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a A wi a The Canadien Weekly Newspepers. Association - i Debacle in Parliament What has been happening in parliament the last two weeks over the Trans-Canada Pipelines Corporation is quite unbelievable. It is doubtful if there has ever been any precedent for the stupid, illogical unparlia- mentary behaviour that has been shown by our representatives , , there is no prece- dent in Canadian or British parliamentary - procedure, - There may be in American politics but it is doubtful. Of course, it delighted the spectators. Never, not even at budget night have so many people struggled to gain entrance. It had all the drawing appeal of a prize fight, or a wrestling match or a big four football game. People dearly love a spec- tacle and they certainly saw one on the Hill this week. Members strode into the middle of the Commons and shook fists and shout- ed at the speaker; members heaped abuse up on one another in furious name-calling and in vulgar display of mutual insolence. And the Speaker was powerless before the onslaught. Finally even he was drawn in the melee and slapped in the face with a call for a vote of censure, All of them were init. The Liberals and the Conservatives and the C.C.F. It resembled the kind of affair that you have when the Montreal Canadiens meet the Detroit Red Wings in the play-off with everyone trying to be & Rocket Richard. : Parliament cannot function in such .a manner. It may delight the spectators as a show but it represents a break-down of --- parliamentary procedure. Certainly the Liberal Party must assume some share of the blame for the unbeliev- ably foolish way in which it sought to get legislation through. the House, Mr. Howe did not explain the reason for such undue haste nor did he give any real explanation Sense Of Wonder In this very sophisticated world many of us have forgotten what it means to wonder about anything. oo . We take our huge cars, trucks, airplanes and communicating sound and picture de- vices for granted; our two by four homes and our streamlined factories. . cc . As far as good old Mother Nature is con- cerned we have long since ceased to marvel at a sunset or a waterfall or our many beautiful lakes. They are simply a back- ground for our endless activity. We drive thousands of miles; run speed boats or laze on the beach but who has time between picnics to see God's world ? The answer is: "a few of us Thank Heaven!" Children for instance show a tremendous sense of wonder. They show it unashamedly until it is borne in upon them by repeated attacks of adults that this sort of thing is just 'not done'. Slowly the little minds. close, the questions cease and a really fine example of hard-boiled teen-ager has pretty well made up his mind not to marvel at anything. Of what use is a sense of wonder? Why should we be 'so concerned about keeping it alive? Well, for one thing to wonder is to live. It means you are fully and vitally alive. A child's curiosity is one of its Nos AND COMMENTS HE STAR ITORIAL PAGE Thursday, June 7th, 1956 4 4 3 a for the shilly-shallying of the Pipe Line Corporation over the past five years. What was the company doing all that time? And why? But the opposition must accept a large share of the blame, too. ~ The members of . the: opposition were apparently far more concerned with creating an election issue than in dealing with the bill. - If they are as capable and as efficient as they would like to have us believe here was their gold- en opportunity, But.what did they do? They resorted to trying to twist the issue into a battle over the rights and conduct of parliament . . . and in doing it made a laughing stock of the very thing they claimed to be fighting for. There was no clever debate over the background for the * Bill, over the main clauses or over whether or not it was a good thing for the country. They chose to act like rebellious schoolboys on a spree. [For this there was no justi- fication. All the members who participated in this debacle and departed from the tried and proved ways of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary conduct owe the Cana- dian people a public apology. They had no right to abuse their privilege of office by acting like the 'bad men' of commercial sport. The government for having pre- cipated the debacle should resign. And the electorate should make it clear to the can- didates for office that it. expects parlia- ment to be conducted as a parliament and not a circus, If any candidate feels that he cannot abide by the rules and regula- tions of parliamentary procedure in dealing with the country's business he has no right to stand for office and if he does the voters at the poll should make sure that he isn't elected. SIE greatest assets. = It leads him on to dis- cover the world for himself. The more curious he is the more full of wonder he be- comes. Each thing he discovers is more marvelous than the last until suddenly he sits back on his haunches and says: "How can these things be?" When we lost this