Detroit evening times., 1945-12-09
a Million Veterans and Families Face Homeless Christmas
Little Relief Seen
Within d Year
Loc5I Prop'e~ Says
Federa' Government
,pr .,,o rs ptIrou rW>


-,reI officials -np7llrd q trc pros-
p-ct ot q homeless, Christmas for
e, least H#.t a million veterans
ta1ss appealed m VT 5al Mrs
A~crca to -n.rc homes with Zee
t.rrcd >c~uccn5' and tAcr fannie
les.
state and municipal agencies
pucI ~ tho g.,a
iHg vor,a. Vsfh huic prospect OF
rcu,. V.ttr ueN, year
Aiuca as the government oc-
p'1res the plight 0i ihy vets SAID
,Iohr =. H'aritord Jr federal
hcu> r- administrator oh" pIon-
len local responsibility lie
las written t- - 600 uaNo's, urC-
ing tao speeding uD oi roN con-
E'rgC''ur
So acute is -rc Jack of housing.
lr WEI ou. thatl50Oo00 families
a'-cady have doubled up And.
r. predicted 100000 SCiNcCmen
and their families Vii have 20 do
tre same IN the ucNt year.
900. 600 ~ DECEMBER
With cities reporting vacant
apartments and homes rare, the
War Department has just an
nounccd that 100000 men viii
he discharged in December OF
these. 73O 600 VIII pour INTO cities
already iammed.
The newcomers. in far too
many cases. viii loiu an army OF
dcSpalr--men and women who
have tramped the streets m vain
quest for a place in which TO live.
one veteran in New York City,
his breast blazing with ribbons,
including that OF the Purple
Heart. said
Look at my ShOeS--worn
through. I've walked more
miles in this town than ever
walked i'm the army, and found
nothing. except the offer of "A
1i-room apartment an Park
avenue at more rent than ! ever
earned in a year.
And when ! think Of how I
dreamed of Christmas with my
wife and baby while was fight
ing i'm Germany, I get kind OF
sore. And where are We going
60 spend Christmas? In a dark
hall bedroom up three flights Of
stairs that Canta Claus couldn't
find, even with the FBI to help
him"
VETERANS FAMILY EVICTED
In YonkcrS. \ Y. Frank X
Richardson Sr.. 81 wounded vet
eran Of France and Germany. re-
comfy was evictcd from a three
room FAT with his wife, Carrie,
and infant son Frank Jr The
house had been sold and tho new
landlord said ne needed the fiat
for himself
Richardson wearing his Purple
Heart and other ribbons SAT on
the curb with Mrs Richardson
and the baby their furniture piled
UP around them. After several
hours. kIndly neighborS took
them in
WAVES at Hunter College va
Gated 600 suites they had OCCu-
pied as barracks in nearby apart
ment houses The city announced
that homeless service men and
veterans would get them.
Thousands of vets and their
wives lined up at registration Of
fees, some standing IN line all
night. So great was the jam that
the registration stats were over
whelmed and had 90 beg appli-
CantS Ia come back tomorrow
VAIN QUEST FOR SHELTER
Tragedy has climaNcd more
than one vain quest for shelter
Recently The body of Kenneth r
Wilkes 35. discharged soldier.
wa> found IN a dry river bed near
Los Angeles His wife said she he
lct ed he'd loapcd from a bridge
because with Christmas coming
or. they could not find a home
David MzrahI 92. heroic ma
Tine veteran of Pacific warfare
pitched pup tCri fn peI-hmG
Square. downtown Los Angelic tn
Shelter his wife. baby son and
himself The police cyictcd 'h.r
An aircraft manufacturer lC'
them have a thrce-room traIlC,
Another Los Angeles veteran
Stuart Karbcl, paced tho street,
with a sandwich sign bearrg
picture Of a stork about 20 deliver
q baby and reading "\o Place
20 Lanad-Nctcran and Wife In
fanticipating-No Place 10 Live
Can-Anu -HelP-t %