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Evening star., 1949-07-23
SPECIAL NOTICES

ALL OWNERS of plots and sites in
Harmony Burying Grounds meet at
Lincoln Temple Church, l1th and
R sts, NV. Sat. eve. s pm, July
23rd. 40 Pres, o. w. MCDONALD;
sec, JOSEPH D. JENKINS. 90
SUPPER AND PICNIC, Bethesda
Church. at Browningsville. Sat. July
%. Supper served o'clock on
BroWningsville- Band. 23'
Mr.. BUSINESSMAN-Do you need .
good bookkeeper? Accountant?
Once manager? Call ATLAS BOOK
KEEPERS AGENCY. RE. 5767.
DRIVING INSTRUCTIoN-Dua
troll car; free pickup service; day or
evening. VIM. E. PADDY, UN. OOPS.
I Will NOT be responsible for any
debts contracted by any one other
than myself GILBERT L. BOWIE,
l4l Anacostia rd. Sc 25*
i WILL NOT be responsible for any
debts contracted by any one other
than myself. WILLIAM B. SONN-
TAG, 4l24 Branch ave. Sc.
TREE SERVICE
Trees cut down and removed with
power tools. Cut in fireplace length
Evening star., 1949-07-23
CEMETERY LOTS.

3 ADJOINING DOUBLE CRYPTs, in the
new, Fort Lincoln Mausoleum; save $500
and continue monthly payments. Owner
must sell. uN. 2544. IA
Evening star., 1949-07-23
TREE SERVICE

Trees cut down and removed with
power tools. Cut in fireplace length
if desired. GE 6595. "a
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Continued on Next PassJ
Evening star., 1949-07-23

perienced. Apply ESQ SERVICE
STATION, 11th and Park I'd. n;T. ~.
SALESMAN interested in selling COM
bination screen and storm windows.
Made locally. Lowest price storm
DlaaGHs Dra~ns acct plns 5ns aaae'
BIA ALUMINIUM WINDOW CO:
sa7EfSsSS sSa''si; sFSsafsa Risffss a. a.
Bone RE. 6911. pa
SHOEMAKER WANTED. all around
man, steady Job Apply HOS H st.
SHOE SALESMAN, experienced: sal.
ary plus comm. Apply JOSEPH DE
SHOE Statesmen t2), thoroushly
ssg poson dor rood ray ssss shGs st9Te All rsp
Confidential; give tel no. Box 451-
sHAoss s'is issAlEsMEN, family shoe ssor.
EXP. Goes Coed salary, 1856 Wilson slyd..
SHOP FOREMAN for long-established
Chrysler- Plymouth leadership; state
age. exper., qualifications. etc. Com
gsnt;. gsnsati0n soa open "a Al stal replies eSan
soLIGITos with VIII car; ar regular work.
sIHAMnnnPas ana sI e';s xDDy Sh efS sGS,
HEATiNG ENGINEERING CO, NC.
2131 9th NV. PA
TLEvIsIoN INSTALLATION MEN te)
Exper only. Apply at once.
LACY'S, INC, Half and Que sts.
s.W. -23
TELEvISION TECHNICIAN. - Must
have thorough knowledge of field
and shop service; must know the
operation of television antennas;
must know and understand thor
oughly video circuits and alignment
procedure; must be able to meet
the public. State qualifications and
salary expected. Box 40-X, Star,
"a
TELEVIsION TROUBLE SHOOTER
Some knowledge of television, OUT
side work. Apply in person, l773
Columbia rd. NV. "a
TIMER. white, experienced roofing
and gutter man; good wages and
steady work. Drivers permit and
refs. required. Apply j. c. FLOOD
CO., 2012 14th st. NV. 81
TIMERS HELPER. white; prefer
young man with roofing experience.
Drivers permit and references re.
quired, Apply J. c. FLOOD CO., 20lS
14th st. NV 81
4 (Contfnued on NEXT Paxal
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
JNF Report
Continued from page u

vate corporations or buying pri-
vate land directly.
With regard to the lands left
when the Arabs fled at the in
stigation of the Arab League, no
property has been appropriated.
A mixed commission of Arabs
and Jews are now determining a
fair price which will be paid
the owner. 1t averages about
$33 a dunam. JNF has acquired
one million dunams and seeks an
other million and a half this
year. Because of the housing
shortage right now 10000 are
living in tents at reception cen
ters and 10000 without even that
protection.
Referring to the international
situation he quoted Foreign Min
lister Moshe Sharett as reporting
he had sent a personal note to
Ana Pauker, Rumanian Foreign
Minister, arguing that to be pro-
Israel and anti-Zionist is equiva-
lent to being Pro-Russian and
anti Communist. After permitting
1000 persons to leave in January,
Rumania shut off immigration
entirely. The desire to leave Ru-
mania, Kadis said, has reached
such proportions as to be near
hysteria.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
MRS. LEBOFF HONORED

