New-York tribune., 1922-02-07
Will Extend
Lock w OodI
Committee
Legislative Leaders, After
Receiving Protests,
Agree That Housing IT.
quiry BE Continued
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ALBANY, Feb. s. At conference
here to-day of Legislative leaders IT
was decided that deaf car would be
turned to the powerful group which
has been intent on ending the life Of
the Lockwood housing committee.
lhe Lockwood committee will be per
mltted to continue is work of keeping
III check profteering landlords and
opening up new channels Of capital Tor
use IN the construction of dwellings,
10 relieve the housing shortage
The change in sentiment over the
week end was due to the criticisms thai
poured III upon those who we're op-
posed TO the continuance Of the cor,
mltteo ano the demands made that
under no umstanccs should il be
scrappcrl.
Coupled with protests against put
ting a quletus to the committee were
suggestions made that the Meyer com
mittee, whose life was extended indch
nltely by the Legislature, be wiped ont
The Tribune correspondent was IN
formed tonight that new resolution
providing that the Meyer committee
wind up its affairs on March is, will
be introduced within q few days and
adonted.
More Time Needed. Saws Meyer
Senator Schuyler NJ Meyer, chair
man Of the committee, whose work is
being apologlzed for by Republicans of
prominence. said tonight that he had
not heard that his committee was going
TO be done away with
The committee has q great many
renorts vet to make" said Senator
Meyer. at will take some time to com
plete them"
These reports tor tho most part are
intended to assist the New York Char
ter Revision Commission IN It's labors
New York City. Those connected with
the work Of the Charter Commission
nave let 1t be known that they would
prefer TO do their own research, openly
declaring that their success would be
endanSercd by using anything prepared
by the Meyer committee
Members Of the Lockwood commit
tee on learning on their arrival here
tonight that the Fight waged against
the committee was lost, expressed graf.
ltlcation in the change in front
Yesterday members * the committee
were prepared to make a counter move
against their opponents which, it was
said, would have aroused the state.
10 Speed Enabling Act
This will not now be necessary. All
that viii be done by the committee will
be to submit report of its en-
deavors, summarize the work yet to be
done and request the Legislature to
continue its existence until Fcbruar nv
IS. 1928.
The first big step toward opening up
new channels Of capital for the con
struction of dwellings,, the act permit
ting life insurance companies to in
vest part Of their surplus in apartment
houses, whose monthly rental will not
exceed SO room, will be pressed for
passage next week.
The Metropolitan Life already has
agreed to provide 10000 apartments
at a rental of 50 monthly a rom the
II oment Governor Miller signs the en-
abine act, which was introduced last
Monday by the Lockwood committee.
Other insurance companies are un-
derstood to be ready to follow suit
when the measure becomes law. Most
of these new dwellings, will be erected
in New York City.
Another committee which asked for
an eXteneion until February H. 1923,
but which was denied it. is the Low
man committee, Investigating the rural
schools with a view to raising not only
the educational standards outside the
large towns and cities, but to better
health and social conditions.