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ITe Canadian Statesman, Bowrnanville, Aug. 12, 1984 EDITORIAL COMMENT Planning and No Planning From The Evening Guide, Port Hope Recent reports in the Canadian Statesman of Bowmanvilie bave des- cribed the care witb wbicb the Dar- lington townsbip planning board and cauncil have studied the application ta build a cernent plant in that township. The land wbicb the cernent company wishes ta buy is not zoned for industry at the moment, but if we are flot mis- taken the consensus in Dariingtan is that a change in tbe zaning by-law sbauld be passed by the council in order ta permit the cornpany ta build its plant and provide Dariington with same bad- ly needed industriai assessment. These bas been sorne abjection on the part of Dariingtan ratepayers ta the location of the cernent plant and the council and planning board have heard the objections and presumably have given tbem due consideration. Whetber or not the abjections are vaiid we are not pepared ta say, but we feel that the attention of our read- ers, particulariy those in Hope town- ship, sbould be called ta the fact that in Darlîngton tbe people of the town- ship have, tbrough their council and planning board, considerable contrai over wbat kind of dcvelopmnent takes place witbin the township. Not only do these public bodies have the oppar- tunity of reviewing a proposed change in land use before it is aliowed ta pro- ceed, but individual ratepayers wbo bave abjections of their own have the apportunity ta present thern ta the council and planning board. In a township, like Hope, where there is na planning board and fia plan- ning legislation, there is no contrai whatsoever over land use. If a large company decided ta establish a plant anywbere in the township, there would be fia wav of controlling it. The cam- pany migbt plan ta carry an opera- tions whicb wouid be offensive or dan- gerous ta the community. The people of the cornmunity wouid bave no chance ta prevent it. The only possible excuse, and one wbich is sometimes cited, for Hope township's dismai refusai ta do any- tbing about planning, is that planning isn't needed yet. By the time every man, woman and cbild agmees that planning is needed, there will be notb- ing lef t ta plan. The township can ilI afford ta con- tinue witbout any planning and the council is not doing its duty by the ate- payers if it fails ta protect thenr from the dangers of campietely uncon-.rolled development. More Bounce in the Boom The Financial Post says two clear likeiihoads in business and finance foreshadow mucb new strengtb for the long boom in Canada. Spending on new facilities this year may weil be 1617, abave iast year's level instead of the 8% forecast at tbe beginning of 1964. Ottawa this week announced that busi- ness and government expect ta spcnd $10,811 million on new capital assets during the current year. Outlays of $1,- 499 million above a year ago and $716 million higber than anticipated six montbs ago will plainly power the ex- pansion tbmougb into 1965 and under- Write the creation of more new jobs. This is sbarpest year-to-year in- crease in spending seen since the big boom of 1954-56. Money is likely ta be readilv available ta borrowems for the rest of tbe ycam. Relative case is cx- pected ta prevail in credit conditions and stcadily rising profits sbouid go a long way towamd financing the bigher level of capital spending. Bank boans advanced at a sharply faster pace than Canada's money sup- ply in first quarter '64. But boans are now rising marc modcrately and the steady increase in the money supply suggests that the Bank of Canada is willing ta accommodate growtb in credit at persent rates. The Printer and the Computer From The Cobourg Sentinel-Star Daiiy newspaper printers on strike in Toronto don't like automation. Tbey would impede pragress. Tbey can be likened ta citizens of any Canadian cammunity wbo abject ta expansion. . simply because tbey wiil be cailed upon ta share progress by paying bigh- er taxes. The ways of the metra prînters are prafligate; their whole bent is toward a lopsided ecanomy; tbey promate busi- ness bankmuptcy in lethal waste wben they demand that advertisements be reset and thmown away ta provide work. }iaw can any business survive wben the job bas ta be done twice every womking day of the week? The printers in Toronto wouid deny cornputerized typesetting. Tbey want a featberbed wben no job remains, just as the firemen who demanded a free ride witb pay and witbout effort on the