CITY TO RESTRICT ADDICTS ON RELIEF; Welfare Rule Will Require Proof That the Recipient Is Seeking Treatment CITY TO RESTRICT AID FOR ADDICTS
Soc Services Dept announces new regulation to require narcotics addicts to enroll in recognized addiction control program before they get welfare benefits; estimated 6,000 addicts are now on relief rolls; Goldberg says regulation is not intended as punitive measure, int; denies Lower East Side rehabilitation workers charge that dept has tolerated addicts partly because some caseworkers use drugs; Soc Service Employes Local 371 pres Morgenstern holds decision is 'another step' by city to cut welfare rolls; several caseworkers hold addicts frequently try to get more than 1 relief check by giving aliases and false addresses