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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-08
OAKLAND NEWS
Notes and personals by Mrs. III.
Wadieigh. Phone 1859 XII or $3.50.

The Friendship club held an all day
meeting, Friday, January 7, at the
home of Mrs. w. Fuller in Monroe
street. Those present were: Mrs.
Emma Butts. Mrs. E. Leunberger, Mrs.
r. Hughes, Mrs. Geo. Lopez, Mrs. John
Plath, Mrs j. w. Peterson, Mrs. Chas.
Myrick, Mrs. c. Hope. Mrs. A. J. Rum
sey, Mrs. Fuller. Mrs. j. Thompson
was a guest of the club. The next
meeting will be held, Friday, January
81, at the home of Mrs. E. Leunberger
i'll Highland park.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. E. Copeland. of
Michigan avenue, motored to Perry,
KAN, Thursday, and spent the day the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Taylor.
The Priscilla club met Friday after
noon, January Z. at the home of Mrs
NJ. T. Kelsey in AFTER avenue. Those
present We're: Mrs. Chas. Ash, Mrs. L.
Biscoe, Mrs. Geo. MCGOWAN. Mrs. w
Shaw, Mrs. Walter Shaw. Mrs. C. H
Banks. Mrs. W. j. Williams and son
Stanley, Mrs. H. A. Lepper, Mrs. Chas
Suit, Mrs. Frank Jordan. Mrs. n. E
Copeland, Mrs. H. Shu1er. Mrs. J. s.
Swogger, Mrs. Reece Van SAINT, Mrs
Oscar Neil, Mrs. Peter Isaacson, and
Mrs. Kelsey. Mrs. Fitzgerald and Mrs
Scott Kelsey and son, Scott, Jr.. were
guests of the club. The next meeting
will be held Friday. January 81, at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Banks in Forest
avenue
| The Sunflower Art club will meet
Tuesday afternoon, January IL, at the
home of Mrs. Bert Edwards in Fores
avenue.
! Miss Ruth Stachelbeck of Wabash
avenue will spend the week end IL
Holton, Kan, visiting friends.
The Parent-Teachers' meeting of the
| Oakland schools will be held Monday
evening, January II. in the High
School auditorium instead OF Monday
evening. January TO-
Mr.. and Mrs. Phil Stachelbeck an6
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Helm and children
VIII spend the week end in Carbonate
Kan, visiting relatives and friends
For the convenience of the working mar
the Kansas Army & Navy Salvage Co, 81
Kansas avenue. keeps open eyenings-Adv
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SANTA FE NOTES
Notes and personals by Mrs. III.
Wadleigh. Phone 1859 XII or $3.50.

Mr.. Charles Stadel of Wilson avenue
is spending a few days in Chicago, Ill.
Leroy Vogel is i'll with the measles
at the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Vogel, in West Fifteenth
avenue.
Word has been received in Topeka
CT the death of Mrs. Mary Winters of
Hoyt, Kan. Mrs. Winters is an aunt
of Mr.. c. Stadel of Wilson avenue.
Mrs. Gus Pyetzki is i'll at her home
in Elliott street.
Mrs. Fred Ryman entertained at
luncheon Friday at her home in Ash
street The guests were Mrs. H. Ber-
gen and Mrs. A. Staubler.
Mrs. Campbell is seriously Ill at the
nome of her daughter, Mrs. o. Warner, in
Elliott street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rich entertained with
a surprise party Friday evening for Mr..
and Mrs: Edward Myers. at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Myers in Scotland avenue, the
occasion being their wedding anniversary.
The guests were Mr.. and Mrs. r. Wingreen.
Mr.. and Mrs. u. Sanderson. Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Hilderman, Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Oppftz,
Mr. and Mrs. John Little. Mr.. and Mrs.
August Myers. Mr.. and Mrs. John Rich, MIR
and Mrs. Edward Myers, and Mrs. Frank
Sanderson.
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CUSTER TESTIMONY THRU
Walter e. Wilson Case Now In Hands
of Commissioner ChalIis.

