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Medford Tribune 2nd SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959 10 Pages Only Waste, Surplus Material Accepted by NY Charity Group New York-(l'PD-Make a cash donation to a charity called "Hobbies for All Ages" and it will be returned to you. Send old clothes or re modeled games and they, too, will be returned. "We accept only waste and surplus material s," said George Silberberg, the retired engineer who heads the off beat charity on behalf of the Grand Street Boys, .a New York do-good organization. More than 6,000 tiny and giant industries have contrib uted more than one million dollars' worth of "waste" to "Hobbies" during the last four years. The materials detoured fro mthe scrap heap may look from the scrap heap may look turns the inventive cogs in his brain to figure out ways the aged, teenagers, prison in mates and the sick can use the oddments in their hobbies. Fashion Case He'll take a couple of miles of worn out electric wire, pull off the insulation and fash ion a cigarette case from some of the copper inside. He'll take a carton of old-fashioned shoulder pads and sew them together, making a quilt or a bed jacket-to prove that there is good in waste. The hobbies he thus dreams up are blue-printed and pass ed out to more than 700 homes and centers for the aged, hos pitals, settlement houses, men tal hygiene agencies, clubs, camps, and Veterans Admin istration hospitals across the nation. Silberberg was injured dur ing the early 1940s. He spent several years in a wheel chair wondering if he'd ever walk again. It was then that he resolved to help others to chase boredom - if , he ever walked again. He walked eventually, but at first he didn't altogether give up his engineering busi ness for his charitable work. It wasn't until five years ago that he surrendered complete ly, abandoning the notion of ever working for pay again. Struck by Poverty "My wife and I were on one of those 66-day cruises and I was struck by poverty and suffering that existed in places we visited," he said. "It's silly, I thought, to spend my time making money for us to spend on pleasure. That is the work of fools." At that instant "Hobbies for All Ages" got its start. "The idea," said Silberberg, "was to fill in the empty hours with the joy that comes from developing half-forgotten skills and unsuspected talents. - "I never thought once about not being able to get materials. We're the richest nation in the world, but we're also the most wasteful. More than 20 per cent of what is produced is wasted." When Silberberg sends out a request to a firm, he ex plains that the contributions of material are tax deduct ible. He asks for fabrics, party hats, clay, beads, buttons, belting, yarn, plastic,- art sup plies, shoes, marbles, unsold records, burlap, batting, en cyclopedias, stamps, wood, book covers, books, notions, wallpaper, shoulder pads. Silberberg scans the news papers regularly, looking for materials that might fit into "Hobbies." This once paid off with three trailer-loads of paintcraft sets - unused but useless because they didn't get to market on time. To keep costs down, Sliber- berg runs the charity like a penny-pinching miser. Once a week, he dons tattered cloths and climbs behind the wheel of a five-ton truck to make pick-ups-himself. His "helpers" on the truck are recruited from the ranks of retired businessmen. One is Dan Salk, father of Dr. Jonas E. Salk, the polio vac cine developer. When Silberberg gets a "please help us" letter from a social worker or recreation leader, he looks up the organ ization involved. If it's legiti mate, he puts together a car-ton-or a couple dozen-of the waste materials. Silberberg has two rules for the groups that get the material. One - they must write thankyou letters to the firms that donated the mate rial and copies are to be sent to Silberberg. Two, they must agree to have a birthday party once a month for all the folks in the group who had a birthday during the month. "Even in a prison," he said, "a birthday party is a big booster of morale." Keeping the overhead low is a prime problem in organ ized charity, according to Sil berberg. Volunteers run the office and handle correspond ence. One of these is Mrs. Silberberg. - Silberberg assisted by his Hiring Women Creates Uproar In Posioffices Portland -(DPD- A directive ordering hiring of more women in postoffices has brought about a battle of sex es here. Male employees charge dis crimination and fear their jobs might be down - graded; women claim every citizen has a right to a job man or woman. Follows Orders The directive was sent last brother, Mac, donates his time and storage and office space in the Bronx. Ordinar ily, the quarters would rent for $350 a month. The retired engineer would like to see the "hobbies out of waste" idea catch on across the country, but he doesn't want "Hobbies" to become a national organization because "the overhead would get too high." Nor is Silberberg worried about competition if groups similar to his sprout up else where. "Theres enough waste to go around," he said confidently. month from Postmaster Gen eral Arthur E. Summerfield. Postmaster Albert M. Hodler said he had no opinion about the dispute between men and women. "All I can do is follow orders." He hired two women which was a break in past policy of hiring women only to replace women. Richard Robedeau, presi dent of the Portland local of the National Federation of Postal Clerks, said prepara tions to battle the directive were being made. He charged that if large numbers of women were hired "our jobs will be . down - graded, our skills scoffed at and future pay increases will be made most difficult." Robedeau said the policy discriminated against unem ployed heads of families and did not take into account seniority or disability rights in job classifications. He said most male postal clerks now have both light and heavy jobs but that hiring of more women would upset the bal ance. . A veteran woman postal employee, who asked that she not be identified, said "every citizen has a right to a job . . . they don't want women because women can sort . . . they also stick to their jobs better." She indicated the women would not sit back and let the men go unchal EDENS VISIT PARIS Paris -UPD- Former British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden and his wife were in Paris today for a three-day visit. Eden said his visit was "strictly private." DRINK AUTHORITY DIES Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-(UPD-Dr. Howard W. 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