Evening star., 1932-12-28
!!REAL ESTATE DATA
ITO Be GIVEN RENT
INQUIRY TOMORROW
Reply to Brinkman Report
Will Be Taken Under
Amusement.
MEETING WITH SENATE
Committee DELAYED
Board Acts on Suggestion of Cap
per in Hope Of Better Attend
ance Next Week.

When the Senate rent investigating
subcommittee reconvenes at lO:30 am.
tomorrow, the real estate men will pre-
sent their side Of the rental and hous-
ing problem, In reply to claims that
have been made during the inquiry by
Oscar H. Brinkham, the subcommittee
attorney.
After the real estate men have had
an opportunity to answer the Brink
man report. the subcommittee. headed
by Chairman Capper, will take the
r1ous suggestions under Amusement and
decide what should be recommended
to the Senate.
Roger ]. Whiteford, counsel for the
Washington Real Estate Board; ]. F.
M. Bowie. former president Of the or
ganization, and Rufus S. Lusk, who
prepared statistical brief for the board
earlier in the hearings, have followed
the presentation Of Brinkman's report
and are expected to take a leading part
in replying to it tomorrow.
Meeting Is Postponed.
The meeting of, landlords, apartment
owners and property MANAGEMENT
agents with members of the Senate
committee, which was to have been held
tomorrow night at the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building to dis
cuss rental problems, has been post
poned until January 6. The Real Estate
Board made the postponement, at the
suggestion Of Senator Capper, in the be-
lief better attendance could be OBJ
tanned next week
The hearings probably will end soon,
since the committee must submit its re-
port to the Senate by January 10.
Brinkman, in concluding his report at
yesterdays hearing. made IL recommen-
dations to the subcommittee, including
a suggestion that rents be regulated for
two years by the Public Utilities Com
mission, that Congress declare six
month moratorium on mortgage fore
closures and that new foreclosure law
be drafted during that interval.
Brinkman also recommended that the
subcommittee turn over to the Depart
ment Of Justice evidence which he In
troduced to support his charges OF vio-
! lation Of the Federal antitrust law
here.
Other Recommendation.
Other subjects on which Brinkman
submitted recommendations included:
That appropriations be made to build
housing accommodations for alley dwell
ers, by public authority or through
cuasi-public corporations. with Gov.
| ernment support, and that the alleys
| then be closed for habitation purposes;
that the Government supply revolving
fund, possibly through the employees re-
tirement fund, to build housing accom-
modations to be rented to Government
| employees.
Brinkman made several recommend.
/ ations relating to lanolord-tenant cases,
| including the following: That authority
be given Municipal Court judges to
stay the execution Of writs OF restitu-
ton IN cases where immediate eviction
! would cause great hardship; that the
| eviction law be amended to prevent the
! execution Of writs Of restitution issued
for payment Of rent, II at any time
before eviction the tenant pays the rent
due and court costs Of not more than
81; that existing law be modified SO
that household goods. clothing, etc. Of
| reasonable value shall not be subject to
! detention or seizure by landlords de-
spite any agreement to the contrary.
! He also recommended that the usury
laws Of the District be broadened, clari-
| fed and strengthened.
In closing, Brinkman stated he real
lied the committee may be wholly dis
inclined to recommend to the Senate
such broad and even radical program
of corrective and remedial action, but it
! is hoped that the committee may find
! in the above list Of suggestions some
that merit consideration and adoption"