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Show HEADACHESOFR HEADACHES OF BENT RENT CONTROL TCONTROL CONTROLRent CONTROLRent I Rent control in the Vernal Vemal area is proving a bIg bIgbenefit bigbenefit bigbenefit benefit to tenants and working workmg a hardship on some land landlords landlords landlords lords , , but willIt will it stifle the generous response made by byprivate , pnvate . , rivate homes hoes to care for transients This was the ques quesI ques.lOn quesion queslion I .lOn lOn . ion posed by Attorney Wallace Calder at a meeting of oflandlords oflandlords oflandlords landlords heldwIth held with OP OPA A officials offlC181s Monday evening evenmg Last Lastfall Lastfall Lastfall fall transients transwnts who were unable to find fmd accomodabons accomodations accomodationain accomodabonsIn accomodationsin In Vernal were in III their thmr cars , in sheds and even chickoncoops chlCkencoops ehiekencoops , according accordmg to the attorney Then an appeal appealwas appealwas appeawas was made by Mayor B H Stnngham Strmgham Stringham for people of the thecommumty thecommunity thcommunity ( commumty community to open their thmr homes to provide shelter for fort forthese fothese ] t these e8e unfortunate travelers Hundreds ofrooms of rooms wen were were.provHlod wererovided wenOrovidcd Orovidcd .provHlod provHlod .provHlodm . rovided rovidedin in m private pnvate homes and within wIthm a few months more more.han moreihan mor mortian < .han han ihan . tian two thousand transients weic wew were provided with com corn comfortable cornfortable comfortable fortable quarters " "These These " people actedas acted as Good Samen Sameri Samentans Sameritans Samentans tans , , " " said sald the attorney , , "andshould " "and and " shouldnot should not come under undergovernment undergovernment undergovernment government regulations " OP OPA A control has had a stabilizing stabIhzmg effect on renta rents rentaIn rentsin rentein In the Vernal area but there are a lot of problems yet yetto yetto yetto to be ironed troned out OP OPA A should not lose sight of the fact factthat factthat factthat that Vernal Vemal has had unusual conditions whIchare which are not.yaralleled notparalleled not notparalleled paralleled .yaralleled yaralleled . anywhtere anywhere in the state More than a thousand9nen thousand thousandmen 9nen men en were taken from the county for service in the arm arm- armed armed armed - ed forces andat and at least Jeast this number leftour left our communitiesto commumhesto commumhes communities to seekemployment seek employment in III the defense defens industries mdustnes dunng during dunngthe duringthe duringthe the war In 1944 , the period penod set for the base for rent pnces prices pricesthe , the outlook was very gloomy and vacant and closedup closed up uphomes uphomes uphomes homes were Very fiery common Our coun county y population of 9600 9600dIppld 9600dipped 9600dipped dIppld dipped , to nearly 7300WIth 7300With 7300 7300With With close cooperation of local leaders and OP OPA OPAepresentatives OPArepresentatives A [ epresentatIves these problems should be workedout worked out so sono sot sono sono t no great injustices mJustIces and hardships will be borne by mther either eitherthe eitherthe , the tenants or landlords AsolutIOn A solution will be found to ald aid aldthose aidthose aidthose those who have so generously opened their thmr homes for fortranSIents fortransients fortransients fortransientsOur tranSIents tranSIentsOur Our housing housmg shortage is a long way from bemg being bemgsolved beingsolved beingsolved solved solvedand andeven and even with the intensive llltensIve building programA programJ program programplanned J > , platoncd planned pl ned forJthe f'Qrbe fQrbe fnr4lia ' ) coming commg summer Bummer , , it will be months ilnnd ilnndperhaps andperhaps d dperhaps perhaps another year until the shortage is eased to any anyI anyjgreal anyfgrestt I " jgreal reat , extent OP OPA A wIllneed will need to stretch the red tape a akittle 'Ittle Ittle " ' little further and landlords and tenants will have to be bea bea bea a little httle more considerate ofone of one another to make control controlsuccessful controlsuccessful controlsuccessful successful |