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T lhe C!nadlse Statm.nm. Iwmanv4lm, Nov. 1, IM ITORIÂL 'COMMENT Born Frée by Sheryl Geldia J.B. Mitchell scisool Winnipeg, Man., winter Junior Division, Eçy&i Canadian Leglon Essay Contest I was everyone, I was everywhere during world con! ict. Who arn I? A statue that has stood for yîars, but I wis once a perbon. I arn the Unknown Soldier. ,A simple :man, I worked as 4 bank- er, a clerk, a salesman, a teacher, a doctor. I had a family who were the joy of my lice, and 1 was a happy man. The year was just about any year, but the, place was Canada. 'I was many thunga> but formost a Canadian. Jhived in troubled tinies, when the world was ai odds. Trouble broke out often, sometimes serlous enough to b. declared a war. I was there, every time. The simple everyday man who did what hi thought righit mc that Cariadians todAy could b. Born Free. 1My country called and I answerçd. .1 lef my wife; my family, my work, to defend them. They realized what I bad to do, and beneath their worries and tears, they were proud o! me. Whenever I felt de-oressed, I thought of therm, and what I was doing. 1 felt sfril, yet part o! soinething really big and Important. I neyer asked for glory, I was just a man. * I died in Germany; in Italy; in eNarth Africa; in places people didn't know existed. I died when mny plane crashed; when my ship was bomnbed; when ambushcd while on patrol. I was a prisonr of war; I was ef t to suifer b.! ore- i dicd. Oh yen, 1 was there! But today, 1 amn the Unknown Sol- duer. People seem to bareiy know I exist. They pans me by without a look. Do I represînt nothing to them'? I see Canada today and wonder. People protest, want to change the world, not posbly for the bitter. 1 Inought for this freedom of speech, but was it intended to be used like this? It wasn't ail in vain, though. To see people of ail races and religions waik- ing together; to see a boy and a girl amble hand in hand; to see a mother escorting her child; to sec a man help- ing his neighbor; this is why 1 fought. 1 do sec this and more today in Canada. Children given the privilege of hlgh education; newspapîrs printing what they want. Ail this could not pos- ibly be bad. The world is not yet at peace. How many more times must I die bef are people can live in harmony? I went willingly to gain for Canada ail that 1 could. Now, it's up to you. If you neyer forget the principles I stood for, thèn you'll get along. Juat rèmember that you are Born Free. You needn't b. afraid of anything any more. I fought to protect ail of you that were yet unborn. Take over and good iuck, Canada. The future is in your hands. It would appear that there are two major problumus facing this country to'- day, that demnah~d immediate and drastie action, pollution and inflation. Bath, if not corrected, can have drastic effects on -our way o! living, yet ta date it is ail too apparent thal we have becamne so set in our ways and so, self ish that we refuse ta personally accept any ris- ponsibility for aur part in pîrpetuating these twe hazards. Instead we find one group who may have bien contributing ta bath pollution and inflation defunding their position by bleming somebody else or some other group, and rîfusing to take any actiôn thèmselves. W. supposé govèrnménts at l levels eventually will b. the only ones who can take action ta correct éither o! thesu problems. And w. may well have ta reach the desperation stage in both fields béfore ail governments concerned will find thêy have ta quit passing the buck and gît down ta uen!orcing un- popular measures ta bring about cures. Certainly, the man on the street individ- ually or collectively, isnt gain g ta. do it; that': obvious. IReport from Queen 's Park I by Alex Carruthers MP. PROVINCIAL - MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC REFORM Four ru ai programa, designed te bring about major benefits and im- proviments in provincial - municipal financing are now in the process cf development. They are listed as fol- lows: (a) Reforin of the Provincial Tax System Reform in