b"Anything else you would like to say about what it was like in the early years?In the early years, even though the money was lowand it was low, lowthe personnel was more together. In otherwords, if you went to a different project, if you left this project Sophie Johnson, she used to be a cashier, one of thefriendliest persons you could meet. The personnel was altogether different. I don't know why, because the HousingAuthority paid so little. But everyone loved each other. Everyone was nice.I told you about Sol Anello. He was the superintendent of Morris Houses. I said to him,I want a couple of weeks ofvacation. I want to go to California. He said to me, How are you going to go in two weeks? Take a month. You got thetime. Take it. The money wasn't everything, at that time. The subway was a nickel. On payday, you could go splurge. Youcould buy a Dr. Brown soda with a corned beef sandwich. You don't buy this every day, but on payday three or four of uscaretakers all together would go up Soundview Avenue, just get our Dr. Brown celery soda and our corned beef sandwichbecause maybe tomorrow you wouldn't have one, you might bring lunch from home. I remember what a good day wehad. Because like I say, making $3,100, tops-a year the Housing Authority people were great, they were A number 1.A number 1. They'll say the same thing about you in 40 years, when other people retire. They'll say the same thing aboutyou, about how nice you were. People were real nice. I could look at that book and tell a story about every name.I enjoyed every minute at the Housing Authority, from Day One. I enjoyed every minute of it. Personnel was tops. I never went to a project where there was dislike for anyone.Did you work at other projects besides Bronxdale and Morris Houses?I worked at Bronxdale, Morris Houses, andit's in the bookit was built about the same time as Bronxdale You see,as you worked in the Housing Authority, your record went with you and your reputation went with you, too. When I wouldget to the next project, I never had any problem. The manager, superintendent, all of them, I liked them all. They were allvery nice to me. That's in the record, too.I appreciate you letting me speak a little . maybe if you would ask me some questions, if I can answer, I'll answer.I'm 85 so I don't remember everything.What you told us gives us a good idea of what it was like at the Housing Authority. We had nothing like what you have here now at the union hall. You had nowhere to go. You only voiced your opinion atthe project level. We didn't have such a big organization. You didn't have somebody's shoulder to cry on. Sometimes theshop steward, but sometimes they didn't work with you. But you just plodded on and eventually it paid off. It was niceworking for the Housing Authority. I don't think I could have worked for any other agency and experienced the samething I had with the Housing Authority. One thing, you see, you got a variation. You don't have to stay in one particulararea. You could go to Mariners Harbor (near Staten Island) if you wanted to go work there, you could transfer and workover there. The personnel would be the same as at the Bronx. The commute would be a little longer. If you wanted to goto the Bronx, you could. That's how the Housing Authority was. At the Housing Authority, everybody was together. Like Isaid, Hy Katz, Rosalie Mayer, these people, they were really nice to meet. Sol Magid, he was a district manager. He had15 projects he had to contend with. When he came in, he always stopped by to talk. It was a good conversation. He spent15-20 minutes talking to you. Hy, Rosalie, different other managers and superintendentsthey were good, very good;beautiful people.16 "