| Show FROM BAKERY TO CONGRESS a ve foelker 00 or tella e 2 how Y M C A gave him hla his first rea real start starl washington the general secretary of the washington Y it 0 A was recently surprised by a call from congressman otto 0 Fo foelker who asked him it he recognized in him a german boy who was a member of the association of oc which ho he then served as aa general secretary in brooklyn 15 years before this brought to light the story of tho the study anti and development of a sturdy german clerman baker boy who started on hta his upward climb with in hla his pocket and was helped by the friend ship of this secretary and the educational classes to a career tho the gam gain congressman otto Q G Fo foolkes alers blera will not forget that it was waa senator Fo elkers vote vota that blocked tho the race track bills in tho the famous contest in 1908 in tho senate ot of tho the suite of new york although lie ho had to bo be carried to the senate chamber on a cot to cast ills his vote 1 I landed in brooklyn with la ili my pocket and without a friend or nc ac so far ns as I 1 know knew within miles said mr foelker i 1 I had struck out tor for myself and in tho the great city of now york I 1 thought I 1 I 1 would find my best opportunity sunday was waa a lonesome day tor for me u until I 1 happened into tho the calvary episcopal church where tho the good rector dr twing at once commanded command ed my esteem and afterward became my friend lie ho took me to tho the young rens mens christian association and tho general secretary william knowlen cooper won me by his friendly and his sturdy friendly hand was a positive help in keeping me at it in those chobo days of poverty and of struggle 1 I pumped the tha organ on sundays mal fl levad in a lodging at iberl conta cents a night I 1 worked at my trade part time finally I 1 got steady employment in tho the german legal aid society in the early par part of 1898 1896 and that Is what led me into the law into the legislature and into public life 1 I studied law at nights la in a it IM om office ce and got my first start in the lagal iagal aid society I 1 had one year in 1 0 troy business school but it was asdall part oc bt my real training after making up nil all ot of the elemen tary training I 1 needed in the tion school and having mastered maat ered s 90 good od deal pt the ac secondary condari work it ie 1002 J 1 attended the now york law school and lu in 1908 1 I was admitted to the bar after having secured ray lay academic certificate through the years yeara ot of supplementary study in 1904 mr foelker wits waa elected to tho the new york state assembly ins iha early training in fu the young mens christian association in the formation of friendships he bo says gaye gare him training for that first election soon mr foolkes Po ellier became the tha mot most bitterly hated man in the tha entire state of now new certain quarters and ho he was not better loved by the racetrack race track gamblers for risking his life ike in casting tho the vote against them |
