| Show Don't Wait for Uncle to Do It Some years C. founder of the great retail system which bears his said of us today are thinking in terms of national and international We need and want a strong nation and but we can have a strong nation only with the active cooperation of the people in their relationship within the states and local communities American way of life will not automatically continue to function by Real effort on the part of all will be needed constantly to preserve our system and expand it Our own self-interest is ultimately dependent upon an aggressive movement that encourages individual citizen and community The need that Penney thus outlined is greater now than at any time of the We have witnessed an unprecedented expansion of federal powers and prerogatives at the expense of the rights and obligations of the states and local With it there has been a steady erosion of local pride in achievement and of the desire and the will to deal with local problems at that It is very easy to sit back and wait for an all-powerful central government to take But when we do we surrender liberties and responsibilities which are difficult to re-capture and are absolutely basic to our as a free and self-reliant |
