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Ifle we arm wrlting this editorial SMU gOpof Parents ar in geuion with 'Conuittee for Clarke Hgh Schooi lBover On Incident cOnnected wlth a student UIp to ExPo. The Ciarke principal lait week explimed that the atudents were brought home earlier than expected be- Caums theY refused to obey theL curfew that had been set. At this point w. would predict that the decision to bring them home eariy would be upheld by the board comniittee, as it was by the principal and other teachers in the êchooi. It cannot be otherwise. Those ini charge of thetrip invoiv- Ing we understand, 70 or 80 students Voluntarily, had assumed responsibllity for the welf are and decorum of their chargeg while in Montreal and en route. If the students did n6t see fit to obey the orders as laid down, they and their parents can have littie objection to any decision mnade that in the opinion of the teacher or teachers in charge was neces- uary ta maintain discipline. Whether -Bawmanville is expeniencing quite c hange this year because r-estrictions' were passed recently by cauncil iixnmit- Iz4g the number a! days wben fireworks could be sohd and stating wbere they could be set off. In former years there was a voluntary curb an their sale uzider an unwritten agreement but it never worked too satisfactorily; there was always sorne eager beaver with a large stock who wanted ta dispose o! hs merchandise, and many, many older yoeungsters with rnaney ta spare who Were all too willing ta part with it if they could set off their noisemakers al oven the town in an indisciminate and q ite often an annoying and dangerous 3fLnner. That appears to be changed this 'Hee it is only a few days from aria Day and ta, date we haven't1 heard one giant flire cracker. However, w. suspect that once the apening dayi anives, this community will b. flooded4 v4th fireworks until weil after the joy-t f,ül occasion as the yaunger population1 a tempts ta make up fan bast time. 1 * Council is te be cammended for at,1 Planning to head out on the high-n "~ this Victoria Day weekend ... ta open up the summner cottage .. to, get Y»ur boat into the waten. .ta visit lvy%$e friends.pep. STherel1 - pop oni the roads this wepkend too, witb the same variety of destinationsi mind. T~e'lbe dnîving, cars boaded with fniesand camping gear, and many of the cars will b. puiling, boats or other trailers. ;Yau'il need ta be a skiliful and cireful diverý with a sure knowledge olthe Rules o! the Road, ta get through ti4e holid#y' traffic safely. SThe 1966 Victoria Day weekend ciaued 54 traf!ic accident victimns i Ohtario. Ini a sPecial message ta holiday nbtorists, Hlon. Irwin Haskett, Ontario's L1nister o! Transport, points out, "Strict obsnervance o! traffic iaws. can help keep thé accident rate down. Policemen hfve the job o! enforcing the traffic Iàa!s, but they can't be everywbere at o#éë. If ahi drivers would valuntarily police thernsehves and abide by the rules a! the road, w. would see a sharp re~uction in the total numben o! acci- deits?) ,Mn. Haskett had the follawing suggestions for Victoria Day holiday niotorists: 1. Check youn car, especialiy the brakes, steering, tires and iigbts. It's the owner's responsibility ta make sure the car is in a saf e, operating condition. A car which stalîs or breaks down in tra!fic is a bazard ta everyone on the road. 2. If you're towing a traiher, make sure it bas two attachments connecting it ta yaur car, as re- quined by law. If one shouid fail, the other prevents the trail- - en from becoming a bazardous "runaway." And rememben ta, make ailowancea in speed and LaSalle1 at Toronto 'in '1681 that decision was the rigbt one under the circumstances becomes strictly a motter of opinion. The parents- were not there to judge, they relegated their auth- ority and responsibility to someone else and now must abide by that decision. In Cobourg, apparently the super- vision was not as effective as on the Clarkçe trip and'the resuit was blaring headllnes of Booze and Vandalism in The Sentnel-Star that braugbt far worse publicity to the school and the students than Clarke bas experienced. Uni ortunately, on sucb occasions the innocent