The People's Platform : Housing and the National Defense Program
Saturday, January 25, 1941
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Panel discussion on the topic of public housing development and regulation: thousands of workers are looking for homes in towns humming with defense activity. Who should provide houses - government or private capital? Is a housing shortage delaying the defense program?
Panelists: Cornelius D. Scully, mayor of Pittsburgh; Jacob Crane, Assistant US Coordinator of Defense Housing; George Backer, publisher and editor of the New York Post; Arthur W. Bend, Housing Chairman, National Association of Real Estate Board.
Hosted by Lyman Bryson
Series note: panelists discussed the topics around a table rigged with concealed microphones.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 69201
Municipal archives id: LT399
Hosted by:
Lyman Bryson
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