Evening star., 1918-11-17
ASKS FOR meeting
ON SALISBURY LAW
Senator Hoke Smith Wants
Committee to Consider
Resolution Extending Act.
HOPES FOR EARLY ACTION

A meeting Of tho Senate District
to consider Senator Hoke
joint resolution to extend the
operation Of the Salisbury act to pre-
vent eviction Of tenants until SIX months
after peace Is proclaimed will be held
IL Senator Smith succeeds
in getting his request for such a
meeting granted.
Senator Smith is anxious to get
early action by the committee on his
resolution. He wishes to have it re-
ported to tho Senate when he calls
up the conference report on the
food stimulation bill. which
carries the Pomerene rent profiteerinE
rider. A motion will be made to
recede from the Pomerene amendment,
and Senator Smith believes that If
his resolution is in a fair way to be
adopted the motion to recede from
the Pomerene amendment will pre-
vail and final action will be taken on
the food stimulation bill.
Carries Prohibition Rider.
The food stimulation bill also car
ries the wartime prohibition rider,
and while the prohibitionists insist it
shall pass, tho VETS in the Senate
may undertake to delay It II they
creme amendment and the Hoke Smith
resolution extending the SALISBURY
act at considerable length.
A number OF amendments viii be
offered. it is expected. to the Smith
resolution. Senator salisbury has
profiteering in subletting premises.
either in collusion with the landlords
or acting on their own initiative.
Other amendments have been sug-
gested by Capt. julius Peyser, who
ants under the Salisbury act.
Alleged Injustices Cited.
There have been many injustices
worked under the Salisbury act, as
we'll as great deal of good. and sena-
tors have had their attention called to
cases where the resolution has worked
ineuuitably, and it is expected they
will offer amendments. either in com
mittee or on the floor, to remedy these
faults. It has been suggested that the
resolution should be liberalized SO that
bona fide purchasers of houses for their
own use should be allowed to obtain pos
session whether they are employed by
the government or not. Also the man
ner in which tenants and subtenants OF
property under the salisbury resolu-
property to others, no matter what may
be the wishes of the owners. has been
strongly criticised.
Real Estate Men to Give Views.
The committee of six real estate
men who have been invited by Capt.
julius I. Peyser of the housing di-
vision Of the War Department to
confer with him on the proposal to
at the housing division office tomor-
row afternoon.
at this meeting it is expected the
real estate men will express their
views as to what changes they be-
lieve should be made in the law. If
declaration OF peace.
One prominent real estate man said
last night that he did not believe the
law should be extended after peace
but that If It is to be extended it
should be modified.
Suggests an Amendment.
'If the salisbury law is to be con-
tinued after the declaration of peace
he said. sit should be SO amended az
to enable property owner or a new
purchaser to get possession of his
house II he needs 1t for his own use
regardless Of whether he is In the gov
ernment service.
LAS the law stands a man must be
in the service Of the government to
gain possession Of his house. AS q
result. there are many people who
have bought houses and who are liv-
ing under conditions Of hardship be-
cause they cannot get possession OF
their own property"