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EDITORIAL OPINION Accusations, Of No Consequence We have, on various occasions, stated it is against our policy to publish unsigned letters in the Star, The name does not necessarily have to be printed with the letter, but we must know whd the writer is. When we recewe these unsigned letters, one can only assume the person, unless ignorant about this policy, does mot have the conviction of his own writing, nor the courage to sign the name, to what the writer found im- portant enough to share with the public. We received such a fetter last Friday and one of the most distastittul for quite some time. The writer did not request the letter to be published, but again, we can only assume this was the intention of the writer. However, signed or not signed, this particular letter does not lend itself for publication. The accusations made and the language employed certainly do not fit the columns of the Port Perry Star. Furthermore, we can hardly believe this letter could be written by a lady, so from now on we'll refer to the writer as "he." inthe first paragraph he insists not to be a "crack-pot," but "a most successful citizen of long standing in the community." In the end portion of the second paragraph, some name cailing appear, which in our opinion certainly does not give a great deal of credit to "the successful citizen in the community." in the following paragraphs he lashes out left and right," to relieve my feeling," he says. Instead of being so utterly disgusted and employ such unpleasant language, the problem he is aiming at and making such a big issue about wes a simple error on the part of the publisher of this newspaper and could easily have been explained. Much against our better judgement, we are now forced to come to the core of this unfortunate letter. We cer- tainly cannot admit "guilt" without explaining what really caused this highly emotional and thoughtless letter to be written. ; At the last meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the publisher attended in the capacity of a director as well as reporter for the Port Perry Star. In the list of dignitaries mentioned, we unfortunately omitted the name of Dr. M.8. Dymond. It's here we made our error and gave cause for this letter to be written. Personally, do we not for one moment believe an apolo- gy is necessary. it was not done intentially and we believe, Dr. Dymand will accept this to be the truth. After ail, except for the very few diehard politicians with a strong opposite political view, every resident in this community would take it for granted the Doctor or Matt as he is mostly known would take a prominent part im the Centennial Celebrations, June 9 to 12. As far as omitting his name from the list of dignitaries im last week's Star issue we have no fear of the perhaps not as well as the writer. However, we have learned to respect him and on more than one occasion had reasons to appreciate his willingness to assist and give unselfishly of his many talents. It's unfortunate letters of this type are written, Although the letter wes intended for the very few, the content or at least part of it will be known to others and no doubt also distorted and exaggerated. We regret the omission of Dr. Dymond's name should have caused so much fufor and regret equally much we had to bring this incident into the open, and for this we humbly apologize. 'ie Tip ey ) PORT PERRY STAR | COMPANY, LIMITED B Ge Ss! % Serving Port Perry, Reach, Seugog and FI Cartwright Townahips P HVIDSTEM, Publisher - Editor WM T HARRISON. P. MVIDSTEN, Jr. by Plant Maneger Advertsing Manager ae Member of the Canadian Weekly Newrpaper Assorietion uy Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Amiciation WSS : i i | : : ; i Authorized an second clase maill by the Post Office Department. Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Clase Mail Registration Number 0266 Subseription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr. Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single Copy 10¢ BILL MILEY UGAR ano PROUD ONES SUFFER IN NEW "HARD TIMES" For most people, and specially for Candians, spring is usually a time of hope. The ice and snow have gone, or are g6ing. The days are lengthening, the sun is strent- thening. The world is coming alive again, with the first hints of new growth. But for a great many people in this land of ours, this spring offers little but doubt and despair. There is a dark shadow lying across this relatively clean country of ours. It's name is Unemployment. For the first time in a generation, Cahada, this vast and wealthy country, is facing the hard facts that its economy is in rough shape. Thousands of university graduates will be scrambling for the jobs that will absorb half of them. Thousands of students will be competing for jobs for a quarter of them. Thousands of skilled workers will be ready to try anything to make a living. Maybe it hasn't caught up with you yet. But it could. In my town, we had a boom about three years ago. New industries came in. New sub-divisions were developed. Real estate soared. New families moved in for all the new jobs, and the population years are laid off and looking for work. The signs are familiar. I was only a kid during the worst years of the Depression, but I remember. Spice uation where pride and dignity had to go by the board. She patched and she mended and she sewed and she darned. She took in board- ers, and we kids doubled up. She sold home baking. She went out and knocked on doors, selling cosmetics to women who couldn't afford a box or face powder. What it cost her I can only imagine. But somehow we staggered through. Going "on relief" was a disgrace to her, and we never fell that low. She invented new culinary triumphs like potato-skin hash (when there was no meat) and porridge soup (when there was no meat or vege- tables.) Today, going on relief, or welfare, doesn't seem to bother many people. In fact, for many it is a way of life and they feel no opprobrium or discomfort. There attitude is that the world owes them a living, no matter how stupid or useless or lazy they are. But it's the proud ones who are hurt. A friend of mine was a production manager, working in a big industry. He was a good one. Suddenly, his job didn't exist. He's tried with all he energy for months to find something. There's nothing. He's bit- ter. Last week I got a Jetter from a chap who is desperate. He's sixty, was laid off from a responsible job in industry, has used up his unemployment insurance and savings, and doesn't know where to turn. He wants a job, but knows the odds against him. Other countries, including those with almost no natural resources, are fourish- ing. Canada, with massic natural resources, is withering on the vine. How come? HU het th Hal 15 YEARS AGO