On the Move

Six million U.S. people move every year. In big cities they usually move only a few blocks, in small towns, across the street. Their reasons: to be near the Joneses, to get more sun in the living room, an extra bedroom for Junior, a bigger garden, lower rent--or restlessness. This year more U.S. families will move than ever before, and they will move farther. The cross-country trek to inland defense centers was 50% greater this spring than in 1941.

There are new reasons for local moving too. For the past fortnight 51,500 Chicago families, 11,500 more than ever before, have been trying to complete their May 1 moving. Their reasons:

> They are mad at landlords for upping rents before the freeze order.

> Sons and husbands in armed forces left many a family with apartments too big.

> The new trend is to live as close to offices and factories as possible, to save on tires, gas, shoe leather.

This year fewer Chicago telephone subscribers than in 1941 wanted their phones moved. Many were giving up telephones because of the higher cost of living.

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