Evening Star Newspaper, January 19, 1925, Page 3

BUILDING PROGRAM FORD. C. SURVEYED Much Activity Forecast in Erecting Homes, But Slump leely in Apartments ount of While a 1 in~ Was Is foreca the Depa doubted t for 1 f construc that ot work wh exceed prospects in in the build- | ought houses will show a Resident have been and enough work raftsm steadily that to decline the e District for D, the usual al ared with November, mpiled by the There has for sales and as the Christ- seasor demand e and up. New Building in Sight. skilled and Was bala unskilled labor was regard- ) size 1, em lding in ipproximately ment house $60,000 to cost istrial activity in Maryland was fairly satisfactory no more than the usual employment for ‘this he same situation was in Virginia, with reported in any sald bas to be on a with t of u clared t ttle une: section of 2 Building D The surv closcd a line ployment n ried i d on of doc In count ac- oymen on nst was for nand Less. of the country of demareation as to un- iction mand indus- | cly separated as Pennsylvani Califor increased t workers. In found to have ploved Michigan und to owed rec \ increased employ At Reduced Levels. W Mi Florida, ar was g prospects in un, this line with its mployment mor vent rted building in which it " for continuance at ara of 1924, when new r places. In- New England, all said to be anticipating ment, without danger shortage of led n middle Atlantic territory, Pennsyl- vani w York and New Jercey were said to have building programs that might entail special demand for craftsmen in particular the M of Minne Towa, braska, Kansas and the Dakotas, were likewise d to be in more danger of skilled labor shortage than sury after Spring. for Building. States, such as Colorado, d Ari all were report ed to have prospe for increased buildi; same condition was noted in C: a. In Washington outlook was said to yment of workers ords we States were full emplo; of surplus artis sou lley States Missouri. Ne- Prospects Mountai Nevada ginia and Wes s and Georgla sufficient work in aploy resident building and the same was con- sidered 1ik through Tennessee and Louisiana, with Florida and obably vusd\m.: workers. IBANEZ BOOK SUPPRESSED Officials Act Brochure. to have Italian Against | PARIS, January 19.—Premier Mus- building (r-du\' 1 be building apartment | dis- e established in many | Ken- | (Continued from Fi W t Page.) posed rent nower of they saw fit This drew comment t like a | Russia Mr. Petty the system Jaw would put it in the from Senator Cope'and “I suppose you would such as they have in at tem replied that he thought under the rent act would be like the present Russian system. Senator Copeland asked Mr. Petty if he believed that Congress had no constitutional right to pass the pro- posed legislation. Mr. Petty replied that he was not a lawyer, that the men with whom he had ta'ked give It as their opinion it was not constitutional for Congress to y such a la In this he was supported by Mr. Whiteford, who told the committee he did not believe Congress had the riglit to pass a law controling rental prices when no emergency exiits. The lice powers, he said, could not be so extended Recalls Wage Law. enator Copeland pointed out that Whaley bill Is based on public 1d public welfare. Whiteford replied that wage law for women also based on a contention that the s of women in the District are hed with a public interest, but that the Supreme Court had declared the law unconstitutional Senator Copeland said that under a t law property owners would not deprived of property, nor would they be deprived of a fair return on it. What he wanted to know, he sald, was whetler Congress fundamentally has a right to place such a law on the statute books. | “I am inclined to | e said Senator Copeland, “al- | though at first I question the power | T have progressed a little. to know definitely.” Control Over District, enator Jones called attention to the language of the Constitution giv- ing Congress lusive Jjurisdiction over the District, saying that should taken into consideration in rea o sion Senator Cc d said not believe that a p law could acted New York, and M iteford contended that the Constitution really makes of Con- gress a State Legislature for the Dis- trict Columbia. He insisted that Congress could go no farther in the ict than can a Legislature In the State, but would be bound in the same extent by the provisions of the Constitution. “I think tha correct,” ative Hammer of the interest M. minim wa wag think that we that he did rmanent rent Dist sald North Rep- Caro {lina Repre Pett ative Blanton asked were not a fact Board is ¢ ather than p ther it ltors m: than that the nposed operty owners, were not a fact that ke far more mone) rentals nd the on sales wi re Believes Sajes Stimulated. “Isn't it a fact that the rent law | has been a real bonanza to the real dealers, rather than otherwise, cause it has brought about so many sales of property?’ asked Mr { Blanton. Mr. Petty said that he had already stated that many properties had been placed on the market for sale. Charles G. Edwards of New York, president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, told the com- mittes that he had just come from a meeting in Dallas, Tex., where national organization had gone on record as opposed to permanent rent legislation. He said that his or- zation would view with alarm establishment of a permanent Rent Commission in the District of Columbia. Mr. MacChesn stand by the real esta He told the committee that were opposed to the proposed legisla- | tion on two ground:, first, that it was | considered economically unsound and would not accomplish the purpose for | which it was enacted, and second, that it unfair to single ha was put on the realtors was out the real estate interests and make | them assume a responsibility which | should be assumed by the entire peo- | pie of the country. Discuss Scope of Power. Mr. MacChesney said that if an | emergency existed in Washington re- | Barding housing, there should be | some power in Congress to meet it. | He added, however, that the Consti- | tution does not reserve power to the Federal Government, nor give it un- | usual power. He pointed out that the | Constitution provides simply for an allotment of power, which finally re- sides in the hands of the people. Con- | Bress, he sald, is not given the power to violate the provisions of the Con- | stitution itself, even in the District of Columbia Housing conditions tenants to treat landlords as | | hold the law co: the | But I want | | with keeping up the rents Mr. | of | fam said, goes far beyond the limits set | | resarding other regulated busines: the | organization. | reantzation. | would not have gone further than to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1,724 Empty Housing Units Held Proof No Rent Law Is Needed Realtors’ Secretary Strongly Advocates Licensing of Dealers to Insure Proper Conditions— Hearing Continues Tonight. considered food, shelter and clothes essential to the people. Senator Copeland asked possible to pass a bread and its pr could not be passed shelter. Traces Plan of Control. Mr. MacChesney traced for the com- mittee the gradual development of regu- latory legislation. At first, he said, it was applied only to business which held a public use, based usually on @ monop- olistic interest. Mr. MacChesney expressed the opin- ion that the Whaley bill deprives the owner of real estate in Washington of fundamental rights. He sald the Su- preme Court would have to go much further than it has ever gone if it should itutional. Mr. MacChesney declared that a proper license law would place in the hands of the commission set up power to control all persons engaged in_the real estate business. He insisted that he did not believe a conspiracy could well exist among owners of real estate to force up prices. Demand Landlord's Name. Senator Ball asked how it would be possible to declde what was a fair rental unless there was a rent com- mission established. He said that it if law relating why a relating it was to law to had been reported to him that a cer- | tain landlord of an apartment, In which rents had been increased from $15 to $30 per apartment, declared he had been forced to fix these rents oy the real estate organization. [mmediately Mr. Petty and Whiteford demanded the landlord. Senator Ball be put in the ing at which rent bill are heard Mr. MacChesney criticised the Wha- ley bill paragraph by paragraph. Mr. Blanton asked why, since it was possible to charge the same prices Mr. replied that it would record at the next hear- the supporters of the | for eggs and other food products all over the city, it would not be pos: it | ble to fix prices on rental properti Answers Mr. B Mr. MacChesney replied can put eggs In cold sto losing their ue, but of property, when they property off the market, rentals Senator Jones sald that he had been told of an owner of an apart- ment in which one-half of the apart- ments were vacant. This owner, nton. that you at hold lose the he said, wi nd having me half his bullding vacant. He did not have to pay for repairs or up- keep of the vacant apartments. Mr. MacChesney replied thata land- lord might be willing to have vacant partments to keep up the renta s other apartments, but that would not do so merely to