Testimony in the custer suit against
Walter Z. Wilson, state bank commits
sioner, is now in the hands of j. M.
Challis, commissioner appointed by the
supreme court. Richard J. Hopkins,
attorney general, today gave his depo-
sition. 1t was offered in rebuttal to
Wilson's defense and dealt entirely
with minor details and secondary is
sues in the case.
Challis will file his report with the
supreme court at an early date. The
suit to remove Wilson from office was
brought in June, shortly after the Re-
publican national convention in Chi
cago. Testimony has been taken by
Commissioner Challis at intervals dur
ing the last several weeks.
Findings of the supreme court will
be made on the Cha1lis report. No oral
testimony will be presented to the
court and Cha1lis will report as to
the testimony and records produced in
the case
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F. P. MANN TO TALK MONDAY

Diners at the Topeka Chamber of
Commerce. Monday noon. will exper-
fence a treat in the form of speech
from f. P. Mann, of Devils Lake,
North Dakota, president of the North
Dakota Retail Merchants association,
and the head of large mercantile es-
adjustment at. Devils Lake.
Mann. who has been fighting the
Townley interests in North Dakota for
several years, is going to Salina, pre-
sumably to aid in the work there. He
will visit Topeka enroute to Salina.
The nature of Mann's speech is not
known, but according to G.. c. Sickler,
newly rejected secretary of the Cham
Der, Mann has q reputation as a force
full talker
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The L. a. H. club will meet Friday
afternoon, January IA at the home of
Mrs. S. Cunningham in Freeman
avenue.
The L. S. c. club will meet Tuesday
afternoon, January IL, at the home
of Mrs. NJ Jorgenson in Ohio avenue.
The Victory Card club met Wednes-
day evening at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Nussbeck, in Oak street.
The guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Checksfield, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Jorgen-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. John Helfrich, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Griffith. Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ Platt. Mr.. and Mrs. w. Whitfill.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Nussbeck. The next
meeting will be held in two weeks at
the home CT Mr.. and Mrs. A. Checks
field in Emmett street.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Disney of Wilson
avenue are spending few days IN
Emporia. Kan.
MIR. Claude Province has returned
to his home in Marion, Kan, after
spending a few days the guest Of Mrs.
PROVINCES parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
II. Thomas in East Sixth avenue. Mrs.
Province and the children will re'aain
for a longer visit.
The vesta Embroidery club met
Friday afternoon. January Z, at the
home of Mrs Fl. V. Strait in Ohio ave-
nue. The guests present were: Mrs.
w. l.. Jury, Mrs. D. T. Thompson, Mrs
G.. Il. Cox, Mrs. A. Z. Snider, Mrs. G.
D. Webb, Mrs. H. Allison, Mrs. I. c.
Gardner, Mrs. William Kesselring
Mrs. c. e. Goodrich. Mrs. c. w. Full
lerton and Mrs. Strait. The next
meeting will be held in two weeks at
the home of Mrs. A. E. Snider in Sum-
ner street
Mrs. ]. Holsteeter is seriously i'll al
her home in Elliott street.
Mrs. Betty Mcmahon, who has been
seriously i'll for some time at her home
in East Sixth avenue, is reported some
better.
Mrs. C. r. Larson has returned tc
her home in Norton street from Ne
braska. where she spent some time
visiting relatives.
Mr.. A. Losh, who has been i'll at his
home in Lake street. is able to be VI
and around. Mrs. Losh. who has also
heen Ill. is improving.
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WAS IT MURDER?
Vice President of II. c. Insur.
ance Company Found Dead.
Lightly Clad and Held Cooked
But Unfired Gun.

