The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-15
NEW BROWNSVILLE
TREATY Is SIGNED
Landlord of House Tenants
Picketed Agrees to Second
Compromise.
NO RAISE TILL OCTOBER
Washington Heights Commit
tee Urges Slogan Build
Now" Be Adopted.

The Mayors Committee on Rent Prof
iteering may not be doing much to solve
for good and all the housing problem.
but Nathan Hirsch, It's chairman, Is quite
certain that II Is accomplishing a lot by
inducing landlords and tenants to for
give and forget
The big scrap between A. Pearlman.
landlord at 473 Powell street, Browns
Vile, Brooklyn. and his twenty-four rent
paying and non-rent paying families was
ternoon by the committee peacemakers.
II took several hours to do It Louis
Horwitz, Pearlman's attorney, was so
positive at one stage of the talk-fest ar
gument was Of no avail that he quit the
conference in a hum, and Capt Gold
smith, Mr.. Hirsch's held agent. had to
lead him back. Tho bone of contention
apparently seemed to be the activities OF
Joseph weismann. tenant, who was
empowered at a tenants meeting to do
the official kicking for all hands.
No Raise Until October.
After a fine old squabble landlord
and tenants got together and treaty
was signed. The landlord agreed that
he would not raise rents to any Of his
present tenants until October 1. 1919.
when there will be an advance Of 81
per month. provided that he is then
the owner of record. The tenants may
have a years lease. The tenants on
the other hand promised that they will
not interfere in any way with the land
lords fixing rents for four apartments
which have been vacant ever since his
tenants went on strike and began to
from coming in. They also agreed not
to picket or do anything that may
humiliate the landlord"
As a climax to the whole proceeding.
ex-Judge John Jerome Rooney. who had
charge OF the case for the committee. got
Mr.. Pearlman and Tenant Weismann
"to shake hands and be friends"
Then Capt. Goldsmith sighed: "1
wonder IL Mr.. Wilson had such a hard
job as this"
And ex-Judge Rooney remarked: "As
the General said: One more victory
like this and am undone.'"
Capt. Goldsmith patched up the diffl-
culties Of tenants OF 44S and $50 Powell
street by getting Mr. Max" the land
lord, to establish rents as Of April /, be-
fore the last raise. 1t was in one OF
these houses that "Mr. Max" was
drenched with water by an indignant
woman tenant as he was climbing fire
escape. The woman was arrested and
discharged.
Mayor Suggests Exhibition.
Mayor Hylan has suggested that a
spacious room in an armory or a city
building be set aside for the purpose OF
exhibiting plans and specifications Of
apartment houses. models Of up to date
tenements and anything and everything
that has TO do with solving the housing
problem. Many plans have been sug-
gested to the Mayor and he wants all the
Ideas put where everybody can see them
John II. Delaney. Commissioner OF the
Department OF Plant and Structure, has
begun an inquiry with the assistance OF
the City Surveyor to locate quarters.
special committee of the Washington
Heights Taxpayers Association, con-
sisting OF Collin II. Woodward, Albert
f. Wesslau and David Z. Goddard,
which investigated the renting situation.
has urged the adoption of the slogan
Build Now" 1t recommends that the
slogan be printed in large type above
the real estate news in newspapers for
the next sixty days.
John Alan Hamilton. president of the
Legal Aid Society of Buffalo and chair
man Of the housing committee OF the
Governors reconstruction commission,
said yesterday:
THE overcrowding due TO the shortage
OF houses is as bad in some parts of
Buffalo as 1t is anywhere in New York
city. In fact. the situation all over the
State Is now SO serious that we have
formed an upstate advisory council to
consider Its problems with committees in
every county"