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The Pachuco Problem . . . .
Much has been written on the Pachuco * problem. Delinquency and crime waves have always victimized racial groups but it seems minority groups are always the hardest hit. The youth riots have arisen from our Mexican-American communities and now the young Mexi-can-Americans are faced with second generation adjustments which have characterized the new incoming foreign groups in the United States.
The fact that the riots have ceased does not eliminate the socio-economic dilemma that has overtaken Mexican-American youth. Investigations by our civic leaders and local authorities will help towards the understanding of the social problems which are found among our youth, but it may not be the solution.
The neglect of these sociological problems can be traced back to the first days of Mexican immigration to the United States. The failure of our institutions to assimilate the Mexican citizens into the channels of American citizenship laid the first foundation to recent troubles.
As" leaders of the Mexican-American Movement, we are interested in improving the general conditions of the Mexican-Americans living in the United States. We assume this responsibility because we see the lack of leadership among our group. This lack has directed the activities of our youth into undesirable channels of youthful activities. Their purpose has been one of antagonism and hatred towards that very society which bred them. They have laid very little trust in their own leaders because very few have shown a genuine interest to encourage the improvementof Mexican-American youth. For thjs reason we feel that we need to encourage educational and social progress by means of an organization such as our Mexican-American Movement.
The recent uprising can be criticized in two ways, first, we need to recognize our own faults.
1.	Our Mexican population is made up largely of the low economic groups, without educational preparation.
2.	Oiu Mexican parents lei <1 not to encourage education aiming our youth.
by Paul Coronel
3.	We Mexicans have found it difficult to dismiss our cultural heritage, our Spanish language, our food habits, and the like.
4.	The Mexican American population has failed to intermingle with the rest of the American population in social and civic activities. There has been a failure to adopt American citizenship.
5.	The poor sanitary conditions reflect the inadequate housing conditions and the inability to cope with the burden of large families.
6.	D'ue mainly to the above reasons the Mexican-American has failed to improve his economic and social status.
On the other side we find that:
1.	Our American people have not regarded the Mexican-American as an equal, racially and economically.
2.	Our American institutions, our schools, community, churches, etc., have regarded the Mexican as a problem and not as an asset to our American society.
3.	The American communities have followed a policy of segregating the Mexican from the normal process of our American life.
These two situation confront each other and need to pool together instead of alienating one group from another. To help this situation we feel that:
1.	Teachers, social workers, proba-tidn officers, city officials and the such of- Mexican descent should be encouraged and allowed to work within the Mexican-American communities. Such a plan will bring about a better understanding and will encourage a greater incentive among the Mexican-American to feel a real part in our American society.
2.	Anglo-American and other hyb phenated Americans as well as the American of Mexican descent should be educated to appreciate each other’s contributions and to have a better understanding of each other’s background.
W.A.C.
Margarite Sanchez, popular graduate of the Arizona State Teachers College in Tempe, Arizona, is now a W.A.C. Miss Sanchez who served as the first female vice-president of the Mexican Youth Conference is ntiw stationed in Maasachusetts receiving her basic training.
Excuse, Please
This issue of the Voice is written apologetically. Many of you have wondered about the whereabouts of our magazine. The fact is, thai the Mexican Voice has not gone any-where. The staff has just filtered into the army.
Among those missing is Juan Acevedo, former art editor. Technical Corporal Acevedo is now in the camouflage corps of the Engineers. His brother, Andrew, former lino-typist for our magazine, is now linotyping for the army. Cosme Pena, erstwhile feature editor, etc., is now a clerk in the medical corps. Sergeant Pena is in Shenango, Pennsylvania. Manuel Ceja, former sports editor, is also in the medical corps as a clerk. Sergeant Ceja is stationed in Palm Springs, California.
William Hornelas, former feature writer, is now a physical education instructor in the air force. Boys, worker Hornelas is stationed in Atlantic City. Tony Salcido, cover artist, was the first to leave our staff for the army. Salcido was reported in the Philippines. Lieut. Rudolph Morales, San Diego correspondent, is now overseas as an infantry officer. Candelario Mendoza, former Pomona writer, is now in the army. Former feature writer Paul Coronel occupies himself by working the swing shift at Vega Aircraft and attending UCLA during the day.
Solomon Munoz is thq» only staff member to have returned from the army. Munoz is employed at the Goodyear factory in Phoenix, Arizona, edits a paper and supervises two clubs. Time was also scarce for Angelo Cano, who is now assistant credit manager of Harris and Frank Co. Your editor has also been pitching for the war effort. He is a technical illustrator in the Engineering department of Douglas Aircraft. From this report you can see that nothing has happened to the Mexican Voice . . . it all has happened to the staff . . . “pouff.”
CROP SAVERS
Mexican workers from Mexico reached the peak of I 300 weekly entering the United States to work in California and Arizona. Last May, the approximate ‘otal of workers sent here through the cooperation uf the Mexican government was close to 2 3,000.