l.' P• and eleetrietty•; $00. AddtelJB Bor 1-D• Sf:a1'· Olftce. I a!il'e-. Pmme· N&rtti 6Mrf-W. 001 ffellibga af'teI'· rf.30, or Sanday. 1407 Fifteenth Street NW.-Two rooms, kitchen, ba.tli; m, 1.; t!ont~ hot I 1'916' Law"'nce· St. NJ!f. water: gal'Qe- tf ~ Phone' Fran.If. 3373. 1711 N. Capitol St..:._Entire second floor, three rooms and batli• Apt m ~nt:--'llwo rooms,. tur. or untur.,. wtttt prlW1te bath•; mooern j S!Cm!ned• pomh·; ga~ t!lec. ; "416 peP immth. crorvellle:ncee. Potl. 285'1 F.01"1 rfftt-Detl.I:atile 011&-r.oom andl bath: dlwatar and telephoaei· Studio apt., bath, for music teacher, $20; SteJ.lnMJl piano. I731• 'II: service; central location. 1507 M St. NW., Apt. 708. NW., 91'tt! 1loorr reair. I 21 apartments o1I 2 , OOOI&Sr kUcheD,. aRd1 !>ail!.~ :mea11 "zch ; nar Inspected h. k. apts., furnished and mtfurntstied. Washbigtcm Service' : 18th and Col. Rd. : garage apace,. a.vallab.* Story &- Co.., SU l!lta.. B'ttreau~ District' NittT B«nk Bhfl'. F•. ~o. • 2 rms., kitchen, bath; h. w. h.; electrfeity; ft2e'use at' phone; married' Large: five-room. lll!d bath apt.; larce ~lncloliled, sle$1Dg l)Ol'cb.;. cmiple ar 2 re:ftil-ed' gentfemen ~ rea'sona!jJe, Adlrm'ar dta. in modern tlnproo! 8.'Rtl bliildln4i..; 16~ B 8.t, lf:W. ea-. be seea.. 1724 A St. S~.-1 large room, titcb'enette, an'd glad-meiosetl gfeepi'tl'r 1JN eppointmettt1 $100 119r- month. Potamac..i.oii, or UncoJn, 1083'1. parch ; I. l'L k. ; new-; modern frame. Calf 8uttda)'"'-Week days after 6 1822 9th• St. Nw. .-Two l'OGl8lt and kltela.e:aette . ~ pa- ra.qe,. slDt..; II.· m. third floor, t>Rlcony; $21. 238 Rlingie Mansions,, 3100' Connecticut .A.ve.-trnexph.~d · lease; May i 111t Pleasant; 1838 Ontario Pl. NW.-lat. floor;. 2 J'0011llft, klteJaen, to Octotier: $10 reduction; S l'arge rms. 5 bat11. Col. 6VS7, after tJ. peNiq Bemtpd.Tnlte bath, J!ai:d.: la111lclrtr pri"1leuf5 • L-w. 11., ru aM. 922 17th NW.-Two-rpom housekeepfng apartment. ' elec. Included, $45. Phone Adams 3745. 238" .Kllngle M"an'Slons, S1C10 Connecticut' .A:Ve.-U~lred tease. ,Mar. 2168 caiifo.mia.. St. NW• ....-Two,rooias, kiteheo.. priviate bath. eleculc to October~ $10 reduction; 8 large rms. & ~'fft. Co'r. am, a!tet ll. lights, gas, steam beat. Stone1eigll ~t Apartments,. Connecttc.ut Avenue, corner L St. ' I .2, JJ, a.u6l IS l'OODl ~-- with ~h,. elevatoi; and jani.to; servtee. Amy Gordon, apartment specfalist--4 to tt rooms, fur. and uufur. ;. ,Apply American Realty Co., 'ZOO U1;h e.t. }iW.. , month_, or ~ear. 320 Colorado Bldg. Main 583. ~ desirah-le &l)&rtment•, 1139 gth at. NW • .; ~ . rooms. and bat;h, imme- APARTMllNTS-UNFURNISHmD diate possession, $35; 3 J:OQBlS aad ba~. pe11sessio~ May lo, $;41). See. j&JlitC)I', ou. .p.remises, oi;·Datvfa..&. Steele,. 1420 New l'A>rk Ave. Main Two-room. and batli ap«rtmetrt, overfooking. l!'raDkiln S(Iwre; i-td-. I 5082. . 1 932 14th St NW. • • 3 large ueom1 ~. , kitchenette.~ 11rlvat, bath and shower; hot-water Three beautifu1 room&" and batli ; electrtdty and gtt8'; reasonirble. hea.t~ , eJ~tn

. 2574 University Place NW., cor. Euclid St.-3 rooms, kit., and bath; 2912-17th- St. - NE.-: - Entire second ftoor of new detached home, a. m. i. ; entire floor; all outside rooms; adults; garage. private entrance ; short block trom car line. 738 Rock Creek Church Rd.-3 rooms, sleeping porch and bath i gas F St. SW., near 6th, $40; entire floor of 4 rooms, newly decorated; and elec. ; also garage. electric light. Harry Miller, 232 Bond bldg., Main 6226. The Von Courtland, 1417 Belmont St. NW.-Immediate posession, in No. 2, 2110 19th St. NW. : Three rooms, reception hall and bath. first-class building, a desirable apartment of five spacious rooms and Apply Moore & Hill, 730 17th St. bath, also large pantry, reception hall and porch. For inspection see 1634 Riggs Pl. NW.: Housekeeping; 3 rooms and bath; third ftoor; janitor. Lease, $99.50 per month until October 1. Allan E. Walker & gas and electricity; unfurnished; convenient to cars. Co., Inc., 813 15th St. NW. Main 2690. 1358 Faf.rmont, 3 large rooms, private bath; entire 2d floor; elec­ One room,. kitchenette, tile bath; h.-w.h. ; elec. : gas_; newly deco­ tricity, hot w1.1ter, telephone. Reasonable. rated: fine for couple; reasonable. 628 El SW. 5 rooms and private bath apt., 2d floor. Gas, electric light, ~· m. l.; One room, kitchenette, and bath, 1740 K St. NW.: $50.50. SeeJani­ everything new; $50. 1627 17th St. NW. tor. Walter A. Brown, 1400 H St. NW. Entire floor: 2 large rooms, k}tchen, and private bath. 1802 Belmont One large room, bath, kitchen, sleeping porch; gas, electricity, hot Road. Col. 5222-W. water; available May 1. 2026 Eye NW. West 3051; $45. Takoma Park : Apartment, 3 rooms, kitchen, bath, large closets ; Will share apt. : Cheerful room, large closet, sleeping porch, semi­ new house: everything modern; near stores, street cars. Rent, $45. priv. bath, kitchenette ; reasonable. Apt. 730, Chastleton. 219 Willow Ave. 1221 New Jersey Ave. NW.: 2d floor apt. of 4 roomE1 and bath; Takoma Park: 2d ftoor, a. m. i.; 3 large rms. and klch., 4 closets, newly decorated; rent reasonable. Also 2 rooms. semi bath; delightfully cool; on car line; adults; $45. 405 Carroll 1200 Kennedy St. NW. : 4 outside rooms; private bath; front en­ Ave. Adams 1699-R. trance and porch ; adults. Northwest : 1919 19th, 8 rms., 2 bs., and garage, $150; 3 rms., b., $75. Two rooms and bath. OtHce or living purposes ; rent, $40. Call 913 9th, 6 rms. and b., $50. 809 7th, 7 rms. and b., $75. 905 D, between 10 and 12 a. m. or 2 and 6 p, m. Hermitage Apts., 1117 7 rms., $75. 907 D, 10 rms. and b., $125. Northeast : 1032 6th, 5 rms. Vt. Ave. NW., apt. 2. and b., $35. Southwest : 619 7th, 5 rms. and b., $50. For colored: 2023 0 : 3 rooms, bath, garage; a. m. i. ; large closets ; two ex­ 4 rms. and b:, 700 T NW., $65; 5 rms. and b., 906 8th NW., $40. M. posures; gas, electricity, free continuous hot water; reasonable. 4639. R. B. Behrend, 1317 F NW. 3 rooms and bath ; large alcove; heat,. gas, elec. ; phone free; beauti­ 514 11th St. SE.-3 rooms and bath ; housekeeping; hot-water heat and ful location, walk. distance. Phone Frank. 8717. electric lights; newly papered. Adults. 18th and Columbia Rd. : Sb: rooms and bath; a. m. i. ; beautiful Entire second floor of new, modern home. S rooms and sleeping porch, location: 1811 Adams Mill Rd.; $80 month. $35 month ; no objection to one child. 203 16th SE. Two large outside rooms. Large kitchen, tile bath; redecorated and 5 rooms, kitchen, bath, electricity ; redecorated ; near 9th and F ; $40, screened ; elec. laundry and h. w. 1306 Belmont St. 2 rooms, kitchen, semiprivate bath: electricity; $20. 633 Keefer, near 4 rooms, bath, steam heat, elec.; abundance of light, air, and sun­ 3200 Georgia Ave. shine; near Capitol, Library. 215 East Capitol. 2122 18th NW.-3 rooms, bath, inclosed porch; modern ; all outside The Prince Karl, 1901 K St. ; 5 rooms, kitchen, and .bath. $85. rooms; entire floor; reasonable. Harry Miller, 232 Bond Bldg. Main Union Realty Corp. Call Main 8415. 6226. Three and ftve rooms and bath, with screened-in porches, in new 2 rooms, kitchenette, sink; semiprivate bath; use of parlor. 818 building. Apply to janitor. 2926 Porter St. NW. or phone Franklin Taylor St. Col. 305. 8315. 1507 M St. NW.-1 room & bath, front; southern exposure. 2164 Florida Ave., The Newport: 4 rooms, bath, reception hall; also Petwortb section, 3601 Ga. A ve.-Lovely apartment of three rooms 3 rooms and bath; in perfect condition. F. H. Davis, Main 1640 or Col. and bath and large screened sleeping porch; heat, gas, electricity fur­ 4482. nished ; use of phone. Two beautiful rooms, kitchenette, private bath; beat and ltght fur. 3 rooms, k. and bath; modern; 3d ftoor, outside rooms; newly fur­ nished ; no children. 211 9th SW. 59 K St. NE. ; 2 and 4; $35. Adams M76. Excel1ently arranged apartment of 3 rooms, kitchen, bath, and porch; Tudor Hall, 10th and Mass. Ave. NW.-Five rooms and bath, $92.50. location convenient to stores and. cars, etc. Newly papered and W. J. Pilling, 1416 F Street NW. painted. Rental $60 per month. Apply janitor, 1705 P St. Tudor Hall, 10th and Mass·. Ave. NW.-1 room, kitchenette. and bath, Nicely arranged apartment of 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath. Newly $50. W. J. Pilling, 1416 F Street NW. papered and painted. Location convenient to stores, cars, etc., $37 Cozy apt., consisting of 2 rooms, bath, electricity, an"d gas; reason- able. 3229 11th St. NW. . per month. Apply janitor, 2207 Champlain St. 13th and Randolph : 2-room apartment, with inclos.ed sleeping porch ; At 18th and Columbia Rd.-2 large, light, airy rooms, kitchen, and bath ; a. m. 1. ; $45 ; light and gas included. Telephone Columbia electricity, gas, and laundry privilege; all tor $50. Lyons-Lovegrove 3576-R. Co. Col. 10240. Five large, bright rooms, bath, porch; newly decorated; to adults. Downtown: 1211 13th St. NW. : Two rooms, reeeption hall, be.th The Manhattan, 1501 Park Rd. NW. See janitor. apt. Suitable for couple or two girls ; modern ; $40. Near Dupont Circle-Desirable five rooms aBd bath apartment; elec­ 3 rooms and bath, electricity, and gas; fine location : close to all tricity and elevator~ adults only. P. J. Walsh (Inc.), 1107 Eye St. NW., car lines. Apply 1664 Park Road, 1st ftoor. Washington, D. C. Twa rooms, bath, large sleeping porch, $55. 1635 Conn. Ave. For colored, 1315 You St.-3 rooms and bath, $45. Am.eek Realty Co., Randall H. Hagner & Co., 1207 Conn. Ave. 607 15th St. 1261 Irving NW. : 3 rooms, private bath ; continuous hot water: Petworth (high eleva.)-Entire 2d ftoor, 2 rooms, kitch., tile bath; suitable tor couple ; reasonable. screened porch ; a. m. i. ; no objection one child. 4625 8th NW. 3 rooms, kitchen, and bath. L, Nuessleln, 1119 14th St. One large room, alcove, receptio~ hall, kitchenette, and bath, $55. 2 rooms, kitchenette, bath, gas, elec. light, telephone service, large The Argonne, 1629 Columbia Road, apt. 210. grounds, cjetached house ; $45 per month. 6615 1st St. Col. 5589. 4 rooms and bath, a. m. 1.; ideal place for children; 61 East Walnut Two large rooms, kitchenette and bath, opposite new Walker Hotel ; St., North Rosemont, Va. • just remodeled; $70. Phone Potomac 2347. Lovely one-room apt., front ; semiprivate bath ; lady ; reasonable ; ref­ Entire 1st ftoor, 2 rms. kitchen, reception hall ; a. m. I. ; reasonable. erences required. Kedrick, 1801 K St. NW., apt. 505. 4027 Georgia Ave. NW. Adams 4287-W. Entire second door, corner house, overlooking Rock Creek Pk.; 5 rms., 2300 18th St. NW. : Modern dve rooms and bath. Vacant May 1. b., large inclosed porch; heat and electrie light furnished; $85 per Georgetown, 2906 N St. NW. : 3 rooms, kitchen, bath, porch ; over­ month. Col. 2645. looking gardens and Potomac ; janitor; all conveniences. 4 rooms and bath, first-fioor apt. ; newly decorated. 468 Louisiana 1810 Ingleside Terrace : Overlooldng Rock Creek Park. 5 rooms and Ave. NW. atb. $75; 4 rooms, $50. Adams 2196. 41 Quincy St. NW.-5 rms., bath, $50; 30 Seaton PI. NW.-1:> rooms, New four-room apartment in exclusive section, near 16th and bath, $65. Thomas P. Brown, 617 4i St. SW. Newton. Price, $75. Garage available. Phone Adams 2890. Apartment for rent, sublease ; 5 rooms and bath. Royden, 1619 R 3 rooms and bath, second ftoor; all moder.n improvements; h. w. h., NW., Apt. No. 300. Phone North 5872. electricity, gas. Reasonable. 1S. 14th St. NE. 1117 Vermont Ave., Hermitage-One room, reception hall, kitchen- 2 large three-room apartments : All modern improvements, S. L. ette, bath, $42.50. Totten, 700 9th. Main 7625. · McLaurin, 2017 13th St. NW. Telephone North 7634. Colored-NW. section-apartments. People's Mortgage and Invest­ 2d door, two large rooms, kitchen, and bath; a. m. I. For rent, ment Co., 813 John Marshall Pl. Phone Fr. 970. reasonable. 3625 10th St. NW., near Otis. 1900 H St. NW., Woodside-One room, dressing room, kitchenette, Apt., 3 rooms; gas, beat, electricity, partly furnished. Rent, $50 and bath, $65; available at once; partly furnished. per month. 7237 Ga. Ave. NW. Phone Col. 7073-J. 1803 Conn. Avenue (intersection of Fla. Ave. )-4 rooms, recp. hnll, 1633 Newton NW.: Three large rooms, tiled bath; corner house; and bath, $75. Ideal surroundings. · Moore & Hil1 (Inc.), 730 17th clean, quiet ; a. m. i. St. NW. 1924· CONOltEBSION AL REOORD_.:..HOUSE 7413