At the mple Sisterhood
Braille Tea April 7 at the
Shrine Club the sum of $1O0 was
donated to the Tea in the name
of Mrs. LeBoff by anonymous
givers in recognition of Mrs. Le-
Boff's fine community work, not
only as an annual Braille Tea
chairman, but as chairman for the
Cultural Series and as liaision
between the Zionist groups and
the local Conference of Christian
Jews organization.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
Education
Continued on page 13)

it's purpose the stimulation of
Jewish education and to synchro-
nize community effort so that
there may be a well-rounded pro-
gram without Implications
Many communities throughout
the country are finding it desir-
able to bring together the avail
able facilities and to plan new
needs together.
DR.. Kartzinel said centralized
Jewish education should be
planned and offered the commu.
nifty rather than on the basis o1
orthodox, conservative or reform
Judaism.
The Interim Committee con.
sists of Rabbi Albert Bilgray
Rabbi Marcus Breger, Maurice
Falkow and William Leboff. Al.
bert Wagner, Council director
will assist the committee.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
YPHA TOHave
4 MatzOh Ball

Young Peoples Hebrew Assn.
will hold a Matzo Ball on Sat-
urday, April 16, at Cong. An
shei Israel. The dance will re-
veal an unique idea which will
make for a good time. Excel
lent dance music will be pro-
vided.
1t will be just the place to
take the date, and the wife, too,
to dance in a congenial setting
and be among friends.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
| Just Found Out
By William l. Dunes

Around Passover time my old
home time is especially odorous.
In the neighborhood, the highly
pungently potent aroma of Gefill-
te Fish giggling happily inside
boiling pot and laughing off nose
tickling odors of happiness is es-
pecially noticeable. 1t takes
mighty turned up nose to ignore
the permeating whiffles of tongue
getting picked pink and kicking
off a tantalizing thrust of mouth
watering odors. AS if all this
weren't enough these master
blenders in my old neighborhood
delighted in roasting chickens
with all the dash and fervor of
thousand perfume laboratories
suddenly gone wild with power.
The first whiff acts upon the nose
like a gentle anestheSia-much
like driving a car off thousand
foot cliff.
The Seder meal is more ancient
than any form of banquet. Not
only does this Seder meal provide
chance for people to get togeth-
er, but it also gives many known
and unknown lessons for those
who love their fellow man.
Food is not the most important
part of Seder. Even when only
ten or fifteen Jews would gather
around few hard crusts of un-
leavened bread it seemed like
banquet. The softly read prayers
relating the history of a great
people struggling for freedom
against overwhelming odds and
emerging victorious to present to
the world such outstanding con-
tributions as the Ten Command
ments, the Bible, and other basic
laws of Freedom, these all fur
nished food-Food for thought.
The gayly sung songs such as
Had Cad YAH" and DAY Yanu"
helped to keep the stomach full
full with happiness and joy of
being alive. Thirdly the lesson in
humanity and hospitality that the
Seder affords us all is certainly
great thing. Strangers are al
ways welcome and their presence
at Seder is considered a bless
ing. Even with the opening of the
door for Elijah to enter is SYM
bolic note that here again is pro-
vided an open door for all who
care to enter.
Passover, the Seder, and the
other things that go with it add
up to this one outstanding rule
of formula for all mankind. One
measure of understanding, plus
one bit of hospitality and love
equals the basic concept of hu-
manity.
The Arizona post., 1949-04-15
Sharett Tribute

Continued from page u
Court Justice William o. Doug
las and Romulo Gallegos, PreSi-
dent-in-Exile of Venezuela.
Sharett credited the U.N. with
a striking demonstration" of its
capacity for creative states
manship" in formulating its ap-
proach to the Palestine problem,
although he pointed out that the
'high purpose" of its policy was
not equalled "by determination
and effectiveness in execution"
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
NAH Circus At
Orange Bowl

