Victory worker. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1942-1943, 1943-10-02

ReferroI Office In DousIus Building

ReferroI Office In Douglas Building
The need for decent housing for Immigrant workers is
being better and better understood ntelgenty met
from every angle The National Housing Agency for this
which includes Washington Oregon Idaho and Alaska has
established office here in the Skinner Building under
the direction of Frank NJ Crutsinger.
This outfit includes the FILA and the Hole in order
to simplify the problems of home seekers The whole setup
makes easy for workers to make themselves at home in
Seattle, in minimum amount of time.
ReferraI Office
In order to meet the needs of home easily Re-
ferra Office has been established in the Douglas Building
under the management of Mrs Fred Shorter There the
immigrant worker for the Seattle may go for inter-
view in which he may state his needs.
How to Register Your Wants
In the referral office Jon Doe Worker will be asked
the number of persons in his family their age and
selection of places suitable to the needs of his particular
setup will be shown him from among which he may make
his decision He returns then to the office and signs up
important whether his children girls boys whether
they school not there great variety of
flexible units available which may suit his family needs
acty making all the difference between the rest and
fort necessary workers with families the overcrowded
home conditions so bad for growing children
Schools Considered
Many of the units have schools and even furnish hospital
units, selecting his home the worker having stated
his family problems will be advised by Mrs Shorter how to
meet them with maximum of comfort and minimum of
expense Thus the worker may be assured of convenient
locality for his work schools for his children for
his older adolescen children and every household
fence for his wife Although these housing units not
permanent they we'll constructed and contain every pos
sbe convenience Some furnished for workers who have
homes to which they hope day to return but others
will accommodate furniture brought in
Object of Housing Projects
1t et by the Housing Authority that while private
enterprise should and would build houses increased popu
aton that the tremendous influx of necessary workers and
the present need of Bong for 5000 would bring build
ing necessity to figures not practical for the private builder
post conditions would inevitably leave him with much
unstable property his hands Towns in this would
be overbu to depression of real estate values
and bad conditions generally The present huge housing
jecs therefore will relieve this situation and might be avail
able for returning convascent soldiers during difficult post
adjustments. In post world where little manuac-
turing household living had been done the equipment from
these housing projects would be valuable to the rev.
adjusting and rebuilding of this country into normal Ey
condition. S$Ss#gSsssSssSs
Reception Center For Women NNk%SSH
The Blanchard Reception Center for in-migrsS
women workers, although already occupied, is still beiE
rushed to completion order to meet the need of the
rush of Boeng workers This center marks th
housing problem it equipped to meet the of
bachelor both to housing and recreation and
vdes comforts heretofore dsregarded such type housing
Here workers direct from the train to stay
until they be better located Here they may be directed
shops and jobs here they may make friends find
loungng read in and otherwise adjust themselves
to their working conditions.