Show I Dots Dot's Diary Experiences of a Salt Lake Social I Today j I as working with an organization organization or- or I had never h heard ard of be be- the fore Legal Aid It happened happened hap hap- this wa way Dot Birch works as a waitress for 11 n dt week lien lIe mother motheL goes Soe out by the thc lay clay when she can get any work Tire The ne other othel little Birches are being I ept in school fed and cloth lo 11 d by the meager earnIngs of those these two The father ather Is deaf dead R Recently o Dot had the flu Iu and had to le leave ve work for a few days das They got behind a little with their rent The rhe landlord put the bill into a collectors collector's cot cot- lectors lector's hand and anel the collector threatened to garni hEe Dots Dot's wages Tier lIeI mother r is sick now and they simply cant can't afford to have Dots Dot's w wages garnisheed They say they will m pay th the back rent a little at a time as as soon as the mother gets better But Ul th collector still threatened threat threat- cried ened garnishment I Went down and took Dots Dot's place at the restaurant while she came up to talk to the Legal Aid advisor ad That is the only place she can get legal advIce without pa pay o and she certainly afford to pay We Ve were all pleased when she found out that tier lier wages cannot be legally for that rent bill And wasn't she relieved one tune time the law v was a poor poor girls girl's friend she said Rut But Ill I'll pay that rent nt as soon as I can Then she asked suddenly Say who does bill I I laughed and told her that the Legal Lebal Aid was financed by the Community est which in turn is sUpported by the citizens at largi Gosh Aint it funny though was all she could say to that |