Kansas City, Jan. S.-The body of
=. V. Dodge, vice president of the Mid
land Life Insurance company, with a
bullet wound thru the head was found
early today in the driveway at his
home here. The body was clad in a
night shirt. an overcoat and house
slippers.
A small revolver, cooked but unfired.
was found in the driveway and near
the body lay a .3S calibre revolver
with one cartridge discharged. The
larger revolver did not belong to
Dodge, members of his family said.
The mans face was powdered burned.
At the end of the driveway the doors
of Dodges garage stood open.
Mr.. Dodge was driven home last
night at about i o'clock by his daugh-
ter Elizabeth, % years old. A milk
man discovered the body this morning.
In addition to being vice president
of the Midland Life Insurace company,
Mr.. Dodge was a director of the
Traders National bank, a director of
the Produce exchange, secretary of the
Lucky Tiger Combination Gold Mining
company and director of many other
local institutions.
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Local Mention

Prof. w. A. McKeever, of Kansas
university. vigorously denies the state
ment made by Representative Dick of
Lawrence that McKeever's son is a
cigaret smoker. incidentally Mckee
yer charges that Dick is a Legislative
agent of the tobacco trust" and says
that he knows the cigaret gang is out
to get one of his boys.
Eat at the Y. w. C. A. Seventh and
Van Buren,. Open to men and women.
Breakfast 7:15-8; dinner 11:30-1:30;
supper 5:15-6:4s.-Adv.
For the convenience of the working
man the Kansas Army and Navy Sal
wage Co., SCI Kansas avenue, keeps
open evenings.-Adv.
DR.. Lyngar. Dentist, sos Kansas Ave.
ADV.
List your property with the Shaw
nee Investment Company. Phone
5O5O.-Adv.
Raymond. chirOpodist orpheum Bldg
Try Chi-Namel furniture polish. II
does not leave the surface greasy; at
C. NJ. Hill & Son, s26 Kansas Ave
-AAdv.
Liberty bonds. Phone Kleinhans.
ADV.
Art Materials. ]. X. Jones Paint Co
Adv.
safety razor blades sharpened better
than new. 25c-35c doz. Culver Hard.
ware Co.--Adv.
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FIGHT TO FINISH
McElhinney Doped To Win
Chief CIerkship.
Both Johnson and Knapp Claim
Secretaryship.

Unless there is a break in the pres
ent Arguments, the senate secretaryship
fight will go to the finish and Leslie
McEihinney will win the chief clerk
snip or the house. This afternoon
Walter Es johnson and Sid Knapp
both asserted they would stay in the
| secretaryship fight to the end. Both
claimed enough votes to win. McEl-
nInney has no opponents.
Friends of both johnson and Knapp
went into the milling today vita APP
parent new determination. johnson
and his friends said they would win
on the first ballot. Knapp expressed
similar confidence. During the
morning Knapp proposed to Johnson
that they flip coins and that the loser
enter the race for chief clerkship OF
the house. johnson declined.
Both in Fight to Win.
Il made the proposal honestly and in
good faith,' said Knapp. Il was will
/ ins to take my chance on the Flip
| Walter refused. Now I am in The sec
rotary fight to the finish and will not
change"
you bet 1 wouldn't gamble on a
100 1 had already won,'' declare
johnson. Il have absolute promises NJ
enough votes to put me over on ihl
| first ballot"
Arthur McNay of Galena is also q
candidate for the secretaryship. He
| is seemingly third man in the race
Both johnson and Knapp claim a ma
| jority of the McNay votes-prac tica lily
all in the Third district-once the Ga
| lena man is eliminated. There were
reports today that Knapps friends ha6
offered to support McNay for assist
| ant secretary if he could deliver his
| vote to the Concordia man. Knapp's
| friends denied the report.
| II. H. Motter, Republican state
chairman. is expected in Topeka late
today. He has been one of the ac-
tive managers of the Knapp campaign
| and a conference of the Knapp men is
probable when Motter arrives
McElhinney. who is seeking the
| chief clerkship, was an assistant dur.
| the sessions of 1919-20. He now lives
in Manhattan and was formerly a res
| ideut of Cove cOuntv
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DRIVE YOUR own" GARAGE
New Auto Livery Service Plan Comes
To Topeka.

