Arizona sun., 1953-08-07
Getting
Along
By LAUREN WHITE


many of the large cities of the U. S.
This situation is unfair to the tax
payer who foots the bill and the
reliefers who enjoy or suffer from
the sacrifices of the taxpayers.
An individual who is able to
make his own way, but lives from
the efforts of others, loses his abil-
ity to compete. This is indeed
tragic in a world where competi-
ton is one of the laws of life. Be-
sides losing his ability to compete,
he suffers a fate worse than that.
He develops the illusion that the
world owes him living. r.
l know of one particular couple
that has received relief. checks for
years. Although they claim they
are married, !. they receive relief
checks under different names. Both
of these individuals are perfectly
able to work, but they have made
a racket of living from the efforts
of others. And the tragic part is,
that they feel they should actually
live better than the unfortunates
who work for a living. The woman.
very cantankerous, disagreeable,,
and unappreciative person, COM
plains all the time. Although she
lives in better place than the aV-
erage person, eats better and dress
es better, she feels she deserves
much more. She hates the inveSti-
gator who is unable to increase her
allowance. She fights the grocer
when he will not give her extra
food for her money, She despises
the landlord who will not reduce
her rent. This woman feels that
everyone is against her and that
everyone owes her something.
If useful, talented, intelligent
persons are demanding and fussy.
one can understand it. These types
of persons usually render society
a great service. And, in return for
the service, they can afford to be
trifle demanding. However, an
unuseful, unintelligent, untalented
person has no right to. be demand
ing. When one has little or nothing
to offer, he should expect little or
nothing in return. Yet, the opposite
is usually true.
If there is one lesson colored
Americans should learn quickly, it
is that we are not supposed to get
something for nothing. Our Crea-
tor has arranged it SO that the very
air we breathe is breathed with
effort Whenever there is useful
work to do in order to make liy-
ing, we must do it.
This is often hard advice for
those of us who are on the outside
of things. AS the last hired and the
first fired, and always selected for
the hardest work with the least
pay, we hate to be urged to work.
Yet, there is no other way out. We
will never be able. to get along if
we do not accept what we can get
until we are able to do better. That
is. the only way any disfranchised
group ever made it.
If we look around we can see'
many jobs have been gained by Me-
groes that were denied them few
years ago. If there had not beerf
some patient stalwart souls who
were willing to accept the work
they could get until they could do
better, these jobs would not have
been available. : :.
Those who threw in the white
towel of surrender and accepted
whatever charity they could get
have not aided in increasing job
opportunities. In fact, they have
made no contribution toward the
elevation of the race. They are de-
tracing much.
Your observer is in favor of orr
ganized charities to help the de-
serving needy, but there are too
many parasites living off the work.
ers who pay the taxes. AS a group,
we will never get along well until
more decide to make their way
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