Show Rapid I Urbanization One of the most important and reaching far reports on the status of the poor family in Washington should go a long way toward destroying age old age old myths about the attitudes of the poor PROMINENT i is s t s including Daniel in his study The Negro Family The Case for National Action have argued that poorer family conditions conditions con con- among N Negroes e g roe s are caused by the heritage of slav slav- ery The recent report sponsored by the Health and Welfare Council Council Coun- Coun cil of Washington refutes this argument maintaining that poverty pov- pov erty is caused primarily by the impact of city living and job insecurity insecurity in- in security among the poor PRIMARY attention is being focused throughout the nation on increased urbanization and the trend of Americans to seek seeka a better life Ufe in metropolitan areas reas Case studies are being conducted on the effect of city life upon Americans Washington Washing Washing- ton D D. D C C. C with a highly transient transient tran- tran population is receiving much attention especially since it is the only major city with more than 50 per cent Negro population Rapid urbanization in ou our r country has produced m more 0 r e problems than we have been able to solve and our society is suffering suffering suf- suf fering because of the continuing trend and our inability to cope with it it |