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We Must Raise Our Sights In Housing
By Senator Hugh B. Mitchell. Democrat of Washington
The housing shortage calls for
bold and drastic action on all
:ronis. President Truman has said
that 5 million homes are needed
light now. Three million of these
homes probably are needed for vet
HI'GH B. MITCHELL
eran families who are doubled up
with others. Plainly we must mo
bilize our resources in an all-out
housing offensive based upon our
wartime production experience and
techniques. This is the philosophy
VJehind the housing bill. S. 1729.
which I have introduced together
with Senator Kilgore.
Measured against present hous
ing needs, the goal of 1/2 million‘
l‘louses now generally assumed as
the top limit for 1946 expresses
an attitude of despair and defeat.
This estimate is based upon past
trends in the building industry and
Eraditional construction methods.
It ignores the magnitude of pres
ent needs and the productive po
tential of war-developed resources.
It rests on the unimaginative as
sumption that housing needs and
production resources must be ad-
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justed to past performance, in
stead of raising performance to the
level of needs and resources.
When President Roosevelt first
set the wartime goal of airplane
production at 50,000 per year.
many people thought it was an im
possible task. Even that was only
the beginning of a mighty produc
tion effort for victory. To limit
the 1946 housing goal at 500,000
homes makes no better sense than
to have said during the war that
airplane goals must be based on
production trends in the 1920‘s or
‘1930's.
At the height of our war effort,
we were spending 8 or 9 billion dol
lars a month. If only 500,000
homes are built in 1946, this will
be the equivalent of 9 or 10 days
war cost at the peak. Surely we
can afford more than that.
Our sights in housing must be
raised. The very minimum we must
work for is one million houses in
1946 and 2 million houses in 1947.
To achieve these minimum goals
we must put into use all plants
and facilities and materials that
can possibly be adapted to the pur
poses of housing production. When
a program is organized, and things
get rolling, I am sure.that these
goals will be met and exceeded.
No one can say that the neces
sary resources are unavailable.
Needed only are the will and de
termination to do the job.
1 Mr. Wwatt, the housmg expedit?
‘er who has been commissioned by
the President with the responsi
bility of seeing that this job is
done, deserves full cooperation and
support. The measure of his suc
cess will be the steps which he
takes to raise housing production
beyond the low estimates presently
accepted. The whole housing pro
gram should be reevaluated by
Mr. Wyatt in the light of greatly
expanded goals.
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The Magic Horn
By Lorenzo Hammarskiild
(English rendering by
- Ernst W. Olson)
The valorous knight thro' the
greenwood rode
To the home of his fair lady love,
When suddenly forth in his dusky
path strode
A fair wood nymph his faith to
prove.
Before him she stood in the splen
dor and might
Of the ladies of chivalric days:
Her locks were a shower of shim
mering light.
And her smile like the evening
star's rays.
“I grant thee, brave knight," was
her merry refrain,
As she passed him the golden
horn;
“To love drain the goblet, and
then let us twain
Tread the dance and make merry
till morn.
I’ve wine that is old, I have treas—
ures of gold,
And a heart that is all aflre:
Abandon thy steed on the flowery
wold,
Let us dance to our heart's
desire."
The knight gave the spurs to his
trusty steed.
And away with the golden horn
sped;
As wildly he galloped across the
dark heath.
Flashed the thunderbolts hissing
and red.
He traced a cross on a new
furrowed field.
His putsuers thus foiling in scorn.
The trolls, at the sign of the cross
made to yield,
Walled aloud at the loss of the
horn.
His lady love‘s castle the noble
knight sought,
All undone by the troll‘s magic
spell:
“The trolls‘ horn~—'tis mine, but
my love is still thine,"
Thus the words from his dying
lips fell.
Lorenzo (Lars) Hammarkskold
1775-1827) one of the minor poets
of Sweden, is best known as a
reviewer, critic, translator, and in
dependent writer on literature.
philosophy and art}.
Nazi loot Tracked
Down In Norway
High-handed Nazi action during
the five years of Norway’s occu
pation resulted in confiscations and
ilegal property transfers which are
now proving to be as difficult toi
unravel as the mythical Gordianl
knot. The new Norwegian Property;
Restoration Office is taking the,
approved direct action based cm
the recent confiscation decree!
which gives the original owner the}
right to reclaim everything whichi
he has lost, even if the present!
owner purchased or received the!
property in good faith. The work‘
of this office has been further‘
aided by a second decree which
gives it the right to demand in-‘
formation from any source. re-.
garding moveabies. negotiable pa-j
pers, or valuables which have been
lost through enemy confiscation.
