Show local housewives S report abuse by magazine salesmen the CHRONICLE has received reports that a group of magazine salesmen have been circulating through this area representing themselves as veterans of the air transport command who are try ing to get po ants to obtain an air airnwine airn line TInne by bv selling magazine sub script ions the technique involved usually is a pol tp te introduction and a to enter the house and talk to the lady once inside these salesmen make themselves at home hom e and insist that the house wife subscribe to his wares on one on a woman repeatedly told the young man she could not pos s chiv hiv aford afford to purchase any mag az nes but the man persisted until finally she told him she absolute 11 wo id not buy any at this the salesman became angered and ndoc eded to use vile language on the boing lady denouncing her as against veterans while herl her mall daughter was present this part ci el lir pir woman s husband is a I 1 himself arother instinct cited is that of i a jadv in TOD park who would not let the man min li ii her house As he persisted sie slie kept telling him ahr ah v as not interested that she had clety to do to take care ot of the fam ii the salesman cursed her told he she sho wis was just the kind of a person who was making it hard for a veteran to get back on his feet when she slie asked him why he d t go out ind and get a job like other vets have done he made some scornful remark and went away swearing still another TOD park house wife fell victim to the smooth line of palamar and gave the man 2 00 as down payment on a 4 year sub to a nationally known magazine the salesman told her that the complete subscription cost 6 00 but that she would not be required to pay the other 4 00 for a year he said her magazines would begin coming in about 18 days As he left he gave her a card and thanked her on the card it stated that no magazines would be delivered until the 4 00 had ben paid and that no oral agree ment with the agent was binding she explained to her husband that the man carried a fine set of ere denti als said that he and 16 other fellows were in on the deal and that they were from salt lake city and wanted to start up a flying service the man might have been a veteran and the others too in fact it is likely that they were 1 maybe their cause is an honest one too and maybe everything is on the level but anyone who forces himself into a busy housewife s home and tries to cram a lot of expensive magazine sub script ions down her throat is not representative of the 10 million or so veterans who are trying to make a good honorable living and when the swearing starts some one is likely to get hurt luckily none of the ladies husbands were home at the time and it if they could locate these gentlemen now there would undoubtedly be some skull cracking this reporter can only warn the local citizens to make sure they are not getting swindled and it if any vituperation results from the salesmen being rebuffed to call the city police they have a place to put these big brave veterans who are fearless enough to curse women in front of their little children |