increase the prices of some other landlord’s | apartment Mr. MacChesney criticized vigorous- ¢ provisio would prevent a landlord from ing who should and who should not rent his property. This, he said, would be taking away the contro] of n's house. The proposed bill, OUSTER OF TENANT IN FINK-PECK CASE REFUSED BY COURT (Continued trom First Page.) self, or counsel in that case fs. * * « That is my reason in the original case for deciding, or is why I did. If that stimony Lad been taken and Judge Stafford had rendered a decision I follow it. That has never been done. Voices Embarrassment. “It is with still greater embarrass- ment that this humble court is pre. sented In competition with the Court of Appeals of District of Colum- bia and the Supreme Court of the United States, and especially one so new on the bench as my: QI(, to undertake to decide what the law is here. 1 said I was not going to as- sume responsibility to render the Rent Commission hors de combat, to put it out of functioning entirely, to render it usele: it would be me de- claring an act of Congress unconsti- | tutional. Judge Stafford would not do so himself after the Chastleton case. “I'could do no better than to embody the brief of my Brother Wells as my decision. With all regard to the Su- preme Court of the United States and the Court of Appeal its history and the great fight that oc- curred in opposition to the former's endeavor to read new law into the Con- stitution in past years, I say that with- | unfurnished name of this | of e without | owners | the | satisfied | | 64; s of | he | = in the Whaley bill which | signed s, and we all know | MANY PROPERTIES ARE FOUND VACANT Petty Issues Statement on Result of Recent Survey in Capital. There are today 1,724 vacant apart- ments and houses in the District of Columbia and there are three times as many of these for $75 or less than there are above that price, John A Petty, sacretary of the Washington Iistate Board, said in announc- the result of the board's rental survey in conjunction with the Wash- Ington Building and Owners' Asso- ciation to the subcommittee conduct- Ing the hearings on the proposed Whaley bill. Mr. Petty showed in his analysis of the survey just completed that 85 members of the 118 of the board had! reported: He dec! instructed not or houses that uninhabitab In addition to the 1,724 vacancles now on the market, according to Mr. Petty, there will be by May 1, by reason of new construction, 768 addi- tional apartments, which would raise the total marketable amount of prop- during the next thres months 2,592 apartments and houses. red they had been to report apartments might be considered Distribution in Clty. Of the present total of vacancies 1,092 are apartments. They are dis- tributed throughout the various sec- tions of the city, as follows: North- west, 1.501; Northeast, 99; Southwest, 35; Southeast, 89. There are 969 un- furnished heated apartments, 69 un furnished unheated apartments, 524 houses, making a total 1562 unfurnished properties now. for rent, and there are b4 furnished apartments and 108 furnished houses now for rent. An analysis of the rental prices shows 64 unfurnished apartments up to $35 a month; 246 unfurnished apartments between $35 and §50; 486 between $51 and $75; 160 from $56 to $100; 62 from $101 to $125: 6 from $126 to $150, and 14 over $150. This shows a total of 310 apartments at legs than $50; 486 at $51 to $75, or a total of 796 listed for $75 or less, and listed at about $75. A survey of the unfurnished houses shows 24% houses at $75 or less, and 293 houses at over $76. Size of The sizes Apnrtments listed bath, three and of the apartmen are as follows: One room and 30; two and bath, 155; rooms and bath, 433; four room bath, 230; five rooms and bath 131; and_bath, 644; over six rooms and bath, 55. The sizes of the houses listed are as follows: Four rooms and bath, 19 five rooms and bath, 27; six and bath, 164; seven rooms and bath, eight rooms and bath, 71; nine rooms and bath, 68; ten roo bath, 43; over ten rooms, 68 It was pointed out by Mr. Petty that these returns are only those received | from the members of the two asso- ciations and do not represent those that might be vacant in the hands of private owners or other persons. List Up to Date. 