The gigantic Hamid-Morton three
ring circus. featuring 80 dazzling
acts, will open a four-day engage.
ment in Miami's Orange Bowl Mon.
day.
ColOred people are welcome.
Robin B. Mulloy, past potentate
of Mahi and general chairman of
of the, event, said the big show
witch plays exclusively for Shrine or.
CARNATIONS, will start moving into
the city January, 26. 1t will be max
ing its first appearance in Miami.
All proceeds are marked for the
Shrine's under-privileged children's
activity.
Thirty acts consisting Of aerial
traqeze artists, wild jungle lions,
trained elephants, lions. tigers,
horses, ponies, dogs, and an army of
clowns will make up the three-hour
programs. More than 800 of the ma
TONS toa-noth circus entertainers
are in the cast
II 6dluIeu dClS VIII be IeSJdy INiS
gems in a sensational 200.foot ride
and dive for life into a tank; Speedy
Babbs whirling through a 500-foot
ball of steel on a motorcycle; Miss
Francine Volante plunging 20 feet
into space to catch trapeze by her
fingertips and then rocketlng 60
feet to the earth, and the Cimse
Troupe, daring French acrobats who
perform on motorcycles 80 feet in
the air.
Two shows will be held daily eX-
cept Monday, when only an evening
performance will be staged. Matt
nees will be held at $3.50 pm. and
night performances at 500.
Robert II. Morton of 1876 Lakeview
Drive, Miami Beach, is part owner
of the Shrine's travelling circus cara
ven.
Tickets are on sale at Burdines
lin Miami and the Scottish Rite
Temple, All NV 3rd st.
More than 5000 children In the
colored elementary schools have
been invited to take in the circus
at flat rate of so cents per person
Tickets have been mailed to school
principals for distribution.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
w ho+ 70 DO
For q Cold

A the first sign Of O cold, you
should obey three simple rules:
!. Keep warm and get IS mucn
rest as possible. 80 %,,dA
Juices. ,ou.1
Gaiotabs are thorough depend.
ahie laxative, intestinal antisepMo
and diuretio. They clean out your
entire Intestinal tract and flush YOUR
kidneys, thereby Kidding your sySSSm na
Of poisonous toxins. They help naturs
throw off O cold. - =.
Remember! At the first sign OF y
had cold - REST 49, LIQU!DS -
CALOfABS. It's so simple. Follow
label directions.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
THE LABOR VIEW
By George f. McCray for AMP
ARE WE AFRAID TO
FIGHT THE CLOSED SHOP?

The NAACP, like other Negro
pressure organizations, is main
tanning a strange silence on the
Taft Hartley act and the closed
shop. The latter has long been a
device by which certain prejudiced
unions excluded Negro and other
so-called undesirable workers from
many fields of employment.
There is no doubt about it the
Taft-Hartley act should and will be
buried six feet under. But the old
Wagner act if re-enacted will be ac-
companied by several compromises
to safe guard the public interest.
Employers so long as they do not
employ coercion and intimidation,
will be permitted to express their
views on disputes to which they are
a party.
Secondary boycotts will be regu-
lated and so will jurisdiction dis.
putes. The AFL frequently used
jurisdictional disputes to break up
CIO unions.
Strikes which effect the general
public interest will also be subject
to regulation-railroad and coal
strikes, for example: All of these
compromises will be in the public
interest and will be grudgingly ac-
copied by labor.
But nobody seems to want to touch
not even with a ten foot pole, the
question of racial discrimination
within unions, that is with the eX-
ception the CIO.
Yet, if the country is to have a
just and fair national labor policy,
if the civil rights program Is to be-
come something more than cheap
election politics, congress must do
two things:
Compel unions to provide equal
protection to all workers within their
jurisdiction; and request them to rid
themselves of all discriminatory
pratices based upon race, nationality,
and religion.
The closed shop must be regulated
also so that it might not be used
for undemocratic purposes such
as for discrimination against Ne
groes and other minorities. 1t must
not be used to bully workers who
happen to displease the wrong
people.
1t will be hard for the NAACP
to take a position on the closed
shop issue. The organization is not
willing to offend organized labor
whose friendship it has courted for
wears and now seemingly has won.
Besides one can avoid the Issue Oh
fair employment practices law That
remains to be seen!
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
VITAL STATISTICS

