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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, March 17, 1976 Section Two EDITORIAL COMMENT Waste - Our Canada and the United States are the highest users of energy in the world, consuming between the two some 43 per cent of the energy supplies of this planet. In our homes, businesses, governments and industries more than half that amount ends up in waste. In our haste to develop non-renew- able energy resources to meet the insatiable demands of our affluent life styles we, as a nation, seem unwilling to take the time needed to plan our resource development carefully, rather we deal only in crisis situations. The result is dangerous depletion of energy supplies, pollution of air, water and land and, above all incredible waste. Yet, in the midst of this waste, there are many other countries, especially among the newer nations, that are suffering acute shortages of energy needed just for basic survival. When tragedy, either natural or man-made, strikes one of these countries we take palliative measures by pouring in dollars when some long-term international plan-, ning and restructuring of the present Way of Life economic order might well remedy the situation. And waste does not end with our natural resources in this hemis- phere. There is the waste of human resources: Natives caught in the web of welfare and alcoholism; the expertise and experience of older people carelessly cast aside; large numbers of chronically unemployed in depressed areas; creative and sensitive young people lost in a sub-culture. We believe that the waste of our natural and human resources is due in large measure to crisis-oriented, shortsighted planning on the part of governments and private institu- tions. There is a real need to bring pressure on decision-makers to design educational programs and find ways to examine personal life-styles, to change harmful patterns of waste and to see that there is reflective, long-term plan- ning rather than band-aid, remedial action. We need to examine carefully this global village we live in to try and build a society based on justice rather than greed, and human development, rather than waste. "Out of the Mouths of Babes' by E.P. Chani Recently, several university- connected people have stated that not enough Canadian history is being taught in our universities. If the same holds true for lower levels of education, perhaps we can also explain the survey of young children several years ago when over half of the kids questioned said that the administrative head of our country was "the President" and several more went on to add that he was working out of our capital of Washington D.C.1 It isn't the children or television or anything else that should be blamed for this situation because Canada is, indeed, in a quandary as to who is its head of state. Ask a hundred people and you're liable to receive several answers (disregard the ones about the "President"). Most people will say that the Prime Minister is the head of state. They have a point. The Prime Minister is the chief administrative officer in the House of Commons. He is the leader of the national government and responsible for the actions of his colleagues and the running of the country. He hast to make decisions that are often unpopular and he seldom can say anything without getting in hot water with one group or another. In other countries, he is considered the main ambassador of Canada and welcomed as such when he travels abroad. The Prime Minister does a lot of work, receives very little praise for it (the criticism of his work being much greater), and rightfully deserves the title of head of state. Instead, Canada has a "cere- monial" head of state who doesn't' even live here. Canada is a member of a crumbling empire known as the British Commonwealth (strangely enough, none of the members have anything in "common", especially "wealth"). The only thing that they do together anymore is fight world wars and compete against each other in the Commonwealth Games. Still, however, Queen Elizabeth keeps a representative in each "ex-colony" (our Governor-Gen- eral) and is honoured as Canada's head of state everytime she sets her hallowed foot on our soil (all the rest of the time, it's the Prime Minister taking the flack for the inefficient government). As the big topper, Her Majesty is being invited to open the Montreal Summer Olympics which this country has lived -and almost died with for four years. There is a possibility of a deficit of close to two hundred million dollars and here we are letting a foreigner in free and letting her cut the bloody ribbon too! I protest. Being even ceremonially dom- ina ted by a country who is biting tbe dust economically and almost every~ other way (England) and, more specifically, being linked to an irrelevant monarchy is totally unnecessary for Canada. We've realized part of this opinion with the effort now being escalated to bring home Canada's constitution (so that we can amend it without the approval of the British parliament). It must be realized that throwing off the yoke of monarchal ceremonial domination would be an equally good move for Canada. A Corner for Poets SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS Some may take the Highway And some may take the Low. But you up there on the Highway What do you know of the Low? What do you