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Page 106
... ment might consider its grave position , but Mr. CHUTER EDE ( a supreme realist in these matters ) said blithely that he thought it a better idea to go right ahead with the Bill , leaving it to the Govern- ment to consider at leisure ...
... ment might consider its grave position , but Mr. CHUTER EDE ( a supreme realist in these matters ) said blithely that he thought it a better idea to go right ahead with the Bill , leaving it to the Govern- ment to consider at leisure ...
Page 301
... ment a greater demand than ever for services which , with its flexibility , it is peculiarly fitted to provide . Every welfare worker agrees that housing is the main root of a complex group of social ills that are poisoning marriages ...
... ment a greater demand than ever for services which , with its flexibility , it is peculiarly fitted to provide . Every welfare worker agrees that housing is the main root of a complex group of social ills that are poisoning marriages ...
Page 302
... ment irreparable harm . Before the war economists were somebody . People , it is true enough , used to snigger at us now and then , but their laughter was hollow and nervous , the laughter of embarrass- ment and tongue - tied ignorance ...
... ment irreparable harm . Before the war economists were somebody . People , it is true enough , used to snigger at us now and then , but their laughter was hollow and nervous , the laughter of embarrass- ment and tongue - tied ignorance ...
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