MITCHELL, Leroy-16161a NV 5th
pla., girl, Jan. 16.
THOMPSON, Burnett B. - 1881
NV 5th Ct, boy, Gulford Eugene
Jan. Is.
SHARP, Hubert Chas. - 1927 NV
69th ST., boy, Glenn Chas. Jan. Is.
HICKS, Richard - 1880 NV End ct.
boy, Charlie Junior, Jan. 10.
DEATHS
JOHNSON, Ollie - 81, No st. adds,
Homestead, Jan. Is.
WALKER, Rosa - so, POI NV 14th
terri, Jan. u.
MORELAND, Beatrice II, Gen.
Del, Concord, Ca, Jan. Is.
GARY, Riley - 46, 161 NV 10th
St, Jan. IL.
VAUGHN, Alvin 46, 3639 Will
liams ave-, C. Grove. Jan. 10.
FULTON, Bernard - 5, E. 193rd St.
Ojus, Jan. -.
GOULDS, Thomas - 90, No ST
addrs., Perrine, Jan. 16.
HACKNEY. Charlie - 40, no st.
addrs., Jan. 10.
ROBINSON, Justine, - 40 2O1S NV
5th pla., Jan. IS.
WILLIAMS, Florence - abt. As,
1416 NV 1st pla., Jan. 10.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
March Of Dimes
Tickets

Purchase tickets for the March of
Dimes benefit dance from the fol-
lowing places:
Peoples Drug Store, End ave.
John Griffin Post, End ave.
Harlem Square Club, 2nd ave.
Community Drug Store, 6740 NV
18th ave.
Advance $100.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
APPLICATIONS FOR MARRIAGE
LICENSES

ABE WOOD - SO, 4491s NV 21st
St, and DAISY MAE WILLIAMS.
"a, 44S NV 21st st.
e CHARLIE INGRAM - 80, 1896
Franklin Ave. Co. Grove, and
Roberta Lynn AHh
ROBERTA LYNN, %, 216 NV
9th st.
ARELIUS TIMPSON - 81, APT NV
21st st. and CORTNE SMITH, 10.
1O7h NV 18th st.
STAFFORD BLATCH - 80. 1622.A
NV End ave. and EUNIACE
WALKINE. SO, 1622.A NV End
ave.
LAWRENCE SAUNDERS - 81.
1857 NV 4th ct. and JOYCE
SANDS, 10, Ali NV 18th st.
JOHN A. WILLIAMS - 10, 1851
NV 9Th st. and LYDIA A. STAN
FIELD, 10, 24S N 14th st.
FOLIA BOYD - 90, 1905 NV 65th
st. and GERTRUDE AMANDA
BARRETT, 20, 1906 NV 65th ter.
GEORGE HOPKINS - SO, 1912 NV
5th pla. and JUDY CRITTEN.
DON, SIS, 1741 NV Srd ave.
JOHN HOSKINS - AZ, 1905 NV
64th st. and SUSIE OWENS, 40,
1905 NV Goth st.
IRA KNIGHT - 81, care Gen. Del.
Goulds, Fla. and CARRIE FISH
ER, 81, POB 10, Goulds, Fla.
BIRTHS
THOMAS, Edgar BALD NV 1st
CT, girl, Eddie Gean, Jan. 10.
, WILLIAMS, Adam Gabriel - 1868
NV 3rd ave-, Antonio DeJoris,
Jan. 8.
ADSIDE, Charlie Ray SW 9th
ave-, Fla. City. POB Homestead)
boy. Sammie Lee, Nov. IT. 194S.
JOHNSON, Archie-POB 233 Home
stead, girl, Sandra B., Dec. Is.
FISHER. Walter Jos. 1925 NV
42nd ST., girl, Jan. z.
REESE, Roosevelt - 1880 NV Goth
ST., girl Jan. 6.
LEE, George - 317S NV 43rd ST.,
girl, Jan. 9.
WHYNS, Richard - 1926 NV 4Sth
ST, girl, Sheila Ophelia, Jan. IL.
MILTON, John Roy - POB 40,
Perrine, boy, Jan. II.
ADAMS, Ag, - S63S Charles ave,
c. Grove, boy, Richard. Jan. II.
-ASKIN, Thomas 3101 NV seth
St, girl, Jan. 10.
BRUTON. Willie C. - POB 1896,
Perrine, girl, Jan. 6, boy, twin.
EDGECOMB, George - Den. Del.
Homestead. girl, Jan. 10.
SALES, Aldine 2995i2 NV 48th
St. boy, Aldine. Jr.. Jan. Is.
JACOBS, Robert - 1926 NV 65th
terri, girl. Kathleen, Jan. IS.
CUTLER, Charles Abb NV 18th
St, boy. Robert Chas. Jan. Is.
ROBERTS. Willie James 1852
NV 9Th ave. boy. Chas. Ellis,
Jan. II.
FORBES. John Henry - 1424 NV
65th St. girl. Karen Lynn, Jan.
ROSS, Horace 1421-A NV 9Th
10.
ave-, boy. Calvin, Jan. 9.
BETHEL, VIM. Larry 81. NV
18th St. girl. olivia Eli.z. Jan. 8.
MARSHALL. Jr. Houston 1920
Charles ave, c. Grove, boy, Hous.
ton. H., Jan. /.
SEALS. Sr., Fred Douglas - 2119
Washington ave, Opa Locka, boy,
Fred Douglas, Jr. Jan. IA.
ROYAL, Julius - 231 s. Dixie Hwy.
boy, Arresce, Jan. Is.
ROLE, James - 1881 NV 5th ct,
girl. Judsmith Mera. Jan. 9.
WALLS, Arthur - Homestead, Gen.
Del, girl. Jan. IL.
DORSEY, Ed. Gen. Del, Perrine,
boy, Jan. IA.
NELSON, Ernest - 1922 N W19th
ct, boy, Jan. Is.
ROSS, Edward - 720 n. End ct, s.
Miami. girl. Jan. IS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27

