A big moron and a little 
     
     moron were sitting on a 
     
     fence.The big moron fell 
     
     off.Why didn't the little“ 
     
    
   
   
    
     moron? 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Mcan so arate his faith 
     
     rom actions or his beliefs 
     
     rom his occupation?This 
     
    

    
     or God and this for myself. 
     
     mm daily life is your 
     
     emple and your religion, 
     
     enever you enter into it, 
     
     ake with you your all.Take 
     
     he plow, and the forge , 
     
     he mullet and the lute,the 
     
     hl'Ilgs you have fashioned 
     
    

    
     n necessity or delight... 
     
     0r in adoration you cannot 
     
     1y higher than their hopes 
     
     0r humble yourself lower 
     
     han their déSpair." 
     
    

    
     -Kahlil Gibran 
     
    
   
   
    
     At present,we live in a 
     
     orld where people separate 
     
    
   
   
    
     _regards to the current 
     
     ltuation pertaining to the 
     
     going strike,many students, 
     
     cult? and administrators 
     
    

    
     Ve betrayed themselves 
     
    
   
   
    
     ylng this can be supported 
     
    

    
     vthe Way the above parties 
     
    

    
     _e fesponded to the Student 
     
    

    
     ::n S strike. It is clear 
     
    

    
     ,Ve Just about everybody 
     
     talked to is in symp- 
     
    

    
     y Wlth the MaintenanCe 
     
    

    
     efS demands for an 
     
    

    
     table wage to insure a 
     
    
   
   
    
     HID“ 
     
     W 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ui 
     
    
   
   
    
     Because he was a professor. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     e Can No Longer Afford to 
     
    
   
   
    
     eir beliefs from their duty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     eP down inside.My reason for 
     
    
   
   
    
     i if . lecture Number I432|BE 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     decent standard of living. 
     
     Moral support however means 
     
     nil if there is no concrete 
     
    
   
   
    
     j immediate action to back up 
     
    
   
   
    
     what an individual really 
     
     feels.So,while the grass 
     
     grows greener during this 
     
     Strike the horses contin— 
     
     ue to remain starving. 
     
     I‘cannot see the logic of 
     
     those people who claim to 
     
     support the Maintenance . 
     
     workers but'then go on to 
     
     work and to class as if they 
     
     are obligated to teach,ad— 
     
     miniSter and be taught.The 
     
     reason the strike of the 
     
     Maintenance workers has 
     
     been prolonged is because 
     
    
   
   
    
     .of those people who believe 
     
    
   
   
    
     it is their duty to do what 
     
     their job and role dictate 
     
     rather than comply with 
     
     their conscience and act 
     
     honestly and truthfully.. 
     
     To act in this manner is 
     
     to be extremely hypocri- 
     
     tical and in a sense 
     
     schizophrenic.How can an 
     
     individual work or perform 
     
     any other duty properly if, 
     
     their principles do not 
     
     comply with the work they 
     
     do?Principles,beliefs and 
     
     convictions " CANNOT"be 
     
     separated nor isolated 
     
    
   
   
    
     / .l.’ I 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     from the way a person 
     
     acts whether it be in 
     
    

    
     an office,classroom,or 
     
     for that matter on a 
     
     picket line. It is there— 
     
     fore imperative that our 
     
     principles govern the 
     
     way we act 24 hours a 
     
     day.If they don't believe 
     
    
   
   
    
     'that particular indiv— 
     
    
   
   
    
     iduals should seriously 
     
     take a good hard look at 
     
     themselves and redefine, 
     
     restructure and formulate 
     
     a value system where justice, 
     
     honesty, and love for their 
     
     fellow man prevails. We 
     
     all believe that justice 
     
     should predominate when 
     
     carefully analyzing the 
     
     strike by the Maintenance 
     
     workers,just as we agree 
     
     that poverty,pollution, 
     
     starvation and war should 
     
     be‘eliminated. How can 
     
     justice prevail in our 
     
     society,though,when profit, 
     
     growth,competition and 
     
     greed seem to be the 
     
     primary objectives for 
     
     many?We must therefore 
     
    

    
     ask ourselves some basic 
     
     questions that this strike 
     
     points out! Can a divis— 
     
     ion of labour be just— 
     
     ified,i.e.some people 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     The Cadre,0ct.28,l975,page 5 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Separate Beliefs From Duties 
     
    
   
   
    
     who will not sacrifice 
     
    

    
     and share the abundance 
     
    

    
     of wealth that they 
     
     have?As well as asking our- 
     
     selves questions about 
     
    

    
     the strike,let us not 
     
     forget to exchange roles 
     
     with the 30 or so people 
     
     who are getting paid around 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘$4700.00 and make ends 
     
    
   
   
    
     meet? 
     
    

    
     In essence,let those 
     
     of us who risk making jus- 
     
     tice‘a reality be strong. 
     
     Let those of us who care 
     
     about people be true to 
     
     our convictions and beliefs 
     
     andrecognize how intoler— 
     
     able injustices such as 
     
     those committed against 
     
     Maintenance workers have 
     
     been over the years. 
     
     Finally,let those of us who 
     
     have supported Maintenance 
     
     people be true to our— 
     
     selves in all that we pursue 
     
     and continue to act in 
     
     accordance with our 
     
     beliefs and principles 
     
     that gives meaning to life 
     
     and support to our fellow 
     
     man. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Sincerely, 
     
     Art Laffin