The Oregon state employee., July 01, 1949, Page 5, Image 5

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The Fellowship of Mankind:
OSEA M em ber Lives Internationally
York, I am instantly confronted with
a ru^^Bf t h o u g h e x p r e s s . ;
Hello I again, O'SEA" members. I I want to say something 5.about the
thought often of the Association ^ ^ g n' .mead^^^^^ Central Park among
while 1 was in New York City last the towering apartment houses;. I want
winter. Frequent n
to mention the luxurious beauty of
Fifth Avenue at Christmas time. I
well posted "bn the Association and
can hardly bear not to include the
Oregon legislative activities. News I fairy-land appearance of lower 'MamM
read about Governor Dewey’s budget hatten skyscrapers from the Staten
a hazy evening I
^ ^ h ^ ^ ^ B rin g . I worked part timf| or the tremendously impressive din­
for several months in one of the Bronx
osaurs in theNatu^ L T O O ^ ^ Museum
branches of the New York Public <Li-
. . . or the tr^ ^ S ’es^ f, ¿^^^^^-Egypt;
brary. Again I heard familiar talk of at t n e t f
f
Museum of Art.
budgets and wages. And y ou m a y b e
And it’s hard to overlook the Sunday
sure I let people know what the'lpSEA ¿plSrch music>i^Hro^qQufet^Wffo£iE6ej
is doing for Oregon State Employees.
medieval monastary in F o rtI Tryo.h
Living in NplpBYblil City, with its Park.
SH iK K variations on the human
Rose colored glasses? Well, maybe,
|Ti erne, was to me an excitiiït and but I don’t think so. If you have your
Stimulating experience. 1 loved the eyes open, and your mind, you can’t
EgD to see the plight of the. "meh
people from all over the world, of­ and women who lean far o u tj^ ^ B o ^
fering me years of new experiences,
tenement windows straining to get a
and surprising Imjgw ith p q ^ S ^ gted ; little fresh air and sunlight . . . or a
beauty.
there is great beauty in
cool breeze in summer. You can’t
New York City . . . the greater, per­
overlook the sadness of children who
haps, by its contrast with the crowded
play on the sidewalks and dig in the
subways and the coal soot and the
'the'±^m®^de^S^^
hurry and the poverty.
for amusement. ItBhfejnfiCur15i3jw^wt'.ol
A student usually lives I much' a p S i me that many children^ W )m New
from
life of a city. That is Y ork’s crowded are as bee ome war p ed.
why I
to H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ w o r k in
But, it is surprising and encouraging
I had a chance to to observe how many-, of them develop
the buses, and the bus into honest and: kindly individuals.
drivers, on my way to thfeïBronx just
On the
ofiffll^abaBeJla^
tions you find new housingI projects
like a “native” going to work. I had
an opportunity to meet a cross sec­ to replace the horror and ugliness of
tion » | i g » a n ; I’
r e n . - S o - ^ O i ‘le|rea|^nts.. I saw no “White trade on-
at the library for books. I slB£|clally ly ” signs in restaurants outside of
bn j oyed working
Children’!
Hh]d|m. We worked.- in the libEaBra
Room, where the Murphys and the beside Negro librarians without ob-
Flannigans tried.xto help orient the je ctio n fro m the staff or complaint
^^Big^ ^ Œaking B G o n z a 1 e s from fromI theI public we served. I do not
Pureto Rico:? They were eager chil­ mean^hSt^there^is no prejudice. There
dren, all tugging at your elbows at is much prej udice ithatj^is^pdubl and
But I there is I also coopera­
ab out hor s es ? ” “ Miss, our te ach-
tion and understanding that is ex­
B llld
pressed in daily living.
B ut m ost of allpfl’d, ’ like to. tell iybu
: When I try to write about New
By Elizabeth Dotson