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4The Canadian St.atesrnàn. Bou-manville, Oct, M1999 EDITORIÂL COMMENT Pleads for Beach Residents Opmnl etter to His Worsbip Mayor lIobbs Ï6 Scugog Street, Bownianville, Ont. Oct. 121h, 1968. :lAr Mayor Hobbts, At Ibis time of the vrar Alil of uis aré very Ihankful for uhat we have tétoived, and at this senson not too ri any of us have mnuch to be ungrâteful or. Nôw, Mr,. Mayor 1 have great res- pect for you as vou have done a won- dérfu1 job, and may vou he spared to us for many years 10 corne. But for about a dozen farnilies living At our well advcrtisePd heaches5 t4i1gâ do flot look x'erv bright for them inbw that this Council bas taken the only thing that the 'y have left, narnelv the roofs from over their hcads, without gîving them at leasî one chance bo trv to heip tbemselves out of their dîfficu lty. As you know. rnanY of thrse fami- lles are living here flot of Ihrir own choice but because thv could not af- ford anything better at the present time. Sorne of them are war veterans and at least Ihey have sorne pride. Thingt; mighi. look nice and rosy to you and other counicil members living in your nice, big, comfortable homes with your nice big cars and a fe'w pennies in Ïhe bank and il makes x'ou feel secure. Sure, you can afford il. Why not, when miost of you are holding down at Icasi. a couple of jobs ? But thest- people are piot lawyers or accounitants and are Iucky to even have a job. Sure, tbey owe Ibis town some fax mnoney. Who doesn't. Monny is flot ýearly as important as self respect. As #an know, some of these families tried topay th eir taxes hefore Ihe deadline liotice but your town clerk rcfused to accept it and these people cannot. af- fbrd iawyers' fees in this day and age ip fight a large corporation. 'Now, this fs flot the proper waY to serve a corn- eiunity b 'y a public servant. 1 would like to suggest to vou, Sir, t;hat the bylaw passeçl bv Ibis council be rescinded and these folks be given another chance. 1 think manv on Ibis present counicil could look back over their ]ives ai. one time or another and wîsh that somebodv had given thern inother chance. I think il would have Inade you feel thai. life was worth living after ail. 1 kirtnw I was Iueky to have had another chance. I dnn't thlnk that any of you on council would ré- gret it or wake up inl the middle of tho riight and worry about the mess ymu helped to make of the lives 6f thee familles. You hear and rend in the paperm about people ini need in othtr countriea such as Africa and Vletnamn and most of us are wiliing tô heip in sorne mail wav. But we have the same condition here in our owri town and il im just ignored. Why ? It t for the raves we get in the préss or what It is Here in this town wê have service clubs who do a great job sucb as keeping our rink out of debt, and building nice parks and pla 'ygroundi but 1 would suggest that these ç1ubs take another look around. 0f course they might not gel too much publicii.y out. of il but I'm sure they would get great satisfaction in finding some ways 10 help these people in our town out of some of their worries and troubles. I would suggest to our present counicil that if they had ai. least one ounce of human interest in the welfare of their neighbors that they try to do some of the tbings they are elected for and I will say God bless ynu. brothers. So, let's be humane and keep our self respect., and let Ihem keep thei rs. Sincerely, W. C. 'Kilpatrick, Sr. Editor'.s note : Following receipt of the above letter, the Editor was curious and checked with personnel ai. the town hall to determine if, in faci., pay- ment of taxes by beach résidents had been refused and, if so, whv. Clerk- Controller R. L. Byron advised that once the town registers against a prop- erty for tax arrears, only the owner or sorneone authorized by the owner could redeem il by paying the tax arrears. 