this econamic f ield will be attainîd by a number of methods iricluding: (l1) Tht introduction o! a pravin- ci#l incarne tax. (2) Tht adoption o! a Capital Gains Tax. (3) Tht relinquishmnert ta, the Federal GÎovernmaent of the Eetate Tax Field. (4) The passible transfer aio the Corporation Incarne Tax f ield -ta Ottawa. (5) An increase in the Mining Tax. '(6) An increase in the iquor and tobacco taxes and a broadening cf tht Sales Tax Base. The latter two relorms havi already bien achieved. (b) Reforrn of Provincial Aid to Municipal Goveruments As a firsi step in relieving the tax burden on property, support for educa- tian is ta be increased frein 46 pin cent ta 60 per cent over a period o! threî years. (c) Reform of Municipal Taxation Reform in this area will include: (1) Introduction of provincial as- sessmînt based on current values. (2) Tht removal ta a major deg- ree o! lax exemptions. (3) Tht achievement cf a mare neutral and equalized rate o! business assessmunt. (d) Reforni of the Lôcal Govern- ment Structure Reform of local government is con- sidered to be the key element in the province's overall reform prograni which projects a total "Fiscal Prame- work for the Future". This will b. accomplisheci through the introduction of Regional Govern- ment on a gradua] basis and through agreement and extensive consultation with municipal governments.- The strength of the new systemn ha% three dimensions:- (1) A geographic area large en- ough to permit physical and economnie plaxining. (2) A population large enough to achiéve a major degree of economi ln providing public services. (3) A- financial base capable of producing a reasonable tax revenue su!- ficient to provide the required range of services. Two local studies, one b#sed on an Oshawa centred region and the other on the United Counties are now urder- waýy and the Information gained fromn these will provide the statistics and data on which any future decisions with respect to Regional Government will be made. TOO LATE TO CH{ANGE Last week, the Editer made a final appeal to town council but it didn't work. He suggested there mîght stili be timne to rescind the hylaw for the election Dec. lst, so that incoming memrbers of couneil would b. elected for one year, instead of three. Unfortu- nately, the appeal camne too late, the deadline for changing back had already passed, so we shall have to make the best of it. The only salvation is to mnake certain those elected are the best avail- able. Inciclentaliy, readers will be in- terested ta learn that several members of the present counicil had indicated to the Editor that now they too feit the one year terni would have been better at this timne. We suspect they were somewhat relieved when the technical- ity prevented any action being taken on the matter at Monday's meeting. A MacDuff Ottawa Report A Clever Put-mOn? OTTAWA-Like two war- ring armies, the Liberal Gov- erniment and the opposition quickiy moved ta weil-pre- pared positions shortly afler the new session of Parlia- ment began last week The Government had féw new concrete measures to, offer the peope of Canada ln the Speech from the Throne. Instead, it recited a iist of "tidying-up legisia- tion - the contents of whlch were generally al- readyy known. This was expected because the main thrust of Prime Minister Trudeau's Govern- ment this session will not be in the form of drarnatie 25 VEARS AGO (Nov. 9, 1944) Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Rose- hart, LaSaiette, visited their daughter, Mrs. Wray Me- Creadyy. Pte. Mabel Brooks, Wolse- ley Barracks, Lodion, Ont., and Pte. Don Brooks, C.I.C., Toronto. spent tht weekend wlth their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Brooks, Silver Street. Guide News: Pat Cole and Marg Dustin passed their Knots and Guide Laws as requlred for their Tender- foot. Barbara Virgin pase- ed heT Further Knowiedge as requlred for lier Second Ciass. Jean Caveriy pass- ed lier compass test. Little Larry and Larraine Jamieson ceiebrated their second birthiday anniversary an Tuesday afternoon when they entertained 