must suffer along witb the guilty. This holds true aimait ai- ways and througbout achool particu- larly. No one yet bas even faund a way around it, especially if those causing the problern cannot be isolated easily. S5o, maybe next trip, if there is another one leaving frorn Clarke for Expo, the students will curb their nat- ural exuberance' while away frorn home and realize that those in charge are to be obeyed. long last taking the pnecautianary steps #t bas in tbeiterests flot only o! safety but a!f preventing accidents .such as have taken place here' many times in the past. Tbe unfortunate part o! thein action is that merthahts in sevenal cases lied aiready andered langer stocks than wiil now b. necessany. The best place fan members o! the district cammunities, aid and young, to celebrate Victoria Day with fineworks is at the wel-controlled and supervised displays that wiil be taking place under sponsorsbip o! vaniaus anganizations throughout this area. There, the danger is at a minimum and the shows fan more spectacular than any individual family could provide. Some may argue that these can neyer replace the fascin- ating tbniil a child expeniences while holding a lighted spanklen as it gives off its amazing lights and we would agree. Un! ortunateiy, they can also cause seniaus burns as can the many other varieties. Let's bave this Victoria Day without any accidents câused by !ireworks. At least we won't be able ta blame councîl if there are any. manoeuvening when yau're tow- ing something. 3. Leave a safety niargin between your car and the one ahead. At least one car length for every 14~~e.of .&w.e4 is.;ieeçled for reacting ta an -emergency and coniin gta a stop. Leave even more room if you are towing a treilen.. 4. Load yaur car carefully so pas- sengers and luggage wan't ini- tenfene with your view o! the road or bemper yaur dniving mavements. 5. Travelling et nigbt witb a beavy load i the car or treiler may direct your headligbts at a bigh- er angle and tend to "blind" onconiing drivers. Be particu- larly caurteous about dimrning your iigbts for the canvenience o! other traffic. 6. Highway fatigue can be deadly. If you're travelling fan, take rest breaks along the way. But be sure ta get well off the travell- ed part of the road, s0 you won't be a bazard ta othens. 7. Wben you leave the highway for the country noad ta the cot- tage, be particularly aient. There won't be as much traf!ic but there may be a slow-moving farm machine, an animal or an- ather car around the bend or aven the bihl. 8. Speed toa fast for conditions is a leading cause o! accidents. Slow down when road, weather or traf!ic conditions are unfav- arable. 9. There wilh be more light-weigbt motorcyches on the roads this year. They're small, and not ah- ways easy ta see. Keep a special lookout fan them. AO. Your seatbeht is fia good ta you if you are sitting ON it. It's there for your protection. Use it. Durhaa, CounVi'aGr.at Fmuy jourzw li d Eatbabad 113 yocm W in la1854 Aloo lncoporctinq The. EowmanVMONews The Newcctl Indepeudmi The Orono Newsx * £uiodusd amSo.dCea g Yd » ~5~ti.Pst 015» oe pt.. Oftiwa. @=d fopaym.ni ot potage in cas& Producsd *very Wmkd"a by ME JAM PUELISEJG COMPANY LIMTEb P.O. #on 190 0248Jin t kW., SOwMaavIle. Ommaro 1011HM. jIu<n GamW. GuAam 'So. P. MORMI *.toT,1, m put-s PISI7?t«budu«ta Othe Ias os «tht proot p.Wgstuu le laiouwe= MIRIeaho 8S~a y.oe - *itu IL73 8 a.0 sYr la te .Unied Status ylaiv La Salle on the Toronto carrying-place, August i681. liene Robert Cavalier$ Sieur de La Salle, was one cf the greatest explorers of North Arnerica and is best rernembered as explorer of the Mississippi Valley. This drawing shows La Salle at the beginning of bis most successful expedition. lie took the land route be- tween Toronto and Lake Simcoe - known as the Toronto carrying-place, a distance of between 50 and 60 miles - and on through the lakes to St. Joseph at the foot of Lake Michigan. During the winter of 1681-1682 he went down the Illinois, u singbis canoes as sleds on the river ic e. lie kept on down the Mississippi and formally took possession of the "country of Louisiana" for France. La Salle was a cold, ambitious man with many