Large rotrttl, k!tcnl!n, IS?eeplrtg' pt>ftb, ve'ltdtm.-nte btltb, •~7.5~. In­ tr~ ltltthiot, ~ 16th et. NW.: ~irlb tleot", 5 r-~ms ant\ bath: cluding bent, gas, elec. 5829 Colorado Ave. NW'. Adam!J 5!!30-.t. porch, modern and attractive; good value; inspect at once, Mtore 'tt ts '$~ llnd $30 mtmt'!t, S\.uirtner l'nte, one ·amr ht't> 'rOO'DlS, -M't'h llftchen­ tt10 lltte; rent 'redl!Ced. ette, running water, including gas and electricity. Apply -COope~a. W. K. Hartung & Co., 1108 16th St. NW. Main 8277. '820 11th !M. Phon-e Main 13~. l2~ts 115th st. Nw. : Apt. 200, 4 'r'Ot>tns a.1ut ba'th, $8~. Atit. ~s. Park 'Vit!w~·4 beantfful rootns, bath, 1nclose-d porch; a. m. L; S rooms and bnth, $~8. . · ~ottp1e tltllt. OWner. 4B?S Kenyon St. 1!fW. A.dam-a 3128--!T. 2500 ~assachusetts Av-e. ~ Ten roodls, four bathe and garage, $21SO. Near Cotrgtesstot11d Libra:ry: ll'onr rootns, birth: b. 'tlt.11., e'lectriclty; 2l06 N st. N1r. : Apt. 11, '3 't"ooms and bath, $62.M. Apt. "3~, 3 $GO month. 1624 19th St. NW.! CWl.e r'Odftl, ldtChettette, and blit11: taoms an<\ bath, $6~.50. Al>t.· 40, 4 roblns and bath, $'t7.M. $~5 month. 1PMty ~'Petty, 1423 New ·Yoltt A'\"e. 'NW. M:ntil 2~38. 1016 16th $t. 'N°W'.: Apt. 44, 4 rc10:ms allc'l bath, $1()5. Aift. 6~. 4 44 New York Ave. NW.-S t'ot>~. tltdten, bath, kM porch; R'll rooms and bath, $110. modern improvements. 1464 Co1um.bia Road: Apt. 34, 2 rooms, batll, ana '.MutPb.7 'bed, $"5l>. Near Hth a.nd roairk ltd.-Thre'e ill~, bright, ~an To6rllll, ·a. m. i. ; Apt. $?>, 2 rooms, bath, ancl M:urphy bed, ft>IS. prtvn~ ba'th. 8-tM' Holnread P'l. NW. 1612 14t'h ~t. NW. : Second tloor, 5 rooms and bath, $.f5. 'Unfu. l>Mement apt., 2 ttYomtl ; g'l\s fthd fleat ihcTtlded ; &ttUpllnt to .3625 16th St. ~-: .Apt. 1, 4 rooms, bath, an.d porch, $110. Apt. '8, tend Mnace. 1013 lt&ss. A:te. NE. L~ln 2092-W. ts rooms, bath, and po.rch, $1li0. Apt. 35, '2 rooms. bath, and Murphy 1-eoD llJ flt. NE.--'l'wo lft:tge rOdtll'B, ktt. 2304 H St. NW.-For rent, 3 nice second-floor rooms nnd bath; 3039 Maeomb .St.~ Apt. 12, 3 rooms a.nd bathr -$67.tso. Apt. 86, " 'l'~t l"ealfOMMe. rooms od bath., "'85. ' Pat'tlY furnl'Sbed.._Englt'!Jh basement, t.1.te'heii, living rootn, bedr6om ; 1750 16th St. NW. : ..A.pt. 101, 2 rooms a.nd ba.:tht $60. Apt. 2"()3, 1 all improvements; very clean; private -enitrance; $50, tnclndtng elee., room aad bath, $4.7.50. Apt. 205, :1 room and bath, $40. A.pt. 404, gas for cooking. 18~"3 S 'St. NW. . . 3 rooms, reception hall, and bath, $77.50. Apt. SOl, 2 rooms, receptl&n '4 lal'{t'e ottt•lde room'1' tr-nd ldtt!hen •pfol'et ; gnrnge ff 'deeifleel ; a. 'Ill. 1. ball, and bath, $62.50. , · 200 9th St. NEl. 1410 M St..NW.-: A.pt. '-s02, .5 rooms and bath, .$8lS. 1811 Ad1HYut Mffi ltd. (at 18'th"a'hd ~!. Rtl.)~4 rms., kitch., bath, 2530 Wbroo:u.sln Ave.: .Apt. 44, 5 rooms and bath, $6~. -ttbd SUll mttU f)ttt-ch, •so. Ada!D'!! -8~1 noon. 1302 18th St. ~. : Seven rooms and three bdhs, i -2·5(). HH Tay1&r St. NW.~3 rotitt11~, kttc'hen, ltnd bath. $50, tnclu~ing '1 '2222- Q St. NW. : .Apt. 4a, l rooma. .and ba~ $SO. ~n11, ~lee., teleP1b'om: ·neant. Oo'I. 9'22'0. 1449 Oak St. NW. : A.pt. 8, 4 1·ooms .and bath, $'7'-0. , 1900 S St.-Attractive apt., three rooms, kitchen, anti ba~h. Phone 1 1500 21st St. NW.: Second tJ.oor, o rooms and bath, $8ti. 'CldV~. 644 er Nootth -4'363. 1420 Hai:vard St. : Apt. 31, 4 rooms and ba~. $6G. , 1449 N-Franklin 5523--FIT'flt ft.MI', 4 lll'tge roo-ms, private ba'th, H. L. Rust Co .• 912 ll>th St. NW. ~lain 6888. Mtnny 7ard,. -clott~s ~ •sqttlmet •rates, t-60 ttH>nthly. Near Pension Offi.ce: ll'our rooms .and QB.th,. !a the Plerpollt, "2!'1 lt St. Crescent .Apartments, Crescent Pl. between Mel1d'lan llrfanSl.ons and 1 ,NW. ; n11wly papered .a.nd palntea; vacant. $50. il8lf~n Ootl~ : 3 l'f)OIM, Mteh~nette, bat'fl : $55. Apply !fanlt01' or Jllxccllen1; k>eation in ;t.tt. Ji>lea.,ant : Two rooin•; and bath; house­ Crane. & Belt, Union Trust Bldg. keeping; in moo~p- apartment holilse, 1468 tl.arva.rd lit., $40• . Near Dup6"Dt C!rele : IJ rooiea, ~t1tnct'ft lltt!tlt>nette, ttnd blt'th : two Two-family fiat: fi'ive rooms and bath; elec., h . . w. h.; $1J.i hric exposurefJ, $80. "i'bre~r -reoms, biltb., alW.l 'kltebenette, elee., 'beat, · gas &0111d NW,. i po~ession May 1, $50. ~iShed, $Ii&. 20135 !P St. NW. The lralorama: Six large rooms. batik and extra lavatoey; excefle:u..t !'w~n'ooms, kttchen, antl batih. 170'6 G St. NW. buH.Qing ; nqw vaca,nt.· . 1 1325 Conn. Ave. NW.: 3 rooms and bath, with beat; $70 month, in Reasonable rent: Four ro.oms and bath ln 1818 Kalorama Road Nw.1 ltl!vti~. tntt'ttlre •at 'flt<11'~ jn'emHtes. on to be papered and paln.ted ; $70 mo. Colonnade, 1822 Vernon St. : 6 rooms, kitchen, a'.tld bath ; extra la:va.. 2221 35th pµwe NW. : Modem four-f.amll;y apt.; :th~ rooma, •th. tary; potcb. Apply Union ltealty Corp., 1410 Q ~t. '.M:'ain 841?>. and tnclosed porck; b, ,"r· h.; ele~.; $37.5Q mo. Willard Courts: 3 rooms, kitchen, bath. Call North 3827. N. L. Sa:asbucy Co. (Inc.). 1418 I St. NW. Co~er l(lonrt:Et-: 2 roorft'S, 1dteh~~. and bath. Call Ma.in 4"500. Several deeir~~le 3-room and bath apartman~s.; heat oll.lld jaaltor Very desirable corner apartment, containing seven bright ou'tidde service furnished. Rent, $42.50 and $4t5 per month. 17th and East rooms and bath, elec. light, ·b. b.; imtnedialte poseeseion. -aent only w. Capitol Sts., H.i-r.y A. Kite (In~.), 1514 K St. ~-. Mnln 4346. f"?O l>el'" .ni.dJl"th. ]J()ss A Phelpl!I, Hl!T K: St. NW. M. 9300. The Preside1'tlal, 16th and L $ts. : Five r9oms, foyer., and two 'l'wo- ~OIBS, Jdltrcbe.n., tt'tl'a la.r~e ll~eetif"6 'PM-ch, anti hat11.; -e1eetrtclty, baths. The Jeifersoq, 1201 16th St. :_ 1'hree roema alld batl!-; two gas, and built-in garage; u.se of laundry{ iwear cat line, -e.o 1bm Un~, rooms and bath. The Maycroft, 1474 Columbia Rd.: ll'lve rooma and li11d ~hoot ; tU!-W-ly l*PerM ': ~.ltdftli~ whtte ne'l.ghborfl!ood; 1'1th or bath, . $135 · three rooms and bath, $75; two ·rooms and .bath, $60. -wtthowt ~t;ta:ge. 71 T P~1M6ton Pl. N'9f. Potomac Park Apartments, 21st and C Ste.: Three rooms and .bath, tna K!eantey St. ?al. ! 'Ooo · ~. c1ret!Jtin1t r~m, tned bath, kitchen­ $70 to $77.50; two rooms and bath, $60; one room aad batb.r $40. ~tte '\tlth std, $39 ; ~r ,,ith' e~ra ~em Ut'l la.t11e {!loset, Po1&>­ f"&e. The Ashley, ~038 18.th .St.: Five roo~a and bath. .newly deCOl"a.ted, mac 1773. $85. Tae ltodman, 3628 Connecticut Ave.: Four rooms and bath, 13!1 fWiclld &t. Nit., Af)t. 31 ': lNl"U:t r~m-s and 'ba.th. lftcNey $87.50; three rooms and bath, $"65 to $12.50. 3618- Cenneetleut Aw.: Realty Co. !(Inc.), ~26 14th St. !Of. Main '8'93&-3920. Three rooms .an'1 bath, $65, W. H. West Co.'- Wm. L. F. Kins, ~ G. 12:M H St. NW.: ! fiats 'Of 3 a1it1 ~ l'boxns and bath, fSO lui'd ' $~U> · .Pe:rl'Y, 815 15th St. Nw. per 11i10nth. Jetrse 'L. ~l\9ke'1, 1115 · ~ St. NW. ' The Gotham, .1945 Calvert St. NW.: .A.pt. 23, desirable r> rGC>ms, For C!ol'l"t!'h; l'e«Sbnable. service. Rent, $102.50. B. i'. Saul Co-; 1412 Eye .St. NW. 1205 Emerson St. NW., Saul's Addition: Two 4 tboms a:nd bath 741 North Capitol St.: 2 ro~s, kitchen, Ul4 bath; '46; heat ttJlal'tmen.ts, holt-.~'fet heat, eleettic 'ltdtl!I, d'onble garfl.ge, a1"tlings, furnished. B. F. Saul Co., 1412 Eye St. NW. and scr~~; i'e'Bt~ retitteed. C'P1y ~esid$t ma11ag~r on premises. '8.nito't M" Apt. tJ, 2'HS Cn-lttornta 'St. J.925 ieth St., the ".l'id"any. Arn eight-story,. Arei)roof buildtn.g which Two rooms, front, large closets, sink, gas range; near bln, d'tnlfif l"60ltl, tncloeed l>Ol'C11 and sleP.ping porch ; partly f\irnished if desired ; reasonable. kitch~n. Newly decorated ; now vacant. 8h1U1non "- L'Cle'hs '(me.), TIS 1-000 21.et St. NW'"., :Apt. 1 : ~ond i!oor. Y'ive bl'l-glrt tt>tnna and 14th ~. Vath !34"5. . ba~h. '$"85. Fttn!I. Mny 1. Ph'&l'ffi Pnt&ttm'C 78tS. Ma.3. Stt()hg. · 3624 Conn. Ave., comfortable year-around location: 2 roottllJ, Jtt'tcheb., :(9 K S't. Nil. : :Apa~lf 'ftir rent. $94. H.d ba'l:h ~ ! toO'dnt, Ittt~hen, bath, ' and }>01'dh.; 8 room"!!, 'ldtetr~. and l~18 Lntrence 1:3t. Nlf!l. : Two T<>U~, l'ltl'!h~e. t>fifite ifra'th. bath; $57.50 to $82.50. · Sha~no'b. l t.aclia '(Die.), "t13 14'th St. M"lftn !forth HS4-J. ~1'41~. ' Purk View Apt., 610 Irving St.: Three rooms, kitch4!11, rec. !tall, batb; Attractive apts., .new detached corner bulld.J.ng, It an~ ~d Streets, ,45. 6f}pot!rte the dlagnfftcent Bliss· estate ; 11 and. 4. ~oom1 and bath each; f:J15 Seltnont 'S't.: One rin., 'ltltcfi.e'tl"?te, atn.ltllr 'tll~f'e, b., ~'b°'tnt». $57.50 tO l'T'T.lro; an outside rootns. · ' · The Joseph Shapiro Co., 919 15th St. 1419 N Street, near Thoma~ Circle : 8 rooms and bath, $65 mon~ 7414 CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE APRIL 28

1474 Chapin St. NW., near Meridian Park·: 3 and 4 rooms and ·bath, The Biltmore, 1941 Biltmore St. NW. : Apt. 11-4 rooms aqd bathi $60 to $65. avallable May 15, $80. 1632 30th St. NW., near Montrose Park: 4 rooms and bath, 1361 Girard St. NW.-Third floor, 2 very large rooms, kitchen, add front, $05. bath, $65. · 3432 Conn. Ave., opposite Rock Creek Park : 4 rooms and bath, $80. Carleton, 1741 Lanier Pl. NW.: .Apt. 23-3 rooms and bath, $52.50. . 3i12 Wisconsin Ave. NW., Mass. Ave. Heights: 3 rooms and bath, Allan E. Walker & Co. (Inc.}, 813 15th St. NW. Main 2690. $65. Moore & Rill (Inc.), 730 17th St. NW. Reduction in rent : 807 0 St. NW. 3-room housekeeping apartment Conn. Ave., opposite new Walker Hotel: 4-room and bath apart­ with bath; 2-room housekeeping apartment with bath. For Inspection ment, 3d floor, in Cadillac Bulldµlg; reduced rental during summer call 1253 8th St. NW., after 4 p. ni. months. Apply 1140 Conn. Ave. Phone Franklin 3900. The Conard, 13th and Eye Sts. NW., opposite Franklin Park, down We will have four 2-room and bath apartments, delightfully located town. One room, kitchenette, bath, and closet. Apply at office, 1224 downtown, ready for occupancy May 1, also two office suites. Location Eye St. NW. Geo. C. Altemus. ls 818 18th St. NW., within short walking distance of Government 822 & 828 18th St. NW. : Central, downtown location. Two rooms, departments and downtown clubs. For price of rentals apply Bradley, kitchenette, and bath, $65 and $75 per month. Remodeled, with oak Beall & Howard (Inc.), 1512 H St. NW., Wilkins Building. floors. Sanitas covered walls. Never occupied. Large, bright rooms. 1230 14th St., Apt. 33 : 2 rms., reception hall, bath ; $40. AIDeck Open for inspection. H. L. Rust Company, 91~ 15th St. NW. Realty Co., 607 15th St. No. 41, 1737 N. H. Ave. NW.: Four rooms and bath; garage space 3-room and bath apartment in new detached house; a. m. i. Rent available in rear of building. Weaver Bros., realtors, 735 15th St. reasonable. 3221 20th St. NE., Woodridge. NW. The Ohio, 1436 Meridian St. NW: 4 rooms and bath, $60.50. Avail­ !)10 R. I. Ave. NE.: Modern new building. Occupancy May 1, 1924. able May 1. Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., 727 15th St. NW. 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath. Low rentals. $45, $50, and $52.50. The Cumberland, 14th St. and Thomas Circle: 2 rooms and bath, $50. H. L. Rust Company, 912 15th St. NW. Immediate possession. Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., 727 15th 138 V St. NW.: Flat for rent. Call North 8937. St. NW. 915 New York Ave. NW. : Four rooms and bath; gas, electricity; Three rooms, hot-water heat, electric lights and gas. 435 M St. NW. heat furnished ; $75. 1603 You Street: 3 rooms and bath, $65. Call Main 2635. 419 M St. NW.: Five rooms and bath; heat furnished; $60. 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $35. Call 608 Lamont NW. 1627 17th St. NW. : Five rooms and bath; electricity and gas; $60. 14th and Girard, the Savoy: 4 rms., kitchen, bath; avaUable May 1. 607 New York Ave. NW.: Five rooms and bath; electricity; $50. The Ardmore, 915 20th St. 'NW. : Four large rooms, kitchen and 419 M St. NW.: Two rooms and bath, second floor; partly fur-- bath; in walking distance of downtown storel!I and business. Imme­ nished ; $45.50. diate pomiession. $65 per month. 4114 Emery Place NW.·: Three rooms and bath; h.-w. h., electricity, The Kelwood, 1821 Corcoran St. NW. : Cozy first-floor apartment in laundry tubs; $35 unfurnished, $45 furnished. very good section of the city. Immediate possession. $65 per month. 1414 Dth St. NW.: Four rooms and bath, second ftoor; h.-w. h. J Studio Apartment, "Meridian Hill:" Beautiful six-room apartment gas furnished; $45. · ln modern building, recently completed in Washington's best resi­ 607 New York .Ave. NW.: Three rooms and bath, second floor, front; dential section. Can be leased finely furnished for $160 per month, or steam heat; $40. may be had unfurnished. E. Roy Lewis & Co., 1715 Connecticut Ave. 807 0 St. NW. : Three rooms and bath, third floor ; $40. NW. Phone Potomac 2131. 807 0 St. NW. : Three rooms and bath, second floor; $40. 936 Madison St. NW. : 4 rooms, ba~. and reception ball, $62.50. 607 New York Ave. NW.: Three rooms and bath, third fioor; steam Morris Cafritz Co. (Inc.), 1416 K St. Main 617. heat ; $35. Caywood Bros. & Garrett, Inc., renltore, 915 New York The Everett, 2127 P St. NW.: 3 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $77.50; Ave. NW. 2 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $01'.i. The l\Ionterey. Conn. Ave. and Porter St., 2, 3, and 4 rooms and 2116 Kalorama Road : 6 rooms and 2 baths, $140. bath; some with porches. 1715 P St. NW.: 2 rooms, kitchenette, and bath, $70. The Oakland. Columbia Road near Wyoming .Ave., 6 rooms and 3704 Macomb St. : 3 rooms, kitchen and bath, $60. bath. 1329 Belmont St. : 2 rooms, kitchen and bath, $65. The Woodland. Cathedral Ave. near Conn. Ave., 2, 3, and 4 rooms ·1321 Belmont St.: 1 room, dining room and kitchen (combined) and and bath. bath, $42.50. 1915 Sixteenth Street; 3 rooms and bath. 3220-22-24 Wisconsin Ave., near the Cathedral: 2 rooms, kitchen­ Twenty-ninth and M Streets; 3 and 5 rooms and bath; low rental. ette and bath, $5iJ; 1 room, kitchenette and bath, $40. 1315 Clifton Street; 4 rooms and bath. Thos. J. Fisher & Co. (Inc.), 740 9th St. NW.: 3 rooms, kitchenette, and bath, $75; 2 rooms, 738 15th Street. Main 6830. kitchenette and bath, $55. New buildings. Corner Connecticut Ave. and Tilden St. All out· 802 19th St. NW.': 2 rooms and bath, with porch, $50. Geo. W. side Fooms overlooking wooded park. Elevator and telephone serv-· Linkins, 1719 K. St. ice. Apartments of 2, 3, and 4 rooms with bath. Open evenings. One month's rent free. 5-room-and-bath apartment, new building on Representative oµ premises. Thos. J. Fisher & Co. (Inc.), 738 15th Waehington Heights; convenient to all activities; cheapest and best. Street. Main 6830. apartment fn this section at $815 per month. Eugene H. Taggart 3807 Connecticut Ave. Between Woodley Road and Cathedral Ave. (Inc.), 1518 K. St. New building. Apartments of 2, 3, and 4 rooms with bath. Elevator Madison Apartment's new building, NE. cor. 18th & Eye Sts.; 1 service. Tbos J. Fisher & Co. (Inc.) 738 15th Street. Main 6830. and 2 rooms and bath nonhoucekeeping. L. W. Groomes, 1416 F St. 2531 Que St. NW. New apartment building. Apartments of 2, 3, Beautiful new apartments : Wlll be ready for occupancy May 1. 3 and 4 rooms, dining alcove and bath. Prices range from $52.50 to and 4 room apartments. 1448 Oak St. NW. -Open for inspection $97.50. Representative on premises. McKeever & Goss. M. 4752. Sunday. Chas. D. Sager, 924 14th St. NW. Main 36. 1415 Eye Street NW. 2215 14th St., The Princeton: 2 rooms, kitchenette and bath, $40. The Drury, 3121 Mt. Pleasant St. NW. : Apartment of 1 room and 3333 N St., the Potomac: 3 rooms, kitchenette and bath, $40. bath, $40 ; apartment of 2 rooms and bath, $50 month. 1529 14th St. : 2d and 3d floors; 6 rooms and bath, over store, $40. 660 Kenyon St. NW. : 4 rooms and bath, $60 month. Shannon & Luchs (Inc.), 713 14th St. Main 2345. The York, 769 Quebec St. NW.: 3 rooms and bath, $57.60. Cavanaugh Court, 1526 17th St. NW.: One room and bath, $37.50. Downtown apartment, 1221 New York Ave. NW.: 3 rooms and One room, 6ftchen, and bath, $50. Two rooms, kitchen, and bath, bath, $65. $67.50 and $70., In Georgetown, 1305 Potomac St. NW.: Apartment of 3 rooms and Netherlands, 1860 Columbia Rood NW.: Apt. 203--5 rooms, bath, and bath, $52.50; upartment of 4 rooms and bath, $67.50. large foyer hall, $125. Apt. 5-03--3 rooms, kitchen, and bath, $90. 3430 Connecticut Ave. NW.: 3 rooms and bath, $65; 4 rooms and Dumbarton Court, 1657 31st St. NW. : Apt. 107-1 room, kitchen, bath, $80. and bath, $40. The Windsor, 'l' St., near 15th: 6 roo-ms and bath, $90 month; rarkwood, 1746 K St. NW.: Two apts., containing 7 very large rooms newly papered and painted. McKeever & Goss, · 1415 Eye St. NW. and bath, open .fireplaces, $165. Main 4752. The Montclair, 1331 Belmont St. NW.: Apt. 31-4 rooms, bath, and Fernbrook, 1441 Spring Rd. : Living room, dining alcove, kitchenette, porch, $75. dressing room, with two In-a-Dor beds and tiled bath, $62.50 ; . recep­ Rutland Court, 1725 17th St. NW.: One room, kitchen, and bath, $50 tion hall, living room, dining alcove, kitchenette, dressing room with and $60. Two rooms, kitchen, and bath, $75. double In-a-Dor bed, tiled bath and spacious bedroom, $79.50. Apply Van Cortlandt, 1417 Belmont St. NW.: Five very large rooms, bath, to resident manager, apartment 101. Morris Cafritz Co. (Inc.), 1416 pore)), and hall, $99.50. K St. Main 617. Petworth Gardens : Apt. 5, 124 Webster St. NW.-4 rooms and bath, Comfortable apartments: "Kllngle Mansions,'' at Connecticut Ave. $63.50. Apt. 10, 126 Webster St. NW.-5 rooms and bath, $70. and Kllngle Road, overlooking Rock Creek Valley, offer unusual induce- 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7415 ments to seekers of apartments where year-l'Ound comfort is demanded; First door oft 14th _and Euclid : 8-story and finished basement ; 6 all outside rooms, overlooking spacious lawns and wooded parks ; ex­ bedrooms; within one square of new legations, Central High ; wonder· ceptionally large rooms and generous closets ; efficient service, con­ tul place tor renting rooms, business, or private residence; reasonable. sistent rentals. Wardmllll Construction Co., 1430 K St. NW.; real­ Col. 8059. estate department. For rent: May 6 to October 1, $200 a month; small, well-furnished 2151 California St. NW.: Four bright rooms, reception hall, bath, house on 18th St. between P and Q, with upstairs living room, 4 bed­ porch; newly decorated; fireproof building.; night elevator service; rooms, 2 baths. Apply at 1526 18th NW. $100 month; see it now. Apply on premises or B. L. Simmons, 1108 Nicely furnished 5-room bungalow ; hot-water beat, electric lights, 16th St. NW. open fireplace, large porches; cellar and attic; near bus line; $75 per Very attractive unfurnished apartment in London Hall, 13th ana M mo. by year. Address Box 198-D, Star offi.ce. Sts. NW., containing one room, dressing room, kitchenette, and bath, For rent: Exclusive home, richly furnished, suitable for Repre­ and In-a-Dor bed ; immediate possession. Boss & Phelps, 1417 K St. sentative or foreign attach~; 3 bedrooms and inclosed sleeping porch; NW. Main 9300. the last word in modern ; built-in garage. Phone Adams 1831. 1620 R St. N. W. : 'A vallable May 1. 2 ·rooms, reception hall, kitchen Chevy Chase : Nicely furnished 8-room house for May and June, and bath; front apartment, $85. 2 rooms, reception hall, kitchen, and $100. Phone Cleveland 1901. bath apartment; southern exposure, $77.50. 1 room, reception hall, Modern 6-r. detached house ; a. m. t. ; grand piano ; mahogany fur­ kitchenette, and bath, $55. 1 room, reception hall, kitchenette, and nishings; latest electrical appliances; large trees; sleeping porch; bath, $45. Inquire resident manager, Potomac 1900. garage; large attic and basement. 22 Denwood Ave., Takoma Park.