1lad the occupants of the propertv of- fercd to pav the taxes prior to regis- tration payment would have been ac- cepted from themn by the municipality without question. Registration against a piece of property cornes only afi.er taxes have been in arrears for a mini- mum of three years. Many of the beach properties against which the town bas registered have been in arrears far in excess of this period, the Clerk-Con- troller stated. Report from Ottawa BvRv ussellC -nnAv Ai.P SCanada has one of the f inesi. postal Iapbems in the vol-ld, but il bas been M"ting the Canadian taxpayers an in- c easing amount eacb vcar. This vear t~ deficit in the opet3aaion of the Posi. c~ice Department will be about $92.- 000OO and if we do -notiîîg t correct M.stuation il will be $130,000,000 next SThere are i.wo wvavs we can bring tbI- situation in t.o balance. One is by rducing cosîs. The recently announced cange to a f ive day weck, the amalga- tPtion of some services and other "nges will go part way to reducing %edefîcit. Tbe increase of rates ap- proved by Parliament Ibis week will increase revenue to a point where the bdget of the Post Office will be bal- a1ced next year. We are living in bhe age of bbe ve day week". Government and busi- t1ses who now operhte on a five day %4ek produce more than 8W( of the f#st class mail. There Ar;ll be some IMonveniences but it. dne3s serm Ibai t»è savings Io Canadian taxpayers j*tify the changes. *F'irst class letters wiIl now be six coits for delivery anmwbere iu Canada. AË. first class mail for dcl ivery in Can- aga will now be delivered by air-mail f# six cents. The rates for newspapers and periodicals wihl he increased so this ty.pe of mail will pay ils fair share. ;Sorne criticism bas been lcvelled at t4e government for the increase in r tes. Iltseems tb he reasonahle, boxv- 'e'îer'tha t tbe people bo tse Ibe mail s~ice sbould pa.v bbc cost. Some con- stuents have complaincd ibat il will éost five cents (unsealed) to mail Christmas cards. On î-flcction. howv- ever, why siou!d the taxpa 'vers who sends 25 Christmas cards subsidize, through taxes, bis neighbor who sends 200 Christmas cards '! h secms more fair that Ibey sbould eacb pa ' vbth fair cost of delivering bbc caîds tbev send. 1. li ltc It .1 Bv tbe same token how can the continuance of the present rates for the great flow of pamphlets and leaflets, whicb clutter the mail be justified. The ncw rates will insure Ihat the cosi. of delivery of this material will now be paid by the sender, and wiil no longer be subsidized by bbe baxpayers of Canada. "SOPHISTICATED" The changes lime brings, to the meaning of words makes an interesi- ing sludy. Sucb are inevitable in any living language and ,;orne changes in- crease ils flexibility and color. But about others one bas an un- easy feeling. For example, the current, application of the word "sopbisticaled" bo non-living objects. We read of the installation of higbly sophisbicaled com- puters, the installation of more sophis- ticatcd anti-guided missile defence sys- tems, the invention of ultra-sophistica.- ed control devices for spacecrafl. We wou't bave it. In our book only people are sophisticated; things can't 'ne. 0f ail adjectives in the English language, "sophisticated" is bbc one mosi. tborougbly inappropriate to apply. to inanimate objecîs, natural or man- made. Sophistication is a subtie, com- plex, not readily definable quality xvbich only humans can acquire --- or be infecbed. .Objection to Ibis use of this word goes beyond mere annoyance ai. an error in English. There is somebhiug more than a litIle disturbing about bhis attribution of an uniquely human - e\'en if not 100 per cent desirable - qîîalitv 10 a machine. There is a wrong- ncSs about it, an intimation we are ab- dîcating some of our buman birtbright bo the producbs of our minds and hands, almosl committing the monsîrous in- version of worsbipping our crealions inslead of our Creator. Wbe ~n~brnn ~te~ma~ £uthorized cas econd JOHN M. JAMES Ern'roa-PuEL:iu Durham County's Great Family Journeal Established 114 years aigo in 1854 Also Incarporating The Bowmanville News %ie The Newcastle Independeni t ~ ~ The Orono News D5 C1ms Mail by the Post Ottîr. D.ept., Ottawa., and for paymnaî i postae ta I cash Produced every Wedneaday by THE JAMES PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED P.O. Box 190 62.