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4The Canadian State.-nan, Bowmnville, June 3, 1964 EDITORUAL COMMENT Is it Unity or Union? The events of last week have sbown how fiercely this nation is willing ta debate what is, on the surface, an in- consequential issue. A Canadian flag, after ahl, can only affect the citizens of this country indirectly; yet the extra- ordinary public attention which bas been devoted ta Prime Minister Pear- son's proposai exceeds, if anything, the public debate on bis pension plan, states the Peterborough Examiner. This bas flot escaped commentators ln other countries. The Observer, a Sun- day newspaper in the United Kingdom, comments: 'Canadians were sa preac- cupied with a bitter debate over the choice of a national flag, this week, that the conclusions of the f irst thorough sxrvey into the Americanization of their country passed almost unnoticed.' The Observer is referring ta the uurvey taken by Maclean's magazine which suggests that 65 per cent of the population favours economic union with the United States. The size of the sam- ple - 1,042 people interviewed - is held to be substantially representative, comments the Observer. If thîs sampling reflects anything like tbe truth about Canadian opinion, It is a sad commentary on aur national spirit. Perbaps one of the most encour- aging cbaracteristics of Canadian so- ciety is tbat it bas hitherto been pre- pared ta live at an economic disadvan- tage ta preserve an identity xvhich is different from that of its American neighbour. But at the same time, tbe decision ta work at this disadvantage has been taken largely by' people who can afford ta do so on behaif of those who cannot. Canadian Provinces, despite the fact and spirit of Confederation, live iargely in isolation one from the other. Quebec is the Province which has drawn most attention to its econamic disad- vantages. But compared with ather Provinces in the Dominian, Quebec is a prosperous and resaurceful member of Confederation. In comparisan with the Maritimes and some parts of the Prairies, it bas little cause for com- plaint. It is passible, and even likely, tbat the debate and fury over the flag serves ta caver a prafound desire among Ca- nadians ta bring about real national unity. If this is so, this desire must be exposed and harnessed ta aur many social and political problems s0 that the resignation evident in the wish for economic - and even political - union with the U.S. can be offset. For tbis ta bappen we need political reform, we need political leaders who will refuse ta exploit regional differen- ces in their search for votes. It is true that Canada as it stands is a preposter- ous economic entity, but prepasterous or not, its ricbness bas carried the na- tion over some fearful economic and political blunders. If the ten Provinces are prepared ta work jaintly witb the Dominion Government and arrive at sensible, economic, and development planning there would obviously follow a resurgence of national spirit. It is this willingness that is most ini question. The current attitude among Provincial Governments is that they must do aIl that is passible ta shake down the Dominion Government for economic advantage regardless of the national need. When a reason for these demands is requested, each Provincial Premier dives for the British North America Act and demonstrates the provincial prerogatives that it contains. This insular attitude may yet prove ta be aur downfall. What Is A Canadian gets scared ta death if we vote a billion dollars for education but he's unconcerned when be finds out we are spending tbree billion dol- lars a year for cigarettes. He yells for the government ta ba- lance the budget, then takes the last dme be bas ta make the down pay- ment on a car. He whips the enemy, then gives 'em the shirt off bis back. He yells for speed laws that wil stop fast driving, then won't buy a car if it can't make 100 miles an hour. He'll spend haif a day looking for vitamin pis ta make him live longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement ta make up for lost time. He ties up his dog but lets bis six- teen-year-old son run wild. Wben a Canadian is in bis office he talks about hockey, football, or f ish- r Unemployment among teen-agers, who are graduates or schoal drop-outs, Is causing concern among parents, and officiais in charge of such affairs. One cause far such unemployment could be that prospective employers find the value modemn youth sets on its services Is far beyond that youth's earning paw- ers, says the Palmerston Observer. Recaîl being with a father whase son was just married. Father himself was an unskilled labourer, but he was proud of bis boy, and obviously pieased witb bis san's selection for a xife. Com- menting on the present and the future, he said: "Now if he can just find a job that will pay him about eighty dollars a week .. ." The quoting of that figure