railway diesel. Metro printers demand that today's clock stand stili, abetted by big bosses frorn United States wbo contrai them body and soul. These men are the enemies of aur times. If motivation weme stapped one boum this very day, then a fate worse tban the most heinous nuclear explos- ion would befaîl us. Not anc living thing would remain on earth. Every buman-being mnust realize, that the price of progmess means per- sonal sacrifice. Naornuiti-manned do- rninatîng union can forever retard the forward marcb of individuai man across the retrograde picket uine . . . for the 1964 printers' line in Toronto is such. The non-union printer bas no fixa- tions. Long ago be was graduated from the Califomnia job case ta the Rogers typagrapb, the intertype, the linotype, and the iudlow. Each new God-given day he improved bis craft witb new Metbods and new machines. There was no tumning back ta faot-power job press- es, wooden quains, and hand-turned cylinders. In two vears. same say in 20 years, computerized intcrcitv typesetting wil serve many newspapers. The American Press points oui the way of progress, and the independent printer looks at bis new world ta came witb wondemment: The straigbt matter of a newspaper wiil be set hy an expert typisi. The typisi wiil sit down at a $1,500 machine. She will punch cndiess tape (witbout beaking uines, hyphen- ating or justifying). The tape xiii ap- pear witb magnetie dots on it instead of punched bales, and it will be of re- usable plastic. Wben the girl compietes, say, 30 galîcys, tbe printer wiii step ta tbe telephone... The dmeam continues, in anc or more steps beyond the modemn TV Tele- pbone . . . The printer places the mag- netie tape on a smali device attached ta the telephone (cost, $1,500), and he dials a number in Toronto, Montreal, Halifax, St. John, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, or Vancouver wberever hie may be witbin easy distance of the sup- ply centre. In tbe adjacent city, the tape xiii be impulsed ta a big computer, where it will be justified ta the local shop's column measurement, h y p b e n a t e d wbcme necessary at the right letter, and sent back ta the printer on the device by the telephone . . at the futuristic speed of 1,000 lines a minute. The new tape wili be fed from the telephone machine ta the typesetting machine (there are oniy iwo in the craft, linotype and intertvpe) througb another device (at $1,50à) sirnilar ta the present-day punch tape receiver... When the paper is put ta bcd one day in the future, the printer of non- union status (if the union printer is stili striking against automation) wiii sit down at bis desk and write a cheque ta the city computer firm for $10 for five minutes of work, plus the nominal cbarge for the telephone cali. Uninbibited man maves toxvard fresb discovery. Stop him and you im- pede the pumpose for whicb he was ceatcd. What is difficuit ta comprehcnd is the hypocrisv of the picket line pre- sumed ta be for the good of man, but xvhat is progressive about featherbed- ding! Computerized typesetting is still in the dmeam department. but deep xith- in the concept is thc restiess, fomward thrust of manî . . . who, as in the man- ner of Edison and Bell, cannot stand still. Wbe ~an4~fl4u ~t4te~1u4n Durham County's Great Family journal s Established 110 years ago in 1854 Also Incarporating The Bowmanville News*C The Newcastle Independent 10The Orono News reL £uthonzsed as Second Close Mail by the. Past Office Depf.. Otfawa, and for poymenf af postage in Produced every Wednesday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. Box 190 62-66 King St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MOT EDITon-Pu»LisEXE ADvrG. MANAGER BusuîNtss MG] SUBSCRIPTION RATES $4.00 a Yom, trictly in advanco $5.50 a Yeariun the UJnited States Althouqh *very pruccution willb. lak.n Ia avoid arrai rhe Ccinadîan Statesman aecepts advertis- ni ta IIcumns On tii. undO:Standzng t ai if will not be lhable for any error in aay advertisement * bimrdharoumd.x r llots apraof ai such advertisemenît isrequested in writinq by the odvrts. ad rturnd ta Ie Canadlan tatesmacn business office duly siqned by the advertiser and with such errai or cor.ton l painlIy tot.d in writing thereon, and in that case if any error so notêd in not cored by the Cnadian Stteaman its iability *hall nof exceed s u Ch oiorion ai the. enfîre cosf aiuuch dv.rtis.monf0cm the spacé, occupied by the noted error bears 0to ie whole space occupied bysuacb cdvertisement. camb RRIS GR. Letter to Editor A