An article on the new $8.25 minimum wage in New Jersey brought back many pleasant memories of growing up in Newark in the ’40s. In noting the stark differences in salaries from the mid-’40s to today, I make no comment nor try to analyze these 70 years, which included 12 presidents, many wars, inflation, recessions and the like.
However, Newark had it all in the mid- to late ’40s. World War II, the war to end all wars, was over, and our troops were home, ready to find jobs, mates and real estate.
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