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wý 4 ie Canadian Stategman, Bowmanville, Apr. 24, 1968 It's r aWild, Wild World We Live In Usuaily, we oid fogey editors spend Our quiet editorial-writing moments viewing wyith alarm the trends in economie, social and cultural events in the town, country and world. Behind every wage increase for industrial un- Ions we spot the horned devil of infla- tion lurking. The sarne applies to Unearned extensions in welfare, broad- ening of laws governing moral issues and, so on. We've been doing this type of viewing for decades with very littie obvious success, So today we're going to change the pattern on the premise that if you can't lick them, you might as weIl join 'em. Here we sit, early Tuesday morn- Ing, really excited. Even our breath is bated, whatever that means. We can hardly wait to. hear if this new, excit- Ing and absolutely fantastic Prime Min- lster of ours is going to cail an election for June 25th. Personally, we feel he would be smart to wait a couple of weeks, bring in a Speech f rom the T1hrone, with emergency legisiation giv- ing ail 18-year-old girls the vote. If he could get that through the House, he'd béa shoo in. Neyer niind any other legisiation, just go to work on that. Stanfield would be lost in the shuffle and poor old Tommy Douglas would fade away. We just can't picture either one of them being pursued across the Parliamentary lawn by a crowd of mini- skirted females, hungry to be kissed. That's one thing you'll have to hand to charismatic Pierre. Politicians have al- ways been accused of seeking votes by kissing babies. He's raised the sights quite a bit to the 18-year-olds and, if it keeps up, we might be persuaded ta get back into the political field again ... after we've had a few weeks train- ing at Vic Tanney's to get in shaje 50 we wouldn't get caught too quicky. If it comes, the election should be something to talk about for years. Prob- ahly no candidate over 46 or 48 will be permitted to stand. Qualifications will be based on allure rather than policies. Scope, that well-publicized mouthwash that keeps your breath kissing sweet for hours, might provide sufficient quanti- ties of the product for every candidate who hopes to act as proxy for the Prime Minister. Teeny bopper bands will per- form at every election function when speeches wilI be kept to a minimum. Flowers would be strewn along every aisie and sniffed, chewed and tossed ou- to the crowd by ail candidates who must wear sandles, sphinX7like mysteri- ous smirks and Gallic shrugs. It will be quite a performance to match any- thing the Americans have ever corne up with. We'd hate to miss the fun. Until the announcement cornes we'Il sit, wait and contemplate with anticipation the days that lie ahead. This world gets crazier and crazier. An industrialist who makes his Môney by exploiting hîs workers is im- moral. The worker who turns out shod- dy goods and loafs away any of the hou.rs in which he is paid to labor is also collecting immoral earnings. Bath classes are living off others. Doubtless union pressures and the close supervision demanded by com- petitive trading ensure that most peo- pie get a fair wage for work fairly dane. Taxation is based on the theory that, from whom much is given, much is required. Such restraints on the free- dom of the few for the welfare of the many are neyer papular and, because of man's sinful nature, there will al- ways be people who take f rom the economny much mare than they justly deserve and find ways of circumvent- ing the payment of what is due. No mnatter how widespread may ha. the practices followed, they take unfair advantage over others and are there- fore immoral. Legally, immoral earnings concern profit made from prostitution or traf- fie in drugs. Christians would add a few other trades and professions. Mod- ern swingers woîîld free them ail from legai sanctions, arguing that they rneet the law of supply and demand and that they provide "enîoyment". It is because of this hedonistic at- titude coupled with the self-interest which dominates much modemn living, that the lifting of sanctions on latter- les is regarded by mest church and social workers as being sheer folly. The wise know that only a smail proportion of the maney raised by "charitable" lotteries benefits the cause they profess ta help (e.g. 201/o of