North Africa. and the two Asias. all seeking happiness. peace. and liberty in a free country. How many young brides trying a hazard of new fortunes in the America of their dreams have found the sordid reality of the slums so souldestroying. so heartbreaking. so terrib:iy different from the humble but pleasant homes of their native country. that they have cried as only a homesick woman can cry. in deadly loneliness. in a strange country. speaking a strange language. and among strange people! How many young husbands among these immigrants have eaten their hearts out with disappointment over their inability to provide better homes for their young brides and the mothers of their babes? And this not in some povertystricken country wasted by the ravages of centuries old wars. or rigid class distinctions. of life and death. of men and women. in the same status into which they were born. but in the wealthiest city the world has ever known. the commercial capital of the most prosperous of nations. the seat of three great and many lesser institutions of learning. of splendid museums and galleries of art. of magnificent theaters. of every convenience of modern civilization except those of decent housing for the poor. Who is responsible for this state of affairs in which poor and hardworking men and women and children growing up into life and its opportunities are compelled to live in squalor amid surroundings unfit for human beings?
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