10 young frlends at'the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Jamieson, Wellington Street. Always seeklng ta keep up-ta-date in tht service o! customers. the Bowmanville Dairy recent.ly completed In- stallation of brand new pasteurizallon machinery. Miss Helen Pritchard of The Statesman Staf Is en- joying a week's vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hughes. Toronto. Tn tht recent appoint- ments and promotions made by the City o! Hamilton Board o! Educatian on tht teacblng staffe, Is the name o! Perey E. Gllbank, son o! the laie Mn. and Mrs. W. E. Gilbank af Shaw's. Mr. GiI- bank has been nrned head o! tht English and History Department of tht Technical and Commercial section o! the Westdale School where he has been on the staff for 12 years. lie now bas 'eight teachers under bis super- vision. Wîth chlnaware practically a!!f the mprket tean- nouncement tuat Mass Ethel Morris. vwelIl cnown local artl of Bowpm.vmIe, la depslqh of ber 'large and aollecti«on o! hand- paifnted china. wl» be .wel- 'th' =" 0 I~Y cititeni. new legisiation. Instead, the Government's position le that It wili re- veai Its plans for the nation through a series o! paiicy statements and White Pap- ers. These will encompass probiems ranging f ro m constitutionai reform n nthe northern territorles la major, aiterations of the country's tax system. Along witb this stress on poiicy statements - and ln p art ta caver up for the lack of cancret.e legisiatian - the Prime Minster has cm- barked on a çruzade ta get taugh with separatias. Sort of a Canadtan version of the "1mw and order" Issue 49 YEARS AGO (November 11, 1920) Mr. and Mrs. Thas. Tod, Rev. D. W. Best and Mrs. Best, and Miss Elizabeth. Best, have gant on a matar trip ta Beavertan where they will visit relatives and aid frlends for a few days. Miss Doris Courtice and Miss Agnes Haddy. Toronta, spent the weekend at Mn. F. A. Haddy's. Miss Marlon Worden, Normal School. Tononto, sptnt tht weekend at home. Messrs, Lew Irwin and Hfarold Boys spent Sunday ai King, Ont. Miss Annie Muir, who re- cently sold her fine brick residence on Chunch Street to Mr. Caverly of Winnipeg, left last week on a trip ta tht Hawaiian Ilands where she will visit her brother, Mn. J. M. Muin, B.A., at Hakalau. M ilss Ethelda Hazlewood accompanied her and will enjoy a winien among tht magnificerît scen- ery o! that Pacifie Paradise. Mrs. Alfred Shnubb, son Roy and daughters Noa and Nancy lefi for England, Fnlday, on the C.P.R. "S. S. Meltta'", where they will make thein home ln future. Mr. Shrubb hau a 7-years' engagement as coach and traîner at Oxford University. Mrs. Shrubb's father, Mr. John Brown, who has been living with hie daughter, will make his borne ln Toronto for the present. Mr. Jas. Jarvis af the Toronta Police Force, has been visitlng bis father, Chief Richard Jarvis and other relatives. October honor roll in ord- er of menit for Town Public Schoal: Sr. IV-Agnes Van- slone, J o y te Muirhead. Dorqthy Bonnycast.le, Ruby~- SeweiI, Lawrence Turner, Elsie Whitmnee, Lte n o r e Quick, Melonia Burns, Janey Maman, Katie Pinch. October meeting o! Bow- manvIlle Wornen's Institute was held et tht home cf -Mrs. Alex. Taylor. Conces- sion Street, on Friday after- noon, the 3th, tht mem- bers att.ending in goodlY numboms whlch proved successful for President Richard Nixon ln the 1968 U.S. presidential election, the get-tough-with- separatists crusade was first revealed by Mr. Trudeau at a press conference in mld- October. Since then, he has elabor- ated upon It ln speeçhes in Montreai and in the House of Commons. A key element 'of the crusade Is the prom- Ise ta dlean the separatists out of the Canadian Broad- casting Corporation and the Company of Young Can- adians. These promises h a v e aroused opposition fears that the Cabinet will try ta obtain a degret af direct gavernmental contrai over these organizations through witch-hunt committee hear- Ings such as those held in the U.S. by the late Senator Joe McCarthy. Although the anti-separ- tist fight Is llkely to get ex- tensive publicity, ta