European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes monday october 2, 1978 Jimmy Breslin new York the 70s Are about to be come known As the years in which the whine of the Able compelled the government to either ignore or assault the unable. Millionaire Rock stars were singing songs about welfare Cadillac while property owners whose real estate values suddenly tripled and quadrupled became infuriated at the hint of any tax ing of this new wealth. End the welfare giveaways said the people whose Money had multiplied. Less is More the politicians an swered. And so we apparently become maybe forever a country of easy Stock options and stricter food Stamps of Rich doctors and untreated patients of suburban lawns and Urban fire of natural Gas profits and welfare cuts. The people who Are supposed to fight against this have quit like mutts. Black politicians adhere rather than attack. Newspapers pay homage to the comfortable and criticize the wounded. This is now a country where Edi tors think George will is a Newspaperman. That is no jogging explosion it is merely All the liberals fleeing. The children of the 60s, no longer in danger of military draft now happily raise their hands in favor of capital punishment. And where the paralysed must live their lives nothing has changed. At 8 . On a hot Day a few weeks ago Maragaret Tanner stood with her three children in the doorway of their shabby apartment and watched the City mar Shal and three of his helpers push the Furni Ture out into the Hall. In Margaret Tanner s hands was the official eviction notice signed by the court. The marshal s jacket bulged with dozens of similar documents. To most people eviction is a word out of the de pression. To Blacks in a City eviction is some thing that happens 72 hours after you receive the marshal s notice. There Are in new York each Day so Many actual evictions that there is no Way to keep proper count. The Community Legal services people estimate that there Are 25,000 eviction notices around the City on any Given Day. Margaret Tanner s children asked her where they were moving to. She could t an Gorilla needled Honolulu a fifi the Gorilla is hop ing that acupuncture will cure her medical problems after being punched by an a Gallant male Gorilla at the zoo Here causing neck in juries and respiratory problems. An acupuncturist flew from Hong Kong to treat her after Reading about the incident. Fifi shows signs of improvement. Ser. She had just come out from a stay in a Hospital where she had been treated for heart trouble she had no Way to pay the Back rent on this apartment. Margaret Tanner receives $258 a month As subsistence for her family of four and $190 for rent payment. With her ill Ness and the inability to Cope that always accompanies those living at the Bottom along with the rising daily living costs Margaret Tanner had jumbled the rent Check with the food Money and soon became hopelessly be Hind in rent. For this sin a judge ordered her belongings place Din the Street. She left her three children to watch the marshals carry out the television set and went out to the Street to a pay phone. In the yellow pages under movers she found an and saying welfare storage. No Money  she called the place Wise moving and storage and was told that she was in Luck a Van would be around within a couple of hours. While awaiting the Van she and her Chil Dren packed needed personal belongings medicines identification cards her dentures into four Cartons. Margaret Tanner s Mouth Hurt and there would be no cause for tooth revealing smiles As she and her children were being thrown onto the streets. When the moving men arrived Margaret Tanner was told she needed a $50 Deposit and that the entire Bill for a minimum of three months storage would amount to about $300. She paid the $50, leaving her with enough rent for a furnished room for a few nights and then had a Large piece of paper thrust at her. This is your receipt just sign it the mov ing Man said. She wrote her name and he handed her a Carbon. Quickly the moving men had her belongings stuffed into a Van. At the end Margaret Tanner looked around for her four personal Cartons. The moving Man told her that they had been put on the truck and there was no Way to get them just now. The Cartons he said had been loaded far up in the front of the Van and there would be no practical Way for the workers to get at them at this time. If Margaret Tanner would follow the Van to the warehouse the men would give her the Cartons the Driver said. So she put her children into a cab and Fol Lowed the Van to a warehouse whose sign said that it was the expert storage co., a name Dif Ferent from that on the moving Van which said Wise moving and storage. These Compa Nies which run ads attracting welfare clients Are riot embarrassed to do so. The cheating of welfare clients is a widespread sport but it at tracts Little attention from the Public. The Only time the people become excited is when the people on welfare try to cheat Back. The Van disappeared into the warehouse and the doors were rolled shut. A Man at an office door told Margaret Tanner that it was too late in the Day for the Van to be unloaded and that she should come Back in the morning for her personal Cartons. When she returned the next Day she was told that everybody was out and that her belongings were on such a High floor