Show I EXTORTIONATE RENTS CHARGED ON COAST SAN FRANCISCO March 5 A. A A San 1 Francisco w woman man who criticised high rents within the hearing of hel her landlord wa was wa's notified shortly afterward that her her- Tent j-ent would be 10 more a month ac according according ac ac- cording to testimony offered In a hearing b by the public welfare committee of at the San Francisco board of ot supervisors on the rent question A hotel dweller told of ot having his hie rent Increased increase 1 within a few months from 1750 to 75 7 a E E. M M. Blanford chief of the bureau of ot Investigation here hex of at the department of ot Justice testifying as a private citizen said hl his rent had been Increased from 45 to 75 a month h last May He j He-j added that be he knew of at no federal statutes statutes stat stat- utes that might be Invoked as s a a r remedy medy stat stat-I to for the te stu situation tion |