PAGE 4, WEDNESDAY, DECEMIIER 10, 1975, WHITBY FREE PRESS whitbyý- Voice of the County Townl Mike Bi SERVING OVER 26,000 READERS. > eti~ti.tvery Wednoscday by M.B.M. Publishing and Photography mec. Th re resBuilding 7-sstantEdt-or - Blake 1>urdy 1 (omrintinity EHitor -Bian Winter L.ontributiflg ciator - Jim QOBl Production Manager - marie Bummu Dîiplay Advertising Manager ý- Robin Lyon Classified Ad Manager - Marlene ]$yroifl Box 206, whilby. Mailing Permit No. 2941 Phone 668-6111: Toronto Lino 282-1004 Election turnout -pitifu The turnout for Iast Monday's byelection toetI choose a new mayor and two new councillors ivas, ~be to say the least, pitiful. Only 34 percent of the 18,600 eligible voters, approxirnately 6,000 people, saw fit to cast a That means, ini essence, that two-thirds of the electorate do tiot care about the maniner in which their community is run. That also mneans that two-thirds of the electorate have lost their demnocratie right to question the administration of the town. Imagine, only one third of the citizens of Whitby stili possess the right to dissent when it cornes to municipal politics. That is a step closer toward oligarchy - governrnentby a few. Those who did flot v.ote had better hope tkhiat those who did made the right decisions. And while we are on the subject, congratulations to the newly elected - Mayor Jim Gartshore, north 7- CT W ward Councillor Bob Carson and west ward AI~~4ViF Y0V aW7 T E/// V71 F a/afLP 4ALZWV K-5Eye 7Y/ý7Ob Councillor Ken Hobbs. " The untions are now out Of con trol"says readler Dear Sirs; Thère is an old saying... "You can fool somne of the people soîîîe of the time, but you can't fool ail of the people ail of the timie". When this saying emerged, it probably held a great deal of truth, but now days it hias become nothing more than just an old saying. We, the people of Canada, have been fooled for a very long tirne, îlot only by our elected representa- tives in the nation's capital, but also by cach other. Prime Minister Tru- deau sat before us a couple rnonths ago and tried to convince each of us that his new restraint policies would benefit each and every one of LIs ini the long run, even thougli we would ail have to ,eel the weight of the country's economic bur- dens while we waited for Dear Sir, 1 deiiberately selected ' choice' as the focus for My en deavour in the re- cent elections. Choice is the essence of democracy; yet lwo-thirds of the electorate chose not to get involvéd-evefl to the smallest degree of casting a vote. Contrast (bis with the theè materialization of these policies. Mr. Tru- deau's* speech wvas an angering one, not so miuch because of his evcr in- creasing pompous atti- tude, or the fact that he tried to convey thiat he understood lîow diffi- cuit this "belit-tigh ten ing" would bc for ail of Lis (after ail, one could hard- Iy believe imii to under- stand the diffîculty tlhe average man lias in sur- viving on a weekly budget wvhi'e fhe and ouY other re- presentatives are busy voting thernselves an Lin- realistic wage increase; taking seemily never-end- ing vacations or floating their wveary bodies in swinîring pools donated by unknown ,persons, or spending valuable timie iii granting monies, paid for with our taxes, for such absurdities as a study of the tmne spent ini public toilets by average î,ersoîs ..to thie tune of very large efforts of many voLîntary workers for ail the candidates. To ail of these workers 1 wish to record my sin- cere regards; anci (o, those of them that made my campaign 'theirs' - rny most grateful thanks. Yours truly,* H. R. Stratford S79,000 to date) bLut rather, the fact (bat hc tried to convinice us that the rapidly incereasing rate of iniflation couici 1e broughit to a hiait. Wliat makes Mr. Tru- deau aI the other Irepre- sentatives ini Ottawa believe that they cati haniidie s(>nlething wvheni nîany other major na- dions (o date hiave failed iserably in thieir efforts (o do scx? Or t)erhaps Mr. Trudeau would rather beIie6e that lie catii lick inflation rather t(bau iface the actLlal cauise of ouir probins ..The Union. Our elected representa- tives have tw() tasks Io perfornii - Oiie, to coni- vey oui- wislies to parlia- mienit iiid act on our be- baîlf, and secondly (o obtaiin u îcreasiing.numn- ber of Votes for themi- selves iii order (o insure that (bey hiave a job fol- lowing election. The sec(>:d 1)point, the obtaini- ing of votes, is very important, as (bis alonie is probabiy the maiijor cause of wbait is happeni- ing to our country. No politic.