'5 OPINION Real help. Ior . . homeless families ConServe made a di.fferen� because the People 0 run 'it understand that some homeless families need more thin Band­ Aid Ip to get back on their feet Fir t, ConServe caseworker sits down with a bOII:lCieSS family to map out a series of tell' that . lead to the fa ily's ese seH-suf .. ficicDcy. The . different for eada family - . could' - such elem.eots as job help, tutoring. educatioa, child care, or . therapy. But CoDServe DO that there • ,tial COot pooent to my faIIliIy's survival: . a home of' own. For th· reason, CooServe also bel families obtain subsidizedbous­ ing. The housing s idy itself' fmanced y the Washington, lUD�eSI.DUlli Wilr H. llUIilflDlD of the House rent T e ConServe approach A program tba ooJy got . 0 full . in February of 1987 ha alreadj helped 44 famir mo into their 0WIl apartme • Roughly two-thirds of these famities now include a member who' wor' 0 in a job tr .. program. Wonderful ConServe is, its • efforts are-dwarfed by the grow­ ing numbers of homeless fapillies in out nation's capital ACcording to CouSe� mote than 800 families' Washingto bcame me and turned to the city's shelter system in 1986! al . Shelters are not a solu­ tion. We need to eXpand Con­ Serve and et up similiar pr-ograms in cities around the country. , If you \YOuld like more infor­ mation, contact Tony Russo, Exemtive Directo , O>nServe, 1536 16th Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20036, or caD 202-232-3355. vice ..,..I'VI"!II"C wroog about lleaYaD rcpae. TIac RcapD regime would bMe people be� . boa eat up cbeir earoiap and DOt 1000000000000t taxes, but . the f cts are that failure to provide �tiYe beaItb and social care COltS e i the A doUar imat- ment in preschool ed caitoo . • msas W debt should DOt be repaid. To repay i would be un' It Id be like pl' war repar boos two times OYer. Where does . debt COIDC from, anyhow? It co &0 Deeds' posed on us by other countries. Did Deed to build mansio or teU doctors that they would reeebe a f salary tbe end on the th? or ft ter the n­ tality of cwerpaid men amoag our offic::ers? We were coerced . to numing up � heavy debts. .. We e ered into some rather weighty fUWIcial coqnnitmea - often ug ted, proposed, aDd organized by the same people 0 d US themoaey. ne paure to pay the debt doesn't CO &0 isolated of a' bank. It's doae by an entire, organized sys- tea; so tba . the �nt on .ymeat, they can detain your pIaDea an airport or refuse to SCGd you spart parts are am.()IUlleiy· . pensable. So decidiog to pay requres . ed-fr dio all the COD • coacemed ould ad toge.tber - e cooditioD, of course., l ch' ope to IOOIW' .. aiticaDy t the y they fun Cer- tain people 0 ha� CODtracted h debts because of their own lavish personal expenses doa'l deserve our support. to those who ha� uf- fered the We BurkiDabe th sworn never again to accept the malIest injustice . smallest corn r of the earth, It' our memory of that p ce US ide by ide with the p . Lhra', Organization aga� the armed ban