The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-28
TELLS ATTITUDE OF GOVERNMENT
 UPON HOUSING
Landlords Who Refuse Rents to Families With
 Children Roundly Scored.

D. H. Greene, manager of the Unit in an interview this morning, stated the attitude of the government in re- gard to housing condition of the city. He was most emphatic in his denun- citation of landlords who discriminate against children.
 Mr. Greene said:
 '"This war is a conflict in which la bor is just as essential as either fight ing men or material. Kitchener called the equipment-making toilers the sec ond army. Without the second army there can be no first. Logically, vic- tory is to be the result of efficient CO., operation.
 Industrial centers, where munitions are manufactured, have been expand ed in many cases to as much as ten times their peace size. The influx of war workers to these points has taxed to the limit the housing facilities pro- vtded, and relief from overcrowded conditions has been sought In most cases it is necessary to appeal to the citizens and householdaaS of the re- zion to open uD their homes to the soldiers of industry. To varying de- gress this has been done. With the continued expansion of industry com mensurate with the rapidly increas- ing demand of an ever growing over seas army. the demand for proper housing grows apace.
 Although there are organizations for the building of additional housing space, 1t is manifestlN impossible to create large numbers of houses in either the time or at all of the places where desired. Houses are the result of labor, ma tefral and time. Pershing needs men now. If we wait to establish cities at just the right places. he will neither get the men nor the munitions
 Most of the unmarried men have been drafted. In fact, but for those having unusual disqualifications, they have all gone. We, therefore, must I rely on the married men to make mu- nitions for the soldiers in the trenches. If discrimination Is made against children, a blow is struck di- rectly at the class to whom we must look. for war implements. All vacant houses, flats or apartments waiting either for tenants or buyers, but with restrictions against children, should be occupied at once with the ban on children lifted. Close scrutiny should be made to see that edicts against the little folks are not allowed to prevail in any community. Such edicts in- terfere with war efficiency.
 we must use all of the facilities at hand. Each citizen must help meet the need. Wa must adapt ourselves and improvise. Each community must strive to it's utmost to satisfy its own needs before appealing to the federal government. One way to &C., complish this is by utilizing the ex- tsting housing facilities for war work CTS of all classes.
 There is @ particular demand for light housekeeping rooms for use o1 men with wives and children. It is obviously better for the workmen tc live with his family. His children need his parental oversight and com- panionship. There is only one way that the families of industrial work CTS can be kept together. Patriotic | uOuS0IROIuSrS are requested to open their homes and to provide two or three rooms in which such workmer with wives and children can make themselves comfortable.
 ''The government fully realizes that to open homes to war workers will cause some inconvenience to the fam. flies who make this patriotic effort It is, however one very useful way tc do part of the war work. Making life pleasant for the man who is making the munitions means that the worker will be more contented, vii stay longer on the job, and will be more efficient in providing a larger output to supply our soldiers 1T France. Sacrifice is the keynote o1 war efficiency, and to win the wal speedily there must be sacrifices 1T some form on the part of all.
 ''The war worker who has become g. soldier of industry and is helping back up the men in France should bt welcome in every household 1T America. Good rooms in wholesome families will make life pleasant fol
 his wife and children.