know of bitterness Of losers in the fight? What do you know of deep duress, You, who were always right. We somehow missed the Guide Post, You planned your way with skill. Now we are down in the mire lost And you are up on the hill. With righteous condemnation You call us failures all., With cultured fine oration Declare our cause of fall. An easy thing it is to scorn, Part of a g hoating band. But think now, maybe you were born To reach down a helping hand. PESSIMISM I think that those who say the world is gray But ope their eyes when evening shadows lower; But look no further than the humdrum way In which we do the duties of this hour. I think they lack Imagination's eye That sees the beauty 'neath the duty gray; They see the cloud, not thinking of the sky Of bonnie blue hid 'neath the cloud today. Forget when evening shadows dark the sky And night creeps down and stars begin to peep That morning cometh to, us by and by When we have had our needful hours of sleep. - E. V. Eddyvean - E. V. Eddyvean Durham County's Great Family Journal Established 122 years ago in 1854 Also Incorporating The Bowmanvilhe News The Newcastle Independent The Orono News Second class mail registration number 1561 Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario LlC 3K9 eNA JOHN M. JAMES Editor-Publisher s GEO. P. MORRIS Business Mgr. BRIAN PURDY Advertising Mgr. DONALD BISHOP Plant Mgr. 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"/904/7- E AI68 ; 7Y-~P0L/71CAIZ Y-!577IDP// brief paragraph of that crit- Re~o~~ ougMofatt M..P.Fro ue ns arkicism, turned in a fine and intelligent critique. bMMadmire this stand. Here is a young man, a graduate of The Third Session of the present Legislature began last Tuesday, as everyone probably knows by now, with the Speech from the Throne. I thought this week I'd outline briefly some of the main concerns of that statement. First, though, and I am not in any way attacking tradition for its own sake or in a broader constitutional context, I found that the pomp and ceremony provided by a cast of dignitaries, aides de camp and others to accompany the reading of this short speech jarred on me somewhat in view of the present mood of restraint. The Speech from the Throne in fact takes about 20 minutes to read and is a statement in very general terms of what the government proposes to do, not in specifies but in suggestions of policy which will need much detailed work before they appear in legisla- tion. The present Throne Speech re- stated the government's intention to curtail costs and to re-order priorities. It said with regard to those intentions, however, that on April 6 the Treasurer will be spending "more on social services, than ever before." It stated further that "employ- ment security is the only real income security a free society can afford for the vast majority of its citizens." While I'm sure everyone agrees with what that says, to my way of thinking we should also question how this objective conflicts with other objectives. It seems to me that if you try to cut costs and close hospitals and cut back on the spending of Children's Aid societies and other parts of our regular, expected services in this province, you're going to put a certain number of people out of work. The Throne Speech goes on to say that the present government will limit con- struction of new schools, hospitals, highways, etc. and that's bound to be good news to people who work in the construction industry and also to those communities where additional facilities are required. It also states that Health and Social Services will be cut back to the level where only basic minimums will be achieved. It seems to me that such cutbacks, while.welcome in terms of prevent- L Le t ters to the March 1976 in the most basic elements of Dear Editor: nutrition. Here again, do- The Ontario Unicef Commit- nations are used to provide tee would like to take this supplementary feeding for the opportunity to thank the most severely malnourished public for their generous children. In addition, nutrition support of the United Nation's training is being given and a Childrens Fund in 1975. plant is being built to produce We feel very grateful to rehydration fluids nequired Ontario-ites.vThey have re- for these malnourished young- sponded generously to the sters. children who come to their 3. In Bangladesh, UNICEF doors on Hallowe'en night is providing enough Vitamin A with their "trick or treat" for capsules to save 15 million UNICEF boxes. They have children from the devastating purchased hundreds of boxes results of this vitamin de- of UNICEF Greeting Cards, ficiency -- every year, over calendars and stationery. 100,000 children become blind They have shown real concern in this country due to this lack. for the needs of the children in Six cents per child does make our World Community. We the diffenence between a feel the public would like to productive life and blindness. know where some of their CIDA (The Canadian Inter- contributions are going in 1976 national Development Agen- and here are a few examples. cy) often matches grants 1. 