By the elevation of Gordon J. Good
win to senior vice commander a new
junior vice will toe elected at the next
meeting, which will be held on March
18.
The drive for new membership,
which was to terminate toy the first
I of Marcli, has been extended for an-
other month. Several members are
out to win the prizes offered by Na
tional Assistant Inspector General
Wheeler, and a keen competition is
expected.
Commander W. H. Iyhne obligated
nine new members last night, and
several others are expected to, be in
itiated this Saturday.
said: "Well have a trial by jury
on the matter." So ft looked as If
the municipal courts In Jersey City
were about to do a land office bus!
ness in trials by Jury. The landlords
figured how Ions it would take to try
5,000 rent cases before Juries es
pecially juries that would undoubt
edly number m part, at least, men
who were themselves rentpayers. Two
or three years mayibe, if everything
went right along without a hitch. In
the meantime the tenants would be
offering the old rental each month.
But if the landlords accepted it that
killed their case. So they knew they
would go rentiess while the cases
were pending.
"The result was that of 5,000 com
plaints landlords took the cases to
court in only sixteen instances," said
Commissioner Gannon. "Nine of
these were settled before a verdict
was reached and six were won by
the tenants. We withdrew from the
other because it concerned a different
issue."
That was February's crop. Com
missioner Gannon called another
"strike" for March 1, and he estimates
that ,3,500 tenants rebelled this time
"And but for February's strike
there would have been 10,000," he
added. "We've got them worried.
