New-York tribune., 1920-03-19
te will really represent about sixty

gate will really represent about sixty
victims.
The committee is composed of John
Boyle, former municipal court Justice:
A. B. Simonds, County Tax Assessor:
4. w. Bradbury and Peter Wynne. and
has its headquarters at 2S03 Third
Avenue. More than 1900 members Of
the organization have been recruited.
I'VE hope to make the Legislature
understand the seriousness Of the mo
test from the Bronx and take effective
action Mr.. Boyle said last night. "Thc
situation is critical. More than 1000
eSictions are likely on Nav /. and
there is real danger of serious trouble.
Moreover. the unrest is driving MANY
people toward Socialism and Bolshey-
ism--and they can hardly be blamed {"
The area of trouble from overcrowd-
ing is spreading rapidly in all direc-
tionS. EVICTION of 100 families from
the houses at 1416 to 1892 Forty-third
Street. Brooklyn. i'll the Bay Ridge sec
ton, on the ground that the landlord
intends to remodel the houses was
threatened yesterday in notices sent to
the tenants. The tenants will meet
sunday at the Borough Park Young
Mems hebrew Association. Thew claim
90 have had verbal agreements that
their rents would not be raised before
August and also that the landlord.
Lyman Arkaway, 1865 Eastern Park
way, has no intention of improving the
buildings, but wishes to clear them out
before increasing the rents.
Inc Influx of persons from Manhae.
tan mas created SO serious a situation
IN Hackensack that f. B. Walden. a
member of the Board OF Health there.
predicted yesterday that there would
pc at least 1000 homeless families on
May /. VA
Labor must work with renewed
energy and recognize the fact that
nigh wages are of little value if they
must be spent in the payment of in
creased rent brought about by the lack
OF sufhcient housing accommodations
am waiting tor some profiteer to
meter on it, declared DR.. Copeland,
IN beginning his address. II have
no doubt that some cold -blooded brute
will do it soon.
There Is something queer about the
law of supply and demand In the milk
business, with 100000 children ready
for tuberculosis because of malnutri.
ton, we find that the supply is cut off
so that the price stays up. In the
housing we fnnd the prices going up
on the same supply. So we get it go
ing and coming"
DR.; Copeland argued that renting
has become a public utility, clothed
with the same public interest as nny
other, and therefore subject to regu-
lation.
rs there anything more necessary
to the world and therefore more n
matter of public interest. than houses ?"
ne asked. We must have houses. and
they have to be provided by other
persons. Therefore they must be dealt
with as public necessity and brought
under public control. This is a thing
that the public at large has right to
deal with
Il am one OF you tonight, for NV
landlords have Just served notice on
ME that NY rent has been raised $500
year. Their names are Bing and
Blng. l feel like Biff and Bang.
II do not see why we couldn't require
a license from every landlord. We
license everybody else There are al
ways rules and regulations about
licenses. and if the landlord doesn't
aolde by them he couldn't operate as
i landlord any more"