sense of wonder a door closed in our minds never to be re- opened. We believe we know all the an- swers or if we don't--so what? Much of the joy of waking, living and even sleeping is irrevocably lost. We tend to become a slave to our material possessions--simply a parasite. : When we keep our sense of wonder we get new ideas. We create houses, bridges, boats, poetry or music as the case may be. We are contributing to the world gladly because we are truly alive. All genius possesses this sense of wonder--all true artists and all the keen and sensitive people you like. to know and really enjoy. on- thusiasm is a product of this wonder. En- thusiastic people get things done. They put.more into their job than they take out simply because they want to. They are eager to live. - To lose your sense of wonder is to lose your life. of Many Things hand, only the officials of the Asso- 'ciation were. heard, No desire was expressed by the Commissioners to question rank-and-file members. Indeed, when the official labor case Cedar Creek Mr. ad Mrs. Victor Larocque and Debbie spent last week-end in Toron- to with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Trepan- By Ambrose Hilla 'powers: has led some observers to ing. nature of their questions was SEARCHING QUESTIONS? The affability of the Fowler Com- missioners toward those who appear- ed before it in support of the Cana- dian Broadeasting Corporation, when compared with the asperity they dis- played when witnesses protested CBC anticipate no reform at all. i True, the Commissioners have been at pains to point out that the search- really an effort to find the truth, and not an attempt to defend either party to the dispute. to But the fact remains. that those with serious complaints about the government's radio and television policy got quite a raking over, where. as, the small culture groups who en- dorsed everything and anything the CBC does and ask only that more and more_be spent, got a most gracious reception and the most gentle quest- joning, : ) Individual private broadcasters, es- pecially i faced a withering cross-fire of "questions when they. appeared. Every effort seemed to be made to 'get them to agree to statements that weakened the case of their association, 'the CARTB. . When the Canadian Federation of seemed to be weakened by a quoted statement of a Winnipeg labor group which did not agree with the official presentation, the reaction of the Chairman of the Commission seemed anything but eagerness to hear of any defection from labor's official stand. It was all rather worrisome to those who nourished hopes that this Royal Commission would result in less po- litical control over what is seen and said over the air waves. Fundamen- tal complaints about the fear of poli- tical control seemed extremely un- welcome, Suggestions that steps be taken to keep political hands from processing news. and opinions got short shrift. Could it be that no one, not even a Royal Commission, wished to face the truth that here in Canada an agency of government has. all the power necessary to suppress opinions unfavorable to' the government? The agency may claim it does not use or abuse 'those powers, but that is not the point. It has them. It has been L said to use them. Specific examples have been given -- one: by Alberta's Minister of Telephones, Mr. Gordon Taylor, who quoted chapter and verse, Surely, it is time the Royal Com- missioners asked some searching questions about this political control Agriculture appeared, on the other . of opinions! ier and family, Miss Dorothy Playter of Newmar- ket was a supper guest of Miss Flos- sie Spencer and brother last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Phare of Ty- rone were last Sunday visitors of Mrs. Kilpatrick and George. : Mr. Frank Harris has been a pa- tient in Oshawa General Hospital since last Monday. The Cedar Creek School pupils at- tended the Music Festival which was held in the Prince Albert Church on Wednesday evening. } Several former neiglibours of Mr. Jack Barker attended his 80th birth- day party in Oshawa on Saturday evening, | | John and Richard Spencer called on Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele in Raglan on Sunday fore-noon. Some from this district attended the funeral on Monday afternoon of the late Mrs. David Steele which was held at the McDermott-Panabaker Chapel. Services were conducted by the Rev. B. D. Armstrong, B.A., D.D., Minister of St. John's Presbyterian Church. Interment was in Pine Grove Ceme- tery, Prince . Albert. The Census taker was around on Monday morning. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Wm. Steele, of Raglan, a former Cedar Creek resident, was admitted to Port Perry Community Hospital, Monday. District Doings | Clipped Comments a - NEWCASTLE PREPARES FOR CENTENNIAL The Village of Newcastle. is, hust- ling with activity these days as months of planning develop into a rounded out program for the celehra- tion.of its 100th birthday as an in- corporated village. In addition to a full four-day pro- gram of events, a network radio pro- gram has been arranged for the Sun- day previous, June 21, when Don Fair bairn will hroadeast his "Neighbourly News" program direct from the New- castle Community Hall to the Ontario and Quebec network of-the CBC, ori ginating with radio station CBL, To wronto at 10 am. Commencing Friday, June 20th, the 4-day program will include dance, mammoth parade with floats, bands, ete.; carnival, sporting events, street band concerts and special Sunday ser- vices, Famous Industries . To the passing traveller, and to many of its citizens, little is known of the colourful history of this village of*8oime one thousand souls which has been the birthplace of at least two industries whose products have be- come popular the world over. The Massey - Harris - Ferguson Company' Limited, manufacturers of farm imp- lements, and the Northrop & Lyman Co., well gnown pharmaceutical firm both of which were established in this village before its incorporation 100 years ago. FIRE AT MARKHAM LIBRARY. The Markham Public Library, one of the town's oldest buildings, was threatened by fire last week. Five- men. believe that children playing with matches or firecrakers were re- sponsible. The outbreak started in the rear of the stpucture but quick ac- tion by the village brigade stopped the flames spreading. Al- though a light spray of water was directed inside the building, damage to books was not extensive. Ieavy late-afternoon traffic had to be routed in order that firemen could run their hose across the highfvay. from re- LION MEMBERS TO MAN ENGINE Pefferlaw---Council of the Township of Georgina held a FIRE special council meeting on Wednesday, May 23, to discuss the proposed plan for fire protection with the representatives of Pefferlaw Lions Club." THe Lions Club, combined with the Port Bolster Community Centre Club, purchased a fire engine for nse in the township. This truck was donated by these clubs to the Township. Opera- tion of the fire truck will he handled by a volunteer brigade from the Lions Club. Maintenance will also be han- dled by the club. - The only obligation to the Township is that the meén be covered by the Workmen's Compensation" Act when fighting fires. Georgina Council in- structed the Clerk, apply to Brock Township for permis- sion for this unit to fight fires in Port Bolster and Wilfred. LINDSAY POST OFFICE PUZZLED BY DEAD LETTER A short time ago The Warder pub- lished a story regarding a lost, cheque, which was mailed by. a Lindsay citizen to a business firm in Lindsay, which landed in England and was returned to the sender in Lindsay. [It had be- come lost in another unseated letter. Another interesting story comeg to light today. It appears that a letter was mailed from a party in Lindsay to "London, Eng." It contained a sum of money and was simply signed "Lizzie," but it was apparently mailed from 36 Sussex street, north. It is stated that local postal auth- orities have checked at the above a- partment block hut up to the present time have not come in contact with anyone who sent the letteWw=--"The let- ter was sent out from Lindsay in March. alph Corner, to WHEAT WAVING IN THE WIND Lindsay---While most farmers are bemoaning the fact that their Fall Wheat crops had failed to weather the long winter, R. Devitt at Pleasant Point is looking with pride at his sixteen acres of exceptional wheat at Pleasant Point. Mr. Devitt's, field, located just at the rear of Premier Frost's cottage and sheltered from the north winds by a row of pines along the lake front, contains probably the outstand ing catch of Fall Wheat in Victoria County this 'year. It is some eight inches in height and uniformly thick over the entire sixteen acres, A U.S. POSTS ANOTHER "KEEP OFF" SIGN Strange and" wonderful are the lengths to which U.S; Customs au- thoritics will go to éxelude Canadian exports from the United States mar- ket. : The tatest victim of U.S. farm pro- tectionism Canadian- Corn, as any- In the eyes of the U.S. Customs Court, however, corn on the cob is a vegetable, As such, it is dutinble at a much higher rate than if it were classed as grain. Thus the U.S. Customs Court rul- ing vet another "Keep Off" sign for Canadian farm "products. Puzzling to farmers in this country is why United States farm products should continue to enjoy easy access to Canadian markets, and to compete with domestic farm products, when reciprocal treatment is_constantly de- nied Canadian agriculture by U. S. customs authorities. sentiment is grown corn on the cob, one knows, is a grain. posts Time was, a few years ago, when enthusiasm for the General Agree- nent on Tariffs and Trade was 'high in Canadian farm civeles. Little wonder, in the light of the contemp- tuous™ disregard for the freer trade principles of the Agreement by the United States, farmers in Canada are thoroughly disillusioned about GATT. --Stouffville Tribune. PUT OUT THAT FIRE Have you ever extinguished a camp five and started for home only to re- turn a short time later to see if. the fire was really out. [I