500,000 people in South- towards projects such as eastern rural India will now above, and the host country have access to Iclean water. provides goods and services 1,000 hand pumps will be 212 times this grant. installed and maintained in So a purchase of a box of each village of 500 people by greeting cards for $2.50 UNICEF Canada. multiplies into a stethescope 2. We take good nutrition for for a village in Burrendi or granted. Many of the children textbooks for an elementary of tea plantation workers in school in the Upper Volta or Sri Lanka are sorely lacking tin sheeting for 'a home in ing waste of money, may well prove to be a hardship for some of those people who through injury or for other reasons cannot find employ- ment. I just wonder who is going to make- the distinction between those who can be employed and those who can't. I'm sure that all of us feel that those people who are in need of employment and can be employed, should have the opportunity to work. However I find, quite honestly, that I hear from a lot more people asking for jobs and wondering where they can get a job of any sort than I hear from people who are trying to take some kind of free ride at the government's expense. It is very difficult to find employment for people when there are no jobs, and I'd like to see how the government intends to tackle that. The Throne Speech also says that a Farmr Income Stabihizationi Planî will be impilemented by this govern-w ment an those people who are members of our farming communi- ties will, I am sure, welcome this news. As you may recall, during the election we made several state- ments about, the importance of stabilizing the income of farmers so that the kind of boom and bust economy they have been faced with over the past few years does not pose undue hardships and directly affect the cost of food. I'm going to be very interested in seeing how that legislative promise materializes in the next few weeks. As I stated earlier, the Throne Speech is very general in tone; other Throne Speeches have been made in the past which held out promises and those promises have not always, been kept. In the Fall Session and in the Spring session last year, apparently, the Throne Speech mentioned the fact that a system of property tax credits would be implemented so that people with excessive property taxes would be able to claim those on their income tax returns. Oddly enough, that particular item is missing from the Throne Speech and, I gather, will fade into oblivion. As the weeks go by, I shall attempt to keep the constituents of Durham East informed about the pieces of legislation which result from this policy statement. - ditori earthquake tom Guatemaia. Thank you so very much for your help, your interest, and your enthusiasm. Please write to us at 6 Pailton Crescent, if you would like further in- formation. We need volun- teers to help us help - so if you havea few hours to spare, do let us know. Sincerely, Adele Robertson Public Information Chairman Ontario Unicef Committee Thurs. March11th Dear Sir: It would appear from a letter in your latest issue, writteri by a Mary Morris,hthat youth just can't win. We hear so many people downgrade and criticize them. Along comes a reporter, whom I1have met and found to be a gentleman, intelligent, and hard working, and he is labelled immature, because on an assignment covering "How the Other Half Loves" he did not entirely think the choice of play was all that great, but after a mild and Ryerson, who feels there is something better to do than attend an evening's play that has to be advertised as "Adult Entertainment". Yours truly Name Withheld. 49 Years Ago Thursday, March 17th, 1927' On Tuesday, March 8th, the Juvenile Lodge of the Sons of England held an At Home and the following program was given. Community singing, accompanied by Mrs. Corke. Chairman's address and Chief Advisor George Pritchard. Song by Clarence King, duet, Harold and Jack Bennett, piano solo Doris Bennett, recitations Helen Pritchard, and W. J. Berry. An interesting address on ancient and modern flour making was given by F. C. Vanstone as his classification speech at Rotary on Friday of last week. A violin and piano recital will be given by Frank Converse Smith and Mrs. H. D. Clemens in the Town Hall on Tuesday, March 22nd. St. Paul's Sunday School, Port Hope recently announced a five dollar gold piece would be awarded to any pupil who could recite four chapters of the Bible. Jack Chrislett, aged 12 recited the fourSchapters from memory on Sunday to win the gold piece., The passages selected were from the Book of John and compris- ed over 100 verses. Friends gathered at the home of Mrs. William Adams, Westmount, to bid farewell to Mrs. E. S. Clark, Scugog Street who is leaving to live in California. Miss Edith Weekes and Mrs. W. L. Buttery presented Mrs. Clark with a silver dish. W. H. Gibson, Harold Gib- son, D. J. Gibson, and Frank Gibson, Newcastle attended the Apple Grower's Con- vention held last week in Bowmanville. In the Dim andI Ois tant Past 25 Years Ago Thursday, March 8th, 1951 A Bowmanville boy, PFC Allen W. Dummitt is serving somewhere in Korea with the Amenican 7th Infantny Di- vision. P.F.C. Dummitt attended Central Public School and for a time was employed at Goodyear, and by Fittings Limited, Oshawa. Effective March 1st, Don McGregor of McGregor Hardware will expand us floor space to take in the store formerly occupied by Edward's Variety store. Another change is announced that Bill Buckley of Peter- borough will be taking over the Atkins Flower Shop. Bowmanville Nurses' Association will hold a dance, March 30th, at the Boys Training School. Program convenors are