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" " ' c , . _ IJ following Fol1ow1ng iFol1ow1ng ' U wtng years yeflrs Y ats of dCCUnint d UnIDC ' cUnlncrpopulation P9PulaUon population dCCUnintpopulation , payrolls pmolIa payrolla . and ant 4.1\ 4.1 4.1teduc . \ reduc teduc ircdue ircdueeti reduced > e eti . ed rentals tentals tefltals which whleb were ! at \ loweat low lowcst . cst eSt eat e ebb e1b b October 1 . , 10"l 10l l044 1044/ycrnal 1044 ycrnal . " / yernal yernall ffli fflilflhidloi'da * l ncUords lflhidloi'da lflhidloida : ' point pointed d out Monda Monday Mondaynight night at a meeting meetina w wh'OPA whOPA wh'OPAoff1cial wltb\OPAofficials wltb OPAofficials \ . ' \ OPA officW off1cial OPAofficW . that . thia tbJa this date ante did d1d riot riotrepresent notrepresent represent rentsbegan periodwbcprentsb a period petJ.od petJod periodwbcprents . ywhen be ! < 1'eI1t.t 1eI1t.t 1eI1tt ' . 'otherfactony otherfactony b can gan to increase Inmase , . wh n1-'othec n1 'othec othec wheiithcr hen - " ' ' " ' f'ctaQ fctaQ ftctorwcre5 ftctorwcre5taken ' 'W W ' were re ref f , taken en Into .tnt tnt litto . eon- eon con - con.sidCTHUott considCTHUott . ' . ttnldJnunineJ thfttEnldsumtnd BtderaU eonBtderaU 4d0l'atlofl 4d0latlofl ' . , I ' Th TheY 'rliey rliey . et cIIfliOd claunted-.that claunted.that claunted .that that d ' - ' " . thftt * t tnldJnunineJ Enldsumtnd Enldsumtndo : ' bf o t04 iD4 WOu1dJhaYO wou1dbavo b WOu1dJhaYOb wou1dbavobeen been en is Ii more ef\4ta ef 4ta ! cquttablo eaU1taI1e \ te base da date . , ' iHomea ( Home Home1par iHomcs $ L ixnd aidi'flpartments aidiflpartments \\1par 1par \ ' : apartments nent , . "i i " , rwererenting were wererenttn.ar weretenting renttn.ar renttnar tenting : . . for t.ot tot v whatever Wiatevei at ver thepWonid they thq would . br1 bring1 wouldbring thepWonidbring1 # , , , , _ W WhilO'sVaCaflt WhilOsVaCaflt whilo U UJvat \J\vat J vat ' \ \ vacant , homes .ome ome bom . . a and andi andibuildings , buUduur8 buUdlnga andibuUdlnga were wcrocomnnon were . common JlUUon , { thto througit througitout throucbout * out the ( he community connnt.tnltT connnttnltT cornmuj1ty . . Hundreds Jiundfeds Thmd-cda Thmd cda * - at of atpten ofmen ofmen pten men tosezveI bad bfld lett'the lettthe iOfttIie left ' tho area tosezve to.eerve41 toeerve41 . . m I Wlkt Workt the arm armed d l forces Sorees rte . andw andWlk and t to w /Wlk Wlk Work / ! ) 'woricat woricat ' , t d defense defense fenst . plants , . it was said.too saidtoo a1d . , thedfrocor . The Q n ineetlnffiwas.held.jln ineetlnffiwasheld.jln ineetlnffiwasheldjln net1ngwas tbJg w 1helct . helct hei41n . I the 1q- 1q 1qc dfrocor - c i1f t ' om Zoom of ofjtho 1\ 1 \ the Ii ttInteh fntah S fntahS ttIntehSttoBOfluinndattende4 StatQrBankand/attende4'by StatQrBankand attende4'by attende4by SttoBOfluinndattende4 teBtnkt ( ? ( , ndlatten.d ndlattend / ctbJ . iby ' ) ' al- al almostfitty al almost . - moniUtY mostfitty most iifty landlords .ancuorda ancuorda andlordi . * and interest Interest- In Interested interested - ed eel citizens cltisenr l . . Conducted by b7 byiFred J'red Jred ! ' J'redRa Fred'toy Fredtoy the7emal1 u.oVeh1al theVauntarea Ra Ra3r ) ! byiFredRa3r ' of 01 Provo , rent reJit reflt director dtrectot d1pecto of u.o uo the . Veh1al Vaunt-area Vaunt area 'area area " ' - area , $ speakers speakera eakeft eXprcad express- express eXprc- eXprc - - eel ad ancIIn andhi d expressd th themselves mselves freely tieely in ta'V taV favor avqr ' ancI and : andn In hi opposition opp-oslt1on