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* . . - ~$*~i'-44~ ~--- 71%he Canadian Statesman, Bowmanv1lle, Dec. 10, 1969 EDUTORIAL COMMENT Holiday Season Cmeadians preparing for Christmnas -Phould pay particular attention to the -tree and lighting, the Canada Safety Council says in a holiday message. To keep the tree from becorning ,dangerously dry, it should be stood in ýa pail of water. The three should be 'Iocated away from fireplaces and heat- ers and be so situated that it does not -block exits needed in an emergency. Last year's lights should be check- -dcarefully for cracks and breaks be- cause they tend to deteriorate during ~Storage, P. G. McLaren, General Man- ager of the Canada Safety Council's public section, warns. 1Highly conductive tinsel should not -be hung on the tree near electrical out- Hazards lets. Householders planning extra fancy outside holiday lighting should have the wiring checked by a qualified ex- pert, Mr. McLaren says. Wrapping strewn around the li ving room constitutes another fîre hazard and should be rernoved soon after the gifts are opened. At the risk of sounding negative on such a festive occasion, the Council says parents should cut down the traffic in the kitchen when th-e bird and other delicacies are beîng priepared. A pain- fui scald is much more tiegative. Make sure the only çasualty during the holiday season isý the turkey, Mr. McLaren said, wishing everyone a Mer- ry Christmas and a Happy New Year on behalf of the Canada Safety Council. University in Step wth- Credit - Rexnember the aid college days about which hard-working fathers re- ý-rmind their sons - the days when it cost $300 - $400 for a year in school, when every cent - in retrospect at least -was spent for room and board, and ,,when anything extra was bought with bard cash ? Those days have passed. A United States University bas announced that students can use bank credit cards to ý purchase everything. from room and board through hospital expenses to foot- ball tickets. The university's vice chan- cellor for business and finance, explain- cd, "This is an example of the univer- sity's interest in being in step with modern business developments." Parents traditionally have sent their sons and daughters off to college for lessons in something nebulously termed - "financial responsibility" as well as academic enlightenment. The idea was that colege was a sort of real world Sin microcosm, with ail the pressures and pitfalls, and temptatioris, of the outside world. Certainly the introductioii ôf credit cards into -the. university. community is a step in the right direction - if this IS the right direction. Perhaps greater temptation to spend will contribute to a more realîstic education; certainly it will give students a chance to contribute to the great American sport, Inflation. And students who constantly vent their wrath against the materialistic consumer society - which draws its very breath from credit - will have a chance to be fiscally irresponsible them- selves. They will get - as they say they want - a piece of the action. They wil be exposed to one of the hard realities of life, interest rates and truth-in-lend-, ing, sooner than they would have been- otherwise. So the reilentiess march of credi. will continue r- from the cradie, through the diploma, to the grave. Housing YRobert Andras, the federal minister ,responsible for housing, may have fall- ¶en into the trap of thînking that Canada :s just an extension of the United ,ý,States, with similar urban problems. In August, he announced a freeze on urban renewal, citing with approval a study called Urban Dynamics, done at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolagy. The urban experts at MIT feed that 'federal pragrams ta help the city poor are in the long run harmful to the city. And they feed that public housing is inost harmnful tacihies,- because it at- ".' tracts low-income migrants ai-d adds ta 7ýthe number of under-employed. ý,,- The trouble with this study, as ,;-appiied to Canada, is that iL has almost 7.,othing to do with the Canadian ex- ýperience. In the cities of the United 'i,,'States, "poor" is almost synonymous ,_With "black". Since the end of the Sec- Report frai By Russell ( *-The first Item of business on the .. House of Cammons Order Paper each .