The Washington herald., 1918-09-26
WILL REGISTER
VACANT ROOMS
Begin Centralizing Control
Over Housing Of War
Workers Today.

Win the idea OF bringing unoer
central control all rooms registration
in the District of Columbia and
thereby offering the most efficient
organization for relieving the hous-
ing needs Of war workers here, all
room registration will, from today.
be directed from the United States
Homes Registration Service at 14lo-
i4i4 II street northwest.
This central office will include the
room registration service OF the Dis
trict Council Of Defense, and tho
housing and health division of the
War Department. Beginning today.
all placements in rooms and houses.
loans to matrons, assignment and
management OF Communicated houses
and landlord and tenant cases for
the District of Columbia will be
handled through this ONCE. Edwin
s. Hege will be in charge under the
direction of the Bureau of Industrial
Housing of the Department of Labor.
This win place the District of
Columbia on the same basis as other
war industry centers. The U. s.
Homes Registration Service has more
my DuAtalS III 6k u1l-
ferent places and is making in these
localities several thousand place.
ments per week. This service has
houses, fats and rooms registered
and is making available to the war
workers of these communities all the
existing vacancies OF these cities.
Washington requires between three
and four hundred rooms per day.
Rexister All Vacant Hosaes.
Under this scheme of enlarged or
ganization and Capitalization a CAM
paign is being launched to register
every vacant house. nat and room
in the District. Householders are
urged to report and make available
all their spare rooms and to put them
In such condition that they can be
used for housing men or women in
government service.
To get this information las soldiers
in uniform will be loaned to the work
and begin their house-to-house can
vass today. For the present, the
heart of the District of Columbia
Will be divided into forty-four dis
trtcts. This combing process will be
extended to 1s2 districts in the near
future, so that every dwelling will
be carefully scrutipized as 10 its
adaptability for housing war workers
fhere viii be staff at 1410-1H4 II
street northwest, TO consider all land
lord and tenant cases which may arise
under the salisbury resolution. So
far, Capt. Peyser has handled 1900
cases and his stan will be SO organ
lied that differences can be speedily
adjusted
As rapidly as possible certain spec
ial, centrally located receiving sta
tons for incoming clerks are to be
organized. At s21 and SOS Fifteenth
street such stations will be established
for the Women's Division of the Z.
S. Employment Service and the War
Risk Insurance, respectively, and will
receive emergency applicants at these
addresses. Other houses requisitioned
by the L. s. Home Registration Serv-
Ice, if conveniently located, will be
used for this purpose.
once Open Evenings.
The central registration ofice at
1i10-14l4 II street northwest, will be
open every evening. except Sunday,
until 80 O'Clock. This applies to Sat
urdays, also. The Office I'm the Union
station will be open after 1000 p. m.
and Sundays to supply open night
addresses.
Thus far, more than 100 unoocupisd
houses have been requisitioned for
housing war workers. The operation
and management OF these houses will
be conducted under the newly formed
organization, and the business will be
transacted at the new address
All matters pertaining TO manage
ment. such as the making of leases.
payment of rents. and details as to
repairs will be conducted under the
direction of the L. 8. Homes Regis
tration Service at the new address.
The Washington Committee on
Equipment of Houses has been dis
continued and the work of the COM
mittee will be handled by the Homes
Registration Service. There will be
a special section assigned to consider
applications for positions as matrons
for requisitioned houses. Not only the
selection. but the supervision of the
matrons has been assigned to this
new registry at 141o-1f14 H street
northwest
Applications for housing facilities In
requisitioned houses. In Washington
are to be directed to the L. s. Homes
Registration Service, 1410-f414 II street
northwest Special attention will be
paid to group applications.