Statement of Fait h Newtonvflie, Aug. 3, 1964.1 Dear Mr. James, I want ta tbank "Longboat" for his contribution of last week. I tbink your readers wiii understand fuiiy what be is trying ta do. By pubiiciy deciaring his faitb bie is helping the rest of us ta keep ours burning mare brightiy and that is soreiy needed. Tbere is one tbing tbe next generation is gaing ta need even more than ours and tbat is faith - faitb in Gad, faitb in eacb ather and faitb in tbemselves. Change is always a sbock uniess we bave faith. I, an untrained layman, arn send- ing in some of my experiences for the soie reason of sharing witb otbers what bas belped me ta keep steady in tbe midst of confusion. In Toronto about year 1909, there raged a verbal battie between two in- teliectual giants in the Metbadist Cburcb. One professor wanted ta bring mare ligbt on tbe Bible, the other would bave none of it so the debate was bitter. The Cburcb upheld tbe con- servative tbinker and disciplined the modern tbinker by taking away his gown. After a few years tbese new truths xvere generally accepted and the Professor xvas taken back into tbe Cburch work. Todav I cannot even re- caîl what the squabble was about. In 1932 I met this aid gentleman. Although over eighty years be stood ereet and bad the bearing of a prince. In bis conversation I could nat deteet anv bitterness for the humiliation bie bad suffered at tbe bands of the Church hie had loved and served but he did vaice bis regret that sa much of bis life had been wasted. This littie story apart from church bistory wbich sbould be remembered at this time shouid be especialiy inter- esting ta people of Northumberland and Durham. This modemn ibinker was Dr. George Workman, a Nortbumberland boy. His grandparents witb their family came out from England in tbe early 1840's and settled for a time in Cobourg. A stonie mason by trade bis grandfather buiit tbe aid Royal Hotel in Cobourg. He then took bis family ta Sbeiter Val- ley where bie buîlt biis stone bouse which still stands. Severai of the family are buried in Shelter Valley cemetery. Dr. George was the son of George. He studied for the ministry in Victoria Cailege wbiie it was in Cobourg, tben studied abroad finishing bis studies in Germany. For bistory's sake I wauld like ta add tbat only anc of tbe aider genera- tion came west into Durbam. This was John wbo taak up land in Clarke just north of Newtonville. A granddaugbter Miss Lillie Workman stili lives an part of tbis homestead. My next experience is a very per- sonal one. In the early 1930's old and young attended tbe rural "Young People's" ail cantributing and ail bene- fiting from the meetings. One evening ahl my cbiidren but onc xvent on ahead. I waîtcd for tbe me- maining anc ta finish bis homework. At iast hie tald me ta go on as hie wasn't gaing. I sensed something was botbering him for, le was keen for bis Churcb activities, so asked bim for bis reason. He tald me lie had no igbt ta go ta Church as lie did not believe in the Bible. Fortunateiy for bath of us I re- membered a short period in my own mid-teens xvhen I shatt *ered a nearly perfect record of attendance in Cburcb and Sunday Sehool by refusing ta go ta church. I could remember vividly watching my famiiv drive off then wan- dering down ta the pasture f ield ta sit on a big stone ta think tbings through. It just seemed I could no langer be- lieve what I had been taught ta believe but had ta believe for myscif. After a very short period 1 was back in cburcb witbi a stronger faith than ever and it was ail mine. I feit this wvas what was happen- ing ta my boy and wvas nat far astray. He was attending Higb Scbooi and bis tute of West Durbam were trying ta dig Up bistory and I witb others were busy on tbe praject. I asked bîm bow we were doing this and be said mostiy by asking questions of aider citizens. Then I couid explain tbat tbat is ex- actiy how the Bible was written. For centuries no record couid be kept. Wben man could write on parcbment be became concerned over this lack and began ta searcb bis past. This was done by devout men over many centuries but they ail had ta reiy on staries band- ed down from 'generatian ta genera- tion. We neither one of us got going ta "Young Peopie's" but I was able ta belp him regain bis faîtb in God and tbe Holy Seiptures. I tbink this sarne thing is causing a lot of confusion for aur young people especially. Tbey bave let go of the aid and baven't been able ta, grasp the new. A young man just ardained for the ministmy once toid me he was so confused