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0 CoB rN EA RRNA ST AR, Sn SAN thas ~ fare 3 fe d . : 4, ; ; : '2 y : 4 vd --- off 4» oi ; { N J . Member of : : . ol i iy « mw Food The Canadian ! @ ] . 2 : . iy : 4 Thursday esl Sov E STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday Association . . : f . 3 . A h pe The Western world lives with toi canting, fearg, one. a' fos of spreading Communism; might ihvolve us in an "atomic. conflict that would mark' the end of civilizations. «The movement known' as World Federation: ® has been conceived as K movement dedicated ° : to making the world'safe from both these fears. The leaders-of this movement arguo that national sovereignity, is outmoded and = dangerous.- If there was a world govern- ment, 'they contend, . it 'would not he possible for any nation to start.a war which might bring about the. distruction of mankind. s + 'They envision world, government in terms of «4 remodelled United Nations. The idea seems to be a good one. Certain- ly no one can argue against any plan which would provide a set-up that made war among human beings impossible. However, there are many obstacles to overcome before a parliament .of man iwill materialize. The bitterest opponents of World Federa- tion are the two strongest nations in the world, the United States and Russia. The United States is opposed on the grounds-that she would have-to sacrifce her almost un- _Jdimited sovereignty and Russia on the Mob 'Makers i Are we becoming a society of mob makers? The demonstration put- on in Montreal at the Detroit-Montreal hockey game gives one a shocking picture of what happens then a mass of people~lose their individuality and 'become fused into one body filled with one idea 'only--usually the idea of destruction. Are we sowing the seeds in our society that 'lead to more of this mob violence?If so per-- haps we ought to see very clearly now the alirection which we are taking. Perhaps we ought. to do something about changing the colirsé of a very 'dangerous river that may 'well overflow its banks, and destroy the best that-we have built. : . When hand crafts were the order of the day each Workman took-a pride in the work of his hands and'no two objects were exactly alike. "As he figured out ithe problems of his -work he learned to be intensely individ- ual. He was not like his neighbour any 'more than the product of his hands, was like the next man's. He was often poor and faced real hardship. Many times he became rich and successful. In any case he was - HIMSELF. Now as 'Factories turn out thousands ot -. products on the assembly line basis the good workman and the poor alike become one cog pP in- the wheel; their individuality lost in the. "mere attendance on the. machine. = There is more individuality in some of the new mi- chines than there is in the men who run them - to-day. © What harm can this do? We have a high- er standard of living in:Canadg than ever before. People ave better housed, better fed, - have shorter working hours and an oppor tunity to go to school. Surely these advances ought to reflect their advantages in better personality among the 'people' "who receive these benefits? Instead' we have a small group at the top of thinkers, writers; scientists, humanita- rians and. artists i mould creative ideas nd itom bombs to helping strioan a trodden; and a mass of humanity at the bottom who are working more or less automatically and whose play consists of being a spectator or gamboling about in. some animal fashion preferably without thinking at all. Professional sport requires no effort on the part of the audience, You may fancy yourself a crack hockey player without the effort of inter minable practise; you may be a channel swimmer and simply stand on the shore; you may shout your head off and leave the auditorium sure that you are just as important as the hero of the game--all without anything more than the york of filling your lungs: with air. Lucky. chance games also give one a sense of impor tance without effort--Bingo! and yours is the prize, whether its anything, you vealy want or not; you've 'won! hurrah, to NOTES AND COMMENTS ry World Federation 'the other, a fear pf a 'Third Warld Whar ,Which_ + thé further difficulty that no one as yet has aod that 'she will not toletite even the discussion of Wu project that doesn't 'come within the. framework: of. the 'proeletarinn' revolution. ee . + Apar t from the fact that wild aseriient "is opposed to these two.great powers there is been able to advance a practical blue-print of fix 4a form- which such a government" might ta 3 2 Cy In spite . of the fact that the PH, is still in the visionary stage there are world fed- eralists in 22 of the eighty nations of the world 'and they number among their ad- herents such outstanding men as Lord Boyd ai and Sir William Beveridge to name only ' tw But certainly, human beings must someday learn that *national sovereignty is a wicked "and a dangerous thing; nbt because in itself or. of itself it is necessarily 80, but simply because political leaders have used it as the deal means by which to rise to power and so_ gain control over others for the purpose of