Evening star., 1942-11-18

Realtors Await u. ).
Officials View on
Industry Survival
OPA Rent Deputy
Promises Cooperation in
The Same Policy
BY FRED H. MORHART, Jr.,
Star staff Correspondent.

Star Sta1I correspondent.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. 18.-Includ-
ing the Washington delegation, some
1900 members of the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards steeled
themselves today to hear Federal
officials, in war conference" say
whether they swill lose their busi-
ness because of Government prior
tiles in the realty industry, both as
| builders and as statesmen.
| 1t is expected that the conference
will clarity number of issues which
recently have developed for builder
and real estate men.
Meanwhile, In conjunction with
the conference, the National Council
of Real Estate Taxpayers convened
here and elected Myers Y. Cooper
as president. The councils men,
bers at large of the Executive Com
mittee named were Newton C. Farr,
Graham Adds and E. K. Hardy, all
of Chicago
Other members of the group are
Arthur w. Binns, Philadelphia.
| builder; Joseph L. Hall. Cincinnati,
vice president of a national chain
store; A. Joseph Stewart, Louisville.
| vice president in charge of real
7estate for the Columbia and Fidelity
Trust Co. and director of the Real
Estate Board.
Housing Views Expected.
At dinner meeting tonight
officials will discuss cooperation be-
tween the Government and private
enterprise, in which Washington
realtors are vitaily interested. Sew
eral of them are expected to give
the background and future plans for
Government housing in the National
Capital.
Paul A. Porter deputy admin
strator in charge of the rent depart
ment of the Office Of Price Adminis-
tration, offered assurance that his
office and other Federal agencies
would give complete cooperation
to builders and those in the real
estate business.
| Mr.. Porter said the Government
is attempting to stabilize cost of
living and maintain morale of de-
fense workers and family members
Of defense forces.
1--WE have gone long way since
the early days when rent control
was being debated as an issue, when
a representative of the OPA first
appeared before the Real Es-
tate Boards and discussed the need
for rent control"
Hopes for Qualification.
Mr.. Porter noted rent control will
be effective in 353 areas as of De-
cember l. Under Robert Cogswell,
rent control in the Nations Capital
has been administered for some time,
This is one of the points the WASH
lngton delegation hopes to clarity
before this war conference" Is con-
cluded this week end.
I'VE always recognized that there
were certain types of rent cases
VIII lc h required adjustment-the
units of new construction. units in
which there had been a change in
services, units in which there had
been major capital improvements,
/
ments have been and are being made.
Our records show that approximately
per cent of all dwellings under
control had their rent fixed in ac-
cordance with the adjustment pro-
visions in the maximum rent regula-
tlons,' the statement noted.
Those listed to represent the
Washington real estate group in
clude Claud Livingston, president of
the Washington Real Estate Board :;
Paul o. Drury. L. T. Gravatte, Lewis
M. Cooper, J. Wesley Buchanan.
Charles c. Koons, H. Clifford Bangs,
L. F.. Colbert, Frank S. Phillips,
Waverly Taylor and Charles J. Rush.
Others from Washington are ex-
pected to arrive late today or early
tomorrow.