-66 ing St. W., Bowmanville, Ontario GEO. W. GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS ADVTG. MANAGER BUSINESS MGRt. -Copyrighit and/ix opert i nhts u muait in the immge app.arnq on thue proot. Permission te t.op uc in whiuîb e in part and in rnny form whatsoever, partîcularly by photographie 01offsUet poeea pub ication. must b. obtained frin théb pubisher and the printer. Any uncuthonized willbé ubWtterecours. in law.- a50 Yeai - 6 ruonths $2.75 $7.00 a Yar in the United State. atrictly In advance AMouWu .vmlprpecaiation will bu token te a'vold err Tb@ Cmadim Stat«smeM accepta advertta. Sugar By BllIsmie Pc AU, MEMORIES ARE FoNI) These days I have a rough idea how an old chorus-girl feels. Nostalgia, regret, and yet certain.pride that one day, in the dim past, you were up there under thia footlights, doing your wig- gle, your grind, your bumnp, or what- ever, with tbe best of them. Ah Ibhis is because of a young fel- law called Alex. He's a friend oi son Hugb. He's in the armed forces and was recently transferred bo a nearby base. For somie reason, despite their obvious and manv shortcomings, he bas taken bo the Smilevs, and usually drops He's a picasant and intelligent lad .and we enjoy his company. He's rather Ionely, is a long way from home, and likes a honie-cooked meal. 1 don't blamne hinm. There4s nothing duller than an officers' mness on a weekend. But what realv bucks me up la that the kid is learning to fly. He hopes to wind up ofl helicopters, flying wii.h the navv. But in the meantime. he bas to learn to fly a conventional aircraft. And this is where I begin bo feel like the old chorus-girl aforementioned. There's very little difference in the procedure be musi. undergo and that which I underwent 25 years ago. I bask in bis awe as I reel off the yarns, true, untrue or jusi. siightly embellished, of my flving-training days. Oh, I'm properly scornful. "No, we wrerenIt given mucb instruction before going solo. lt was do or die, survival of the f ittesi. 0f course, we didn't have radio-compass and ground-to-air con- trol and ail that jazz. We bad to be natural pilots. Yep, you had to gel ouI of a tiglit spot with quick wits and sheer nerve." And so on. I curdie bis blood a bit. "Yes, we had to fly in everyi.hing: ramn, snow, fog. Losi. a lot of studeni. pilots. Twelve killed on mvy course alone. The brave and tbe Iluck( got tbrougb. And of course mosi. of them were killed on operations." But I'm also very helpful. When 1 looked over bis procedures, I found they were basically the same as mine. MacDuff Ottawa Report A Nation of Apartment Dwellers OTTAWA - Canada Is very rapIdly Ioslng Ils reputation as a nation of home own- ers. This becomes obvious 10 anyone looking ai. the mkyline of any large Canad- Jan centre today, ts horizon dotted with high rise apari.- ment buildings. Yet ln the race between demand and supply of apari.- ments. supply has been taau- lng badly. Housing experts draw a Uine ai. a vacancy rate of three per cent in juding whether a city bas a housing shortage. In ail of the larger metropolitan areas chosen for sampllng by >the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics the vacancy level bas been below three per cent for the lasi. two years wlth onl.v one exception. The exception is Montreal where vacancies rose be- i.ween 1967 and 1968 frorn 1.2 per cent to 4.7 per cent. -Here quite obviouslv the super-effort to provide ac- commodation for visitors to Expo '67 resulted in a more comfortable situation by the mniddle of the year when the survey was made. Semi-detached houses, row housing and duplexes were excluded from the survey. In apartment units alone vacaocy levels have shown an almosi. consistent recline between 1963 and 1968. Calgary was probably over- stocked with apartments and had a 16.3 per cent of Uts apartments vacant ln 1963. Vacancies dropped steadily to 1.8 per cent ln 1967 and 1.1 per cent thli year. Edmonton bad a 13 25 VEARS AGO <Oct. 21, 1943) Rev. W. F. Banister. Past.