opp oslt1on - of the OPA , ; ' rentcontrol rentcontroL rent control . , ' " I Mr MI ' . pointed jolnted ) out'f outf out ' . that thatwhere thatwhere . , where It could be e shown showq shownt1tat , ) b tbat t a . e etlandlord elandlord lat1cUord landlord Is producing 1es less imderrent nder nderreflt rent reflt control eontrol than d during the thethreeyear thethreeyear thethree-year thethree year Iaetrent three-year three year - - period preylo1lS previously Iaet : , or orreturns orreturns orreturns returns ore are less leu than thi 1 preva prevawng prevawngrents prevalUngrents I1 ren rents , .peUUon peUUon . petition could ould be made for tor toran foran an PQJustment adjustment - - " . fs :1j Il y :1 1 I : yi j l saidhe A Attorney torn _ @ . , S 8 8itohnsot i . . Johnson .robnsO robnsO itohnsot . said .lei lei . .leine ne he wbUein whileIn liad bad p p.ct purcind _ , " + ) -.ct .ct - . 1 . & home bome borne wbUe while whilein in the U VTSTXWces&Od VTSTXWcesOd . S _ . t l'Cefiu)4 lCefiu4 orcen4 ' , ' ) & Vlanned 1anned tQoce1ipi plannedto'occupy plannedtooccupy VlannedtQoce1ipi ' . c the , piSs Plic pIned : w t < on4iIar Ms 1 turn on4iIarturniome not14cdthe turmjhotfie turniome .hont hont . , xe * lBftBaH e Ja1cIt saidbe a\ a acg , Jfcr L \ not14cd " . ot ( cg dK the t tzmntot AGntot , "tJi tJi Iti2ti Iti2tirbUt " * * rbUt rbUtCoUidnot \ - Out Outno CoUidnot g$1ntohOmei"I ! \no no \ , ' g$1nto g1nto $ " ' bEtbUttOut foiI'1ttb1s forthis hOmei"I hOmeiI home ofwthis . , " lun m nintlred tl Ure4 4 o-f o f otwa - w bEtbU\tt- bEtbU tt ? . foiI'1t foiI1t for ' tb1s this tenantito tetantti tenant to to : to"Om /"Om "Om Om / " zom0 zom0or . In tn tnj j . ' % ( d . or ot . not of . X Z5rrlty . . naybevfototlriAan * be 'Vfolidb Vfolidb vtoiaftng ' , & na jIOldthe iI&itthe OPA naOPA re4iil regutatiopThit tiotf"byt tiotfbyt " , I Z t'i ti f : ' _ Q , jIOld- jIOld iI&it iIit - & UUved bbslived the place where W itt ) laJ fiuflilij UJr U bbs Uved lived and I am gdinj gdlng to . tilice 9v over r rth th overthe the home which I own : * , ' " ' said sa1d sajd the theOttorney theattorney ttorney Ottorney "I I " wouldID wou1d"nve wou1dnve would " n vef ver again againrent againrent againrent rent a home in ' Vi vernal ) erIuiI under OPA I 1 would rather rathe ; l leave IVC it itvacant itvacant itvacant vacant , " he concluded concluded,5 concluded5 , . 'I I 'IDavid ' t " David Davie ! H Bybee By beeSalt . , , . : a1tiLake SaitLake SaitLakeattorney . Lake.attorney Lakeattorney ! . for OPA J c1 ' ouL ouLthat attorney poinied "in'i ini iOInted " OUt outthat that OUtthat the OPA placed plated . .restrictions .restric restric Uestrlc- Uestrlc rcsfric- rcsfric : - - UestrlcUons rcsfricttons tions Uons ttons on the landlord add andgave ! gave andlgavebenefits andgavebeneFits bene1its beneFits gavebene1its Hothat to the tenant . , . fw no Ho SaId SaIdtha saidthat tha thau thaOPA that , OPA wo would 1d not .e.kt e.kt ekt CIPACt . . vct ( atenant aterunt a tenant terunt u WI as long 81 as rent wu was prom . ptly paid , except on pOiltion tltion , ! and Ond nd then a waiting waltinlJ period FI0d prlod P is isgraqted Isgraqted isgraqted isr graqted to tenant up w to sl 8i si ; : months t ; 4 4"The andAshley t"The "The The " people of ) JVeroa'l JVeroal JVeriUl verna L ' and upI Ashley valley have erowd crowded up torI their uptheir homes to make ro&m rom robin & tor for tortransients fortransients fortransients I transients who were sleeping slooping In intheir . their cars and In chicken CQaps cQops coops"said