enernies. Had he flot been s0 restricted by the opposition of bis en emies, he may well have carried out bis grandiose plans for colonization of Arnerica. And if be had succeeded, it would have taken more than one seven years' war, no doubt, to shake the hold of France on the interior. But La Salle was rnurdered by one of bis own men in 1687. France beld Louisiana until 1762, when it was transferred to Spain and then returned to France in 1800. In J803 Napoleon I sold it to the United States for $15 million. (This bistorical feature is one of a series readers may wish to clip and save.) A MacDuff Ottawa Report Sf ubbed a Toe? OTTAWA-The joint Sen. ate-House ai Comrnscom mnittee .. Lcm ia n.. Credi-k In the Dim and Distant Past From the Statesman Files 49 YEARS AGO (May 23, 1918> We congratulate M i s s Madeline M. St ep he ns, daughter of Mn. Geo. A. Stephens, Reeve ai Darling- ton, on passimg ber third year exams at University af Toronto, taking the A.A.A.S. Scholarship in Mathematics and Physics and the Gaver- nor-General's Medals in Modemn Languages awarded. by the Council af University College. Lieut. C. W. E. Meath, who served in front line in France for nearly seven months with 2nd Battalion, goîng through Passchendaele and several other engage- ments at Lens in which gas was used, was invalided ta England suffering from ef- fects of gas and bas been in hospitals there for nearly three months, arrived home on Sunday evening for a further convalescing peniod oi six months. A large num- ber af citizens were at the C.P.R. ta welcome him. Mr. Allun F. Annis,, Tyrone, bas passed his first year exams at Toronto Uni- versity, standing first in Modern Histary and Politi- cal Science. Mrs. John Hackîn, Wel- lington St., bas. retuÉned, Bter spending the winter witb relatives in Buffalo and Rochester. Miss Jennie Merchant (in costume) wlll uing "The Old !ashioned Girl" between acta in Sylvia on May 24th. Mrs. Harry Cann ha.n e- turned tram a ycar's visit with ber father, Mn. Rich- ard Worth, and other rela- tives in, Vancouver, B.C. Mrs. (Rev.) F. Woodgen, Centre St., is.tspending a few days atSt Ola and Marmora. Miss Viola Gilfillan, of Orano, spent Sunday with ber cousin, Miss Dorothy *ohnston. .Mns. J. T. Bragg hasn e- tuned home from a weekus lusit with hon nicce, Mns. J., i. Pethick, Newtonville. Miss E. Hli s visitini àer alste-hi4aw, Mn. Jas blal, Port Pcnry. 1 Miss Hattie Weese recezt- [yviulted relatives noe ~t ,L" ,rm~otato 1 iw, Rota M, CaldweII >mp unla ;t hon hot". Immr hl. tiss Vilda Symona, Toron. 0, ipet Euoda.y at hom. c i a ci a] ti hi I i toi 04,mth- stubbed its toe quite need- lessly in pIresenting its pro- gre -report on pries, In-. 25 YEARS AGO (May 21, 1942> Struck by pellets from a small gun discharged tram a parked automobile on the town's main street, three 'teen-age members of the C.G.I.T. were treated for injured legs. Helen Stevens of Bowmanville was alsa waunded in the abdomen. The other girls were Phyllis Niddery and Shirley Pingle, bath af Hampton. The shoot- ing occurred Wednesday evening, May 13, while the girls ,were taking part in a scavenger hunt arranged by St. Paul's United Church C.G.I.T., Russell Haliman was a lucky ticket holder in the Chinese War Relief Fund draw, winning $25.00 in War Savinga Cetificates. Mrs. Harvey Joint bas ne- signed from Dominion Stores staff ta become chief clerk at W. C. Caverly's grocery due ta Lamne McQuarnie's enlisting. Miss S h i r 1 e y Challis is the new clerk at Dominion Stores. Mr. C. P. Pninsen, inter- preter at the local German officers' prison camp, was guest speaker at Pickering RIotary Club Monday even- ing. Mn. and Mrs. Carman O'Hara, Mms. Harry O'Hara and Miss Betty O'Hara, Belleville and Consecon, were guestu af Mn. and Mrs. W. Siaghit. Miss Patricia Wil1saon, nurse-in-training at Hamil- ton General Hospital, is sponding ber bolidays at home. Mrsi. Maud Harris, Toron- ta, is visitlng ber niece, Mn.. H. Stainton, Liberty S. SCapt. and Mns. Chopions Percy, Ottawa, are vlsiting bis mothen, Mrs. John Percy. Mr. and Mmm. W. Fair and Shirley, Toronto, spent the weekend with Mn. and Mn,. H. R. Kelly. Mn. Donald Mcllveen, Manning Pool, Toronto, was home on