Evening star., 1924-04-13
ASSA|LSA. B. MOORE
AS RENT BILL VOTE
IS NEAR IN HOUSE
BIanton Charges Senate In
vestigator Was Sentenced
to Workhouse.

That Alfred B. Moore, special in
vestigator of housing conditions in
Washington for the Senate District
committee, was sentenced to two
year term in the Newcastle county
| Delaware) workhouse January 10.
1922, was charged in a speech in the
congressional record and an identi-
cal minority report on the Lampert
bill, to extend the life of the District
rent commission, sent to the govern
ment printing Office late last night
by Representative Thomas L. Blan-
ton, democrat, of Texas.
Another minority report signed by
Representative Charles L. Underhill,
republican, of Massachusetts and
Representative Henry L. Jost, demo-
crat, of Missouri. discussing the legal
aspect of the rent legislation, was
also submitted to the House yester-
day.
Measure Up Tomorrow.
The Lampert rent commission ex-
tension measure is to come up for
consideration in the House tomorrow
by special arrangement with House
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steering committee who have given
it priority consideration because the
life of the commission would auto-
matically expire on May %.
An alleged secret report" said to
expose criminal organizations"
among a ring" of real estate and
banking men in Washington, has
been con6dentially passed around
among leaders in the House during
the past week, and late yesterday
the public report which Alfred B.
Moore made to the Senate District
committee was distributed to every
member of the House.
Called Brazen Lobbying.
Representative Blanton, in his
speech in the Record and in his
minority report, calls this the most
brazen lobbying" he has ever wit
messed and characterizes activities of
the District Rent Commission in en-
deavoring to get the rent legislation
passed as the best organized and
most determined lobby he has
encountered during more than a
quarter of a century experience as
an attorney, judge and member of
Congress.
The facts disclosed in this secret
report" all of which Representative
Blanton says he learned about months
ago, convinced him that the real
estate crooks" had been thriving on
the rent commission and using it
rob and defraud the people without
any of the rent commissioners being
aware of it,"
Representative Blanton, who has
seen the secret report exonerates
all the real estate men who testified
before the subcommittee of the House
District committee of being in any
way involved in the charges it con-
tains.
Refers to Fund Appeal.
Referring to the secret report
which has been circulated among
members of the House with the un-
derstanding that no part of it will
be made public, Representative Blan-
ton in his speech in the record and
III HIS iliHOflty TcPoTl says.
"The newspapers report that Mr..
Alfred B. Moore exhausted the $2,5eO
allowed him by the Senate, and re-
quested an additional $4,000 which
he needed in investigating various
criminal organizations disclosed in an
alleged secret report he had made to
the Senate. And 1 note that on April
z, 1924, the Senate of the United
States passed Senate resolution 203
granting the additional $1,000 re-
quested by Mr.. Alfred B. Moore The
distinguished chairman of the Senate
District committee very kindly per-
mitted me to read this secret report.
and I violate no confidence in stating
that there are no facts set forth
therein that were unknown to me
before read it.
Says He Knew Facts.
TN my months of investigation
carried on here, I had discovered
Just such facts as he disclosed. But
such facts had just the contrary
effect upon me that they had upon
Mr. Alfred b Moore They convinced
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