A COMMUNITY IS PEOPLE.

This article focuses on community development in the U.S. Most people no longer work for themselves today. They work for others. Advertising agency slogans to the effect that the people own American industry may be impressive to the uninitiated but are not persuasive in the face of the facts that three-quarters of all stock is owned by only 3% or about 140,000 families, and that 35 % of all stock is owned by only 4,700 families. Certainly, this is an improvement and comparative statistics over the past 20 year period will show that the gulf between rich and poor is narrower here today than in any major nation on earth. The business community has great influence in shaping the affairs and destiny of the total community. The American community is a reflection of the people who live in it, and if the people are divided and their personalities are split, it stands to reason that the American community will fare no better. Already too many communities suffer from schizophrenia. Sound motivation is as important as sound action. It is not possible, in the long run, to have sound community organization and integration if the statement is made of one another.