5 JANUARY 1940, Page 22

HOMES FOR HEROES

SIR,—I would like to. say hov, fully your leading article on " Homes for Heroes " has been appreciated by very many people whom I have met since it was published.

You will be interested to know that, as so often happens in this country, while Government action is being awaited, private initiative comes forward ; a conference has been arranged for the beginning of February, details of which you will hear in due course, which it is hoped will be attended by a large number of influential bodies interested in the future of the industrial and social development of this country. I hope it will be decided on that occasion to proceed at once with the collection of data of what effect immediate war re- quirements will have upon existing pre-war proposals for pla.ming industry, housing, &c., and to attempt to formulate a policy and, if possible, a machine for getting things done at the earliest possible moment when war ceases.—I am, your

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