APARTHmNTS~SUBURBAN Phone Col. 7290 W before calling for inspection. To October. 1302 Belmont St.: Six cheerful outside rooms, three large porches; Two rooms and private bath, 1 h. k., in Lyon Park, Va., one block high, healthy location ; $90 until Oct. from car line. Twenty minutes•' ride from P. 0. Dept. $30 month. Party leaving city will give up lease of 7-room, semidetached, a. Phone Clarendon 239-J-2. m. i., large yard, 2 garages (rented), n. w., with purehase ot fur­ Takoma Park, Md., 217 Cedar Ave.: 2 r., k., and b.; furnished; until niture at a sacritlce. Address Box 303-C, Star offi.ce. 'Sept. 1 or for shorter period ; $50 per mo. Possession at once. For summer, in Cleveland Park, halt ot double house, seven rooms, 3 unfurnished rooms, new house ; I. h. k. ; closets, semi-bath ; large large front and back porches ; roomy sleeping porch. 360 Lowell St. porch and grounds ; electricity ; near cars ; 20 minutes to 12th and Pa. Clev. 312. Ave. NW. ; rent reasonable. H. H. Blandford, corner Shelley Rd. and Six rooms, reception hall, bath ; newly papered ; elec. ; baek yard Lattimer Ave., Arlington, Va. and porches ; immed. posseJJslon ; $65 month ; beginning Oct. 1, $8ri. 14 Ralston Ave., Hyattsville, Md.: Entire second floor of residence, 4 rooms and bath, just refinished; on large lot with old shade trees; 1139 Harvard St. NW. 429 Randolph St. NW. : Seven lar~ rooms, large attic, basement, concrete street in front leads to Washington; 3 blocks from cars and servant's closet, sleeping porch, modern; now available; reasonable. train; $50, with light and water. Phone Hyattsville 136-R after 1302 Belmont St. NW.: 6 beautiful rooms, batht· 8 porches, high, 5 p. m. healthy location; until October. Adams 2064. Modern apts., reasonable ; first and second floors ; train and bus On Argonne PI., near 16th : 6 rooms and bath, built-in garage, service; 30 minutes to .city; children welcome. Call Vienna, Va., 28-F-22, or see Mrs. Stuntz, Chilcott sta., on Wash.-Va. R. R. beautifully furnished ; $150 mo. Potomac Heights: Beauti. situated, high elevation ; overlooking On C St. SE. neal' House Offtce Bldg.: 6 rooms and bath, all modern Potomac River ; 3 large, outside rooms, bath, porch, etc. ; new house. improvements; reasonably priced; beautifully furnished. McKeever & Goss, ·1415 Eye St. NW., M. 7552. ri413 Hawthorne Pl. Cabin John or Chain Bridge Car. Get off at Cleveland Park: 10 rooms, 3 baths and garage; nicely furnished; Jewett St. Historic :Alexandria, Va., 701 Prince St. ; lower floor ; 3 rms, kitch., can be rented from May 15 for four months, at reasonable price. 3300 Newark St., Cleveland Park: A nicely arranged house of 10 b.; remodeled; piazza front; side yd.; trees; central. rooms, 5 baths and 2-car garage, 2 sleeping porches; large and beauti­ R1:stnmNCms FOR RllNT ful grounds; can be rented from May 15 to Sept. lri, at $200 per RENT HOUSllS~PURNISHED month. 1349 Penna. Ave. SE.: 4 bright, new rooms, private bath, large porch, We have several other very desirable well furnished houses through­ electric lights, h.-w. h.; furnished, $60 month. -out the city at moderate prices. Will re~t for summer months: Chevy Chase, 7-room furnished house; Allen E. Walker & Co., Inc., 813 15th St. NW., Main 2690. adults only; '125 month. 5604 37th St. NW. 1306 13th St. NW.: Seven rooms and bath; gas, b. w. h.; $100.75. Overlooking Rock Creek Park: Four bedrooms, 2 baths, sleeping Caywood Broe. & Garrett, Inc., relators, 9Ui New York Ave. NW. porch ; garage. 1833 Irving St. Col. 7314. 1302 Balmont St. : Six cheerful outside rooms, three large porches ; Six rooms, bath, modern, near car line; northwest, for summer or high, healthy location ; $90 until Oct. lease for year ; $6~. Lincoln 6553. 2622 Woodley Place NW. Very attractive home for summer occu­ May to October, then _ yeal'ly ; china, glass, linen, silver; two-car pancy ; 10 rooms, 3 bll.ths, screened sleeping porches ; garage ; $125 per garage; twelve reoms, four baths, phone. North 782. · month, including telephone service. Available May 15 to Sept. 15, Nine roms, partly furnished, in Georgetown; $75 month. Room 8, 1924. For appointment telephone Col. 4708. H. L. Rust Co., 912 15th 1410 G St. NW. . . . St. NW. Main 6888. 9 rooms and bath; garage; May 1 to Nov. 1 ; near Dupont Circle; 1821 Jefferson PL near Dupont Cirele, attractive 14-room house, com­ very reasonable to adults. Phone, North · 5971. pletely furnished; a. m. 1. w. H. West Co., Wm. L. S. King, E. G. Brookland : Furnished bungalow ; 5 large, bright rooms ; near Perry, 815 15th St. NW. churches, stores, and cars. North 6302. 8303 10th St. NE. 511 Columbia Road NW. 6 rooms and bath, a. DJI. 1., $75. Morris 1716 Lanier Pl. : Until Nov. 1 ; owner reserving one bedroom; will Cafritz Co. (Inc.), 1416 K St. Main 617'. let to responsible adults only his comfortable and attractive home of Gentleman's surburba.n estate. Unusually desirable home in Wash­ eight rooms for $100 month. Col. 626. ington, D. C. ; 50-mile view over three States ; 1 block from care; new, Chevy Chase : Seven rooms, sleeping and sun porches ; garage ; lovely up-to-date tapestry brick house and garage ; 4 public rooms, 6 master yard; season or permanent; $150 monthly. Cleve. 908-W. bedrooms, 4 baths, 14 service, 4 porches, conservatory; acre of lawn, 3235 R St., Georgetown : Nine rooms, two bathe ; large lot; very garden, orchard, tennis court, etc. Lease or sale. Call Owner, Cleve­ desirable location. Telephfne, West 646. land 607 or Franklin 6225. Irving St., near 14th NW.: 9 large rooms, 6 large bedrooms, 2 baths; Lease-bargain. 1846 16th St. NW. (corner); 11 rooms and 3 baths; elegantly furnished; a. m. i.; $160. Albert R. Calder, Woodward h.-w. h., elec. and gas; completely furnished; front and back yards. Bldg. Main 3973 or Col. 4308. · · Moore & Hill (Inc.), 730 17th St. NW. 5-room bungalow, fui·nished, modern; June-Sept.; garage; fruit and vegetable garden. 234 Park Ave., Takoma Park. RENT HOusmS-FURNISHED AND UNFURNISHED Furnished, 3756 McKinley St., Chevy Chase; halt block from Conn. Attractively furnished or unfurnished new bungalow ; a. m. i. ; exclu­ Ave. cars; May 20 to October 15; 9 rooms, 2 bath rooms, sleeping sive in detail ; yard ; double garage, flowers ; all-white section ; reason­ porch; garage; small garden; $150 per month. Inspection by appoint­ able; responsible adults; June 1. Address Box 189-D, Star offi.ce. ment. Telephone, Cleveland 142. 10 rooms, recep. ball, bath; elec., hot-water heat; partly furnh1hed; Eight-room detached house, Cleveland Park, tor summer; rent reason­ reasonable; owner, a Govt. employee, to reserve one room. 430 M able. Phone, Cleveland 675. St. NW. Fr. 2059-J. June 15 to 'Sept. 15, $125 per month: Eight-room, completely fur­ East Capitol St. Near Capitol ; lal'ge rooms, newly papered and nished house ; 4 bedrooms, sleeping porch ; garage ; overlooking Soldiers' painted; elec.; house in fine cond. Call Owner, Lin. 619-W. Home grounds. Col. 6971-W. Conn. Ave. Near Wardman Park Hotel, 11 rooms, 2 baths, porches, Will transfer lease of 9-room house, completely furnished, to party servant's batli in basement; 2-car brick garage; a. m. i. Geo. W. :>uying furniture. 1731 De Sales NW. Franklin 6667. Lin.kins, 1719 K St. ~416 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSH APRIL 28