Milady may bave ta, discard high heel fashions and appear in more sen- sible footwear in the near future. Ortho- pedic surgeons have long dccried the stiletto beels on womcn's sboes and re- peatedly painted ta foot damage and il effects ta the back from constant use of spike heels, says the Lacombe Globe. But we now read in England, grav- er stcps are being taken. The board of govemnars of an English cailege bas placed an outright ban on the wearing cf spike heels and the girls must give up this footwear or face expulsion. The restriction bas n@thing ta do with bealth. It was the $3,000 damage which apparentiy was being suffercd by college floars. It bas been oftcn re- ported that the stiletto beel exerts a pressure of 900 pounds per square inch the equivalent of 50 elephants, of aver- age weight standing an anc ]eg. a Canadian? Ing, but when he is out at tbe game or on the lake, he talks about business. He is the only fellow in the world who will pay 50c ta park bis car while eating a 25e sandwich. He's neyer ready for war but bas never lost one. We're the country tbat bas mare food ta eat than any other country in the world and more diets ta keep us fromn eating it. We're supposed ta be the mast civ- Ilized nation on earth, but stili can't deliver payrolls without an armoured car. But, we're still plenty nice folks. Calling a persan "A Real Canadian"' is the best compliment yau can pay bim. Most of the world is itcbing for what we have, but they'll neyer have it until they start scratching for it the way we did. fnr a chap who was a scbool drop-out, secmed ta bave no -skili other than tbe ability ta piuck a guitar a bit, or iden- tify a Volkswagen after dark by the shape of its head]îgbts, was sort of eye- opening. Then this past week there was a stary of a Toronto boy, alsa a scbool drap-aut, who at the age of fourteen said he turned ta crime because be 'could not find a job paying $60. a week.' It wauld seem that parents and others charged with educating aur youtb sbauld turn some attention ta tbe value of a dollar. Empinyces sbouid be taugbt that ta get a dollar in their pay envelope, they first have ta earn that dollar for their employer. The ban raises an intcresting tbougbt. It is apparcntly all rigbt for tbe college girls ta ruin their foot and possibly their bealth by wearing stilet- ta beels. . nt if tbey ruin college floors. Elephant Stew One of the tbings brought back by a friend from a recent trip ta Soutbeast Asia wvas this prizo-winning rocipo which I'm sure you'll try and enjoy: i clephant - medium size SaIt and pepper 2 rabbits (optional) Cut the elephant into small, bite- size pieoes. Add enougb brown gravy ta caver. Cook over kerosene f ire for about four wceks at 465 degrees. This will serve 3,800 people, If mare are ex- pected, two rabbits may be added but do this only in emergency; most people do not like bare in their stew. Broxvnie badges caver the right sleeves of these tbree girls who took part in the "F'ly-Up" to Guides ceremony here last week. During their years in Brow- nies, lhey obviously, have worked very bard, with excellent resuits for their efforïts. Now, they xiii start ail over again, piling up the Guide badges and learn- ing a great deal in the pracess. From left ta right, Beth Anne Clif tan, Catherine Ricard and Sue Mann. Report from Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P. M.P. FOR NEWT FLAG Commnunicat ions 1 have ce- coived respecting the choice of a distinctive national flagc have far' exîýe(dcci those on aiîY ut' ubjeci. Constit- uents, qult, properly, are an\ious tu know lhow I will vote. Iii th's Report I arn Setting out a copy of a letter 25 YE.NRS AGO June 8, 1939> M\isIMarguierite iMilîson, Scîîe t cet, h visiting her si.te, Ar.. Leslie Webb, XTanoîîvr, C. iss NMaioni Scott, Queen's Un:~er:r, Isng:anis houi- n g iv tiber parents, M!. and Mc:. S. M. Scott. VWaideni T. A. Reid, Reeve C1.A.1'. 1i1o!urlŽtone andi IVr. Fiî'ci I Xi lii n ere in (31,' o i i eooit v business. Mi-,. iii Air.-L.Goulah an' t (!:.1l.ýlturPeggv, are ho] r. i %% villi relatives at Ai::c Falls, N.Y. Ne ui) luîr, ýon ni Mr. and M '. C. E. Ibelider. who ias p.îlh.s 31d a r exams in McIdI îîr'îal Et)gîîîeering at MeGili Iiitivers.ity, Mont- ceai. Rev. Wal'îeie and Mrs. Bîîit ad thirie daughters, Okinni cOk!ýlhania, are vit is li Irelit . Mr. and l\.lr.. W. S. r:',Slîaw's. Ni ss Care] i Oc Ilarnilton, R.N., Soaithîbetdii ospital, Long 1 landl, N.Y., is spend- ing lier holida\ s withi lier morthi. i"lcs. Thios. Hamnil- toin. On lier trip north she staieci tlat iii Nev York the teniperatare wvas hovering flear 100" xvlile at Buffala the cald xvas inîtenîse. On the visît of Their Ma 'esties ta Vancouver, B.C., Fl ighit Lic terian: 11 e im- on acted a Cnnîriding Qîýi- of ifte R.C.A.F. Di- visihn of the Rings Guard (if hîonuîur. )uriiîig the in- etcl:rf the gco11îp, His Mrc nî:. thle latter liav- ing bec j)i-e enited ta him while ini Euigla!id. Engagement : The en- gagemntit anîîounced of Miss Norm-a Dickinson, Reg. N., daughter of Mc. and Mrs. B. S. Diekinson, Port Hope, ta Ttion-a W~. F. Spencer, R.C.A.M.C., Camp Borden, son of 11ev. Canon C. R. and Mrs. Spencer, Bowmanville. The marriage will take place qu:etl* iin SI. John's Ang- licati Church, Bowmanville, the latter part of June. Burkeý(tojîi: Mc. Joe Avery is acaurnci atgaiti after hav- ing beeti laid up from a kick fror a colt. Croco: Miss Ruthî Logan, nure-n tranîîrat, BOw- ,her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. LoQan. 