planned that the ABC board is a
quasi judicial body with the power
to revoke a liquor license without
a court conviction.
Mrs. Mary A. Silver, secretary
of the Board of Revocation and
Restoration of Hackers Licenses,
said evidence that cab drivers
were participating in numbers
game or horse race betting would
be sufficient to cite the drivers
concerned before the board.
Mrs. Silver said cab drivers
identification license is, essen
TALLY, a character reference. Evil
dence of bad character in a taxi
cab driver is sufficient to cause
revocation of his license. she said.
Commissioner John Russell
Young, meanwhile. could not be
reached for comment on the
sweeping gambling raids staged
by the Federal operatives with
out the knowledge of the Metro
politan Police Department. 1t
was reported that Maj. Barrett
reported the raids to Mr.. Young
by telephone as soon as he heard
about them from newspapermen.
Mr.. Young was believed to be out
of the city over the week end.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
;D. C.. Realty Levy Cited to Show Sales Tax Need

equal $14.39 per capita to be added
to the District burden :" ."
The report points out that the
District is about average so far as
the burden of income taxes Il
concerned for States and cities
that have income levies, but
added: "One comment seems
called for. ~
THE point is that because Of
the type OF District individual in
come tax imposed which exempts
so many thousands Of Govern
ment employees claiming a dom
icile' elsewhere, the income-tax
burden falls solely on permanent
residents, while a large segment
of the population completely es-
capes.
Raises State Revenues.
"Still a further point is that
many of the persons claiming and
securing an exemption from the
District tax will actually pay an
income tax to the State in which
they claim legal domicile. This
will have the effect Of raising the
revenues Of their home State and
the computed average burden on
that State, while at the same
tirHe lowering the computed av-
erage Of the District of Columbia
where they are counted for popu-
lation purposes"
The per capita burden here in
the form of sales and gross re-
ceipts taxes was pointed to as
lower than anywhere else. This
lowness," declared the report. lis
the more striking because Of the
fact (Which the statistics do not
refect) that many Maryland and
Virginia residents buy gasoline
and alcoholic beverages in the Dis
trict due to the lower tax rate.
thus boosting the low level which
would otherwise be even lower.
Countering this a bit is the fact
that many District residents con-
tribute to the retail sales tax OF
Maryland and to the heavily
taxed pari-mutuel pools in Mary
land"
How Sales Tax Would Work.
The. tax as proposed in the bill
would work this way:
On the first 13 cents no tax.
On each sale priced from IA
cents to So cents, inclusive. cent.
On each sale priced from "a
cents to $l.l3, both inclusive. 2
cents.
On each so cents of sales price
or fraction thereof in excess Of
$1.13. ! cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27

