Word: rent
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Package Deal. In Chicago, Landlord John Bardo had a complaint to make in court: his tenant, Mrs. Pecia Stranc, refused to pay rent unless he married...
...Hooper termed Herter's voting record on such issues as housing and rent control "conservative." We believe, on the contrary, that a vote for all amendments to weaken OPA, to lift price ceilings on existing homes for sale, against Government subsidy of low cost housing, and for the Walcott "kill rent control" bill is reaction, pure and simple...
...logical man for such support. Although he has never before run for office, he has been a leader in local politics since the war, serving as Chairman of Boston's Citizens' and Labor Committee to Save OPA in 1946, and leading the Boston Tenant's Council to keep rent control, prevent evictions, and create new housing. He also served as Port Agent for the American Communications Association (CIO) for three years, gaining considerable labor support from that post...
...mayor of Bridgeton, N.J. (pop. 23,000) ordered that drunks be charged rent (to be paid by working in a municipal park) while sobering up in the city jail...
Initiation. In Santa Maria, Calif., the rent control office moved to different quarters when the landlord boosted the rent...