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The Canadien Weekly Newspaper Assoclation THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE meron Capital Punishment Parliament is going to debate for and against the death penalty. Already writers and correspondents have begun to 'take sides, and no doubt, we will hear 'a great deal on this subject before closed. = Yet, there is every reason for thinking that eventually the death penalty abolished no matter how vehement- die-hards fight for. its retention. Mdst of the countries of the modern world have already abolished it. The main argument for its retention is, of course, that death penalty acts as. a Such an argument seems to be a matter of conviction rather than one which can be proved. How are we to know that it acts as a deterrent? .By hav- - ing a trial period without the doath penalty jel and comparing the numbér of murders : committed during this period with a simi- lar period when the death penalty was en- forced ? Statistically this would seem sound but it doesn't stand up to logical analysis. There are so many factors which must be taken into consideration that a trial period becomes somewhat meaningless. An ap- peal to history would serve to illustrate this. At one time some 200 crimes were will ly t deterrent. Government Intervention It has just been disclosed investigation in the United States that tranquillizer pills were sold to the govern- ment at 60 cents for 1000 pills. pills were sold to druggists for $39.50 and they in turn sold them to the general pub- lic at a cost of $66.38. The company which made the sale to the military medical supply agency declared in its own defence that it should not have sold the pills for 60 cénts money, but it refused to admit that it had overcharged the druggists. selling the same product charged druggists However, it was a very small firm and hadn't the means to advertise or detail their product as had the larger firm. In the same investigation evidence was produced to show that the highest prices in America were those paid for drugs in only $4.41. i Toronto. The argument has long been advanced that competition for the market works to ~gimple 'theft. the matter is to the Senate the advantage The same i - agement; social crime. since it lost Another firm drug trade. punishable by death, well as the consumer. been proof to the contrary. Notes and Comments One of them was At that time we have the strange phenomenon of pick-pockets reap- ing a harvest at hangings. was no 'deterrent if in the very act of ex- acting the death penalty, some spectators were committing the very crime for which the condemned was being executed. -.Some people have, rather cold-bloodedly, defended capital punishment on the ground that it is cheaper. costs the government some $30,000 to keep 'a man imprisoned for life. taxspayers would be that much in pocket if we keep the strings on our purse and the rope around the meek of convicted murder- 'er, This is. a: Killing is never justifiable neither in war 'never justfiable--nor in peace. As society becomes 'more and more mature it 'must inevitably find better ways of dis- pensing its justice, and in spite of West- erns to the contrary and the spate of viol- . ence which mars much of our modern en- tertainment, we must learn how to apply -better values to the problems of every-day life. Hanging is a primitive kind of justice more suited to savage tribal life than to modern civilized society. Surely, this They point out that it Therefore, we specious:argument. of all . . . the producers as Lately there has Excessive profits have little to justify them except the unlicensed greed of man- excessive profits in drugs and medicines come close to being a form of Especially since the public has long felt that drug companies were deeply conscious of their social responsibil- ity and it was generally assumed that in this particular industry there was a real - concern for human welfare. it is so shocking to read these revelations regarding prices and price fixing in the That is why The government. should certainly take steps to find out just what is going on and if the situation is as bad as the preliminary reports indicate it is, then legislation de. enacted. signed to wipe out this racket should be District LINDSAY CHEMICAL CO. SOLD 1 Doings Ont. County assizes during the illness It is learned that Varcum Chemical |of presiding Judge Pritchard. *~ Corporation (Canada Ltd.) of Lindsay has been acquired by Reichold Chem- icals (Canada) Ltd. and that R. Gor- don MacTaggart, president and. gen- eral manager of the latter announces staff and laboraties will be enlarged. Details of the acquisition, appearing in the Financial Times read: Acquistion of Varcum Chemical Corp. (Canada) Ltd., manufacturers of phenolic molding compounds, with plant and offices at Lindsay, and plans for the erection of another plant at Ste Therese, Quebec, have been announced by R. Gordon MacTaggart, president and general manager of Reichold Chemicals, (Canada) Ltd. NO POLICE CHIEF FOR STOUFFVILLE Stouffville's two constables will op- erate as a team for the rest of the year, and a new police chief, to raise the department to a three-man force, will not be engaged until 1961, This