1 have written ta-day toaa friend giving my decision and the reasons therefore. I hope it will be of interest ta yau. Dear I would like ta thank you for yaur recent letter and I arn grateful ta you for giv- ing me yaur views sa frankly 49 YEARS AGO (June 10, 1915) Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pearn spent Sunday with relatives in Oshawa. Mrs. J. C. Dudley is visit- ing lier daughter, Mrs. W. J. Bradd, Regina. Sask. Lance Corp. Alex Beith, 39th Batt., Belleville, was home over the weekend. Miss M. E. Bruce and Miss Mary Cryderman spent Sun- day with friends in Osha- wa. Mr. Leslie Cox af John Hopkins University, Balti- more, Md., is holidiayiîîg at h ome. Mrs. W. N. Tillce', Toron- to, visited hec sisters, Mrs. F. A. Haddy anîd Miss Young. Mr. Archie Tait is carcying his arm in a sling these days, the result ai cranking bis new automobile. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Foster, Miss Doris Foster and Miss Mabel Bray spent Sunday witn relatives in Oshawa. Misses Winnifred a n d Elva B. Bragg spent the weekend with their uncle Mc. Harry Nicholîs, Wesley- ville. Mrs. W. L. Mason, Osha- wa: Mrs. Clark and Mrs. F. R. Kerslake, Hampton; Miss Litta Ruse, Toronto; Mrs. Price,, New Brunswick. re- cently visited Miss Kers- lake. Mrs. W. P. Prower, Mrs. Thos. Percy, Miss Helen Johnston and Mrs. Clarke Bennett were among those attending the June meeting of the Disciples Church in Toranto aver the weekend. We congratulate Mr. Arth- ur J. Trebilcock, son of Councillor and Mrs. P. C. Trebilcock of this tawn, on passing bis first year law exams at Osgoode Hall with honors and winning a schol- arship. Mrs. L. A. Taie, Mrs. F. A. Foster, Mrs. W. Coombe and Mrs. A. E. McCrcady are at Port Hope atteîîding the Branch Meeting af the W. MS., Mrs. W. B. Short and Miss Grace Trewin are re- presenting the Mi1ss io n Circle. Mrs. Robt. Holmes has been visiting hec daughter. Mrs. Hinkson, Oshawa. Miss Lily Burns and Miss Mary Hume spent Sunday with Miss Mary Wood, Base Lin@. on the flag question. I must be entirely frank with yau and tell yau that I plan ta vote in support of a distinctive Canadian flag. In. doing sa, I will demonstrate rny own con- viction, which I arn duty baund ta do, as well as rep- resenting what appears ta be the predominant expression of opinion I arn receiving from Durham. My studied opinion is that a distinctive Canadian flag mwill he a strong uniiying force in aur countrv. I arn sure that once approved hy Parliament, and by the Queen, the design chosen will have the effeet of nat only unifying aur people but will make us prouder than ever of the Canadian traditions we are now creat- ing. Representations 1 continue ta receive frorn Durham in- dicates almost a txvo to ane preference for a distinctive Canadian ilag. This expres- sion ai opinion suhstantiates my feeling that the Red En- sign is not acceptable ta the rnajarity of aur pcople he- cause of the ense with which it can he coniused with the British Merchant Marine flag and its sinîilarity ta the flag af sevoial British co- lonial territ oris. 1 assure yuthat I respect the Union Jack and ail that it stands for in aur histary and tradition; and as a sym- bol ai freedom and democ- racy I was proud ta serve urîder it for four years in the last War. The Union Jack can be kept, and flown on appropri- ate occasions as a flag sym. bolizingf Canada's association with the other nations of the Co!nirnonv'enlth. I do feel, however, that there should be a Canadian national flag which could flot be mistaken for the emhlem ai any other country and which, by itg acceptance, xvould symbolize Canada as a united and sov- ereign nation. The proposcd new design follows very closely the flag used by the Qucen as Queen of Canada which lias its en- tire lower hall dcvoted ta three maple leaves on a white background. This Ca- nadian insignia dates hack ta 1867 and was made offi- cial in 1921 when a roala proclamation issued hy Ki*ng George V ofiicially assigned ta Canada the national col- ours af white and rcd and dceclared the national emhlern af Canada should be thcee red maple leaves an one stem on a white field. With best personal regards. Sincerelv, Russ. Memorial Hospital Weekly Report For week af May 25-31 incl. Admissions.............--- 73 Births-1O maIe, 4 femnale 14 Discharges . - -96 Major operations ---- 13 Minar operations -. 