ONE-ROOM FAMILY

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23717, 15 August 1942, Page 6

ONE-ROOM FAMILY

Sir, —“Practical” is not the fish I baited for. My lure was cast at the public-spirited councillors and their discussions on town planning instead of investigating the, in my opinion, more important housing conditions of our city such as “one room family. Apparently “Practical” is more intimately concerned jn their hasty removal than he would have us know, as he states “the “landlord was quite right in asking ‘one room family’ to leave for her own sake and the other tenants.” As this was never reported, how did he know? Also he asked “God what to do to help himself, and then got busy doing it.” May be he got hooked up with the wrong God, the God of Speed, as the One and Only, so it is written, said, “Sutter the little children to come unto Me. —Yours, etc., BARE KNUCKLES. August 14, 1942. Sir,—“ Practical” asks in “The Press” this morning why should a flat proposition be charitable, certainly not; but why are people allowed to charge such ridiculous prices? We talk about a new campaign for Christian order when people are existing in such terrible conditions. First of all, clear up this menace to the community and not so much preaching till we get decent living conditions, I have seen flats in this town with boxes of rooms, for 25s a week. It is about time people awoke before the boys return.—Yours, etc., MOTHER. August 14. 1942.