B.'l!lft Jl'OMB:&--JC'Nl'U'&NtSBmD 1498 ~laead ~ hdf bl9ck d 14th ttt.:; tlb: l'eOan, ~-.tk; a.-..t. f 6-room ctetached house with large 7ard and: 2 sleeping porches; all •~wa:1 t>«t>eret\ a'lld p~ll; te l'M(l!Clllsible l'8rtJ' on!y. F. e. Dan., modern conveniences ; near car Une, Churches, and sch~ .ApplJ !?Ol-6 Cootlnelltal !'rust Bld:r. Mata 1'640. 1022 Otis St., Brookland, D. C. 1409 Potomaht, D. J. Waters, 621 4th St. NE. Linc. 1287-W. gas. Mill8, 8DtS 5th NW. Phone Main 4561. :t:lth and Imng St& INW. i 1l roema 8.lld '2 bafts; .steam 1ieJt. sas. 635 H St. SW. Eight rooms, bat'h, f35. ThMml'S B. Brown, ~1T 4i ana -eliectlt1ctty ; garqie 1'08m lfer 8 can; lliouae newt:r deeot'&ted.; remt et. SW. retlaonaMe. Cu.el. ~tt a: oOe •• (lat.). l.005 New Y-erk A.~ 1 ¥aib. Ba..._some three-Mory alld attic brick residen°' 16th St, coraw 1092. Irving ; 14 large rooms, h."'W. Ja., ~ baths, 6 ~lacet, harclwo0d ifloor.s, Leni:'ellow l!!t.: 'T rooms, bath; h.·W.ll.., oe'.lecer!elty, h'l'dw-ood !floors, 118<.'k ·.stamcase, butler'• pan.try., com:pleteI.r modem; beautiful Jiawne and largoe '-e.sement; COl'lY. 1.f.th St. , or &!llf' Corner property : 6-Nom. brfoek; !&'l1fe flroat and able law•; 98 IC time S111Way. St. NEJ.; $55. Penn Realty Corporation, Mhln 6608. Fine bome. a. m. c., eun parlM, l))eurt:f'ful po111ld.s; -GNhard: 2-car N.ea.ir 18th .-nd. Oolumbia. Road.: Nine roome., util.; $80 r&ID4 $7.S per lOOllth. Main MBV-38. fletlnt(fal Jaouee uptowa near Htll ana Columbia BcL ; 12 nomm, 3 1425 Yo00. St.: "Dea .,..ma; whole -or part; 11ultable tw1miag. •PPl:r batbs, llewly decorated, deetrlcll:J and h. w. b.; nnt ftla.SO!IUlble. W.R. premises. Marshall,~ .New Ya .A~ Ten rooms, modern bnp"'Vementll, .jfu.at ~ovated; near 14th and N-01 !3& 1.1.th St;. :NB.: Jiligiat room•, bath, and oollar; :belt-water .heat, Plll'k. Rent moderate. .Seen by appointment. Phone Linc. 4097. electric lights. Consult Welch, reattx>r, lJilt1l .and Niew York An. lHain .Attractive, 10 r.ooms .and bath, near 2 car lines; can be seen trntil 4 ,3 •. . Sunday. North 3126. l3U Jll~nhgue .St. NW.: Det. aml1lunca1DIW-t 8 rooms and twe tile 2121 H st. NW.; 10 rooms, 2 baths, hot-water heat, electricity; ren't, baths ; a. m. 1. ; laqe trent and Rr~ nair 110rch; pid repair; $1~. $125. J.028 2Citll St. lNW.: !t r,.. batba, tl:drf ftoot; ar»&.D&'ed for .a11t. '4i75. 2 608 .RQck Cr~ek Church .Rd.: 6 rooms and bath; h.-w.h • .; electrl.clty; SOi CarNft AT"e., 'rakoDa Pk.~ De.mehed .hoase; i l!ooms and Datil; pra,ge ; 1$U5. G.eQ. W. Unki.ns, 1119 K St. a. m. 1.. $50. Very de~ailde house, 3d e.nq .Ea.st Capit0l Sts.: House oonta.ins '8 8221 .1'9th JliW.: aeeutifal aome, ee:mldet., 9r., 2 batlls; , pGl"~bes. bright, desirable rooms; newly papered and pa1Dte4. . Rent. $' 75.~0 per IU-0. moo.1th. Bose & J'.h~ J.H'i x:.st. NW. · William S. Phillips, 15th and K Sts. NW. lf-.ID 460~. ~ ~w .Tea:sey, Ave. ~~n.J: ~. Y. Aw.; g rooms and bath. to be newly .lto 't.11 St. NE. : 10 roo.wa a.ad batlar, k. w. b... relee. lfa:hts, and ga.ra.ge; pa.pe.i-.ed; posse.IJBlDn May · 15th• .ellita.ble for rooming house ; $75.00. '7.3 pet' Ill 0. Wi11iam:l S. Phillips, lMh and K Ste. NW. .Main 4600. !!26 Jl-1 St. 11m..... H> De8IBltJ and INlth, h.. w. a., elee. light.a, wltll 2--car 801 Longfellow St. NW.; Eight rooms and bath, corner house, entirqy earage ; $100. .moder.n; ga.i:age ~ ~s~ct .at any tJ.me. Reaaonable rent. S. J • .1-os.. A. Herillert 6 SoJM, liUi iEaet £apitQl St. S()}o~ · !528 Bo.nd Bldg. Franklin 54.30. 20 Sherman Circle: 6 r. & b., a. m, 1., aew, $85.50; 4826 ,Sth St. 12 latlge roQl)lS, .a baths ; a. m. i. ; newlJ' 4ecoiate<1. · 1'864 Kenron NW.; ~ ;r. ani .b,, &. .m • .1.., $75; Oilt Delafield St., 6 r. And b., 'll. m. 1., St. For keys, pbo.Qe Co.I. 2270 before 5 or between 7 and 8 p. ,m. $70; new. Mcm:lJI Ce.trits .000.pany. lac.,. 141~ K St. Mam 617. For celored : FLTe rooma, no bath, gas light, wa-ter in kitchen i near 48 Eye St. NW.: Twehe ,rooms and batll; tie.ctricity azd \T~r la.eat; 8th anicl K S.ts. N~ ; &r sale, :oot fo~ ren,.t., .but no cash paymeti.t r~ S1Ql9. quired ; $42.50 per month covers all interest and principal ~aymen~. 1626 Que ·st. NW.: .EJitrbt 1100ma and bl.th.; lilteam hut, dectrlcity, #oaa H. WJ:"igat. 1116. Vermont Aiv.e, NW. , ljf:ain aS97. and g&Jt; partly :torn-'sbed ~ ;f 160. West Chevy Chase. -OD. .Elllc•tt St. : 6 rooma and Jill th; .new rhomes J 81'6 New Iuaey A'.T&. l'{W. ~ ·'!Cen.. reom:.s .atd baih.; electricl ty, gas, never been occupied ; $90 month. la. w. L, and ~d l ;ftOO. Cleveland Park, on Rodman 'St. near , ttO'th : 6 rooms and bath, $105 109 19th St. SE.: ]j'our rooms and bath; electricity; $52.50 11nfur- montll. 11t.Qecil,, $60 turn1abed.. 'Detaehed !11Yttse ~n 'KeBll.e{ty St. ·neM 14th : tl r-001118 a.ad lY.ith, :$!1.10. ;& 4161 11th St. SW.: Four rooms, $20.50. Ca.r-woo'1 Bros. Garlj~tt, Near 16th and Spring M.: 'e' itoomEI, and bath;· glaased~m :eleep1fttg Inc., Realms, OJ.I Nvw York A:n. ~W. 1 and breakfttst l'otth~ ~ built-in .gal'age ; IU'M montll. .t.-4..ai FlOl"id,8. Ave. NW.. : C~~d; ~ r.o.o.ms and bata.; Latrobe heat; Oliver St. near 32nd : 8 teams a-ad l ba.tth ; 1.._,lr gana-e; Sl• montll. rear ·J'ILl'd.; 91.s.; .$85. Caywqod Bros. ,& Gau~tt. Inc., .Kea.Ltors, i)1S New ~ K St. l n~ar '14th ~ 'Lttl'ge bdnae of 1~ rooms :and 2 lbatlla; ~w.a ter Y'Ol'k .A.ve.rNW. · heat and elech1c lights; $000 month. 'MeK~'Vltl' 11 Gose, 141.G lllre Beautiful location; 8 large rooJ.US1 Jncl4aed p:irc)l; iut. wat~r heatu; St.' NW. 1.Tuln ·415'2. ananpd tMr two fa.Wes. Ad1LIM MSO . . 1728 Wisconsin Ave. : Brick house; with !J&rge t.&ck ya:rd, ituttitble · ~ M 8~ I ..x., b,. Ji. w. b., •c.. "'iJi· ao,; ~148 Woodley J>l., "lle'W fdr 'Store and d~lllng; 'llluge11e H. 'l'~Tt, l:nc., 11518 It St. NW. lbome,"• $1113 tao. ; ~rut & N Its., 18 r •. 3 b., a. m. l., ,s.a.r., S11US. mo.. ; Main l'i500. 3ft5 lith• St., J.O r., ~ b., ,., 'In, 1., $1'40 mo. 'I'b.e Joseph SG:tpire ee., 1'9'2'~ Ftrs't St. NW. : Contaihtng etgbt rooms and 'bl.th; b. - w. h., 919 15th St. elec. $85. N. L. Sansbury Co., Inc., 1418 Eye St. NW. 1721 :Wlllat!d St. NW.: iL2 rooms ud h&fi ;, i&lectricli:Y .a-1 hot~water Stx ro'oms no bath, water in kiiclum, p.j light, on 6th 'St. neair G heat; t!tallonu.ry tnltll lu cellfu:, witn e~ra lavatory; .$1)Q per menth. St. SW., fo; sale3 not fot rerlt, but no casb payment' 'req~ :. '3'9 l\I. J. Raine, 934 New York Ave. Main 1051. per month cove'I'd an interest ·'II.nil prlnctpal 1Jft'Yment9. J"otm H. US Ea~so• 9tJ. NW. : MO!lel'n, uw semtdetaelle& 6--rQOJB Jimick ; col. Wright, 1118 Vermont A-ve. :NW. :Mll:1U 3~. front porch ; sleeping porch; a;. m. :Ii. ; reasonable reat. PhlllM! M.am 'Very destrab1e and well ioea:ted prt>perty i'ft 't'l()Wtl-toW".B 'Beet1M1, t1ult· '6HS Miond.Q., • able for boa-rding anil rotmrlng pur;irose,- cmtta.!Jililig l5f! rb~ a'.lld n ~·room: 'boneaJ<>w : B •..-. h. ; garage ; .41"4!p:laee i 'Oak .flCJ,rs ; ~ge \laths, h.-w. h., elec. light. rmtnedtate po!lf!Msibn. M'odMate reDJta:L lot; idenl ieeadaa, :l.887 4th N.il. PotolDIM: '2f58. WW sell. Boss & Phelps, 1417 X 'St. N,W. · ~e.in · ~. $55 .oe818b., $56 monthly, (J&iger .cash payment. leH mcmtllly), two· Colored : Mod~m 6-rtrom h.b'bse ~ h.-w. b.., -elee.; ttnt recmeecl. Bettl­ .11tor7, il'fe moms and. tlath; a. m.. 1.; $5,800. ·6 Alleghen,- Ave., near M'ann-Estate, 1114 :N'.'T. AV\!. · ~. Main &8'88. Elm Ave., Takoma Park. Col. 9472-W. Lease-Bargain. Near New Hampshire A-ve. tt1ld R Bt.-S POf eit:y, on im· ments, and 2-car garage; $110 per month. N. H • .Ave. &; Park .Koad; ,]light large rooms and reception hall and prtJved ~d ; aere gTMmd; ltlrge Jla,'Wll ; big trees ; view owr rcitw .and river. Fine for 2 couples ; garage for 2 cars. Campbell, 734 filth 8t. bath in good residential section. House ls light 8.lld roomy and in ~ood ~oodition, with all .mallern improvements. .Rent. $100 per mo. E. R-01 NW.. during n~ce houra, or -ea.11 4th acmse beFonci Hu.me $chool, on upper rd. to .ilesamlrl&, a.f'tier ,().30. Lewis.& Co,,, 1715 Connecticut Ave. NW. Phone Potomac 2!31. I 'TeD·room bouae, Mt. Pleasut ; good · ~ftien ,; .a.m.1. ; npar .new 24 Eye St. NE.: House for rent. Apply 26 Eye. , .New house in .a new.l.y developed northw~st section ; uniquely de­ Jlanr.roft .School.; ar~ed fur oBe or twi> tam.mes~ t:Ht reascmable. Phone owner, Adams, 3446. signed ; 6 rooms and bath ; comp.Wte in ever1 deta.U ; $15, Shs;nnon & 1919 K NW.J 13 roomsJ a.m.1.j newly renovated throughou~ Luchs, Inc., 713 14th St. Main 234(). 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 7417

Six rooms, bath, pantry, gas ltght, latrobe heat; near 9th and F In referring to the conditions prompting and justifying this Sts. NEl.; for sale, not for rent, but no cash payment required; $67.50 legislation the court said, on page 4 : per month covers all interest and principal payments. John H. Wright, The provisions of Title II are made necessary by emergencies grow­ 1116 Vermont Ave. NW. ·Main 8397. ing out of the war resulting in rental conditions in the District I have encumbered the RECORD with all ot the foregoing dangerous to the public health and burdensome to public officers, because it is the most pertinent argument I could make, for employees, and accessories, and thereby embarrassing the Federal the main question here is whether an emergency in rental Government in the transaction of the public business. property exists. The foregoing advertisel\lents from one paper They find rental conditions " burdensome to public officers, show that it does not. Yet this committee, when they come be­ employees, and accessories." Is there anyone who will say fore you ask you to pass a bill six years after the war is that the conditions cited do not exist here to-day? There are · ended au'd want you to say that the emergency exists. With people working in the Government departments in the execu­ all these conditions liere they ask you to declare that a war tive branch of the Government and in the legislative branch emergency exists six years after the war and extend it tw:o of the Government who are paying 45, 50, and even as high years more, making eight years after the war. I want to say if as 60 per cent of their income for a place in which to live. I you do that you are doing it on some other theory than -an say this is decidedly burdensome. emergency~ We all know too well by our own experience that Washing­ The CHAIRMAN. The time of the gentleman from Texas ton has become one of the most expensive cities of the country has expired. · in which to live. This is especially true as to housing. Statis­ Mr. LAMPERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield eight minutes to the tics compiled by the Department of Labor confirm this. The gentleman frorri Minnesota [Mr. NEWTON]. Supreme Court has held that this has " embarrassed the Fed­ Mr NEWTON of Minnesota. Mr. Ohairman and gentlemen, eral Government." Has that condition changed? No. We all the gentleman from Texas [Mr. BLANTON] just enlightened know that Congress has had to raise the salaries of the thou­ the House with a comment upon the advertisements in one of sands of employees in the Government service in the District the newspapers. I happened to be one of those who some five of Columbia largely as the result of this. . years ago was interested in trying to get a place in which to The gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MADDEN] says the war is live. It is my recollection-I have not verified it-that the over. Well the war is over in a way, and yet the war is not columns of the Washington papers at that time were filled with over ln a good many other ways. It ls not over for the men advertisements of places to let, some places for sale, and rooms who were wounded and who will carry the marks to their to rent, but the price was such that a lot of people could not graves. It is not over for the taxpayer who will have to pay aft'ord to take them and live decently and in comfort, and that for years to come; it is not over here in Washington where was the reason for the legislation. [Applause.] as a result the emergency conditions arising out of the Mr. BLANTON. Will the gentleman yield? . war still exist. We have in this city to-day over 100,000 people Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. I regret that I can not yield. more than we had at the outbreak of the war. The war re­ l\fr. KUNZ. Is it not a question of combination instead of sulted in people coming to Washington, some in a governmental housing conditions? capacity and many more in other capacities. l\Ir. NEWTON of Minnesota. The question of combination Mr. CffiNDBLOM. Will the gentleman yield? does enter into it. I think if we had some vigorous action in Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. I will yield to the gentleman. the office of the United States attorney we might get some re­ Mr. CHINDBLOM. Does the gentleman doubt that the eco- sults under the existing law. I am prepared, as the existing nomic conditions created by the war will continue for 20 or law is not what it should be, to vote, in addition to the remedy the committee proposes, for an additional remedy such as 30 years longer? has been suggested by the gentleman from Texas; not to put Mr. NEWTON of 'Minnesota. It probably will. Mr0 CHINDBLOM. Does the· gentleman think that if they his remedy in the statute alone, but in addition to the bill do continue, an emer~ency exists permitting this extraordinary before us rather than in substitution for it. legislation to be continued? Mr. BLANTON. Let me say that this is the amendment of Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. I am interested only in this the gentlemn from Missouri [Mr. JosT], but I am for. it. particular bill which assumes that the emergency growing out Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. Regardless of the authorship, of the war will continue for two years. It is the duty of this it would commend itself to me whether it came from the Congress to correct it. gentleman from Texf)s or the gentleman from Missouri. If I Mr. WEFALD. If the gentleman will yield-­ had an opportunity to vote for that, not in substitution but in Mr. NEWTON Of Minnesota. I yield. addition, I would support it. Mr. WEF..A.LD. As long as the emergency exists does the Mr. Chairman, under the Constitution Congress has exclu­ gentleman think this should be continued? sive legislative power over the.District of Columbia. The grant Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. Yes. of power carries with it an obligation to use it whenever the Mr. BLANTON. If such a condltion exist~ why ls it that public good requires it. This is the seat of Federal Government. only one member of the committee has spoken for thi! blll? It was created for that purpose and that purpose should always Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. I do not know that it is so, be kept before us. We must always bear in mind that this but I apprehend that the committee has spoken so much and Government, thi·ough its various branches, departments, bu­ so well 'that they decided to let somebody else have a chance. reaus, commissions, and its thousands of employees, functions Mr. KUNZ. Mr. Chairman, wlll the gentleman yield? from here. The fathers did not want these governmental Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. No ; I do not yield. Here is agencies to be rui'ndicapped in the doing of their work. Hence, what the Supreme Court said in the Hirsh case: this grant of power providing that Congress and Congress alone should have legislative jurisdiction so as to prevent any condi­ Congress has stated the unquestionable embarrassment of Govern­ tion arising which might interfere with the running of our ment and danger to the public health In the existing conditions ot Government. In so legislating the courts have held that Con­ things. The space in Washington is necessarily monopollzed in com­ gress possesses police power to the same extent as the several paratively few hands, and letting portions of it ls as much a business States of the Union. as nny other. Housing is a necessary of life. All of the elements of Up to the time of the Great War Washington was a reason­ the public Interest justifying some degree of public control are present. able place in which to live. Statistics prove this. Thousands That is what the court said. The committee held extensive - came here during the war. Housing conditions became intol­ hearings. A reading of those hearings will disclose that those erable. HostUities ceased .in November, 1918. Conditions did conditions there set ·forth in that able opinion stm exist. The not grow better. Congress finally took action and enacted the gentleman from Texas [Mr. BLANTON] knows that monopolistic rents act the latter part of Octoper, 1919, or nearly one year practices exist. He has tried in his own way to remedy them. after the signing of the armistice. Congress in passing this The hearings will disclose, and the confidential report by the legislation found as a fact, and so declared, that an emergency officers from the Senate committee will disclose, that property existed, growing out of the war. · As to that declaration, in costing about $230,000 inflated in value to over $650,000, with affirming the constitutionality of the law, the United States a mortgage loan up to $650,000 and a foreclosure under it at Supreme Court in Block v. Hirsch (256 U. S. 154) said: about $315,000. That is a typical case showing the monopolistic But a declaration by a legislature concerning publlc conditions that practices. The hearings will show-page 221-that if this law by necessity and duty it must know ls entitled at lellSt to great respect. is not continued it will result in increasing the i·ent of those In this instance Congress stated a publicly notorious and almost world­ paying $50 a month or less. About 25 per cent of these renters wide fact. That the emergency declared by the statute did exist must will have their rent increased if we do not act. I quote from be assumed, and the question is whether Congress was incompetent the testimony of Mr. Bowie to subs~ntiate that fact: to meet It in the way in which it has been met by most of the civilized l\Ir. STALKER. Do you think the rent Will be raised lf we discontinue countries of the world. this Rent Commission 1 CONGltESSI@NAL RECORD-HOUSE·

