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-4- [[left margin]] p. 58 [[/left margin]] Indian folks much better acquainted with your problems than I. However, I feel very strongly that it is the responsibility of you Indian leaders to tell these things to your people in such a plain way and with such constant repetition that they cannot miss the point that the Indian problem will begin to be solved the day that Indians themselves set seriously to work on it. [[left margin]] p. 59 [[/left margin]] On that day, too, some of us should be around to be of help. Actually the process has long since begun. We are trying to speed it up and put new life into the project. Just to illustrate, the superintendent of our State Sanatorium who has been wrestling with Indian patients for years, trying to get them to stay in the institution until their cure is completed, told me the other day that in the last couple years the rank and file Indians is beginning to cooperate noticeably better in the treatment plan, resulting in a marked improvement of the T.B. situation. The problem does have its hopeful aspects; it does not really offer any great obstacles as might be the case were race prejudice involved or as is often the case in many social problems pertaining to alcoholism, dependency, neurotic people, or unemployment. I am a social worker. We are accustomed to going to the office in the morning to wrestle with problems which are impossible compared to the problems of Indians and yet we set out for the day's work with a hopefulness that somehow results in accomplishment with our "impossible" situations. Indians work under much more hopeful circumstances because our working materials are excellent. [[left margin]] VP of US [[/left margin]] The Indian is as intelligent as the White man; in some respects he is superior, particularly manual dexterity, so important to being a success on most jobs. He has a sense of pride that gives him strength; he has a rich background of tradition and knowledge; he excels in many things which are well respected in America; he has a cheerful, outgoing personality and a sense of humor all his own; he has a good memory and a sense of loyalty and friendship; a capacity for diligence. With all these
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