three days' louve. Mr. Vernon Ott, Belle- ville, viulted bis wie and family who have not yet mnoved ta Belleville. )&. Lindsay Mitchell, Toronto Univeruity, w a home for the Weekond. lirs. Maltlad Gould and swu, Nonth Bqya"e viuit- Wjlfrd Bw ins #houas Ings and recommendations is one which. calls for "a con4hission or board under the aegis ai tfte Departnient af Consumer Affairs (naw a promise in the Speech from the Throne which opened the second session) which should be l'empower- ed ta hear public testimony and ta enjoin persans from conduct!ng business in a way that unfairly or ad- versely affects the welfare af consumers". This has been interpreted as arsuggestion for yet an- other bureaucratic b o d y with quasi-judicial functions and possibly with too limit- ed a field of appeal ta the courts. It will be a pity if this intepretation ta which the wording is open should start adverse business reac- tion before the Committee's intention is more clearly recognized. The Federal Trade Commission in the United States is such a quasi-j udicial body, It can issue "cease and desjst" ord.. ers which have the force af law because anyone disobey- ing them is liable ta prose- cution in the courts. But at least the offence af "unfair competition", wide as it is, is narrower than the field proposed here which is any- thing which "adversely af- fects" the consumer. A nearer parallel might be the British system under whiêh restraining orders are îsued, generally with the consent of the restrained. If- there is no consent and the practice continues there is stili the possibility of seek- ing a court injuraction. Suchi a board has menit as a protection for the consum- er wîthout getting into the field oi criminal law though there might turn out ta be a clash with provincial jur- Maiction. Within this almost limitless field the board would decide what, in its opinion, constîtuted conduct that ui4fairly or adversely affected the wellmre of con- suniers but the opinion wauld not have the farce of law. Thons would bo a second decision by tho board, iý if this became necess .ary, ta ask the Minister af Justice 1 .a apply for a court injunc- 1 tion so, that there would b. c no offence until the court 1 had sO, decided.f The saine pracedure le à used now by t ho Restrictive à Erade Practices Commnission but the difference lieushI the tact that the Combines Act is criminal law which ~ speclflcafly lists crimes. The. c application for an iniunctIon à' becomes In effect, a prosecu- 81 ion by the Crown with no fi ealty azloed other than the IL prohibltory order. ai This and othor rocom- mandations «Aheii Commit- ci ee for consumer protection » tre lkely togoSt voractive E onsideratian when te basic Id alicles ai the Department G WCorprate and Consumer m 1rin are mouided. It Ia et lw the Registrar General'a. et )epartment. The. Consum- xCredit Cormlttee has pi «an thie oldoat and bu"a ce tail pullwnuatary nu- w* Suga'r SMfLEY GOES FISHINI' First trout-iishing trip of the year is like a good upring tonie. It cleanses you physically and spiritually. And le'aves you exhausted. 1 had mine last Saturday. The im- portant thing in going alter speckled trout, of course, hs the careful planning. There's no use to it at ail if you jut throw your fishing gear in the car, and go out to sorne stream where aIl the amateurs angle, and toss in a Une. You're liablè to corne home with a creel full of fish if you go at it in this hap- hazard way. No. F'Irst of ail, you select a fishing companion. This, to a real angler, is just a bit lesa important than choosing a mate for life. You' want a dependable sort of chap - the type who is going bo ave fresh worms for both of you, a odsupply of hooks, maps with the sure-fire boles niarked in red, and an infallible sense o! direction in the bush. That's exactly what 1 lined up this year. Mind you, those keen types take a bit of rnanaging, but they need an organizational mind to channel their energies. 1 had to get quite firm with him when he began rnuttering about 4 a.rn. and hitting the stream at dawn. Dawn, indeed. 