coopssaid , " said sbid Attorney A1torney Wallace Calder CalderMayor CalderMayor CalderMayor Mayor B H Stringham and Ond the thecitY thecity thecity citY council worked hard to get getpeople getpeople getpeople people to open their homes toprovide to provide lodging fQI for ' these un- un unfortunaU unfortunate - - fortunaU fortunate ! persons , he lout pOinted pOintedout pointedout out He lie called attention to the themass themass themass mass of rules and re regulations regulationsused regulationsused ulations ulationsused ; used by OPA and iJUtances instances iJUtanceswhere instanceswhere instanceswhere where tenants had V.olated Volated violated V.olatedprivileges violatedprivileges violatedprivileges . privileges given them and rest rest- rested rested rested - - ed on technicalities of the pro pro- progranv program programs - - gram grams granv . ' People 'People ' who rent rooms roomsto roomsto roomsto to accomodate transients should shouldnot shouldnot shouldnot not be required to come under undergovernment undergovernment undergovernment . government regulations , " ' said saidAttorney saidAttorney saidAttorney Attorney Calder These Tbese people peoplewere peoplewere peoplewere were like Good Samaritans Sarnaritans to toopen toopen toopen open their homes in response to toan toan toan an appeal by the governing body bodyof bodyof bodyof of the city he declared For Fora a considerable period before beforeOctober beforeOctober beforeOctober October 1 1944 rents had been beenreduced beenreduced beenreduced reduced and had not come up to tonormal tonormal tonormal normal on that date , said the at atContinued atContinued atContinued ( Continued on page 10) 10 ) _ r I I , . . , LANDLORDS PROTEST BASE BASERENT BASERENT BASERENT RENT DATE SET FOR VERNALContinued VERNAL VERNALContinued ( Continued from page age onetorney onetorneyUndoubtedly one ) torney corny torneyUndoubtedly cornyUndoubtedly Undoubtedly a modified ruling rul rulmg ruling mg ing will be made by OPA to takecare take takecare takecare care of the Vernal area whichthe which 1 ' the visitors admitted was dif difI diffuent diffcrent difi fercnt fuent fcrent to anything in 10 the state stateand stateand stateand I and should receive special con consldcration consideration sldcration sideration _ Rent control went into m in Vernal January 1 and reglst regist reglst1r&tion reglsttration registtrstlon 1r&tion 1rtion trstlon & of all rental housing in inthe inthe inthe the new Defense-Rental Defense Rental - - Area Areastarted Areastarted tarted started < ; January 3 at the Area AreaRpn AreaRent AreaRent Rpn Rent t Office in Vernal VernalAs VernalAs VernalAs As a general rule tenants willhenceforth will willhenceforth willhenceforth henceforth pay the rent charged charg chargcd charged cd ed for their housing accommoda accommodahons accommodations accommodalions hons tions on October l 1 1944 which whichis IS the maximum rent date forthis for forthis forthis this area The tenant is not required r re required QUlred quired to obtain any tiny form of permission per permISSIon permission mISSIon to pay such rent Hesimply He Hesimply ; Imply simply < ; offers the rent which was wasin wasin wasin in effect on that dateFvery date dateEvery I IFvery Every Fvery person who rents or of offers offers , fers for rent any any kind kmd of hous houstog housing ' ing tog accommodations must registcr regis register register ter those accommodations accommodatJOns at therent the therent therent rent office The registraion registralon