was the recommendation of the Police and Finance committee, presented to Stouffville Council on Thursday night. It was not believed that population or. finances warranted a third man, or radio equipment, at the present time, The committee recommended: that Constable Heatherington be made a permanent membér of the force. Council approved of the recommenda- tion. : AIR UXBRIDGE CHARGE IN COUNTY COURT y A hearing to determine the legality of proceedings at a nomination meet- ing November 26th will be held in On- " tario County Court at Whitby, Feb, 10, ~ An application' for a hearing was made by Mrs. Marguerite Chatterley -who claims there has been a deliberate, improper and illegal attempt to keep her off couneil, Ped Through her solicitor Thomas Har ris, Mrs. Chatterley sald this week Notice of the hearing has been served to Town Clerk Delmas Long, who acted as returning officer at the meeting, and to Wilfred Gould who subsequently was elected to the one remaining seat of the six seats open for council, after a second nomination meeting was held. UXBRIDGE THEATRE TO OPERATE THREE DAYS A WEEK The proprietor of Roxy Theatre, Mr. I. Constant, announced the theatre will close the first three days of the week, = ' Mr. Constant expressed regret at having to take such a step. "I have done everything possible to keep the theatre open to the public, but the attendance has become gradually worse," he said. "I do not want to close the threatre, but if attendance does not improve during the three days it is open, I will have no choice," Mr. Constant said. The new schedule begins first week of February with show at 7 p.m,, and Bingo at 9 p.m. every Thursday. Fri- day and Saturday there will be two shows at 7 and 9 p.m. and the matinee will continue to be played on Saturday at 2 p.m. $100,000 VALUE PLACED ON 'PICKERING ANTIQUES 1Antique articles with a present-day jmarket value of more than $100,000 have been promised or collected by the Pickering Township Historical Society for display in the museum to be elect- ed here, ; According to W. G. Lawson, presi- dent of the Society, three buildings planned to form the nucleus of the museum with hold all the objects pro- offered by contributors as far away as Sarnia, The Society will shortly be- git a drive £019810,000 for completion of 'the:purchinse: 6f:at least one other building. {n addition to. the log cabin and the old Brougham school which is that the application will be heard by Judge Wilmott who is assisting at the 'the museum site, Clipped Comments MORE HOLIDAYS NOT THE ANSWER Ontario Federation of Labor, in pro- posing more paid holidays, the setting of a basic minimum wage and other measures, has come up with the old canard that such things would increase purchasing power in the province and contribute to national growth and prosperity. Such reasoning is poppycock. All such proposals advanced by the Fed- eration would add to the cost of pro- duction and increase the tax burden This in turn would mean higher prices --not only for the public generally but for unionized workers and their fam- ilies as well. There i3 no reason why the Ontario Federation of Labor should not seek to improve living standards in the province. Effect of its legislative proposals, however, would be to in. crease living standards temporarily for the minority of union members, at the expense of the living standards of every other Ontario resident, Higher living standards in the real sense can be achieved only through increased productivity on the part of workers. On this point the submission of the Ontario Federation of Labor is con- spieuously silent. --The Letter Review FENCE STRADDLING BY MINISTER Ontario Minister of Labor, Hon. C. Daley, has expressed himself as op- posed to changes recommended by the Gordon Committee in the Labor Re lations Act. These changes would permit appeals to the courts from de- cisions of the Ontario Labor Relations Board, Spokesman for organized labor have also expressed.themselves as opposed to the change. As a cabinet minister and as a mem- ber of the legislature, Mr. Daley is not a representative of any particular _| the job than on. class, although the Department of Labor is his chief responsibility, While those who feel they have been unfairly treated by the Board are denied the right of appeal, the suspicion will al- ways be that the Board is not impar- tial, It is strange that a member of the government should not see the value of the right of appeal, both as a matter of justice and as sound politics. <5 Mr. Daley is also, quoted as saying' that he is not opposed. to appeals based on a claim that the Board had denied natural justice to a party be. fore it or had exceeded its jurisdiction. Since any party to a dispute will be likely to feel that he is denied natural justice when. g- decision is rendered against him, Mr. Daley seems to be performing a rather awkward feat of fence-straddling, 7 --The Letter Review EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DILEMMA Ottawa officials of the unemploy- ment insurance commission are facing a dilemma that should be a matter of immediate concern to every taxpayer in Canada. According to these offi- cials there have been "one or two ex- amples of the situation" where