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...proprietors of Revolution Books, a communist bookstore at 233 Mass Ave, yesterday charged that their landlord will evict them from their storefront location because of their politics...
...landlord, who refused to be identified, said yesterday that when the store's lease ran out in April, the bookshop did not renew it. He added that he will evict them because he has found a "longer-term tenant." He would not identify the new tenant...
...Riley acknowledged that the store's lease ran out in April, but said the landlord "flatly refused" to negotiate a new lease. He added that those who run the bookstore will fight the eviction in court, but that they will not initiate legal action until they are served with the official eviction papers...
...landlord denied that he has any political motives in the eviction, adding, "If it was my intention to get rid of them, I could have done it in April." He said he is also attempting to evict Kimmie's disco upstairs from the bookstore...
Central to the contradictions of the region's future is the fact that the Mountain States, unlike most of the U.S., have a huge absentee landlord: the Federal Government. Of the eight states, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, which occupy 863,524 sq. mi., an area considerably bigger than all of Western Europe, Washington owns about 80% of the resources and nearly one-half of the land. These landholdings range from 30% of Montana to 87% of Nevada. The Government is not only the largest landowner but the largest employer and the overall regulator...