31.   Relief agencies provided assistance and taught trades like carpentry and tailoring.

32.   Resettlement agencies provide similar services, but Williams said some agencies handle so many refugees that there is little time for in-depth instruction.

33.   Robert Wingate, spokesman for the Red Cross, said the agency had provided shelter for eight families from those buildings.

34.   Ruth Messinger, the Manhattan Borough president, questioned how private agencies can provide adequate care with growing demand and static financing.

35.   Relief agencies have provided shoes to those whose soles have collapsed.

36.   She applied to the Victim Services Agency for new locks, a service the agency provides to crime victims.

37.   She said the agency would provide gull death figures later in the year.

38.   She said that the agency was providing important help, but the biggest problem now would be fuel for heating in the winter.

39.   Some semiofficial agencies provide a list small enough to check out by phone.

40.   Some consumer advocates add that the agency has often provided crucial support for competition.