Evening star., 1953-03-07
Senate Expected
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Early Next Week
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for the middle-income people,
and for the other people"
Il think we have barely
touched the possibilities" he
said. "As I envisage the hous-
ing program, it is one of ad-
'vancement, one Of progression"
The two statements-one,
that he thought "we"-pre-
sumably the Government
could promote housing produc-
ton and, two. that the Gov
ernment should gradually get
out of the housing business.
might seem a bit contradictory.
On the other hand, Mr..
Cole may have been envisaging
a type of unspecif1ed Govern
ment stimulus for housing that
would fall short of outright
financing or financing aids.
Mr.. Cole was a bit reticent
about specific details of al
tentative plans for expanding
opportunities for low-income
people to rent homes.
Responding to a question
from Senator Ives, Republic
can. of New York as to whether
he "still opposed public hous-
ing" the appointee said, in
part:
lone of the things to which
I object is that we use words
and not ideas in describing our
opposition or support. I want
to talk to you a moment about
ideas that I have and not
words.
For instance, I believe that
the Government can make
great strides in providing low
rental units for people of low
income. I think it can be
done. I think it can be done
without discrimination and
without political implications"
SENATOR IVES-May / en-
terrupt you right there: You
are now talking about public
housing provided by the Gov
ernment?
MIR. COLE-No, I am talk
ing about what we may do in
the future. sir.
SENATOR IVES - I know,
that is what I am talking
about, too. You mean public
housing to be provided by the
Government. You said with
out discrimination. Do you
mean without segregation by
that? You said without dis
elimination. Do you mean.
without segregation?
MIR. COLE - I am talking
about discrimination.
Mr.. Cole explained that he
considered public housing to
be discriminatory and that
under his own plan housing
could be provided for low
income families that would not
represent public housing and.
thus, in his view, would not
be discriminatory housing. He
did not explain, however, how
he hoped to promote construc-
tion of such low-rent units by
private enterprise.
Senator Sparkman told Mr..
Cole at the hearing the thing
that disturbed him most was
not Mr.. Coles opposition to
public housing but that 'you
were against the entire hous-
ing program of 1949. In other
words. it was not just public
housing, but you voted against
tn ewhole bill. The major part
of the housing which you will
be called upon to administer
was covered by that bill or that
law.
Mr.. Sparkman quoted the
Kansan as having said at the
time the housing legislation
was considered:
There is a slender, almost
indistinguishable thread rum
ming through this entire bill.
That thread is Government
control of the individual fam
lily life, the individual home.
the individual. Read the bill
carefully from the beginning.
The declaration of policy
through the slum-clearance
proposition, through the low
rent plan, down through the
research program and finally
to the farm housing. in which
the farmers are represented,
and you will then find, Mr..
Chairman, that this thread
NAV become s0 strong as ITO