Show sho agles es in housing are reported in africa NEW YORK shortages in housing ous an and d clothing are the greatest problems of the civilian population in north africa and will present increasingly crea singly grave health dangers dan gers when the cold rainy weather starts it was reported here by kurt member of the overseas start staff of the joint distribution committee who returned recently from a four month tour of the area A large percentage of the civilians face a winter of living in tents camps unheated barracks and schoolhouses all with limited sanitary facilities lie he said at a press conference in the offices of the committee mr predicted little improvement in the situation until after the war particularly in housing because of a lack of materials for reconstruction of buildings destroyed by bombings describing in detail the effect of the war on tunisia he said it presented a pattern that would be found in every country that had lived under german occupation there he said the germans haa had looted the native population singling out the jews for special discriminations crimi nations |