Mrs. John Werry, Miss Dora Purdon. Lunch committee Mrs. R. L. Evans and Miss Crystal Fallis. Art and Mabel Guinness, Toronto, internationally known bell ringers, were featuned at the Lion's Ladies night on Wednesday. Law- rence Goddard and his com- mittee were in charge of the event. Ray Dudley was one of the artists taking part in the series of concerts at Wing- ham, similar to the Lion's series here. Joan and Gwen Bartlett, pupils of Mrs. J. Albert Cole received first class honor ir the Grade One Theory exam- ination of the Toronto Con- servatory of Music., Sugar v., andspiceU By Bi lSmiley Those Tories M Those Tories are something. This column will not appear until after their convention, but I'm still going around shaking my head in amused Theme of the convention seemed to be "Healing old wounds." This phrase came up again and again, as the blood from the old wounds oozed steadily, paying no attention. Tone of the convention, aside from the theme, seemed to be, "Open new wounds." And they were visible, pouring forth fresh blood. Not all the pious proclamations of solidarity, working together, and we're - all - brothers - in - the - great - Conservative-party could hide from aIly viewer that carrying a chiv was the order of the day. By the time this appears in print, I have no doubt that Joe Clark, the new leader, slick as a seal when he took over, will look more like a porcupine, with all those daggers sticking out of his back. It's a good thing he weighs only 145 pounds. At leastha skinny guy is a smaller target for the knives. What a scenario! Their leader, Robert Stanfield, was stepping down after eight harrowing years trying to get a crowd of mavericks to make sense. He's the best leader the party has had since Robert Borden.' So what do they do as a zippy opening for the convention? They hold a laudatory dinner for John Diefenbaker, who has made things as difficult as possible for Stanfield, since the latter beat him out for the leadership. Mr. Diefenbaker needed that dinner likehe needed a hole in the head. He has been honored quite often enough as the Grand Old Man of the party. And with his ego, he doesn't need anybody to tell him how great he is. Oh, Stanfield was given a dinner too, but sort of second banana, if he'l pardon the expression. He laid it on the line. Told the Tories present they had to stop the infighting, and get together if they were ever to form a government. That was about as much use as me telling a class of students that if they didn't do their homework, they would fail. Totally ignored. Next day the cats turned up for the farce. The actors did everything Shakespeare warned the players not to do, in the play Hamlet. Heward Graftey and Patrick Nowlan sawed the air violently with their hands, shattered it with thèir mouths, cast their appeal entirely to the groundlings. This after, like Leacock's hero, leaping each on his horse and riding off in all directions. John Fraser, a decent-looking chap with about as much charisma as Fred Flintstone, read a speech that would have put to sleep the annual convention of the Women's Institute. PrettysBoy Mulroney, batting his eyelashes at the cameras, smiled and smiled and made a speech that might have got him a $25 fee on the banquet circuit. Sinclair Stevens, an old-time image of a Bay St. Tory, bald and rich, made the only attempt to inject a little humor, and it bombed with à crowd which seemed able to applaud only platitudes. Richard Quittenton from some- where quitbeforenthe balloting began. Jack Horner should have stayed in a corner, instead of trying to ride the herd back into the 1940s. Paul Hellyer, defeated for the Liberal leadership, hotly attacked the Prime Minister with vague innuendoes, and completed making an ass of himself by savagely attacking the press, of which he is a working member. James Gillies, an economics professor, sounded like one, but had the good sense to get out early. Claude Wagner, formerly beaten for the Liberal leadership in Quebec, and lured into the Tory party with a $300,000 trust fund, proved a master orator, but said virtually nothing. Joe Clarke, the eventual winner, made one studied joke, then launched into an earnest, dull speech which managed to cover most of the diamond without touching many bases. Flora McDonald, to my mind, made the most honest speech of the lot. She was simple, but eloquent, warm but strong. Next day the blood-letting began. Diefenbaker, never one to forget or forgive an insult, real or fancied, remembered that Joe Clarke had worked against him in a leadership campaign, and went to Wagner. Little Jack Horner followed him into that corner, after taking a swing at a reporter. Hellyer, looking as though he'd been sucking a persimmon, joined that middle-aged crowd. Flora, obviously crushed by the knowledge that hundreds of blatant liars had promised her second-ballot support, went to Clarke, as did most of t he others. Quebec media people claimed there was a gang-up against Wagner. Ridiculous. He got ju, under half the total vote. It was scarcely high drama. More like low comedy. But the party has a new leader. He looks like a live one, and his smart (in both senses) young wife should help. But he's going to need a lot of bandages to staunch the old wounds, and the new ones. I don't know Mr. Clarke, but we have both appeared regularly in the High River Times. Go get 'im, Joe. ...Me