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February 8, 1946

So They Tell Me---

Personal Problems

A well-known Detroit lady in
the advertising business tells the
story of how she visited Wash-
ington and went to the White
Copyrighted, 1946, by W. A. Goldberg, Ph.D.
House.
All rights reserved
At that time, she had a little
boy who was four and a half years
Your questons in personal problems will be answered
old. In the course of explaining
by mail as far as possible or in these columns. Send
the road to greatness to him, she
your question and a stamped, self-addressed envel-
had told him that if she ever went
ope to Dr. W. A. Goldberg, 1314 Eaton Tower, De-
to Washington, she would take
troit 26, Mich. or to the Detroit Jewish Chron-
him to see the president.
,cle, 525 Woodward Avenue, Detroit 26, Mich.
The time did come and, one
day, the lady, her husband and
the little boy found themselves in
Washington for a three-day stay.
And the moment they arrived in
"My fiance has just returned from overseas assignment and
the capital the little boy piped up,
will he discharged soon. The war interrupted his college education
"Mummy, you said you would
which he would like to finish. Ile doesn't think he can afford to
take me to see the president."
take two more years out of his life. . . If we get married, I am
The lady was nothing if not de-
willing to work so he can go back to school. Ile doesn't think it
termined. So she got on the tele-
would look nice for me to work. . . We would like your help."
phone and tried to find out what
—11.11. and S.M.
was what. She did find out and
If your fiance doesn't go back to school now, he will perhaps what she learned was none too
never return. It is most difficult to return to school when you have good. There were certain days on
family obligations. A few people do it but they have unusual driving which the president saw the pub-
power. I would say without hesitation: Have him go to school now. lic. Approximately a thousand peo-
ple would gather in a big hall and
But I have several questions to ask you, too.
In my lectures to young people and their parents, I take the posi- wait for hours to file past and
tion that marriage marks the beginning of a new life. That life should shake the presidential hand.
For a lady with a four and a
be built upon the strongest known foundation. One such foundation is
a good education for general use and a trade or profession for a live- half year old boy, this was un-
lihood. When you have a family, you can find too many legitimate thinkable. Besides, the child would
hardly be impressed with such a
excuses to avoid school.
During. the war, jobs were plentiful and wages unusually high. visit. Nevertheless, when she came
No one asked about education. But the working world is today return- back to the hotel room, the little
ing to a competitive basis, with more people than available jobs. Em- tot piped up once more.
"Mummy, when are you taking
ployers will ask for evidence of skill, performance and competence
me to visit the president?"
before passing out jobs.
In desperation, the lady sat
Without an education, your fiance may be hired as a machine
tender. He could easily remain on that job for the rest of his life. If down and wrote to President Cal-
he can tend more than one type of machine, he has an opportunity vin Coolidge in the White House.
"Dear Mr. President," she wrote,
for advancement. The same experience holds for office work.
With every generation the working world requires more educa- "I prdmised my four and a half
tion. He can stagnate on a job because he merely puts in his time. He year old boy that if I ever came
can also stagnate because he doesn't know enough to meet the next to Washington, I would take him
job level. The greater opportunities are open to those who can dem- to see the president. I have never
failed to keep any promise I ever
onstrate versatility on several related types of work.
made him from a piece of candy
to a whipping. Is there any way
The Dangers of Supporting a Husband
in which you can help a lady in
Now for the questions I wanted to ask the bride-to-be. Suppose distress?"
you support your husband while he is in school? As a veteran, he will
The day passed. No reply. The
have tuition and some allowance, but not enough. Suppose he com-
pletes his education and gets to work? Will you be able and willing to next day passed. Still no reply.
let go of the reins? Will you permit him to be the boss? Or will you Came Friday and the train tick-