achieving ignoble ends. Whatéver excuse theire may have been for national sovereignty in the past it has been:wiped away by the power of the weapons that modern man has developed. . . ~ win ig the thing! or isn't 'it? And you've. done it all without any work. Of course you are no longer rs. Jones or Mr. Brown you are just one muscle in the arm of the great creature who takes up numbers and = puts. them down. No, thinking guaranteed. Can education save us? Not if we squeeze the schools as we are doing to-day. At gne time a teacher was a highly respected per- son in society. He was reverenced for his good judgement, Now many youngsters 'only sneere at a teacher and consider him a week sister for staying in the profession. Individualists and even. some educational administrators are apt to think a sound-proof ceiling is of more importance than the qual-- ity of the teacher employed aril the encour- agement given to him after he is employed. Many teachers are unfortunately no better 'than .the youngsters or business men think they are. They think of their work as a job and have made precious little effort to go on improving their minds and techniques once the joy has been secured. They know noth- ing about good business methods or the world outside the classroom. In other words they are no. longer the leaders of the com- munity. ' » : . This is also true of "many ministers and their congreg: tions. Our churches are fill- ed with well-meaning but mentally lazy peo- ple. They too have become spectators. The shock of a. sermon touching an individual' life to-a point where it really takes effect «is for the most part lost. We have glossed it over with comfort - in far too many cases, Both the schools and the churches are _vehicles of education. Can the evils in Ahese "institutions. he overcome? ~The home does not escape. It is the firat and foremost Torce in the-life of the child. Is your home now simply a place to eat and - sleep? = Or do you and eaeh-member of your family have a hobby? Do you discuss world politics with your children? Do you -read _vour Bible to them and teach them some of . the great truths of responsibility. to God and to man? Do you play together, work to- gether around home? The home then is the third vohiclo of the education that must save us fron the-mob, and perhaps ought to come first. < If your home, your school, and your church, have taught you to think™= an individual you will have the strength of. personality that will help free us forever fy6m the danger of the mab. The majority of Montreal people Will feel nothing but disgust at the memory of what took place in their city on.-the night of March 17th and in that majority lies our strength. Nevertheless it is a warning tp us 'to open our eyes and see clearly the direction we are ., #aking and to realize that we must retain a strength of individual personality coupled with a senge of Fospoisihinty 'to Man at all cots, . ov FER . = District Doings PLAN PROBE OF MARA SCHOOL ATHERLEY--A full-scale investi- gation .of conditions at a Mara Twp. school will be held after the March 23 trial of 'its teacher, Mrs, Margaret Ferguson, on a charge of assault, it was annotinced recently. taken, The ,teacher is accused of striking Michelle Sutherland, 12, on the thigh with a strap, G. A, Pearson, Ontario superinten- dent of elementary education, said school conditions would be fully con- sidered, = . In a letter to several news papers, school children. 19 families said the school was over- crowded and that the inspector had received complaints about harsh' dis- cipline and teaching methods. Bre _ Parents claimed to have asked for the resignation of the board chairman and reintroduction of a system of staggered classes until the schol could be enlarged, but, that no action was They claimed. too, that ratepayers who voted.'in favor of the retaining the teacher at a recent meeting were, in almost all cases, not parents of " So far some 20 children have been taken out of the school, and the par- ents refuse to let them return until the teacher is removed. COUNTY TO SPEND OVER A MILLION ON ROADS A sum of more hn $1,400,000 will be spent on roads and bridges in On- 'tario County, including a sum of $660,000 within the city of Oshawa, in the year 1955. These figures are contained in a statement of expenditure allotrhents to municipalities for normal-work fot the year issued by the department of highways, and represent the amounts on which the provincial government will pay grants at varying rates, Incidentally, as in the case of all counties, the Ontario county total of $1,406,100 is included in the. grand aggregate of $700,000,000 which Pre- mier Frost intimated would be spent by public' projects in Ontario this year, . "{ rt mp --------r---- v said Mrs. Mortson. March 24th, 1955 "The amounts of estimated total ex- penditures within Ontario county this year are listed by municipalities in the" 'statément as follows: * Ontario county work, , by county Frouncil, $418,000. « - RS A Tawnships: Brock, $32 ,000; Mara, $33,000; Picker ing,' $112, 000; Rama, $9500; Reach, $27,000; Scott, $23,000% Thorah, $20,500; Scugog, $5,600; Ux- bridge, $28,000; Whitby, $10, 