-,day is called "Routine Proceedings." ýý- -his is the most interesting part of the dlaily routine because it often provides s,!,harp interchanges between Opposition -Memersand the Prime Minister and Lhis Min isters. Before the period of oral questions - there are certain other orders of busi- -ness. For example, yesterday the f irst W-hour in the House of Commons went 4-like this: Jameg A. McGrath (P.C. - St. , John's East) rose on a Question of Privi- lege compiaining that because of tech- -nicalities in the rules of the }Iouse of Commons he could not present a griev- ance as quickly as he feit he should be able ta, ... Prime Minister Trudeau ~tabled a paper entîtied "Income Secur- ity and Social Services" setting out positions of the govemnment at next -week's Constitutional Conference. - Frank Howard (N.D.P. - Skeena> inoved that the House should consider a recent report on Indien mortality. He did not receive the requimed unanimous ýconsent ta set aside the planned busi- niess of the House for an emergency ,debate on this matter. Durham Couniy's C Establihed-1I5 SAkSo Inac The Bowma The. Newcast]i JOHN M. JAMES GEO. W., rondube tu whol. or in pSt Sod lua cy tom Pafaa,,jubtoetlee.muet b. obtala.d froin a1 b ubjed to arecoure, in 1w." U~3.00 ci Yeu - 6 mon"h$3M.5 sIictly t a dvamo bb coS th*0udmoulaadlathat It W imd uiumdfa maeiaSmna etg*M oenolhe.pl" olml tuaila tie~ 4*6 iâ I il q» oqilêIv PMU ond World War a' stèady migration of poor Negroes into northern cities has caused white residents ta flee ta the suburbs. In Canada, on the other hand, the centres of cities like Toronto and Mont- real have been steadily mebuilt, not by federal funds but by private enterprise. As gleaming new office buildings and apartments have gone up, thousands of low-rental homes have been destroyed anid not repiaced. And the Canadian middle class has further -shrunk the stock of cheap city housing by buying up older houses and rnvtn hm .A freeze on federahly-financed urban rnewal is sound if it prevents good housing tram béing destroyed; but a freeze on public housing, while priv- ate redevelopment continues to, demol- ish the homes of the poor simpiy adds to the housing crisis. )m Ottawa .Honey, M.P. Mr. W. M. Howe (P.C. - Welling- ton-Grey) introduced a Private Mem- bers Bill to control the tar content and nicotine level of cigarettes. The purpose of this Bill, Mr. Howe said, was to bring the cigarette manufacturing' industry under the Food and Drug Directorate in order, as he said, "that the safest poss- ible cigarette wîhl be made available to the Canadian public". David Orlikow (N.D.P. - Winnipeg North) moved the same motion as his colleague Frank Howard with respect to Indian mortaiity . . . and the resuit was the same. The next order of business, and the last under "Routine Proceedings" was the Oral Question Period. There were about 45 questions ail of which under the rules were to be related to matters of "urgent national interest". This is the most difficuit period of the day for Mr. Speaker who bas the responsibility of sorting out the questions of "urgent national interest" from those which are argumentive, flot urgent, not national in scope, too general, politically orient- ed, not in good taste, etc. This is not an easy task for Mr.. Speaker. who must preside over a forum where politics is the name of the game. in tattemnn Great Family journal yrears ago in 1854 -orporating mnvili, News de Indopendent >na N4ews ,a 8 i d ýiStration number 1561 rWednesday by NG COMPANY LIMITED Box 190 Bowmaanville, Onterlo GRAHAM GEO. P. MORRIS 4PJMAGEE BuswEsa Ma. lb. W lm c.ppoarinq on thJW pool.pezulaglon to awbubtu.v, pMUtCully by photo4zapbioor climat the publiaher aud 1h. prlntPr. AnY umauthorlasd 38.00< iY*= in tii. Unitedtao mud err boùW«or b dimUom . mm mpts cdv.ilia ID amlb.bu cO S= any errein«Ya- 04v.risuaunt h*za*e in sqiated la writlmg by the- qivrtmer OMM Ieduly uMq.d b b. eO d*v.rb n d wltbsucb a. limd tg Oxa ucboe olt in#sa - i ~ ~ ~ ~ c maai*'aa-wg çol- 7/PE Qý/Fý P?AR&wc /eN61wc £et ters 702 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ontario. November 28, 1969 Dear Editor: It may possibly Int.erest you ta know that I was ap- painted as a delegate ta at- tend the N.D.P. Convention ln Winnipeg recently? T he N ew Democratie