Show lAND LA HARING TO 10 TOBE Of BE HELD IN L A AI WASHINGTON March 16 AP- AP Title Tite to vast tracts ot of rich land In southern California Including much ot of the city of Los Angeles is Involved involved In- In in hearings to be started by bya a subcommittee e or of the senate lands hands committee in Los Angeles April Apri 2 The he dispute goes back to land grants ot of Mexico in the treaty of 1848 and the senate committee is going to hear the pleas ot of homesteaders homesteaders home home- who claimed title tte to properties prop prop- ertes which have since changed hands many times and increased in iii value tremendously The department of justice has de- de dined to sanction sancton court actions involving involving in- in titles to th the lands which have an estimated value today ot 01 almost a billion dollars The department department de- de or of interior is standing pat also and declaring the present owners owners own own- ers the legal ones For several years however complaints corn com plaints have been made to congress by interested hOmesteaders who insist insist in- in they had a right to claim certain tam tain ot of the property on the ground that the tho land grants the basis or of the pre ent titles were faulty Senator Nye Nyc Republican North Dakota Daleta the chairman of the lands will wi head the subcommittee which is to conduct the hear hear- ings Senators Bratton Braton Democrat New Mexico and Dale Republican Vermont are time the other members Senator George Democrat Georgia Introduced the resolution which authorized authorized au- au the investigation |