The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1952-09-27
Our Double Indemnity

Did you happened to be walking driNng in The
area Hastings Ryard and Ershne 70 Mack me past
weekend
We did what the Tribune has been predicting
along with few other persons close TO the real's lleu
was shamefuly and wildly shown by our count g" SIX
families being evcted An authority before he 'oin
Council foreeaSted that the number OF ec'ons
would soar 500 times once rents are deeontroieo.
Religious. labor. civic. and community leaders pro-
tested the proposed lifting ceilings before CITY
Counciimen citing that rents would Jump at least Forty
per cent according those cities which have rent decon-
But the landlords anticipating immunity rent cell
ngs by Sept 30 proposed action by the Council nave
iumped-the-gun Those EastSide evicons are one eN-
ample Others reported by telephone calls to the De-
ro Area Rent Office by alarmed tenants Most report
eordng Morton H. Barrs acting director Of the Office
The situation reached such alarming proportions that
leaders in the field OF real estate issued clarion call TO
all landlords requesting that they aney IN the mat
0 boosting.
Meanwhile Counciwoman Mary Y. Beck offered
other resolution Monday TO the Council in form OF COM
promise which would recommend the continuance OF rent
controls beyong the September deadlne and give all
landlords automatic 10 per cent increase
The council is expected to act upon the second com
promise Friday orneX Monday to avoid hasty decision
which definitely would be in the best interest OF all
concerned.
The common denomnator be this tenants
would be placed under handicap rent ceilings are TAX
off Immediately, while another two or three months
continued rent control would hardly be too much to
bear by landlords after than decade Of controlled
rents.
We Of the opinion. however that the camor and
din made control decontro of rents should have
also brought light least paramount setbacks OF
uniform rental system for the City of Detroit which
would prove in the best intereSt of all concerned.
These the sanctoning Of segregated private and
public housing. dictated by builders and mortgage
companies and the failure provide adequate personnel
and perhaps ordnance~-to enforce health and build
ing rules and regulations
II by no accident that the evictions as formen-
toned those of only Negro families, many of whom
the welfare Nor is il strange that the above-men
toned is designated as being Sums Segregation
and lack Of proper enforcement of health rules and build
ing codes create gheos in which be found the
repuye kind Of rent gouging overcrowdednes and lice
nfestation.
1t Is true that slums created by the inhabitants
but ghettos discourage rather than encourage tidy
roundngs and pride in the home and community part
Of tenants. This is mainly because OF them
complain that the landlord flaty refused to repair and
provide by which the rentals could be made hab
table and tidy looking. Negro tenants must live in the
ghetto because there is other place to nhabit.
The ghetto also ENGAGES those who give thought
to personal hygiene with those who find that cleanliness
IS next to godliness There seemingly is escape for
the latter. What be frustrating than fight
rodents lice in end the block and have theirs
fail TO do the other end
The Stun Clearance program. has helped to wipe
much Of this blight the City Detroit steps
must be Immediately taken the evils of the
ghetto caused by racial segregation and the failure fully
enforce health rules and building codes.
Such correction would double indemnity to
the City Of Detroit