000; East Whitby, $15, 000; 7 'Cities. -- Oshawa, $550,000, "Towns -- Ajax, $30,000; Uxbridge, $6,500; Whitby, $31,000. _ Villages -- Beaverton, $6,500; Can- nington, $4,000; Pickering, $4,100; Port Perry, $9,000. Rama Indian reserve, $500. Mortson of Victoria Square, a mother of three children, has a full-time job ---she drives a school bus. She start- ed driving the big eight-ton vehicle five years ago and has held the posi- tion since that time. Two other buses are operated by her husband and Mr. Andy Storey, Victoria Square. Mis, Mortson starts out on her route at 7.45.a.m.. her final afternoon trip at 4.30 p.m. She transports students to the Rich- mond Hill Public and High School and the Jefferson Public School. She co- vers more than 10,000 miles a year and has.travelled over: 50, 000 miles in the past five years. HT' rather drive a bus oY. a car' She drove the family truck for .a number of years before taking on her more responsible position. ' 'Mrs, Mortson' operates the school bus. in all kinds 6f weather. Whether it's snow, sleet or rain she must stick to her regular routine.' FLOODS GAVE LINDSAY CHILDREN A HOLIDAY The stidents at Lindsay's Victoria School are about the only ones in Lind- say who had a legitimate excuse to he enthusiastic about the heavy rains that arrived early last week. "Because of the fact that. the school basement became flooded and the fur- nace went out all the pupils: were giv- en a holiday, reported strenuous objection from the students. According to reports, the water in the basement had seeped in through cracks that had opened up mn the walls, and had filled up almost to the level of the basement windows. Flooding . in 'this area is n perennial problem, which has been before Town Council on many occasions. STOUFFVILLE MUST FORM' THEIR OWN POLICE*FORCE Stouffville Council received notice last week that the present contract "with the Ontario Provincial Police will be terminated in December of this yoar. The notification," the commu- nication stated, was part of a new policy of withdrawing the Provincial Police from duties in municipalities of more than 2,000 population. Fifteen such towns, including Stouffville, will be affected, also Uxbridge. The announcement stated that cen- tres of two thousand or more were sufficiently large eémough to establish their own police forces and' release 'provincial officers for duties in rural areas. Some centres such as Barrie were using fis many as fourteen men. The announcement came-as a shoe to: local council authorities as a new contract for 1955 had only recently been expressed over the®Added police | service acquired under the two-officer Provincial 'system. ran Clipped Comments OH FOR "THE CITY OF OUR g DREAMS" | Anyone listening to the address given -by P. C. "Rowe at the Men's Canadian Club on Wednesday of Inst |. week, would be forced to one of two c¢onclusions--either that Mr. Rowe is an idealist, or a died-in-the-wool left wing Socialist. Mr. Rowe, classed as an after-dinner farmer, is now living "the life of 'the idle rich" among his hooks near Janetville. He has in his career held positions~in -the banking industhy, and with the Social Credit Party of 'Alberta, ITé edited the Soc- red newspaper in Albbrta, and in 1935 went to the House of Commons as a Social Credit member from an Alberta riding, his affiliation from the Social Credit Party and sat as an Independent. Mr, Rowe's opinions gince that time woul: seem to have become soured against any economic system which has made Canada -a great nation. He now hag ONTARIO ONLY LADY SCHOOL . BUS DRIVER STOUFFVILLE -- Mrs. Gordon She returns home from to which there was no. system the Social Credit Party or our economic system of vespatsinle, enter- prise. ~ yh He. likened our : Proadit "Cegnomie system. to a huge cream- separator, with the labor of our workers and the resources of "field, fogest, factory, ming and sea going in at the top and the wealth from then coming out: the two spouts, (typical y socialistic pro- pagaiida): Mr. Rowe. contends that there are too few people getting, the 'cream, while the greg majority get the skim milk, "Mr, - Rowe failed to point out however, that there is no- thing to prevent jour workers and citi- zens under our vesponsible enterprise system from moving over from the skim milk spout to the cream spout, providing they have the brains, initia- tive and ability to do so. Indeed, in the present era of expansion and pros- perity in Canada many people are in the process' of doing so with every passing day. In fact with the leisure, carefree life Mr. Rowe now leads he might well be classed as a capitalist. To. correct the dreadful system, which he believes is faulty, Myr. Rowe has no concrete plan although he may have his private thoughts on the cor- rect method to use)--and that makes him an idealist. He did have a ne- bulous solution however, and -his So- cialist solution was along the lines of -educhting our youth to co-operate, to "share thé common toil" in order to veach what he called "The City of Our Dreams". No doubt Mr. Rowe's "City oft Brean where all 'will share equally in the conimon wealth pro- duced equally by all. will