the Irish Hospital Swepestake, in spite of its international support). The sugges- tion that prafits from provincial latter- ies will pay for medical research or the education of aur children is merely a bait for the gullîble. Experience has always shown that any let-up on gamb- ling results in the rich getting richer and the poor being made the poorer, as well as raising welfare and police costs, which the thrifty taxpayer will have ta meet. Self-interest needs no encourage- ment. It saps the moral fibre of the nation. Once opened, the flood-gates are difficult ta close again, as Britain is finding after having been cajoled into giving way ta the gambling interests. With children in aur sehools alreadv being put on the road ta alcoholisrn and drug addiction, gambling is the last thing we need ta help ta educate thcm. -Salvation Armv's War Cry Doctors Offered $5,000 to Settie in Town Sn great is the demand for doctors fi some parts of Ontario, reports The Medical Post, that the town of Goderîch (pop. 6400) has offered two interns an tncentive bonus of $5000 each ta go into rrtiethere when they complête their ntrsip in London this spring. In return the town seeks a guarantee of M4-hour service for one year and assur- ance that bath men wauld remain in practice in Goderich for another four years. The reeve of Goderich, a chiraprac- tor, is one o! two an the eight-man counicil who opposas the mayae. He calîs It "protection money." The mayor - one of the tawn's The Slob How many beer caris along the highway did you caunt on your way to work today ? The number is on the increase. And when cans are made o! aluminum, they wvan't rust away. They remain as a permanent memorial ta modemn society. .Every now and then, a plea just has ta be made reminding about litter along the highways. And alang the streets and the railroads and anywhere else. The advertising fraternity does a useful job with its ads praclaiming that "every litter bit hurts." Sociologists blarne the litter-bug habit on aIl sorts of things: On the affluent society which pretties every purchase in a multiplicity ,of packaging - ail of which must be four dactors - says the offer is "'abso- lutely not a bribe, it's just an incentive ta establish practice in Goderich." Ha points out that other municipalities offer rent-free homes and offices as an inducement. "What's the difference ? he asks. Twao! Goderich's doctors are near- ing retirement, according ta Mayor Dr. IVils. Like mnany other smali towns which have lost doctors and cannot find replacements, Goderich is warried about finding athers ta meet its medicai needs. The two interns say they are thinking the proposai over and the Ontario Medical Association will be asked for an opinion before any decision is made by the doctors and the town council. Society discarded before the poduct can ha used. Or- on the cities with their com- pressed populations. Or on the "under- culture" o! America - the careless people, so-called, who just don't came how the scenery is cluttered up. But way down deep, it aIl goes back ta personal habits o! neatncss and cleanliness and appreciatiori o! beauty and o! order. Do Americans want ta admit that the Russians have these qualities, and the Germans, and the Scandinavians, but they don't? Visit a Soviet subway and yau wan't find a cigarette butt, flot even a dîscarded candy wrapper. And flot a beer can, anywhere. Think about it ! -Christian Science Monitor Sugar and ipice GOOD LUCK, PIERRE! - Everything that could possibly b ave been written about the Liberal leadership convention has already been *written. But it's Spring, almost,an They're both pre'tty green, but Summer usually follows. BtNo, 1 didn't bet against Trudeau. But1 an't see a guy called Winters ever winning an election in this coun- Itry. We get enough of that nonsense about eight months of the year. gAs an English teacher, I always look at namnes for symbolic suggestions. Winters has already been dealt with. I-ellyer sounds slightly like "Hell with yer, ll do as I please." Paul Martin. I think a martin is a Ismnal] bird. And he sure got it fromn Ithe eagles and falcons. But he xvas a Igame bird, despîte the fact, and des- erves a salute for dignity and courage. (I met Martin years ago encumber- ed by a couple of plastered Liberals f rom the sticks, and he had the same dignity then. These are the people