Mr. Fehrenbach.

I was from June of 1944 until June of 1946, 2 years, 2 years and 1 week.

Mr. Griffin.

June of 1946 you got out?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

Now, are you a high school graduate?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I am now.

Mr. Griffin.

I take it you have taken some work after you actually left school?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I took the equivalance test. After I was injured I didn't know what I was going to do and I was going to go back to college and I had to take the equivalence test and pass that.

Mr. Griffin.

Which injury are you now talking about?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

This was after the last injury, I went and shot myself.

Mr. Griffin.

Hunting. How far did you go with your formal education before you first left school?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I quit school when I was in the 10th grade.

Mr. Griffin.

What year would that have been?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

That would have been in 1941.

Mr. Griffin.

Yes.

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I would have graduated in 1944. I left school when I was in the 10th grade in order to. go to work for Sam Jaffe. It would have been in 1942.

Mr. Griffin.

1942. How old were you in 1942?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I was 16.

Mr. Griffin.

When did you begin working for Mr. Jaffe in 1942?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Well, it was in the summertime but I could not put the exact date on it or the exact month.

Mr. Griffin.

So I take it you completed your term of school in June of 1942 and then during the summer you stared to work for Jaffe?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

When you began work for him did you work for him on a fulltime basis?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Yes.

Mr. Griffin.

What was your job?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

I was a jeweler apprentice.

Mr. Griffin.

What did that involve?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

That was learning to repair jewelry and diamond setting.

Mr. Griffin.

Were you a member of a union in connection with tint?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

No.

Mr. Griffin.

Is there any sort of formal apprenticeship training program?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

There wasn't at that time. Now, I stayed with Mr. Jaffe until 1944 when I went into the service, and then when I was discharged in 1946 I came back, I went back to Mr. Jaffe, went back to work for him. I was there, I think a period of just a few months and then he got set up on this here training program by the Government for training veterans, and I believe I was with him for about 2 years after that.

Mr. Griffin.

How did you, in 1942, happen to get this job with Mr. Jaffe?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

There was a friend of mine, a Jimmie Tricker who was working for him, and-Jimmie's eyes were very bad, he couldn't see to do the work, and so Sam had asked him if he knew of another young boy that would be interested in learning this work. So Jimmie told him about me and I went to him, and it worked out and I stayed with him.

Mr. Griffin.

Was Jimmie Tricker the same age as you?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

He was the same age as I was.

Mr. Griffin.

How long had he worked for Mr. Jaffe?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Jimmie had only been there about a week or so until he found out that he couldn't see.

Mr. Griffin.

During this period from 1942 to 1944, did Mr. Jaffe have any other employees beside you?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Not at that time, no.

Mr. Griffin.

So from 1942 to 1944 you were the only employee of Sam Jaffe?

Mr. Fehrenbach.

Right.

Mr. Griffin.

Where was his Jewelry store located?