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IS AmeNctis America's Americas ' blgg.sl blggsl biggest biggestproblemsthe . 10 to solu solte on one . of tng sng rob/ems-Ihe rob ems Ihe problems-the problems the problems / - tht GIs G I 1 s s No I 1 belS beedacbe- beedacbe beedacbethe beiul llche- llche llcheIh chi chithi - - thi the Ih . housing housmg ll si slorf4g siortage ortagt ortage . ) ) WASffiNGTONHave WASHINGTONHave WASHINGTON WASffiNGTON -Have Have - Have you been beenin beenn beenIn in ! n York Pa late lately latel7 ! ) } 9 ? It Its s a b be1 g gI 000 population in insouthern Insouthern Insouthern I 1 ttle ttJe the town of 50 Pennsylvania with a hta hln hin southern . _ . ou _ . _ _ * + ha . _ . ou _ . _ _ terland of rich farm country 01 of ij-imous ij imous - mous imous Pennsylvania Dutch where wheretables wheretables whertables , tables groan with seven sweet and andseven andseven andseven seven sour d shes as good victuals victualsas victualsas as } ) ou D n 11 find though you wonder wonderthe wonderthe wondeithe the theorld \ world \\orld orld between hors d oeuvres oeuvresand oeuvresand oeuvre5and and baked baled alaskas from pole to pole poleand poleand poleand and back agamYork againYork again agam againYork York is a busy place a place of ofbustJmg ofbustling olbustling bustJmg bustling Industries whose products productsare are known from coast to coast It Itis Itis Itis is also a a town which can lift lrlt its eyes eyesfrom eyesfrom eyesfrom from the plowshare and the forge to tothm1 tothmlI tothink thm1 thmlI . simply slffiply and soundly about aboutcarmg aboutcaring aboutcaring carmg caring tor for its own It s a town of ofmgenUity ofingenuity ofingenuity ofingenuityWalk . mgenUity ingenuity mgenUityWalk ingenuityWalk Walk out to the M 1\1 1 \ diand dland avenue avenuesectiol avenuesection sectIo'l sectIol ' w th me You come upon a a'u a- a abatch batch of clapboard clap 'ubatch - 'u u ' " , board houses- houses housesthey houses housesthey - ' " housest 1 ' 1 t s they y ! line hne me boths be both ) | s des of the streetfor streetfor street J | for a whole blockI blockin ' , , -I I -in in - i n v various variousstages variousstages a r i 0 u s sstages stages of comple completion complet completlon t tion One group of ofworkmen ofworkmen orkmen workmen \ Is fin finishmg finishmg - ishmg the grad gradmg grada gradmg a I Img mg on lots an another another other hauls plas plus plaster plusy plaster y ter into a house housestill houser housestill loadother r , still others un unload unad unload load ad door frames framesacross framesacross framesacross across the streetBaukhage streetBaukbage street streetBaukhase Baukhase Baukhage Baukbage Baukhageand Baukbageand and P"1 P1 put " the fin finIsh finish finish Ish ng touches tothe tothe to tothe the root roof of a house being built for fora fora fora a veteran veteranGo Go a little farther downtown and andyou andyou andyou you come to the Elm street house- house housec- housec houseneat housecneat house's houses house'sneat ' ' - neat obv ously net new ne\\ ne \ t vo bedroom bedroombungalo bedroombungalo bedroombungalo bungalo \ is ws s \ wh h ch have just lust been sold soldto soldto soldto to veterans for $5250 5250 $5 5 ? $ 5 250 eachOn eachOn each eachOn On the other otrer s de of to vn VD vu in m Park ParkVillage ParkVillage ParkVillage Village you can drl\ drl drive dn\e dn e drle \ e a tor for blocks blocksthrough blocksthrough blocksthrough through through'Indmg \ winding \\'Indmg 'Indmg Indmg ' streets flanked by bynew bynew bynew new houses partly completed houses housesexcavatIons housesexcavations housesexcavations excavatIons tor for houses and ever everj.where everjwhere ) . where the cheerful song of the h'm hm him h'mmer himmer h'mmer hmmer ' mer and the sathe saw sa\\ sa \ the lap of o1 pour ng ngconcrete ngconcrete ngconcrete concrete the thud of the p ck in m the thedeep thedeep thedeep deep so soilWhen soil soilWhen When the lights go on at night nightyou nightyou nightyou you v w \ . 11 II ll notice that a great many manyof manyof manyof of the old fashioned three story storyrow storyrow storyrow row houses in m downtown York are arelighted arelighted arelighted lighted from to top tob to bottom You d dguess dguess dguess guess that a lot of people were hv liv hvmg living living mg ing in m those houses You d be nght right nghtThe rightThe rightThe The bu build d ngs have been convertedmto convertedinto converted I convertedI | into mto small apartments apartmentsIt It looks loohs as though York is gettmg getting gettmgItself gettingitself gettingitself Itself pretty well housed A glance glanceat at the figures confirms just how well wellthe wellthe wellthe I the town is doing In 1946 York , T T Tr -r r - School - . . - . 