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a With reference te SIBGEL's oc te the article appearing in the las Vegas Tribune, an ma the a this weekly wo j newapeper reflected that the principal article appearing om the first page of “ Yolume 3, Mumber 28, for the week ending Angust 1, 1946, was captioned "dazb! Palaces Yersus Houses for Veteraus." This article in full read as follows: “the Flasingo, giant gambling resort now under cometrustion on os 3 higkwey 01 at a cost estimated te reach the three-millies-doller mark, 2 . promises te be the biggest and mst 9 ely> in the country, 4 ’ Under norman conditions, cons#ructicn of a type may be tolerated ” } . and by many weldomed as an aGAitional exterprise te put las Voges on — the mp. At present, however, the comstruction ef amother gambling | —_—__l resort of such mgnitude is oausing moh unfavorable comment, espe- eially among veterans who have been trying wainly to purchase build- ing materiale for homes they feel they are entitled to build for their families. "Contractors and building supply houses claim they do not have! any materials to build homes. But, somehow, builders of gambling “ glubs seem to have po trouble whatsoever getting anything they want. Phe same builders who have no time to bmild city jails, swimming pools for the children or homes for the veterans and working men are ready to bend over backward to build gambling clubs and ether wnessentiel buildings. ‘The very last thing las Vegas needs at this time is another gambling club. Our magnificent resest hotels have been able to take care of our tourists ine fine manner. What las Vegas needs is homes--and more homes. “Let us build the homes first. After that is done and the Gemend for housing is filled, we ean build all the cambling eluds — 7 the ‘fie will stand. J réAlise thet enterprises such as the Re “Flantage slay are yoeked’ey wnat’ grest wesast Ta the case of - ‘his particular slub, for instadee, it is hard to match the capital ef men like Dugdic Siegel, Harry Rethberg and ethers who are ready to spend a fortune to make another fortune in Las Vegas. "No doubt the Flamingo will attract many people to this area. It is reported that the Flamingo will oater to men who bet $1000 chips with the same ease as you and I would play the nickel slot machine. In the casinos of the Flamingo, fortunes will be won amd lost. Won by Bugsie Siegel and his associates and lost by the wealthy gamblers from Hollywood and elsewhere. -8-