National Affairs: Housing Pains

The President had called on Congress to get in and pitch for the Patman housing bill. It was the key to the Wyatt Plan for mass-producing 2,700,000 new homes for veterans in the next two years (TIME, Feb. 18). It was something moreĀ—united Democratic action on it would be a sort of dress rehearsal for the coming fight on extending OPA controls and subsidies.

But when the Patman bill came to a vote in the House last week, the Republican-Southern Democratic coalition had its way in a teller unrecorded vote. Down & out went major clauses the Administration wanted most: 1) allocation...

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