All too many of these measures merely raised false hopes and increased the feeling of frustration and hopelessness of those who were led to believe that all of their problems would disappear overnight through little if any effort of their own. What is needed. to my mind. is less reliance on the Federal Government and a return to the fostering of indivdual initiative and responsibility in solving personal problems and encouragement of local communities and their citizens to work together to solve mutual problems and develop mutual understanding. All one must do is look at the history of our great Nation and realize that there have been many immigrants to this countrysuch as the Italians. the Irish. and so forthwho faced discrimination and grinding poverty but who rose above it through individual effort and hard work under a free enterprise system and without Federal aid. The majority of Negroes and other minority groups are now doing exactly the same thing although they do not get as much publicity as the riotersand I deplore the fact that the destructive riots have made their task more difficult and have widened the breach between them and fellow Americans. We must help them achieve their desires in lifeand this cannot be done successfully until we succeed in restoring law and order.
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