be did not know wbat be beiieved, but as he advanced he found something better and ricber than be ever bad. My third experience I had in the Maritimes where I leamned s0 mucb in such a short time. Our cottage was on a point with water tbree sides of us. The part of the Bay ta the soutb of us was narrower and flowed under the raiiroad bridge. One marning ta my amazement this part of the Bay was dry and only for getting a bit muddy we could bave walked across the wbole way ta the other side and tbe tawn of Sbediac. Like a streak of lightning there flasbcd befome me a clearer picture of tbe cross- ing of the Chiidren of Israel on dry land and the following Egyptians dmowned. In a few boums it was again a bay of water. Between aur cottage and bay was a nice grassy siope large cnough for tbree or four more cottages and I often wondered why it bad nlot been built on. The last Sunday we were down theme about Nov. lst, I got my answer. Looking out of the window, I, in my ignorance was horrified ta find that during the nigbt the water bad crept over tbat siope and was witbin ten feet of the back door. It soan began ta me- cede and in a few boums the bay was back ta, normai. There is a law even tbe tides obey. Old timers told me it was tbe stary of the moan, the tides and the season of year. What bave I iearned by these and many other experiences? I believe in God and in a Hereafter. I believe tbe Bible is man's finest guide. I believe creation stili goes on. God in the beginning planted ail matemials needed but tbraugb the elements of na- ture and allowing man ta belp bim tbe work still goes on. 1 believe God is able ta, perforrn tbe miraculous but prefers ta use the natumal laws and chooses ta allow man ta bclp him in the task. I believe God bas a purpase for eacb of aur lives and life bas more meaning for those who accept the chal- lenge. I believe my crlationship with God is a persanai anc and does not depend on what anyone cisc believes. I believe there are dedicated men and wamen witb trained minds giving their lives ta scarch for Truth in tbe Spiritual reaim just as sureiy as there are trained scientists searcbing for an- swers in the Natural worid. We cannot ignore or belittie their findings in any field or we mîgbt find ourseives living long enougb ta bave ta change aur minds. I believe God made ail men equai. If we look down upon thase who have not had the same apportunities, we look ridiculaus in His sigbt. I arn determined ta keep my cmeed simple and my relatianship witb God uncluttered by undue anxiety over wbat I cannot comprehend. I believe God oniy expeets us ta undemstand accardingly ta our capacity for undcrstanding. Yours truly, Rural Grandmother, Agnes Bumîey. LEAD ME ON! I walked alang the road to-day Theme were chiidrcn gay ai play. My heamt was beavy as 1 irod, For dry and parched was the sod. But God bas a Plan for every soul, And everyone can reach bis goal; 'Flow cauld ihai be so?' I pondemed, As along cauiiously 1 wandered. Then 1 came ta a building large, 0f brick and mortar - 'Give me courage.' I walked in and ioaked around, Stili I stood on a dried ground, Cbiidmen cried - burt and iii - Eased not by e'cn a publ. My step grcxv heavier as I walked, And tied ta case pain as I taiked, Then came the lime I bad ta go, To beave those corridors below. To m'y heari came a silent prayer, As I beathed in same fresb air. "Carry on, God, with your plan, lt's too Big for bcast or mani - And as I viewed the setting suni, I murmumed low 'Just Lead Me On! -Marion Ford SUMMER GLADNESS Summer days are long, And the shadows lie deep, In the beari of the woods, Whcre the saund of the creek, Makes cîcar crystal music, As it ripples and turns. 'Twixt beds of cool masses, And tali waving ferrns. I'mn tbrilled when mv eyes, Sec the blue of the sky, And the beautiful wings 0f a gay butterfly. I'rn glad I have hearing, For birds' happy sangs, But most glad I've a heari, That ta beauty responds. Marjorie Cunninghamn. ALONG LIFE'S ROAD The things I would not, those I do, Ia ibat, dear Paul, s0 much like you Arn I; - I also leave undone, Those very tbings I know I should bave donc. I ponder on thai strange complex 0f persan, which makes the wbole of me, And think if suddenlv anc could be changed, As il xvas donc so long ago to thee. And one day. as I travel ih my ioad, Sce ihat same light an m. Damascus road. - Marj amie Cunninghamn If anvone, dares to utter, or write, one word against established procedure, that person is immediately branded as a no-goodnik; he is a beel, a bounder, a traitor. a cad, or as one reader so apt- ly described this scribbler recentlv, a fool and a jackass. Most of us who read this column alwvays believed the fore- going but, since erading it in the States- man, wve know it is officiai. Thus we corne to the matter of formai educa- tion, a subject witb which your scribe 15 unfamiliar but does not hesitate ta express an opinion. Specifically, bow about the current, bot debate about Grade 13? There appears to be three sebools of thought on this contentiaus matter. 