10 
FOREWORD 
upon the subject by an examination in detail of each 
of the specious arguments by which the inexcusable 
failure of the Government in Housing is from time to 
time defended. 
Fourteen such excuses are examined. This examin 
ation constitutes the First Part of the book. The 
Second Part deals with the Government's record in 
slum-clearance, which in touching speeches they 
announced, when they took office, that they would carry 
out. 
An apology should be offered to the reader for this 
Chapter, as the Government's record in the clearance 
of slums would more suitably have been expressed by 
a blank sheet of paper. 
The Third Part is an attempt to picture to the 
Electors the Government's fidelity to truth and justice 
by means of instances drawn from their speeches on, 
and administration of housing matters, since they took 
office. 
The Fourth Part is a summary of the main indictment 
against them in respect of Housing. 
It should be added that this book was written 
before the collapse of the Coalition Ministry. 
October, 1922.