He held a series of jobs over the next few years, first as a 15-year-old streetcar conductor in New Albany, and then as a 16-year-old private, soldiering for six months in Cuba.

• 此后的几年里他换过一连串工作，15岁时，首先在新奥尔巴尼做了一个路面电车指挥员，16岁时接着又在古巴当了6个月的兵。