RETURNING CIVILIANS
SIR,—As fast as housing accommodation becomes available in London it i' requisitioned by the Borough Councils to house first families who have been bombed out of their homes and, secondly--as the Re-Housing Officer of one borough recently pointed out to me—the families of those who are returning from the Services. No one will question the justice of this, but it does not cover the whole problem. I myself must be one of thousands—civil servants, teachers and other civilians—who during the war were directed by the Government to employment outside London. We have now been brought back to the capital, only to find ourselves homeless. Most of us were reserved by • the Ministry of Labour, and have played the part required of us during the war. We do not ask for preferential treatment, or even for equal treatment with those who may have a better claim on the harassed re-housing authorities. But at present there seems no provision at all for us. We cannot even patiently await our turn, for there is no turn for us to await.—Yours faithfully,
SCHOOLMASTER.
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