1, Grade 13 should be contin- ued, but modified; 2, Grade 13 should be lef t as is; 3, Grade 13 should be abolished. The odd thing about ail three opin- ions is, they are expressed by educatars, or well educated people. Now, if these eggbeads can't agree on a simple solu- tion of the probiem, what chance have us uneducated slobs got? If it is true that some Canadian Provinces, and the fifty United States do flot bother with this particular grade, why do \Ve, in Ontario, need it? Is it part of the "establishment," and there- fore a sacred cow? Jsn't it true that a lot of "drop auts", from Grade eigbt and up, are currentix' the operators of the successful businesses which are em- ploying the security-eonsciaus j eily-fish who graduated from institutions of higher learnin1g on their old man's dough? This niay be a shade drastie, but stili contains an elernent of truth. It's a fact that, far too many regard a diploma as a crutch instead of a spring- board ta a fu, useful life. This writer bas boen acquainted with persans who, with a senior matriculation, feit that their educationai attainments auto- matically barred thern from healtby, physical labour. q *zS;* ké The Canservative apposition push- cd Parliament tao the brink of an elcc- tion tbis ,veel before letting the motion for interim suppl ' pass. Under Mr. Diefenhaker's direction the Conserva- tive speakers proionged the routine mo- tion for a total of nine days. Earlier in the week N.D.P. leader Tommy Douglas suggcsted what seem- cd ta hoe a reasonahie solution la the impasse. Speaking in the debate Mr. Douglas said, "I suggest that wben Par- liament reaches a stalemate there is onlv anexva v ta resolve it, and that is for reasonabie men ta try ta find a com- promise by which each side will give wav ta some extent and find a solu- The N.D.P. leader suggested that the govemnmenî should agree to, a vote on the amnendmacrît ta the flag resolu- tion which pravides for a referendum ta be hcld, and that debate on the flag issue should then be adjoumned until some urne in the faîl. If ibis was agree- able ta the govemameni the Conserva- tives should then agree ta a limit of anc weck's debate on the flag wben il cornes before Parliament again. "It seemns ta me ibis calis for concessions on bath sides", he said. "If they (the govcmnment) are prepamed ta give way ...we on this side of the House should be equallv preparcd ta give way by agreeing thai when the fiag debate cormes up il will be limited ta a stated Rigbt now, the educators appear ta bave a lot of influence with the people wbo control aur nation's finan- ces, and tbey are tbe same folks wbo intirnate quite smugly that, uniess everv one obtains a university education, bo, or she. is doomed ta a life of hopeless degradation. If that is so, and everv- body becomes an eggbead, who is going ta dig tbe ditches, hiew the wood, car- ry the water and dlean out the barn- yards? Ail universities are currentiy screaming for millions of dollars ta en- large their institutions to take care of the many would-be students of tbe fu- ture, and at tbe same time, aur federal gavernment is offering a thousand dol- lars ta persons of certain qualifications ta enable tbemn to enter university, and thus aggravate tbe alreadv crowded conditions. Seems like an odd paradox! Apropas the subjeet of "drop auts." One of aur relatives, because of finan- ciai stringency, was unable ta attend high sehool; hy the time be xvas fifty- twa, be bad acquired enougb wealtb ta retire from the active business woid. Like Roy Thomson, the newspaper rnag- nate, be bas tbe knack of being able la read, and understand, a balance sheet, with tbe result that, people requiringt bis services bave had to pay a stif f price. Perhaps, with high sehool, or col- lege training, he might have reachedi greater beigbts, but it is doubtful. With the higber education, he might have followed tbe trend of sa man y others, and secured a position of security, and allawed bis natural talents to become stuitified. As it