Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-01-12

According to reports received by
the various Government agencies,
rents soon will be near normal.
Gradual reductions are being made
in every section of the country, big
reductions being noticeable in the
large centers including New York,
Boston. Chicago and Philadelphia.
According to Government reports,
the greatest building boom in history
is expected to develop this spring.
Contracts will be let for thousands of
apartments and homes this winter it
is predicted, and the sign, For Rent,
familiar in pre-war days will be dug
up by real estate dealers, busted off
and put into use again
Approximately $50 100000 Is
being spent each month this winter
on new buildings. of which nearly
two thirds goes for residential struc-
lures, according to reports received
by the Federal Reserve Board.
The rank and file of the Republi-
can party is awaiting with some an,
xiety today for real, inside informa-
ton as to what occurred at the home
of Senator Medill Mccormick, Of II
linois. last night when he had as his
guests the members of the Steering
Committee of the Senate. So import
ant was the gathering that Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu-
setts arranged to lay aside Confer
ence work for the evening and par
ticipate. The object of the meeting
was to discuss wavs and means of
retaining the party control of the
House and Senate through next No
vember's Congressional elections.
Last week President Harding enter
tanned choice group of Republican
leaders to discuss the general legis-
lative condition in Congress.
It is no secret that the party or
ganization is not in as good shape as
il might be. What with taxes, no
bonus, a touch of hard times here
and there and general unrest, the
Republicans have come to the con-
clusion that the time is ripe for put
ting burr under the Elephants tail.
But just what is to be done is what
is puzzling the rank and file. May be
the real plan will creep out before
the end of the week.
Why do the motion picture produc-
ers want Postmaster General Will
Hays to leave the Cabinet and go to
work for them? Why do they want
him so badly that they are offering
him three year contract at Sl50,-
900 a year Total, S45O.000 for the
term, or close on to half million?
The answer is that in SO many state
legislatures bills are pending for the
censorship of the movies that the
geniuses of the silent drama are shlv-
ring in their boots. Will HAYS. as
the result of his experience in pol
itics. knows men in every state IN
the Union. men of real influence IN
politics. He will be able, therefore,
to help the movie men out in headln"
off unnecessarily drastic censorship
laws. The movie magnates are
ready for censorship but they want ,t e
as uniform as possible. Hence VIII
Hays.
Here is the latest "dope' on the
coming Democratic nomination IN the
Tenth Virginia Congressional Dis
trict Of successor to the late Henry
y. Flood. There are several candi-
dates in the field and, as the time
seems too short for primary, Z,
convention is more likely to be calico
II there is a primary the chances OF
Henry st. George Tucker would ap-
pear to be better than if the selec-
ton is left to a convention. The odds
are that a convention will be called
and that Mr. Tucker. who rarely let,
year 60 by without being cand',
date for something, will not get
the nomination. Apparently TIN
state leaders have not picked a man
and will leave the convention to
handle a free for all fight.
Isaac Gregg