rnost Canadians the really import- ant work ta, be done by the Trudeau Govérnment this session will corne in the form of white papers on the taxation system and on re- form of the welfare system. The taxation white paper willi came first, on Nov. 7. It will propose changes in the tax system that willi affect every Canadian, in- cluding perhaps the closing of loapholes, changres ln ex- emptions, an alteration of the tax ba.qe and, probabiy, Introduction of a capital gains tax. The welfare white paper will be released .in the Sprlng. It, and changes ln the unempioyment insurance system, are expected ta radlcally alter the whoie weifare set-up ln Canada. lnciudlng possibly the elimin- ation of the baby bonus. Although both white pap- ers wiil be examined b.v Pariiamentary committees before legislation Is drawn up, the new laws are llkeiy ta foliow their proposalis very cioseiy. But It uwilL be qulte somne lime before laws encom- passing the white paper pro- posais are brought lnto efect. This has given the op- position an excellent position from whirh ta attack the Government, and Officiai Opposition Leader Robert Stanfieid was quick ta take advantage of h.. He condemned the Liberal Cabinet as la comfortable elite" whose failure ta Intro- duce legislation this session ta aid the underprlvileged shows they are not concern- ed wlth tht little man. The Throne Speech "indi- estes it Is the Intention cf the Government to stail ac- tion for another year on policiez taoi mprove the liv- ing standards of large num- bers o! aur people", be said In asking the Commons ta vote a lack o! confidence in the Liberal Governrnent. He termed the Throne Speech "some sort cf ciever put-on" whlch appeared "to have been written by a corn- mittee at a cocktail party". Increasing unemplaymient lu one area ln which the QOp- position feels tht Govern- ment lsesepeclally vuiner- able. and Mr. Stanfieid ex- ploited It during his attack. The Qovernment la willfng Sugar Spice, By Bill SmIey LEGIONNAIRES' DAY OFF There's nolhing more boring than listening ta a group of old sweatu talk- ing about "Tht War," unleua you yaur- self happen ta be an Old Sweat, as we old sweats are called. Then, it's fun. This year, I was asked te speak aI two different Remembrance D;ty ban- quets., I was unable te accept either, and was genuiriely sorry about that. There's nothing likc ýa crowd of old sweats lying their headu off on Remem- brance Day. 1Don't thlnk of It as a brood of mid- dle.aged and elderly men sittlng &round aIl day, Nov. llth, "reniembering" théir "fallen cornrades" lugubriouuly. Oh, they do that, but il takes place ln tht morning, at the cenotaph, at il a.m., whun the guns sloppud firing ln World War I and tht stunned survivors looked at each other and every man alive could scarcely believe it., And there's nothing lugubriaus or niournful about the ceremony. There's a certain prîde as the oldsters slip out in something resembling their old quick march. There's a poigna&ncy as the col- ors dip and the Last Post sounds. There's a lump in tht throat and the odd contorted face, and a !ew tears in the two minutes' silence. But then there's the triumphant, jaunty sound of Reveillee. And off they swing, purged once more, and ready to get down to the serious observance o! Remembrance Day. Back at the Legion Hal. A !ew o! tht smart anis, tht timid ones, and tht wife-scared ones go home for lunch, but most of the old sweats have planned to make a day of it, even though they might nîed plasma tht next mornin g. 1 don't mean it's an orgy. Far fromn it. But il is a shucking off -o! tht daily rut and routine, a once-a-year get-to- gethîr where you can rettl ad stories with fresh enibroidery, and laugh a lot, and recapture, fragmentarily, the feel- ing that you're 20 again, net 50 or 70. Psychologists, veterans' wives, and other non-oId sweats may wel] loÔk down their noses and cali tht whole thing chiidish. Of course, il is. But there's a bond there (and Il deesn't matter which war you werè in), that you can't find anywhére élse. It's net nearly as chlldish as uni- versity