Abstract

Obituary for Veterans' Housing

The Veterans' Emergency Housing Program, in a serious condition since Wilson' Wyatt resigned two weeks ago; died yesterday. U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivered the funeral oration-an announcement that some housing controls will be abandoned and the rest greatly relaxed. The President's statement makes it dear that from now on the Administration will depend mainly on pious hopes rather than on forthright action to deal with the housing crisis. The government's housing program is no longer an emergency program. And most certainly it's not a veterans' housing program. The President's action paved the way for a speedy return to a building free-for-all in which speculative profits will come first and homes for veterans last.