Evening star., 1921-09-06
REASONABLE rents
1F0R ARMS ENJOYS
Property Owners Showing
Cooperation in Listing
Buildings for Delegates.

Washington property owners list
Ing properties for rent to the dele
cations planning to attend the linli-
tation of armaments conference here
In November are showing a spirit of
cooperation and a Willingness to
lease their properties at reasonable
rates, according to officials of the
Real Estate Board, which is co-operat-
ing with the State Department and
the foreign embassies in the effort to
obtain the needed housing facilities
Tor the delegates to the conference.
The Real Estate Board issued it's ap
peal to property owners to list houses
and rooms for rent at the time of the
conference through the daily news
papers The board made il clear that
its committee dealing with this mat
ter would not recopmend to the State
Department or to the emba sses the
rental OF any property for which an
eXorbItant rental was demanded. In
fact; the boards committee has al
ready placed its vote upon PROPOSE
tion made to one of the embassies
for rent of property because the
rental demanded was in excess of what
the committee believed fair.
Not Approved by Board.
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
board to aid in finding housing
idtilitiSS TeHtS ioT tIt
coming delegates. number of
stories have been sent from Washing
ton to newspapers published in other
cities telling of the alleged rapacity
of the realtors here. A single
instance is given in these dispa tckos
where an attempt was made to
prof1teer. proposal to rent house
for $4,000 a montf-the house having
been purchased for something like
$4,000 Representatives OF the Real
70 ~ l,o L., ,x
had nothing to do with the offer.
and that it would condemn severely
any SUCH attempt at extortion.
owners of property and merchants
mere realize. it is said. that much
will depend upon the treatment ac-
corded in WASHINGTON the visitors
from other nations, and they are
desirous of cooperating with the
government in having the best pos
sihle impression made upon the
delegates.
For that reason particularly. the
proposal that the President name
central civic committee. or at least
the chairman of such a committee. to
look after the interests of the visit
ing delegation and to see to it that
there shall be no profiteering against
them, has been put forward. The
President. it is said. regards the suG-
gestion with much favor and il is
to be expected that he will act in
tHe matter IN the near future.
Burdened With War Debts.
The governments which are send
ing delegations to Washington for
the conference are burdened with
debt because of the great war. They
must pay the expenses of their dele
gates here. When the bills are pre-
sented to them they undoubtedly will
be given publicity ~i in the various
countries from which the delegates
come. And the people of those coun-
trieSswill judge of America accord
ingly, and will believe that Ameri-
cans are a set of profiteers if those
bills seem eXorbitant
1t is to be expected. therefore. that
public-spirited Washingtonians will
do all in their power TO make the
stay of the foreign delegations in
their city as comfortable rs possible
and that they will frown upon. any
and every attempt to proiteer IN
connection with the coming confer
ence.