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Housing Report Released By Mayor
The Council of Social Agencies’
housing report, showing a need for
a total of 2,100 to 2,500 additional
housing units in Lincoln, has been
released by Mayor Victor E. An
derson.
The report was completed in
February by the agencies for An^
derson but the mayor has since
withheld it contents.
“It is the belief of welfare
agencies,” the report stated, from
the studies made, that it is clearly
evident that there is definitely
needed in Lincoln a public hous
ing program for low income
people, that will pay for itself
over the years in prevention of
diseases, delinquency, crime, di- ,
vorce and other social ills defin- ,
itely attributed to poor housing
that costs the public taxes and
voluntary gifts large sums of
money annually.
“It is the belief of welfare agen- ;
cies that we do not need any 1
more studies, we even do not 1
need the one we are filing, for
there are plenty of facts more
scientifically arrived at to pro
perly and intelligently act upon,
if there is a will to do so.”
Commenting on the report,
Mayor Anderson stated, “We do
no*, have a housing shortage for
families that are not semi-relief
problems.
“The social agencies have a real)
problem just as they had 10 yearsj
ago. We must be generous in ouri
contributions but realistic in ouri
thinking so we do not confuse the
housing problem with relief pro
blems.”
‘Confidential Basis’
Anderson stated he had not
made the report public because
he wanted to give it further study
and give the City Council a chance
to study it. Also, he said, further
information was desired to better
inform the people.
City-county health department:
Eighty-five homes inadequate oi
which “35 were cleared to be
definitely unfit for human habita
tion.” Three apartment buildings
classed as “all terrible places for
people to dwell, involving 106
people.” Good, low-rental public
housing the only feasible solution
with rents averaging $15 to $25
monthly.
j Police department: Lincoln “has
a serious housing problem because
oi the growing number of labor
ers and factory workers, many
with seasonal jobs. Their year
! round wage earnings are not suf
I ficient to allow for saving to meet
down pay men; requirements, par
ticularly those with children."
Lancaster County Public Wel
fare department: Case workers
report 198 cases living in inade
quate, unfit housing stations.
Housing problem is some cases one
of money—in others, families with
children cannot find housing re
gardless of price.
Lancaster County Relief bureau:
Twelve cases needing housing.
Two fire hazards and five exces
sive rent cases.
Red Cross: Twelve families with
inadequate housing, not counting
an unestimated number of service
men’s families who are compelled
to make some arrangement for
housing following the man’s en
trance into the service. One O
Street tenement has one bathroom
for 20 women and children and
another bath for 14 men. An
other instance where a family of
four lives in two rooms and have
a small child with chronic bron- i
, chitis due to inadequate heating.)
[Two such families could pay $45"
a month rent if apartments were;
available at that price where
children are accepted.
Family Service Association: Of
77 active cases, 16 with inadequate
housing. Main problem was rea
sonable rents with children ac
counting for another share of the
t problem. Rental units at $25 a
; month needed.
r Veterans Service Center: Thirty
; families with serious housing
: problem. Income a major problem
r with 64 per cent of families en
countering difficulty in getting a
: place to live because of children
f in the family.
; Urban League: Sixty-five poorly
- and inadequately housed families.
3 There is inadequate housing for
r Negroes. Negroes are unable io
3 move out of an area bounded by
: 19th to 22nd and Vine to R. Public
i housing is the best solution.
3 Lynnwood Parker, executive
secretary of the Urban League
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[ STATS ■ISTOBICAL SOCISTT
When John M. Thayer and
Thomas Weston Tipton appeared
in Washington as the first
United States senators from the
new state of Nebraska, they drew
lots to determine the length of the
terms they would serve. Mr.
Thayer drew a four year term,
and Mr. Tipton came out with
only two. Tipton served longer,
however, because while Thayer
was defeated when he came up
for re-election, he (Tipton) was
re-elected in 1869 to a full term
of six years.
Thomas Weston Tipton was
colorful, vigorous and unpredict
able. He was elected to the
United States Senate as a Republi
can. Before the Civil War he had
been a Whig, as many had been
who became Republicans during
the war years. In later life, how
ever, he became a Democrat, and
in 1880 was the unsuccessful
Democrat candidate for governor.
His trasition from the Republican
tr the Democratic party was made
through the Independent Republi
can movement led by Horace
Greeley in the Grant era. He
voted for Greeley for president in
1872, and by 1876 was supporting
points up a housing situation that
has become more and jnore ag
gravated for the past six years.
“The report,” said Parker, “rep
resents the best effort and think
ing of those various agencies
which helped in its preparation.
Since the City Council now has
this report and other similar ones
recently prepared, I am hopeful
the Council will take some action
to relieve the housing situation in
Lincoln.”
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Dear Editor:
Before returning to Washington
from Nebraska, I wish to take this
opportunity to tell you that I
deeply appreciate the nomination
given me on April 1 by the Re
publican party. I will do every
thing in my power to merit a
continuance of that fine support.
I It is my sincere wish that we
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t Samuel Tilden, the Democratic
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Cadiz, O., August 5, 1817, the son
of a Methodist minister. He at
tended the common schools, be
tween periods of farm work, un
til he was 17 years old, when he
entered a “select” school, after
which he took four years of col
, lege work. Upon graduation from
college he spent four years teach
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mitted to the Ohio bar in 1844.
That same year he campaigned
actively for Henry Clay for presi
dent, and the following year he
was elected to the Ohio legisla
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the next year received an appoint
(ment in the US General Land
' Office. He resigned in 1852 to
■ campaign for General Scott.
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the Methodist ministry, but got
into trouble with church officials
as a result of his outspoken op
position to slavery. He left the
Methodist church to become a
Congregational minister, and it
was as president-elect of the
short-lived Brownville College
that he came to Nebraska in 1858.
He stayed on in1 Brownville to or
ganize a Congregational society, j
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as chaplain of the 1st Nebraska j
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