the laid-off worker, collecting both com- pany lay-off benefits under some ver- sion of the so-called guaranteed an- nual wage, and unemployment insur- ance, would do better financially off The Commission has rightly refused to pay full benefits to workers in such circumstances. Dilemma facing Commission is to determine to what extent supplemen- tary benefits under some type of 'wage guarantee" should be taken into account in determining eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits. In other words, Commission is faced with the task of determining how high combined and regular supplementary benefits can go before "adversely af- fecting the man's incentive to find an- other job." Here, surely, is a policy matter that | should be dealt with by the Govern- ment rather than by a discretionary ruling of officials of the Unemploy- ment Insurance Commission. It was never intended that unemployment in- surance benefits should be considered as a form of supplementary income for those laid off in industry. Pur- pose of such payments is to protect those laid off through no fault of their own against real hardship while they seek onother job. Possibility that a situation could arise in which a lay-off could appear enticing is shocking. --The Letter Review Hilliop Herald Hello Readers: We're happy to say that three of our four basketball teams were vic- torious last Friday. The Senior and Junior boys travelled to Uxbridge, emerging as winners with the follow- ing scores: Seniors--63-50 Juniors--68-26 The happy members of these teams are: Seniors--Murray Blain, Art Jefford, John Croxall, Gary Edgar, Dave Mor- ton, Neil Palmer, Brian Taylor, Ron Willerton, Juniors--David Milne, Wayne Pow- ell, Lloyd Wilson, Dan MacDonald, Jim Burnett, Ed Teno, Raymond Whi- taker, Frank Fielding, Jim Read, Bill McLeod. The Girls' Senior Team defeated the Uxbridge Girls with a score of 22-13. Unfortunately the Junior Girls' were- n't as lucky and went down to defeat. The Basketball Teams appreciate the efforts of the cheerleaders to boost their morale when the going is rough. The 1960 Cheerleaders are: This Friday will find the boys' teams travelling to Brock and the Port Perry girls battling with the Brock girls at Port Perry. In the girls' intra-mural basketball on Monday afternoon Team I defeat- Captains -- Elizabeth St. John and Joyce Cookson. Our gentleman curlers are still on the job Monday afternoon and the following are this week's results: Chick Carnegie's rink winners over Ian Beare's rink. Bill McMillan's rink winners over Reg Philip's rink, Brian Taylor's rink winners over Dale Lowcoek's rink, Monday was visitation evening at the High School. One hundred and thirty of the parents took advantage Juniors Seniors Jayne Carnegie Carol Fralick Ruth Milne Kaye McKenzie | Nola Hunter Leona Thompson Evelyn Moore Marie Parry ed Team III with a score of 18-12. | We were sorry to disappoint our readers last week, but the days slip- ped by a little too quickly. The Sup- per for our Mystery Sisters of Scu. 80g "Grace" W.A. was quite a suc- cess. The Ladies of Scugog "Head" W.A. catered, and there were close to fifty who sat down. They most gra- clously invited the Minister. I sup. pose they did need a Mystery Bro- ther. The identities were revealed by the lighting of candles. It made it a little complicated, as some mysteries just couldn't be solved, as the sisters did not attend. 'They had three very lovely artists to entertain them: Kaye Jackson of the Island sang and played her guitar; Mrs, Bennett of Port Perry recited; and Mrs. Harold Martyn showed her three-dimentional pictures. We were all. given smoked glasses to wear, and the effect was amazing. The Ladies of the "Head" served an excellent Supper, and it did our hearts good to have the fellowship with you. By the way Ladies, keep in mind your Joint Meeting of the Four W.As. Scugog "Grace" will be the Hostess. The District Youth Council met re- cently with the Ministers of the Area, and rounded out their plans for the balance of the Winter. Our Young People are doing an excellent job, and laying the foundations for something good and helpful in the future. The President, Garnet Parrott of Ashburn is a real live wire, 'and has an en- thusiastic group to work with. Next week Friday, Feb. 12th, all Young People are invited to the Greenbank United Church at 7.46 p.m. for a To- boggan Slide. We will meet at the Church and then go in a body, and then return to the Church for refresh. ments. There will be a silver collec- tion. And then on Sunday evening, March 13th at 8.00 p.m. there will be a Church Service in Scugog "Grace" Church, All Young People in the Area are invited to come. There will be full particulars given later. Our Cubs and Scouts are very in- terested in learning the Morse Code. They have a very able teacher in the person of Mr. Lindsay from Prince Albert. Please keep in mind that we will have a Church Parade on Baden- Powell Sunday February 21st. The Brownies and Guides will attend the Service on the Island at 10.16 a.m. and the Cubs and Scouts the Service at Manchester at 11.16 a.m. We hope that all our boys and girls will be at Church that Sunday. We are working on our Financial Statements. The Board of Stewards