Evening star., 1918-10-21
An Obscene Letter Writer, a. Near.
~ Near-Potential Assassin, All
Washington and the Senate.

In the same speech Mr.. johnson read
to the House (Cong. Rec. 70S9) an
obscene, abusive letter sighed ; E. L.
Suesn "a name not in the city direc-
tory and obviously assumeG. He
added that few years ago a -reputa-
BILE man reported to Speaker Clark
that on the day before about 10
O'Clock on a street car on Pennsyl-
vania avenue he heard one man tell
another that he came very near
the night before as left this cham
Der between IL and, IL o'clock after
a democratic caucus"
Mr.. johnson continued: "These are
but samples of what man has to
bear when he stands up against this
punch In existence on the earth. They
are worse than kaiserism itself, if
God Almighty ever made anything
that is worse than that. =
And yet-We. find that elsewhere
than IN this chamber is bill ignoring
what this House has done by an over
whelming majority and Offering the
full and complete desires OF the land
lords Of the District OF Columbia in.
stend.''
Note the vicious ingenuity with
winch Mr. Johnson couples together
as OF common interest and sympathy
ana pespatters indiscriminately with
vitr1ollc slander the ilHterate anony-
nous writer of a misspelled obscene
letter; the unnamed man who nro-
claimed a few years ago on a street
car that the night before che cnme
very near getting an opportunity to
XIII Mr.: johnson; Washinetonians
who think that the. Senate fair-rents
Dill is far juster and wiser than thai
or the House, whose patriotism Is
impugned, and the Senate Of the
United States,
Profiteers' Alleged Corrupt 1nfu-
On June "A Mr.. johnson renewal b,s
assault on the Senate, saying in the
House (ConG. Record, S453):
III l may be indu1ged, I will read a
part OF letter dated Nav %. 1919
signed by George w. Worthington,
chairman of convention committee,
w " ooaWard building, phone 1927. This
is a letter sent by Mr.. Worthington of
the subcommittee of Real Estate
Brokers' Association, Washington. d.
y, asking as many as can do so to go
to the st. Louis convention Of the Ma
tional Real Estate Brokers' Associa-
ton. The letter starts out:
Fellow Rea1tor: Are you going to
the st. Louis convention? Wen, you
should go. Why? Because the ma
tional association has gone out of its
way and spent considerable money to
help us in our local fight in Con-
gress.'"
Mote the ingenuity with which Mr..
j Johnson, by the repetition and cum
ming Interpolation of Mr.sWorthing-
toms words in the quotations that
follow, tnsinuates that the money re-
ferred to was used to influence the
Senate to betray the public interest
by passing the Pomerene bill; that the
mOnpv nd
mately spent1
1.-The landlords asked for a rent adj
They got it in the Pom
creme bill The landlords then asked
that the rent administrator be a resi-
rent Of the District of Columbia, and
they got it in the Pomerene bill Mr..
says that the national
spent considerable money
to help us in the local fight in Com
gress.' Then the Pomerene bill goes
further and provides that the rent
Shall be confirmed by
that. the national association has
spent considerable money to help US
win our local fight in Congress- %
Getting back to the Pomerene bill.
find that by taking October 1. 1917.
lords are helped very much. The an
nual leases made on October 1. 1916.
expired September 80. 1917. This diff
ference of one day is another thing
which the landlords have been most
anxious. indeed. to have written into
the law.
"Mr. worthington said in his letter
to his fellow realtors that the ma.
tional association spent considerable
money to help US in our local fight in
"Under section the Pomerene bill
requires the rent administrator to be
confirmed by the Senate. The Presi-
dent was permitted to appoint food
and q fuel administra-
tor for the entire United States, neith-
er of whom had to be confirmed by
the Senate. The District Of Columbia
also has fuel administrator and .
food administrator not confirmed by
the Senate, but when the question Of
in house rents is reached
the rent administrator must not only
be resident Of the District of Column
bia, but he must be confirmed by the
Senate. Mr.. Worthington in his letter
to his fellow realtors said that the
National Real Est lte Brokers' Asso-
citation had spent considerable money
to help us In our local fight in Com
gress' - Z
without the Pomerene bfll the own
er Of property. the landlord, and the
tenant could enter into mutual bar