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THE  HOUSING  QUESTION

unfit  houses  and  to  abolish  all  this  misery  by  providing
reasonable  dwellings.  Their  failure  has  been  deliberate,
definite,  and  deadly.  The  electors  and  the  electors
alone  can  dismiss  those  who  have  so  misused  their
office  and  reinstate  an  adequate  programme  of  slum
clearance,  extending  over  an  adequate  period  of  time.