Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-31
Porter Promises
Rents on Homes
Won tBe Raised
Order Issued for
Ceilings on Livestock,
Effective Tomorrow
By MoIcolm Lomborne, Jr.

Price Administrator Porter
served notice on the Nations
landlords today that no general
increases will be made in resi-
dental rents and added that AS
far as we are concerned, none
will be necessary in the future"
This encouraging news for tenants
came after several weeks of price
removals and increases on a wide
range Of commodities, climaxed by
an order late yesterday directing
new livestock ceilings at levels above
June 80, effective tomorrow.
Yesterdays order was a followup
OF Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
sons recommendation earlier in the
week that beef cattle be pegged at
s2025 hundred pounds and live
hogs at $1625 hundred pounds. At
the same time, OPA directed ceilings
in effect at the wholesale level
September and allowed wholesalers
another Is cents hundred pounds
markup in prices.
No Choice for Tenants.
MIR. Porter told of OPA's decision
to hold the line on rentals in his
weekly radio address. declaring that
Il think the American people will be
glad to have this announcement and
this assurance"
The price chief pointed out that
when prices for food or clothing rise.
it is always possible for a purchaser
to shop around little and exercise
some choice. But the person who
rents a home simply has no choice
today. You can't shop around for
another house or apartment" he
declared.
Mr.. Porter said that during the
past four years large amount of
information on landlord income and
expense has been gathered, land
what it shows is that net operating
income of both apartment house
owners and the owners of small
structures is well above the
levels Of 1939-40."
Anderson to Issue List.
Commenting on recent price In.
creases granted by OPA under re-
quirements of the new Price Control
Act. Mr.. Porter said he expected
that other increases required under
the law will come along at a
somewhat lower and less frightening
pace"
Meanwhile, Secretary. Anderson
moves into the price field again late
today when he announces his first
list of agricultural commodities in
short supply. Congress required that
the Secretary issue the list the first
OF each month. All food and feed
commodities left of the list which
are now under ceilings automatically
are removed from price control.
1t is understood that q number
OF canned goods will be missing from
the list, which will decontrol these
items Immediately.
Following issuance of the list.
OPA will have to announce which
individual food items are affected,
The department has taken pre-
cautions against any leaks" and
b@SAdCo ~ lllC llSt pUUllC alUGT
the close of the days market opera
tions.
Slaughter Controls Restored.
Even OPA officials have been de-
MED an advance inspection of the
list.
In rigidly following Mr.. Ander-
sons recommendation on livestock
ceilings, Mr.. Porter made it clear
he had no choice. THE new price
control law makes it mandatory
that OPA carry out this recommen-
dation." he said in a statement.
Mr.. Porter also announced restor-
alton of slaughter controls and
packers quotas in a move to pre-
vent return of meat black markets.
OPA, it was disclosed, will have SUI.
pervision over both Federally-in.
spected and on-Federally checked
slaughter plants. Previously, Agri-
culture Department had supervision
over plants IN the first category.