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SNOW FINDS LIFE BUSY AS CABINET MINISTER Job to Serve Needs of Constituents Toronto Special to the Her- company In Onkvlllo Life la much busier now times stopping in MJHon or or James Snow East George town It ho has MPP since his appointment to one to see the cabinet in the recent I don have much any He staged by the new premier more for the business he William Davis said He drops in anyway be- On top of his normal duties cause many Oakville residents as a government private mem write or telephone him there on be assumes new political matters If is a cabinet meeting One major task is to fill in a caucus or committee meeting lor other cabinet ministers at scheduled for the morning he Peaking engagements and functions where a minister for illness or other reason can not attend Within a week of the appoint be travelled to Sudbury for the minister of education Welch ho said When the new cabinet was announced Mr Davis said Mr usually leaves Oaxvillo by a otherwise it Is often before he can get away When the house is not in he usually deals with con or government at his Queens Park office during the afternoon Government members recent moved to new offices and Snow would sub- just as he was getting settled duties related to in he become a cabinet reorganizatio of gover Now I have to move and legislative business What these are Mr Snow said has still to be decided So far appointment to cabinet has meant only minor changes in his dally schedule He must attend cabinet meet logs on Wednesday mornings Dawn comes at 30 a at the Snow household in Horn by almost the exact centre of East After a light breakfast of and juice he returns or an telephone calls Many of his constituents know he will be In at that time Some times too he reads his mail and dictates replies Into a dictaphone Mr Snow pre fers using the machine to dic tating directly to his secretary This way he says he can an mall at home at his of fice in at Queens Park whether his around or not LEAVES OFFICE About a he leaves for the office of his construction he said When the legislature is session the house begins sitting at I missed very few days since I came here 1967 he said Lunch Is often with opposi tion members as well servo live colleagues ho says and good willed arguments ov er points made in the House or newspapers are When the House Is not sitting and before his cabinet appoint ment Mr Snow came to Tor onto three days a week to deal with telephone calls letters and visitors GEORGETOWN LETTERS As he was being Interviewed by the Toronto bureau of the Herald had on his desk cor respondence for a teacher ab out a summer course a letter from the mayor of Georgetown a query from a constituent who wanted an application for senior citizens apartment request from on music The fuUonablrdrtited cabinet minister from R makes food use of the dictaphone la bis Here he a recording to secretary Book or seeking the Premier as a board member comments from the warden of Halton and a question from the Georgetown baseball team ab out an athletic assistance pro gramme I try to answer a query the day I receive it he says He reads all the local newspapers carefully to keep uptodate with public opinion He tally pursues letters totheedl tor which he said help him keep his hand on the pulse of the riding The MPP is an answer problem of facelessness in gov eminent and citizen alienation from the bureaucracy he said If people have a problem of whom to contact they should call or write me Thats what I here for he said It took him almost a year from the date of his election to learn inner workings of the government so he could efficiently and effectively go to the precise area he was seek he said Constituents should avail themselves of his knowledge he said James Snow a tall heavy- set man who dresses fashion ably In a doublebreasted with bright ties He has hair and thick sideburns He seems to chainsmoke cig ars or a pipe when in his of fice but he does not touch cig arettes He said politics involved him with people and he likes that He was a shy type not forward at all he said Politics gave him the opportunity to meet a wide variety of people With a touch of pride he men tions his 20year perfect atten dance record with a riding Li ons Club He said be believes In civic service and public MONEV REASONABLE I did not enter politics make money he said While be said be believes salaries are adequate and reasonable now for an he said he would have run evert on old scales of pay I wanted to represent the riding be said Mr Snows elevation to the cabinet has not diminished his belief In the importance of the backbencher Any elected rep resentative can contribute to the initiation and development of government policy he said caucus of the governing party He said it can be done In the in bouse committee or even on the floor of the legislature test September be said the government adopted a private members bill be introduced to bring uniform building codes to the province Since then he said political figures in British Columbia Quebec Manitoba and New Brunswick have written asking him for copies of bis presentation The famed dog and cat which drew more mall to Mr Snows desk than any other piece of legislation In his four years as an was another example of backbencher influ ence be said In committee he moved for appointment of the Humane So ciety president to the governing body but was defeated He rai sed the issue again on the floor the House and saw It passed A third role of the backbench er in the government party is to sit on a special task force or act as government represen tative on various provincial ag encies Mr Snow is a director of the Ontario Housing Corporation Other members may refer questions to him rather than the responsible cabinet minis ter seeking information He attends five meetings month with the corporation and is deeply involved with it on the policy making sphere Even though he has been eleva ted to the cabinet he said he will probably remain with the corporation He will shortly be visiting Kenora and to inspect projects and meet with muni cipal officials who are seeking more assisted bou sing for their areas In Oakville what he calls completely new concept in se nior bousing is being petal wish for Ontario Sooth rtdtng built He instigated it tends to treat it as a mother would a first born LIAISON BIG JOB As well as dealing with indi vidual constituents problems and working in tho legislature Mr Snow sees the big job of the MPP today In terms of it a between municipal and pro vincial authorities He arranges meetings cabinet ministers or determines the proper civil servant municipal figure should go for his answer he said A good working relationship between the provincial and fed members of a riding is also essential he said Moil ad dressed to the wrong man is always forwarded he For example he said he received numerous letters con corning the federal White Pap on Taxation copies of which he sent to Hud Whiting Hal at following ton MP What attracted Mr Snow to The cabinet presided over by polities In the first place were Premier William Davis contains lwo earlier premiers of Onta- his opponents of the leader- ri were great ship campaign Mr Snow was leaders John Robarta and not of them being a sup porter of Mr Davis from the beginning The man has the ability and confidence to be an excellent premier he said Mr Davis is set apart from his competi tors by his legislative ability his experience His ago was Important too Only 17 days younger than me Mr Snow said Both men are Theories about a Tory estab lishment or dissatisfaction in the party are false he said Allan Lawrence was a close contender simply because that lie Frost DISRUPTS HOME LIFE Mr Snow enjoys the political life although it forces him from the bouse five nights out of six Being away a great deal does disrupt my home life al though my wife enjoys paling in functions he said They have four young children School children are a prime 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