1940_10 The Daily Collegian October 1940

              . The Fresno State College Collegian
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Vernon Underwood    Business Manager
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Anna Marie Curran
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CHANCES . . . that the Roosevelt high school
will be knocked off of its pinnacle in the frosh
class seems to bo pretty good. For the past two
years, the east side school has vented its wrath
accumulated by four years of football defeats,
at the hnnds of the Fresno High rowdies, in the
form of complete political domination over their
former prcp-school rivals and while doing so
usually wipe out most of the hapless political
aspirants from the valley schools. Preliminary'
survey shows that the Rough Riders lack both
the ram rods and numbers they possessed in
former years to dominate the class. Fresno
High students, whose only purpose in the past,
politically speakiiiK. has been to edge the Roo-
scveltans on. are weak as usual, so the vote will
probably end in anybody's election, with valley
tudents predon
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MR. CITY COMMISSIONER
Within a few days .1 propo5.1l will be placed
before you by the United States Housing Au-
The federal government will oiler to spend
$738,000 in this city in providing low income-
housing facilities. Under the program the city
would be required to meet 10 per cent of the total
cost of the project, with 60 years to amortize the
90 per cent put up by the federal government.
Already the 1,'SHA has carried out its program
in some 100 cities throughout the United States.
In the long run the result of upping the living
standards of these low income people should pay
big dividends in better health, a lower crime- rate,
and a happier people. -   ^
Although a recent survey of housing facilities
in Fresno revealed a crying need tor low income
housing, the USHA program for this city has met
with stiff opposition in certain quarters.
It has been delayed in hopes that the time- limit
the- federal government had set for holding the
funds for Fresno would expire- and the money go
SUGGESTED . . . by some of the campus lov-
ers. is the switching of the Queen's Ball to a
date when everyone will be intown. Although
our informer isn't certain, he fee-Is that the criterion of who're the social lions, will be' tossed
while the team and some of the rooters will be
in Arkansas. In spite of their concern over the
fact, we would think that such a situation
wouldn't be so bad. because being in Arkansas
is a pretty good excuse for not going—a lot better in fact than the traditional one of, "my tux
MANY . . . DTB.M's have long been known for
their propensity to capitalize on students. Such
was not the case, however, with the SP, studcrit
officials revealed recently. Following a recent
special train, an itemized reminder of the number of articles broken was presented to the student body. In spite of the length of the list, the
matter was never pressed by the company.
ie- other city; however, .111 extension on the
mit has been made for you and your fellow-
consider the plan.
As a commissioner you will undoubtedly be
subjected to a great deal of pressure- by those who
oppose- this program. Don't be- fixile-d as to their
numbers by the amount of noise- they make. They
seem to be made up mainly of two distinct factions: a few- "antithird-icrmers" and an even
fewer number of what you might term "financially interested persons."
It is unfortunate that there are people so small
every undertaking, be it good or bad, of the ad-
' ministration to which they are hostile. Seeing no
further than the ends of their noses, they arc the
ones that say, "My party, right or wrong" and
believe that the- other party is always wrong. Although they deserve little- consideration they often
receive a great deal more than they merit because
they always scjuawk louder than the other fellow.
The second group will voice opposition to the
housing plan because it will hit them in their most
vulnerable spot, their pockerbooks. They have
been renting houses—shacks would be a better
word—to low income families for a very handsome return on their investment. Many of these,
shacks they own in direct defiance of local and
state housing laws. If the program goes through
it is possible that many of these shacks will be
left empty except for their rats. Regardless ol
what these people say you will know that, they arc
thinking only of the few dollars a month they will"
lose if their miserable little shacks stand vacant.
Yes, Mr. Commissioner, it would be too bad
if low income families didn't have to live in filth
and squalor. It would be terrible if poor families
didnt' have to sleep six and seven in a dingy little
room. Children can grow up just as well without
OLD STUFF ... by this time is the gripe about
students in the rooting section tossing the megaphones at rally committeemen at the close of
games. Aside from the fact that one of the
phones might injure an innocent person rather
than one of the crew on the gravy train, it's
likely to be# many a moon before someone with
a heart bigger than his business sense will replace the rapidly diminishing 'phones.
proper light, fresh air, and wholesome surroundings; proper sanitation—well, of course it is nice
—but these people can get along just as well without it. It's true that crowded, unsanitary living
conditions breed crime, but after all, to improve
living conditions you'd have to step on someone's
toes—and you can't do-that. Just think of the
property owners—fine, generous, civic minded
folk—that might get mad and you have to think
of the next election.
But you don't think like that. Mr. Commissioner; you're the kind of a man who can sec further
than the end of his nose. That's one- reason why.
you are where you are- today. Mr. Commissioner,
the common man, the wage earner believes you
will do what's right on this slum clearance program; that the welfare of all the people is more
important to you than the selfish interests of a
Yes, Mr. Commissioner, we have faith in you.
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