RETURNED SOLDIERS’ DIFFICULTIES.

Evening Star, Issue 22805, 13 November 1937, Page 9

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ DIFFICULTIES.

TO TBS EDITOR. Sir, —Now that the tumult and the shouting dies after Armistice Day one’s thoughts turn to the promises made to the men before going away. One man of my acquaintance, a sober, industrious worker, and his wife, a model housekeeper, are just waiting a magistrate’s order to be put out on the street, as the property occupied, by them has been sold, and there is not such a thing_ as a house to let. The church, seemingly, is turning a blind eye to the gambling in land and houses, while greatly concerned about art unions, which no one is compelled to join in if otherwise inclined. The Rev. Mr Pyewell, some time ago, supported a motion in favour of compulsory military training, as did also Mr H. L. Paterson, of the R.S.A. I wonder what the two beys and the girl of the man concerned want to train for, as shortly they will be without a home. Perhaps, after all, the best respect we can show to the dead is to see that the living get a fair deal. What have Mr Pyewell and Mr H. L. Paterson, president of the R.S.A., to say to this? Like the priest and Levite in the tale of the Good Samaritan, will they pass by on the other side while the military in its pomp parades?—l am, etc., Lust We Forget. November 12.