turn Of the prisoners. Negot.
Ations for release Of the two ane
payment OF Indemnity were re.
ported under way.
Press sources reported the So.
Wet commander in the area issued
an ultimatum to Iranians to with
draw from frontier posts in the
area and massed Soviet regiments
in show of force, but the Iran
ian command moved up an equal
force and there was no action at
that time. =
The Gurgan District is in North
east Iran, east Of the south end
of the Caspian Sea. adjoining the
Soviet Turkman Republic. The
Atrek River. flowing westward
into the Caspian, marks the from
tier along part of its course. The
city Of Gurgan lies about 80 miles
east of the Caspian and 200 miles
northeast of Teheran.
A worsening of relations be-
tween Iran and. Russia has re-
suited from the ,Iranian ban on
the Tudeh (CommuniSt) Party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27

age increase Of 20 per cent in the
assessed value Of land and I'm
Iprovements in the District during
recent years.
These two factors resulted In
an average tax bill to property
owners in the District which was
more than 80 per cent greater
than the attached bill for prior
years." the report added.
The Is cents proposed by the
majority bill, together with the
increased tax bill already in effect
the report said, will result in the
average tax bill to property own
ers in the District being about 40
per cent greater for the fiscal
year 1850 than it was for the
fiscal year 1896"
The committee expressed the
belief that the increase of Is
cents lis all that property own
ers should be required to bear in
so short a period of time"
Outlined in Great Detail.
The majority report outlined
in great, detail provisions of the
four-part bill which has been
disclosed when the measure was
introduced and approved by the
District Committee. az, -, .s.,,
The income tax, would be ex-
tended to apply to all persons
who had lived in the District for
seven months of the year, with
the exception OF members of
Congress. their secretaries who
maintain legal residence in their
home States, and presidential ap-
pointees who must be confirmed
by the Senate.
The bill would raise the per-
sonal exemption from the present
laws $1,000 to $4,000. The basic
exemption for unincorporated
business here would be lowered
from the present $4,000 to S.
600.
The Library of Congress an
alysis on the tax burden of the
District occupied large part OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-03-27
Senator'S Offer Boosts Hopes
For Rent Agreement Tomorrow

morrow before going back int
session with the Senators at II
m, and he added:
When the House passed the bill
originally on March IS it contained
no automatic rent increases, bu'
directed the Housing Expeditel
and the local boards, in correcting
inequities, to allow landlords "s
reasonable return on the reason.
able value of the housing, insofar
as practicable. It also listed some
of the factors to be considered
such as higher property taxes ano
unavoidable increases in operating
expenses.
!, Automatic Raises Substituted.
The Senate decided this woulc
be difficult to administer, anC
substituted automatic increases Of
S per cent in October and another
5 per cent next April on tenants
who had not already had a Is pei
cent increase since June 1947
Where the rent has gone up IL
per cent since that date. only the
first per cent increase would
apply.
Senator Sparkman said the
Senate conferees late yesterday
made an offer to the House to
abandon the two automatic per
cent increases If the House would
rewrite its reasonable value
yardstick to provide for rents at
levels which would yield land
lords "a fair net operating in
come"
According to Senator Sparkman
that definition would mean what
the landlord has left out of the
rent after paying maintenance,
taxes, insurance and depreciation
Indications were that "operat-
ing" was the word on which the
conferees could not see eye to eye.
The Senators then offered to
change the definition to "a fair
net income excluding -ai11ortisa-
ton. and interest. '1.;H'S W. "Jf
H. No Agreement on Offer. 1"t'
The Senators withdrew from
the conference room to give the
House members a chance to con-
slider the offer. but no agreement
resulted. ,s..s,. a. .,a ...-,., 81.
In explaining the suggestion for
excluding interest, Senator Spark:
t1ap said that if one housing Unit
has a mortgage on it and another
Is debt-free. the inclusion, of in.
terest would produce varying
rents.
Since both houses must act on
the final conference agreement
by Thursday. if a hiatus in rent
control is to be avoided, the con-
ferees are expected to make every
effort to reach complete agree
ment tomorrow.