Evening star., 1939-05-10
By HAROLD B. ROGERS.

BY HAROLD b. ROGERS.
Where to sleep-and how much
to pay for it's one of the first
problems faced by sightseer at the
New York Worlds Fair.
First there are the hotels. many
Of which are organized as the Hotel
Association of New York City
Members provide accommodations
at everything from top-notch prices
to some as low as 81 per night.
The best way to learn what you
might want or could afford is to
write to this organization and ask
for a newly published folder con-
tanning lot of information and
prices.
Write to the Hotel Association of
New York City, 221 West 57th street,
and ask to be sent its Visitors Map
and Hotel Directory of New York"
The purpose of this list is ex-
planned in a statement by James
A. Mccarthy, executive secretary of
the association, as carrying regular
transient room rates that will pre-
vail in its member hotels from jan
uary through December, l939.'
Mr.. Mccarthy emphasizes that
members of the Hotel Association
'are particularly desirous of demon
strating that they will not take ad-
vantage of the fair by asking eXorbi-
tant rates and that there are ade-
quate hotel accommodations for all.
r. !, Of hnTnVor ~.
ayers suggest reservations be made
in advance during the fair.
The worst congestion in the houS-
Ing situation is expected to come
during the vacation months, while
children are out of school. No Off
cial prediction has been made of
peak attendance, but informally the
months of July and August have
been discussed as one time when 1t
would be much safer to make hous-
ing reservations in advance. Some
hotel managements 60 so far as to
say it will be safer always to make
reservations in advance.
The hotelmen's booklet. which
will be mailed to all requesting it,
has 16 pages and includes brief
description of the fair, maps OF the
city showing routes to the fair, a
guide to transportation, and don't
for the hotel guests own protection.
Another interesting point OF value
to hotel guests: During the Worlds
Fair the hotel day officially ends at
IL o'clock noon, and guests are re-
spectfully requested to vacate their
rooms by that hour on the day OF
departure"
The rooming house situation in
New York is still unsettled. Some
difference of authority or opinion
exists. 1t has nothing to do with
the hotel situation, however, only
the apartment and rooming houses,
officials explained.
The Fair Corp. had a director OF
housing and welfare for the Worlds
Fair. She is Miss Henrietta Addi-
ton. She believes there is plenty OF
housing of all price ranges available
in New York City and environs. She
emphasized recently that beyond
this general statement she does not
care to discuss the situation.
From an official in the office OF
Mayor La Guardia, however, came
an explanation of the recent ap-
pointment of new group to be
known as THE New York City Off
cial Housing Committee" 1t was
appointed as an outgrowth of con-
ferences in the mayors office. The
head of the new committee is Maj.
Benjamin Namm who heads de-
partment store in Brooklyn. Chair
man of the Executive Committee is
former Police Commissioner Edward
p Mulrooney. This new committee
is to set up Offices and organize, en-
tirely separate from and different
from the Worlds Fair organization
to furnish room service to the pub
lie. at moderate cost. One official
told The Star the figures ought to
be about 81, so or $3.50 per day.
The new organization may eventu-
ally have a long list of moderate
priced rooms for rent. The commit
tee has not yet set up Offices nor
chosen an address.
MedlillIuc, ouliyAlS CoAiiAiuAl1lleo
beyond Manhattan have organized
rooming services, it was learned.
One of the largest of these is said
to be that set up by the newspapers
of Long Island. 1t is designed as
central rooming bureau handling
all reservations for 10000 rooms in
private homes in Queens, part of
New York City" Prices before the
fair opened were ST so per person, So