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Watertown landlord Herbert Brazao finally succeeded yesterday morning in evicting the leading member of the Cambridge Tenants Organizing Committee (CTOC), William Cunningham, and his three children from their Cambridge apartment...
...Cunningham's eviction stems from his alleged refusal to pay his rent over the past four months...
Defending his refusal to pay the $25 rent increase, Cunningham said, "If you have property, you have power. Evictions must be defeated in the final analysis or rents will continue to go up. Rent control will increase evictions...
Special Sheriff Ralph Bens ordered police in when the crowd blocked the sidewalk and obstructed movers who were loading the last pieces of Cunningham's furniture into a truck hired by Brazao...
...CTOC plans to picket City Hall on Monday from 4 to 6:30 p. m. At 7 p. m. they will stage a rally at the City Council hearing on rent control guidelines. "This phony hearing is probably only a front for raising rents another ten per cent," Cunningham said...