The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-08
EDITORIAL
Facing Future Problems
BY LIT. CLARENCE L. SMITH
Commanding Officer. Post Hq. Det.

(FOrmer Social Worker, Washington, ID. C.)
So, GI, you want to return home! Are you ready to
return? EYES," you say with enthusiasm LET me get
back to the people and things left" you say But,
will you return to the people and the things
you left? Let look at this situation carefully
left fairly stable home situation Perhaps you
the principal wage Garner in your family-the
head of the household and such things as you
wanted them to be The necessities of life-fOOd
and clothing yours for the purchasing,
certain luxuries-fine houses and lavish
sOres. There jobs available If you did not like
Ob you quit and went to another, sometimes bet
ter and sometimes worse, but competition prac-
ticaly nil.
Then YOU entered the Army Immediately response
biIity for food Clothes recreation health and general
welfare changed hands You had someone to look after
you, but what Of the folks at home. Not only were
those who depended for the satisfaction of their
miserable emCtiOnaIy of separatiOn
but they their to "sink swim" by their
efforts They missed you for while-yes-sOme
still miss you, but they have changed They had to
change in order to survive That wife mother older
child took jobs and made money, which in present
economic system means independence and response
biIity
Are you ready willing to face them the basis
of equal superior wage earnerS?
Along with financial independence something new
has been added Before you entered the army your
dependents free of great deal of responsibility
financial matters general problem solving,
cidentaI to peaceful living, because you there
But with shortages here and there, ratOning of this
and that limited transportation and fuels it
for the key personnel cleft behind to develop
physically and emOtiOnalIy to cope with these
phases of life Some have cracked under the strain
but fortunately in majority of the cases, the human
organism, flexible as it is, has met the challenge and
emerged a mature, resOurcefu, self-reliant
individual.
The persons who frail and depen-
dent upon your decisions make and enforce their
decisions. Are you ready and willing to accept
those you left behind mature and adult
level emOtiOnally?
Your old job? Yes-there is 16-year- old boy doing
your job now and proving satisfactory because the
goods" being delivered Congress is assuring the
returning soldier the opportunity to return to his old
job. But, industries developing and there may
be "Old job" to which return! Are you mentally
prepared alert to start at the bottom and work
a line of work. will you join that vast army of
transients, constantly the move of little or no
stability security and increasing the amount of
chaos and confusion which usually follows world
social upheaval? -
Your former associates will have changed too On
your last leave after you had discussed your expert
ences in the army with them and had ceased to dOm
nate the conversation did you feel funny when the
conversation went and they talked of things which
you could not comprehend?
Yes, they have all changed and we who return shall
have changed. Changes fortunately, in a majority of
make for in that they challenge and
stimulate. Certain of will get back former posi-
Ons in family jobs and with associates but all of
will not Satisfactory social adjustments will have
to be earned by those having open, minds. willing
ness to face and solve problems rather than evadng
them, unlimited amount of patience, faith and
fdence in ourselves individuals and group will
be necessary for all of to gain if to achieve
any degree of c0ntentment in post war relation
ships.