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PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20. 1985 Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 There are few concerns in our society as deserving of our attention as the scourge of unemployment. The word alone creates an atmosphere of doom and depression; when it victimizes an individual, especially an unsuspecting one, the result can be devastating in terms of emotional distress, family chaos, loss of selfâ€"worth and overall disillusionment with our world and what it has to offer. Overall survey results indicate employer optimism is high â€" and that is one of the most encouraging signs of all. It is another symbol of hope, an element for our unemployed to grasp. Any factors that can contribute to the alleviation of the pain of unemployment are most welcome, and now we anxiously stand by to watch those figures translate into real job opportunities. We not only can hope. but must hope, that better prospects in the work force lie ahead. The gravity of unemployment is underscored by the preâ€"eminence of the job security issue in current labor negotiations. No longer is organized labor blindly chasing the bigger buck, but instead is realizing the importance of job security at the negotiation table. Now let‘s not parade any false hope here â€" employers are living closer to the vest these days, running extremely tight ships. And yes, there are folks who have been handed the pink slip, who, sad to say, could conceivably spend the rest of their working days in a vain search for employment. But if trends just released by Manpower can be accepted as a barometer of our economic climate, then there certainly is reason for hope for the jobless . Despite the rude awakening our society received in recessionary times, however, the light at the end of the tunnel is bravely attempting to shine through, as indicated by the local results of a quarterly survey conducted by Manpower Temporary Services. Fulty 37 per cent of 45 industries surveyed in the Kâ€"W area plan to increase staff according to the quarterly survey, while 53 per cent see no change and only five per cent anticipate layoffs. And of that 37 per cent, 16 per cent foresee at least a moderate increase. y as "totalitarian fanatics," accusing them of being insensiâ€" tive to the "tragedies that women suffer," the proâ€"lifers paraded peacefully outside, denouncing the practice but showing a degree of sympathy rather than disgust for the man himself. A definite role reversal from Morgentaler‘s Toronto Harbord St. clinic, where he diplomatically pleads to be allowed to carry on his business while proâ€"lifers parade in emotional and often belligerent fashion. Interesting, indeed. wili be veritied l:ma:eur:auo :fl the Chronicle reserves the The Chronicle welcomes letters to the editor. They should be individually signed with name, address and telephone number and will be verified for accuracy. No right to edit. 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Publisher: Paul Winkler Manager: Bill Karges Editor: Rick Campbell established 1854 â€"It is written Perhaps this is the answer for our provincial governments, which, are quickly and quietly building massive mountains of debt for future taxpayers. Perhaps they should just stop building high ways. and repairing those already in existence. We‘d all be sore as hell for a while. but as the roads got worse and worse, most of us would The more children you have, the more emotional and economic problems you create for yourself. The more goods you produce, the more you have to hustle to find customers and meet payrolls. The more farm stuff you raise, whether it‘s beef or beans. the greater your chance of being caught in a glut on the market. So the railways began treating people like cattle. Passenger trains became uncomfortable and dirty. Quality of the food dropped like a stone. And they never arrived on time. Presto. End of problems. No mere passen gers. So the railways were able to cut off nonâ€"paying passenger lines, get rid of all those superfluous things like station agents and telegraphers and train conductors, and concenâ€" trate on taking from one point to another things that paid their way and didn‘t talk back: newsprint, coal, oil, wheat. Another invention of mine to stay out of trouble is patented as Negaâ€"Prod. This is short for Negative Production. The theory is simple. The more you produce, the more problems you have, whether it is children, manufactured goods or farm products. Our great national railways caught on to this years ago. When they had lots of passengers, they had lots of problems. People wanted comfort. cleanliness. decent meals, and some assurance that they would get where they were going on time. There was much more money to be made. and fewer problems. by transporting wheat and lumber and cattle. Some people, like me, believe in rolling with the punches, rather than sticking out our chins to show how many we can absorb. I have found that, in general, if I avoid trouble. trouble avoids If 1 know that some pain in the arm has been trying to get me on the phone, I also‘ know immediately that he or she wants me to do something that I don‘t want to do. Therefore, 1 take the phone off the hook and leave it off until the pain has found some other sucker. walk with you for a while, share your burdens for a while. But then we‘ll have to part Negaâ€"Prod Bill Smiley Syndicated columnist These might seem slightly Draconian meaâ€" sures, but they sure would put an end to a lot of our problems and troubles. Think of what they would do for such sinful activities as sex, growing old,. and hanging around the Legion Hall. playing checkers. We could go back to being hewers of water and carriers of wood, which was our manifest destiny before the politicians got into the act Fishermen or lumberjacks, in short, which most of the rest of the world thinks we are anyway So, I have a policy of never trying to fix something or make something. It‘s a lot less trouble to pui up signs: "Beware of falling bricks; Not responsible for slivers from picnic table." And so on Instead of the manna and honey flowing from Ottawa in the form of baby bonuses and pensions, we might get some terse manifesâ€" toes: **People who have more than one and a half children will be sent to jail for four years. Note: separate jails." **Persons who plan to live past 65 and claim a pension will be subject té6 an open season each year, from October 1 to Thanksgiving Day. Shotguns and bicycle chains only." "All veterans of all wars may claim participaâ€" tion by reason of insanity, and may apply to Ottawa for immediate euthenisation." But we must also think of the economic benefits. With a plug put into that river of paper money flowing from Ottawa, taxes would drop, inflation would vanish and undoubtedly, separa tism would wither on the vine. People would be lined up six deep at the U.S. border, trying to get across, and that would solve, in one swell foop, our unemployment difficulties. Negaâ€"Prod may seem a bit lofty and abstract at first glance, but it works. I know from personal experience. Every time I try to make something, or fix something, it costs me a lot of money, and 1 get into a lot of trouble. Should the provincial governments find that Negaâ€"Prod is all I‘ve suggested, some of it might spill over into the federal government, usually the last to catch on to what the country really needs. stop driving our cars. The governments would save millions of dollars now spent on highways, and they could fire twoâ€"thirds of the highway cops. Help Distress Line ~olunteer Albert discussing the relationship between caller and lbstener â€"SEE PAGB 5