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The Social Legislation Group began
as an offshoot of a National Council of
Jewish Women committee in 1943.
About 25 Wayne State graduates, teach-
ers and social workers met to discuss
issues and support Democratic causes
and candidates.
Southfield resident Akin Barnett, 80,
one of the founders, said many of the
members' husbands were overseas fight-
ing in the war, so interest in world
events was very high.
Through the years, the members
have protested atomic bomb tests, gone
door-to-door for voter registration,
joined newspaper picket lines and,
more recently, showed up at county
commissioner meetings to . support
SMART buses and protest the closing
of mental hospitals.
The number of women in the group
has remained consistent as the members
have grown older, now ranging from
their 60s up through their 80s.
They may not be as physically active
now, but they still have opinions.
"Our discussions are so intense, and
the members are so politically astute,
we can't always cover all we want," said

share support for Geoffrey Fieger in the
governor's race and are against school
vouchers. They are also all lifelong
Democrats who voted for FDR in their °
first presidential election,
After the talk by Norris, in a ques-
tion and answer session the group got
into their form of a round-table discus-
sion.
As one member took the floor, sever-
al others would interrupt, and Rood
would try to maintain order.
Polk told the group that she called
Congressman Sander Levin's office to
find out why he had no comment on
Clinton.
Another asked why. more Democrats
aren't supporting Clinton.
One member blamed the Rutherford
Institute and the religious right for
influencing the impeachment process,
and Bert Wember asked why there was-
n't a Million-Man March in support of
Clinton.
When discussing Fieger and his cam-
paign, one member asked, "Why can't
we get somebody else that's a better
candidate?
"It's too late!" they all yelled.

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10/9
1998

10 Detroit Jewish News

From left, foreground, are longtime members Dorothy Rood, Pauline Sabarofic
and Lillian Polk. •

Barnett, a retired school social worker.
Some members also belong to the
Grey Panthers, the American Civil
Liberties Union, the Michigan
Universal Health Care Action Network
(MICHUHCAN), among others, she
said.
On this Saturday afternoon, Harold
Norris, a Professor Emeritus of the
Detroit College of Law at Michigan
State University, talked about the
Clinton impeachment proceedings.
His views against the proceedings
were shared by everyone in the room. A
quick poll revealed that all the members

Pauline Sabaroff, a member for 25
years, said they try to find speakers to
talk about the issue of the time or have
roundtable discussions about current
events. While the speakers lend a more
structured tone, she said, "our discus-
sions can get lively."
A 76-year-old former interior dec-
orator from West Bloomfield,
Sabaroff calls the women "my support
group. Most of us have some physical
problems. We're just older and I think
that we have a broad outlook on
social problems, and are more toler-
ant with people's foibles." She suf-

