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_‘ ... Page 6 â€"Waterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, May 10. 1078 a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterico Recard Lid., otmer 15 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener , Ont. address correspondence to Waterine office : 92 King St. South, Waterico, Ont., telephone 806 2830 Waterioo Chronicle office is located on 2nd fioor of the O.Wâ€" Sports buiding opposite Watedoo Squere. Parking an King Steet or in Watrerico Square. Open Monday to Fnday 9:00 s m to 5: â€"p.m. Put yourself in the picture. You‘re 2. You‘ve been working since graduating from high school. And now, for one reason or anothâ€" er, you‘ve joined almost a million other Canadians in the ranks of the unemployed. A bleak outlook at the least. . Fortunately, you‘ve paid into this country‘s unâ€" employment insurance plan and you should be able to scrape by on your $85 a week until you find anâ€" other job. . Doesn‘t sound too bad until you get that unexpectâ€" ed letter for the local unemployment office to come in for an interview. The letter tells you you have an appointment to see Mr. MacKenzie at 8: 30 a.m. You‘re one of the many honest people collecting benefits and you‘ve made a real effort to find work. After all, that $85 a week isn‘t exactly something you can plan your future on. So, you figure, the in terview should be a snap. Never having had any direct dealings with a departâ€" ment of the government (except maybe the post ofâ€" fice), you walk into that big building in Kitchener a rather naive young person. From here on you are no longer John Smith â€" now you become a nineâ€"digit number. When you‘re numâ€" ber is up, you get your directions to Mr. MacKenzie and you start to feel a little nervous, what with all the other people in for their interviews, and so many offices and cubicles filled first thing in the morning with people just like you â€" unemployed. You find your way to the proper cubicle but there isn‘t anyone there, but he‘ll be with you in a minâ€" ute says a lady behind you. Moments later, a man walks over towards you, but he‘s still talking to someone else about some file. ‘"Smith?"‘ he asks, as he sits down behind at his desk. And you feel a little better because he at least called you by name. But that‘s as far as the better feeling gets. You‘re still wondering what‘s the matâ€" ter with you, because he still hasn‘t taken his eyes off the file he has in front of him. Meanwhile, you‘re still Wwaiting for him to look up so you can greet him with a chipper ‘good morning‘. It never happens. He immediately begins firing questions at you in a sickening monotone. It‘s as if you‘re talking to a computer. There seems to be no feeling, in his voice, no sense of concern whether you‘ve put in an honest effort to seek work, whether you‘re managing to survive on your $85 a week. 7 Towards the end of the ‘interview‘ you‘re not feelâ€" ing nervous anymore. It‘s more a feeling of outrage, anger. How can someone who seems so unattached, unâ€" concerned from what he‘s doing, make the right decision about whether you‘ll continue receiving those allâ€"important benefits until you find a job? As you leave his office, he still hasn‘t looked up at you, but by now you don‘t even care anymore. You don‘t feel like being polite and saying ‘goodâ€" bye‘. You just want to get out of there. Even though you‘ve only been in there for maybe 15 minutes, it seemed like over an hour. And for that hour, you felt like you were one of the lowest creatures on earth. Just because you‘re among the million other Canadians in the same boat â€" unemâ€" You‘re confident â€"that you‘ll continue receiving your $85 a week. But, you ask yourself, was this all worth it? ;;.(;;.;. ns yb son t ce ooece ies s "/ Police 0 . PWP W eek §~ 22 s rese LIWD Eâ€" n May 14â€"20 A/‘qN(;TN H‘\v\o subscriptions : $10 a year in Canada . $12 a year in United States and Foreign Countries. Advertising Manager: Woligang Urschel To the editor : £ â€" In my reading of world affairs I note that the weekâ€" ly journal U.S. News and World Report said, in its issue of Dec. 2%, 1977, that it should be "A Pivotal Year." The writer went on to say: Major decisions are to be taken against a backdrop of rising optimism. Troubles? Plenty. But shaping up is a time of peace and prosperity. The record has been played many times and still theâ€"nations have no peace and prosperâ€" To the editor: ooo Your correspondents, MacDonald, James and Marck