- or of St. Paul's United Chorcb, Bowmanville. who is on leave with the Armed Forces overseas. bas been promoted in England to the rank of Major. Bowmanvible W o m e o Institute met In St. John's Parish Hall. Sept. .10 wllh Mrs. J. Thickson. the presi- dent, presiding. Followin g Che transaction of business. a progmam convened by Mrs. .1. Levett's group was put on. Tt conslstcd of a solo by Mrs. W. J. E. Ormiston; an Inberesbing tlk on "Nu- trition" by Mrs. W. B. Pol- lard and two rcadIngs hv Pabsy Ano Smith. which ail enjoyed. Mr. Roy Nichols has been a gîresi ai. the Mount Royal H-otel, Montreal, wbiie aI- tendlng bbc convention of the Federation of Automo- bile Dealers' Association. Roy is president for Durham and Northumberland Coun- tics. Miss Ruth Si.ev'ens, nurse- In-training ai. Belleville Hom- pitl, was a Thanksgiving week visitor wilh ber par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne S te v ens. Missq Christine Crombie and Mms Carl Raby spent the weekend Ini Ottawa with bbe, latter's sister. AW2 Hohhs. who lm stalioned at Rockcliffe. LAC Alan Tamblyn, Up- lands, and Mcs. Gordon Tamblyn. Toronito, wcre weckcnd guestç with their Srnts, Mm. and Mrs. M. W. Mrç. Beatrice Hall, Toron- to. visited ber faîher, Dr. J. C. Devitt and son Barry. AC 2 Ross Richards, R.C. A.F., Lachine, Que., spent bbc weekend witb bis wlfe and family. A-W Helen Tait. Toronto, was home Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tait. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lapp, Brockville. w e r e gucsts of Mr. and Ms.. Everett V. Hoar. AC 2 Don Cox, R.C.A.F.. Trenton, i. spending a week's leave with hMA par- enta, Mr. and Mrs. K. Cox. Hampton- Bobby Craig feIl fromn an Apple tre breaking his arrn. Haydon: We had 1h. tirit snow oi the seamon early Monda.y mornlng. per cent vacancy level ini 1964 which was ceut in haîf ln 1965 and remained ai. 2.3 per cent In the nexi. three years. Winnipeg vacancies rose from 3.8 per cent ln 1963 to, 5.6 per cent ln 1964. Last year and this year the vacancy rate has been 1.5 per cent. In aIl three west- ern cilles there Is a boom this year ln apartment build- ings that should be reflected ln an easier situation in 1969. But apartment vacancles tell only a part of the stor 'v of the decline in home ownership. Probably flot a hall of Canadian familles living ln rented dwellings are ln apartment blocks. The resi. live ln duplexes or single unit housing. For statistical purposes officiais of Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation class only the single detach- ed house as ownier-occupied semi-detached and row bous- es. The National Housing Act ln Ils modern form was ipassed ln 1954. It was de- signed not only 10 remed ' a chronile housing shortage that had developed since the pre-war days bu t wa s speciflcally planned to en- courage home ownership and put It within reach of the smaller Income man. In the Immediate postwar yearg with Inflation inevit- able as soon as controls were lifted home owning was tiot only a good hedge but there was a reasonable prospect of the value nt housing in- 49 YEARS AGO (Oct. 23, 19jp) Mrs. H. Norris and Misq Clama Normis and Mc. W. Gadson, Toronto, spent lasi. wcekcnd at Mr. Edgar Brît- son's. Mr. and Mcs. Walbter Lyons, Mr. Stanley Moore, Toronto; Miss M. A. Brima- combe of Oshawa were Thanksgiving visibors ai. Mrs. J. H. Brimacombe's. The first annual sports competitian among the PU- plis of Bowmanville. Osha- wa and Wbitby