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Show Gypsy Clans Caught Between A 15 Sunday, March lHJWt The Sail Lake Tribune Tradition and Communism By Mort RoMnblum Associated Press Writer aie - BUDAPEST, Hungary "Gypsies?" sniffs an urbane Hungarian, with a wave of his fork that neatly punctures the unnoticed but ubiquitous Gypsy violinist hovering at his table. "They are, well not like us." Even in Hungary, where authorities try hard to accommodate a large Gypsy minority, discrimination is rife. Elsewhere in Eastern Europe, "the Gypsy problem ' ranges from serious to critical Gypsy clans have eluded governments ever since migrating from India at least 1,000 years ago Many still live in ragged camps at the edge of towns, looking as if their great migrations began last week. More than half of Europe's 5 million Gypsies live in Romania, Hungary, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. Another 800,000 in Yugoslavia in They outnumber some districts of Eastern Europe And officials note, with clear alarm, that their birth rate can be more than three times that of Soviet bloc governments, which do not class Gypsies as a separate minority, are pressing to integrate them Many Gypsies resist, and most find that integration is not easy "Many have settled and assimilated." says a Gypsy scholar w ho asked not to be identified even by nationality. "But we are still seen as Gypsies, kept from the best jobs and humiliated This creates tremendous problems for the young who must decide who they are." Gypsies wander with ease among the pillars of rigid societies Odd jobs and artful foraging fill cooking pots. Clans sliaie their passing for- - tunes. Living on the road is legally indistinguishable from camping In Romania, where Gypsies are most numerous, a Western diplomat says, "They are despised by the population, and their situation is very, very, very poor. It s amazing, but none rise to prominence." In Hungary, where conditions aie better, dissident social commentator Lazslo Rajk says. "Gypsies are treated the way blacks were in the States 20 years ago. Equal but " Government officials argue that Gy psy parents often keep their children out of school and teach them to flout authority, forcing them to be outcasts Similar conflicts arise in France, Spain and other Western European countries with sizable Gypsy populations. But Eastern European societies are less flexible, and Communist governments frown on the means of supGypsies' non-visib- port. In the Soviet bloc, where "parasitism" is a criminal offense and all citizens must register a fixed address, the Gypsies' way of life is seen as a political threat. Miloslav Prucha, a senior Czechoslovak Labor Ministry official who deals with Gypsy affairs, says in Prague, "We have had considerable results in raising their cultural level. But he says many refused to adapt to settled society regimented societies A lew flaunt enormous wealth, amassed by unknown means But these are only the most visible, Gypsy scholars say, and that is a large part of the problem "Some Gypsies steal, that s a fact," says one Gypsy teacher in Bucharest. "Some live as black marketeers and beggars. But not most ' People judge by the few they see , Their societies are little a buffer protective creating against authorities but also making it harder for governments to address their problems "Governments try to deal with ' Gypsies according to the textbooks. wrote the Hungarian Gvpsv author Lakatos Menyhert. "But there are no textbooks " Gypsies speak among themselves in unwritten dialects of Romany, their ancient language related to Sanskrit, which they guard from undet-stood- "They have equal rights with all citizens and get special housing subsidies," he says. Gypsies are very well aware of their rights and social benefits they are the first to get because they know best what is available. Prucha says crime rates are above the national average in parts of Slovakia where Gypsies are concentrated. Across Eastern Europe, Gypsies are visible in cliche images Within earshot of a four-lan- e superhighway, Romanian Gypsies lurch along in tattered horse-draw- n covered wagons In Warsaw, a hard-eyewoman in braids and a flowing colored skirt grabs Westerners' sleeves outside luxury hotels. She thrusts forward a baby and begs in a screeching voice. At lunchtime, she goes inside for a costly meal. Along back roads, naked kids splash in the mud outside scrap wood shelters with plastic-shee- t d roofs held down by stones. Women laugh loudly and gossip, pausing to As ic tuted Pr css Phuto Gypsy musicians play on the streets of Cracow, Poland. Soviet bloc governments are trying to settle nomadic bands. ad The Heavy Duty Mini Lock overedges and cuts in one operation, exclusive push ft control, built button in tension tops, sews 'Y stir pungent cabbage stew over smoky fires. Men batter bits of iron on anvils and curry their animals with elaborate care. Gypsies' string ensembles, dancing bears and crystal balls infuse a startling air of colorful disorder into A few who manage exit visas join worldwide Gypsy pilgrimage each May to in southern France Their battered Skodas and homemade trailers contrast shc.ii ply with Mercedes Benz sedans and elaboiate campers of more affluent West Euiopenn Gvp-sie- s t About 7a pei cent of able bodied Hungdiian Gypsies wink at some job. but often they leave to travel A government housing program fi led according to officials, because elders pieferred to live in ram shackle settlements The conflicts are similar, more intense, elsewhere and "Its the Gypsies' fault for rofus ing to let their children be civ ilied. a says Czechoslovak journalist, de- fending a program to place children special homes "If mothers can t raise their children piopoilv. they should not have the light to ruin them " A Romanian Gypsy musician named Mihai disagrees in Meny hei t insists the Gy psies need help in three main aieas education, employment and housing Authon ties say they are doing their best, but old ways of lile get in the way Hungarian schools now enroll nearly every Gypsy in school but, officials complain, only half of them stay in class Illiteracy, estimated at 92 percent in 1900. is now close to 30 percent On Ivory Imports "We stick together in everything, by blood We like it that way Outsiders cannot penetrate our clans, oi our circles of fi lends and we live the life we want " RECEIVED 20 CALLS SOLD THE BELIEVE VERY SAME DAY.' 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