Mr. Bowm. SoQte aienta ·wm. Kr. ~msa. L do DOt thta1l there w1ll which Congress atted~ b t i't' It found that Congress act.ed 1 be a general increase of rent&. I think J'01l .ep ~unt ljdlettJ certalDl7 upon any reasonable•baBls at! all 1b wuuld: have to sustain the on the rent in the Meridian Manlrlons betnr raised. I knQW that J'OU extension, as I understand the· law. can count on the rent being raised 1n the Lamont Apartment Irousa. I hope that we will bear in mind the people who ha~ lJeen and there are probably going to be others. burdened by excesalve r.ent rates in the Pistrict of Cobµnbia, ! Mr. STALKER. r prefer to talk about those under $50. We will take and eontinue this law t.oi: a period of two y,ear$ more. tbe houses, $~, $30, and $40; wlll tliey .be raised, 1n your oi>lnlon T 'Xhe CHAIRMAN~ The ~ of the gentleman f:rom ¥lnne-- Mr. Bowm. Not generally; no, s1r. sate. hu expil'ed.. AIL time has QXDir-ed. The question is on the 1 Mr. 8TALKm&. What percentagie would you estimate?· substitute t.hat has been offered. Mr. Bowm. Well, that would be-I think the pel'Celltage would be Mr. JOST~ Mr. Chairman,, I ~irer the following amendment, nry small. r would be very, much surprised It it WeI!e 2:s per oent of which I send to th&. .desk. an lDcreue OTer the preaant rates. Tha Clerlt read as f all~ws : 1 Mr. 8TALXJIB. Do· you mean 2ti per tent at the nm.tau .A!mendment offered by· Mr; J'osr ~ Page• 1, Une 10· ot. the ame.ndmen .,_ Hr. BoWUJ. No;·I mean 26 per eent at the•whola.. after the word •• it,,. strUte o-ut the· 1"81laindw · -0f the amendment: and 1 Ml'. $'.l'ALKB. Of the tenantB i Mr. Bownu. Yes. In lion thereof 1nse11t the following! " SECTION 1. It shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, or 1rul1• JU. LMl:P.al. Do you mean tbat. tf tb1s act goes eut the rent on managtt11r, or 4evote4 tb 11ropet'tte1 tnom $60 down wlll be railed: 2G per cent! vldUal owning, controll1Dg premises dwellin3• , llr. Bowm No, no. purposes and otrered for rental or rented to others for wch purpose! wltlxln the of Columb:IQ a.fter the· of tlhis act to Mr. LillPBEU. WhatJ clo 70u. mean f District panage charga', or exact therefor, either dll'eCtly or 1ildlr.ect1y, bf any· meana, method• Mr. Bow.m. M.r. Ba!ALID 11.ae4! me how many ran.ts: would ba raDled, or device whatsoever., for and during the'· pemod fbr which tlle same is liow many r thoqbt wo1dd be rabled. I tDld him I wOQJd be ?er7 mucla .propo11eci: to be· or is rented, a rental bl exce&IJ or an: amount which• . prprlsed 1f' as llUlll7 as 2.:1 ~ cent ef tbem would be muedl calculated on the uaata of 12 consecutll-.. mo1lths, Will produce and Mr. ~¥PllB11.. at the.a lndbricloal eueat Mr. BOWIJJ. Yes, sir. yield' the owner 12 pe11 · cent 8.ll:lluall7 OD· UUt aaseued' v.alue ef lldd property f<>11 the· ~pose of ta'Xatton. Mr. 8'1'/ddtB;, It DKn'8. than ttl&t' wen ralile4, we 'llP1ll aay, tC from 30 •• SJDC. 2. When such p.r.mnlses consist or two or- mOlle apartments or1 to 50 per cent of· tb.818 wen i'DJ8eil, pro'fl.dtilg this eommhs!on ~e 1eparat:e clwelllng quart:ua, the amount or the rent'al therefor· may be d18cont1Dued, do you tJdnJI we would have mac!e · a grievous er-ror and d1m1bu:ted at the dtseretlnn ot ~ owner, aJld, the- amouat Of ~nW that we were· darellct in our duty,, charged or nacted for &llY one 1ucli part: or pol't1otl dlall be such that Kr, BOWDI. Yee. r thlhk J'OU wollld be 1f as many as IJO per cent when considered and taltllll wtth the tetall deriwcll by way ef J.1eUtal of' all the reDtll lea than •rso a month are fnCJ"eaaed, and 'f think 1f from the whole of 8UCh pt181llise1· a• to. llOt yield tile owner tb!ereof an 1 Congress ftnds ttlat u many u ISO per cent' or them are raised you amount in the aggr~te. annuall;r u:ceedin& t1iat 1Petlfted1 ln section! ehoulCI as aoon n · poslllble pau another ~ent la.w restricting, however, 1 hereof. I the acttvlt!e& of the comm188lon to properties renting• for le!!!s thim $50 " BllO. 8. Any· corporation, firm, or 1ndiv1dnal violafillg uy ·of the I per month. D 4!<> · 11.ot bell8?8 tbeee other properties renting for more provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a. m1Bdemealaor; and than $50 a month should' be\ rest.11ctetl when it ti! ap'{>arent from the , "11pon1 convictiOn. tbereof shalli be 1lned ln an amOUllt not to 91'Ceed proponents of the 'bill that 'JlO emergenc:r emts as to th~ properties. i1,ooo o.r by finpnh!onment no~ tie ~meed 1111 months, • by. both· such' Mr, tile aubatltllte- proWdiJls :f~ ttie.' l!eduetiea of the .umber ot colllm.IQieera'otovided for 1n said bllli extgenc~ wblch once Histed &till .e%1sted. The court took ju.diclal notice ot the fact that the GoTBl'Ilment had to an ex­ ;r make that as an add~d P.Olnt of' ord~, that tlUs ~bstttum t.ent decl'eaeed. lta number ot em.ployees. The owners. at. the would be out of order even though it' 'Were germane. I m~ tli.e Chastleton submitted an afildavit setting. up the :tact that there point of order that it Ur not germane to th-e b111 that is befng had been a great increase tn tne nwnbe:r of apartment& and considered, "which' ts the substlttite now betore the· Ho~not bouses sine& the act was ~Ngin~ passed, and tbat· there was the Lampert bilT. The ttiln~ that IS before th~ Oommtttee of the· now no shortage waem:ntint a oonUnuance of tbe-- act. The Whole is the sltbstitute amendinent provt'dlng tor' the ex;tensiol\ SupJ,"eme Court sent the case ba~ becaus(\ th~ trial court l:lad <11. the Ball Rent .A'.ct tor two year~ I make those two points ot· not gone ipto the facts. There can. be IJ.O g.uestipJl. but wllat order. the l,i..w. wru be. sustallled as to the Ohastleton providing the MI". UNDERHILL. 'Mt. Chairman: win' the ~ntl~an yte!d"I. court ~elow cQnsfders the question aµ(l th,e Rent Commission or Mr. BEGG. Yes. some Qther party appears representing the public and. presents ?.fr: UNDERHILL. rn tlie early part ot t~ dls~ul!islon it the true facts 1n reference to conditions existing when t:Ue last was expressly stated that .an amendment to nmtt it to th~ exten· extension act was passed. I quote from the opinion : sion of one year w<11Ild be in order, and ln sectton 2, on page 2, lrl. O'llr Qplnion it 1a open to lnqµl:ce wlletber. the. exigency still ~x­ tl' re:ads: Jsted upon whic\l th~ eont).nued.DperatiQn of the l&w depended. • • • Tl:ULt TJ.tle II of the food control and Di.strict ot COiumbia rent act, It la UJAterlal to know th~ condU:ion ot Wa.shin~n a.t . difteren.t u amended, la, reena.<:ted...- ®~~ 1n the. PMt. ObvlouiJir the fac.ts slu>uld be accurately a.$Cer­ And that im:plies that we can amend it 1h any dlreetlon we tained and and thi.s be oonveni~tiy carefnll;y weighed, can clone more ~&fil. . tn. the Supreme Court ot the l>iaUlet. th~ h.er~ Mr. BEGG. I make the· point of order that the rule prohibits .& committee of congress ascertained the facts upon which that. · Oongreee acted in passing the last extension ac~. A commit­ Mir. MADDEN. No. The rule says that at the conclusion ot tee ot Congress has condtlcted extensive hearings pertaining the general debate the substitute shall be considered under the to the ad'visablllty of a further extension. -They report to us 5-minute rule, and during that eoneide11ation it shall be in order that this emergency condition stlll exists to a very consider­ to ofie:n an amendment to• the· substitute. It does not say you

able extent. Now, then1 if Congress relying upon this should shall not offer any other amendment. · . pass this bfil it would then be tbe du~y of the court in the Mr. BEGG. Let me say to the gentleman from Illinois, it it _ event of litigation testing its const1tntlonality to tnqu1re inro ls open to all kinds of amendment it would not hav.e been neces­ the facts andJ find out whether- tboe& conditions still continue. sary foD the Committee on. Rules to submit a epeclfi.c amend­ trhe court might find that there was no reW!llODable basis upon ment; and by .the insertion of that provision• as1to a. speclfiC. . 1924 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-ROUSE .7419

amendment I interpret the section of the rule ado.pted as pro­ are -entitled ta recogn!tlon. These 0ther geJltlemen aTe n0t on hibiting any other amendment. the committee, 1lnd ~et here are these members -of the com­ Mr. MADDEN. The gentleman's interpretation is wrong. mittee vainly asking for recognltlc>n. The CHAIRMAN. Let the Chalr make a wggestion to the 'The CHAIRMAN. The ()balir ap~1ates, of c<>lll'Se, th.at gentleman from Ohio' that uia,. bring the mattei" to a little this discourse is for th.e enlightenment of the Che.tr. closer issue, and that is that where lt is _proposed to -reenact a Mr. CHINDBLOM. Mr. -Ob.airman, I have nothing -else to speci1ic law and a reso1ution f.s introduced for the purpose -0'.t add. ertendlng ttie provf.s1ons of that act, ls 1t in order then as an 1\-!r. BEGG. Let me add one w<>rd to what too gentleman amendment to such an a.et to make prov'i.8ions that amend the has said, and then I -shall be threugh. Naw, to satisfy the 01·iginal act? That i-s the question -that tbe Chair wants to hear word " arrttIDdments " in the last parftgraph, it is in -Order under ~00~ . the rule tp cut down by amendment the nam19er of ~mbers Mr. BEGG. 1 want to say to the Chair, ·it he piea-ses, t'hat in on the commi8!!11>n from five t-0 three, and that amenc!lment is the absence of a specific rule, _yes. But we are (1pel'ating to-day subject to another 1Wlendment, beea'llSe othe."'W'ise y~ can 1not under a speclfle ru1e which spedflcally lays down the order of comply with the techniml :interpretation -Of the last p1m1.grapb.. procedure, and that rule is what? It is that at 1'.he end. of two l\Ir. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman- hours' debate the substitute resolution which we llave before us The CHAIRMAN. Let the Chair state that on account of shall be considered 11nde1· the 5-mtnute role, namely, shall be the pect\li:ar langun.ge af. tti~ role we must rise at n of the gentle­ could be offered.. man from Ohio fMr. BEGG], in Shutting oft an debate Qn this Mr. KUNZ and Mr. JOST rose. bill, necessitated the br'i:nging 1n of a nile by_ the Oommlttee :Mr. CHINDBLOM. Mr. '(}hairman, will the gentleman yield? on Rnles in order that 1t m1g\lt be consi't'let"ed. at an. He 'is Mr. BEGG. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois. using the same tactics now in trying to prev-ent the amendment ?.'1r. KUNZ. If the gentleman wlll read down further, be of a bill whicll. O'l'.lght to be amended. w'fil find-- The CHAIRMAN. I think it will not be necessary f@r -the Mr. BEGG. I yi~ld ~o the gentleman from Illinois {Mr. g.entleman tre>m Missouri ta dil!ICu88 this matter, beeause the. CHINDBLOM]. Chair is reaey to rule. Thi'S rule Pl"'&T'f.des that 1t sha·U be The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will be glad to hear from the in order at any time to-day to offer t:he Lampert snbstltab! gentleman from Illinois fMr. CHINDBLOM] and then he wm as a substitute for the text of the bill. Thie -substitute, in recognize the gentleman from IUinol-s [Mr. KuNz]. e1f ect, i-eenacts tbe present rent '8.ct of the DlBtrlct -Of Mr. CHINDBLOM. I would like to call tbe attention of the Columbia. Chair speeifl.cally to the next pat-agraph in the rule, the one You will observe the rule says: following that which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEoo] read, and whieh he appears ro haT.e overlooked. It reads as It shall be in order at any time. foiloWB; We might have read several siectlon.s 1>f the orlg'lnal 'bm ~ At the hour !Ji 4 o'clock, if the .c~JJBidera.tie.n of the substitute shall before this amendment was offered as a substitute, but we not have been sooner completed, ae committee shall vote upon the chose to go at it the other way. 'The gentleman trom Wis­ substitute as amended, i! any am.ewlm.ents llave Beein a.dopted-- consin [Mr. Liln>EBT] oft'.ered his amendment .and 1t was at once up for consideratlon. And I call attention to the fact that the word there ls Now, w'hat else does the Tttle provide'! That there shall be " amendments," plural, meaning more than ·One amendment. two hours general debate on the-substitnte. For the pnrposes Then it !)roceeds further; of this argument the Chair considem ttmt the several !ections And immediately upon the conclusion of that vote the committee of the substitute eonstttnte one '1.llDendment; that that amend­ shall automatically rise and repollt ·the bill and any amendments. ment does not need to be read section by 1!!eC't1on 11D.der this So that at 4 o'clock we are t-0 vote upon any other amend­ rule beeause it is' considered a-s one amendment. Bnt it is sub­ JD.elit.s adopted. Of oou.rse, a single amendment, as tll.e only ject to amendment. ooe to rbe offered, would not be SD11icient to cover the language The re1!!01ution then pTOvides-: 00' the rule in that paragraph wbkh refers to sev:er.al amend­ .At tl1.e concluBion oil ~ .tienera.1 della.te the S'Ubetitute .shall be COll­ ments u having possibly been adopted during the eanslder.atian side.red und~r the five-minute rule. of the bill Mr. BEGG. Mr. ·Chairman, will the gentlema11 yield right What does that mean? It meanl!I the wbstltute is sublect there? to amendment, any proper- amendment and 1mY. genmme Mr. iC:EIINDBJ...OM. Yee. amendment. Mr. BEGG. If the Chair will permit, I still nw.tntain that The sueceeding language, u pointed out by the gentleman the1-e iB no ambiguity in the J..e:ngu.ge ()f the J>&ragraph to from IllinDil!I [Mr. CmNDBWM], leads 'the Chafr t-o the eon­ which the geo.tiema.n :from Illlnoi8 Teters. There might be a clusion that any proper amendment can be ma.de to this little .carele~ use of tb.e English. but no ambigu.i.ty. The rule original substitute. provides specl1icall,y that an amendment is in oraer, .and if the Now, then, 'the o:Iily remaining proposition ls whether the House refuses all amendments, then what w<>nld the committee amendment as offered 11! a pr(J,Per amendment to the pending do but report back with any .amendment or amendments? But substitute. Chairman 'BURTON, 111

' 4 Mr. LAGUARDIA. Is the amendment offered by the gentle­ r~ntal pr9perty In Washington. That is the rule out our way man from Missouri an amendment to the substitute offered as developed by testimony in condemnation proceedings. So by the gentleman from Wisconsin? that 5 per cent of this return is needed to maintain the prop­ The CHAIRMAN. The Ohair will let the gentleman from erty and the owner really gets a 7 per cent return upon his Missouri answer that. · investment, and · the investment is measured by the value at Mr. JOST. Yes; it is a substitute. which the property is assessed for purposes of taxation. I The OHAIRl\IAN. There is a difference between the propo­ have a measure that will protect the Government, protect sition of offering a substitute for the bill and a substitute for the owner of the property, and not allow tenants to take the amendment. The Ohair takes lt the gentleman from Mis­ charge of a man's property under the coercion of the Gov­ souri is offering a substitute for the pending substitute? ernment. I am pleading here for a return to business sanity Mr. JOST. Yes. in Washington, the seat of government. It will be a good The CHAIRMAN. That the gentleman is offering an amend­ example for the Nation. This is a good place to lose one com­ ment to the pending substitute in the nature of a substitute. mission. [Applause.] Tnat being true, u vote would first be taken on the gentleman's l\Ir. McKEOWN. Mr. Chairman, I offer a substitute. amendment to the substitute. Mr. RAKER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Mr. JOST. Mr. Chuirnmn, may I be heard? amendment. Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Chairman, a further parliamentary l\Ir. BLANTON. 1\Ir. Chairman, I ask recognition, as a inquiry. member of the committee, to offer an amendment. The CHAIRMAN. Tile gentleman will state it. l\Ir. RAKER. I rise in opposition to the amendment, Mr. Mr. LAGUARDIA. If the gentleman offers his amendment as Chairman. · a substitute for the substitute offered by the gentleman from The CHAIRMAN. For what purpose does the gentleman Wisconsin, then the approval of the gentleman's substitute from Oklahoma rise? , would entirely overcome the substitute of the gentleman from Mr. McKEOWN: I rise to offer a substitute for the pending Wisconsin? substitute. The CHAIRMAN. The vote would first be on the amend­ l\Ir. BLANTON. I rise to offer a.n amendment to the original ment offered by the gentleman from Missouri; if that prevailed Lampert substitute. or if 1t failed there would then be a vote on the amendment Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. Mr. Chairman, a parlia­ offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin. If it prevailel1, then mentary inquiry. the vote would be on the amendment offered by the gentleman The OHA.IR1\1AN. The gentleman will state it. from Wisconsin as modified. l\fr. NEWTON of Minnesota. Would it be in order to move The Chair will recognize the gentleman from l\lissouri [l\lr. an amendment or a substitute to the motion of the gentleman JosT]. from Missouri to strike out that portion of his amendment Mr. JOST. l\Ir. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, wherein he attempts to strike out the substitute that is em­ if the House really wants to control rents, if that ~s what you bodied in the rule? are nfter and you want to control rents in a legal, orderly way, The· OHAIR1\1A.N. The Ohair thinks not. The Chair thinks this substitute will do it. If you really want a commission and that would be an amendment in the third degree. want to continue an intermeddling governmental agency into :Mr. BLANTON. l\Ir. Chairman, I ask recognition to offer private affairs, you ought not to vote for this substitute but a proper amendment. you should vote for the original bill. Mr. RAKER. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the Mr. MADDEN. Will the gentleman yield? amendment. Mr. JOST. Yes. Tlle CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas is the ranking Mr. MADDEN. I want to know whether the gentleman's member of the committee, and the Ohair will recognize him. amendment limits the amount of rent that can be collected to Mr. BLANTON. I offer, as an amendment to the Lampert 12 per cent gross of the value? substitute, the amendment which is on the Clerk's desk as Mr. JOST. Yes; on the assessed value, for the purpose of Title II to the Lampert substitute. taxation. So by that method we get them going and coming. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas offers au If the owner raise.s the rent he will have to raise the value of amendment, which the Clerk will report. his property for taxation. Tbe Clerk read as follows : Now, gentlemen, this is on the theory of the usury laws, l\Ir. BLANTON offers the following amendment to the Lampert amend­ the same kind of legal logic and principle that limits the ment: interest charge for the loaning of money, and it has the At the end of the Lampert amendment Insert: merit of regulating the property-if you want to impress it with a public use-in the hands of the owner and letting "TITLE II him handle it and renting it to whomsoever he pleases with­ " It shall be unlawful for any corporation, firm, or individual out the lntermeddling coercion of a Government bureau. I to enter into or to become a party to any contract, agreement, or am striking at the governmental inquisitors and inspectors understanding, or in any manner whatsoever to confederate, combine, who stand at the elbow of a man with respect to every­ and act with· another or others for the purpose and with the design thing he does in this country to-day. There is no longer any of lessening or preventing or tending to lessen or prevent full and free free labor, and business is no longer free in this Nation; it is competition in the renting of real estate or to fix rents within the all licen~d. supervised, and controlled by the Gove1·nmcnt. District of Columbia. · You can not do a thing nowadays without llaving some Gov­ " SEC. 2. Any corporation, fl.rm, or individual convicted of violating ernment agent or Government board at your elbow looking the proYislons of this act shall be punished by a fine of not less than over your shoulder, and accounting to them at the end of tlte $50 nor more than $500 or by imprisonment not less than 30 days nor transaction as to what you did, how you did it, and what more than 1 year, or by both such fine and imprisonment." you can do again about it. I am striking at that kind of evil l\lr. McKEO\VN. l\fr. Chairman, a point of order. I have an in this Government, and I am wondering if there is u dis­ amendment to this resolution already pending. Now the position on the part of this House to continue to augment gentleman undertakes to offer another substitute that conflicts and increase bureaucracy in this Nation or whether there is with the present substitute that is pending, and the gentleman to JJe free labor and free business under general law. That does not offer it as a substitute to the pending amendment. is the whole question you are here to answer. l\Ir. 'l'ILSON. Mr. Chairman, if there is any question in the _ I claim that if you really want to regulate rents, this will Chair's mind, I think I can help him so far as the parliamentary do it. If you want bureaus nnd an army of administrators to procedure is concerned. Tlle so-called substitute offered by the meddle in business, then you ought to be against my sub­ gentleman from Wisconsin is the original amendment. ·Its text stitute. can be perfected by amendments. There is also a substitute Mr. ABERNETHY. Why not have botll? offered for it, and that substitute can also be perfected. Mr. JOST. Why do yot\, want a multiplicity of go·rnm­ Mr. l\fcKEOWN. That is what I was inquiring about a while ment? ago. I wanted to offer an amendment to the substitute by strik­ Mr. WEFAI.J). Who is going to enforce it? ing out certain things in it. Mr. JOST. How do you enforce any criminal law? Why Mr. LAMPERT. Mr. Chairman, I will accept the amend­ do you not lta ve a certificate of insurance from tbe Govern­ ment of the gentleman from Texas. [Cries of. "Vote!" ment behind every personal endeavor, if you want that kind "Vote!"] of government. The CHAIRMAN. There is a point of order pending. The Let me tell you something about the figure of 12 per cent gentleman from Oklahoma makes the point of order-- In the substitute. The building department advises me that Mr. l\IcKEOWN. 'Mr. Chairman, I will withdraw the point 5 per cent is !'equired to maintain and bear the upkeep of .~f order if they m·e going to accept the amendment. 1924 OONGRESSIONAL REOOR!h+HOUSE