was, he, ini ignorance, did tbings outside of the accepted code, witb excellent resuits. Don't get me wrong! I'm ahl for a good, formai cdu- cation, but nat if it kilîs initiative, and makes the recipient a leech, instead of a leader in saciety; only when it is a complement ta the use of tbe aid gray matter, wbich is an ideal combination. ,id4 Gin ipice By Bill Smiley Sumrnertime in this country is a mixt.ure of 50 many wonderful things that I1xvauld happily leave for the next womld, ai once, if someone said ta me, "Sorry, aid boy, but yau'Ii neyer be able ta spend another summer in Can- ada." Perhaps the fascination of a Cana- dian suimmer mîght be compared ta falling in love, once a year, wîtb a pas- sianate, unpredictable wornan. Just as you arc neyer quite sure where yau'me at with sucb a dame, you are neyer sure of what a Canadian surn- mer hias in store for you. She mnight greet you witb the warm, seductive scents of June and, jusi as you are about ta seize ber retreat into a f rame of mind so cbiiiy that you're diving for your eccntly discarded woollies. In July, she turns an the cbarm full blasi, clutching you in a sizzling embrace that makes your head reel and your feet falter. But wben you tbrow caution ta the winds and submnit your- self cntimclv ta the affair - in short, when you gýo on your holidays - she bias a change of mood and weeps for two xveeks withaut pause. When August cames, hem murmur- ous langor, the sheer, delectable sight and smeii of hem, sends yau running once more into hem round, golden arms - and hem perfume gives you bay fev- er. On Labar Day, leaving you frus- tmated. exasperaled. exhausted and broke, she smiles once, enigmatically, and heads soutb ta look for fresher loyers and bigger bankrolis. Ah, sbe's a bad anc. aId Mesmer- anda Summer. She delights in making kids wbiny or sick, giving tbemn sun- burn, and dirccting tbemn inta patches of poison ivy. This for the aske of tom- rnenting their mothers. She doesn't like women, you see. That is, young wamen. And hem malice iowamds them is easiiy grasped by look- ing ai the costumes she persuades thcm ta weam ai the beaches and in town. I wouldn't be surprised b lîcar ber choriiing mcrriiy about the topless swirn suit siiliness, which she douhtiess stamted. Teenagers she likes ta, tease. She fis ibemn with mysterious urges and yearnings which make themn drive like retarded orangoutangs, dance in. their bare feet amid broken botties and rat- tlesnakes, and fali in love witb people who should be put away in institutions. Sbc's not pure cvii, though. She bas a mather soft spot for the' aider folk. She warrns their aribritie joints with ber bat, tender hands. She fis their ionely bearts xvith pleasure in ber loveliness. And she rcmninds them, in subile fashion, of the days when tbey kncw hem long aga, when they were young and passionate themselves. Every urne I feel the cool, smooth bands of children aftcr swimming, every time 1 waik a loneiy beach and sce iigbts acrass the bay, every lime I bear the silken rustiing of ber garments in the evening trees, I know I arn once again in ibrali ta that wonderful witcb - the Canadian summer. And I'm glad. pcriod of lime." Mr. Douglas theri went on ta sug- gesi a meeting of the leaders of all parties in omder ta "get the business of parliament back on the rails." Prime Minister l'earsori said ihese suggestions were "reasonable" and h.- convened two meetings of party lead- ers in an attempi la reach agreement. After the second meeting hopes for a solution ta the deadlock xvere dasbcd when Mr. Diefenbaker rejected the pro- posai on the girounds that the Conserva- tive party would flot permit itseif ta be bound by a trne limit on the fiag debate. In my opinion it is vitally neces- sary for parliament ta estiihlishi a hasis for confining dehate on an issue toaa easonable iength of time. For any group in the flouse ta have the right ta bold Up progress ibrough intermin- able debate is an abuse of the parlia- rnentary process. Sooner or later, by mutuai agreement between all parties, or, alternativcly, by gavemament initia- tive in amending the mules, we arc go- ing ta have ta arrive at some arrange- ment for ]imitiag debate. Mr. Diefenbakem's rejectian of the compromise suggested by N.D.P. leader Douglas (which embodied the principle of a limitation on debate) was disap- poinîing ta many wbo hoped that a use- fui precedlent might have been estab- lished at this lime. J1TCorner for £Joets Report from Ottawa By Russell C. Honey, M.P. Youngmrnan's Colunin jar m nm