The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-26
'TAMMANY TO WAR
UPON RENT PIRATES
Will Aid Hirsch Committee in
Effort to Hasten
Building.
MURPHY BEHIND MOVE
Tiger Lawyer in Each Assem-.
bly, District to Investigate
Complaints.

and u bang now that Tammany Hall Is
lending It's legal machinery to the cam
paign 70 stop rent profteering, improve
housing conditions and bring about an
early resumption of building operations
According to a resolution adopted by
the Executive Committee OF the Demo-
cratic County Committee, the orsanisa-
tion is particularly anxious to aid In
Fastening the building Of that class Of
structures (which will serve to relieve
the need for housing accommodations
by families OF small means"
Charles f. Murphy was invited to
lend Tammanys assistance 10 the good
Mayor Hy.an's committee Oil rent
profiteerins.
ExJudge Robert l.. Luce Of l4o Mas
sau street. representing the law COM
mittee. talked over with Mr.. Hirsch yes
terday the plans for Tammany's CO.
operation and later Mr.. Hirsch ex-
planned what Is going to happen.
There are sixty-two Assembly dis
tricts In the greater city, as follows !:
Manhattan. twenty-three: Kings, TWEEN
ty-three Bronx. eight Queens, six. and
Richmond, two. A lawyer will be In
vited to volunteer for service In each
district To These lawyers will be sent
complaints filed by tenants with the
Mayors committee. They will investi-
gate, taking pains to get both the ten
ants and the landlords sides of the
stories. II the complaints are found to
be we'll founded, the results Of the in
the Mayors committee.
As soon as the roster OF Tanlmany
volunteer lawyers is complete all will
be called together In council with the
H'rsch committee and work will be
started with a vengeance.
II was announced yesterday by the
housing committee OF the Reconstruc-
ton Commission that ali complaints re-
ceired by that body in regard to rent
raising will be forwarded to the Mayors
committee after making such notations
from them as will contribute informa-
ton to the housing survey OF the Re-
construction Commission Hundreds Of
these complaints have come In. It Is
probably that these also will be turned
over TO the lawyer volunteers for inves-
tigation.
As a further aid Mr. Hirsch has
asked Police Commissioner Enrieht to
have the police make another canvass
OF vacant apartments on their beats,
showing the number Of rooms. nance OF
agents or owners and amount OF rents,
A public hearing for discussion of
the housing situation. which Mayor Hy-
Ian asked Mr., Hirsch to cali. Will take
place in the Board of Estimate room
at the City Hall next Wednesday, After
noon az 40 o'clock. The Mayor will
preside. No complaints OF any kind
will he heard at the session and sug.
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day.
Frank Mann. Tenement House Com
missioner. said yesterday:
THE solution. which the Governors
Reconstruction Commission proposes 70,
the housing problem. Is not entirely for
mulated. The details are being devel.
oped by the housing committee and will
be presented at a meeting OF it's ad.
usory committee Wednesday at 1850.
The housing committee has reached the
conclusion that an Immediate resumption
OF building Is the only permanent solu-
ton that holds out a promise OF perma-
nent relief
Frank l.. Bowling. Borough President
visited Pelham Bay yesterday and In.
spected SOC buildings formerly occupied
by sailors at the naval training station
The buildings cost the Government $ll,-
100000. -Four hundred are one story
dormitory buildings, each with a ca
pacity OF 1925 beds. One hundred are
divided into four room apartments. for
nerly used by officers and their farni-
lies
Without committing himself to The
proposed plan that the buildings bt
used in an emergency situation TO house
families that cannot find homes. Mr.
Bowling said the suggestion sis worth,
OF consideration" The barracks would
have TO be partitioned off before they
could be put to such use.