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i tfce georgetown heredd wtdneay august 30 1950 corner r- the railway strike because it is the one big topic of conversation this week an editorial on the current railway strike is in order the toronto globe mail in an editorial has expressed our feelings so well that we have taken the liberty of reproducing it below without change it would be well for every canadian to ponder these words the power op life and death the loss- and suffering which will be borne by the nation on account of the railway strike should have been an important factor in determinipgtke attitude of the disputants towards the efforts of the government mediator there is more than casual interest therefore v in the- remark by mr frank hall reported in this news paper yesterday lit is literally incredible that ajman with his responsibility could seriously say j we are not fighting the country we are fighting the railways we hold them respon- sible for the situation this reveals some very cloudy thinking does he believe that the railway management could payout of their own pockets the 124000000 whicltlfie total union demands would have cost there is only one source the consumeftthe public as a whole the people without whom there would be no use for the railway moreover who if not the consumer is going to absorb the cost of the strike to the railways as well as its other penalties by depriving the national econ omy of transportation and a major element of its com munications the unions hope the railways orhe gov ernment will be forced to give in in essence the battle is and always has beenwith jhe country at large the stake is not now the unions demands it is the nations existence the strikehas changed the issue completely the development of the modern industrial system has greatly increased the power of the strike weapon the increase in power lays upon union leaders a pro portionate increase in their responsibility the strike has had an important place in trade union development no one would deny that there have been circumstances in which strike were wholly justified but at any time the governing condition of its use was a balance struck between the matters at stake and the cost it was going to levy on the workers themselves they have been several long industrial strikes recently which cost the workers so much that most of them would never regain what they might have had if they had not gone on strike for these workers the strike is obsolete the original value of the strike weapon was to force recognition of the trade union movement it gave them a place in the social structure and freed wor kers from oppressive labor conditions compelling the acceptance of minimum standards the railway strike has been called to force acceptance of maximum stan dards not to protect what has been won but to reach the pinnacle in one quick jump this is a fundamental change in ordinary labor relations whereby the strike has become art offensive weapon on this basis it cannot be long before collective bargaining has been reduced to a mere sham the benefits sought by the railway workers are not general throughout the nation while there are many examples of the 40hour week in industry it is not yet the custom there are several examples of the thirtysevenandahalf and even thirtyfivehour weeks would their existence justify a strike next year to re- duce the railway workers hours still further there may be great social value in the strike exper ience this country is going through it demonstrates beyond question the vat power that unionism has acquired it is no longer a struggling movement to be helped by benevolent employers and aided by favoring laws one small group has shown that it has the power of life and death over all the rest of the nation if it chooses to exert it this is a social fact of great import ance in recent years the whole continent has recoiled over the spectacle of the power exerted by one labour leader in the united states through control of the workers in one basic industry he has actually on sev eral occasions sought to choke the national economy for the enforcement of his demands there is no dif ference in principle in what mr hall and mr moshec are doing through their irresponsible use of powew which society gave them they are forcing the nation to reconsider in terms of the highly organized modern community the privileges which have been allowed or ganized labor freedom has lost its meaning when at one tick of the clock it can turn into a destructive tyr anny by george murray rtws i the seventh of a series of articles written for the canadian keekly newspapers association by the editor of jhe plctou advocate now touring europe hanover germany every paper you pjck up jus classified advertise ments for domestics laborers kil led wen sales agents or whatever but did you ever see a wantad for a senefaj t blu6g j no boulevard generals are available lasnai at in a many winced atone schlocrl aanva lit otown a 045 ajn uib ajn 115 pjn 218 pan ms pan jllspjbu 715 pro 015 pjn 1015 pan xbay bxntal surgeon g g i pfcoas h near minuter germany live s8 men who should by every riant of friendship arw valour restuneatlly on the conscience of the allies but as a resujl of the surge of events after thevst- war have been for gotten by all except the internat ional refugee organization in the little village nearby the people call it schlou or the inmates are all nio offi cers of the former jugoslav royal army but further questioning only j loi 0 10 and najn and 147 8 and 10 ppi buses from college view at 010 1010 sad ijab ajn and u0 3jq bd 1040 pjfc bums available for charter to etav tid i points including butialo ht saturday service only innting acqost the urn table above applies only to saturdays during aug- ust there is no local bus sev vlea on weak- days gearfcetewa traasaartatlaa oe teltbhaae 11 you cant prevtnt polio but you can protect hur family and yourself will polio insurance family premium s 2 years 1000 ask us to arrange your j covens for too walter t evans c0 r0sedale floral cut flowers potted plants if its a sprar wraetk weddiag flaware our price are right wx can please you gggj we delraar gospel services every sunday at 7 pm georgetown oddfellows hall featuring v gosjpel hyrrms and chorus evangelistic message r specials in song tbi couim3 of tttk lord draweth nigh abb you rkady to mkethlllt rev e r p fat chugev brings the answer dbnt anything about them so out much yet at fling of the second world war these men were national heroes many of them serving in the capitals of the world as military advisors oth ers trusted menbers of kins peters court now only legendary glory be longs to them the entrance to the schloss retains a certain magnifi cence of armorial bearings carved on doorways and gateways but one step over the doorstep brings one face to face with the meagre pov erty of the displaced person and the atmosphere of patient hopeless ness that envelopes all who belong to the category listed as limited possibility for resettlement seated in what was onpe an im posing room but is now a rather cold forbidding lounge arc the men who nobody wants some arc playing chess others are listening to thel cus bulletins with the radio turfed in to yugoslavia others are study- ng language books their average age except for a few ounger men u bo arc urn tiling to lea e their leaders in time of need is 65 their only present support is the inter national refugee organization and their age prohibits them from being of any interest to selection com- g oami mittecs representing countries re- mill street pooiie 183w ceiving and resettling refugees gi only a humanitarian action on the part of some country vvho re- members the debt ou ed to these tinsgsa men can give them anj future and what is this debt many canadians britons and americans will remember serbian troopsand officers vho fought al- iantl in the first world war in- deed man of these displaced per sons bear wounds they received at salonika and in the balkan strug gle in 191418 but younger men will flrtnk more vividly on the fight put up by the united yugoslav roy al army to prevent the penetration of the germans into their country in the early part of the last war that this resistance failed was not due to the efforts of the yugoslav troops who were swept up by the overpowering german forces and taken into captivity in germany here for four years they lan guished in german captivity but when the liberating armies came the rejoicing at the end of the war was quietened for these yugoslav by the news of the communist dom ination of yugoslavia it was im possible for them to return to their homes and families in their native land as king peters men they could expect no welcome 1 seeking temporary succour with first unrra and then 1ro they have ldoked in vain for assistance from their former friends politically they stand for a urti- ted yugoslavia under king peter and politically on paper they arc an embarrassment to many europ ean countries and minority groups it is unlikely that they will arouse much interest or receive much assis tance from sarbs who emigrated at the beginning ef the century to america yugoslavia did not become poli tick entity until after the first world war furthermore the ser bian emigrants remember many bit ter feuds between the serbians and the croat ions and favour an inde pendent serbia exi lutling croations rather than a united f yugoslavia in the same way other nations with economic agreements with yugoslavia under tito ore unwll- ling to be involved iri any shadow of controversy over a small group of refugees but that is all on paper in ac tual fact these thirty eight war shattered politically outcast men can hardjy unde r any circumstances be categorized as possible rrouble makers they are rather men who have lived their lives valiantly and according to their principles and geek only sanctuary and peace for their remaining years anypossesslons they 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