who ]et hîmi down, after he'd made grueli- ing trips to Hayfork Centre to speak for some local jerk.) Turner didn't live up to his name. Tough. No turning. Watch out for him in future. He wants it ail] or nothing. MacEachen was a disappointment. He's a man of intelligence and integ- rit y. But he ran his campaign as though he were running for Reeve of Juniper Junction, and qeven made a bollix of withdrawing from the race. A pity. Joe Greene is Joe Greene. I've seen him in action before. A dangerous orator of the old school : emotional, convinc- ing, but a pretty fair Minister of Agri- culture when you penetrate theverb- lage. Sharp was sharp, and always has been. He made the right move at the right time, and he's famous for this. Despite a couple of abysmal lapses dur-i MacDuff Ottawa Report No Snap Job OTTAWA - One of the early resuits of Pierre Tru- deau's accession to the prime ministry could be an impor- tant shifting of the political weights in Queber. The shift could, as some separatists have already sug- gested, break up current political modes and stimulate the Independence movement In the Province. The opposite effect, how- ever, seems more likely. Trudeau federalîsm xiII probably hecome a strong force in the Province in a way that Pearson federaiism or cooperative federalismn neyer eould. What the new Prime Minister offers first of ai]lin the people of Quebec is this - a voire at the summit speak- ing to them bI their own language. That is alniost. as import- ant as what the voice says We already have a pretty Rood Idea of what the voire will be saying. Basically, it wîll be saying, 'equal rights for French - Canadians, wherever they live, and equal powers for the prov- in ces." In other words. full recog- nition of Canadian dualism, but rejection of special status for the province of Quebec or special powers of a major nature for any province. This view, if one Judges by the published utterances of practically ail political parties at the provincial level In Queber, is extremely un- popular. 25 YEARS AGO (April 29, 1943) Mrs. Russell Oke spent the waekend ln Toronto with ber sister, Mrs. R. Gabouria. On Saturday, May lst, Stuart R. James officially takes over the Insurance business in Bowmanviile that lias been operated under the name of J. J. Mason & Son for many years. Wlnnars ln the Victory Loan Quiz Contest Ili the public sehoals in Bowman- ville were Jack Hayes, senior grades; Billie Siaglit, intermmdiate grades, and Coileen Clarke, iî u n i o r grades. At. Bowmanville Higli Schooi bthe winoers were Don Quick and Cordu- la Stenger. Recent visitors wibh Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bamoett, Providence, were Miss Edna Sait, Toronto; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sait, Mm. and Mrs. F. R. Sait and family, Har- many, and Navigator Peter Dolby of the RA.F., Chelms- ford, Essex, Engiand. Cpi. S. Wilson. Cpi. R. Richards, Ptes. W. J. Tait, J. Peradeau, G. Graham, S. Spicer, W. Tomlonson, P. Patrick, of Bowmanville, and Ptes. W. Parks and N. Thompson a! Tyrone, mam- bers a! the Ist Midland Bat- talion. wbo weme aIl home an leave at bhe beglnning of March. are now overseas. Mrs. A Hohhs ieft Tues- day,. April 2fth, for Sas- katchewan tO spend a month's vacation with hem brother and family ln Rosa- town nnd ber daugliter Ruby ln Regina. Miss Katliryn O'Neilîl e- tumned home Thursday fmomn Queen's University, Kings- ton, aftar completing the final yea of hem course. Sgt. George Grahanm ban returned ta Prince Rupert, B.C. nfter spending furlaugh with bis wife and daugliter. Misses Marion and Joan Hardy, Toronto, are spend- Ing Enster hoildays with Mr.e and Mrs. A. M. Hardy. Misses Dorothy Birkeli and Fiorence McDanald, Toronto, spent the week- end with Mr. and Mrs. A. H.c Bickall and family. Mrs. Byron Vanstona and v Margaret Imena bave jalned ber busband LACN. Byron Vanstone at Halifax. N.S. Miss Sheila E. Fitcbett. 1 Montreal. is visiting hem grandlather, Mm. Williamn FanoWestmount. Trudeau belie.ves that AL is not nearly as unpopu.lar as Messrs. Johnson, Lesage, Bourgauit and Levesque make out. In fact he believes that an articulate, coherent federalism of the kind hie proposes will have great appeal in Queber, and there are signs he may be right. Trudeau is a man of sub- stance and stature in any company and in either of Canada's languages. There can be littie doubt that he will attract strong support to him and his Ideas of fed- eralism flot only In English- speaking Canada but also ini Queber. There are few strong det- enders of federalism in Quebec today, but many sup- porters of federalism ask only for a respectable voire to articulate their attitudes. 