Party gathered thene at the Auditorium f r a m across Canada. Some 600 delegates, 1 was informcd. IncidentaI- lv,, John, I was the oldest delegate. being 86 years old May 29th of 1970. I will just give you the hlghlights as It would ré- quine volumes ta caver the tremendous volume of events that taok place. I went by Canadian Na- tional and was amazed to learn that thene was no dinlng car. Believe IL orn fot, we did stop at Capreol for an houn and 40 minutes and I had a first çlass breakfast. .What amezed me amiongst s0 many other happenings was the tact dozens a! pas- sengens had brought im- mense packages o! food, fruit, drinkso! all sorts, etc. The travellers were wond- erfully kind ta me, caming with sandwiches, ca k es, fruit, cigarettes, etc., until T bad ta remark I was same- what like the turkey is about last two weeks before he Is kIlled for Christmas. I wnote odes for many of my fellow passengers which caused hilanlous laugbter as, It always does. Laten, durIng aur sessions ln Win- nipeg Auditorium I continu- ed writing odes on subjects bcing discussed every day and even at night. One ode which was ap- pneciated tremendously was because the ladies elected a large numben o! members wha will work ln union with the men an ail sorts o! union and palitical matters. It went ta Oshaworker on mny return ta Oshawa and also the Steel Workers Union at 15 Albert Street. Briefly 1 will relate my listening ta bot argument hetween two delegates aven to tkle Communism. I pointed out that Com- munism was bnought in in Russia in 1917 by the Rus- sians. 1 asked the arguers If and when the Russians became dissatisfied with the Com- munlsm type of mule, wauld it nat be quite possible that the same millions who Intra- duced it, couid not be able ta throw IL overboard exact- ly the same as they destroy- ed the Impenial or Mon- archial Rule? 1 heard bath o! the aid parties, Tory and Libenal, have the bide torn off their backs by speakers tram ail over Canada. Dozens a! Yaoung girls spoke aven television. Sa did Young men, sbowing ln many cases deep study o! today's problems. Members o! Hause o! Comn- mons made tremendous, powerful speeches. Ed. Bnoadbent was veny goad Indeed and lu very papular witb pleasant personality. Davie Lewis la Cracker Jack ln onatany always. Tommy Douglas, whom I've known many years, was grand as usual. Tommy was put ln as Leader again by accla- mation. I was Interviewed on tele- vision sevenal times. An officiai a! the CBC tram Ottawa came ta me and ask- ed me If I would allow hilm ta meke a tape recording so he cauld take It back ta Ottawa. Unknown ta me he had contacted another delegate tram Oshawa, a close friend o! mine wbo knew him very well. This friend had given him a great amount o! personal background about me, and this was wbat the Interview- er wanted of course. This interview taok place In train wbiie we were watt- Ing In Winnipeg Canadian National Station an bour befare we started back La, Toronto. Sa mucb laughter toak place I had ta stop tram ime to ime to allow record- (S ! tor er ta pick up interview as you can readily understand. The publicity 1 received wauld have cast me thous- ands of dollars had I been forced to buy It of course. 1 was the abject a! much good natured kidding and the interviewer told me that they (the delegates) had given me a title. That they named me the Chaperone of thc Delegates. I stayed at Fort Garry Hotel. This is anc of the many Canadian National Hotels wbich are scattered ail across Canada. The railway empioyees were outstandingly cour- teous and helpful at al imes. Being an old rail- roader, 1 amn completely at home with Lhem. One outstanding Impres- sion I bad, John, was this: That taday ln Canada we are in exactly the same situation I saw ln England over the years ln my own life ime. In England the people watched both Tory and Liberal Parties go down and Labour take aver. This is exactly 'the case naw with the millions here ln Canada. The country has developed prablems, steadily gnrowing worse. Sure we bave great resaurces but alas, our ecanamy is made up o! far too many wealthy as opposed ta, millions who ane under-privileged with nat enaugh Income ta have enough of necessary !oods, bausIng, clothing and pros- pect of such where we sec governments uslng millions of