Hlgh Schoobs took place in Alexandra Park, Oshawa, on Friday. Oct. i7th. The Challenge Cup, hebd by tbc schoob win- ning the bighcst. number of points, was won by Bow- manville. The Senior Cham- pionsbip Medal was taken by Percival Muirhiead, son of our highly respected Rec- tor of St. John's. The girls of Bowmanvillc and Oshawa pbaycd a game of basket- ball wbich cesulted 9-2 in favor of Bowmanville. Mrs. C. C. Keat and son. E. J. Keat, who vislted bier brother, Mr. H. W. Hamm and other frends at Orono, have returned te Toronto. Mr. Thas. Halgate, Evatn,- ton. I1l.. bamc been visiting hits brother. Mm. John A. Hol.. gale. Dr. and Mr.%. J. W. Reri- dick of Toronto have rne t.o eside In Bowmanvibie and ore nccupying the cot- tage on King St., formerly occupied by Mrs, Greta Black. Mrs. T. J. Agnew. Prince Albert, Sask., and daughlcm, Miss Agnew of Ontario Ladies' Coîlege, Wbitby, were ecent guesîs of Mm. and Mms. C. M. Cawkcm. Miss Leone Wallace lias Teturned from a very pleas- ot week's holiday with frends In Brantford. Mr. Roy H. Rickard was home over bbe wcekend ta record bis vote for bbc Ref- erendum. Miss Nellie Bounsali spent tbe weekend witb Miss Dorobhy LuttrelI, Oshawa. Miss Coma Scott, Toronto, reccnbly visited Miss AIma Pollard. Miss Ina Pethlck recently visited friends In Toranto. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Byers spent te weekend in Toron- to. creasing ai. a faster pace than other prices. In this period startR on detached dwelllngs which CMHC con- siders as owner-occupied ran as high as 80 per cent of the total. In 1949 they were 78 per cent. The 1954 legislation not onlv Introduced the low dowý,n payment and long termn insured mortgage but beld interes. rates under a ceiling. It started a new era in which the home owner had a very smal equity in his home and would have little for some years tb come. In the following year if the CMHC clasification Is used "il per cent of aIl dwelling units started were being built by or for own- ers. Apartment unît start- ed ln that year were only 19 per cent. Row housing ln its modern form was still a thing of the future. fluring the first eight months of this year the situation is almost com- pletely reversed. Apartment units alone have accounted for 61 per cent of the total. Other housing in the rentai class has been 1f) per cent and houses but for home ownershlp only 29 per cent. There a re probably a bundie of reasons for' the change and their order of Importance has varied with the conditions of the perlod under review. Since 1956 new Incentives have been added to the National Hous- lng Art des-igned to encour- age home owner building and including until this year a growing volume of direct lend-ing hy CMHC. But since 1956, prohably related to rising construction costs, there bas been a con- sistent decline ln the pro- portion of home-ownership dwellings started. Interest rates until very recently do flot ;appear in have been an Important. factor In discour- aging N.H.Aý. hnuslng for ownership. Interes. ceilings were moving rip and down ln the 6 to 6.75 range. Towards the end of 1966 the ceiling went above seven per cent for the first Lime. But ln 1966 the proportion of home om nership si.arts .iumped from 45 per cent, b 593 per cent; the number of apartment ii n ilts started dropped from 47 per cent to .19 per cent. This is the las) year ti which tbe num- ber of bouses started for home oxvnership has been larger than the nomber of apariment, mitý.s In 1967 after a year when over-all housing starts had slurnped badIN' National H-ousinr A c t. regulations were ensed, During a Spring Incentive period CMHC was authorized 10 make direct boans to hulder., withorit the pre-sale requirement. This ma ' have done some- thing 10 Increase the stock of rentaI housing though It was not de.dined 10 encour- age aparCieîtbuildings. \Vîth CMIIC interest <cil- Ings inrîciased IniiOctober 19617 Co 825 pece nt and the av'erage boan Co the home owner by approv'ed benders b.