THE GOVERNMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT HOUSING STUDENTS

He plans, in particular, their installation at the Rollin boarding school and at the Lebaudy foundation

Yesterday evening, at the end of the session, Colonel Picot, deputy for Gironde, author of a request for an inquiry into the difficulties that students experience in finding accommodation, drew the attention of the Chamber to the actions of certain hoteliers who, as the Olympic Games approach, are kicking poor students out of their accommodation.

- Muscle is a beautiful thing, said Colonel Picot, but it must not oppress intelligence. Let us defend the students! Otherwise we might get very nice biceps, but also stupid ones!

We laugh and applaud too. Mr. Dormoy called for a housing policy. He was surprised, moreover, by the delay taken by the Senate in ratifying the loan project that the City of Paris was requesting to build 15,000 housing units.

Mr. Berthon suggested that the Saint-Sulpice seminary could be assigned to homeless students. Mr. Herriot says the University could effectively appeal to Parisian families, as many of them would agree to accommodate a student.

In response to these observations, the Minister of Public Education announced that a special service was operating at the Sorbonne, that there was also a patronage committee which granted rent relief to poor students. But, he says, the French student is reluctant to ask for help. The committee can still have around 60,000 francs at its disposal.

Mr. Bérard indicated that he had searched for available premises to accommodate the students and considered, for this purpose, the installation of the boarding school of the Rollin high school and the Lebaudy foundation, in Charonne.

Mr. Strauss, Minister of Hygiene, announced to Mr. Dormoy that the City of Paris's loan project would soon be discussed by the Senate; Mr. Colrat promised to invite, from today, the chancellery to study the question of the notice period for hoteliers. The arrests of MM. Picot and Dormoy were then sent back to the suite.

As Mr. Loquin, author of an inquiry concerning the honorary loan to students, asked him when the public administration regulations necessary for the application of the law which instituted this loan would appear, the Minister of Education. public finally made it known that this regulation was adopted eight days ago by the Council of State and that the new institution will be able to operate in April,