Evening star., 1948-08-29
Broadmoor Tenants
Mapping Court Fight
On Cooperative Plan

A group Of tenants who oppose
the sale of the Broa dmoor Apart.
ments under cooperative plar
have decided "the matter should bt
taken to the courts SOON but the
head of the cooperative believes
they have no legal case, it was learn.
ed last night.
The tenants, in a statement re.
leased yesterday. said they had con.
tributed to a fund Ito retain eminent
counsel to undertake appropriate
proceedings to protect the interests
of the tenants" Maj. Gen. L. D
GaSser, retired. was named chairman
of a committee of seven to engage
counsel and plan further proceed
ings.
Edmund j. Flynn. real estate
broker who heads the new Broad
moor Cooperative Apartments. Inc.
said last night he has sold many
similar cooperative apartments ano
every time We sell a building some
self lf-centered tenants who think the
owner has no right to sell or the
buyer to purchase" tries to step in
Former Cases Cited.
He said there have been many
legal cases, all decided in favor OF
the co-operatives. He said he was
confident this again would be the
case. should the Broadmoor tenants
go through with their plan to bring
court action.
Mr.. Flynn declared the objections
were without any substance-it's s
no different from selling an indi-
vldual home"
The Broadmoor is 197-unit
eight STORY apartment building at
Connecticut avenue and Porter
street NV. Mr.. Flynns corporation
has three;month option to buy
the building. during which time he
is selling the apartments. He said
last night large number have
now been sold including a number
to tenants. About so per cent of
the Broadmoor's occupants, he said
are transient hotel guests.
Statement Issued.
The tenants group, following a
Friday night meeting, attended by
representatives of about so tenants,
yesterday issued this statement:
AT meeting last night. a vast
majority OF the permanent tenants
OF the Broadmoor reached decision
to resist the movement to convert
the building into cooperative
| apartments and to interfere with
therights of the present tenants.
Several lawyers who are residents
OF the Broadmoor expressed their
coincidence that the efforts to dis
turb the tenants should be thwart-
ed. and 1t was agreed the matter
should be taken to the courts soon,
1t seemed to the tenants that the
purchasers OF apartments should
be advised that they are buying law
SUITS and that their possession will
be deferred until determination of
the legal proceedings.
! "A committee of seven has been
appointed and Gen. Gasser was
named chairman The tenants
readily contributed a generous sum
OF money which will be sufficient
10 retain eminent counsel to under
take appropriate proceedings to pro-
tect the interests of the tenants
The tenants. in discussing the
Flynn prospectus, severly criticized
1t because it did not disclose the
lull facts and conditions that con-
fronted the prospective purchaser
They all felt that the refrigeration
plumbing and elevator service had
deterlorated over a period of years
and no improvements or replace
mentS have been made
Mr.. Flynn said there is nothing
wrong with the elevators, refrigera-
tors or plumbing in the building. He
pointed out that the service offered
tenants will be entirely up to the
tenants themselves. once the build
ing becomes comparatively owned