ets were for six o'clock. At three
throw in his teeth that you supported him while he was in school?
o'clock, the child looked doubt-
I ask these questions because I have seen this happen so many fully at his mother when he was
times. If you feel that you are making a sacrifice for your husband- told to get ready to leave.
to-be, my advice is not to marry until your fiance has completed his
"And we don't get to see the
schooling. Then both of you will be on the same footing. But if you
wish to marry and support him, as your contribution to a joint ven- president?" he asked.
Just then the phone rang. It was
ture, your marriage, you are safe to go ahead. Many a man has used
a woman's support for his education. Then he discarded her. In my the desk clerk calling. "There's
experience, the fault was often mutual. If your husband is in school, a messenger for you from the
his first attention will be his studies, for several years. Are you cer- White House," he was saying. The
lady rushed down and took the
tain you can take this for several years?
message. It was in the form of a
It your heads are sound, if your objective is firmly in sight, then letter on White House stationery.
get married. Your husband will complete his education. You will both It invited her and the little boy
be richer for this mutual aid, for the sacrifice toward a mutual ven- to visit the president in one hour.
ture. At the same time, you will have lived as normal human beings
Her husband was not in. She
looked frantically in her purse
and found exactly nothing. She
i
was so excited she didn't know
what to do. Fortunately, the little
boy had been cleaned from top to
I
toe pending the trip. She herself
was also dolled up.
She rushed down and borrowed
a quarter from the clerk and set
out on the street car. Delay was
Dear Sir:
interminable and when she arriv-
I am a stranger to you. I got your address through a friend who ed at the White House, she was
said you might be able to help me.
seven minutes late and the presi-
I certainly hate to impose on you. However, we have received quite dent was gone.
:1 few letters from a boy, Marton Glazer, who was born in Maramoros
However, at sight of her down-
Glod, Roumania. He is now in a concentration camp in Germany and cast face, a kindly secretary gave
1 am sure that I don't have to tell you how much suffering he has away a presidential secret.
gone through. He has only one aunt whom he remembers. Her name
"Mr. Coolidge just left," he said.
is Tillie Sacs. She lives in Detroit, Michigan and was born in Mara-
"You might still catch him at the
mods Batisze, Roumania.
I beg of you to try to find some kind of information about this top of that stairway."
The little boy rushed up the
woman since it is his only relative and his only hope.
Perhaps you are wondering how I heard about it. I have nephews stairs, saw a gentleman at the top
and nieces in the same concentration camp and through them he wrote of it, and tugged at his coattails.
to me to get in touch with her. I have letters for her from him. It was the president. Mr. Coolidge
11 you can get in touch with her or give me some information, I can was a perfect host. He took the
little boy down to his office and
perhaps mail her the letters.
let him sit in the presidential
I thank you %cry much, God will help you.
chair. He took him out on the
FRANK YOUNGER, 919 N. Marshall St., Philadelphia 23, Pa. lawn and showed him the White
House dogs. He showed him
around the place for fifteen min-
utes. Then he gave him a little
letter written to the buy and sign-
Dear Editor:
ed It with his own name.
Twenty years have passed and
With refer( ace to your editorial on the Filibuster on the FEN'
the little boy, just returned from
bill it is encouraging to see some action by your paper
I would suggest a better method and that is to print a letter in the navy, gill counts among his
and form in your paper so that people could clip this and fill in the' most precious treasures a letter
name of their senators and congressmen and mail it to them. This written to him from the president
and sure would do more good than waiting for people to write of the United States.
pe rsonal letters.
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'Mil's truly.
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rushed into a delicatessen store
and asked fur some corned beef
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A. GOLDBERG, Ph.D.
Director, Counselling Service

