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We must make them pass a law that will wipe out these plague spots already existing and prevent the growth of any more . A law that will allow no renter to make money off a house that is not decent to shelter human beings . ' `` That is a sample of the places she showed me , places where the plaster was off the walls in great patches , and the paper hung in greasy tatters , and where we encountered so many nauseating sights and smells that by the time we were back at her house I did n't have any appetite for lunch . She told me that it affected her that way too , at first , and it got so that a procession of white-faced , wailing babies began to appear to her in the dead of night and cry for her to help them ; to give them a chance to breathe in the stifling midnight , a chance to claim their birthright of clean water and air and sun . And she added , ` When you get to seeing things at night you 're ready for work . ' `` Already she has written hundreds of letters on the subject , to individuals and to clubs who have influence , and I am to help her with hundreds more . We are to send one to each member of the Legislature .