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February 15, 1949
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
In Washington on Feb. 15, Representative Patman of Texas criticizes landlords lobbying against a proposed rent-control bill for threatening evictions and anarchy if it passes, urging legal protests only.
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Patman Flays Landlords 2 For Threats
Let Them Protest Legally, But Threats To Flout Law Is Resorting To Anarchy
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.
Landlords from all over the nation are swarming on capitol Hill to oppose any attempt to pass a rent-control law similar to the one that was in effect in the days of OPA.
Representative Patman of Texas, of the house banking committee, which is considering a proposed rent-control bill, blasted the landlords today for their assertion, that they would evict tenants and take their houses off rent in event that the bill became a law.
Patman said that landlords, as well as any other segment of the
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PATMAN FLAYS
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American public, have the right to protest against any proposed or adopted measure, but that their protests should be confined to legal lines.
He added that when the protests are couched in threats to oppose the law or to try to circumvent or flout it, the objectors were resorting to tactics that are anarchistic.
Let Them Protest Legally, But Threats To Flout Law Is Resorting To Anarchy
(By The Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.
Landlords from all over the nation are swarming on capitol Hill to oppose any attempt to pass a rent-control law similar to the one that was in effect in the days of OPA.
Representative Patman of Texas, of the house banking committee, which is considering a proposed rent-control bill, blasted the landlords today for their assertion, that they would evict tenants and take their houses off rent in event that the bill became a law.
Patman said that landlords, as well as any other segment of the
(Continued On Page Six)
PATMAN FLAYS
(Continued From Page One)
American public, have the right to protest against any proposed or adopted measure, but that their protests should be confined to legal lines.
He added that when the protests are couched in threats to oppose the law or to try to circumvent or flout it, the objectors were resorting to tactics that are anarchistic.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Justice
Moral Virtue
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Rent Control
Landlords
Protest
Evictions
Anarchy
Patman
What entities or persons were involved?
Representative Patman Of Texas
Where did it happen?
Washington, Capitol Hill
Story Details
Key Persons
Representative Patman Of Texas
Location
Washington, Capitol Hill
Event Date
Feb. 15
Story Details
Landlords lobby against rent-control bill; Patman criticizes their threats to evict tenants and flout the law as anarchistic, advocating legal protests.