\ the end of the year 7.89 per cent. interest became a more important corisidera- tion. The average approved lender rate- CO the home owner hy Ma;y Of ti- year wa% 8.68 per cent, and ln Augjs. 8.9.9 per cent. Home owners tCook Out their pencils and hegan wondertng whethpr it wouldn't, he more profitable 10 selI. invest the proceeds and cent. Prospective home owners with cash tn make a down paYment wondered whether this was the besi. way t'O Invest. il. TÉhe interest pendulum iq about 10 swing back and may have some effect on home ownership. But it wilI take more Chani this to, re- store home owning taInls. Me morial Hospital Weekly Report Weck of Oct. 7-1.1 Inclusive Admissionsq . 67 Births--3 maie, 2 female .5 Discharges - ---.-72 Major operations ------- -- ) Minor opeations .- -25 Emergency treatments- 176 VISItIng hourz 3-8 P.m. dally You had to get the ruddy thing startk Vou had to taxi it to takeoff point without hitting a gas truck or a méch.. anie. You hâd tb get it off the ground, somehow, wîthout breaking il, and vou had to get it back onto the ground, som@how, without breaking it. Sanie tbing today. I haven't bothered telling him that, oui. of a clas.s of 65, I stood 551h in ground school,, 48th in flying. There didn't seem any point. After aIl, I did gel my wings, and I dropped as manv bombr, mnt plowed fields, and shot as many canînon shelîs imb clouds as the next fellow. But I have been helping hirn oui; with some of the bard bits. H-e's baving a bit of trouble with bis landingq. Bounces. I've briefed him carefullv on whai. b do when you bounce 28 feet. wbile makîng a landing. "Turn off ail switches, put vour arma over your eyes, and wait for the second bounce." He didn't seemn to think this wag scientific enough. (They're aIl so scien- tif îc, these young fellows.) So I gav!e him, from personal experience, the ulti- mate advice on smootb landings. "Jusi. attach a 1,000-pound bomb to one wing, ready to go off if you bounce, and you'Il land like a feather." I gave him a lot more good tips fromn the personal experience point of view. Spins, for instance. Told hurt how sickening they are and bow easy il is to spin int the ground. Told him how to gel oui. of a spin bo the left, for example. "Hard lef t rudder, stick full back and swallow bard." Refleci.- ing later, I wondered if il wasn't bard right rudder and stick foi'ward. Oh, well he'l find out. Nothing like experience. As an expert, I"ve explained to hin how you recover control, on takeoff, wben you are headed for the control tower instead of the end of the ruri- way. "Tut the motor, put on your brakes, and pray." With all Ibis extra help, he should pass bis crucial test. He's coming along nicely, except for that glazed look he gels in bis eyes after a couple of hours of my stories. I put ut dowrt to nerves or too much dinner. I wonder?1 Report from Queen 's Park by Alex Carruthers M.P.P. FEDERAL PROVINCIAL TAX SHARING, The recent statemeni. by the Hon. E. J. Benson, Federal finance minister, that Premier John Robants is going te get nowbere in bis demand that Ottawa give more tax revenue to tbe provinces, empbasizes the need for a bebter under- standing among the tbree levels of government as ta the sbaring of bax revenunes. History of the Agreements 1)uring the Second World War the provinces, in order bo aid the national war effort, made certain direct bax fields, granted 10 bbe provinces under the B.N.A., available to Ottawa on a temporarv war bime basis. Ottawa bas coniinually refnsed te return b bbhc provinces a fair share of these growbb tax fields wbicb include revenues from personal and corporabe income taxes. These tax sources aubo- maticall 'v increase as the country and economy develop. At the same bime federal expenditures are growing more slowlY than those of bhe provinces or municipalities. The provinces with increasing dem- ands for bousing. education, health, urban