class reuniolns, at which a lot of middle-aged people who neyer did know each other very well, gel stoned and maudlin and nostalgie trying te recapture somelhing they neyer nad Nor is il as chlldish as business con- ventions where a lot of people get drunk and try te capture something they neyer will have. That's because these min did have something and they retain some part of it, even though it might b. 50 yearu old or more. Lice, mud, anotty officers and a military system of inere ,dible stupidit5j eould net quench the'ii. The only thing that could do that was death. And they licked death. So they have something ta lie about, and laugh about and bandy insuIts about, and just plain célebrate. Canadian Legion'célebrations have nothing quaui-military_ about therà. There are no officers And other ranks. Thére are just legionnaires, whatever their color or creed. There is no linking of arms and singing old war sangs, as you mighit find in a German veteran's organiza- tion. Anybody who tried to sirig "It's A Long Way to Tipperary" would pro),- ably be slung out into the alley. There's only onc thing that's begini- ning to cast a shadow over it. They're beginning to lut the women in on it. This is going ta enrage the ladies ni the Legion Auxiliary, but, girls, why don't you just get a big dinner ready?, clear out at six p.m., and came back and do the dishes in the morning. Even if your husband is a littie green around the gis next day, and Yeu don't speak to him for two daye, I think he'd appreciate ht. Taking womnen to a légion party li like taking your mother on yaur honey- moon. On Remembrance Day, remèrnber, it's only once a year. Give tht poor nid dévil a chanci ta be 20 again, for a few hours. By Russell Shonily after this Report appears in Northumberland-Durham newspapers you will start ta hear and read about the Governmerii's White Paper on Tax Reform. This document may well be the mail revolutionary ever tabled in Canada's Parliament. Il follows a thnee year analysis of tht massive Carter Commission Report and is desîgned, as tht govîrniment said in tht Speech from the Throne, to provide a "fairîr distri- bution of the tax burden". This probab- ly means some form of capital gains tax. Othîr key arias in which legisla- lion wiil be inlroduced in this new session are pollution, labor 1mw, unem- pîcyment insurance and consumer right. Tht business - like approach cf £,etters Queen'e University, Kingston, Ont.. Department o! PhysiologY Ociober 23, 1969. Sir: The inhumanity of man ta bis fellow creatures Io a frlghtening thlng! Right now people who believe themseîves ta be ta talerat high unemploy- ment levels as a way 0! flghting Inflation, he charg- ed. "Surely we haven't reach- cd tht point whert the poor have to bear the bruni o! aur efforts to flght Infla- tion," he sald. Tht Cabinet's willllngness ta accept Increased Inflation tg typicalail s fallure ta do things ta Improve tht con- dition o! life for tht 20 per cent a! Canadians who IUve below tht poverty lina, ha said. 'Theme people hava, made no Impression on thie com- fortabie Cabinet of Canada," observed Mr. Stanfield. The Opposition alec found Mr. Trudeau's anti-separa- tist crusade a convenlent target for attack. Mn. Stianfield warned that it was "Incipient McCarthy- ism" end coniplained that tht Prime Minister was verglng towards "Isheer de- mogagury" ln hie speeches on separatiste ln tht C.B.C. He. tressid that the OP- position le agaînat saera- tism. Similarly, tht people of Canada do not want tbe CBC ta be slanted towardu separatism. "Nbr do they want a statt radio and television system aperated dlrectly by the Government," -he said. Tht Opposition Leader clearly lndicated that ibis session bis pantY wil attack Mr. Trudeau for being un- feeling and arrogant. Tht Government wIll spend t1w early part o! the session stressirig that IL le busY de- oilginh what, il .used ta call *.the just aociety", O C. Honey. M.P. Prime Minister Trudeau was 4p in the appendix tb the Throne Speç which listed 71 buil which are ray for tabling. This was good uvid e that Ministers have