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PAGE 14, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY 0F DURHAM DURHAM PUBLIC NOTICE Take notice that the Regionai Municipaiity of Durham ls considering AN APPLICATION TO AMEND THE DURHAM REGIONAL OFFICIAL PLAN ln order to assist ln the evaluation of the amfieodment ap- plication, the public is lnvted to provide Input by way of submIssions to the Reglons Planning Department. The amendmnent application proposes to permit Estate- Residentiai Development, conslsting of 7 lots In the are ln- icated on the mnap beiow. Information reiated to the amendment application ls avallable In the offices of the Planning Department, 105 Consumners Drive, Whitby, Ontario, LUN 6A3, or by caiiing Mr. Larry Kotsef t, M.C.i.P. Planning Department, (416> 688- Submissiofls concerning the amendmneft application must be forwarded tot he Commissioner of Planning, at the above-noted address, and must be received no later than Friday, August 29, 1980. R.Rose Dr. M. Michael, M.C.l.P. Chairman, Planning Committee Commissioner of Planning Ottawa Reportj By SCOTT FENNELL, MP (PC - ONTARIO) A month or so ago, a federal Task Force on the Unification of the Armed Forces made the press by recommending a return to the separate uniforms of the army, air force and navy. Af- ter this brief splasli tlough, littie more was heard from the task force or its report. Lnfortunate. The report, subtie and well-written, ht hard at two weaknesses in our military: outdated equipment and 10w morale tliroughout the ranks. Ironically, back in the 1960's, unification was seen as a way to cut wast and duplication. By streamlining military expen- ditures, its proponants claimed operational effectiveness would increase at the same time. What went wrong? Two things: budget cdots and the im- Second haif lapse cost Whitby a goal CONrD FR0M1FG. 10 the Pickering team doing its best to keep their opponents from scoring again. But the Whitby defense appeared to have momentarely forgotten their most important fun- ction to cover the opponent forwards and were sur- prised by one of the rare counter-attacks led by the Pickering centre haîf, C. Giason whose run was stop- ped bravely by Dean Mizen; the bail unfortunately went lose Up in the air toward the empty Whitby net and J. Long liad no difficulty in depositing it. Whitby dld not waste time in coming back wlien Paul 'Mosciella blasted the bal into the Pickering goal after receiving a skilfull pass from Scott Luik. The latter repeated him- self a few minutes from the end giving David Uden the opportunity to make the final score 6 to lin favour of the Anthony's Dining Lounge team. Hepburn însunderstoo d public ýopinion CONT'D FROM PG. 12 lie U.S. was a fait-accompli. Mitch and his cohorts feit sizicerely and strongly that it was in the national in- terest to stop any incursion by the C.I.O. in Canada, before it got going. You can imagine his consternation and apprehension when he learned that a C.I.0. organizer was lioled Up in an Oshawa hotel advising Cliarles Millard on G.M./U.A.W. strategy. The company union went on strike and stayed out 16 days. There always seemed to be violence in tlie im- mediate offing, but it neyer materialized. The Oshawa police made no strike related arrests but premier Hepburn continued to aggravate the higlily flamable situation b y recruiting special police.' Premier Hepburn firmly maintained that a sit down by workürIs was a trespass on the employer by labor, preparing his way, no doubt, for legal action if the need arose. There was no "Sit- down': by U.A;W. workers in Oshawa during the 1937 strike.' Througliout it ail, believe or not, Mitchell Hepburn i eceived' the support most newspapers and of- a wide cross-section of the people in Ontario. They bouglit the fine that liewas protecting law and order in the provin- ce and that lie was not trying to crush a movement by labor to an improved plateau 0f labor/managemnent relation- s, by bis actions and speeches. In retrospect, it seemns in- credible that a Premier of Ontario would be so ignorant of the rising tide of opinion favorable to the labor movement in this province and in the country as a whole. Wlio won wliat in this '37 strike? It is liard to say and there are as many views of the outcome as there are cures for the commnon cold. It is certain, nowever, that the initials C.I.O. did not ap- pear in the 1937 contract. There is littie doubt, however, that Local 222 of the U.A.W. becamne per- manently entreinched within General Motors' operation in Canada as a resuit of the strike. The Oshawa/Whitby area became not only the centre of the automotive industry in this seètor of the province, the whole community becamne a labor oriented society witli evolving social* laws appropriate for the labor/managemnent realities of the day. It lias remained s0 ever since. FOR LESS THAN THE PRICE 0F A HALF A GALLON 0F GAS RIDE WHITBY TRANSIT position of a civil service mentality onto the military. First of ail, while unification was meant to save money, it didn't intend the forces to operate on a shoestiing either. Sin- ce 1968, thougli, the federal goverrnent lias conslstantly give the forces less and less of the budgetar pie. In 1967, defense expenditures amounted to 3.4 per cent of our Gross National Product; today it's less than 1.8 per cent. Combine this witli gailoping inflation-no wonder we have out-dated equipment, run-down facilities, few recruits. Secondly, any miltary structure operates with an eye tii readlness. Solid leadership based on proven skills and a straigbt-forward Une of command means loyalty at ail levels. To centrealize and bureaucratize this mechanism would be allen. Yet, this is exactly wliat happened wlien National Headquarters in Ottawa traded traditional mitary coacq<O for civil service management techniques. Witli this came new ideas on menit and promotion, dlvliIk of responsibilities and ail the problems we associate wlth toO mucli paper and not enougli action. Everyone, whether ser- ving as a regular, a reserve or a cadet, now has many masters. I firmnly feel that the task force's report was a clear and common sense evaluation of the state of our armed forces. As the Minister of National Defense has appointed a review committee to look at the recommendations, maybe you would like to contribute your opinions. Just write to me in Ottawa- no postage needed-and lil pass your ideas on to the niinister.