1441 W Street NW., 60 per cent. The following is a list of apartments and houses the tenants of which reported increased rentals to the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia from November 25, 1924, to December 20, 1924, with percentage of increase in those demands for increase reported in each apartment house: 16 Browns Court SW., 75 per cent. The Cambria, 1324 Euclid Street NW.; 2331 Cathedral Avenue NW.; the Colcord, 310 East Capitol Street, 631⁄2 per cent. The Cadiz, 115-117 E Street SE., 68 per cent. 1219 C Street SE.; 3508 Center Street NW.; 37 De Frees Street NW., 150 per cent. The Elkton, 515 Seward Square, SE; 903 Euclid Street NW., 27 per cent. 4211⁄2 Eleventh Street SW., 58 per cent. 218 Fourth Street SE., 27 per cent. 726 Fifty-first Street NE.; 75 Fenton Street NE., 234 per cent. 73 Fenton Street NE., 204 per cent. 2026 Fifteenth Street NW., 122 per cent. 105 F Street NW., 96 per cent. 911 Fourth Street NW., 1221⁄2 per cent. 101 G Street SE.; 929 Golden Street SW., 564 per cent. 941 Golden Street SW., 39 per cent. 2040 Georgia Avenue, 452 per cent. 1218 Half Street SE., 58 per cent. 353 H Street SW.; 355 H Street SW.; 820 Half Street SW., 137 per cent. 822 Half Street SW., 342 per cent. 634 H Street SW., 75 per cent. 357 I Street SW.; 917 I Street NE.; 1801 I Street NW.; the Lumas, 1201 I Street NW., 1282 per cent. The Lynton, 3149 Mount Pleasant Street, 151⁄2 per cent. The Maycroft, 1474 Columbia Road NW.; the Manhattan, 1501 Park Road NW.; 1648 Montello Street NE.; the Nelson, 1733 Twentieth Street NW., 1301⁄2 per cent. 758 Navy Place SE., 100 per cent. 436 Ninth Street SW., 92 per cent. 204 P Street NW., 14 per cent. 59 Pierce Street NW., 33% per cent. The Susquehanna, 1430 W Street NW.; 519 Stanton Place NE., 211⁄2 per cent. 519 Stanton Place NE. (third), 25 per cent. 1020 Seventh Street SW.; 513 S Street NW., 62 per cent. 1606 Seventh Street NW., 2072 per cent. 1907 Sixteenth Street SW., 64 per cent. 1218 S Street NW.; 1122 Twenty-fifth Street NW., 261⁄2 per cent. 1935 Thirteenth Street NW.; 1870 Wyoming Avenue NW., 7721⁄2 per cent. The Winton, 1409 Harvard Street NW., 1331⁄2 per cent. 939 Westminster Street NW., 25 per cent. 931 Westminster Street NW., 4912 per cent. 1780 Willard Street NW., per cent. The following is a list of apartments and houses the tenants of which reported increased rentals to the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia from June 2, to November 25, 1924, with percentage of increase in those demands for increase reported in each apartment house: The Avalon, 2627 Adams Mill Road NW., 89 per cent. The Alwyn, 1882 Columbia Road NW., 81 per cent. The Antwerp, 901 Twentieth Street NW. The Albemarle, 1700 T Street NW., 85 per cent. Allens Court SW., 662% per cent. 645 A Street SE., 562 per cent. 411 A Street NE., 38% per cent. 661 Armory Place SE., 862% per cent. The Baltimore, 1832 Biltmore Street NW., 33% per cent. The Belmar, 1333 Belmont Street NW. The Berkshire, 1412 Chapin Street NW., 92 per cent. Beverly Courts, 1736 Columbia Road NW., 70 per cent. The Binney, 1408 Girard Street NW., 93 per cent. The Bristol, 1833 S Street NW., 30 per cent. The Bertholdt, 128 Maryland Avenue SW. 642 B Street SW., 50 per cent. 816-822 B Street SE., 1502 B Street SE., 114 per cent. 2505-7 Bowen Road SE.; 342 B Street SW., 128 and 130 C Street NE., cent. The Carlton, 1745 Lanier Place NW., 125 per cent. The Cecil, 1026 Fifteenth Street NW., 80 per cent. 90 per 2331 Cathedral Avenue NW.; 1430 Chapin Street NW.; the Chaumont, 1336 Clinton, 1525 Q Street NW.; Clifton Terrace, Fourteenth and Clifton Streets; The Coronado, 1840 Vernon Street NW.; The Cumberland, 1322 Massachusetts 1231 C Street SE., 158 per cent. 1748 Columbia Road NW.; 1645 Covington Street NW.; the Damariscotta, 1206 D Street NE, 812 per cent. The Ethelhurst, 1025 Fifteenth Street NW., 852 per cent. 1107 Eleventh Street NW.; the Earlington, 3033 Sixteenth Street NW.; 