'I hat Is what Trudeau may do for Quebec and for Can- ada. It will be no snap job. And of course, he can nat do it alone. But there is one other thing that Trudeau has aI- ready begun to do. He bas given heart to the 590 or so Liberal memnbers of parlia- nment from Queber. With their support throughout the Province, Trudeau can estab- lsh a powerful and appeal- Ing alternative to the autono-1 mist tendencies that mark every provincial partv. Io thts, bis foremost an-1 tagonist will be the Quebec Premier. Daniel Johnson. At the moment there ap- In the Dim and - M'~JDistant Past From the Statesman Files 49 VEARS AGO (May 1. 1919) Pte. F. A. Lewis raturned tram overseas last week and Is with his wlfe and family who hava been living with bar parents, Mm. and Mrs. Markus Mayer, since anlist- lng. Principal W. J. Morrison attended O.EA., Toronto, and was elacted Councillor ln Natural Science section. Miss Sara Neads, Toronto, spent Eastar with Mrs. Wil- son Neads and met many old friands wbo were glad ta sea hem. Mm. Fred J. Van Nest vis- Ited bis mother and aLlier relatives ln Phuladeiphia and New York City over Easter. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kel- mari, Toronto, were Easter guests of his brother, Mm. W. Kelman. W. A. Remmer, farmemly of Enniskiiien, is principal of Brockville public schools. Mr. W. J. McMurtry, o! Toronto, recentiy visited bis brother and sister liera. Mr. Finlay, Cavan, ln turning his car an grade near the Otonabee River, Lakefield, and the brakes nat worklng well. the car ran back Into the river. wat- ar being up ta the necks of five passangers. Men car- ried them on their backs ta the shore and the car was hauled out by a ropa. Willow wood Is being stor- ad ln Newcastle dril1 shed for seasoning for a Toronto factory to use ln manu- factuming artificial legs and arms. Itlis so liglit. Coal denlers say buy coal now as It may lie $14 à ton la ter. Quite a snow stomm p me- vailed on Thursday and Fri- day Iast, April 24 and 25, Mrs. W. E. Eari, Toronto, visited Mrs. H. W. Burk, Centre St. Sypsies bave passed tbmougb t.own on their Spring trek. Miss Eva Veale. Toronto, vislted ber parents. Duke Street. Mrs. R. Dumas was guest o! Toronto friands mecently. Mr. Gea. Hall, Toranto, wns an Easter visitor bere. Hogs are brtnging $20 to $20-50 par cwt. ln Toronto. Dr. and Mrs. Willard, Toronto, were guesta of M. IR. Collacott Pickering Is getting a new Standard Bank. tive ln Quebec to Mvr. John- son's National Union party, and fromn the Faderai point of view, that is probably a good thlng. If Mr. Johnson were being f hreatened by the Libarals or the separatists, be would be forced elther ta escalate his Govarnment's demands for autonomny, or to take a rigid and uncompromising position ln negotiation. The Liberals undar Mr. Lesage, howaver. 00ow stand low ln public esteem in the Province. Their official views on federalismn include a demand for a spaclal sta- tus for Quebec which goes farthar than tha stil] rather vague Positions of the Nat- ional Union. The separatists, oin the other' hand, have prohahly gained some grouind ai th'e expense of the Liberals. For- mer Liberai Cabinet Minister Rene Levesque is formlng a naw party, the Sovereignty Association. Ilb , a separatist party modifiad bY the hope that an Independant Quebec could be part of a customsg union or common market wlth the rest of Canada. Levesque is an exciting leader, and ha hope s oon ta, armalgamatc ail the separatist, Parties in Queber. His Sov- eralgnty Association, .loined with the largast separatist; party, Pierre Bourgault's Rassemblement pour l'Inde- pendence Nationale, and Gil- les Gregoire's Ralliement National, could wln 30 per- cent aif the vote ln a provin- cial alaction. At least that's what Levesque says, and he estimates that If that hap- pens a separetist goverrnment could be élected in Quabac by 1972. In spite of these hIgh hopeç, howaver, Trudau as Prime Minister is bad news for separatism, and Levesque knows It. Levesque is also discovering that the power base he had as a