been working all summer under tht Prime Ministîrs directive ta plan and prepane a comý- pruhînsive legisiativu program for pre- sentalion ta Parliament. Incidentai legislative items will ini- clude lowîring o! tht voting age tae18, creation o! the Canadian Research Iii stitute ta concentratan tht solutiani te long-range economnic. policies and the International Rîsearc), Centre to find more efficient ways ta help the emergingnations o! tht World. Ail in ail, il looks like a busy nine or 10 months ahead. ff/ne cito r humant are attcrnpting te force tht Ontario govern- ment ta withdraw proposed legisiation which ise needed ta alleviate the suffering o! ihose who are sick. Bill 194, "An Act respecting the Cane and Provision of Animals for Research" seeks to establish tht pninciple that animais whicb are presently destroy- ed, In the public pounde should lie aoid to univesiltite whene thoe who treat tht sick are educated and tht seancb geai on for ways la prevent and cure disease. We would aH oppose tht use o! PETS in reseanch and Bill 194 ensures that they wil not be obtained for thess purposes. Whene there is none now, ibis Bill would set a minimum redemuption period across tht Province te give pet ownens tut tae Alnd lest animais; pound keepers would have tin nt- l!y, by 1mw, the owner cf any animal bearng a tag or tattoo. Animal. net clainied by tbeir owners could be held lndefinltely and sold or given away to anyone want- ing ta adopi a pet. ONLY those which would otherwlse be desirayed COULD be aold for teaching and research - not sold ta "dealers" but dlrectly ta registened and ln- specled research facilitie. "Dealers" wbo buy doge and cals far resale te laborator- ues artetliminated under tbis Bill. Research Institutions would aiso b. controlled under 8iii 194. They would have te meel high standards befare they would be registered. They wauld ha Inspected regularly by qualified em- ployees o! the Veterlnany Services Erancb o! tht Ont- aria Department of Agricul- ture. These Inspectera wouid be responsibla te tht public through tht elected 9overn- ment justl as policemen and firemen are through the municipae and atier gaverai- mente. If thore was avidence o! Inhumani trealment of an- imali, IRESEARCH WOULD BE STOPPED by legal ln- junction and by withdrawql of registratlon. Biii 194 la available nt ne charge from tht Offieof th# Minuster o! Agriculture, Par, liament Buildings, Toronte. Everyone ehouid rendat laný> rnake their views known to tht gavernment and thefr local Members. Bill 194 protecîs pets. spfeguards animal wel!ane, and h la humant ta people too! Should many thousands o! unwanted and urclaimed animaIs be killed when they are needed ta cure and pre- vent diseases? Should other dogs and cati be bred anti raised at greai public e<C- pense when far more than are reeded are kilied Ai Dur axpense ln the pubfr pounds? It is a strange kind of humanity whlch demaMn tht killng nt pouaid animà and yet le unlouched by the suffering o! jick humanu aîid animal%. .Yours very truly, D. G. Sinclair, D.V.M.. Ph.D. Club 15 Holds, Stay H'me Party On Irhuruday., October 80 Club 15 htld a vary succtsseu stay.at-home Party. Lunches for approximately 450 peoplue wr acked ait th home o!Sca onvenon M.. Bruce Banl. Tht membens a! Club 45 wlsh to, express their Alnc(re tbanku to, thon Who ftderOd lunches and gave U1tions. thereby aiding thte 'b Ir% their work wit.h Senior Citi- zens anid ailer varieus pro- Alm ln Ociober, Club 'là celebrated 25 ysrs o!fservice tui thi. community.i It's Somebody EIse's Problem Report from Ottawa, and Distant Past From the Statesman Files Durhm Ceuîity'aGr*t Faai l Oumaoe%,ql 't EaIotbjUhed 115 yoarsaaiB l 154 Asllô hroradtng The. Eowmamvie N w 1*vO The. Ozo Ne1ews .i Second chuin ail regisiratioD number 1561 producad aery Wedauey by THE JAMS PUZLIMMG COMPANY LlMITED P.O. la= 190 62.08U lina;st.W., hwmoeille. Oari. >OiM. MAMES GEO W. GRARM GEO. P. MORRIS "C,~gb pd/e ropiriht miiluhpf *spetopé" O ea ibis « P lU IMa a lit S in et la Md a .0 Yeu - Mn UM cc 05 8I0 ianTar l tb 4tb Ble oswoI tri .dYOC -I i ;,