More than 50 trailer camps are utilized by present employees of the Richmond Shipyards. More are being established. All are crowded; all charge high rates for parking privileges. This is one of the worst. A farm family has turned its barnyard into a trailer camp. At $3.50 per week from each trailer site, revenue from both sides of the barn is approaching $1500 a month. At present, when the barnyard is dry, conditions are bad enough. When rains begin this whole camp will be a stinking quagmire. One water faucet serves scores of families; there are no sewers; waste water is dumped everywhere. Four outdoor privies, all very dirty, serve this camp. Several people live in the barn. On subsequent pages appear more details. 23

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More than 50 trailer camps are utilized by present employees of the Richmond Shipyards. More are being established. All are crowded; all charge high rates for parking privileges. This is one of the worst. A farm family has turned its barnyard into a trailer camp. At $3.50 per week from each trailer site, revenue from both sides of the barn is approaching $1500 a month. At present, when the barnyard is dry, conditions are bad enough. When rains begin this whole camp will be a stinking quagmire. One water faucet serves scores of families; there are no sewers; waste water is dumped everywhere. Four outdoor privies, all very dirty, serve this camp. Several people live in the barn. On subsequent pages appear more details.

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