Zurich Citizens News, 1981-01-15, Page 16Page 4
Citizens News January 22, 1981
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Buffalo riot: much about nothing
A riot was arranged in Buffalo, Thursday.
One side was out in force: over 1,000 people,
many members of radical civil rights activist
groups, rallied across the street from Buffalo's city
hall.
About 400 city police, many in riot gear, Erie
County sheriff's deputies, state troopers, FBI
agents, special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams,
and police helicopters, were on hand to prevent or
break-up any violence.
One hundred reporters and photographers were
there to cover the action.
On the other side, legally demonstrating on the
steps of city hall, was a delegation of the National
Socialist Party of America: four Nazis.
Buffalo Nazi leader Karl Hand had ac-
complished his goals. About a month ago, Hand an-
nounced the Nazi party would hold a rally on Jan.
15, to `celebrate' the birthday of black civil-rights
leader Martin Luther King.
King was assassinated in 1968. The National
Socialists support white racial supremacy.
Hand, when talking to a reporter, was said to be
delighted at the public reaction the Nazi rally was
receiving.
"... look at the attention it got," Hand said. "The
whole world is going to be looking at Buffalo."
Last summer, some Canadian newspapers
came under fire for their coverage of the Ku Klux
Klan. The Klan was attempting to establish their
organization in southern Ontario towns.
The basis of the criticism was the coverage
over -inflated the importance of the group, and
perhaps encouraged them by making them appear
to be a growing social phenomenon.
By organizing a counter rally, some of the anti -
nazi, anti-klan groups are guilty of this same over-
inflation of importance.
Against four Nazis over 1,000 people
demonstrated. Almost 600 police were on duty to
prevent violence and property damage.
Had violence broken out, and even if the hun-
dred supporters Hand had boasted of had shown up,
the police would have been put in the awkward and
unenviable position of actually defending the Nazis!
If the civil rights supporters hadn't formed a
counter -rally, Hand could have shouted his racist
slogans to no one in particular, and gone home with
little satisfaction.
As it worked out, Hand became front page
news. If a riot had broken out, Hand would have
made the headlines. It seems the civil rights ac-
tivists played right into his hands.
If there is a lesson to be learned here, the best
thing to be done about crack -pots is to ignore them.
Auto workers have no choice
United Auto • Workers in Canada and the U.S.
have little alternative than to accept their part in
the rescue operation of Chrysler Corp.
Terming it "the worst economic settlement
we've ever made," UAW president Douglas Fisher
went on to explain that the only thing that could be
worse was the alternativeand that was in having no
jobs at all for Chrysler workers.
The decision to make wage concessions to
Chrysler was probably easy for 40,000 of the 104,000
workers affected. They were already laid off from
their jobs with the troubled auto manufacturer.
While it will be a few days yet before the future
of Chrysler is decided, the UAW have taken an ob-
viously necessary step in the bid to get further U.S.
government loans to keep their jobs intact.
Unfortunately, their plight has not served as an
example to other labor groups who continue to
make excessive wage demands while at the same
time watch their ranks being thinned through
layoffs created in part by those demands.
The UAW at Chrysler constitute only a part of
the cost merry-go-rounds dnd there will be many
others who will have to play their part if the com-
pany jobs are to be saved.
It may be the start of slowing down the entire
inflationary merry-go-round which has created a
severe blow to the economy of North America and
the auto industry in particular.
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Ah, for the sunny beaches and warm blue waters
the Carribean. The bronze bathing -beauties and their
skimpy swimwear.
People used to think that the best place to go for
the winter break was to Florida, but not recently.
Florida has been hit by a cold spell that. is not too un=
like are own. While they may not be up to their hips in
snow, they are having their problems.
If you have watched the evening news lately, you
have probably seen the orange groves and trees with
the fruit covered with ice.
Most people locally will find it hard to feel sorry
for them, considering the weather we have been ex-
periencing, but the economics of the situation must be
looked at. The orange growers will be suffering from
this catastrophe. No matter how many kerosene
heaters they put in the orchards, this year's crop is
gone (unless you like frozen unconcentrated orange
juice. )
This means that the oranges may be hard to come
by. We get our oranges from California, but not all of
them. The federal agencies in the States tell us that
the price may go up, but not much. With the Canadian
dollar what it is, we will be about 20% more of not
much. These are the same type of people that a few
years ago were telling us that there would be no fuel
shortages. What are we to believe?
Should teachers be allowed to strike is a question
that is hard to answer. If you do not let them strike, it.
undermines the democratic way of life. However, if
you let them strike the ones who suffer are the
students.
Sure, they think it is great to be out from under the
grindstone, but if the strike .is lengthy, like it was in
Bruce County, they could lose the entire year,.
It is hard to take, when teachers are strikini to
give students a better education. Granted they are in
the same boat as the rest of us when 'it comes to the
cost of living, but this is the career they wanted. If it
does not pay enough for them, they should find a better
way to make a living. They must have known the
salary range when they started.
All the problems can not be with the teachers
either. Boards of education should learn to give a little
bit more and this may reduce the strikes and strike
threats.
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Now from the better -her -than -me category. The
saying goes that trouble comes in threes. For a St.
Marys woman, it took less than a hour for her to get
her share. This unfortunate woman had a collision
with a tractor trailer, at about 5:30 a.m. About five
minutes later the two drivers were walking along the
road to report the accident, when they were struck by
an unknown vehicle.'At about 6:20 a.m. this unfor-
tunate woman's car was struck by another car.
*
Well ladies, the football season is winding down
again. On January 25, the Superbowl will be played in
New Orleans. This will mark the last football game of
the season, or will it?
Sometime in February, the Pro Bowl will make
its way into your living room. Then there is the Japan
Bowl and the College All-Star game yet to be played.
Then you may get a few months rest from football,
but hockey will be into the playoffs and baseball will
just be getting underway.
And you thought that you were going to get your
husband/boyfriend back ; good luck!
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