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Show WARS VETS BEING SWINDLED ON HOUSING, EXPERT DECLARES ignorant, clamoring solely for a roof over their heads, unmindful of their fearful destiny; the sickening sick-ening realization a few years hence that they have mortgaged their incomes for houses which i are ten to 30 years out of date both in plan and materials." i . homes will have been construct-ed construct-ed thruout the Un.ted States. "What a God-given opportunity opportun-ity Is is to change the face Jf a nation, to beautify ts ; res. dences to incorporate into the Peaceful channels of housing all fhe scientific and industrial wizardry wiz-ardry of war. What a chance to Produce for a million American families modern Pie" date homes, which can be lived h, with comfort and enjoyed with pride! "But are we doing that? Are we taking advantage of this moment? Are the builders, the momem.. men SrCether and creating sguch thoroughly livable homes The answer is a tragic No. Reactionary, obstinate, restrictive restric-tive frightened of change, un Imaginative, profit-bent only the building industry is turning out thousands of cracker boxes for thousands of veterans and non veterans, all despereandhouse Desperate war veterans are being swindled when they buy dwellings being thrown together togeth-er today by a rapacious building industry concerned only with profits, Elizabeth Gordon, editor of House Beautiful, declares in the May issue of the magazine. Instead of providing America with modern homes which could be enjoyed in comfort and with pride, the building industry is giving war veterans houses which will cause "the sickening realization a few years hence that they have mortgaged their incomes for houses which are ten to 30 years out of date both in plans and materials," she declares. de-clares. "Never again in our lifetime shall we see such a building boom as we are witnessing today," to-day," Miss Gordon asserts. "By 1948, according to all available statistics, at least a million new |