Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-01
81 H-st
real ESTATE MEN
ENOTE OBJECTION TO
|. |: PROF|TEER|NG BILL
Three Faults Pointed Out to
Johnson Anti-Rent Goug-
ing Measure.
CLAIM 1T DOESN'T BETTER
EXISTING D. C. CONDITIONS
Assert Also That 10 Per Cent Is
Unfair Profit Under Increasing
Expenses of Upkeep.

Expenses of Upkeep.
Three main points of objection to the
johnson anti-rent profteering bill were
emphasized by the real estate brokers
It their hearing before the House Dis
frict committee today.
First, their position is that the bill
Roes not and cannot accomplish what it
portend1reach the real profteering.
they say that any attempt to put it in
Operation, even if it should pass, would
result in curtailing the. now available
rental space to such an extent as to
paralyze room renting and general hocs'
ing of war workers in the District.
Second. they say that the allowed in
rease Of 10 per cent in rents. as set out
NJ the bill, is unfair both in principle
md practice. They put no limitation on
npkeeping expenses, which are increas-
I1ng daily. If such limit was set suf-
lentiy large to cover likely increases
1.-THE cost of upkeep the result would
~ the licensing Of profiteering.
third, the brokers say that the op-
AF&lfua of the johnson measure would
kSsSo felious and cumbersome that it is
N1&eficab1e from any standpoint.
46 opening the hearing today Charles
~. Fairfax, president of the Real Es-
tate Brokers' Association, and Bates
don. told the Committee that when the
Former hearing closed last Saturday the
members were seeking wider informa-
fion than the representatives of the
brokers were prepared at that time to
give They came today. offering to give
additional information along any line
rexaroing which the committee might
De interested.
tesenteo Aooitlonai oata.
Izs.,n MT; MsTrsn saa presented ADDITIONAL data
q emce eatidings. regarding which
shs earsis, Tas 'A1 he stat;st;ns ns
presented skoWed that the raise In rent
Was stil wfthin xhe = per cent shown
Rea1 estate men further emphasized
Aet HNy pxodteering that Is being done
m W14hinetpn Is not done by the own
ers on real Astste brokers'
esnt2fiys Raesdaie Of South Carolina in
fQGArd to the. new apartment at eco
18th stFeet. where Representative Rags
eAaessatd number of the apartments
tn1 the cafe for the purpose Of sublet-
ting. . letter was read from H. l.
8nM, reDfesenting the owners Of the
sbaalding.
npnkhousekeepinE apartments; that
4npF were leased ont in block be-
cause the owners of the building did
NOT want 70 have charge Of furnisl,ing
t1aem. eiinnfxinr ,.ervtrs, and oneratin9 3
fnem 8, SStel stvfe $50 w '''.'.e
pr.l n-----x
Il. trsrs-ss. f~,,s 7S Ss;e S;eo. N rep,y
a 49, q, ~ .ess. Ses.Il IL sonnSon: ~ = !.
Ea. - 80 -, -. ne ln.efMa.ion ne nAa
IN " 0ee tn4t tne fehts
ca1xeeo are not e1orbttant IN COM
.1atn tnS nign,srade service
EH'c-n H'cn ~ pI1cticaiiy on motel style.
sae eaSls" 1Aosea : tions'
Chairman Jobnaon In ask;ne ~ tb.v
=. =
run IN noeei style as REGARDS
~ vice or price, put into the record
= criticism Of charges at the Willard
Hotel, where, he said he was Informed
ouch small portions were served at
exorbitant prices that a person had
to get two orders before he would
get enough to eat.
Mr: Warren. in giving information
regarding some Of the office buildings
about which Chairman Johnson had
mAde INQUIRIES, said that the Union
Trust building, at 18th and H streets.
had made no raise in rent; the Real
ests. @ aas t 1sU aO. once me- ,ro ICONS ana t,,i on
1 ~ $50 z month
~ p .xn,sin thaa he bad usn.a
some buildings where he had heard ex-
4'essiye increases were charged and
Tiers about which he had hoard moth
ing. 80 as to be fair and not lay him.
: self open to being charged with making
nyfdious accusations.
Mr.. Warren said that the Kenois
ui1ding, 11th and G streets, has ninety
wa rnorvna nd that ol;ohr in