If a way can be found. such as I believe this bill provides. to make it possible to replace those indecent. insanitary. vermininfested. ratoverrun. leakyroofed houses by decent sanitary dwellings. I shall be proud to have had any part in the legislation. I happened to be commissioner of health in the city of New York during the war and following the war. when there was no construction. and yet when we were receiving large numbers of persons through immigration. which was then practically unrestricted. I saw people living in places where I would not put sheep or goats. Under the code of the city those places could have been closed. they could have been padlocked.
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