This may seem like nitâ€"picking. After all, a careâ€" areenthnsiasfic'zgumgpeopleandltisapltytheyagg ful reader could probably guess the meaning of each so poorly educated. They are, after all, writing for a of the three articles in question. Unfortunately,that living,andapr(fiasionalwriterismpposedtolive is not enough. Sloppy use of one‘s own tongue is bad up to certain standards. ~__ enough in a layman;, in a supposedly professional In the April 26 Chronicle, Mr. MacDonald‘s first writer it is inexcusable. These people are supposed words betray gross ignorance of grammar: "If there to set an example and it is quite unacceptable to have wasn‘t..." In untrue conditions, in the first and secâ€" writing as sloppy as that which they produce â€" not ond persons singular, it is essential to use the subâ€" just in this week‘s issue, but regularly â€" appearing junctive. The correct form is "If there weren‘t..." in a public journal. Mr. MacDonald repeats his error in the fourth paraâ€" , graph. The standard of writing of MacDonald, James and His fifth paragraph is a grammarian‘s nightmare, Marck provides eloquent proof of the necessity of a as he mangles singular and plural agreements. He continued and vastlyâ€"reformed Grade XIII in which refers to ‘"a doubting public who nonetheless cast _ emphasis is placed on writing. aside their apprehensions...and...places chips on a James C. McKegney ity. Since the 1914â€"18 war the world environment has been one of increasing violence. Nationalistic, racial and religious wars have engulfed many peoples of the earth. Yet.the political windbags still claim that they can bring peace and security to this troubled world. Somée may be very sincere in their claims. But can they succeed? On what kind of foundations are they building? Is it built on mutual trust and love? Or,‘is it a shaky foundation of fear and hatred? Our dail newscasts on world affairs clearly shows the ver‘g foundation the world powers are building is an exploâ€" sive one. In rivailry toward one another they now pile their nuclear and other armaments higher and higher, vying with one another as they seek to maintain some kind of shaky balance of power. What kind of foundaâ€" tion is this for constructing a world of peace and seâ€" curity? We can only say it is hopeless and impossible. We are reminded: Whenever it is that they are sayâ€" ing Peace and Security, then sudden destruction is to be instantly upon the just as the pang of distress upon a pregnant woman; and they will by no means escape. (Thess. 5:23). W.D. Pope PIERRE.. LETS START THE GAME/Z ENOVGH WARMâ€"UVP* g % ?‘\ g (/l//‘.\ THE RoGER NEILSON APPRoACH number he or she bhopes will bring just rewards." Terry James has yet to learn the difference between the intransitive verb "lie" (p. lay, p.p. lain) and the transitive verb "lay‘" (p. laid, p.p. laid), as we obâ€" serve in her first paragraph. Her ignorance of the proper use of that grosslyâ€"overused word "media‘" reveals itself in ber third paragraph, which beginsg of "medium‘‘ and must take a plural agreement. (Why don‘t we forget that stupid word, anyway*? ) In her fifth paragraph, she misuses ‘"comprise‘* the correct meanâ€" ing of which is explained as follows by Gowers, whose Complete Plain Words ought surely to be on the desk of each of these ardent journalists: "A body comprises (or consists of) the element of which it is composed (or constituted)."" This sentence is a real gem, as Miss James writes "comprised of upset parents that there was no set policy...‘‘ I presume she meant "comâ€" posed of parents upset at the lack of a set policy..."‘ Or does she? * Finally, she does not know that the past tense of "may‘"‘ is "might‘". She says ‘‘it is my opinion that may have lifted the axe...‘" when the board did not, in fact, lift it. What does she mean? Paul Marck tells us "I don‘t intend on hiding..." This is illiterate usage. Then he says "I did and conâ€" tinue to feel..." Did what? I presume he means "I felt and continue to feel..." He refers to something "outside of government‘"‘. Why "of"? Then he asks ""Not suitable in whose eyes?" and answers his quesâ€" tion ungrammatically, as follows: ‘"Some of the resiâ€" dents..." Probably he means ""In those of some of the enough in a layman;, in a supposedly professional writer it is inexcusable. These people are supposed to set an example and it is quite unacceptable to have writing as sloppy as that which they produce â€" not just in this week‘s issue, but regularly â€" appearing in a public journal.