Show DAY 25 HOLIDAY HOLIDA HOLIDAYs HOLIDAY's Y tOPAs tOPA's s 's Return 1 Shows few Jl J.l. S1 L. L Results price administration returned re- re turned ed to to Salt Lake City Frida Fridas Friday s as 8 quietly aa asIt it left 25 days agO gO- with no no noticeable noticeable notice notice- able lein In While groc grocers rs m merchants nth an and sell sellers in for 0 O 1 P A Instructions before changing prices price which boun bounced bounce I over pre July pre levels Url the price e control siesta iesta I local loca o 0 OP P A officials were In the same sam boat boat instructions from Washington H. H Grant Ivins state director said he co could make nake no statement u until he was officially Uy advised o othe of the 0 OP P A reinstatement He Ho i is go to th p Denver M Monday Denver ny t for a a regional meeting Rent controls Were tere the exceptIon exception tIon to the status Matus quo rule June 30 SO Ceilings Glen D. D Reese 0 OPA P. P A distrIct rent director announced that landlords landlords landlords land land- lords must revert to the June 3 30 ceilings and landlords cannot proceed pro proceed pro with evictions N hi h do not comply with 0 OP P A Ar r requirements He Ho noted two important exceptions to the renewed c controls Landlords ar are n not required t to r reI re refund re- re I fund over-ceiling over amounts where increased rents were put into ef ef- ef feet between July 1 and July 25 Tenants evicted during this Interim interim interim in In- cannot regain possession Landlords were bitter in the theIr condemnation of the renewed rent ren barriers Blasts Action Richard F. F Harding executive vice president of the Apartment House Asan of Utah said no group grou of at people in American life Ufe has been left tied to the post as s unfairly unfairly un un- un f fairly irly as the rental renta property own own- ers ersI I assert that a government which h maintains such controls or any kind of benefit for any particular particular partie ular gro group p out of the hides of at another another an an- other group Is not an American government he hO stated It is a tyrant Property owners he added will wUl wil now begin a fight for Justice Other asp aspects of rev revitalized lIz d rent See Page 12 Column Columna 4 4 OPA IN S. S L Lr p Continued from Page rage One controls pointed out by Mr Reese included Security deposits exacted to Insure in insure insure In- In sure premises against damage must be bea refunded unless the landlord landlord landlord land land- lord has has' hasla a written order approved ed edby by the 0 O P A authorizing him to establish such a practice Landlords who first rented a dwelling unit during July have 30 days in which to register with their area rent offices Dwellings first rented during June must 1st be registered within 30 days from occupancy date not counting the number of days in which 0 O P A controls were sus sus- sus No State Control The rent phases of the new bill presumably ended all possibility of state rent control legislation at atthe atthe atthe the special session of ot the state legislature which convenes Aug 5 Gov Herbert B. B Maw in announcing announcing I ing the session said rent control would be taken up only if no federal federal federal fed fed- eral action were taken and th the new law specifically overrides all aU state and city controls Grocers said they were making no changes in food prices until the 0 OP P PA A can give them definite instruct instructions ons We ye doli don't dont t know v what to do until they tell us what to do complained one confused retailer Sherman P P. P Lloyd secretary- secretary manager of the Utah Retail Grocers Grocers' Grocers Grocers' Grocers Grocers' Gro Gro- cers' cers said nearly all pr price cc increases have been confined to meat dairy and other subsidy products most of ot which will not be affected until Aug 20 accordIng according according accord accord- ing to the measure signed Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day by Pres Truman During the 0 O P less A Interim he contended retail grocers have proved they are not profiteers Grocers do not object to 0 O P A rules and regulations as much as they object to unfair and excessive enforcement practices he said The Thc newl newly organized Women's Buyers' Buyers Strike committee will carry carryon on its crusade to hold down prices on the uncontrolled meat dairy and poultry prices said Mrs G. G A. A Marr general chairman Most selling groups and representatives representatives representatives were not particularly apprehensive over the new law R Res c e s t a contemplate few changes In present prices owing I Ito to the many allowable exemptions in the revived bill but said Wilford Moyle Burton executive secretary of the Utah and Salt Lake City Restaurant Owners' Owners Warns arns of Havoc It now appears pending further further further fur fur- ther information that there will willbe willbe be no adjustments of present prices he said An attempt to roll back prices to the June 30 levels however will wreak havoc with the industry He attributed most Increased meal costs of the past 25 days to higher meat and dairy product prices Weston E. E Hamilton secretary of ot the chamber of commerce re retail retail re- re tail tall trades bureau hoped everything everything every evely thing Will settle down now The many clearance sales advertised advertised advertised ad ad- by Salt Lake st stores res' res the thelast thelast thelast last few days are healthy signs that supply is beginning to catch catchup catchup catchup up with demand in many lines Jines When that is Js accomplished 0 O P A Awill Awill Awill will not be needed he said Ames K Bagley executive secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of the Utah Manufacturers' Manufacturers called the new law a va vast t Improvement nt over the old As far as Utah manufacturers are concerned though there would be no price increases with or without without without with with- out 0 O P A except A-except except where reflected reflect reflect- ed in increased costs casts he declared We Ve only hope it will be Intelligently Intelligently intelligently Intelli Intelli- gently administered to permit production production production pro pro- to increase |