page 2 - March 3, 1! 1976 - « Cere-e"e7e"0"070"s SO Ee 2h Kare"e"e"a"eare I spent part of my vacation in San Francisco last week. One evening I had to meet a . friend at a restaurant on a road .called El Camino Real. This “road’’ isan eight-lane - highway with a speed limit of 40: miles per hour and a confusing numbering sys- | tem. At least, it was confusing .to me. I got lost. When I showed up late for my reservation the hostess asked me if I nad become lost, and I replied that I had become confused on the freeway—an entirely _Giff- erent matter. **Which freeway?” asked. “The 10] 280?°" 7 . . Neither, was the one outside the door that had confused me. She thought that was very funny. she or. the “We don't call that a freeway,’’ she said. ‘‘That’s . just a little old road. Do you : Dear Sir: . Ald. Frank Marcino said in his column last week that he was ‘‘not happy’’ with the City Council. decision withhold an eight per cent salary increase from non-, union staff as part .of -its budget pruning. He ‘should have said he was ashamed. For the past 30 years | have watched. the insidious growth of union .control, in civic affairs | throughout Britain. Time was when blue collar and white collar workers in local government could . opt for non-union status or join any ‘of the unions or staff associations ‘operating within their field. The unions objected that this was, *‘unfair’’ to organized labor and pressed councils nationally to require that all: their employees be members of an “‘appropriate”’ union. Having achieved this : the unions ‘then demanded that the smaller unions and . associations be squeezed out Councils: capitulated and the individ- of _ negotiations. ‘ See nen enone free prose lect RoR nee emcee OMIM BHA Circulation: 46, 000 a ‘Founded In 1960 .as an "Independent, -