Evening star., 1950-11-15
D. {. Realtors
Hope Controls
Will End Jan. 81
Moybonk' S Promise
Hearings Will Be Full
Pleoses Delegates
By Robert J. Lewis
Sfar Sfuff Correspondent


Sfor Stoff Correspondent
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Nov. 15.-
Washington delegates to the Ma
tional Association Of Real Estate
Boards convention were hopeful
today that Congress will permit
District rent controls to expire
January 81. pending any future
action on national rent controls.
Representatives of the 50-man
Washington delegation said they
were pleased that Chairman May
bank of the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee favored ex-
tensive hearings on new national
rent control legislation and at
his pledge here yesterday that
everyone is going to be heard"
before his committee.
The South Caralina Senator
indicated he thought new legis-
lation could not be enacted be-
fore March or April. He said that
pending enactment of any new
legislation, cities would be pro-
tected by the present law expir-
ing December 81. This law permits
communities, by request, to obtain
rent control continuance through
June 80, 1851.
District Bids to Be Host.
District realtor delegates pointed
out the Washington Real Estate
Board is on record as favoring
lifting of District controls on
January 81. The Districts law
which is separate from the act
governing such controls in the
Nation as a whole-expires one
month later than the national
law.
Yesterday. Washington's bid to
be host to the 1852 convention
was made by a delegation headed
by j. Garrett Bethel. president
of the Washington board.
H. Clifford Bangs of Washing
ton. a director of the national
association. introduced the Dis
trict group at a meeting of the
associations Executive Committee.
Besides Mr.. Bethel, they are
L. E. Breuninger, Charles c.
Koones and Oliver M. Walker, all
past presidents of the Washing
ton board; Charles j. Rush, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Wash
ington board; Thomas F. HALEY.
president of the Prince Georges
County Real Estate Board; Har-
vey Jones. director of the WASH
ington Board of Trade, and Clar-
ence A. Arata, manager of the
greater National Capital Commit
tee Of the Board Of Trade. a.
Facilities Explained.
Mr.. Arata explained in detail
the facilities which would be Of
fered in Washington. He said
general sessions could be held
either at Constitution Hall or at
the National Guard Armory.
Houston and Los Angeles also
are bidding for the 1852 conven-
ton. A decision probably will not
be made before next spring. Of
ficials said. Next years conven-
ton will be held In Cincinnati.
Earlier, Robert P. Gerholz,
president of the National associ-
alton, assailed the Federal Re-
serve Board and the Housing and
Home Finance Agency for head
strong and misguided dictation'
in issuance of recent mortgage
credit controls.
Terming these controls "a sad
example of junking teamwork. %
the Flint (Mich.) realtor who for
merly headed the National Asso-
citation of Home Builders, said the
real estate industry was ignored"
"Whip Cracked in Dark"
with no blueprint of need,
with no goal, without comforting
with industry, with no apparent
conception Of the consequences.
those who held the whip just
cracked it in the dark" he de-
clared.
Mr.. Gerholz. making the con-
vention's keynote address. assailed
the public housing program and
urged Congress to repeal its en-
abling legislation.
Sessions of the Institute of Real
Estate Managers. an affiliate of
the realtor association which is
holding its convention concur
rently. are in the charge of Carey
Winston of Washington. president
of the organization.