Re: A Prison State, If Not a Police State

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 03:40:43 -0500

L>
> Then there's a surprisingly high probability
> one of 'em in the '10s, '20s or '30s was a
> gangster.

I know all my relatives to way back then. No gangsters. First generation
were laborers. My maternal grandfather and his uncle and another partner
opened up Pechters Bakery in the Bronx. They made Silverloaf Whitebread.
Most of my folks were either laborers of low grade professionals like
accountants/bookkeeps. Some opened stores. No gangsters.

Some of my relatives may have paid protection money, but that was not
all that common.

Bob Kolker

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