Evening star., 1936-03-21
Wishing for
Better Days
Of NOAvail
In Solving Current t
Problems, Action
Is Needed.
BY ANGELO PATRI.
TT IS common these days to talk

TT IS common these days to talk
Of the depression.
Terrible, especially for the young
people. They have absolutely no
chance, no place. Nothing to do, no
place to 60. Tragic"
Life is in the past, in the good old
days when stocks were booming and
everybody felt rich. Or. life is just
ahead, just around the corner, and
everybody marks time until the corner
turns itself, never thinking that cor
ners do not turn themselves and
moving feet. 1t is about time to con-
slider that life is with us, ever present,
and that we are living it as hard as
we can, and as fast as the clock ticks,
and that young and old alike would
better be about the business of living.
Instead of marking time, mentally and
physically. it is time we began to move
ourselves out Of the ruts and put our
own shoulders to the mired wheels of
progress.
There Is no easy way out, no clear
road ahead. But we are living, and
that means we are moving. 1t is time
that we considered where and why
and how. Most of us are content with
reading about the plight of the young,
the strife among the politicians, the
distress Of the workers, and the gen.
eral uneasiness. We lay aside the
oNd xr-ifE
a complaint: More taxes, more laws,
more rascals every day. Nothing done
that stays done. Wish this was over"
This" means our personal dis
tresses, the plight of those nearest
and dearest to us. 1t will pass, and
our problems will be solved to work.
able degree when each one of us de-
termines to do his share toward the
solution. We can all read and write
and talk. We can vote. We can at
tend meetings and talk out our ideas.
We can look about for whatever work
our hands find to do and do it. We
can help build up body of public
opinion that can and will establish
some basis for active growth.
One person, one group, cannot get
very far, but If all the intelligent, able
bodied men and women in this coun-
try should shake of their misery and
take on personal responsibility, things
would move. There must be discus
sion and struggle and compromise al
ways, but out Of it there must come
action Of one sort or another and
action, even mistaken action, is essen
tial to progress. Out of mistakes and
their correction the right solution is
born.
Our boys and girls are living in this
day. They cannot preserve their
youth. They cannot stay the years.
They must have more abundant life
than is offered them now. Schools
are futile unless they offer more than
book knowledge. Relief of one sort
or another is futile unless it offers o
way of self-help and self-realization.
Talking to bewildered children, who
find themselves without a place in
life, is worse than useless. Action, a
feeling Of usefulness, a feeling of being
needed, is what these young people
must have.
Life for them is in full swing. It
Is the duty Of every grown man and
woman to become actively interested
IN providing for its demands. Every
village. town and city is involved, for
youth knows no boundaries. Join
your own group and push opportunity
toward these young people who must
live now.
(Copyright. 1850