. .M£. RA.KER. .if.to. Obemmm, l ;desire ito lie •anI on the · ~e CHA.IitMAN. · ~ . motion -of tthe igenUeman !from Mu;sa- JlelldJ.ug amendment. 1·cU.u1etm ht that aR daebate on the .Joat .amen6ment <d .an Xhe CllA.lB.K.ilt QR tM pel'lfeetillc ~ amendments thereoo oloee .\Il il~ ,lllimll;eS. .Mr. ltAKER. Y-es,. .Bi.r. ~. MoKE>OWM. Mr. 8titnte .that th.a and legal features Involved, and 1 .want to ,fJrzy that jf ,you wtll .,de'bate ei.e !DOW• .read this decision .af the Siupxeme Oourt-tiJ;e .Cbutleton -Oor­ Hr. tBEGG. TAat Js illot t 11ubstiture. poration and Felix Lake and Clark'H. Habn, ~ants..a.gamst Mr. iBL.Alf'.lUN. Jlt is ;a suhatitune fo.r tbe motmn &t. the .A. .LeftlWJcp Sinclair ..a11rd .otbe.Jllf, ..decl~ April :2il, .1924---fou ~ntleWlll .fr9m Okilaborna. will ..find tbe - ~oart .sa,y.a.: ~ CBA.Ut:MAN. ~bi! -Ohair thiBkwl tt is a sub11Wmte ~ .A law apeadmg .J1PDD 1ihe edB'tenoe ;ef .&11 ~ or oth1n" rcertnin tee .amemhwmt of the IBlltlmmm !from OkllabcMu.. 1't1lte rd '.fa.ct:ll Ito uplw.111 ~t m81Y aaaM :to >0peml:e if 111.e 1 e~rg8111!7 oee.sea l\f.r.. LEHI.BA.CH. Mir. .Cbaimnau, a pal'IJ.e.ment.ary .inqu1. or the facts change, even though valid when passed (citing cases). :I "UM.emateld -the Chair So 11tate a '100ID8llt 1aco ltllat tae amend­ ment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. BLANTON] was This is just a declaration .as to ·wtiat mlgltt be. "The coort ;an .1Ullell'dment ·t-e :tae .J.est amendment. i 1mdemt.oie4 it ;was -proceeds 'State~ tu an lllDl!!Dliment u tlle l.ainpert 81Dfmiment ta.ml IW'U :aoee~ In our opinion, it is open to inquire w.11.etMt" ;tke ..ex~ancy .still ·ex­ 03 tae ,putleman 1foom Wisoamlda 1.Hi:. ~.l. .l&tt¥l iQ.PQD which the r J.llse\(. IQD :tbe ~cl.pl.es ies:plaaed in P.rentis 21 • ..Atlailltic BlaJlton amendment tis ·pendiDg~ CPaat L1.De .Co.. ~2.ll ill, S. i;LQ. .227d ,Clf.lillei cited). • • • These cues The 1e:EIAIB.MAN. The muter pending~ iibe not1Dll D! !the &lle.w tbat .tlbe .co.urt .may •SCf!lr-taJJl u it .sees dl.t ,any .!aet ,that is '1n8r-eli' gentleman from ..M8.&3aobnsettB LMr~ UNO.J!JUIIl4.j *° druie•ttebate a ground for laying down a ru~ .of .law•. and ..if the ..QUllStiOll were .Q.U}f' ·On · th~ .J".oBt ia::mendmeut. JW.lletller .tile .statu.te -ls J.D .fQroe t.D~, ~ t1le fads ihat 'We -Jud.lcially .Mr. W\:KElt. 18 ·not the lBla»*on U110Bdment pending? know we should be compelled to say that the .Iuv bu ..c~sed ;to -0perata. The CHAIRMAN. Te Bio.Um JJDDeDd:ment· is peadlnlt. Now, 'W\rat ll8es 1;he eeurt -'Bay 'In coneluy the gflltlanan 'MYB 'We Will •not ·take that, tt is not falff', it ts not Tight. Lo6k :frODl W::iscomfi:n. "8.t'tWerY-othff case neeided by•the eeurt. 'When fbe oonrt thin'ks 'lrbe .CElAIRM:AN. ·mbe iquestion ts mi ltbe subetttme ot. tke there must be a new trial, when the evidence is 'UllmtH:!factory, ;gent'll!DUlllll :from · ~xas :[Mr. Buiw2:'0N] rto tile !IUllB!lldBHHS; the case je reov.ersed and Tenmnded. 'If the ~twas unconst'itu­ .(Jjjere4l 1t>y ithe .gentleman id!mm Okta:Boma (Mr. IOK&o~1 to itional, tbe emirt woul-d hav-e 'm!id so and wou1d not 'have re­ .. close -the 1debat2 m 20 llDill.utes. manded the case for further proceedings,· &s ft 61d. 'What does The question was telilen;; and JOB. a diir.iai9D ( deJDlllldee iJJ' Die eou'l't · -say~ Here ij; ·is and it la ;fhe final wort'! ffB to n -gentleman trom Oklaboma as amended ib¥ the lftbeti1:Me. at 41~ datea .Hi the past. The question was taken, and the amendment was agreed ·to. 0.Pv.ioaslY .the .t'aetw filh,ould P.e .aeOJ.Jm~ a.scertain.e.d .and 1cal'eJfull1 Tbe OIIJURMAN. :'il'hequestionmDw J.s OJI. tne.origlaeJ motton .w.etgbeq, iand 1b1i1 :eai;i ilile s9De .mQl\e t:»R~tly lin tbe -Sl\Pllente CQW'lt -of the ~man Jfmm Maseacbneetts ias amenaed. 1Jt the Di.strict tka:(;l .hexe. t'Xlle~Tid6ll.Ce &Qo.WD, .be preaervl\d, .se that J.f The question was taken, and the motion was agmed to. necessary it can be considered by this court. ~he :CiRA.IB.MAN. B:'he ·debatie ·OD the .J'est 81Jl61lt\ment is The Supreme Court has said ndtb'ing .on ea!l'th .except the fact .now ·oloied. ·th&t there ds not suftie:ia.t eviad.enoo ~ ;the cont to .deter- 1 Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman, a par.JJa~.Y ~uil.!J• .miae that ,the .exi,gency 'illi>~v .edsts. ,Nie ewe ~ .read .this de- .Is the vCJte ·to ae ta~n now i0n the ~Bt 1lmewima.t Dr ta'f.«'1 cisioo w.itbmlt seeing !that it i11 sent iback to ·the h'las and m~ke I pending to the amendment of the gentleman fn.om :Wlseonsin. its finding-whether bt .nclt tb$e"flicts-exbtt wh1c.b wtll..oonst:UAute ' ·A.Ire JN~ .not •entitled t1J lurne a ~Dte lUiOJl that,? 1ln -e;x.1.~ncy which wn1Jt15ti~ the court to pronounce jµdgmeut. , The CHAIRMAN.. T.he eh.air filMli Rt .wbstitmte, and tion 1rrv.olved is wb.et'her or not the eD&ency ex'ists .at the pres- although that is ~eineU" tieclimioal, pt -at itl1'e 1lllllDe time it mrt-ttme, 1lnd it has sent the .case 'back to tlle .court to tletermlne .makes Jbe .lost a.~eot • :jM!ll.lfeettng amanaeat. that fnct. This act, as provided 'by the n:ile, should ,pass. .All ' Mr. . JOST, Thea, .Jrtr. £lbatnna~ • .I Qk .mW.nimous oonsent te the facts .surra.unding thls . cont~ov.e.rsy ,demoust.i:ate .the wj800m .0.QNeet the .amendmeRt so that .it will read ti6 .mike iGUt .all of of favoraijle e.ct'.ien by ·Congress. · the Lampert am~ after tilie- iWDrd '"i.t." , :Mr. KUNZ. Will the ,gentleman yield? 'Dbe CHA.Ill.MAN. ~~ ganilftwm from MiSBOBrl iaek1 unanl- Mr. 'RAKER. No; Y can not ·Yte1d to the gentleman !rom ·nu~ mous consent to correct his original alllill*dmeMt 1b:Y .striking .Qtt nois. I have no~ .£"Ot the time. You a.re too late,. my fJi.ena. .the W.Q.l"ds '"rtlMlt ,it" :aad ciasert~ them in the l!libstitute -.nd 'Mr. K1'{JNZ. The.n, Mr. Obatrman, I JDalr.e th~ ;ix>tnt o.f order having his amendment considered as a substitute ,fer .tbe tmit the -gentlema:n 'ii!! not talking to tbe ainendm1'trt. .ocig.i..µal ,lllee,aure. .Is . ~re ,o]jljac.tiep? iAfter ~ pauee,] The The CHAIRMAN. The time of the ,gentleman :t:i:om Oa!i:for.nla Ch.air ,bears none. lms ~-red. . Mr. .A..B;ERNE~Irr- Ml'.. .QbaiJ;man. t8- iPacllamentazy ,.in- .1\fr. UNDF...RHILL. l\Ii:. Oha.inmm,, 1 'DO'V.e 'that .all ~te on ..qlliry.. Tlil,e p~e .of ~ ~s.t ameneen _no Tkre ClHAIRMAN. 'The pl.Nl!lege W 1!he J"88t 11.mentbneftt opposition to that. ' simply amends the original proposition. · 1 •

• 7422 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-_ HOUSE APRIL 28 'I Mr. JOST. Mr. Chairman, ·a parliamentary inquiry. Will That emergency was described in that act shortly after the the passage of this amendment now as it has been corrected close of the war and arose from the war, and you are now eliminate the J_,ampert amendment entirely? proposing to extend the remedy which was at that time thpught The CHAIRMAN. Not at all. It simply operates as an proper. If you now amend that by adding to it a new title, amendment of it, and then the question will arise on the Lam­ giving a remedy against a conspiracy among real estate opera­ pert amendment as amended. tors that may now exist, you are undermining the very premise Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Chairman, a parliamentary inquiry. that is indispensable if you are to have successful legislation. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state it. Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. . Chairman, I move that all clebate Mr. LAGUARDIA. The gentleman from Missouri [Mr. upon the so-caled Blanton amendment do now close. JosT] inquired of the Chair the etrect of his substitute. If the Mr. BEGG. Mr. Chairman; I move to amend that motion by gentleman's substitute is approved by this committee, it takes having it close in 23 minutes. the place entirely of the Lampert amendment, does it not? Mr. UNDERHILL. They are trying to cut out the real The CHAIRMAN. Of course, the Chair ought not to be amendment to this bill. 1 called upon to pass upon the legal etrect of it, but as a matter 1-'he CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Massachusetts moves of parliamentary law when it is adopted it is simply adopted that all debate upon the Blanton amendment do now close. As as an amendment and then a vote will come upon the original an amendment to that the gentleman from Ohio moves that it amendment. Of course, it is true that if it ls adopted by close in 23 minutes. The question is on agreeing to the amend- the committee finally it takes the place of the original propo­ ment. · sition. The amendment was agreed to. Mr. BEGG. Mr. Chairman, a parliamentary inquiry. What The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the motion as amended becomes of the point of order that the gentleman from Ohio will be agreed to. made that this is not a substitute, which point of order was There was no objection. overruled, and then the Chair now comes in and admits he Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman, I offer my amendment, made a mistake and lets it come in? which is in the hands of the Clerk. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Ohio will bear in Mr. LEHLBACH. Mr. Chairman, a point of order. mind that since the ruling was made there has been a unani­ The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state it. mous-consent request preferred, which has been granted, and Mr. LEHLBACH. Would it not be more orderly practice to which changes the parliamentary situation. dispose of the pending amendments before accepting a new Mr. BEGG. The gentleman from Ohio did not care to object amendment? tO' the unanimous-consent request if the Chair was going to The CHAIRMAN. The Chair suggested that, but many gen­ hold that even though the point of order was good an hour ago, tlemen are asking for recognition n.nd attempting to offer amend­ the Chair was willing to rectify it at this time. ments. The question is on the amendment offered by the gen·· The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is in ·no such position. The tlemnn from Texas [Mr. BLANTON}. parliamentary situation has entirely changed. The Chair Mr. l\IcKEOWN. Mr. Chairman, I have a perfecting amend­ thinks his original decision was correct. ment which I wish to offer. Mr. WINGO. Mr. Oh.airman, there is some confusion, even The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Oklahoma ls out ot in the mind of the gentleman from Missouri. The gentleman order at this time. There is a perfecting amendment pending. from Missouri intended to offer his amendment as a complete Is the gentleman's amendment an amendment to the substitute? substitute for the entire Lampert proposition. Is that correct? l\Ir. 1\lcKEOWN. Yes. . The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman did not do so, but since The CHAIRMAN. 'l~hen the gentleman can offer it. that time the committee has given him unanimous consent to Mr. l\fcKEOWN. It is to strike out "12 per cent" and do so and it now stands as a substitute. · insert "8 per cent net." Mr. WINGO. In other words, if this substitute is adopted, Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order then it does do away with the Lampert proposition? that there is already a substitute pending, and an amendment Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I move that all debate upon to the substitute, and this would be an amendment in the · the Lampert substitute and all amendments thereto do now third degree. close. The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman ls in error. There is a Mr. UNDERHILL. And that shuts out all amendments? perfecting amendment pending to the amendment, and a s.ubsti..­ Mr. BLANTON. Oh, no; you can offer as many amendments tute, and a perfecting amendment to the substitute. The Clerk as you desire. will report the amendment of the gentleman from Okl.nhoma The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Texas moves that to the Jost substitute. all debate upon the Lampert amendment and all amendments The Clerk read as follows : thereto do now close. Amendment by Mr. McKEowN to the substitute offered by Mr. JosT: Mr. BEGG. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to thnt Jn the Jost substitute strike out the word "twelve" and insert in motion. I move that all debate close in 25 minutes. lieu thereof the word " eight," and after the word " cent " insert The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment the word " net," ao that the line will read, "will produce and yield offered by the gentleman from Ohio to the motion of the gen­ the owner 8 per cent annually." tleman from Texas. Mr. McKEOWN. M.r. Chairman, my amendment is-- Tlle question was taken ; and on a division ( ~emanded by Mr. BEGG. l\lr. -Chairman, I make the point of order that Mr. BLANTON) there were-ayes 61, noes 5. the debate is closed on the Jost amendment. · So the amendment was agreed to. Mr. LAGUARDIA rose. The CHAIRMAN. The question now is on the motion of The CHAIRMAN. For what purpose does the gentleman the gentleman from Texas as amended by the amendment of from New York rise? • • the gentleman from Ohio. Mr. LAGUA.RDIA. I rise in opposition to the Blanton amend­ The motion as amended was agreed to. ment. Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman, ls my amendment reduc­ Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order ing the number of commissioners now in order? that the debate on the Blanton amendment has been exhausted, The CHAIRMAN. The Chair thinks the vote should be taken there having been five minutes' debate for and five minutes' on the pending amendment. The question is now on the debate against it. amendment o1'l'ered by the gentleman from Texas as a per­ The CHAIRMAN. The Chair thinks the point of order is fecting amendment to the Lampert amendment. well taken. Mr. LEHLBACH. Mr. Chairman, I ask for recognition on Mr. LAGUARDIA. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike out the the Blanton amendment. last word. The CHAIBMAN. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from The CHAIRMAN. That is not in order. The question is on New Jersey. the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Mr. LEHLBAOH. Mr. Chairman, I do not wish to discuss BLANTON]. . the merits particularly, but to call the attention of the sup­ Mr. RAKER. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that porters of this legislation to the possible effe~ of accepting the the amendment be again reported; -Blanton amendment. This legislation is predicated upon the The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the propositlon- gentleman from California? That lt ls hereby declared that the emergency described in Title II SEVERAL MEMBERS. I object. ot the food control and District rents act still exists and continues in The CHAIRMAN. Objection is made. the District of Columbia• Mr. RAKER. Mr. Chairman, a point of ~rder.