have. Every summer thousands of acres of Ont- ario" tinder is destroyed by fire and although, repeated warnings are is- sued to tourists and campers, still the devestation continues. If you have ever travelled by train through the northern woods you may have wit- nessed large areas of forest ravaged by fire. It's an awesome sight with onty the skeleton protruding out of the charred earth. remains of trees If more people could see the-terrible result of fire they might be careful with their cigarettes, matches more ete i. What has this to do with sport? livery year there is a great loss in timber, natural and even human lives, but the Department of publish an up-to-date record of the thousands resources Lands and Forests does not of animals that are destroyed by these infernos. In a five that spans hun- dreds of acres, the loss of animal life must be tremendous, The tendancy these days seems to he to place more of a monetary value on the damage caused by forest fires. People think more in the terms of the number of hoard feet of lumber lost fire, and it value on the market rather than the seem to in a forest threat to human and animal life which every fire is linble to bring. Because there appears to be a tapering off in the lives lost in northern fires, there is no guarantee that the Matheson disaster of 1916 which killed 223 persons may not he Given the proper condi- tions and circumstances, it is still possible that fire might" wipe one or number of human repeated, more communities off the map as it > hag done in the past. ternal vigilance by all who enter the bush will still be the price of survival, and the best assurance that such disasters will not oceur dgain. ""Sports 'Shorts Stouffville Tribune. Manchester Mr. Jack Griffen, Port Perry was the guest speaker at Church on Sun- He gave a very appeal- ing discourse on Prayer, Miss Wendy Brydon of Brampton visited her grandmother, Mrs. Gladys Archer on the week-end. day morning, Come and see 'Mr. Bean from Lima' at the hall here on Friday evening, June 8th, The Women's Association will appreciate your patronage. See "Coming Events" for particulars. A number of "ladies from here at- tended the hazaar at Prospect last week. The Prospect ladies are to be congratulated on their successful af- fernoon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howsam en- tertained on Saturday evening on the occasion of Robert's birthday. Gerald and Brian Crosier, Toronto called on their grand Parents here on Saturday. Miss Cathryn Christie, Baltimore, Md., is at her summer home here. LS ) o KOSTER AND SON Not all of Wally Koster's singing is heard by. CBC Television viewers; sometimes he croons for the sole hene- fit of his son, Wally Jr. The little gaffer we are told, will make his first plunge into tha world of singing on June 17, by way of surprising his pop on Father's Day. Report From a : Parliament By Michael Starr, M.P., Ont. Ridnig "Adventure in Citizenship", an an- nual event of national interest to high school students all over Canada, ago. The programm is sponsored by Rotary Clubs who pay the expen- ses of outstanding high school stu- dents selected from schools fortunate enough to he located in an area of a Rotiiry Club which joins. the project. The Ottawa Rotary Club meets these students on their arrival and arvangeg for billeting them: A full 31. day programme is arranged whereby the group gets acquainted, and they at- tend discussion sessions which stress the privileges and responsibilities of, citizenhip. In addition, tours are ar- ranged so that these young Canadians are able to obtain a good picture of the capital of Canada." The group this year con$isted of approximately 180 students, and dur- ing their tour they visited the Par linment Buildings, and spent time in the House of Commons listen ing to the debates. There were four students from Ontario County fortun- ate enpugh to be selected to attend this period" of time in Ottawa. We had Farla E. A. Fairman from the Whitby High School, Katherine MM. Miller from the Pickering High School, Philip Slyfield from O.C.V.1., Oshawa, some Oshawa. | was pleased to have the privilege of attending two Rotary luncheons in their company and en- joyed them very much. At each of the Ottawa to. secure these functions Rotary Club endeavours who by an impression speakers their speeches, would leave the minds of these young Canadians of the meaning of citizenship as well as the opportu- nities that lie ahead of them in this great country of Canada. that the four students 1 tioned enjoyed their visit to Ottawa under {his Rotary that Shey gained a great deal of in- teresting information from the events upon I am sure have men- sponsorship, and in which tehy participated. The pipeline debate is still raging and the deadline as set by the govern ment is drawing near. There have very excellent speeches made in the House of Comnions on this very vital subject, able that tional project has been marred by the application of closure on the debate on the bill itself, ag well as the ex pulgion of a