ABSTRACT
Young Arthur's jobs included wrapping fish, selling shoes, and selling coffee at Wrigley Field during Cubs games-all while excelling in the public schools. Arthur J. Goldberg left his first job at a top Chicago law firm after he was asked to foreclose mortgages during the depression. He first gained national attention as counsel for the Chicago Newspaper Guild in its 1938 strike against the William Randolph Hearst newspapers in Chicago. During World War II, Goldberg served as a captain and then major in the army. After the war, Goldberg returned to private practice, represented the United Steelworkers, and was instrumental in the 1955 merger of the American Federation of Labor with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. Goldberg's efforts to end the war, however, were futile, as the Johnson administration continued to escalate the conflict.