45 1324 E Street NE., 36% per cent. 1338 E Street NW.; 916 East Capitol Street; 709 Eighteenth Street NE.; 333 Eleventh Street SW.; 16411⁄2 Eleventh Street NW., 79 per cent. 1703 Eighth Street NW.; the Fairmont, 1340 Fairmont Street NW.; 1322 3800 Fourteenth Street NW.; 425 Fourth Street NW.; 2548 Fourteenth Street 34 F Street NW.; 472 F Street SW., 80 per cent. 2414 F Street NW., 57 per cent. 709 Fifteenth Street NE., 77 per cent. 711 Fifteenth Street NE., 66% per cent. 13 Fifth Street NW.; 705 Fifth Street NW.; 907 First Street SW., 30 per cent. 1307 First Street SW.; 607 Florence Court NE., 122 per cent. 609 Florence Court NE., 872 per cent. 611 Florence Court NE., 20 per cent. 1339 Florida Avenue NW.; 1345 Florida Avenue NW., 60 per cent. 1224 Fourteenth Street NW.; 1600 Fourteenth Street NW.; 1600 Fourteenth 16 Foxall Road, 300 per cent. 3115 Georgia Avenue NW.; 3117 Georgia Avenue NW.; the Gregg, 1619-21 1115 G Street NE.; 2324 G Street NW., 2121⁄2 per cent. 4125 Garrison Street NW.; 2707 Good Hope Road SE.; the Henrietta, 929-35 The Howard, 1617 Swan Street NW., 122 per cent. 438 H Street NW.; 621 H Street NW.; 822 H Street NE.; 1341 H Street NE.; 1471 Irving Street, NW., 71 per cent. 713 I Street, SE.; 1745 Kalorama Road NW.; the Kellwood, 1821 Corcoran 426 K Street, NW.; 902 K Street, SE.; 1429 K Street, SE.; 3219 K Street, The Lenox, 1523 L Street, NW. The Lonsdale, 2138 California Avenue, NW. 102 L Street, SE.; 511 L Street, SE.; 618 L Street, SE.; 800 L Street, NW.; 1833 L Street, NW.; 2008 L Street, NW.; 1232 Linden Street, NE.; the Melrose, 1343 Clifton Street, NW., 119 per cent. The Montgomery, 512 U Street. NW., 1652 per cent. The Mt. Pleasant 3153 Mount Pleasant Street, NW.; 2318 M Street, NW.; 44 Massachusetts Avenue, NW.; 31 Michigan Avenue, NE.; 650 Morris Street, NE.; 750 Morton Place, NE.; 306 McLean Street, SW.; the New Berne, 11131117 Twelfth Street, NW., 100 per cent. The Newport, 2164 Florida Avenue, NW.; the Newry, 1115-Eighth Street, NW.; the Norwood, 1341-45 East Capitol Street, 95 per cent. 626 N Street, NW.; 2116 N Street, NW.; 2427 N Street, NW.; 1128 New Jersey Avenue, SE.; 1130 New Jersey Avenue, SE.; 1633 Newton Street, NW.; 805 Ninth Street, NE.; 1338 North Capitol Street, 1631 Nineteenth Street, NW.; 2703 N Street, NW.; 2714 N. Street, NW.; the Octavia, 1669 Columbia Road, NW., 101 per cent. 3322 O Street, NW.; 3218 O Street, NW.; 3322 O Street, NW.; 701 One-half Street, SW.; 703 One-half Street, SW.; 707 One-half Street, SW.; 631 Orleans Street, NE.; the Palmer, 1450 Girard Street, NW., 60 per cent. 1515 Park Road NW., 100 per cent. 1517 Park Road NW.; 1523 Park Road NW., 66% per cent. 1527 Park Road NW.; the Parker, 3300 Sixteenth Street NW.; the Parkview, 423-27 Fourth Street NW., 772 per cent. The Parkview, 610 Irving Street NW., 142 per cent. The Plaza, 2210-16 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 98 per cent. 36 Porter Street NE., 42 per cent. The Portsmouth, 1735 New Hampshire Avenue NW.; the Princeton, 1430 V Street NW.; 206 P Street NW.; 88 P Street NW.; 2622 P Street NW.; 606 Park Road NW.; 6062 Park Road NW.; 207 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.; 910 Pennsylvania Avenue SE.; 918 Pennsylvania Avenue SE.; 2816 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.; 30 Pierce Road NW.; 2225 Prout Street SE.; 162 Quander Street SE.; 1430 Rhode Island Avenue NW.; the Riviera, 223 H Street NW.; the Roland, 201 Second Street NE., 80 per cent. The Rochester, 1438 Meridian Street NW.; 211 R Street NW.; the Sagamore, 1824 S Street NW., 1332 per cent. The Seville, 2129 Eighteenth Street NW.; 2400 Sixteenth Street NW.; the Stanton, 128 C Street NE.; the Shelby, 1419 Columbia Road NW., 150 per cent. The Sheridan, 1523 Twenty-second Street NW.; the Seminole, 498 School Street SW.; 508 Seward Street SE.; 821 Second Street, SW.; 5081⁄2 Second Street SE.; 633 Second Street SW.; 720 Seventeenth Street NW.; 731 