in rows, the rutted roads, black and dirty, unemployed men in the bar, women working in a runaway sweatshop, undereducated, underprivileged, lack medical care, misfit for city life…

--- the poor living in the miserable housing / slums / tenements or hovels in the central area surrounded by towering, modern buildings so that they are inconspicuous of the sight of anyone else; almost everyone passed through the Negro ghetto or the blocks of tenements, middle-class women on the way to an evening at the theater, the business or professional men driving downtown to work, but their children were segregated in suburban schools;

--- much easier to be decently dressed than to be decently housed, fed, or doctored. Even people with terribly depressed incomes can look prosperous. No work clothes in the factory but slacks and white shirts; shoes and stylishly cut suit or dress, yet hungry;

--- the aged above 65 are often sick and cannot move, so invisible; the young below 18 sit in rented rooms, not disturb the quiet street of the middle class and rarely appear in a lurid tabloid story because of crimes so that they are invisible.

--- no unions, no fraternal organizations, no political parties, no lobbies of their own, no legislative program; so atomized no face, no voice;

In conclusion, if the poor still remain unseen / invisible to others, they cannot improve their life for no one will come to help them.

3. The passage is an extract from a book written in the early 60’s. Do you think things have improved since then? Have you read anything or come across any figures that will help picture the situation in present-day America?

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The author’s personal experiences of consuming pet food and his observations on human consumption of pet food

WHEN 1st time in my youth in 1953 WHO Neighbors & acquain tances Cleveland ploy ed Next time in 1956 Later in New recruits Great Lakes late 50’s when at home Illinois Naval I College No in come WHERE In the South WHY Poor FEELING Not uncommon, not startling, unavoidable Unem Surreptitiously, humiliated, carefully guarded secret Ashamed to admit it 2nd time I 10

Training Center Later expe rience People … Richmond in South Philadelphia, the South, Ozarks, Indian reservations Cheap er than others 11