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1 • The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state it. __ Mr. CHINDBLOM. If the Chair piease, the rule makes the Mr. RAKER. I am going to insist upon it, too. A man Underhill amendment in order. has no right to sit in his seat and cry "I object" or 11 A point Mr. BEGG. Not as a substitute, but as a perfecting amend­ of order." He should be obliged to rise. ment. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on agreeing to the amend­ The CHAIRMAN. It was offered in the other way, and the ment offered by the gentleman from Texas. gentleman from Massachusetts offered it in that way. Now, The question was taken, and the Chairman announced that the Chair will ask the gentleman from Massachusetts whether he. the noes seemed to have it. is wrong about that. Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I ask for a division. 1\Ir. UNDERHILL. I offered an amendment to add a new The CHAIRMAN. A division is called for. section at the end of the Lampert amendment reducing the num­ The committee divided; and there were-ayes 26, noes 59. ber of commissioners from five to three. So the amendment was rejected. The CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG] Mr. UNDERHILL. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment, offer an amendment to the Underhill amendment? which is in the hands of the Clerk. Mr. BEGG. Yes. The amendment is to strike out the word The CHAIRMAN. Is this a perfecting amendment to tbe " three " in the Underhill amendment and insert " six." substitute? The CHAIRMAN. That would not be in order. Mr. UNDERHILL. It is a substitute to the Lampert amend­ Mr. BEGG. Will the Chair please advise the gentleman from ment. Ohio what the Underhill amendment is? I thought it was to The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report it. . cut down the number of commissioners from five to three, but I Mr. LAGUARDIA. -Mr. Chairman, I think that is a very may be in error. important amendment. I make the point of order that there is The CHAIRMAN. If the gentleman would now offer an no quorum present. amendment to the Underhill amendment, that would be offering The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from New York makes the an amendment in the third degree. point of order that there is no quorum present. The Chair Mr. BEGG. Then I offer a substitute for the Underhill amend­ will count. [After counting.] One hundred and twenty-six ment. Members are present-a quorum. 'l'he Clerk will report the The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Massachusetts has amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. offered an amendment to the Lampert amendment and that is UNDERHILL]. . now pending. The Clerk read as follows : Mr. BEGG. I offer a substitute for the Underhill amendment. Amendment offered by Mr. UNDERHILL: .At the end of the Lampert 1\Ir. BLANTON. I make a point of order. amendment insert: " The number of commissioners shall be reduced The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state it. from five to three, one of whom shall be an attorney, and all of them l\Ir. BLANTON. That under the rules of the House a shall devote their entire time to th~ duties of the office." member of a committee is entitled to be recognized to debate The CHAIRMAN. The question is on agreeing to the an amendment which is pending. amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts. The CHAIRMAN. The point of order is overruled. The Mr. UNDERHII,L. Mr. Chairman, it is rather amusing to matter of recognition is entirely in the discretion of the Chair. see the tactics adopted by some of the Members of the House Mr. BLANTON. I ask recognition against the Underhill and to recall how indignant those same gentlemen were two amendment. weeks ago when similar tactics were used by the gentleman Mr. BEGG. Mr. Chairman, I offer a substitute for the from Texas [Mr. BLANTON]. If ever a filibuster was justified, Underhill amendment. it was then. _ The CHAIRMAN. The Chair does not think that is in Mr. ABERNETHY. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is not order at this time. The Chair will recognize the gentleman speaking to the amendment. I make a point of order. from Texas, a member of the committee. Mr. UNDERHILL. Here is an amendment that will reduce Mr. BLANTON. What we ought to do in this case is to the number of commissioners from five to three. The testi­ vote down the Underhill amendment because the Rent Com­ mony shows that they are having one or two cases a day com­ mission has never done anybody any good. These profiteers ing before them. My amendment also provides that they shall have been fleecing the people in spite of the Rent Commission. give their whole time to considering these measures of great Mr. Ul\TDERHILL. Will the gentleman yield? importance for the salaries they receive, and it seems to me l\lr. BLANTON. I can not yield now. the amendment ought to be adopted, not only for the purpose Mr. UNDERHILL. I agree with the gentleman that it of saving money but for the purpose of saving the time of the would be a good idea to abolish it. commission and of the people in the District. They pay $5,000 Mr. BLANTON. Yes; we ought to follow the gentleman a year to each of the five commissioners. This will save $10,- from Illinois [Mr. MADDEN] in his suggestion that we do away 000 a year, and you will get just as much service and value with this thing and let it die a natural death on May 22. and return as if you expended the other $10,000. And besides Mr. McKEOWN. Mr. Chairman, I make a point of order. that there will be a lot of expense accounts that will be wiped ~r. BLANTON. What we ought to do is to vote down out. I hope the amendment will be adopted. [Applause.] this Underhill amendment and vote down the amendment of Mr. BEGG. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment to the the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. JosT] and then vote down amendment. the Lampert amendment and then vote down the bill. Then The CHAffiMAN. That would be in the third degree. There we would get the matter where the people of the District of are now four prepositions before the committee. Columbia would get some benefit from it, for we would do Mr. BEGG. I offer a substitute to the Underhill amend­ away with a war. bureau and get back to supply and demand. ment, and I submit that that is not in the fourth or even the Mr. McKITIOWN. l\lr. Chairman, I make a point of order third degree. against the gentleman's speech. He rose in opposition to the. The CHAIRMAN. There is an ·amendment, a substitute to amendment, and he is now speaking for it. [Laughter.] the amendment, an amendment to the substitute, and an Mr. BLANTON. Mr. Chairman, I am coming back on this amendment to the original amendment now pending. side now to suggest what I suggested' to the other side. This Mr. BEGG. If the Chair will indulge me, I will submit to whole business ought to be defeated, We ought to stop this the Chair that I am offering an amendment to the Underhill foolishness and get back to normalcy. It is six years after the amendment. It is not offered as a substitute or anything of war; let us defeat the Underhill amendment, let us vote down the kind. Technically all that the Underhill amendment can every one of the balance of the propositions, and let this Rent be considered is an amendment offered for the information of Commission die a natUl'al death. It has never benefited the the House. I am offering an amendment to cut that down. people one d'ollar. The rents are high now because, in my The CHAIRMAN. The Chair understood the gentleman judgment, we have this institution, and they are higher, in my from Massachusetts to offer a perfecting amendment to the judgment, than if we did not have it. If you will let this Lampert amendment. No objection was made nor was any Rent Commission expire in less than six months rents will point of order interposed. That is the situation as the Chair automatically decrease 25 per cent. That is my honest judg­ understands it. ment. [Hisses in the gallery.] You people in the gallery are Mr. BEGG. I beg the Chair's pardon, and I certainly think there by the graciousness of this House, and if you can not that a clear consideration of the proposition would compel the behave I am going to ask that you be removed. Chair to reverse bis holding on that. Mr. TINCHER. Mr. Chairman, I make the point of order The CHAIRMAN. If a point of order had been made the that the Members of this House have a right to address the Chair thinks he might have sustained it, but it was not made. committee without interruptions from the gallery.

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Tbe CHAIRMAN. The DooTkeeper will please see that order Mr. BEGG. I -will ask the gentleman if he did not vote two is kept in the galleries, and if there js any more disorder the years ago to make it five'? · per80ns ~ommttttng it wm be removed. Mr. ABERNETHY. No; I was not here two years ago. 1 'Mr. WINGO. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that Mr. BElGG. I can answer the question, and lt ls a legitimate the gentleman trom Oklahoma {Mr. McKEowN] may proceed question. The reason that three can not function as ·well as for five minutes. five is because the law permits an individual commissioner to The · CHAIRlIAN. The gentleman from Arkansas asks hear a case as a court of itself, and the complaints that have unanimous consent that the gentleman from Oklahoma {Mr. been presented to the court for adjudication have been · so MCKEOWN] may proceed for five minutes. Is there objection? numerous that three people were not physically able to handle Mr. ABERNETHY. I object. the work, and five is reasonable, and all the money that wbuld Mr. McKEOWN. Then I move to strike -0ut the last word, be saved-- I Mr. Chairman. Mr. NELSON of Wisconsin. Will the gentleman yield? Mr. ABERNETHY. I withdraw the objection. Mr. BEGG. Let me finish this statement, and then I !will The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will recognize the gentleman yield. from Oklahoma {Mr. McKEowN] and then the Chair will And all the money that would be saved under this profosi- recognize the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. BEGG], -whom he tion would be $10,000. . promised to recognize. Mr. NELSON of Wisconsin. Is it not a fact that the com­ :Mr. McKEOWN. l\.Ir. Chairman, the English people have mission is about 600 cases behind now. and that each member not hesitated since the war has been o-ver to enact legislation of llie commission has been working to get current? to care for the people who were withQut homes and without l\Ir. BEGG. Yes; the commission is already· behind more bomdng facilities. Australia bas not neglected to take care than 600 cases, and you will only rmt them further behind of her housing situation. They did not need any war -emer­ by decreasing the number of commissioners. gency; neither does the Congress of the United States need Mr. WEFALD. The amendment is offered by an enemy to any war .emergency to enact rent legislation in the District the bill, is it not? of Columbia, a place where legislative control is placed with Mr. nEGG. Yes; and I will -submit to the committee that the Congress of the United States; but we should provide all amendments ought to be -voted down and none of them some isa.ne rent legislation. passed. The English laws provide a standard rate of reut. This The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of- standard rent i~ the 1Ull().Wlt of money that was recei~eci per fered by the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. UNDERHILL]. month for the hollfie, room, or apartment on the day war was l\ir. NEWTON of Miunesota. Mr. Ohairman, e. point -0f order. declared, and if it was not rented on that day, the day it Tlle CHAIRMAN. Tl1e gentleman will 10tate it. was rented nearest to that time. What ought to be the Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. The hour of 4 o'clock has standard rent in the District of Columbia? It would be the arrived, and under the rule we must vote upon the Lampert rent received for a house, a room, or an apartment on the substitute as it may have been amended prior to 4 o'clock. 5th day of April, rn11. The OHAIRMAN. The hour of 4 o'clock has oow lll'rtved, l\lr. HERSEY. WUl the gentleman yield? but llad not arrived at the time the Ohair started talking. Mr4 1\lcKEOWN. I can not yield just now. I regret I can The question is now, under the rnle, on the Lampert sub­ not yield to the gentleman. stitute. France for years before the war made provision for hous­ The question was taken ; and on a. division (demanded by ing her laboring people. There is no more .serious problem Mr. BLANTON) there we1.·e 114 ayes and 25 noes. · befo.re the American people t-o-day than the question of So the amendment was agreed to. b-0mes. [Applause.] I will say tit.at upon th~ home is base.cl l\fr. CHI~'DBLOM. A parliamentary inquiry. the Nation's life and its ultimate prosperity. [Applause.] The CHAIIC\iAN. The gentleman will state it. If you destroy the home, y.ou destroy the Nation. Tbe law of Mr. CHINDBWM. The .amendment reducing the number of England provides tbat if a house is built .since war \Yas de­ coJillilissioners bas faHed.? clared the standard rent will be a rental which in 12 months The CHAIRMAN4 Lt was uot voted upon. shall return .an income not to exceecl 15 per cent upon the 'l'he hour of 4 fi\'e. Do we now want to burlesque our activitres and our time. actions by cutting it dmvn to three? The law either should be Mr. .JOST. I would like reeogniti@n at that time. repP.-aled by Killing this amendment Qr else it should be enacted Mr. UNDERHILL. A parliamentary inquiry, Mr. Speaker. and put in such eond1tion tbe.t it can function. Those -0! us · 'I'he SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. who were here two years ago and v-oted to increase the number Mr. UNDIDRHILJ~ Does that include .er · exdud~ the Under­ to five ceTtainly would be inconsistent and unreaS<>nable if, per­ hill amendment? eha~, we were to vote for this Rmen

I1 · . ..,._ .,,,.,..... Upsbaw ..... The qu~stion was taken; and -0n a division ·(demanded by Mr. 1 I.;hul11&.y 'O~mmeu, N. Y. Schan · MADDEN) there were 129 ayes and SS noes. ' Lineberger O'Connor., N. Y. Sears, Fla. Vare Logan Oliver, N. Y. Sears. Nebr. Vestal Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the Lyon Paige 8hreve Wainwright -ground, a:nd make the point, thM'e is no quorum _present. McClintic Parks, Ark. Snell Wa.rd,N.C. 'rm.... ll M-cL.eod Pe&y Sny-d.er Ward, N. Y • .Lue SPEAKER. The gentleman from linols makes the McNulty 'Perlman Stevenson Wason point that there is no quorum present. Evidently there is no MacGregor Porter Su1ftvan Wats-On -que-rum present. The Doork:eepe'r will close the dcYors, the Ser- 1 Magee, Pa. Prall Sweet Weller Ma.nlov~ Q\layle -Swoope Welsh geant at Arms will bring in the -absent Mernbe?'s, and the Clerk Micbaelson Ransley Taber Winter will call the rdll. ' Mills Reed, w. Va. Tague Wood Wurzbach The question was taken ; :rnd there were-yeas 245, nays 64, ~~~nney ~~bt~~'- Iowa ~~~s;~;: .Zihlman answered "present" 1, not voting 122, ·as follows-: Mudd Rogers, Mass. Tincher YEAS--245 O'Brien Rosenblt>om Tinkham Abernethy Fl sher Lea. Cant. Romjue So the ·am·e--ndment was agreed to. Allen Fitzgel"ald Leavitt Rouse The Clerk announced. the following pairs : All.good Fleetwood Lee,-Ga. Ru bey Almon Foster Lehlbach Saba th On the vote: !Arnold Frear Ayr-es Fr:eeman Li11B 'Sanders, N. Y. Mr. O'Brien (.for) with Mr. Watson (again·st). Bacon Frell()h tf~t1~icum ~~~f~'. Tex. Mr. Ga!Uva.n (for) with .Mr. Shreve {against). ...:.: "' · ,.. Bankhead Frothingham Longworth Schafer Mr. Kiess {tor) with Mr. -J·ohnson of Washingtan (aga.lnst).. BaTbour il'ul'brlgh t Lowrey 'Schneider l\Ir. Mudd (for) w'ith Mr. Geran (against). IBarkley Fuller Loz.ier Sc-ott llfr. Bloom (for) with l\fr. Rogers of Massachusetts (against). Beck Fulmer McFadden R:hallf'nl~t•ger Mr . .Reid of lllino-is (for) with Mr. Burto11 (against). Beedy Funk McKeown Rberwood l'llr. Carew (for) wrtb Mr. Taber (against). Beers Garber McLaughlin, Mich.Simmons Mr, Sullivan .(for) with .Mr. Bulwinkle (againat). Begg Gardner, Ind. McLaughlin, Nebr.8inclair Until further notice: Black, ff.lex. Ga.r.rett, 'l'~nn. Boies Ga r:rett, Tex. ~~~~~~lds ~~~~nsott l\lr. Connolly -0f PennsylvMia with Mr. Welle:r. &x Guqoo Mcsweeney ~mith Mr. McLeod with Mr. '.l'ague. Br-and, Ga. Gibson Mn.cLa1feri:y 8mithwick Mr. Brltte-n with l\Ir. Carter. Br.and, Ohio Goldsberough Magee, N. Y. 8peak-s l\!r. Lineberger with Mr. Doughton. Briggs 'Graham, Ill. Major, Ill. "8tal'ker Mr. Crowther with Mr. ·Cullen. B:rowne, Wis. 'Greenwood Major, Mo. RtE>ftgall Mr. Y:ue with Mr. O'Ck Jeffers Oldfield \'oigt l\Ir. l\Iichaelison with l\Ir. Buckley. 'Cooper. Ohlo Johnson, K,y, 'Coo·per; Wis. Johnson, Tex. ~!i~~rG~~a. ~'.!i~~~s l\Ir. Rarndey with Mr. McNu:lty. Cramton J'ohn8on, W. Va. Patterson '\\t"fald Mr. Winter with l\Ir. Hull of Tennessee. Jones Peavey Whit-e, Kans. Mr. l\Iills with l\lr. Dea·l. g~w Ken ms Phillips Wbite, Me. Mr. Robinson of Iowa with Mr. Logan. Crosser Ke JI.er P1rmen '1\"il1iams, Ill. l.\lr. Rosenbleom with Mr. Favrot. Cummilllgs Kelly Q-uiu Williamson Mr. l\Iorin with l\Ir. Stevenson. DaHinge-r Kendall Ragon Wilson, Ind. l\fr. Snell with Mr. Doyle. DaVis, Minn. Kent Rainey wn8 on, l.t<'l. Mr. Hill of M-aTylnnd with itr. Thoma-s of Kentucky. Davis, Tenn. K1>rr Rak&' Wflson, Miss. Mr. Snyder with Mc. Howard of Oklahoma. Dempsey Ketcbam Ra,m.;eyer Wing-0 Mr. Hoch with Mr. Quayle, _Dickinson, Iowa Kincbeloe RnJ1kin Wolff l\lr. Sears of Nebraska wH:I.1 Mr. Collins. Dickinson, Mo. King Rllthhone Woedrufl' Mr. l'erlmnn with .Mr. Rell. Dowell Raybm"Il Woortru-m l\1r. Sweet with Mr. Lyon. Drewry ~~ITe Reece W .ri~ht Mr. MacUregor with Mr. Moone!"~ Eagan I~Guardia Reed, Ark. Yatef'I !llr. Bur'1ick with Mr. Glatfelte.r,. Evans, Mont. Lampert Reed, N. Y. Yi>rrng l\Ir. Swoope witb llr. Taylor of Colorado. fl'atr'lle1d f,aniham Ri-chards · Mr. Kahn with Mr. Parb! of Arkansas. Faust Larson, .Minn. Roach Mr. Schall with l\Ir. Celle--r.. _Fish Lazaro nobi:;ion, Ky. Mr. !teed of West Virginia with Mr. 0-liver of New YorJt. NAYS-64 l\fr. Anderson with Mr. McCUntic. Mr. Cole of Ohio with Mr. iUpshaw. Ackerman Garner, Tex. McKenzie ~itnd('TS, Ind. Mr. Dyer with Mr. Dominick. Andrew Gifford Maddelt Seger Anthony Gilbert Mansfield 8pt·ouI.. Ill. The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. .Aswcll Graham, Pa. Merritt R1~ roul, Kans. The SPEAKER. T11e question is on the engrossment and Bixlet· Hadley Miller, rn. Strong, Pn. 'Bland Hersey Milligan Tayler. W. Va. third reading of the bill. .Blanton How-ard, Nebr. Moore, Ga. 'J' ilson The bill ''"as ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, B-Oyee Hun, William E. Moore, Ill. Tuckel' and was read the third time. Browne, N. J. Jo'lmso-n, R Dak. Morrow UnderbiH Bf'Umm Jost Nelson, Me. \'in ·on, Ky. 1\-Ir. J{>ST. Mr. Speaker, I move to recommit the blll to Chind~lom Kunz O'Sullivan Watres the Committee on the District of Columbia. Deoiti0n Kurtz Pnrker Wertz Mr. BEGG. Mr. Speaker, on that I move the previous ques­ Drlver Lankford Perkins Williams., Mich. Elliott Larse"D. Ga. Pou Williams, Tex. tion. Evans, J:o-wa Luce Rogers,.N. H. Winslow 'l'he SPEAKER. The question is on ordering the previous Fen'll McDuffie Salmon Wyant questi'OOl on the 1.notion .to recommit. ANSWERED "PRESENT~'-1 The previous question was .ordered. Tydlngs The SPEAKER The question is on .the motion of the gentle­ NOT VOTING-122 man from Missouri to recommit the bill to the Committee on the Aldrich Carter bickstein 'Greene, Mass. District of Columbia. .Anderson Celler Dominick Ori.ffin Bacharach Clru.'k, Fla. Doughton Hill, Md. The ·ciu~tion was taken; and on n division (demanded by Mr'. Bell Clarke, N. Y. >Doyle Hoch JosT) ·there were--a.ves 53, noes 165. .Berger Cleary Drane Howard, Okla. Black, N. Y. Cole, {)blo. Hudspeth Mr. BLANTON. Mr. S~er~ on that I demand the :yeas !Bloom Collins ~:onds Hull, Morton D. and nays. .Bowling Con11olly, Pa. Fairchild Hull,~. The SPEAKER. 'l"lhe gentleman from 'I'.exas

