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I was born in January, 1929, so was Martin Luther King Jr.
My father graduated from U.of Mich. Law School when I was
six months old. We lived in a number of small towns in
middle Michigan, including Mt. Pleasant and Hastings where
my dad set up law practices. My first memories in school
were from Stanton, Michigan. My dad said that you could
not find a job milking cows, but he worked for my grand
father as a farmer which he had been before going to France
in lst W.W. I was never hungry, but I know my folks said
that though a loaf of bread only cost a nickle; many
people did not have 5 cents. Michigan hired only unmarried
teachers so my mother was at one time working as a counselor
for a group of teenage girls, a new deal program. I have no patience with people who say the New Deal caused or furthered the depression. The New Deal gave hope to people even though W.P.A. and PWA were widely attacked. My high school in
Saginaw was built with PWA funds.
