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“Someday, “somehow. “the °
technicians of this world will
- devise a marvellous machine
~ which will. be’ so important -’
that the rest of the world will —

without that machine.
- ‘The machine will be. so ‘ef
ficiently designed that it. will.
equire only one human > ‘op-

waeew-

: erator: Moreover,. the opera-: _

~ tor will require absolutely no.
skills; any one of the billions |.

_of humans will be able to.

_ master the machine. within :a
: matter of seconds. °

‘Then. the politicians will
get into the act, granting the ©
operator the right to- ‘Strike.

‘The unions will insist on -..

~ our labour laws.: Any. ‘block. of |
workers, - = responsi- -
“bility: ‘for a’ function . with:
| enough: economic “or. safety
importance, ‘can cripple the
“nation. In return for sacrifi-
: cing a: ‘couple: of ‘weeks’ pay, _
~~ be utterly unable to function’ “the postal workers can bring.

_ the-economy ts to its knees.”

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This 3 isn t: to say that the
workers’: ‘case ‘is unjustified. ©
- However, there are options
for seeing justice done - op- ©

‘tions which-do not cost the
workers ‘lost wages or.the -

economy: lost: opportunities.

The most popular of the al-.

ternative - suggestions _ has
long been some form. of
arbitration with settlements
_felated to ‘private ‘sector
“wage hikes.

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‘Unfortunately, 1 the federal : ;
‘government: has failed to re- ~
“cognize the common sense of

eliminating éssential service

‘strikes, labour Minister John *
Munro is on record as-oppo- .
Sing removal of strike rights.
The government may be in...
tune with the labour move-

ment’- but it doesn’t appre-
ciate the feelings of the vast
majority. of Canadians who
are ‘innocent victims in any
"disputes.

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ting rights for that.one indi-- 0
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Regular F Price $6.89 sot |

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better things to do than to

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ii conditions, the entire a - economic suicide. : A
world will grind toa halt. - For . several’ years, the - Ros. Price $12.98 ooh. - WALLPAPER Reg. Price sit. S8/gal. :

Canadian Federation of In-.
. dependent. Business, armed.
we a --with a poll-showing support
Crazy? OF ‘course. . impos: - -by: more than 90 per cent of
sible? Not. at. all; in’ fact,. its membership, has .been |
something similar has hap- urging the government to -
‘pened to our public ser-~ outlaw strikes in essential
vices.in the past decade. The : public services. The Federa-
air traffic controllers: groun - -. tion-believes that some form
ed the _ entire -:country®-=°. of; ‘arbitration is far more
including - -hundreds of thou. -_ practical for all. concerned: ..
sands :of. travellers: ‘and: fan-: There.is, in fact, justification _
‘tastic aniounts. of..business:.: for.the belief that much of
mail. Even’ ‘that -is “of- little - our ‘labour ‘strife exists  be-
‘importance... gompared =-to-: cause there is an: institutional. °
: : : “postal “basis - the excessive power of
if public sector unions. for it to

WATER TRAYS

oo Reg. ‘Price. 896 each :
SALE PRICE 59 cnl PRICE.
RHAPSODY | FLOCK WALLCOVERINGS.

" Pre-pasted, dry strippable. . Reg. Price. $11.98 per. single. roll
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; © per gallon
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something for - .
“somebody... _ -
. Your body!” —

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EFFECTIVE SALE. DATES: :
hursday, September 8:to.
Wednesday, September 4,.1977

PaRnaPatnian

_ By ANNE CALDER ne

_ |, Vancouver Ingestion of. a relatively them in safety only if they. |
. Consumer Help Office small amount. of. color-print- are read and looked at -- not

. ed material means a relative-
. “Most of us: are well aware ly large dose of lead. ;

of two common sources of
‘lead poisoning: lead-based |
paints and some pottery
glazes containing lead. We
should be aware of other
household sources as well.

chewed, eaten or burned.

If you-burn waste paper,
_ including colored materials,
you. can inhale the - lead
content ‘of ‘the inks very. -
"easily. Care should be taken’
to remove these potentially —
fatal sources of lead when
‘rolling newspaper “logs”: ‘to
burn ‘as well. |

The inks used in colored
‘printing § for magazines, |
newspapers, food packages,
‘catalogue,etc....contain. very ©
significant quantities of lead. — z

’ Parents ‘should never permit. SO OO
‘children ‘and infants to. put - .We can (all enjoy the —
these printed items into their Sunday supplements, but |
mouths. |. “remember, we can enjoy §

“The, North Shore’ News has the most. |.
- offlclent and economical delivery.
“system of flyers, ,” brochures, and. ba es aa
pamphlets on the North: Shore. We |.  Dath A agit——- en Bent lie — ene i ree ms en
offer one day delivery, Wednesday | 6 ) aa . . _— a ae
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the North Shore—all we have to do ‘Patching and repairs. BE AR _ a oe §
is insert your flyer into our paper, pe Poe a om Toy en eT

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