The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-05
MANY TENANTS
INVITED To
GET OUT
Wife of Government Clerk,
Mother of Three, Hard Hit
by Eviction Notice
By JOSEPHINE TIGHE.


Are you a tenant in a Wash
ington apartment? And have you
received little white note of in
vitation?
If the answer to the second ques-
ton is NO" the reply is good"
If the answer is yes. then the
reply is mot SO good"
Because the little white note OF
invitation, is an eviction notice
and the r. S. v. P. is to present
yourself at court sometime next
week
While the majority Of invite;
have gone to tenants of Clifton
Terrace and the Plaza, apartments
owned and operated by Maurice
Baskin, there are others who are
requested to be among those pres
ent at court.
Mrs. Lyle Rice. wife of a drafts
man in the Geodetic Survey, living
In a duplex apartment at "a i
street northeast, is probably one
of the worst hit by the little white
invitation. Mrs. Rice rented her
apartment about two years ago, at
the rate of $3.50 per month, a
valuation put on 1t by the rent
commission.
Recently she refused to pay an
increase to $45. The wife of a Gov
eminent clerk, the mother Of three
small children, and having to heat
the apartment at her own expense,
Mrs. Rice felt that she could not
meet a raise in rent OF $3.50 a
month, and sent the usual check OF
$50. so to the rental agents for the
property.
Ordered to Get Out.
Today she received notice of evic.
ton. Just how to leave a baby
not quite three nlpnths old, another
one!and.a. half years, and an older
child OF about six. while she tries
to locate an apartment within the
means of a Government clerks
salary, is a mystery to Mrs. Rice.
The real estate people have claim
ed that there are plenty OF medium
priced apartments in Washington,
and Mrs. Rice would be very happy
to have any real estate broker di-
rect her to one of them.
An advertisement in the apart
ment-for-rent columns state that
a two-room apartment and bath can
be had at Clifton Terrace for $3.50
but the office at that building ex.
plains that the second room Is the
kitchen. In one apartment in Cliff
ton Terrace visited by the reporter.
a one.room and bath and kitchen
is occupied by a man and wife,
child and aged invalid mother OF
the wife with a nurse in attendance
H. Alb nj
this apartment was recently rasied
the increase.
Called Spite Case
In the case Of Mrs. Rice. it is
contended that this is In part. a
spite case" Just before the birth
Of her baby, three months ago, both
bathroom pipes began leaking and
the agents were notified. For days,
a man said to be a plumber tink-
cred with the pines, the leakage
from which had flooded the cellar
with water ankle deep.
Finally, month after the baby
was born Mrs. Rice in desperation
sent for the Health Department
officials. Next day, the pipes were
fixed by a plumber. And a month
IdleT. WHICH ~ LOOdy, MEH. hlCS
received the little white invitation.
The apartment occupants receiv-
ing eviction notices in the Clifton
Terrace and Plaza are nearly all
members of the Tenants League.
Among them are Miss Berth Nails,
Mrs. kellogg. an aged invalid. Mrs.
Painter, whose husband is in Cuba
and cannot be communicated with.
Mrs. Kremer, Mrs. Terrell, Mrs.
Cline and Mr.. Reed. The latter
has been active on matters per-
tanning to relief of tenants and
his wife made a speech at the
High School meeting Of tenants. six