Evening star., 1948-12-14

haven't been q straight-ticket voter in rs
years, but even II I had been, I'd still feel 1t
was my right to indicate that I'm deeply con-
cerned about what amounts at least to laxness
on the part Of those elected or appointed to
defend and protect. I'm. IRKED.
The Landlords Side
To the Editor Of The Star:
I would like to back up what Alison Wimmel
said about the fact that Landlords are being
prosecuted out Of existence" It Is surely the
truth. Landlords can't continue to make
living, If the Government Is going to rent out
so many low-rent apartment buildings. A home
owner can't make ends meet let alone make
repairs, If he only charges $35 month rent.
So the next few years will see the end Of
private landlords. Then we will have . COM
munistic government. Tighe Woods said that
ne would promptly and efficiently assist land
lords operating at . loss or experiencing SUBJ
stantial hardships." Why doesn't the Rent Di-
vision in Maryland do something, then?
On the same street, within five blocks of each
other. here Is the picture in Maryland: An old
lady rents house for the miserable low rent of
$35 month, because she could not do any re-
modelling work on the place. Next door is q
struggling veteran with a beautiful, modernized
apartment, trying to get the fair price Of $50
Tor It, Down the street is big business man
asking $50 Tor an apartment the very same size
and without even as much Improvement or
convenience to it.
know these are true facts So what good is
rent control as it is? 1t is q mere pretense and
lease Is not worth the paper it is written on.
because even tenants do break the provisions
ana the landlord sues to evict them nine times
OUT OF 10 the court sides with the tenants.
Ihat Is why tenants these days act like they
are ooing you favor If they rent your place.
1nere always Will be housing shortage re-
garoless OF rent control, as long as tenants are
not prompt in paying the rent or as long =.
tenants Will not take care of the property. II
tenants are so choosy that we have to rent to
Just anybody, we Landlords will sue to evict
them every so days, If necessary, to save our
houses from going to ruin when rent control
WONT allow us enough to repair the buildinrx
Wen let them stand vacant first
LANDLADY.
Arabs and Jews in Palestine
To the Editor Of The Star:
IN MS letter to the Editor, December Q,
Anorew Larman makes several assertions
"nlcn could be attributed only to ignorance of
history or to some other psychological and
less excusable reason.
he n-entirely wrong In using the pronoun
we, saying that for political reasons "we"
nave taken Palestine away from friendly people
VINO lived there for 1000 years and given it
to race that abandoned it 5000 years ago,
For MI. Larman's information, we" did not
lake away something thats sdidenot belong to Us
ana OF course, could not give it away to a
race" who was not there. No one gave Pales-
tine to the Jews, and Mr.. Larman has less right
than anyone else to be included in the I'VE"
as doubt very much If the Jews would care
1or ms charitable largess. Jews inhabited
Falesune from time immemorial and never
willingly abandoned the Holy Land. Even after
1rlghtful massacres inflicted on them by the
6aoyionlans' Romans and other savages who
tried to exterminate the Jews by sword and
fire, stable number of Jews always remained
there
For hundreds of years Jews who were there
looked longingly toward the land of their
fathers the promised land, building their new
ana prosperous modern communities which
attracted Arabs from Trans Jordan, Irau, SYRIA
and Lebanon with higher wages, higher stand
ard OF living, better sanitary conditions.
l also want to call Mr.. Larmans attention
to the fact that there Is no such thing as the
jewish race" We know OF the existence of
the White race, the Negro race and the Yellow
race, but Jews belong to the segment of the
White race known ~ "Semite," of which
Arabs are the most numerous members and.
IN the estimation Of Mr.. Larman, the most
deserving Of his sympathy
EUGENE EsTEN.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
take exception to the letter Of Andrew W.
Larman In The Star of December ., re the
1000 Jews who have returned to their home
land, Palestine.
The Arabs are the usurpers. They have not
. shadow Of right to Palestine. They are de-
scendants Of Esau, who despised his birthright
and sold 1t for . mess Of pottage
1t Is time for the return of the House Of
Judah to their homeland This thing is of
God Politics may be one of the means which
God employs to bring 1t about; nevertheless
1t is the fulfilling Of prophecy Read Jeremiah
beginning with the 30th chapter We are seeing
TINS thing happen before our very eyes, in these
the Latter Days.
Read again the 18th verse of the last chap
ter OF Daniel, where Daniel asks the
angel his question: when shall these things
be?" And the angel says Blessed is he
that waiteth and cometh to the thousand
and three hundred and i've and thirty days"
On this day the Eastern calendar read Novem-
Der II, 1885. On this day the Western calendar
read November II, 1917. On this day Lord
Allenby walked through the gate into Jerusa-
lem and took possession of the Holy Land
under the auspices Of Great Britain, freeing
1t forever from the rule Of aliens. This t,ine
is of God The Arabs are the usurpen.
L. v. MACKRILE
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