Quebec rninistar, and that lie thought was his alone, Is no onger with him. As Trudeau and the Fedaral prasence j mova strongly into Quebec, 1 .evesque wiu, probably &,ane, and the separatist movament will wane with him. It will not, of course, dis- ppear. Separatism will re- nain a strong force. But not adecisive force. The future of Quebar ln Canada rests ot with Levesque and the 'dependence movement, but with Johnson, Trudeau, and Ie people of Quebec in the Droadest possible sense. Naturally, it will rest also vlth the governiments and ,e people of the othar prov'- nces too. The federal - provincial rnferance on constitutional eform will proceed. The p rime Minîster of Canada ill participate. So will the )rmiers of Quebee, Ontario, t( Iritish Columbia, Alberta, nd ail the other provinces. r From time to, time there f jili le difficulties, such as ose over Quebec's partici- a ation ini international rela- i Ins. But the broad shape M fthe Canada of the future p 7iii be determined by nego- ation among elected men b) ke the Prime Ministar and ar le premiers. Which ln at ft af iould lie. i Pontypnol, Ontario, April 15, 1968 Dear Sir: In regards te the column. Sugar and Spire, by Bill Smilay, we were Invited to pass our opinion on this. He writes quite atten about school and studants, thus Ih bis work. Often iL bas been Interesting ln more wnys than one. 1 ead this caîumn and thanki lie he bas talent ta write. Sincamely. Miss Stella Penwnmden, MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT Week of April 15-21 Inclus. Admissians . -- -- -. 93 Biths-l maie. 4 femnale 5 Diecharges----. --8,5 Major operations - 12 Minor opeatians .... 35 Emaergency treatmenbs 50 VisIting houri 3-8 p.m. daily Kierans made a great fight, *.ît who really feels sorry for a millionaire who's going to wind up in the Cabinet, and didn't have a ghost of a chance in the fîrst place. Stout chap though. You can't make much of Trudeau 's namne, symbolically. H-owever, I think he's just possibly a better chaice than that chap called Laframboise fram Northern Ontario. I have a vague idea Laframboise means "The Strawberry." And where would we be then, inter- nationally ? Eaten, with sugar and cream that's where. All 1 hope is that Canadians won't go sour on Trudeau when the Gallie shrug, the quirked eyebrow and the chimpanzee's grin disappear after a couple of months of dealing with all the garbage a prime minîster must put out. To the constant disgust of my wife and daughter, I knocked J. F. Kennedy constantly after his election. I kept saying, "Sure, he's cute. Sure he has a beautiful grin. Sure, he's witty. Sure, everybody loves him, except 49 per cent of the U.S. voters. But he's a ruthless politician. When is lie going to do some- thing besides charm people ?" 1 feel the same way about our new prime minîster. He's ciever, charming, rîch. He's a bachelor, which probably accounts for the rich and charming. 1 wish bim weil. I hope he breathes into Canadian politics that fresh new breeze everyone is predicting. But 1 wouldn't count on it. Most of the boys in the press gallery touting him as the salvation of Canada were saying the same thing about Dief ten years ago. And they'll be the first to start eutting strips off him when he fails to produce immediate miracles. Good luck, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. I think you might just do it. And, fin- a]ly, goodbye Lester Pearson. I think you were a dandy despite your faults, and I think history will record you as Report from Queen's Park by Alex Carruthers, M. P P. Eastar Recess and Tax Exemption The Adjournment of the Ontario Legislature on April llth came as a welcome respite to aIl] Members and particularly ta those from Northern Ontario wha, because of distance, are unable ta visit their constituencies regularly. The House wiil recanvene on Mon- day, April 22nd and the Members can look forward to a Session extending well into August with night sittings on Mandays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. The present Session, which began an February l4th, has in spîte of pro- longed debate made significant prag- ress. Eighty-one items of legisiatian were processed including forty Gavernment Buis and forty-one Bills sponsared by Private Mernbers. In the total eleven votes recarded, the Government, al- though having a majority of anly twen- tyv-one, was