of the warehouse that there would be great difficulty in bringing Down four car tons. After All the warehouse office Man said we must pay the Man who goes upstairs to find your Cartons. Margaret Tanner went to a furnished room and lived without her Teeth and heart medi Cine and when she went for a new medicaid card to replace the one left in the Carton in the warehouse she was told that she could not get a new card because she had no identification. Well then we cannot give you a new medi Caid card the clerk told her. With the typical subservience of the powerless Margaret Tan Ner regarded the clerk As a general and she withdrew. Finally last week she Learned that there were poverty lawyers for cases such As hers. She trudged upstairs in a place in Queens called the Community Legal services. The at Torney who interviewed her Robert Becker asked if she had any papers from the moving men. Just the receipt for my $50," she said. Let me see it Becker said. The receipt turned into a contract for Stor age. The Cost was figured by the amount of cubic feet her belongings took up. Margaret Tanner does not know what a cubic foot is. After making phone Calls the attorney discovered that the Bill for her moving and one month s storage so far is 2 098.80 and if pay ment is not made shortly the furniture will be placed at auction. No one in new York seems distressed by these matters. There Are so Many cases like it every Day that it is regarded As common prac Tice. If the president of the nation the Gover nor of the state and the mayor of the City ignore the poor As the Public demands then Why should there be excitement if a couple of private individuals take a smart business run at these people living on welfare so last Fri Day in the world of great White shopping Cen Ter multitudes Margaret Tanner sat in a furnished room with her three children and waited for a court order that would allow her to get her Teeth out of a Carton. Her furniture itself could be a tougher Case. 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Answer to saturday s Puzzle. 12 friends of housewives 19 the Mark 21 greek letter 23 attempt 25 Eastern priest 26 Emerald Isle 27 Spanish Painter 28 Camp Beds 29 leave out 30 Temple 31 stitch 35 joker 38 English Rural festival 40 soak flax 42 German City 45 european shark 47 she gets what she wants 48 Paradise 49 germ 50 Aries 51 turkish officer 52 fuel .54 abyss today s crossword 11 15 18 12 33 37 4t 50 56 59" 29 30 51 52 44 38 20 23 34 42 53 57 60 31 39 45 24 35 43 54 32 40 46 10 25 36 55 47 61 26 27 48 49 10-2  Landers dear Ann Landers i was shocked to see two government science researchers come out with a statement that a person could consume a pack a Day of the new Low tar cigarettes without apparent risk. This certainly refutes the surgeon Gener Al s report of several years ago which made it mandatory for cig Arette companies to put a warn ing on each pack saying warn ing the surgeon general has determined that cigarette smok ing is dangerous to your  husband who has Emphy Sema and heart trouble was told by his doctor not to smoke. He quit four years ago but since this new report he has started again. What is the truth anyway mad As the Dickens dear Dickens i am not an authority on the subject so my word does t mean anything. I do have Access to the latest however and this is what the experts say or. Julius Richmond the nation s top health officer stated while some cigarettes Are less hazardous than others there is no data anywhere in the Large body of scientific evidence on the dangers of smoking that holds out any Hope that there is a Safe . Robert i. Levy of the heart lung and blood Institute said unfortunately people who have stopped smoking May Start again with a false sense of Security because of this recent  conclusion the tobacco lobby is Rich and powerful. It is not about to let its clients go Down the Drain without a fight. The truth is the Only Safe cigarette is one that is unlit. Dear Ann Landers my Hus band is a kind and thoughtful Man but i live in fear that one of these Days he will kill me and the children or some innocent per son. No he s not mentally ill. He would t think of owning a weapon but hell do it with his  he gets behind the wheel be becomes a different person aggressive impatient and unbelievably vulgar. If another Driver fails to give him the right of Way he gets even by speeding passing him at All Cost using pro Fane language leaning on the Horn and behaving like a spoiled child. I know Many accidents have occurred because of just this kind of anger. It s a Miracle my husband has t been involved in a serious wreck. This is More than a safety pro Belm it s a marital problem. My husband s driving has been the cause of dozens of arguments and ruined Many an evening. May i hear from you i need your help. Unstrung wife dear wife you Aren t alone. If All the wives who had this prob Lem were lined up they d reach from the emergency Ward of Cedars of Lebanon in los Angeles to the Manhattan morgue. Half of my readers Are men. To you i say if you see yourself in in my column today Cool it before you become a murderer or a suicide or both. Confidential to glad i can still laugh big Deal. So can a Hyena. The important Issue is Are you Able to forget the Inci Dent keep your Mouth shut and be gracious to the girl when you meet again c 1978 Field enterprises inc