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WOMAN CF THE WEED

By LOUIS W. ENFIELD

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

said

Ple.asit warp it up"

Charming, personable, vivacious Sadie J. Feldstein, executive
secretary of the Zionist Organization of Detroit, is saluted by the
CHRONICLE as the Woman of the Week.
Mrs. Feldstein was born in Detroit and has lived here almost all
her life. She went to Central High School in this city. As a child, she
went to the Temple Beth El Sunday School and to Hebrew School with
her brothers.

Exodus Made herZionist

At the tender age of seven, she became a Zionist.

"I had a Sunday School teacher whose name was Rose Barlow
Weinman," she said reminiscently, "and she presented the story
of the Exodus from Egypt so vividly that I have never forgotten
it in all these years. I fell in love with Palestine when I was seven

years old and I have been a strong Zionist ever since."

Music, too, had a great fascination for her. At the age of twelve,
she decided to become a violinist
and studied that instrument in-
tensively.

"I never was talented enough
to be a professional at it," she
sighed, "but I did get a great deal
of fun and enjoyment out of it.
I continued playing until sonic
years after my marriage. Then, as
Zionism became more and more
the absorbing interest of my life,
I found I had no time for playing.
I gave up my music, gave up my
social life; in fact, I gave up ev-
erything else except my house-
keeping for the work I am now
doing.

While Mrs. Feldstein was still
in high school, the Hadassah was
organized and she became a char-
ter member. However, fund rais-
ing alone did not satisfy her. She
became very much interested in
the political side of Paelstine and
soon entered the field of general
Jack Illselman—Staff rheteg.
Zionism. In 1930, when Simon
Shetzer was president, she was MRS. SADIE J. FELDSTEIN
appointed secretary of the Zionist Organization of Detroit and has
remained in that capacity ever since.
Her duties are multitudinous. In addition to getting out all the
clerical work, she also makes recommendations for officers and mem-
bers of all committees of the organization. It is one of her tasks to
see that the Balfour Ball takes place every year and is a success. On
her shoulders rests the success of the membership drives and the
expansion fund drives. She is active in the work of the American
Christian Palestine Committee. She is also constantly being called on
for information and inspiration on the subject of Zionism. In between
times she sees that the Zionist bulletin goes out to all the members.
Asked about her feelings on the subject of the disturbances
now taking place in Palestine, she gave an unexpected reply.
"When martial law was placed on Palestine last week," she
said, "I held my head high when I walked down the street. I felt
proud because for the first time in 2000 years, Jews were fighting
back."
Family All Zionist
Her husband and all her brothers are as strongly Zionist as she is.
In fact, no member of her family is outside of the Zionist fold. Mrs.
Feldstein herself is also a member of the Women's Division of the
American Jewish Congress. She was the first secretary of the Detroit
section of the American Jewish Congress, as well as the first secretary
of the Detroit Zionist Council.
Turning to local things, Mrs. Feldstein is a great believer in or-
ganized community work. In that connection, she admires the Jewish
Community Council and predicts a steady Increase in its importance
in the future.
"The most important thing about the Council is that it is In a
position to contact all Jewish units and, in a democratic manner,
to voice the opinion of them all."
Her hobbies are reading and music. She reads practically every-
thing that comes out and is a fairly good authority on American pol-
itics as well as on almost any phase of Zionism. She has a weakness
for murder mysteries and is familiar with every kind. Since she is in
the habit of sleeping only about three hours every night, she reads as
many as three books after she retires. In addition to reading at night,
she thinks out all her daily problems and makes careful notes on what
to do about them.
Mrs. Feldstein does not play her violin any more but she still loves
music and listens to it as often as possible. She prefers symphonies
to operas. She is married but has no children.
She does all her own housework except the washing. Asked
whether she knew any special recipes for tasty dishes, she waved the
subject away with an impish smile.
"My husband says I'm not a good cook•" she said, "hut he eats
everything I give him and I can't say that he's especially thin."
Asked her opinion about great personalities, she went way back
into Biblical days.
Greatest Hero Is Moses

"My greatest hero in history," she said, "was always Moses.
Him courage in the face of difficulty is always inspiring to me.
When I think of how he organized 600,090 slaves into a free fight-
ing people and of his leadership in adversity when that neople
lacked courage and wanted to turn back, I feel uplifted in our
present fight. I feel Mire that our people must have had, then vs
now, man). Jews in high places who put ever) obstacle in their
way.
"There is courage to be derived for people who will never see Pal-
estine as he never saw it. Some day, I hope to go to Palestine myself,'
she continued, "but it doesn't seem probable that I will."
Works With Young Zionists
The only help there is In the office Is volunteer help but that is
all the more pleasant because it is so willingly and faithfully given
In fact. Mrs. Feldstein derives some of her greatest pleasure from
working with the young Zionist groups in the city.
"They all feel al home. here In the offic•," she said, "I treat
them all lair *dulls. I Irani a great deal from them. especiall ►
S'011a Ibr lines of how the modern young people think. I benefit
Haar from them than they do from me."
titer regr ets that ally is unable to undeirtand Hebrew
"1 went tn Hebrew School with my brothers when I was r child
but 1 guess I was alwsys weak on languages I would haver loved 4a
read the works of the Palertiniien ;awl, ilialik. in the origiiial
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