*îîî, while cami- j)aigniig woLIld ever single out a particular segmnent of our society and relate to the rest of the country how destruc- tive thiat particular seg- nienlt is to oir econloniy and well being..and our future as a great nation. The reaison tha,,t no politi- - cian bas or probably neyer wilI nliake t(bis unove is very clear..the iargest dlestructive seginienit 0>f our country is tlhe Union, and for any i)olitician to centre ftheiout would surely mean his defeat at thic pois. For those whlo are îlot ailrea.dyaý,ivare of the fact, Canifaa laces second ini tlhe world for having the most strikes. second olv to ltaly. 1 wouid suspect that none of uis have paid mLlch -attenitionl (o this statistic duLe (c> the fact that Canaida is stîch a large nation (liat \ cl(10111feel tlie burdens of sjJ strikes uless they hbappen 011 oLIrcloorstep. While the majority of Canadians have beeîî going 01n their merry va y, clemancling miore pay, putting at least twvo cars ini their garages anîd giving their cbildren inateriai tlîiîgs that they uiever lîa,,d, or particLularly needed, bhey have beconie blind 10 tthe eventual effects of their greediness, AIl one nust do to under- stand what wve are in for iii the futuire is 10 take a good look at wlat has 1ap1ened 10 Britaii, once a strong and proLld nation both morilly anîd finan- cially, bLutuiow' a nation gasping for its last breath. The Unionîs have always nîaintained a sinîmer ini the "Pot",- but while we have ail busied ourseives with beiuîg greedy, we failed to notice that the simmer had started (o boil. By allowing the " 4pot" to reach a hoil, the Unions have used the power of the strike far beyond the useful pur- pose for which it wvas originally created. They have been allowed to beconie so powerful ini both nunîbers and finani- cially that it has already caused the downfali of once great niations and is 110w o1 its way to add Canada to the ruibble pile. The Unions have> enabl2d manly of their non-skilied and non-educated nieni- bers [o earni incomies far iii excess of those if highily educated and skilied persons5, thuscreat- ing a mockery of oLir educationial systeni. How can we p)ossib1y convince our so ns and dauoahters of the validity of higlier edu- cation when they can reap financial benefits without having to spend the tirne and money to first educa te theîîîselves. Unions are responsible for removing mutch of the digiiity and pride from the average mani as they have replaced the chal- lenge of bettering one's self with the alnîity dollar.' It is interesting (o note that the majority of our Union leaders are tiot highly' educated people, but rather they appear to be extremeiy insecure and power hun- gry rodents that should not be allowed a place in our counitry. It is also rather o*avious that a great many of these so-called "leaders"9 sport a foreign accent that can be found withiîî the boundaries of Great 'Brit.iin. History has proven that certain counitries within Great Britain have been the birtlîplace of an antagon- istic people and the pre- sent day affairs of Great Britain will prove that thie situation lias flot changed. A successful and content society re- quires the ricli, the mid- dle class and the poor in order to give nman a challenge and purpose to lus life, but the Unions, by use of- their power anîd wealth aie constantly eîîdeavouriîîg to elinminate the poor -mîan ' and the ricu nman and ini so doîîg hiave created a vicious gaine of leap-frog. Take a gsod look Canîada, the country that you are so proud of 15 01n its way to taking its place aînongst the other once great nations that are now alnîost dead. The real (ru (h is that thâigs are going to get mnucli worse, niot only economically, but socially. The Unions are now out of control and weil out of the reacli of any of our politicians. They are too powerful (o be outlawed; too wealthy to be financially crippled and their mnem- bers too massive ini num- ber to be ignored or out- voted. Where do we gc from here and how? Mrs. Susan Holoduke R.R. No. 1, Brookiin Can didate thanks volunteer workeérs vp- 19 14 -ýffl mmm- Mý