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Note: The following letter has •
been received fron rr,C.E.BIsson
for publication in this paper.
Anent the editorial in the VALLEY
SETTLOR for Feb.3,--1939, "In
going to bat for Co-op members",
seme of our board members have
j iopardired their" posit ion" in
the community. What position?
Do they think themselves above
critisisn ? Do they not realize
that leadership carries with it,
besides "position" and glory, the
compensating weight of responsi
bility to the rank and file of
the membership who laced then in
their "position". I have no know
ledge of anyone being forced to
servo on our board.
We need 1 aders who are cap
able of lending, loaders who do
not fear honest critisisn nor
quail at thought :f the possibil*
ity of losing their standing in
the cor.munity. One of the great
est leaders of all time,"the most
maligned of non" was never heard
to complain of the abuses heaped
upon 'him. Gentlemen, consider
Abraham Lincoln.
That an army is not intircly com
poser'. of ranking officors is a
truism. n'Ut the sheep being loci
sometines recoil the lives of
that deathless poor,;. "Charge of
the Li0ht Brigade."
Cannon to the ri0ht of them.
Cannon ko the left of them
Cannon tc the front of them
Volleyed and thundred."
"Someone hafl blundered,"' T’is one
thing to ride to glory amid the
thundering of cannon and the clash
of sabres. Quito another to go c
down to i^nominous defest because
of an empty stomach caused, per
haps, by the economic blunders
of our elected leaders.
I wonder what the parents,
'wives, sweethearts of those who
fell at Balaclava thought of that
"someone who had blundered"
Signed: C.E.BISSON