Evening star., 1924-11-06
Mrs. Taylor Writes President
Saying She Is Ready to
Back Her Statements.
REPLIES TO "ATTACKS"
OF REAL ESTATE MEN
Declares Veracity Has Been Chal-
lenged-Denies Any Bias or
Interest in Tenants League.

Disclaiming any bias or prejudice
against either landlord or tenant, Mrs.
Clara Sears Taylor of the Rent Com
mission, in a letter to the President
today, offered to submit TO him list
of 1000 tenants who have recently
been evicted. Mrs. Taylor in her let
ter declares that, while she is willing
to submit the names to the Chief Ex-
ecutive, she would be fearful OF
the publication of such list lest the
tenants would be made to suffer addi-
tional hardships"
Mrs. Taylor declared that she felt
compelled to communicate with the
President. because the Real Estate
Board had made an attack upon her
and had held her veracity in question.
Denying that she was in any way
connected with the Tenants League
of the District, Mrs. Taylor declared
that she did no more than urge them
to observe their rights under the
rent act. Her addresses, she states.
were reviewing the housing cond.-
tions in Washington.
Text of Letter.
The text of the letter reads as fp
lows:
Dear Mr.. President:
Since the Real Estate Board of the
District of Columbia has seen fit TO
make a public attack through letter
to you on my alleged activities in be-
half of the tenants of Washington
and to question at the same time my
veracity. l am compelled in all JUS
tice to answer in like manner.
THE public addresses referred to
in the letter of October "a were made
in answer to request from The
Tenants League to set before the
confused minds of both tenants and
landlords the real status of the Ball
rent act at the present time with a
review of the conditions in Washing
ton which led up to this legislation.
a history of the activities of the Rent
Commission and the rights of land
lords and tenants under the act
Plans Another Speech.
This 1 attempted to do with no
bias or prejudice, merely stating facts
and figures as they had been brought
TO my attention by landlords and ten
ants seeking advice and by testimony
submitted in Rent Commission hear
ings This | shall attempt again To
do on Friday. November 81 before
the Washington City Club forum, and
| shall continue to consider it my
organizations when they make such
requests.
Il call your attention to the fact
that l have defied this group of real
tors to discover one case in the
Rent Commission heard or decided
by me in which the least bias has
been shown or in which l have other
than 'judicially decided a case, or
where the determination has shown
Of inf IN
ward either landlord or tenant.
am not connected in any way with
the Tenants League any more than
I am with the Real Estate Board.
nor have ! ever urged the tenants in
any public address or private confer
ence more than to observe their
rights under the rent act-legislation
passed by Congress after the taking
of testimony so great in volume as
to prohibit the printing of all of II.
Offers List of Names.
in regard to the statement that
1000 tenants have been served with
notices to quit their homes, subsc-
quent discoveries by interested par
ties have disclosed very much
greater number. l shall be glad to
send you a list of the 1000 to which
referred. but would be fearful OF
the pl SUCH llSl lest
the tenants would be made to suffer
additional hardships."
Following the notice issued to five
of the employees of the commission
that their jobs would end November
Is, the remainder of the clerical
force was engaged today in carrying
on the routine work of the organi-
zation. No new cases are set for
today or tomorrow. There is, how
ever, more than $4,000 in refunds on
previous decisions to be adjudicated.