There is being installed in Topeka
new departure in the way of automo-
bile livery service-a livery service
which provides for the patron to rent
Ford, drive it himself. and return it
to the garage when he has finished.
The company opening the branch
in Topeka has forty similar garages
in Nebraska, with headquarters at Lin
coin, and is opening its first in Kan
sas. The garage in Topeka will prob
ably be opened for business at the cor
ner of Seventh and Jackson streets
next week.
The system of renting the Fords will
cover service to patrons wishing to
pay by the mile or by the hour The
owners intend to let their cars at a
rate which will return them at least
rs cents for each hour that the car is
out of the shop. whether it is running
or not.
With their forty garages in Ne
braska, which have been operating for
months. the managers of the business
claims that they have had but three
cars stolen.
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LOVE BANDIT BACK
Man Who Stole Wife Faces
Grand Larceny Charge.
His Wife Will Take Him Back,
But Never Be Same.

Madison. Wis. Jan. s. - Pierre p
Auther, love bandit who stole Mrs.
FhiIip M. Franzen, wife of the Uni
Hersity of Wisconsin employe from her
husband at the point of gun, Tues
uay night, will be brought to Madison
to stand trial on the charge of grand
larceny, local police officials have
stated Every effort will be made TO
push the charge against him.
Milwaukee. Wis. Jan. s.-Penni-
less disowned by her only relative, a
sister in Montreal ordered to vacate
ner nome by her landlord, Mrs. Ellen
Harvey Telegas Author. wife of Pierre
raul Author, arrested in St. Louis,
with Mrs. Charlotte Franzen. is will
ing to forgive and "even love him
again.
When he is brought back" she
SAID to a reporter over long distance
telephone from her home at High
land Park. Ill, II will call on him at
the JAIL L will treat him kindly. But
Will not kiss him at first. His mind
Is not pure enough for that now. But
when that is pure-if he will be a
good husband again-then / will kiss
him, but never like I once did"
St Louis, Mo-. Jan. s.-Paul Pierre
Author, of Highland Park, Ill, and
Mrs. Philip NJ. Franzen, of Madison,
Wis, waived extradition and detec-
lives pldCeQ them on a noon tram TO-
day for Chicago. The couple eloped
from Madison Tuesday night.
A warrant was issued against
Author in Madison. following a COM
plant by Mr.. Franzen that Author,
in stealing his wife, forced him at
pistols point, to write him a check
for 800. Highland Park authorities
have a warrant against Author on a
charge of wife and child abandonm ent.
Before boarding the train. Mrs.
Franzen emphasized that she and
Author were soul mates" and had
never been married. She asserted they
had known each other about seven
months and had told her husband she
and Author We're married 1S years
ago in Australia merely to 'pacify"
him. Author and Mrs. Franzen met
at a social gathering in Milwaukee,
they said Author is a chemist and
Mrs. FranZen's husband is chief janl-
tor at Wisconsin university.
The couple was arrested at the
home of a newspaper man, where a
reporter had escorted them to obtain
an interview. The reporter traced
them thru q trunk sent here from
Chicago and located them early today
at local hotel. He took them to the
newspa per mans home and other re-
porters, hearing of it, informed the
police and the arrests followed.
Mrs F'ranzen corroborated a state
ment of her husband that their child
Was adopted.
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SNAP SHOTS
AT HOME NEWS

