The Housing Famine, How to End It

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Excerpt from The Housing Famine, How to End It: A Triangular Debate Between John J. Murphy, Edith Elmer Wood, Frederick L. Ackerman Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1865. Having completed, with much success, his high-school course, he entered the University, but family needs compelled him to abandon his studies. He came to New York in 1882 and experienced many of the hardships of the friendless immigrant. Here he came in contact with the housing problem, in the acute form in which it presents itself to the actual tenement dweller, for in those days regulation was unknown. For several years he worked at engraving and printing for the support of his family, wrote articles for papers and magazines and participated in several economic reform movements, among others, the Henry George campaigns. He became interested in the Good Government movement, and in 1901 was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Citizens Union. In 1903 he was elected Secretary of the City Committee of the Citizens Union, a position which he held until 1909. During these years he was active in the Municipal Art Society, the Reform Club and the National Society of Craftsmen, of which latter body he was Secretary for two years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.