1 told him that is pure superstition. Only the very young, immature angier goes floundering off in the dark, fishes like a fool until noon, then is whacked for the day. Just about then, the wily, mature angler, fortified wlth a good breakfast, arrives and slaughters the trout, which are com-i pletely unprepared for the second wave - the experts. Well, we got away about 10:30,1 after a couple of false starts. He forgot his lunch and' we bad to go around toc bis place. And when we got out to the1 County Line, 1 realized that because o! bis stupidity, I'd been upset and bads forgotten niy waders.1 But he had a beautiful spot pickedt out. You park the car just off the road, i and walk up this hydro line to the stream. The stream was just in there ýe past the fourth hydro tower, be thought. 1 it was just past the l4th. And they're ti Report from Otftawa By Russell C. Honey, M .P. Spice Not another anglen in sight. I gloat- pd. We cached the lunch and began 'Working up the strearn. I like that word we anglers use. "Working." You couldn't hire a man to do it for $80 an hour. Slash in the face fram an aider. Hale in the boot from, a snag. Slide f rom a log and oh-oh-oh-oh as yvou bit that spring-fed waten. Lose a boot mn the rnud. Scratch hands to a bloady mess on jagged branches. But it'î aIl worth it if the trout are biting. And, boy, were they biting! They were biting each other on the neck, nibbling each others' ears, and snapping each other in hall, as far as I know. But they wenen't biting worrns. After an hour of torture that wouid have made the Gestapo green with envy,,we arrived at the big pool abave the beaver dam. The sure-fine hale. We fished. liard. A big mallard hen Poppedinto the pond, secure in the knowledge that It wasn't duck season, Jooked us over, cackled wltb Iaughter and took off. We fished. Harder. A baby beaver surfaced, swarn casually ta witbin four feet, looked at each o! us, and express- ed his feelings by turning bis rurnp in the air and subrnerging. We fished. Desperately. Suddenly there was a huge splosh, then a ken- plunk, ker-plunk, and a big buck deer splashed through the shallows and away, sneening over bis shouider. That did it. We le!t. But there was no point, said my mate, in taking the long, tortuous trail back dQwn the stream, through that heavy slash. Sa, with bis infallible sense of direction, we swung around ini a circle, by the high ground. The high graund turned out ta be cedar based in mud, bath sa thick yau had ta crawl mast o! the time. The circle turned out ta be the two long sides o! an isosceles triangle. Two bours later, we bit the hydro raad rigbt on the nase. Except that the nase had noved about a mile due east. My fimat trout trip o! the season. A~nd believe me _ I don't cane if Mn. Richard Burton wants ta go alang nexï The first vote of confidence in the new session came Thursday evening en an N.D.P. sub-amendment. The sub- arnendment moved by N.D.P. Leader, Tomfmy Douglas, urged the government, among other things, "ta provide an ap- propriate special status for the prov- ince of Quebec.» The N.D.P. were sound-.. ly trounced on the vote as all other Parties combined to vote 156 against the N.D.P. 17. Speaking immediately after Mr. Douglas, Creditiste Leader Real Caou- ette, who some years ago was suspected Of having separatist sympathies, sound- iy denounced the N.D.P. Leader for wanting to separate Quebec from Can- ada. lie said it was activated by poli- ticai motives which would give the N.D.P. an appeal in Quebec. Mr. Caouette said, 'II arn a genuine Quebecker. My forebearers arrived in what is now Quebec City in 1668. My family bas >theref are been in Quebec for quite a long tirne. I neyer asked for a "special Status". I do flot need one. 1 want to be a French speaking Cana- dian. I want to preserve my French culture. I want to be respected by all othen Canadians who have a different language and culture. That is ali I ask for." Continuin, the fiery Creditiste Leader, who is one of the most articu- late and approachable men in the House only Quebec but with the other nine of Cominons said, When I bear what sorne nincompoaps have been esking for in the province o! Quebec: a 'special status' . . . I wander if it is a special statua or speciah statutes that are ne- quested for the Province o! Quebec.» The