The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-27
ERECT HOUSES, SHE
WARNS CAPITALISTS
Mrs. Moskowitz of Governors
Commission Says Business
! Men Have to Watch Out"
TOO BUSY ON NEW PLANTS
Landlord Admits He Is q Prof
iteer and Says No One
Will Stop Him.

Although architects are working over
time on plans for plapts. 10 be erected or
remodelied in anticipation OF q big in
dustrial boom. few plans are being
drawn for buildings in which to house
the workers. according to Mrs. Henry
Moskowitz, secretary Of the Governors
Reconstruction Commission.
And I call this neglect very short
sighted business policy" che said. add
Ing:
THE big men seem to be certain In
dustriai expansion Is coming. But they
are not making provision for homes for
workers. The architects seem to have
about all they can do. but do not find
any making plans for moderate priced
homes. =
The very big business men have to
witch out II they wish to protect their
business interests. There must be houses
for their workers. Advancing money on
a mortgage so that homes may be built
for employees may be less than the an
per cent return on u Liberty bond. but
IL win pay In the protection II viii give
the income of business Itself
State Senator Charles &C. Lockwood,
chairman of the joint legislative commit
tee investigating housing. said last eve
ming the committee purposes to sit daily
and go at II hammer and tongs" until
It gets all possible Information. All day
sessions are being planned
Tho committee will lreeame its inquiry
In the City Hall at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Witnesses on the list for to-day
and tomorrow are: Richard NJ. Hurd.
president Lawyers Mortgage Company
Clarence II. Kelsey. president Title Guar
antee and Trust Company; Louis "
Bright. president Lawyers Title Insur.
ance and Trust Company; George A
Fieury. president United States Title
Guaranty Company, Brooklyn; Albert E
Marling president Horace S. Ely & Co.
Robert L. bowling. president City In.
vesting Company; Louis ]. Horowitz
president Thompson-Starrett Company
Borough Presidents Connolly of Queens
Riegelmann of Kings and Bruckner o.
The Bronx, experts of the Record anc
Guide and the American Architect and
Jacob Panken. Socialist. Municipal
Court Justice Abram I. Elkus. chairman
of the Reconstruction Commission, will
testify tomorrow. g,
A subcommittee OF the Joint Legisla
tive Committee will go to Washington
soon to get the views of Secretary VIII
son, Senator Kenyon Of Iowa, Samue
Gompers and two, experts Of the De
partment of Labor.
Abraham Bluementhal, president O
the Beachwood Realty Company. Inc
$50 Broadway. was hailed yesterday be
fore David Hirshfeld. Commissioner Q
Accounts, in connection with complaint
OF excessive rent increases.
Blumenthal read statement In whic
he said: "If profiteer means gettin
the market value for a commodity on
handles, then we admit the occupatio
and plead guilty. But are there an
who sell a commodity, whether this
commodity be labor or capital. for les
than the market value? The rule l
buy low, sell high and the law Of sui
ply and demand holds true.
LAS for myself, as long as we hav
this system will look out for myse
as all Of you are doing. intend to q
for the commodities handle the IA
market value and / don't intend to Il
any one stop me, excepting as all OF m
fellow men are stopped from doing Il
same thing in their respective lines
Blun1enthal insisted his rents are I
higher than the prevailing rents in h
section.
Louis A. stone. lawyer. said Bl,
menthal increased his rent from s42,S
to $3.50 Herbert w. Alrich, anoth
tenant, said his boost was from s62i
to $50. Others were raised from SOS
$s5.
Commissioner Hirshf1eld declared
would call the attention of the ia
assessors to this particular apartme