be a wonder- ful place, but we think that he and those "who hold the same views will have to come up with a much more concrete plan before it can be achieved, His Utopian philosophy smattered very much like the religous-political- economic policy the late Premier Bill Aberhart propounded before Alberta "struck oil". In nh of many of his. audience agreeing disagree with his pet theories we o realy enjoyed and ad- mired his candid and effective oratory An using the Canadian Club as a "| springboard to unload his thoughts on a complacent and bewildered public. --Canadian Statesman. IMMIGRATION POLICY OPEN "TO CRITICISM... ? Canada's immigration .poliey . Is coming in for some sharp criticism during the current unemploymeht problems facing the country, Why, most Canadians are asking themsel- ves, did the goverhment permit such widespread immigration- before rea- justment from wartime conditions had | been carried out within' the country? There are probably several answers to this, (even. if we exclude the sug- gestion by some sections of labor that the exeessive manpower pool was de- sired to keep labor in its place), and these might -jnclude (a) the govern- ment erred greatly in its appraisal of the possible manpower requirements of the nation and (b) Canada was an- xious to do all possible to accommo- date those people from other lands who were weary of being pushed a- hout in the wake of a war which to- F tally disrupted their lives. The correct' answer is probably been signed and much satisfaction has | i 'mind In 1940, however, he switched | no good word for either the' banking somewhere in between but -the fact remains that immigration on a scale , such as was allowed by Canada was | not in the_interests of keeping em- ployment at- a. high level, all other factors involved being as they are. In this latter connection we have in falling export markets, .and a seeming lack of ability to compete in a world which suddenly became ex- tremely competitive. Since the.past cannot be whdone, is- n't it about time we closed the doors to further immigration, pending a na: tional readjustment? ' --Lindsay Post ------ 0f Many Thing S By Ambrose Ing ARE YOU INFERIOR? Did you ever hear the story about the fellow who went to a psychiatrist? He told the psychiatrist that he had an inferiority complex. After =a thorough examination the psychiatrist said,, 'No, sir. You do not have a complex. You are inferior." "T think it"is unfortunate that such existed. There is only one circum- himself as inferior, Beeause Joe Smith playé a better ball_game than I do does not make me inferior, cauge Einstein understands the Theory does not make me inferior, Because my wife can fry a steak with mush- being brought to peak a sterm as inferiority complex ever stance in which a man can classify. 'rooms a whole lot better than I can does not make me inferior. There is only one situation in hick I can be classed as inferior. That sit- ugtion arises when I do something that is not-up to the standard of Am- brose Hills ¥t his best. Wien I. write a neWspaper column that is not quite as, interesting as Meould" 'mitke it if I tried 'harder, then I am When I am less char ming and gracious 1han Ambrose Hills: ean be at his best, then I am inferior... When T fall shout of doing, on all occasions, something less than my best, then I am decidedly inferior. Men shoyld not be forever compar- ing themselves with each other. This leads only to jealousy. and scheming. It is this foolhardy-jealousy that leads to crackpot notions about sharing wealth, and forcing equality on people, by silly laws. Each man should set his own high standard.and compete with himself to better his performance, That is true democracy. That is what freedom of -enterpride really means, and attempts to encourage, Arve you inferior? I don't mean are you inferior to Einstein--but to yourself at your best. If so, then you needn't worry about a complex. You 'are just simply inferior! But if you are doing your best, under all circum- stances to the limit of your talent and energy---don't let anybody in the world tell you you are inferior. Ground Observer Corps News Three new appointments have been announced, during the past week . . . Me. Bill Baker, Port Perry, has been made an assistant regional supervisor in Mr. Bert Chewins' territory, while Mr. Alan Jackson, R.R. 1 Nestleton and Mr. Stan Norrish, Tyrone have heen made chief observers in their respective districts, The exercise held during the past week 'end was very successful with all posts" in this area operating. Mus- tangs, expediters and many training aiveraft including jéts and others, 'were reported to the filter centre, and in turn to the radar control centres, Every person in this community has the opportunity to play avital role in the air defense of our country. Top Air Force officials have stated flatly that 'a potential enemy is pre- sently eapable of reaching this coun- try with atomic bombs & other weap- ons of modern warfare, premise that aggression can best be discouraged by a strong defense, the air defenses of this country are rapidly hi effectiveness, This is a job worth undertaking, and the way is left