are meeting this Wednesday evening in the Manchester Church, where they will study the financial statement and make their estimates for 19060. The Statements should be mimeographed and ready for the Official Board, to be held: on Friday, February 19th in Scugog "Grace" Church at 8.80 p.m. Many thank Betty Reader for help- ing with the cutting of the Stencil for the Statement. After the Offi- cial Board Meeting the Minister will plan to have a meeting of the Session. The men in charge of placing the organ 'have done so, and made the necessary alterations. We just await the work of the electricians to have same connected. May be, towards the end of the month we will have our Special Service of Dedication. The Service will be in the Evening, and we plan to have a Guest Organist to give us various selections on the or- gan. Full particulars will be given later. On Sunday we had a very good attendance of the members of our Choir on the Island. 'We are or- ganizing a Glee Club and Choir for the Pastoral Charge, under the Lea- dership of 'Mrs. Ross Sandison of Utica. We have many very lovely voices, both male and female on our Charge, and we would like you to come and enjoy an hour or two of music with us. You will be getting a personal invitation from those in charge. The practises will be in Scu- gog "Grace" Church on Wednesday evenings at 8.00 p.m. sharp, so that we will be through not later than 9.30 p.m. We could have one of the finest mixed Choirs in this whole area. We hope that you will come. The Minister's text on Sunday last District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect was: "Jesus asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?" But they held their peace, for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the great- est. Jesus made the disciples sit down and He talked with them. We all need to sit down with Jesus when we be- come 80 important, or think we are, that we begin to give ourselves airs. He concluded by saying: Three things then are necessary. First we must have the spirit of Jesus, and be more humble. He, Jesus, emptied Himself of His God-head. He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty we might be- come rich. Secondly--we must be- come informed. We are not reading nearly enough. Read God's Word daily. Read about Jesus and what others did in His Name. Read what your Church is doing in the Observer. Read what other organizations are doing also outside the Church for those in need. And Thirdly---begin to do something about it yourself. The world needs an informed leader- ship, that is capable, and at the same time humble, and receptive to new fdeas. Learn to think-in terms of Love and Understanding, and begin to put into practise your best thoughts. "For whosoever will be the chiefest, shall be the servant to all." We missed you very much in the ° Choir on Sunday Bob and Mary Tet- low. We hope that you will soon be with us again Bob. OQur prayers and love go out to all who are confined in hospitals or home. We are glad Ray Milner that your arm is improv- ing. We remember you Mr. Maynard, Mr. Frank Crosier, Mrs. Kruppa and Mrs, Ives. We do hope that you had a lovely trip to Florida Marion and Don Crozier. Happy birthdays to Heather Demara, Thomas Redman (Jr.), Jacqueline Cannon, Roy Ger- row and Sylvia Edgar of the Island; to Barbara Master and Arylie Rodd of Manchester; and to Billy Diamond, David Mosienko,. and Neil Holtby of Prospect. . of the opportunity to come and speak with the teachers. Tuesday afternoon some students and teachers journeyed to "Sky-loft" where they enjoyed skiing and tobog- anning. The only regrets of the af- ternoon were the aching muscles. That's all the news for this week folks. --Jeanne Williams. Manchester Mrs. Alex Thomson, Susan, Allan and Jane of Brantford, Miss Mary Thomson and Mrs. Ina Bowman of Oshawa were guests of Mrs. Thom- son's parents Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Munro on Sunday. Mrs. Anne Spears, Port Perry, vi- sited Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crosier last Tuesday. Mr, and Mrs. Art Fielding and Elaine visited her sister Mrs. Hurst and family in Midland on Sunday. Mrs. A. Roach entertained the Guide Mothers for their January meeting on Tuesday night. Mr. and' Mrs. Art Vandervoort are spending a month in Oshawa, MONTREAL 16,000 employees. year of supplying steel for Canadians. POINT THE LIMITED GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD Canadian-made steel from Canadian-owned plants HUCKLEBERRY At the beginning of this century some farm land on Hamilton Bay was called Huckleberry Point. land became the site of part of The Steel Company of Canada, Limited. This Instead of farm land supporting a few families there is now at Huckleberry Point Canada's largest steel- making plant employing 11,000 of the Company's This year Stelco marks its 50th What happened at Huckleberry Point has happened in hundreds of towns and cities across the country. + Canadian manufacturing now employs nearly 1,400,000 persons. These turn out the materials for a growing economy while their families provide markets for the products of Canadian farms, forests and mines. STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO rrr Xe " rg