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Learn - Constit Constitution tion . . - un a iw 140 acre fruit farm a couple coupleof coupleof of miles from Olcott Beach where whereI I used to go swimming and the name ' . of wh ch was taken by one of the thesweet thesweet thesweet generat sweet s ngers of the th " last genera t on ( some of you remember Chaun Chauncey Chauncey Chauncey cey Olcott of My Wild Irish Ro.ean Roseanyhow Rose Ro.e Roe . ) -an an -anyhow anyhow - anyhow ) how on that farm a young boy youngboy strained stramed with the prunmg pruning pruningkn prunmgkn kn te fe stretched to pluck the fuzzy fuzzyNiagara Niagara county peachesThat peachesThat peaches peachesThat That \ was as scarcely a decade ago agoOn agoOn agoOn On a bright March day this same samefellono samefellowno samefellow fello\\-no fello no fellow-no fellow \ \ - no v 17-came 17 came 17 - came into mto my of office offlee office fice flee S nee nce he was a graduate ofa ofBuffalo ofBuffalo of a aBuffalo Buffalo schoolwe school we had someth ng ng1Il ngin ngin 1Il in common despite the gulf of the theyears theyears theyears years We had something somethmg else in inIcommon incommon inIcommon Icommon ! common too I also had onceon once V.ODa VODa \\on on won wona \ . ona a pr ze in oratoryM oratoryId oratory M Id ne had to do \ with lIh a gentleman gentlemannamed gentlemannamed gentlemannamed named Spartacushen Spartacus \ when \\hen hen I was a Masten aMasten Park high school entrant entrantBs entrantB B s sas \ was \\as as a tar far more timely IImely tope-the tope the cthe top c- c - StatesHis the Const Coost tution tutJon of the United Uruted States HIs name is Ed Edward Nard Smith and he s a sa graduate of o1 St Mainstreet Josephs Joseph s on Mam Main street m in BuffaloSmith Buffalo BuffaloSmith nationalwinners nationalIlnners nationalsinners Smith is one ol of the lour four national \Ilnners Ilnners sinners \ % of the American Legion s .rator rator i . sorator si cal contest held each year to toitmulate toAt At mulate American highschool high school schoolboys boys to study andunderstand and understand the theConst Const tub tution on Never was such an un derstandlng derstanding understanding understandlng needed moreWinnmg moreWinning more moreWinning Winning Winnmg was no cinch Two hun hundred dred thousand stateentered boys trom from e\ e e\ery e ery eery every \ ery state entered this year Smith thereweren ( ( there weren t t too many Smiths in this comes I ne tOld me ) ) had to face facenine facenine rune nine d lerent fIerent ilerent ( critical audiences audiencesone audiences-one audiences one - _ ofBuffalo ofBuflalo one in m his schoolone school one In the city of Buffalo Buflalo one in Erie county one in inthe the d strict stnct one in 111 the zone one m in the inthe mthe state one the in 10 region one one1Il onein onein 1Il in the section and then the final heat -the the - Charlesto heatthe the nat onal contest at Charles Charlestoi to 1 i W VaSmith Va VaSmith Smith s theme was that Americans Americansmu Americansmust Americansmust mu must t not be too complacent about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the dangers of Communism that thatour thatour thatour our Const tut on m in itself is not pro tectlon tection protection protectlon tor for our form of governmentthat governmentthat government -that that - that its duties and priv privileges eges must mustconstantly mustconstantly mustconstantly constantly be exercised by every c t tIzen tizen tizen Izen He told me me mc inc dentally that thatCommun thatCommun thatCommun Commun sm in m relation to the Con Const Const Const st tut on was quite a popular sub subject subsect subject ject sect among this year s contest en entrants entrants entrants trants bu built t 613 new houses-100 houses 100 houses - 100 per cent centmore centmore more houses than were ever bUilt bUiltin builtin builtin in any previous year of the City cityhistory shistory ahistory s a * history In addition Yorkites Yorkltes add added added dded ed 481 new Dew dwelling dwellmg units by con converting converting converting verting old houses into apartments apartmentsOf apartmentsor Of or course this didn dldn dtdn t jnst jost just hap hap- happen happen happen - - pen It 1 & was made to happen by bya bya bya a treat great many local people deter determJDed determined determined mJDed mined that York s veterans veteranswonld veteranswould veteranswould wonld would have a place to live I The big drive got under way last lastyear lasyear year when a survey showed that one oneout oneout onout out of every three York veterans veteranswas veteranswas veteranwas