'rom the facts to be presented we expect not only to justify our ‘Kl(llenhnl that there is no necessity for rent legislation, but also to show that the proposed bill will actually prevent the accomplishment of the very purpose for which it was de- to accomplish,” says the statement of Mr. Petty, in part. “One of the primary phases of the subject of housing is the number of housing units avaflable for ocecu- ancy. A complete statement show- ing the location, size and rental of each property, as well as the name of the agent, Is herewith furnished the committee as evidence of the existence of a plentiful supply of housing units avallable for rental purp All of the reports included in this statement were received with- in the past 10 days and therefore the list can be considered up-to-date. Study of Conditions. October we made a study of rental conditions through the medi- um of a questionnaire sent to our membership. One of the principal purposes of that study was to deter- mine the situation in respect to evictions and Increases in rent. The reports when tabulated showed 1,154 voluntary reductions in rent, as against 347 increases. There were more than three times as many volun- tary reductions reported as there were increases. None of the reduc- tions reported were ordered by or made through the instrumentality of the Rent Commission. This condition would not exist if there was an emergency or a shortage in housing accommodations. Two hundred and ninety-three of the three hundred and forty-seven increases noted were for amounts not in excess of 50 per cent “In of pre-war rentals. Out of all of the thousands of housing units repre- sented, only 78 notices to vacate were served. “While the Rent Commission has | heretofore six | rooms | s and | grounds for the victims, which states ment was entirely disproved by us at the time, is an illustration of the ex- tent to which the alarmists Rave gone In their agitation for rent-control legislation. Much of the appeal and pathos that have made up the news- paper stories, and, indeed, some of the testimony In favor of rent legls- lation given before the congressional hearings, if investigated, would be found exaggerated and not based on facts. Frequently, this sort of propa- ganda is based solely on a desire to avoid paying a just compensation for rental accommodation and an unwili- ingness to meet present-day condl- tions of high costs of labor and mate rials, or, expressed in another way— the lowered purchasing power of the dollar. “Almost Invariably the of this legislation base ments on the theory of protecting the sixty-odd thousand Government em- ployes. The impression is glven that all, or a large percentage of Govern- ment employes are tenants. The per- centage of potential tenants, that is, individuals who are actually oceupy- ing definite housing units and assum- ing the responsibllity of bona fide tenants under rental proponents large as these repeated statements in- dicates. Deduct those Government em- ployes residing in Maryland and Vir- ginia, also those who own thelr own homes, allow for duplication occa- sioned by two or more members of one family being in the Government serv- ice, eliminate the voung men and wo- man who reside with their parente or who room and board in private homes or boarding houses, and the net num- ber of Government employes actually effected by rental legislation will be found very much lower than is gener- ally belfeved. “Permanent rent-control legislation will result in practically a total sus pension of construction of rental properties in the District. be due to two reasons—the control of private property withdrawal by the financial of the money necessary to building operations years of rental-control legislation there has not been a single and interests for rental purposes, and this type of rental properties is very much needed to serve the tenant classes in any city. Bullding of houses for sa only has gone on In addition, this legislation has also caused hundreds of properties that for many years were owned by as income-producing investments be sold to home buyers and thus with- Arawn from the rental market, there- by reducing the supply of available rental properties. It 1s true apartment house construction continued through the perfod of rent- 4on(r1 legislation on an le, but it should be borne in mind lll.u the legislation was only and was expected to cease and that the type of these properties in the main were high-class and of wholly building per room character demanded legislation. “We, as terested in practice, and wrate in legislation that an organization, improving real we are structive will their argu- | contracts, | has been among Government employes 18 not o | This will 1 no real e loss of | the | he were a party to the e |any finance | During the past | dwelling | house or a two-family flat constructed | investors to that | has extensive temporary expensive bulldings with rentals from $20 to $35 outside of the by the emergency or which was designed | to be or was effected by rent-control l!