New-York tribune., 1920-03-21

when the first mans lease is renewed
he will still only be paying $3.50.
Is that fair7"
Mr.. Bowling laughed at the threats
which have been made by some tenants
to move to Jersey.
"Did you notice tina. Hackensack is
talking of turning it's Jail into an
apartment house to accommodate its
unhoused people z" he asked "There
is no more room in.Jersey than there
is in New York. Anyhow, a good many
thousand families would have to move
out to help here. The only solution
is in building"
A letter from Mayor Hylan, which
was read at the conference, pleaded the
Importance of building. The Mayor de-
clared that there was a shortage Of
approximately 100000 apartments, and
that as a result there were 10000
apartments in which two families are
living and many with more than two
families.
ITO finally remove this unwholesome
condition. he wrote, "there is but one
solution-the erection of more houses.
This brings US to the point of how we
should proceed and the obstacles which
may stand in the way of progress" :"
He repeated his plans for the stabiliza-
tion of labor and Of building material
prices, and continued:
There is no denying that the exist
ing situation in the building field re-
qulres extraordinary measures and the
granting of concessions by all. Capital
must be satisfied with reasonable re-
turns and be willing to incur greater
risks than ordinary. Organized labor,
Mcfe Iesk!y ecaestLca i1an Egg S.E..
interest, must work continuously and
with redoubled energy. Labor, now
suffering more than any other class
from inadequate housing facilities
should settle its differences and give
a full days work for living wage
ut is obvious that pending the erec-
ton of a suitable number of new houses
there should be some check on the rent
gougers. This can be produced through
Immediate and vigorous Legislation.
Legislation is the fundamental thing
which will protect tenants from profit
eering landlords"
Hearing to Reveal Program
The actual legislative program prob
ably will be based on the result Of the
hearing before the Lockwood commit
tee In Albany on Tuesday One, and
perhaps two, special trains will go
rum mere, carrying the opposing fac
tlons. The Real Estate Board will not
be heavily represented, many Of it's
members feeling that the situation is
hopeless. There will be delegation,
however. and Alexander C. McNulty
Will appear as counsel.
The United Real State Owners As
sociation will send a special train and
is hoping that 1000 members will be
aboard. This association represents hum
dreds of millions of dollars of old-line
realty investments, including some of
the biggest estates in the city. A
meeting to make final arrangements for
the special train will be held in the
Hotel Astor to-day at $3.50 o'clock.
On the other side, and favoring the
proposed legislation, will be deiega-
tion from the Central Federated Union
which is backing the Donahue- -Boylan
bill, and one from tenants in the
Bronx, under the management of the
subcommittee of the Bronx County
Republican Committee, headed by for
mer Justice John Boyle. The latter
committee. is planning to have a special
train. Other tenant organizations will
be represented in strength
Mayor Hylan'S attempt to establish