words but not carrylng out cures for the underdog. This cannot continue be- cause nevolutian will take aven just as trouble ln Unit- ed States grows worse b y the baur and ln Quebec we i-ead of bomblngs, propenty damage, murder, destruction of lite and propenty. If, John, you cane ta pub- * llsh this article you can pub- lish iL by degrees, a bit tram one Issue o! Statesman ta another. Cost o! living Is becamlng Report. from Queen's Park by Alex Carruthers M.P.P. to add gloom to us here ln Oshawa emnplayees are being laid off ln aur Industrial plants when production nonmally rise ln cars. Re- membering the Hungry Thinties Is enough to bring nightmares ta us wbo lived through iL. In conclusion 1 note stead- Ily the great loss of prestige of gavernment members across aur great country. 1 am Charter Member of Senior Citizens Club ln Oshawa, iLts sîmply a grand place; the best I've ever seen altbough I bave crossed Canada severaiLiMmes. Kindest regards to you and yours, "Longboat", Ralph R. Tooley. Dear Sur: I would like ta contact readers of youn newspaper who came to Canada tram the British Isles prion La 1940 as cbild immigrants. These were children and yauths hrought out by vanious British Emigration SocleLies, such as the Bar- nardo Homes, Churcb of England, Salvation Army, Quarnier Homes a! Scotland, Liverpool Sbelt.ering Home, etc. Only those Interested ln telling o! their expert- ences for research wbich may be publisbed, should re- ply. I would especialiy like to hear from any who were among the 150 cbildren ln the flrst Barnardo party to corne out after World War 1, arriving on the S.S. Sicilien at the port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Marcb 28, 1920. I would also like ta bear from descendants of cblldren Lucerne, Quebec. quite short. - hurrah! The Second Session of the 28Lh Leg. isiatume af Ontario, after the longest im the province's histomy is now in its final weeks. With the completion of the debate on the estimates af the Department of Health and the pocessing of a few items of legisiation including the Land- lard and Tenants Act, and the contra- versial Bill 194 - the Protection of Animais Act, the House, after over e year af deliberations should be in a position La prorogue fairly early in Dec- ember. The debate on the heelth estimates has centred largeiy around OHSIP with the Libemai and NDP opposition sub- mitting alternative programmes of health came involving in bath cases a reduction af prcmiums for doctars' bis and hospitalization. It is proposed that the cast of bath af these pragrams would be met Lhough highem income and corporation taxes. In autlining their programmes the opposition bas urged the Govern- ment ta expand iLs hospital and mcdi- cal programmes ta caver prescription dmugs, chiropractors, cbirapodists, ostea- paths and nursing homes. 'he Standing Committee on HealLh under the chairmanship of Dr. Patter, the rnember for Belleville, in a report to the legislature made similar sugges-. tions, but admitted that the cot would be high and the additionai coverage woulci of riecesty have to be adopted on a graduai basis. ...There isa tendency on the part of ..lia CÉ ii ta ValuÏtê social programs such as edicare and hospitaliation in terma *of premium rates as they apply ta aur ipersonal ecanomic position. Many peo- pie are of the opinion that a reduction in prcmiums would transfer their per- sonal cost ai these programmes La the mare affluent members of society. * This, however, is nat the result. -The impact of a stone Lhrawn into a - pool of caim watem is not centred in ane rarea alone. Ripples carry iLs effect in tever widening cîrcles ta the outer iim- * its of the pool. Similarily the impact of increased income and corporation taxes cen oniy result in demands for increased wages and an increase in the Lprice o! goods. The final resuit is a hid- den burden of costs, which must be borne by ail segments af sacicty. At a later date I hope ta have the appartunity ai anaiyzing the pros and cons of these pragrams and compare tbem with the present OHSIP progmam which in itself is subject ta modifica- tion. One miscanception with respect ta OHSIP that bas been brought ta my attention is ta the effect that the letters OHSIP stand for the Ontario Hospital Services Insurance Plan. In order La clear up any misundemstanding may I state that the letters designate the Ont- aria Hcaith Services Insurance Plan wbich replaced OMSIP and covers mcdi- cal costs including the services af the doctor in the home, et his office or in the bospital. Your views with respect ta the OHSIP programn are respectfully solicit- ed and please feel frec ta contact me by letter at the Parliament Buildings, Toronto. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Why does a man stagger out ta Iwork when he's unable ta do iL proper- Ily, is a threat ta everyane around him, and is pmoabby shortening his own life by three or four years? This is the sort of ratianalizing I was doing this week when I took not one, but two days sick leeve. That makes six days in ten years. I'd been coughing like a kangaroo with consumption. Blowlng my nose was like trying to stop Niagara Falls with Kleenex. 1 was dizzier than a bat et high noon. 1 ached froin stemn to gud- geon, and 1 couldn't çlecide which was acbing more. It's baming, I know. But the 'f lu is always boing. Except when you have iL yourself. Then i's fascinating. When you have it, you know that nobody has ever been as iii as you. Es- pecially those phonies on TV who stay in bcd, drink plenty of fluids, and stuff themselves with aspirin. My wife is a great comfort at such times. She invariably says, "You're go- ing ta die with that chcst cold!" And then she sits back and starts counting on hem fingers. The term insurance, the life insurance. When she begins ta look a bit nasty, I realize I haven't enough insurance ta keep bem in affluence. That's about when she calis the doctor, so ll get better, so I can take out mare insurance. The doctor, of course, always set- ies everything. He says, "Hmmm. Got the 'flu, eh?" Naturally I've gat the 'f lu or my wife wouldn't have called hîm. If I had merely a broken leg she'd prob- ably set iL herseif. But you can die with the 'f lu. And the doctor says, "Take plenty of bed, stay in aspirin, and drink lots." This aiways brightens me up, and I pull out of the slumnp within a wfek, provid- 25 YEARS AGO Dr. H. Ferguison was elect- Mrs. F. A. Parrett, Glen. ed President of the Men's dive. Montana, is visit.tng at Canadian Club for the 1944- Rev. W. C. Washington's ,45 season at the annual and Mrs. C. L. Brown's. meeting held at the Bal- Miss Winnie Varcoe ha, moral Hatel on Thursday, been visiting at Mr. Wm. Nov. 30. Glanfield's and witb other Mr. Bert Johnston who friends in Toronto. has been In Port Perry for Mrs. John Hockin has re- several weeks taking a re- turned from a prolonged tail merchandising course visit with relatives In Mari- aL the Dominion Store under posa. the direction of Ernie Bot- Miss Annie Coulter, Toron- trell Is now In Oshawa with to, spent Sunday at homne. one of the Dominion Stores. Mr. Thos. Stapleton, Ced. Mr. Walton Pascoe is in ardale, was In town Satur- Moncton, N.B., this week, In day visiting bis father-in- the Interests of the Good. law, Mr. Geo. Brimacombe, year Tire & Rubber Co. Elgin Street. A/B G. T. Forsey. R.C.N. Messrs. W. S., Otto and V.R.. Is now vIsiting his par- Wallace Bragg and S. Glan- ents, who are here from the ville, Miss Leta Bragg and United States. He leaves Mr. John Elliott, B.A., assist- for the States Friday mo--In a program at Oshawa Ing and his parents are glv- Simcoe Street Mothodist Ing a party before leaving. Church on Thursday, turn- He will be at sea for Christ- Ishing quartets. duets, rend- mas. Ings, piano solo and thé The open air rinks at the latter an address on "The Public Schg I and Rotary Problems of Life". Park are boarded up wait- Mr. John Buckley, form- ing for the cold snap which erly of Orono, Is making bis will permit skaters and home with bis daughter, hockeyists to enjay their Mrs. Harvey Curtis, Tyrone. favorite winter recreation. Mr. J. D. Fluker. son-in- O/SM Alden D. Wheeler, law of Mr. Chas. Cox, Bow- R.C.N.V.R., arrived home manville, bas been appoint- Tuesday morning frorm cd ticket agent for the overseas and is spending bis Grand Trunk Railway In 28 days' leave with bis Whitby. and is aiso temp- mother, Mrs. A. D. Wheeler, orarily in charge of the bus- Horsey Street. ines., of the G.N.W. Tele- LAC Glen Martyn, R.C.A. graph Company. F., Toronto, spent the week- Mr. Thos. Hooper bas sold