ft-Flowers.-Adv.
Motor car finish that can be applied
nv anyone. at G. M. Hill & Son, 826
Kansas Ave.-Ady.
Don't forget the date = Strickler's
Big Annual party and dance. Wednes-
day, Feb. .. 1921.-Adv.
All issues OF Liberty Bonds bought
and sold The Shawnee Investment
Co. 534 Kansas avenue--Adv.
The Monday afternoon Unity study
class will meet at 2:30 p. m. in their
new quarters at THE Truth reading
room, at III West Sixth.
The Unitarian church will hold it's
annual business meeting of members
Monday night, January 80, at 1880
O'Clock, for election of trustees and to
determine the church policy for the
coming year
To become acquainted with the Of
ficials and attorneys who will be in
Topeka during the coming session of
the state legislature, is the object of
the opening of an office in Topeka by
the Glynn detective service, Of Leav-
enworth.
The anti-cigaret crusaders in To-
peka announce the resumption of ac-
tivities with a mass meeting to be con-
Quoted at the Lowman Memorial
Methodist church Sunday. Miss Lucy
Page CASTOR will speak at the meet
ing and also at the Trinity Methodist
church Sunday morning.
The first week of 1921 did not
promise well for the building interests
of the city during the coming year.
Only one permit was issued from the
city fire rnarshal's office for new con-
struction this week and that was for
remodeIing a garage at Seventh and
Jackson streets, at the cost OF 500.
Adults should not feel immune from
measles. DIR. Earle G. Brown, city
health officer, said today. In the last
month seventeen adults were afflict-
ed with measles, the majority of whom
had had the disease in childhood. One
adult, Doctor Brown said, who was
reported to Lave measles, was IS years
old.
Education and food are the greatest
needs in topsy-turvy Russia today.
Nine. n. N. Selivanova told her hear
ers at a lecture on soviet Russia. given
in the high school auditorium Friday
night. Nine: Selivanova is a Russian.
Bolshevism is no better than czarism
turned upside down, Nine. Selivanova
declared. She graphically described
the terrible conditions which pertain
in that country today, and urged the
cause of education for the Russians
who are in this country and can go
back to their native land to help the
neOD1e there
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MONEY MAY GO TO K. U.
Settlement of Robinson Estate May
Give University New Building.

Settlement of the estate of Charles
Robinson, first territorial governor of
Kansas. may give Kansas university a
new building. The entire estate. val
yerSity.
Before lands in Douglas county may
be sold and the money used for a new
building, friendly suit may be neces-
sary. This action would be brought
to determine the purpose of the for
mer governor as to disposition of his
property by the university. If the
property is conve-t ted into cash. uni
yersity alumni members favor its use
for a new building.
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FAVORs SHORTER BALLOT
Governor Allen May Make Three State
Jobs Appointfve.

Governor Allen has indicated that
his message will contain recommended
tions for a shorter ballot. He would
make the state superintendent OF pab-
lie instruction, state superintendent OF
insurance and state printer appointive
by the governor.
For several sessions bills have ap-
peared in the legislature providing for
a shorter ballot. Always they have
failed of passage. Governor Aliens
plan to make. the three state OFFICES
appointive will be presented in con-
nection with his plan to consolidate a
number of existing state boards and
departments.
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STATE SAVINGS BANK ELECTS.
Gossett and MacFerran Replace Gar
Yer and Han as Directors.

The State Savings bank held its an
nual election Wednesday and elected
the following officers:
William Macferran, president: z. l..
Copeland, vice president; David Cos
sett, cashier; William Macferran, Jr.,
assistant cashier. Two new directors
were also elected to replace T. F. Gar
yer, who moved to FIT. Worth, and w
N. Hail. who died recently. They are:
J. D. Gossett and Horace Masferran.
Both of these men have been with
the bank for the last twenty years.
The director are: e. /. Copeland,
H. P. Garretson, A. B. Whiting, E. c.
Arnold, A. A. GODDARD, f. NJ Stahl, c.
F. Menninger, W. Macferran, NJ. A.
Low. J. D. Gossett and Horace Mac
ferran-
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URGE PORTER TO ENTER RACE
Former Commissioner of Parks Talked
of as Candidate For Mayor,

A number of citizens are urging
W. L. Porter, motor car salesman and
former city commissioner, to enter the
race for mayor. Porter is considering
the matter, but has given no definite
answer. He admitted this morning
that the matter had been brought to
him, but that he was not ready to
make any decision or statement in
regard to entering the race.
Porter is manager of the REQ sales
agency in Topeka. He entered the
motor car business after serving two
terms as commissioner of parks and
public buildings. He is understood to
have many friends who would sup
port him as a candidate for mayor.
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ATTENTION.

