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Zurich Citizens News, 1975-07-03, Page 4PAGE ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1975 Depression lever! At times one wonders if the media, press and radio, are not 'intent upon thrusting the dreaded depression down the people 's . throats. They quote unemployment and depression percent- ages and talk stridently about the depression's threat to this western world's high standard of living. It sounds almost as if these so-called signs of an economic crisis are for deserved faults we've committed against the sacred principles of that clay -footed god, our present economic set-up. Press and radio sound almost glad, if somewhat depressed --as if the world is getting something it eminently deserves. All these threats of doom are so smug and so all-knowing. Let's take a look at one of these threatened idols --the lowering of this western civilization' s present high standard of living. What's so wrong about lowering it? What would be lost? Certainly nothing that really matters. We would certainly learn to be more discriminatory --to judge by quality, rather than transient fads --to cut out those things we may have grown accustomed to, but don 't really need. Solme are already doing this unconsciously. Note the number of people who pause nowadays to cons.ientiously read content labels, and compare ounces. How very empty the store shelves would become if all the products which are simply over -refinements of foods, and cleaning conveniences to save time and effort, were removed. The modern fast pace of living has made these products seem necessities. With depression and work shortages, people would have more time and these so-called necessities would disappear. While none of these changes would work drastic differences in our standard of living, they would certainly reduce the sheer cost of living. Why not give it a try? P:erhaps it may help to lower the inflatikonary cost of ordinary necessities, such as potatoes, eggs, milk and sugar. The need for planning! There are grim warnings frequently about the prospects of living in the cities of the future. But rarely do they come from such a distinguished person as Maurice Strong, the Can- adian who is the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. Mr. Strong, who was formerly the President of the Canadian International Development Agen- cy, warned recently of the possibility of a global epidemic dis- aster because of a breakdown of city life within 10 years unless remedial action is taken soon. Doubtless many will scoff at Mr. Strong, and accuse him of painting the kind of devils on the wall that environ- mentalists have been using for years in an effort to mobilize public opinion. And indeed the concept that contaminated water in one country could trigger an epidemic on a world- wide scale --an idea Mr. Streong puts forward --may be difficult to accept. But in view of air travel by jumbo jets, and given ever- increasing movements of people around the world, such a notion should not be dismissed. And most imp;ortant of all, we should realize that already overcrowded cities that are allowed to grow too rapidly are the real danger spots. It is becoming impossible for too many urban authorities to supply bulging populations with vital services such as clean water, sewerage, trash collection, electricity, transport, school - and housing. In most cases, these services exist, but too often they are hopelessly inadequate. What is more, the rush to the cities is not being stopped. Calcutta, with already 8,000,000 people, will become an Indian nightmare housing more than 20,000,000 by the year 2,000 according to UN projections. Clearly we must do more planning in our cities if we are to avoid health and other disasters.in the future. 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