Speech #830012308

You Never Leave Brooklyn. appears. His story of those 30 years is also the story of America in the last three decades. When he first came here. he was quickly plunged into the fierce controversy then raging over the question of immigration. He is still in the midst of that controversy todaybut how the world has changed during those 30 years. In a sense. "MANNIE" CELLER has never left Brooklyn and the millions of people that make up that communitythe Jews. the Irish. the Italians. and other nationality groups. "MANNIE" CELLERS book is the story of a warm and sincere human being. an honest public official. .who never hesitates to speak out for unpopular causes. yet one who is modest in his claims of personal triumphs and big enough to admit his mistakes.