end with bis family bei-e. bis 75 acre farm near Ty- Glen bas recently been pro- rone. to a Darlington boy, moted to a Corporal. Mr. Belîman, and will maya Rev. J. E. Griffith, Bow- to Oshawa wbere he bas manville, wishes to an- bought a residence. nounce the engagement of Mrs. W. N. Brown, Harnp- his daughter, Anne. to F/O ton, has been appointed Edgar Emerson, son of Mr. teacher on Lindsay Public and Mrs. Malcolm Emerson, Scbool staff for balance of Nestleton. The marriage present term. will take place December Bowmanville Chamber of 27Lh at Trinity United Commerce is opening an Cburcb. Employment Bureau. Mrs. J o hn Carpenter, Sir Sam Hughes sailed on Port Clemens, N.S., is visit- the S.S. Aquitania frrat Ing ber mother, Mrs. Fred New York on a trip to Cryderman. Europe. Miss Jean Bell, Toronto, Miss Jane Grigg of the visited ber parents, Mr. and Normal School, Toronto, Mrs. H. M. Bell. spent Sunday at home. Mrs. J. H. Fisher, Toron to, Mr. L. S. Dumas, Osha- Is guest o! Miss Mary Jewell. wa, spent Sundayat borne. brought out during 1860- 1900 by the pioneers of the Ce S, S. NEW S child emigrant movement, Lis Nielsen - 12C In particular: Maria S. Rye This week, Courtîce is sel!. ta Our Western Home at ing the yearbook. Tbe prie Niagara-on-the - Lake, On- has gane up one dollar for the tanlo. Annie Macpberson, book, but is still inexpensive Louise Birt and Mrs. W. nuhsta eryecn Merry wbo bad homes at aenough st. hateveryne chai Knowleton, Quebec; Strat- alward it. ThedSpe caonba ford, Galt and Belleville, palways lbeen ai-idwe an ex.- Ontario. ,Wm. Quarrier of peclt it illbe ai. a x Scotland with a home at cOlnt yeearok. Cortc Brockville, Ontario. Dr.' T. O eebr1LCutc Barnardo with homes at To- is featuring its Christmas ronto, Peterborougb, Ontario Dance. This is going to be a and Russell, Man. Dr. Stev- semi-formal or dress-up dance enson with a home In Toron- with the Christopher Edward to and Mr. Fegan wbo had Campaign to entertain us. 1 one In Hamilton. W. T. hope that this dance will be as Middlemore who bad a home successful as the Victory Dance. In Nova Scotia. The Girls COSSA champion- The Misses Smylie of Dub- ships are beld in Belleville on lin who bad a home at Saturday, December 6th. Let'o Hespeler, Ontario. hope the girls win! Anyone Interested In this We didn't go to school aon project, please write to me: Friday, December 5th because Miss Phyllis Harrison, of the teachers Professionai 7 Vanier Avenue, Day. This cut our school weelf 49 VEARS AGO Suga'r and Spi-ce ed I don't drink too much. But there's a moral question lnvolv- ed with the 'flu. Should anc ga to church, schoal or business, and hack, sneeze, cough and spit ail over the con- gregation, the classroom or colleagues?1 The answer, I think, is an unequivo- cal "yes," provided we have the strcngth. That's the only wey in which we can maintain one of aur few great aid Canadian traditions: speading the 'flu. We have spread two things in this country since pianeer days, 'flu and fer- tilizer, and we mustn't stop naw. Spreading the 'f lu is not without iLs merits, provided iL is done with tact and timing. As witness. On Friday night we were suppased ta go ta the annual bail of the year. You know the sort af thing. Every tawn ha: anc. Five percent of the men want to go, and 100 percent of the women. It's a chance for them ta wear their wigs, make the aid man spring for a smash- ing new dress, and discuss for the next week what ridiculous things the other women were wearing. After wheczing and sneezing for about three days, I was looking forward ta it as anc might look forward ta bis own funeral. So sick was I that even the thaught of having ta shine my shoes made me feed feint. That mas bad enough. But soins. how we'd been finessed into having au after-the-ball party with 30 people uZ. zling food and drink. 1 didn't ses hOUI 1 could get through it, alive. Yes, Virginia theme is a Santa Claus. To my delight and ber hammam my wife woke up Friday morning hacking and gasping and as feverish as I. I'd spjad hem the 'flu. She bung an iii afteriWn boping for a miracle recovery but then bad ta thmaw in the towel and cancel evervthing. That probably saved my M1e and about $100 80 the 'Ilu can't be ail ba4 and L Distant Past Froîn the Statesmau Files By Bill Smiley hký,K of 1