Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-05-10
ACT ON HOUSING
IN LEGISLATURE
Lawmakers Will Meet Tomor-
row in Move to Relieve the
Serious Situation in State
SpeciaI Correspondent.

bV cpfCiut COfTeSpOUueNt. s
TRENTON, May 10IThe first sub
,ject discussed today at the conference
of those planning the housing relief
legislation was the insertion of ref
erendum clause I'm the bill to permit
cities to issue bonds to erect modest
homes for their residents. The con-
ference expects to decide this ques-
tion before it adjourns.
Among those in attendance to help
draft the legislation were Republican
House Leader Henry G. Hershfield,
OF Passaic; Senator Runyon, of I'm
ion, who started the legislative move
ment for relief. Assistant Attorney
General Joseph Lanigan; Director of
Revenue and Finance Cannon, of Jer-
sey City; Corporation Counsel John
Milton Jersey City. DR.. w. G.
Hanrahan of the Newark Rent Pay
ers Association.
( Paterson today joined in the cam
paign for this legislation and was
represented at the conference by City
Counsel Randall B. Lewis and John
O'Rourke. secretary to Mayor Van
mort.
TRENTON, May 10-With the leg
islature prepared to come back tomor-
row and ready to act on the legisla-
.tion to relieve the housing situation,
ii has developed that real estate inter-
estS are getting ready to fight the
proposed enactments. Word here is
that the Trenton realty operators will
insist upon a hearing on the bill
which is drafted and introduced to
cure the evil which a delegation of
women brought before Governor Ed
wards and the legislators last Wednes-
day.
After the news of the women's vis-
itation to the state house become pub
lie last week and it began to look as
if action would be taken to give them
relief against the rent gougers and
the profiteers. a meeting of the Tren-
ton brokers was hurriedly called from
which came the information that op-
position would be presented to the
housing relief legislation and hear
ing asked. 1t is underst ood that the
real estate men here will contend that
the legislation should not be made
applicable to this end of the state,
claiming that the acute situation pre-
walls only in cities like Newark and
Jersey City and in the tenement dis
tricts.
However. friends of the proposed
law will fight any effort of realty
brokers in Trenton or anywhere else
in the state to hamper this legislation
on the ground that any obstacles put
in the way may prevent any remedial
measures DeinS passed. trenton Is as
seriously affected by the shortage of
homes and the activities of the mod
ern Captain kidds, in the form of
greedy landlords as are her sister ci-
ties up the state and Atlantic City and
Camden are not far behind.
The housing problem is the most vi
tai problem for the poorer classes in
the cities of the state today. The legis-
lature has at last awakened to that
fact and is expected to pass one or
more bills before final adjournment in
an effort to cure the situation.
A meeting of the housing investi
eating committee, consisting of Sena-
tors Runyon. Union: Simpson, Hud-
son, and Pilgrim. Essex, and Assem-
blymen Hershfield. Passaic: Barret.
Essex. and Evans. also of Passaic,
is scheduled here today to whip into
shape the legislation to be offered a a
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