Member of Parliament, even though it was only for a period been some It is regret the discussion on this ha of hours. Tt seems ridiculous that the Canadigp taxpayers should subsidize the rincipals Gf Trans-Canada pipe- line to the extent of $80,000,000 from which this American-controlled com- pany will derive the profits from the sale of. a Canadian natural resource. It seems logical that an opportunity should have been given to Canadian interests to build this line with their own financing and without the help of the tax dollars of the Canadian pub- lic. ~~ Failing that, the. government should build the whole pipeline by themselves, Unless something un foreseen happens between now and June 7, it looks, at this time at least, as if the government is dertermined tinder the leadership of Mr. Howe no carry out its commitments to the Trans-Canada Pipelines and force this took place here in Ottawa a few weeks' and Arthur Goodall from O.C.C1. in! bill through against the will of the Members of the Opposition and, I venture to say, against- the will of the people of Canada, an election on this issue this year. The Prime Minister realizes that if an celeetion were calted on" this ex- tremely important issue the people of Canada, with no reservation and in no uncertain terms, would give their an. swer, which would not be to the lik- ing of the present government, [It appears. now definitely certain that the election will be somewhere in the vicinity of }7. 1957. June There fall session will be held this vear in 1} order to complete the large volume of business left in abeyance during this wession of parlinment, We learn that exceptionally rapid progress was made with spring seed- ing in the prairie provinces during thei week preceding May 23, and under nearly ideal weather conditions. Wea- ther conditions in Ontario, however, have been adverse, and the same ap- plies to Quebec and the Maritime pro- vinees, The the land this vear is generally far behind normal. The total employment in Canada rose from the middle of Mareh to the middle of April, bringing the estim- ated number of persons with jobs at April 21 to 5,326,000, an increase of 202,000 vear earlier." The number without jobs and seeking work is 257,000, which is about 70,000 low: er than in April of last vear. work on over a ---- Honeydale W. 1. The regular monthly meeting of the Institute, held in the Parish Hall, was chaired by the President, Mrs, Sam Cawker, . During the month of May two im- portant Conventions of the W.I. were held. The secretaries to the number of 520 congregated at the Agricultural College at Guelph May 16-17-18th. Mrs. Nelson Williams the local see- retary attended and brought in a splendid report. Dr. MacLaughlin in his aMress to the convention mem- bers told them that it was due to the influence of the mothers who were members of the Institute that they were responsible for a majority, that came to the college for their train- ng. 500 films have heen made avail- able to the branches, free of charge. Mrs Williams is in charge of tlie arrangements for a chartered hus trip to the York County picnic on yi. day, June 22nd. Anyone who desires to wo contact Mrs. Williams before June 11th. ! ' Mrs. William Moase gave the dele- District Whithy rates report on the Annual Convention United held in 'Church on May 24th, Nine members of the local branch attended, Mrs. Moase gave the highlights of the different reports and a summary of the address given. hy Mrs. Spencer of the extension vices, and of short courses available to the "hranghes. At the election of officers, Honevdale had the honour of having Ms, unanimonsly Hwere present, conveners ser- Lawson Honey chosen for District President. Mrs, Honey has not missed an Instd- tute meeting in twenty-one years, At ty busine: cal branch donations were made: five" vssion of the lo- dollars to the Salvation Army and ten dollars to the Junior Homemakers under the leadership of Mrs. Stan Ploughman assisted by Mys. B. Pick- ard. Mis, Pugh grave a talk on the motto for the month --To forgive and for- ret is celdom wrong. One must not only do the former hut the latter as well, Mrs, Fo Kennedy with a solo after which the Junior Home- makers gave a skit -- Around the clock favored with cereals, Miriam Pekard narrator, as- sisted by: Donna Sammels, Marilyn Pugh and Gloria Rob- was Ree or, Joanne ertaon, Miso Pugh's group was in charge of the social hour and served a lovely lunch. Five visitors from Whitby were present, CLAREMONT DEDICATE NEW ORGAN The organ wa £2,300 Baldwin electric dedicated at a special ser- vice in the Claremont United Church on Sunday evening at 7.30.7 The Mt. Zion Choir in attendance. Mr. Clarke presided at the console in the evening with the regular organist, Mr. Thorpe, in charge at the morning ser. vice, Rev. Lackey in the pulpit at the evening service, new was The new organ has been purchased as a Memorial to the boys who paid the supreme sacrifice in World Wars I and II, There seems to be no prospect of . . . he seems to he every indication that ag