They both cared deeply about the role that government could play to help the disadvantaged. the dispossessed. to try to bring about social and economic Justice. they cared about the working people and the ability of those people to organize collectively to fight for their rights. They always saw the people who were struggling. who were having a tough time as the ones who needed their help most. They cared about protecting the environment and they cared very deeply about this Nation of ours. SALA BURTON was a refugee from Poland. She and her Immediate family survived the Nazi Holocaust in Europe. Those in the immediate family that did not come to this country were all lost in the crematoria of Hitlers death camps.