INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Putaruru Press, Volume XXI, Issue 1237, 3 July 1947, Page 2

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

BLOODY OR OTHERWISE ? Rotarian Shoots At Rotarians Guest of the Rotary Club cf Matamata on Thursday, Mr. Harry Valder, of -Hamiltpn, -whose name is well known throughout the Dominion in sociological and other fields, had some (pertinent comment to make to fellow Rotarians on the ideals of service. First president of the Hamilton Rotary Cluib, Mr. Valder has been a Rotarian for 23 years, and from this background had no hesitation in telling the gathering that the weakest point in Rotary was in vocational service. The speaker explained that he felt the reason was because a study of that subject- cf necessity brought in the discussion theiv own individual methods in organising the particular industry they represented in Rotary. This caused members to shy off the subject. Present chaos in the world was largely due to lack of attention to vocational service, and if an improvement was to .be secured they would have to meet the demand of labour for a greater share in the profits of industry. At this stage Mr. Valder emphasised that an industrial revolution was taking place whethey they realised it or not. Whether that revolution was a bloody one or not depended on the manner in which they faced it. If any doubted the possibility of bloodsli'd let them read the American newspapers and they would find that rifles l had already been brought to bear cn strikers in that country. An outstanding- leader of Rotary in England had said that thci very aim of Rotary was- vocational service. It Was the key to their problems. A major trouble was that they were too complacent—too satisfied with the present aspect of Rotary. So far as fellowship was concerned Rotary had succeeded, but if that w-as to be the end, then Rotary might as well not exist. Actually, fellowship should be only a first step to -the end c-f true vocational service.