transportation, pollution control, etc., are lefI with slow growing and regressive tax fields sncb as sales tax, gasoline bax, and property tax. Ontario's Position (a) The province's expenditures in the next four vears wili increase by 74'f wbile revenues wiil, ut is estimat- ed. increase by oniy 40'¼ under preseni arrangements. (b) The province's deficit for tbe fiscal vear 1972-73 is estimaled aI $900 million with a cumulative deficil of $1.8 billion. In an effort to niepi. this cribica' ecnnomic situation the, province is taking tbe following steps. (1) Govcrnmenb. objectives are being revie-wed 10 establish priorities. (2) Action is being laken to slow down bbe rate of growth in expendi- bures. (3) In areas of less priorities, re- duce spending by« vexlending programs over a longer period of tume. The Jack of co-ordinalion in fiscal policies is baving senious econamic resuits for the provinces and munici-_ palities as is illustrabed bly the foliow- ing facts : (a) In 1966 the H-on. Mitchell Sharp, then finance rninisler promise that federal money for sbared cosý;t programs wouid be provided uncondi- tionaliy. Frime Minister Trudeau now warns thai. ways will be soughb bo con- trol spending on such progranis. (b) In spite of warnings by Ont- iRrio thal grants for shared progranis would cost Otbawa $48 to $49 million in 1967-68, bbe federal governmeni. esti- mabed the amount at $11 million. The provincial estimabe proved bo be correct. (c) In January, 1969 Ontario again warned the Federal Government the post. secondarv equalization granîs for 1968-69 would be approximately $73 million, but Ottawa eslimaled them at $23 million. The Ontario figure pmoved to be correct. (d) The Federal Government witb control of the rapid growtb bax fields bas iauncbed new programs sncb as medi care wbich bave placed new bur- dens on the provincial economies. In tbe case of medicare the transfer of private medical costs tb tbe public sec- tor bas piaced a new tax burden on tbe provinces, and pamticulariy Ontario, wbicb contributes over 4V,; of tbe national incarne. This action was taken in opposition bo eigbt of the 10 prov- inces. Unless the province can obtain a greater share of the direct taxation revenues, Mr. Robarîs bas warned that tbe province may be forced 10 adopi. an independent income tax sysi.em whicb could have bbe foliowing serions results: (1) The fragmentation of the Can- adian Tax Sysbern. (2) Intergovernmentai bax compe- titian and conflicl. (3) The destruction of any pros- pects of fiscal policy co-ordin- abion. (4) The frustration nf any attempt ai. comprebensive tax refonni. (5) Serious damage ta bbe social fabrie of Canada. As Mm. Robarts slabed, tbere are seyeraI levels of Governmenl but oni *y one set af national problemas, and ane ret of baxpayers. leters C&0 7h&J/ie&tor Octoher 7, 1968 Dear Sir: Each ycar aI Ibis lime we Sause ta give thanks for bbe arvesi. of bbc fields and the orchards. And ai. bbanks.. giving services ln church and during grace before tbanksgivlng dinner, we put these thoughts Inbo words. Il is a, religiouq occasion. Mainly so, because underiy- Ing aur gratitude is a sense of awo and wonder ab th. yeaciy miracle of growth. Wbal makei; growtb .0 mir- acuinux is that the fonda- mental chemicai building blocks of the temendous variety of plants and animais are Idenlical. However. Ibis miraculous process cao go wrong - as anyone knows wbo bas culi- cd deformned and diseased specimens tram a crop of fruit or vegetables. But when sometbing goes wrong with hunian growth w. don't lhrow the cul]@ away - we do Our benlt t save bbemn. That's because we believe Ihat human lir ls precloux and Ihat lu wby so mnany Canadians are dong ailý bhey cao ta heip those wbo suifer tram genetic dIseas- es such as diabeles, haemo- phulla, some kinds of menÂsi relardation and muscp dystraphy. Yours very lruly, Gus Ryder, and e;Distant Past From the Statesman Files