N.D.P. plan for a -ipecial status for Quebec nuns counter not aniy ta the Creditiste Party led by Mn. Caouette but ta the policies o! tbe Libenal and Canservetive Parties. Recent statements by auch Libenai Ministers as- Manpower Ministen Jean Marchand, Justice Minister Pierre Tru- deau and Finance Ministen Mitchell Sharp, who spoke in French in Quebec, ahI ernphasized that Quebec bas no special status. That province's rights are exactly the same as those o! other provinces under the constitution. The Cansenvatives aaid they cauld not support the N.D.P. because ta give Quebec a special statua would have the e!!ect o! funther isohating tbat province fnorn the rest o! Canada. It seems ta me that the N.D.P.. are fan out o! touch with conternponany Canadien thinking. The special statua for Quebec argument is now supported only by a few separatists fnom Quebec. The N.D.P. might have been trying ta impress Quebec votera o! that Perty's concern for them. If this was the case, they wene badhy out o! step with nat £ettrovies as weh Bowmanville, Ont., May 8, 1967 Dean Mr. James: A very much belated "Thank Yau" for the wond- enfui publicity ivnthîs onganizatian urlng aur an- under pesmure ta, do some- gram it was able t rdc an interim report befono Christmas and this latest juat gat unden the wire'as thc first session of Parlia- ment was prorogued. A tinding oaitho Commit- tee whlcb, in fairnesa, bau received too littie attention was the aimait cdean bill o! health given ta the food re- tailing chain stores. Charges of profiteering lid been bunled at them during the. bearingsand the Committee commlsulonod Ciakuot4 Gar- don and Company, Toronto chanfered accouatants, to make a study. As a resuit It wau able ta report that no significant component of Uh ic ng ftrmnd o!ftod p races co ho beexpla.la.d oy changing profit levels. It was conccrnsd over the tendency to concentration bath in food retailing and manufacuring and atke4 that Combines Act officiais roopen on a permanent haos the nvestigtiondlfscon- it toSv caver uum , _~ blinderait Wark conducted ln December ai 1966. The veny strategically placed boxes were very much appreclat- cd. Please accept the thanku af this Committes and ffiy personal apologies for the dehay ln wniting tuis letteei Youns sincerely, Marion Crowe, Secery May O, leu? Dean Mn. James: I would like to, thank yqoq for my award, which 1 rom ceived last week. I would also like ta ex* pneus by appreciation hoth I"Canadian Statesman" o Uic çpportunity of enteia tutu Contennialcontst.l was a very picasant exp. once ton me. Slnccrely, Barbaia Mà4 R.R* 1. port Hom~ May 5, 1067 Demi air: Plmauerenew oui aubo scrption for another year, May 1 alsa take tuisopt tunlty ta 08Y 9howlotm. ily enjoya your paper.* Thanklng you, Mrs. Rudoli Eyman, R. i , Pott 1, àOpent EDITORIAIL COMMENT Teachers' Judg ment Must be Uphed Boom Boom Period Short This Year Busy Weekend Ahead mittees. It dqtes back ta the-early days ai the Pear- son Gavernment, Novem- ber 1963, and bas been ne- appointed each session with the same membership. It is now proposed to turn it into a standing committee on consumer affairs far the lufe ai each parliament. Its co-chairmen, Senator Croîl and Ronald Basiord, M.P. for Vancouver - Bru- rard, provide qulte a con- trait. Basiard, a quiet, efticient 35-year-old lawyen and business man is pro- maturoly bald. Ne would n«t strike anyone as a cru- sader. Croil with an impos- ipg uhock af white bain bas spont bis 37 years ln politics ding little else. And a sur- prlalng number af bis caus- es have beon taken up by govoraments because they nre qenerafly good poitics. As cairman of the Sonate Committee on the Agng ho tatiioned the. Idea ai mini- rum guaranteed incarne for Munadala eldonly citizons. It la now law and there lu a sggestion that the Sonator la now aftr an extension of le Idea to caver ail Can- dilans. Part of tic Senaton'. suc- ,u lieu la the tact that ho iven jouît& at wtndmilis. le niakesamue irst that bis cas are acceptable ta the ;ovarnment. The recoin- s 4B in athe. report on «st of liVing wliU be no oz. Thonk of lnaetigatilg Sle was thnown at the smttoee ln . tmber bthe u Govràâ l*aa j lýý - ~1 77.-. 01 and