33 Emergency treatments --- 21 Viaiting hours; 3-8 p.ni. daily I don't know how you feel about it, but that "distinctive" Canadian f lag with the three spindly maple leaves on it makes me want ta tbrow up. I'd like ta see somebady ask you ta go out and fight and die for it. No, imnat a Red Ensign boy. The Red Ensign was a makeshift, at best. It is too confused with colonialism and the merchant marine and the Union Jack ever ta be accepted. By the way, I think the Canadian Legion bas bad some pretty sboddy treatment fromn the daily press because of its espausal of the Ensign, and its less-than-enthusiastic reception of the Prime Minister, at the Winnipeg con- vention. What's wrong with an organization standing up for something it believes in? Everybody else does it, from hog producers to folk singers. But the Leg- ion was suddenly made the butt of a vicious and slanted attack in certain dailies. The men wbo did the dirty work in twa wars were suddeniy catalogued as a group of reactionaries, or as one daily put it, a "bunch of aid soldiers," trying ta tell the rest of Canada what flag it sbould have. This canard was climaxed by a bru- tal cartoon by Duncan MacPherson in the Toronto Star, partraying the Leg- iannaire as a bleary-eyed, beery-nosed aid biimp, clinging ta the past. Even the Star xvas embarrassed by the car- taonist's lack of taste. But this isn~t a defense of the Leg- ion. It can look after itself. It bas a minority of aid boozers. Sa does the yacht club and the curling club and the service club and the press club. Before I finish this digression, let me ask a question. Wbat's wrong with booing the Prime Minister? It may be impolite, but it's a beck of a lot better than assassinating him, and I know he'd rather be booed than defeated in office. At the same time, let me express my admiration for Mr. Pearson's cour- age in attacking this f lag fiasco, and doing it in front of a body oppôs'ed to bis views. None of bis three pretteces-' .l sors had the guts ta do it. But to get back to what I origin- ally started to say, let's get everybody sore at nme and get it over with. The whole business of flags is a medieval hangover, with juvenile overtones. Men used ta rally around flags, in the days of hand-ta-hand combat be- cause tbey were trying ta find sanie- body else wha was an thoir side. War evoived (or degenerated, if you like) until the stretcber-bearer be- came a lot mare heroic than the stand- ard - bearer. If you want a bit of gay bunting, by ail means go ta it. Hang up a rosyr apple for the Okananian Valley, or a lobster for soutbeast Kova Scotia, or a rampant ail well for Calgary, and en- joy il. But a Cartadian flag is an ana- cbronism, in the first place. And in the second place, the mapie leaf, ta me and many another Canadian, is just a dang nuisance that cluttors up my lawn ini October. The only possible symnbol that would represent the wvlole of Canada is a snow shovel. I J( Corner for £Poets I THE EARLY BIRD Long 'ere the Orient heralds caming day, While palled Lunna still rides western sky And ail the Morpheus' And in sweet and I. street is stili 'neath sway dreamland wander you Wbile tired bodies garner strength for strife, And jaded brains are steeped in Lethe'a brew, Before the morning cackerei cames ta if e, Or dovecotes echo ta the bill and cao. He tbrows bis portai open witb a bang, He stamps bis way along resoundîng walk; Hurîs bucket down with bideous metal ciang! The pump begins its daily un-ouled talk. Witb gatbering farce it goes from screech ta screecb, Whie countless eyes fly ope in sudden frigbt; And countless tangues give vent ta nameless speech Which censors ban as being impolite. But still the pandemonium gathers force, Fortissimo it floats ta Heaven's dame, Till startied starlets veer from out their course, Tumn tail and make belated tracks for home. Coy sleep, aharmed, takes sudden wi.nged flight, Wide-eyed we stare into the spectral gloam, And curse the malefactor of the nigbt, And pray for bim assured sulphuric doom. And witb the prayer, there cames a sense of peace, A deep and sootbing caîni steals o'er aur soul, And raging passion knaws a glad surcease And cumulatcd terrors fromn me raIl No longer shai] the pulpit carry fear Into my beart and kcep it on the jump. For Hell must be a place of gladsome cheer - The Devil owns no raucous Jones St. pump. W. J. Milis, St. Marys t ft i. t t VOICE 0F SPRING My soul bas na communion, Witb the dead soul of that one, Who cannat see the glory, In the rising of the sun; Who, in the flusb of Springtime, Neyer bears a robin's trili, Never secs the tulip's scarlet, Or the gold of daffodil; Or the summer dusk of evening, The cool f eel of dew on grass, The sweet scent of lilacs wafted, On sof t breezes, as they pass. Ah! could I ta those souls impart, This God-given gif t within my heart. Marjorie Cunningharâ. 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