The entertainment committee will
give special entertainment for the
members next Monday night. Jan 10.
in the lodge room You will miss 1t.
if you are not there.
c. T. McCARTER.
ADV Dictator
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The funeral of Dwight B. Rice, so, will
be held Monday afternoon at = O'Clock at
the Bethel church: He, died Friday morn
ing at his home six miles southeast of To-
peka. He was born March %, 1S62. two
miles east of Topeka on the old Rice home
stead. He married Miss Maud Robinson in
1892. They have live. on a farm five miles
southeast of Topeka since that time He
was a son of H ,. Rice, one of the found
ers of Washburn college, for whom Rice
hall was named. He had been ill for ten
months. He is survived by his widow.
The funeral of Mrs. Emily A. Shaffer, 81,
was held this afternoon at the Oakland
Methodist church at 80 o'clock. Burial IN
Topeka cemetery. She is survived by four
sons and two daughters. Three sons are
OF Topeka, Flank III. Shaffer, Fred L.
s.aaffer and ,salph T. Shaffer aud the
fourth son, w. c. Shaffer, resides in OK
iahoma City. The daughters are Mrs Lille
c. Baysinger of Topeka. and Mrs. Lou G.
Pierce of Hartford, Kan
Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. S27.-
Adv.
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North Topeka Neu,s

Items for this column may be left at
Petro's drug store. or telephone Eleanor
Kimbalf, 1881 after 4 o'clock. Other
hours, $3.50.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS

ETHEL LOUISE SIMMONS ; years,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs H. d. Simmons,
$500 East Sixth street, died this morning
at 80 O'Clock. The funeral announcement
will be made later
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

RESPONSIBLE couple. no children, wants
furnished house or apartment permanent
ly. Any neat, clean place for light house
keeping will do. References IL desired. Adj
dress 5. care Journal.
GORNET and case at bargain. Tel. White
2T17
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EAST SIDE NEWS

Notes and personals by Mrs. H.
Wadleigh. Phone 1859 XII or $3.50.
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Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. s27.-
Adv.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-08-31
100000 JOIN IN
WAR ON rent HOG
Tenants In Louisiana Or
qanize To Protect
Themselves

NEW ORLEANS, August 31-The
biggest rent hog" hunt ever stag
ed is promised in September by an.
organized army of 100000 tenants in
Louisiana.
Under the leadership Of the Louis.
lana Housing Commission appointed
last January by Governor Parker,
the army will demand remedial leg
islation of the state legislature when
that body meets September 6 al
Baton Rouge.
Rent gouges in this state today
are estimated to total more than
100000, 0G0.
Preparation for the "hunt" began
July 4, when MORGAN A. d. Hite,
chairman Of the commission. issued
4 call to arms by all tenants, re-
questing those who had been gouged
to file with MIN statements of rent
raises, together with copies Of their
leases. Thousands have replied
Hitd and commission merIbers
have worked fast. seeking to get
their purpose accomplished before
October Louisiana moving day
Legislation covering these four
polHIS mas Dteu plepdlSu ana JHc
Housing commission will endeavor
to have it rushed through.
One: Permanent state housing
board, with supervision in housing
matters and embracing a rent com.
mission, with powers Of rent adjust
ment.
Two: Establishment of a rent
court.
Three: Changes in eviction laws,
preventing eviction of families be-
cause of rent disputes.
Four: Placing property values on
the basis of rent returns and assess
ing accordingly.
The Tenants Rights Association
has been organized to follow up ana
reinforce the work of the housing
commission. Real estate interests also
have organized to fight the rent leg
islation.
Following it's fight in the leCisla-
ture, the housing commission will
launch an ambitious building pro-
gram, which members say, viii ena-
bic New Orleans and Louisiana to
catch up with its housing shortage IN
three years.