state state- statement statempnt statement - - ment mpnt is made out in m triplicateand triplicate triplicateand triplicateand and one copy is retained retamed in the theren1 therent therent ren1 rent office and j\ud j ud ind \ ) ; : copy is sent tothe tothe to | the landlord landlotd and one is sent to tothe tothe toi the tenant The tenant is askedto asked askedto askedto to check "heck heck cheek ( " the information idformatton givenand givenand given givenand and if he disagrees to list hisobjections his hisobj'cUons hisobjections obj'cUons objcUons objections { ' ou 011 on the back of the theform theform thei form and return it to the rent rentoffice rentoffice rentoffice office within fifteen daysHotels daysHotels days | Hotels rooming houses cot cottage cottage coti tage courts . , etc , register on adifferent a adiferent | different diferent ( form and are required requlr requir requlred required ed to post their rates In eachI each eachroom eachroom room or cottage , Any tenant who sub-rents sub rents - - - aiscmust also alsomust alsomust must register even if he rent rents rentsonly rentsonly ; only one room and only occasionally occasionallyWhen occa occaslOnally occasionally slOnally sionally slOnallyWhen sionallyWhen When a landlord rents to 8 a 8new anew inew new tenant he must file fHe at the therent therent thtrent rent office a Report of Changtin Changeto Changein Change to in Tenancy form available avaHable althe a1 at a1the atthe the rent office indicating lndicatmg th thmaximum the themaximum themaximum < maximum rent and bearing th thsignature the thesignature thesignature signature of the new tenant He Hemust Hemust Hemust must also have the new tenant tenantsign tenantsign tenanisign sign the landlords landlord s copy of the thereglstratlon theregistration theregistration reglstratlon registration statement statementOn - _ On housing units not rentedprior rented rentedprior rentedprior prior to the effective date of therent the therent ' rent regulations regulattons the landlordmay landlord landlordmay ' may set s't st ( ' his own rent and landlordI with within within I 10 in 30 days regl register < ; ter the property propertyat at the rent rLnt office This rent mav may be reduced if it Is higher thanthe than thanthe thanthe the prevailing prevaillng rate for similarpremises similar similarpremises similarpremises premises on the maximum rentdate rent rentdater rentdate date dater daterbu1 , , , but bu1 rent offices will giveadvance give giveadvance giveadvance advance opinions oplOlons on first rents rentswhen rentswhen rentswhen when r'QuectedRent requestedRent requested r'Quected rQuected requestedRent ( ' ; Rent ceilings can be adjusted adjustedon on specific speclftc grounds by the 1he AreaRent Area AreaRent AreaRent Rent Director but it is a violation viOla viOlalion violation lion tion to increase maximum rentswithout rents rentswithout rentswithout without first obtaining obtammg an orc'cr orccr orc'crfrom or orc ' ' 'l1r l1r 'l1rfrom ' rfrom from the Rent DirectorI DirectorRent DirectorRent Director , I Rent control doe docs does " not apply applyto applyto applyto to farm dwellings provided a atenant atenant atenant tenant works a substintial subst.nltal substnltal substantial . portion par por parbon portion bon tion of his time hme on the f firm hrm rin orto or orto orto to business busme < ; s and office quartersor quarters or dwelling space occupied by bydomesltc bydomestic bydomestic domesltc domestic servants caretakers caretakersor or managers |