Purchasers of used furnishings of
great value, as well as all individ
uals who have at any time aided
in the exchange, moving. or. stor
age of such items are required to
volunteer information at the risk
of stiff fines and jail sentences.
Brokers, bankers. and attorneys
will be allowed no refuge undfier
their usual oath of silence.
S >Norwegians are agreed that such
‘action is both just and necessary
§as purchasers of valuable used
iitems during the occupation were
“wa.rned that they were probably
lbuying Nut-confiscated goods.
“Queen Of Light”
Was crowned By
Gabriela Mistral
As a symbol of the returning
light after the darkness 0f the
early winter months “St. Lucia”
is traditionally celebrated all over
Sweden on the 13th of December.
Early in the dark winter morn
ing a. young female member of
the family, dressed in a flowing
white robe and wearing a crown
of fresh green twigs with lighted
candles goes round to the other
family members who are still in
bed, offering them coffee and
Lucia buns on a tray.
For several years past this
beautiful custom has been male-l
brated publicly as well. In the
big Swedish towns a "Lucial
Queen" is elected by public voting.'
In December just past, the Lu
lcia celebrations in Stockholm
were favored by the most brilliant
'winter weather with newly falleni
snow, reasonably cold and moon
light. The Lucia Queen —- a 20-‘
year-old blonde Nordic beauty by.
the name of Gurli Holmberg —‘
rode through the crowded streets‘
sitting on a throne and accom
panied by a cortage of maids-in
waiting. fairies and other sym
bols of Christmas
The festival in the Stockholm
City Hall following the pageant
was given a, special touch through
the presence of a number of No
bel Prize winners. The Nobel
Prize winner for Literature. Ga
biela Mistral, handed the tradi
tional gem to the Lucia Queen.
and the South American poetess
also read a poem which she had
written, inspired by the Swedish
Lucia.
1 The Swedish Lucia custom.
:which undoubtedly constitutes a
‘pleasant break during the dark
est period in these latitudes. has
also begun to spread to the neigh
boring countries, both Norway and
Denmark celebrating Lucia last
1' December.
Eng!and-_D_enr_ngrl§ fihip
T2i$essiPsrishqbles
HARWICH. England. Dec. 17.,—
The motor vessel Parkeston is
scheduled to reopen the first Eng—
land-Denmark shipping route, sail
ing from here to Esbjerg.
Denmark will now be able to
send fish, butter and other per
ishable produce to Britain with
the minimum of delay.
GREEK women in patched rag: wait in line a: clothing collected ii
America's nation-wide spring drive is diutributed in their land. Sam
million other bombed-out Greek: with no clothing. shoes or bedding (on
tho bitter wintor living in (nil lean-too. Give all your upon clothing 09
the _Victoty Clothing Collection [or ovoruu mid. January 7—31.
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
New Swedish
Consul
The new Swedish Consul Gen
eral in New York will be Lennart
Nylamier, former Counselor 0! Le
gation in Berlin. He succeeds Mar
tin Kastengren, recently appointed
Swedish Minister to Peru. Mr. Ny
lander, born in 1900. served as
attache at the New York Con
sulate from 1928 to 1930. He has
been attached to the Swedish .le
gation in Moscow as well as Ber
lin, and has also served at the
Foreign Office in Stackholm.
Oslo Breakfast
Now Resumed
Word that the serving of the
world famous "0le Breakfast"
will be resumed in the schools of
Norway‘s capital constitutes a cer
tain sign of recovery. 'Now grown
into an institution which has been
taken up by schools throughout
the world. this means of improving
juvenile health is based on the
principle that if children are to
be given one meal at school, it
should be breakfast and not din
ner as was previously the case.
Served in all elementary schools
45 minutes before classes com
mence in the morning. this free
repast consists of bread made of
specially ground flour, cod liver
oil paste, vitaminized cheese, one
third quart of milk, a raw car
rot. and half an apple or orange.
The success of this program in
improving the peace-time health
of Oslo's school children gives
promise of speeding the physical
recovery of Norway‘s war starved
thousands.