Show HOUSING ISSUE I i i IN MOSCOW IS SERIOUS ONE ONEAll All the Privacy of a Goldfish Bowl Enjoyed by Majority of Two Million Mil lion of Its Inhabitants HUNDREDS SEEKING LIVING QUARTERS Government Controlled Hotels So Expensive That London and New York Prices See Seem Very Low MOSCOW Nov o 24 1 By A. A P P. All of ot the compactness of living like liko sardines in a a. can together with about the same SIlme amount of vacy vary as If ft one were living In a gold sold fish bowl is enjoyed by toy the major maJo majority ity Uy of ot Moscow's Inhabitants The Theare There are aro more than of ot the living In a city built bunt for tot less leas than thana a a. million and and only the the- very ery prosperous prosperous pros pro newly rich and a few tew uck foreigners who ha have hae e fat tat expense ac accounts have havo anything like spacious spa epa cious clous quarters Housing conditions are somewhat better than last tear rear ear because some buildings have havo been repaired but buttor for tor every free room there are hundreds hundreds hun hun- s of or applicants ready to p- p pay py y large fees tees merely for tor the tho privilege of moving in Generally speaking speaking- the legal amount of ot space to which any fn In tn- tn Is entitled equals that taken taken taken tak tak- en up In an American house b by a small bathroom or a largo large clothes closet In houses housea which have ha ben been returned to private ate owners or which ha e been exempted from the hi space regulations by agreement with Individuals who undertake to repair them It U Is sometimes pout pout- ble to obtain several rooms But nut Moscow is mone money mad and heat ball been for two years and the premiums premiums pre pre- pro pre charged merely for tor obtainIng obtaining obtaining obtain obtain- ing rooms are sometimes fantastic For Tor example the writer was asked cash plus 75 i 75 rental for otie ahe small Unfurnished room with no tio convenience whatsoever er 1 Foreigners usually live e In the government go controlled hotels which of ot lato have become so 80 expensive that London or New York lork hotel charges pale In comparison All of tho the Moscow hotels and re ree- ree are aro now on n n. gold b calculating the charges cl in gold ru rubles rubles rubles ru- ru bles and converting con them Into 1 pa paper paper pa- pa per money at the days day's rate of or ek- ek V- V change chango Rooms Kooms outside of the tho hotels are areso are areso so rarely discovered that when word of ot one being free tree reaches Moscow's Moscow s of or commission brokers the location Is la carefully guarded until after alter some mysterious ous negotiations the tho brokers f fe certain that the room seeker Is la n h halso also a commissioner seekIng seekIng- profit |