\-} estate | are very willing to| accomplishing any con- | result | 1925. in overcomjing evils due to improper or dishonest practices. The present svatem of licensing real estate brok- s in the District of Columbia is solely & revenue-producing measure There are absolutely no restrictions or safeguards in connection with the issuance of licenses and Ro means of revoking licenses or otherwlse pun- ishing wrong-doing in real estate practice except through the ordinary channel of criminal procedure, which frequently Is not practical to appl This weakness in our system of li- censing real estate brokers is, in our opinlon, the most serious problem connected with the local real estate situation. “It Is with this in mind that we respectfully submit for your earnest consideration a proposed real estate license law for the District, and sin- cercly hope that the same will be immediately introduced in both Houses of Congress nd placed in a position for passage at this session This law is based on a model law drafted by the neral counsel of the National Asso tion of Real KEstate Boards, Gen. Nathan W. McChesney of Chicago, in collaboration with a committee of exnpert ri tors, and it the basis for license in the following Arizona California. Florida, Tiinois, Kentucley, Louisian gan, Montana, New Jersey, ew York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyon 8. as well as several bills now pending in different Legislatures throughout the country. “The term has frequently and has been bandied about newspapers by tenants and giving interviews on the subject Washington Real Estate Board is, of course, opposed to the placing of trusts upon property which would re- sult in a fraud on the investing pub- lie Under the proposed license law, te broker would be en- license to do business if ecution of trust or mortgage that would re- | fraud upon the investing adopted - Idaho, Michi- the trusts before you in “the others The pyramiding been used titled to a sult in a public Q(flC(A in Washington Edmonds Building 917 Fifteenth Street East Bide McPherson Bquare Ten Stories Two Elevators Bright Rooms Rich Woodwork Moderate Rentals WAarbpMmAN 1430 K Street Main 3830 Why Waste Rent? 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One was for non-payment of rent and it was admitted that the tenant had col- lected more money from her roomers than she was charged for the entire property, and had falled to pay her landlord, and the other has alread. been shown to this committee to hav been practically a ‘frame-up.” This fact Is very definite evidence that the prediction of wholesale evictions by ertain leaders in the recent tenants’ agitation was groundless. Likewise, it should be noted that throughout the entire campaign of propaganda and publicity conducted by the ten- ants in the late Summer and Fall, only three or four owners or agents were mentioned in the press as at- tempting to increase rents or evict tenants. “The statement that 2,000 evic- tions had been served and the subse- quent appeal to use the White House FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS Service Charge Never Over - | brought about by the war would have | remedied themselves much more rap- | 141y without legislation than with it, | Mr. MacChesney told the committee. | Legislation of this character, he said, interrupts the flow of capital, which is needed for construction. corre- | Senator Copeland wanted to know made | if shelter was not as important as by the|food to the people. Mr. MacChesnoy DHANNON - & LUCH .85¢ was taken, the says, after a demand Italian government bassador, the ish A SPECIAL NOTICES. FRUIT TREFS, GUAPE VINES, L, Gardener, Lim 12 replied SPECIAL NOTICES. AL REPORT. Washingion, D &0 Jomum The undersigucd. being the prexident a; majorits of the Board of Trustees of the . 3 Burker co.a o d oy Columbia, do ‘herehy’ certify that the capital CHLORINE GAS FOR COLDS, BRONCHITTS, | stock. of " st aompny 1o 0ne o area Phied whooping cough. etc.. adm nistered daily from | Twenty-fiee Thousand Dollare all of whicn 9:30 am. to 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. 10 7 p.ur | s fully paid, and that there are no debts of | 1327 F st. n.w. (4th floor). Phone M. 7915, | said compny’ except eurtent expemser 1 FLORA, B. WELCH, YOUR ROOF REPAIRED | 3. SHULMAN. By = Concers. That?Employs DISTRICT OR COLUMBIA, " S& MECHANICS OF KNOWN . ABILITY, SHULMAN, secretary of the GEO. M. e ios | BARKER GOL o Mats cath that e De it TIVOLI | and 1acix aticd In the sforegoing Annoal e 3475 ath St N.W port and Certificate of the GEO. M. BARKER TRIPS 3. 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