Seventh Street SE.; 926 Seventh Street SW.; 2355 Sherman Avenue NW.; 2357 Sherman Avenue NW.; 2359 Sherman Avenue NW.; 428 Sixteenth Street SE.; 746 Sixth Street NW.; 1020 Sixth Street NW.; 116 Sixteenth Street NE.; 425 Second Street SE.; 2618 Thirteenth Street NW.; 1666 Thirty-second Street NW., 100' per cent. The Tokio, 3228 Hiatt Place NW., 85 per cent. 533 Twenty-first Street NW.; Tudor Hall, 926 Massachusetts Avenue NW.; The Tulane, 2109 Eighteenth Street NW.; 1443 T Street NW.; 1833 T Street NW.; 322 Twenty-second Street NW.; 326 Twenty-second Street NW.; 1224 Twenty-fifth Street NW.; 1226 Twenty-fifth Street NW.; 1228 Twenty-fifth Street NW.; 1115 Twenty-first Street NW.; 1261 Third Street NW.; 517 Twentythird Street NW.; 1919 Twelfth Street NW.; 1153 Twenty-first Street NW.; 827 Twenty-sixth Street NW.; 808 Twenty-sixth Street NW.; 610 Twelfth Street NE.; 251 Third Street SW.; 412 Twenty-first Street NW.; 1717 Thirtythird Street NW.; 1330 Thirteenth Street NW.; 1311 Thirteenth Street NW.; 19B Todd Place NE.; 956 Twenty-sixth Street NW.; 1147 Twenty-first Street NW.; 527 Twenty-third Street NW.; 1921 Twenty-fifth Street NW.; 914 Twentyfifth Street NW.; 319 U Street NW.; 1257 Union Street SW.; 1338 V Street NW.; 1712 Vermont Avenue NW.; 1819 Vermont Avenue NW.; the Wallis, 1647 Lamont Street NW.; the Wallraff, 3025 Fifteenth Street NW., 113 per cent. The Warrington, 1801 Wyoming Avenue NW., 75 per cent. The Wellington, 1701 Park Road NW., 112 per cent. The Wentworth, 707 Twentieth Street NW.; the Wesley, 1421 Columbia Road, 712 per cent. The Westover, 2501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.; the_Westmoreland, 2122 California Avenue NW.; the Wilkshire, 1757 Columbia Road NW.; the Wilmington, 1811 Wyoming Avenue NW.; the Wilson, 2412 Seventeenth Street NW, 62 per cent. The Winston, 3145 Mount Pleasant Street; the Wood, 219 T Street NE.; the Woodley, 1851 Columbia Road NW., 85 per cent. The Worcester, 327 Second Street NE., 117 per cent. The Woodworth, 1206 Tenth Street NW.; 247 W Street NW.; 410 Washington Street NW. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Ss: I, William T. Sabine, jr., secretary of the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that the foregoing list and supplemental lists of apartments and houses in the District of Columbia were compiled from notices to quit or notices of increased rentals reported by tenants, either in person, by telephone, or by letter, to employees of the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia between June 2, 1924, and January 24, 1925; that the commission has not received notices of increased rentals or notices to quit from all the tenants in all the apartment houses above mentioned; that in the column of percentages the per cent is figured on the demanded increase over the original rental paid by the tenant and not the last increased rental paid, and where two or more notices demanding increased rentals from tenants in the same apartment house have been received, the average of the increases demanded is given; that in cases where no percentage of increase is given, the tenant received a 30-days' notice to quit without demand for increase. I further certify that said lists are to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief in all respects true and correct. January 24, 1925. WM. T. SABINE, Jr., Secretary of the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia. (Thereupon, at 12.02 o'clock p. m., the committee took a recess until 8 o'clock p. m.) EVENING SESSION The joint subcommittee met pursuant to adjournment at 8 o'clock p. m. Present: Senators Ball (chairman) and Jones, and Representatives Lampert, Blanton, and Hammer. Present also: Hon. Thomas P. Gore and others. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This evening's testimony will be devoted entirely to the tenants. Now, I suppose the organization of tenants will have the right of way. On Wednesday evening, tenants independent of any organization will have two or three hours, three hours if they desire it, but the organizations must close their testimony to-night. Mrs. HENRY C. BROWN. Mr. Chairman, we would like to have as the first witness to-night Mr. Schirmer, the president of the Tenants' League, who will speak in his own behalf in refutation of the charges made by Mr. McKeever. TESTIMONY OF MR. E. H. SCHIRMER (The witness was thereupon sworn by the chairman.) Mr. SCHIRMER. Mr. Chairman, I want to make a statement in regard to that contract that Mr. McKeever introduced into the record. Mrs. Butts only loaned me $150 on September 4, for which I gave her my note. Mrs. Butts three or four days later notified me that she wished to drop the matter. I made two payments of $15 each on this note, but when the third curtail was due I was notified that the note must be paid in full, as I had in the meantime connected myself with the present Tenants' League, which is an entirely different organization in which no one receives one dollar of salary. I was unable to meet the total sum at once. Mrs. Butts, through Attorney Friedburg, a relative of Maurice Baskin and Joseph Low, then brought suit against me for the balance of the note. I immediately borrowed the money to pay the note in full. After collecting the data printed in Senate Report No. 530, I became convinced that many tenants in Washington needed special help, both in advice on points not covered by the Rent Commission and in securing facts on rental and other property. I talked this over on several occasions with Mrs. Margaret Butts and Dr. Shannon Butts, her son. It seemed to me that such an office could be maintained on a business basis, but I was unable to finance such an undertaking. Mrs. Butts agreed to loan $500, taking a one-third interest in such a business. The contract did not contain one word in regard to large revenues, organization in other cities, or that many persons in the city of Washington would become members of such an organization. I deeply resent, gentlemen, this attempt on the part of Robert McKeever to discredit the present Tenants' League by this unwarranted attack upon it. I will now call upon Mrs. Brown to state the exact status of the Tenants' League. The CHAIRMAN. I think Mr. McKeever stated in his testimony and he was purporting to be reading the contract, that either by letter or by contract it was provided that it would be a moneymaking proposition. Was there anything in the letter? Mr. SCHIRMER. No, sir; and I have the contract here, which I desire to introduce in evidence. (The contract referred to reads as follows:) This contract made and entered into this 4th day of September, Edward H. Schirmer party of the first part, and Frances M. Butts, party of the second part, witnesseth that: For and in consideration of $150 cash in hand paid by the party of the second part to the party of the first part, Edward H. Schirmer agrees and promises to meet the note given by him this day to the party of the second part for $150 in 30 days if by that time the party of the second part is not fully satisfied to become a partner with him in the Tenants' League of Washington, which he is now forming and for the expenses of which he is to use the money. Frances M. Butts, party of the second part, is within 30 days fully satisfied to become a partner in the Tenants' League she is to pay Edward H. Schirmer the sum of $500, for which she is said to have one-third interest in said Tenants' League with all the rights pertaining thereto. If The CHAIRMAN. You deny that there was any statement of that kind made? Mr. SCHIRMER. Yes, and I call upon Mrs. Brown to supplement my statement in this regard. Mr. GORE. Mr. Chairman, he is not leaving the stand now? FURTHER TESTIMONY OF MRS. HENRY C. BROWN The CHAIRMAN. Mrs. Brown, you have already been sworn? The CHAIRMAN. And, of course, that covers any testimony you may give now. |