Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-08
|MPORTAN HEARING
ON RENT QUESTION
At WASHINGTON
It Will Take Place Tomorrow and
Will Attract a Large
Attendance.
BOTH SIDES TO BE PRESENT

Special Dispatch From Every Evening
Washington Correspondent
Washington. July S-Rent problems
in Wilmington and elsewhere Will be dis-
c,lssed from start 10 finish at nearing
tomorrow afternoon, before Judge Warren
Gard of Ohio. chairman OF the s,ib-com-
mltte., on judiciary of the House OF
Representatives The hearing Will be
at , o'clock. in the Judiciary committee
room Of the House office building, and all
those who have a grievance, or thinh 1heS
have A grievance, against the barrow
anti-rent profteering bill. now before
Congress. are invited to attend
Nv the time the hearings are completed r.
and nothing. not even recess OF congress
will stop them until they are completed =
the bull giving comfort Ia tenants AT me
same time IT gives protection to landlords
according 10 those who are sponsoring
II +. will be in shape for quick presentation
for the vote Of Congress Assurance mas
been gwen that it will be reported out
OF committee rs early as possible.
ComplaInts against the bill have been
plentiful and a number of them have
come from Wilmington real estate men.
who declare that rent prohteerlng IN
their CITY is almost non-eNstcnt. here
are real estate men in Philadelphia VINO
claim the same thing.
COMPLAINTS ARE MsDE.
Rut government officials in Philadei-
nhoa. for instance, have written To hep
rcsentativc George F. Darr0w OF Penn
svlysnIa. originator Of the bull, 10 the
effect that tenants are being turned out
of their houses as If they were cattle,
and declaring that something ought 10
he done about II
One official. who through his office has
been trying TO put a stop 10 rent profiteer-
ing. saws "outrages which are being per
r,etrated here can be stopped, and ne
intends to have representative ~ the
hearing Ia add his testimony and support
TO the proposed measure
TO PROTECT LANDLORDS.
Various amendments 10 the original
hill. previously fully described IN Every
Evening are being considered by Nr
barrow favorably. They are those giving
even fuller protection against injustice
"a landlords than the protection which,
Mr.. barrow saws. II was his intention the
bill should contain from the start. One
III the amendments rs offered by the
Philadelphia Housing Association 10 pre-
vent owners from bearing an undue pro
portion of the expense of sanitary I'M
provements requested by The tenants or
otherwise rendered
The United States District Attorney
at Philadelphia, Francis Fisher Kane,
former Rear Admiral Francis i. Bowies,
assistant general manager OF the Elmer
gencv Fleet Corporation, and Phlladeiphla
County Fuel Administrator Francis A.
Lewis will be present, or be represented
at the hearing Admiral BowieS Is
ANXIOUS for an early measure 80 protect
shipyard workers living at Wilmington,
Philadelphia and elsewhere IN the Del
aware district The others are IN support
of the measure on the grounds OF their
knowledge and experience with the prob
lem in Philadeiphla.
A delegation from the City Councils OF
Philadelphia, from the Housing Assoc
lation and 9 number OF representatives OF
private interests, as well rs aggrleved
tenants, are 10 add their testimony be
fore the bill is perfected
Communications for and against the
bill have flooded into Mr. barrow
office from far and near. Some sugges-
tons have been made that 1t De confined
TO tenants directly connected with war
work, Others that II De limited TO war work
communities The general feeling has
been, however, that the instrument
should spread its protection over tenants
generally, whether engaged n war work
or not