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Show moras I IMJHOllT I New York Judges Grant St ay 3 jH of Eviction; 200 Lawyers Give Tenants Free Service NEW YORK, April 6, Nearly ono IH thousand evicted tenants were as- JH sisted by courts today under new laws cases either the landlords agreed to delay eviction until the tenants whoso kkH rent had been raised could find oth- H or apartments, or the magistrates sum- ' marlly granted stays of eviction vary-ing vary-ing from one to six months. Many courts ould handle nothing but rent cases. Streets in front of jH some courts were blocked and police jH reserves were called to handle the orowds, for wholo families went to court, baby carriages and all. M A sample tenant's story was that of a women whose rent had been In-creased In-creased $7 to $37 a month for a six- 'H room apartmont and then jumped to IH $65. Tho latter sum she could not pay and she was ordered out. She received permission to stay in tho jH apartment at the last rent she paid until Bho could find another home. Plans were made today for 200' law-vers law-vers to give freo legal aid to tenants with district boards similar to those that acted on draft cases during the |