open to us to do our part by, becoming members of the Ground Observer Corps. Civilian volunteers are needed to spot alreraft which might be enemy bombers . . . bombers capable of carrying atomic hombs to important industrial targets here in Canada. Gi "ow do we fit into the picture? As you know, a hostile enemy plane must be detected and intercepted: before it nears its ultimate target. Although our communiy might not be an initial target, or be located near a target, we can help detect these planes before they get within bombing range of their objective. Upon this warning system, which depends on us, rests the safety of the_entire country and its ability to fight back should we be attacked. We hopetwe shall never be attacked, but we cannat afford to take that risk! Radar ean do. its part, but is limited "in certain areas due to hills, and its own operating peculiarities which make it ineffective at low altitudes. These "blind spots" must be guard- ed. Civilian volunteers ". House- wives ow. farmers . . . teaéhers . . . storekeepers. . . citizens in all walky of life . . . must assist in doing this job as members of the Ground Obser- ver Corps, You.can do your part in . oe inferior.' 3 Based on the | defending Canada right here in your own community. by bdcoming a mem- ber of the Ground Observer Corpse Ask yourlocal chief' observer Jor.) more information, taday. i +~Clare Keevil. ERNE CPS Film Council News * In the Star Weekly of March 19, eH, ME . . ar wok lt . theve is a write-up about the film A a hoard. N . } mr . . . . ' In it, it mertions some of the award p44 a winning films such as, "Romance of Transportation" a comical film por- lh : trayirig the history of transport in -- EA Canada. "A Thousand Million Years" ¥ a geological film. © Also the first prize winner "Corral" the story of the roping, saddling and breaking of a wild horse. : a dh, One of the things {hat surprised noe was thei faet that in the last year alone' foreign audiences totalling 13,680,601 saw NFB films outside the theatre. - This article is well worth veading » and I think should he read by all our 'members. : Sh SE a em A Si to i A Cheque was received from the Whitevale Filin Committee when they wound up their activities afew weeks dgo. The Whitevale Film club is «till carrying on in the home of Mr. and. Mrs. J. Irwin. : Our Film Club meeting is to be held at the' home of. Mis. E. Cornutt. on Wed., March 23. ® + » pi ¢ Fs We are sorry to hear of the illness in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Deeming of Myrtle and we wish them a speedy recovery. A --DMurs. Wm. Carter, FOR" H : \ Homemakers? "Aone. (Menghatl Homemakers Discover - Soup- Combinations ~ Whether it's Grandma or the bride adxt door, women seein to have a trhit They like to try scanething new. A new dress pattern. Anew way of arranging furniture And, especially, a new recipe. Andis there whom maker anywhere, who doesn't like to. do a bit of experimenting in the recipe depari- ment and come up with a dish that! her own creation? . Qi} CONHNOI. Today enterprising homeniakers are discovering a" whole new gamut fof recipes. 'They're pouring two kindg of condensed coup unto a saucepan and stirring up a ew soup. And they're coming up with varieties that range from-clear, succulent broths to he rey, vegetable: packed ehow dete, Ocea don- ally they slip in somebrowndd [frank bits of bacon, chunks of chiclén, or vegetable for extra heartine as © means of using leftovers Becarse it looks copes ally appetiging so and tastes even better, bountiful Vega beef rs one ofthe most ponular con- densed: coup combinations. It's good with cri cheesewiches, made by toasting 2 e-topped <lices of bread in under the broiler. X slices fits into the meal, and a heaping bowl of frech fruit is the calads For dessert =. . chocolate nit brownies! ~\ dich of dill pickle BOUNTIFUL VEGA-BEEF SOUP 1 can (L'{ cups) condensed beef noodle soup 1 can (114 cups) condensed Seneraiite soup . . « 114 soup-cany water } Blend and water; ous ser "oups heat. 4 gener ne» ' A Montreal engineer claimg that he ig now perfecting a mobile TV set .for use in cars and trucks. Doesn't he think that ve. have enough rohd- haze afd as it ig? Xe Sydney Harris says: Television "has become more than' an entertainment medium for millions | of people. opiate. from 'which they ean escape | Be- slavery of the mind-=and, as Aristotle of Relativity much better than T do; reality by the hour." It is a terrible warned us long ago, "the worst thing nbout slavery ig that eventually the slaves get to like it." ~~ PASSING SHOW It's a good job that Maurice Richard hasn't decided to go into polities . . . for certainly there would be a new premier in Quebec with, perhaps, less responsibility than Maurice Pupleasis, - Ea. Sd Py . Te 'levision haa done something for 04 We've beén celebrating It has become a kind of | --X Mare h 17 fof n good two weeks before the date finally dawned .. . and now we're beginning to célebrate Easter, The Yalta disclosures indicate that military advisers even when they have, the facts sho'w lamentably poor judg- ment sind perhaps, poor judgment has shown in the disclosing of tha papers at all,