"In 1933, I was five years old. My father had died in 1931, and my mother was finally able to come to grips with the fact that we should move from our four-room Beck Street apartment in the Bronx, to a smaller apartment that would cost less."
"Observing my son's recent struggle to decide between two job possibilities, which may well determine his future, brought back my struggle to choose between a career in education or trade unionism."