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:''Tibello's critics are appalled at his cynicism and call for the threat to be taken seriously. Others claim that although reports of disappearances may be valid, they can be accounted for by misunderstandings and lack of communication, and as such there is no cause for alarm.'' | :''Tibello's critics are appalled at his cynicism and call for the threat to be taken seriously. Others claim that although reports of disappearances may be valid, they can be accounted for by misunderstandings and lack of communication, and as such there is no cause for alarm.'' | ||
:''[[Michael Warner]] of the Central employment bureau told us that New Yorkers' have been leaving in their droves to search for work outside the city boundary. He believes recorded numbers are merely the tip of the iceberg, the true number of those abandoning New York being impossible to calculate. | |||
::''See the [[The New York Record#Hooverville mystery deepens (continued)|behind the scenes]] section for further information.'' | ::''See the [[The New York Record#Hooverville mystery deepens (continued)|behind the scenes]] section for further information.'' | ||
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The article below is a continuation of the [[The New York Record#Hooverville mystery deepens|above]]. | The article below is a continuation of the [[The New York Record#Hooverville mystery deepens|above]]. | ||
:'' | :''It is highly conceivable that many of these voluntary moves could have been misinterpreted as disappearances.'' | ||
:''Sources from within the Hooverville camps themselves refuse this theory however, saying that attributing disappearances to 'lack of communication' is an insult to the communities that are struggling to survive. Edwin Summerville, who runs the soup Kitchen off 24th Street spoke to us yesterday and stated that 'poverty has not stopped people looking out for one another; if anything it has strengthened their community spirit. All this talk of misunderstandings is just a convenient way for officials to ignore the fact that the disappearances are all too real.''' | :''Sources from within the Hooverville camps themselves refuse this theory however, saying that attributing disappearances to 'lack of communication' is an insult to the communities that are struggling to survive. Edwin Summerville, who runs the soup Kitchen off 24th Street spoke to us yesterday and stated that 'poverty has not stopped people looking out for one another; if anything it has strengthened their community spirit. All this talk of misunderstandings is just a convenient way for officials to ignore the fact that the disappearances are all too real.''' |