sustained with an averaîl average of twenty-nine votes. Three hundred and fîfty questions were asked of the Govemnment during this period. rhese in mnany instances required lengthy answers and quite aften in- volved a supplementary question and answer. The introduction by the Hlonor- ahle Darcy McKeough, Minister of Mîunicipal Affaîrs, of a Bill enttled "An Act ta Provide for the Reduction of Mlunicipal Taxation an Residential Property" somewhat alleviated the im- pact af încreased taxes at the municipal level and should came as welcome news to the praperty owner and tenant. The legislation, designed ta reduce municipal property taxes, includes the lllowing features: ) It provides for $150 million in Prov- ,cial Government assistance ta an esti- -ated 2,500,000 isouseholders ini the ?ravi nce. » It will pravide for a tax credit thati rnaunts ta the taxes on the first $2,000 d assessment on the basis of an equal- 1 zed mil] rate through the use of an îualizatian factor.1 ,It will require the Provincial Gav-i riment ta assume approximately 15% * the property taxes of each residen-1 il tax payer in Ontario. This will work r ut ta between $45 and $65 an the vast ajority of residential praperties. )It requires the landlord ta pass t long the full amount of the tax credit C )tenants. Failure ta do so wili result t] ia penalty in the form of a substan- a al fine. I C) eri tia d) aio ta in e) The municipality wiil forward the total amount of grants and the Provin- cial Government will reimburse the municipality for the full amount. In situations where the niunicipality g already sent out 1968 tax buis chequi will have ta be issued by the munici- pality ta the property owner. f) In the case of tenants, the benefit can be granted either in the form of reduced rent ar direct cash payment b5b the landlard. The equalization factor, whîch il calculated by dividing the market valu@ af the property by the assessed value, is needed because the tax structure is different in every municipality. When, in the future, assessment is based on the market value of property no equali- zatian factor wîll be required. Direct payment ta the tax payer is flot feasible for the following reas- ans : 1. Tha grant is based an rnunicipality records ta which the Province ha. no ready access. 2. As the municipality collects praper- ty taxes the reduction should therefore be shown in each tax bill. 3. The population is very mobile with appraximateîy 25% change in occupancy each year. Mr. McKeough in introducing the legislatian stated that the Gavernynent has no intention o! establishing rent contrais which discaurage landiords ta imprave their praperty, and invalveaa great deal o! bureaucracy and Govern- ment red tape. This technique, Mr. McKeough stated, brings benefit toalal residential praperty tax payers and it brings the greatest benefit proportionateîy to thase who need it mast. To those who are concerned that such large expenditures on the part of the Provincial Gavernment will further increase the Provincial Debt ta danger-, ous proportions, the following facts may prove of interest. As of the 1966-67 fiscal year the P rovincial Debt was 6.6%7co! the Prov- ince's grass provincial product, a full 2% lower than in 1962 and about one half the level of 1948, Even with the rnodest expansion in the debt contem- plated for the coming 1968-69 year, the lve] of the debt wili be well below lhe 9% suggested as toierable by the Dntario Committee an Taxation. In fact ,he entire Provincial Debt anticipated it the end of 1968 could be retired ith only eight manths current revenue. ýL2( corner lfr £oets SPRING FEVER How lovely it is, these fimst days af Sping, To find a warm corner, and hear the birds sing, The rays of the sun help bath body and mind, And coax us ta leava all aur troubles behind. There's nothîng like sunshine ta chase clouds away, A nd the sense o! earth waking brings zest ta the day, The robins and sparrows are busy as bees, Ail building their houses as fast as yau please, They're calling ta me, as I bask in t sun, Away with Spring Feyer, for living is fun. -Marjorie Cunningham Immoral Earnings WUt %¶nabian Durham County's Great 1 Family journal Est ablished 114 years ego in 1854 *~1eb ~ Alao lncorporecting le The Bowmanville News The. Newcastle Independont ' ' The. 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