The SPEAKER. The question 1s on the passage of the bil1. Ohio. How can an ord'inary citizen reach a correct decision The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. if be be compelled to accept all of these arguments at face BL~NTON) there were-ayes 194, noes 54. value? ·I So the bill was passed. On the necessity fo'r the continuance of the District of Co­ On motion of Mr. BEGG, a motion to reconsider the vote by lumbia Rent Commission, I have decided to leave the constitu­ which the bill was passed was laid on the table. tionality of the measure to the distinguished barristers of this The title was amended. body and seek the solution of the problem through the route of Mr. CONNERY. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. GALLIVAN, discovered facts, which facts, in my humble opinion, are suffi­ is unable to be present on account of sickness, and he has ciently strong to prove the existence of an emergency. That authorized me to say that 1f he were here, he would vote being true, I can discover na reason why we should forthwith '' yea " on the rent bill. abolish the Rent Commission and open wide again the gates Mr. SCHAFER. Mr. Speaker, my colleague, Mr. BERGER, of profiteering in the domiciles of this great city. has been suddenly called back to Wisconsin and was unable to The half million people residing in Washington, because O'f pair on the rent bill. If he were present, he would vote " yea " their lack of suffrage, are at the mercy of the exploiters unless on the amendment as well as on the bill. we protect their interests. They may voice their protests LEAVES OF ABSENCE against bad treatment at the hands of greedy landlords but that is as far as they can go. If their firesides are tO' be sus­ By unanimous consent, leaves of absence were granted to- tained, Congress alone can make it possible. They have a per­ . Mr. S-rpoNG of Pennsylvania, for several days, on account of fect right to call upon us for help in their time of need, for sickness. · every Member of the House, in addition ta representing some Mr. ROBINSON of Iowa, for 10 days, on account of death in particular section of the country, is in honor bound to likewise family. and in as faithful manner represent the people of the District Mr. TAYLOR of Tennessee, for one week, on account of Re­ of Columbia. The House committee having the affairs of this publican State convention in Tennessee. District in charge, after a most thorough and painstaking in­ Mr. FAVROT, for one week, on account of important business. vestigation, has declared that renting conditions are still pad Mr. WAINWRIGHT, for two days, on account of important in this city, that they have improved somewhat since the Rent business. Commission was first established, but that to remove the" grip" Mr. BURDICK, for three days, on account of the meeting of which. Congress has on the situation at this time would mean the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, the immediate increasing of rents out of all proportions to at Annapolis, Md. necessity and place the thousands of tenants at the mercy or DEFERRING PAYMENT ON RECLAMATION CHARGES those who would prey upon the helpless. I shall support the Mr. Sl\IITH. Mr. Speaker, I submit a conference report for committee and vote to continue the life of the Rent Commission printing under the rules on the bill S. 1631, to authorize the for two more years, in the hope that in the meantime some way deferring of paymeµt of reclamation charges. may be found by which landlords and tenants can adjust' their Mr. LEHLBACH. Mr. Speaker, I reserve all points of order differences without further resort to law. on the conference report. Mr. Speaker, I also want to call the attention of the ENROLLED BILL SIGNED House to the further fact that 65,000 of the persons permanently residing in the city of Washington are employees of.the Govern­ Mr. ROSENBLOOM, from the Committee on Enrolled Bills, ment and entitled to our special care and attention . . Thousands reported that they had examined and found truly enrolled bill of them accepted appointment years ago, before war conditions of the following title, when the Speaker signed the same: gave birth to wholesale profiteering, when the salaries offered H. R. 1831. An act to loan to the College of William and Mary, them were sutticient to provide for their necessities. But times in Virginia, two of the cannon surrendered by the British at have greatly changed and the cost of living has soared to the very Yorktown on October 19, 1.781. sky. To permit the additional burden of exorbitant rent we will MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE simply be making it almost impossible for them t-> live in this A message from the Senate, by Mr. Welch, one of its clerks, cit~' even though they desire to continue to serve the Government. announced that the Senate had passed bill of the following title, You and I know what the result will be. Already we have been in which the concurrence of the House of Representatives was asked to raise the salaries of the thousands of employees of requested: Uncle Sam who work in the District. Even now, with the Rent -An act ( S. 3023) designating the State of New 1\le:xico as a Commission functioning day and night, rents are so high that judicial district, fixing the time and place for holding terms of when one adds that to the tremendous food and clothing costs court therein, and for other purposes. it is simply impossible to save enough to pay a doctor's bill or GENERAL J,EAVE TO PRINT give your families a little bit of the pleasures of life. I have voted for increased salaries because I did not want the em­ l\fr. LAMPERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent ployees of my Government to starve while performing faithful that all Members be permitted to extend their remarks in the public service, but, gentlemen, if we permit the rapacious land­ RECORD for three legislative days on the rent bill. lords of this city to get another strangle hold on the :rent payers The SPEAKER. Is there objection? it \Vill be necessary to look for more money in order to grant Mr. MADDEN. Mr. Speaker, I object. further increases to our employees. That fact in itself ought EXTENSION OF REMARKS to be sufficient cause for favorable action on the resolution be­ Mr. NEWTON of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous fore us. consent to extend my remarks in the REcoRD, made this after- l\.Ir. Speaker, when the rents of any city are so high and pro­ noon on the rent bill. · hibitive that it becomes necessary for human beings to be herded The SPEAKER. Is there objection? like cattle under a single roof, those legislators who can prevent There was no objection. such a condition would, in my humble opinion, be guilty of a Mr. STENGLE. Mr. Speaker, I make the same request. criminal offense did they not immediately act. There is some­ The SPEAKER. Is there objection? thing more than mere dollars and cents involved in this issue. There was no objection. If we are to keep the morals and health of this community up to anywhere near standard, we must make it impossible for a few THE RENT BILL greedy landlords to drive our people into congested places. Oh, Mr. STENGLE. Mr. Speaker, when I came to Congress in I know somebody will cry socialism when we talk about this December last I decided that in matters of constitutional law somewhat paternalistic plan, but I certainly shall not allow my actions would be largely governed by the arguments made such argument to sway me from my purpose to help the thou­ by the legal lights of the House, as I am not a member of the sands of American citizens residing in this city who would be bar. I confess, however, that no Member of this body was absolutely at the mercy of real-estate " vultures " were we not ever more mystified than I have frequently been as I have to protect. them. · listened to the various "schools of thought" here represented. Let those who are declaring that all emergency has passed Heinz became famous because of his 57 varieties of pickles. away listen to this: Yesterday, while seated in a near-by bar­ If we keep up the record of the last few days, I anticipate that ber shop, the barber asked me to help save bis home. He told this House will have heard almost as many varieties of legal me that when he last went down to pay his rent the agent said, opinion as we have subjects for discussion and decision. Here "You will have to pay more rent soon, as the rent law is going we have to-day the very latest legal opinion~ of my friend to be abolished by a man named BLANTON." From this conver­ BLANTON, of Abilene, Tex., and that other most likable fellow, sation one is led to believe that already the bloodthirsty land­ TINCHER, of Medicine Lodge, Kans., and each of these opinions lords are preparing for an expected "celebration." Gentlemen, is directly opposite to those of ~he distinguished BEGG, of there will be no show if my vote will prevent i~; there will be . ·1924 . CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-· HOUSH .742~ 1.

no celebration if I can stop it. If the landlords want my friend- This ls a landlord's amendment. They want to hold an ax­ ship, let them act like men and be fair with their tenants. Un- the expiration of the law-over the tenants' heads. til that time I shall continue to urge and vote for the continu- THERID SHOULD BID ll'IVE COMllUSSIONERS ance of a rent commission for the District of Columbia. Vote down the amendment to reduce the commissioners from Mr. LAMPERT. Mr. Speaker, on December 5 last I introduced five to three. It is a landlord's amendment. They hope to House bill No. 23, to make the rents act of the District of cripple the commission, to hamper and delay its work.. The Columbia permanent legislation. Subsequently I was appointed original commission was organized with only three comm1ssion­ chairman of the subcommittee of the House District Committee ers on January 28, 1920. In a little more than fo·ur years nearly to investigate the necessity for the continuance of rent legisla- 9 000 cases have come before the commission for determination. tion in the District. The committee held numerous hearings This means approximately 22,000 families in the District. On covering a period of over two weeks. I became convinced the Census Bureau's estimate of four and one-half persons to from the testimony taken that permanent legislation for the the family in Washington, the interests of more than 95,000 District is a necessity, and am still of that opinion. After care- men, women, 1111.d children in the District have been protected ful consideration of the evidence the majority of the subcom- by the commission. mittee finally agreed upon bill H. R. 7962, which was intro- By May, 1922, the date of the last extension, the number of duced by me on March 15 last. This bill extended the life of cases had become too great for the three commissioners. the rents act to August 1, 1925 ~ Some slight amendments were Calendars were congested. Determinations were delayed for made by the House District Committee, and the bill was re- months. The last extension provided for the appointment of ported to the House, accompanied by my majority report. five commissioners, and last June President Harding appointed Opponents of the bill have criticized its length. Let me them. On July 1 last, when the new commission organized~ point out to you that the law as it exists to-day, with the two there were 700 cases pending before the commission undeter­ amendments contains 112 paragraphs. Some of these con- mined, and 400 refund cases brought by the commission in the tain repetitlons. Alphabetical subdiv.is~ons have been ~dded municipal court. Since that time, in spite of the fact tha,t new as amendments to sections of the or1gmal act. The bill re- cases have been filed at an average rate of over 100 per month, ported contains 62 sections, and is comprised in only 78 para- the undetermined cases have been gradually reduced until on graphs as against 112 paragraphs in the law at present. It January 1, 1924, there were only 512 pending unheard. Cases is a codification of the three enactments. If enacted, it would before the commission differ from the ordinary cases in court. have greatly simplified reference to it by se~tion numb~rs where hundreds of judgments are rendered by default or after instead of by alphabetical subdivisions of sections. 8;mendmg a trial lasting 10 or 15 minutes. All cases determined by the amendments to sections of the original act. Also, it would commission must be heard. Evidence must be taken and the have made it entirely independent of the food control act, as premises,. must be inspected. These hearings and insp~tions. in my opinion it should be. It clarifies and makes more however _are the least difficult of the tasks of the commissioners. definite and certain the provisions in the present law. It The testimony must be carefully analyzed. The fair and rea­ embodies only three important changes. sonable value of the property must be determined. Allowance (1) It restored to the commission the jurisdiction giv:en niust be made for depreciation, for repairs, replacements, re­ by the original act to determine the sufficiency and good faith newals, taxes, service, and many other expenses. Some of of the landlord's 30 days' notice to quit. · these items must be apportioned over a period of years, parti- (2) It provided for the filing of a notice of a lien in the cularly repairs, replacements,· and renewals. The separate office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of the District. This rentals of the whole property must then be fixed by the com­ would be most beneficial. It would protect the claims of mission. For instance, one apartment house may contain 300 tenants against unscrupulous lan~lor

JtEPORTS tDF ·00'MM'ITTIDIDS -ON 'PUBL'IO lBILL:S '.A.ND 'By Mr. RA'UGEN ! '.A. •bill ~ (R. R. ·8942) to ·amend tb·e Jackers 1RESOL'U'l'l0NS · ~d stoekyards act, ·1921, and for ·other JJU!'POBes ; to the 'Com- Under clause~ of Rtile xm, 'mlttee on Agriculture. . f I I Mr. -JOHNSON Df So.uth Dakota: -Committee -0n W;-orld War By Mr. HOW.:.uH) o'f Nebraska·: Resolution (H. 'Res. 273)' Veterans' l•egislatlon. .H. .R. 8899 . .A .bill ·to .amend .an .act -en- · de~~laring .that tt ·is ·the 'Sense of ·the House that the prdblem of .titled '~An act to £-Stablish .a Veterans' Bureau .and to improve 1ix'ing a ·day :tor :the final ·.atljo;urnment of the Sixty-eigh~h ·con­ the 1acilities .and ;Service of ceuoh .bureau, ..and ·further to ,amend .gress, :first =session, ·ehonld be held in rabeysnce llntil ·thel!prime ..and .mod.iJE the wax .J.'isk insurance act;" ·appr€>v-ed August .9 ·problem 1of the hour, legislation to relieve distress in agl'-icul­ :1921, -and .to all18lld :and .modify :1lhe wa.r risk ·insurance .act, and '.tnral zones, shall have been accompliShed; to the Committee 00 .to amend :the v.ocational Pehabllitn..tion e.ct; -without .amendment !Rules. - I .(Rept. .No . •589 .). iReferved rto .the Oommitt-ee '0f the W.hole :Bo.use .on the .state ,of the .Union. Pn JllL Mr. .H.A.U.G.EN: ·Committee ·on .Agricnltnre. .H. R 8942. A ' IVATE . . LS ..AND RESOLUTIONS 'bill to amend the packers and stockyards iact, 1921, .and for ·Under clause fl of ·:Rule ·xx,n, ·private '.bills :and resolutions -other purposes; without amendment (Rept. No. 593). Referred ·w.ere mtroducetl. and severally ;referred as !follows: .to the Oommlttee .of the Whole Bouse on the -state of the Union. !.By Mr. ABERNE'filIY..: A bill r(iH. R. 8943) for the ·relief of •the widow ·of !Rudolph H. -von JDzdorf; to 'tll-e Committee .on ·Claims. ;REPORTS "t0F OOMl\HT"J.'EES ·ON iPR.:JWATE .BILL'S AND By Mr. ARNOLD: A 'bill (H. ill. 8944) gr.anting a pens.ion .to R:ESOLTIT:FONS Mar.y iCoie·; to the •Committee on Invalid i.Pensions. u11aer ·clause '2 of "Rtile x·m Also, ra bill t( Jll. R. '89.li5.) granting a ·pensithe Mr. :UNDEBHIIJL·: •Committee on ·Cla:ims. ·:S. 81. An act for ·Committee on Invalid Pensions. ·fhe -.relief 1f1f "'fhe o~e1-s ·of the st-ealllf!liip Lemngton ~· without ±By Mr. .MOREHEAD: A bill (H. lL8954) granting a 'Pen­ :-amendment ('Bept. No. -r>OO). !Refe.rreu •to the ·Committee of the •sion to Nancy -Reedy ; to :the ·Committee -on .Jn;v.alid Pensions. ~hdle Rouse. • 'By :Mr. :SNELL: A bill "('H. 'It. 8955) .granting .a pension to 1\-Ir. l\IcREYNOIJ.t)S : ;Committee on ·Claims. I-I. R. 3411. A Louise -V ourden ; to :the Committee on Invalid PensioD:S. ;~m ·for !the '1'0Uef of 'Mrs. i.John \!>.Hopkins; wtth an amendment 11 (Rept. No. ~92" ). l:.RefeTi."ed to ·the O&mmfttee of the Who1e -House. -PETI'!NONS, :ETC. -0.FIA'NGE ·O-F REJFEitENCE Under clam~e 1 .of Rule XX.U, ,petitions .and papers wer.e laid Uoder clause 2 .of Rule X'Xll, .committees were discharged on rthe Clerk's .desk and".refer.red as .follows.: ·from i:he consideration of the "':following 'bill&, w.hicb we.re .r.e­ 2556. By the SPEAKER -(by _-request): ·Petition of .com­ ·rerred as -If ollo-ws : mander .general of the ~Patriotic Order So-ns of America, :favor­ 1\. bill '('ll. 1R. '8888) granting a _pension i:o Mary Pfaff ; Com­ ing the Johnson immigration bill; .to the Committee 01' lmmi­ ~lttee on Pensions disclurrgea, anCl .refen~ea to ;the -.Committee .gration and ·Naturalization. ·un ·Invalid 'Pensions. 2!;>57. By Mr. BACH.ARA.CH: Petition ·of sundry . cit~ .of A bill (H. R. 7834) granting a;pension to Alber.t .B. Mosinsky; .Cape M..fY and ·Cumberland .Counties, .N. J., ,protesting against • "Committee on lnvalia 'Pensions discharged, and referred to .the .the consideration of bills .to .amend the Volstead .Act Jegalizing 'Committee on Pensions. 2:-:15 ,per ,cent beer ; •to .the -:Committ-ee on tbe J:udiciary~ 1 .2558. U,y 1\!r. .CARTER : .Petition .of P..resbyte.z:y of .MCA1ester PUBLIC 'mL'LS, RESOLUTIONS, AND 1\!El\IORIALB of the Presbyterian Church in t11e United States of .America, -Hartsho.rne, .Okla., indorsing Rouse Joint Resolution 1·59 ; to tile -Under Clause-3 of Rule XXII, .bills, .resolutions, :and .memru.1als Committee on the Judiciary. ;were .introduced and .severally ine:fiened as :follows : ·Mr. LITa.'LE.: A cbill (H. It. 8938) for the .relief of -certa:in 2559. -B.Y Mr. -GAT.;LIV A"N: P .etition of F. S. Darr Co. .and ny others, ·of Boston, Mass., ip.rotesting against .continuance of tax officers and .soldiers of the volun.teer serv:ice of the United on .telegrams and ;tele_phene ·messages ; .to ·fhe rCommlttee on . State~ to the Committee ,on .l\filitary Affairs. llY Mr. :M.ICRENER: .A bill 1( Il. :R. .· 8939•) to .amend .section Ways and Means. .227 ,gf .the :rudiCial ·coae.; to .the -Committee .on the Judiciary. .2560. ·UY .M.r. 'Y.ARE.: Memorial of Philadelphia lloar.d ,of By :Mr. liliAND of :(Wor.gia.: A .hill (H. -R. .8940) .to -prevent Trade, againllt House ·bill .7358.; to the Committee on .Interstate the ·sale of cotton 1n future markets; to the Committee on Agri­ and ·Foreign iOomme1m.e. culture. · 2561. By Mr. YOUNG: Petition .of Cando Welfare Club, c894'.J.) Cando, .N. Dak.; also of the 'Towner County Farm Bureau and .By l\Ir. .BRAND of Ohio: A bill (H. R. to •establish 1 "Standard 'Weights 'for 'loaves .of 'bread in jnterstate .eommerce, to 'tbe North Dftkota .Farm 'Bureau, proteSting ·against increased prevent deception in .respect ther.eto, to prever.. ~ ·coutamination Tates 'On l>arce1~poSt and 'fourth~·ClaSS mail ·matt-er .for tlre •pur­ thereof, and 'for ·ocher p.urposes.; to .the Committee ,on .Interstate :pose of increasing 'the 'Salary of ·posta1 ·employees; ·to •the ·Com- . and Foreign Commerce. mittee on the 'Post 'Office and 'Post Roatls. I