The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-24
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OOVs hUAtLEM bFEAAG
 Hartford, Conn, June N.-tUP)- Gov. Hurley told q special congress gional committee Investigating de. iense migration today that defense housing should be regarded by the federal government "aS a vast na- tional problem comparable to the problem Of training Q great army and navy and of creating in Amer lea an arsenal for democracy"
 States and communities, he said, should not be left to find a solution for their housing difiicultieS.
 Housing must be included in the picture of total defense. I believe that the solution of that grave problem rests almost entirely in the hands of the federal government and should be recognized as 0 prob- lem of the federal government"
 Gov. Hurley said T wcgld not be overgtating the facts If I should tell you that in every community in our state where there iS production for defense there is . grave housing shortage. Moreover, that housing shortage will not be diminished in the near future despite the sporadic housing construction that is in pro- cess here and there"
 AS of May IS, he said, more than half Q billion dollars in new defense orders had been placed with Con- necticut industries. The labor mar ket has been drained, and irnmedi- ate requirements are for 5000 full- time additional workers, excluding 10000 needed as seasonal workers in agriculture.
 Rent Shortage Trend
 The governor told the committee that the rent shortage has developed c "trend toward increased rents" and that i've arc confronted with the additional problem of rent profiteering and rent gouging."
 Hartford Mayor Thomas J. Spell lacy testified that within the past year 35O00 persons have migrated to Hartford, boosting the popula- ton to more than 100000. The influx still is on, he said. Spellacy estimated about 50 per cent of the newcomers were married, although all did not bring their families with them.
 To accommodate these families, he said, housing projects were un. dertaken at a cost of nearly $i0,- 900. 900, in addition to private con- structioil.
 Mayor Spellacy said there appear ed adequate educational and hcspi- tai facilities to accommodate every ore, although eInergence hospital facilities were being set up in halls, schools and large residences in sur- rounding suburbs.
 Leonard J. Mal@iey, director of the state employment service, esti- mated 100000 persons had moved into the state or moved from one part of the state to another since the defense program started. Many he said, were attracted to the state by "unfounded rumors of fantastic wages" and 8 large number of the newcomers were unEkille6 and un- suitable for the jobs that were open
 Train Women
 
 He suggested that women be trained for certain types of work, that discriminatory practices with respect to race, nationality, and physical handicapS be abandoned, that employers plan more inteln- gently for training and promoting their own personnel, and that em- ployment offices cooperate with draft boards concerning occupa- tional deferments.
 Maloney said the barrier against employment of aliens in defense in- dustrieS "and a similar inhibition against employment on WPA has already thrown heavy relief load on the state department of public welfare" More than 63 per cent of the relief cases last December, he said, involved aliens.