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Show EditoriaT (CONTINUED) do what is necessary and let the poor get thebnefitof homes they can afford to purchase or rent. Why So Little Slum Clearance and Building? There is one thing we are very greatly interested in and that's slum clearence and the building of homes for the people in the lower income groups. Some facts about this m-itterare as follows: A survey looking toward slum clearance was made in this city and state at a cost of $58,000 of which the state paid only $3,000 and the government $55,000. What is there to show for this money? Some shameful and intolerable conditions con-ditions were found but little or nothing hag been done. The government stands ready to build any number of low priced homes at low rentals or low monthly payment on the purchase, purcha-se, but it takes a state law to do it and this the legislatures have failed to do. A bill was passed during the previous administration ad-ministration but was vetoed by Gov. Blood. Let the state Continued in Next Column |