was living l1Vl11g doubled up with friends friendsor friendor or relatives m 1Il in dilapidated wlapldated old oldbUlldmgs oldbuildings ol olbuildings < buildings bUlldmgs in m need of major repaIrs repairsor or in 111 trailers traders without standard standardplumbmg standardplumbing standardplumbing plumbmg plumbing fac facilities ltIcs That s the way It Itwas itwas itwas was m 1Il in York a year ago when Mayor MayorJohn MayorJohn MayorJohn John L Snyder appointed an 18 18member 18member 18member member emergency housing housmg com commlttee committee cornmittee cornmitteeThe mlttee mittee mltteeThe mitteeThe The committee s decision was that thatYork thatYork thatYork York should be able to proVIde provide1200 1 1200 200 new units U11lts m 111 in 1946 another another1 1 800 this year They called a meet meeting meeting meeting ing of everyone every one concerned wlthhous withhous wlthhousmg withhoustog with housing mg tog asked each bu ! Ider lder der to stand up upand upand upand and tell the group how many of ofthe ofthe ofthe the n needed eded houses he would bu build d In In1946untll in1946until In1946 1946-untll 1946 untll 1946-until until - until the pledges met tiequota tiequotaShortages It tt e equota equota I quota quotaShortages Shortages of materials matenals were a se senous senous senous nous threat to this undertaking undertakmg but butYork butYork butYork York builders buJIders had accepted their theirquotas theirquotas theirquotas quotas and v.ere vere were . ere determined determmed to bu build buildhouses buildhouses d dhouses houses When they couldn t find the thescarce thescarce thescarce scarce materials near home they theywent theywent theywent went to Buffalo to Ohio to Hagers Hagerstown Hagerstown Hagerstown town MdMembers \ Md 1\1d 1 1d MdMembers Members of the housing housmg commIt commIttee committee committee tee pitched m 1Il in with enthusiasm One Oneof Oneof Oneof of them came back bach from a Sunday Sundaydrive Sundaydrive Sundaydrive drive with two kegs of nails nads in ros his roscarbought hiscarbought hiscar car-bought car bought - bought on the spothen spot \ when \\hen hen he diS diScovered discovered discovered covered a 1 ttle the country hard\\ hard hardare hardware hardwarestore hardwarestore \ \ are arestore store th thit it t had some Someone else elsefound elsefound elsefound found a mlll\\ mlll millwork mlllorb \ orb . concern in 111 a near nearby nearby nearby by to vn vii wh ch had some door frames framesfoc framesfor framesfor foc for sale saleTo To keep prices pnces down do\\n do n \ local localbUilders localbuilders localbuilders bUilders voluntarily voluntanly cut profits profitsOue profitsOnewent profitsOne Oue Onewent \ went eut so far as to tal tai e a prof profIt profit profit It of only $50 50 $ per bouse house on a alarge alarge a.large alarge . large group of veterans housesBecause houses housesBecause Because convert ng to apartments apartmentsis IS quicker and takes less icss matenals materials matenalsYork materialsYork materialsYork York also undertook a campaign campaignm campaignin m in this direct on aided by the Cham Chamber Chamber Chamher ber of Commerce the local housmg housing housmgexpediter housingexpediter housingexpediter expediter banks press ai al a1 d rad 0In oIn o 0 oIn In 1946-a 1946 a 1946 - a year \ when hen shortages shortagesbrought shortagesbrought shortagesbrought brought bUildng build ng programs in 1Il many manycommumt manycommunit manycommunit commumt communit es as to a dead stop-York stop York stopYorkbu stop - - Yorkbu bu It t vice as many houses as had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been produced there in any prevIous prevIousyear previousyear previousyear year York s goal for 1947 is 1 I 800new 800new 800 new living units umts The folk m 111 in York Yorkaren Yorkaren Yorkaren aren t promis promls ng anything anythmg - they theyaren theyaren theyaren aren t talking talk1ng about what they re go going goIng goIng ing to do But m 1Il in the first four fourmonths fourmonths fourmonths months of the year-v year v year - v ith the build buildIng building building Ing season just lust gett ng under way- way waythey waythey way waythey - wayI they ve ye filed over 1100 1 100 appJcalions applications applicationsto appJcalionsto ! to bu build d houses 'W W ' a 4 5- 5 5d - d 4 4Edward Edward Smith of Buffalo a WlD win WlDner winnor ner nor in the American LegIOn ora . toncal torrcal oratoncal oratorrcal contest based on the Con- Con Constitution Constitution - - I stitution IS being quizzed by byBaukhage byBaulthage Baukhage Baulthage also an e ea " , Buffalo Buffalo5choolboy Buffaloschoolboy 5choolboy schoolboy on the Bill Billof of Rights |