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Rs RST EN LJ THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE bl Thursday, April 11th, 1957 NOTES AND COMMENTS - Getting in Line We are told that there is in all of us a strong desire to confofm, a strong urge to think and talk and look and act like others of our group. We go to a party, cocktail and others, and there we strain to be what is expected of us. There is little regard or thought for the sense that it makes . . . the comfortable feeling that we are one of the group is sufficient compensation for both its artificiality and lack of sense. Our teenagers suffer slightly more from the same disease. being thought a 'square' or an 'egghead'; they are afraid to dress differently from the others in the group; they are afraid to get marks in school too High, too much above the average for fear they will be branded a brain. } This conformity is drilled into us in our home: life, in school and out of it. It is little wonder then that later on in life our morality and our behaviour is justified in terms of what the others do. And is it because of this that party politics in Canada appears to fall so short it? : There is a-general election coming up in June and we are faced with the problem of At Random »n The world day of health was observed this week. Ithough its theme was food and health,"the real purpose of the day was to get people to take an objective look at thesstate of their health. Mr. Morse, Director of the World Health' Organization of the United Nations, in a short radio address pointed out that while millions in the East suffered from under- nourishment, untold numbers in the West suffer from overnourishment . . . which he stated was a principal cause of heart disease. The work being done by FAO, UNICEF, and WHO is nothing short of "astounding although these organizations have a very limited budget of only $30,- 000,000 a year. * ok x ~The sub-committee for internal security in the United States is once again up to its old tricks, some of which are being pulled hy the same ignorant and bigoted congressman who played prominent roles in the McCarthy plague of some two years They live in dread of - of what we might reasonably expect from" ) 7) x J selecting a government from four parties. A careful analysis of what each . party stands for seems to indicate that essential- ly it wouldn't make any difference which party we put in power. The course of events in this country 'would apparently be unchanged. In the future we will begin to understand that to have good govern- ment we must look to the ¢haracter and integrity of the kind of man we elect rather than the party he represents. Any party will be a good party, or a poor party . . . not because of its political propaganda . but because of the calibre of the individuals who make up the party and conduct the business of government. When parties "abandon the glorification of party shib- boleths and concentrate on putting up the finest candidates, when elected are de- termined to find out how good the can- didate really is, and determined too, to vote only for the candidate who is the best man, then we will begin to enjoy better government and cleaner government. Such candidates are not indebted to party machines; they are indebted to no one. Only on this basis can there be a clear and honest acceptance of responsibil- ity upon which responsible government must depend. " sacrificed to their nefarious dealings. It appears that under the leadership of an un- repentant counsel, Mr. Morris, they intend to vilify other Canadians who rank high in our government. not be subject to investigation or proof . . they will consist of innuendo and inference. Their victims are unable to defend them- selves or confront their accusers or ques- tion the evidence. It seems unbelieveable that such irresponsibility could exist in a country like the United States. The sui- cide of Dr, Norman is tragic proof that it does. . * * This is national wild life week. Many teenagers think that a suitable way to cele: brate it is by inviting Presley to do his stuff . , . a weird mixture of an Indian corn dance and the female version of the Polynesian Hula-Howla. All this to the sad accompanfement of a wailing geetar. 'Much of this and we would be more likely to seek the extermination of wild life than to work for its preservation. In the mean- a Their allegations will | of the most notable on record. a District Doings A ) Sunday in October. ¥ "44 void errors when the United States is »# on daylight saving and' Ontario, on ~JR ever to be regulated by the Town of <8 'of "$5,000. per annum. ago. Dr. 'Norman, one of Canada's out- standing scholars and diplomats, has been their hysterial time the teenagers are certainly enjoying ecstatics. WOTTON NAMED CD CO- ORDINATOR Oshawa--The appointment of Lt.- Col. F. S. Wotton, CD, commanding officer of the 11th Armored (Ontario) Regiment, as civil defence co-ordina-|- tor received the unanimous approval of the Oshawa Civil Defence. Commit- tee at a meeting last Wednesday night, The position carries a salary His: nomina.. tion was put forward by Lt.-Col. Gra: ham Coulter, chairman of the-memin. ating committee. Lt.-Col. Wotton will take over his position from retiring civil defence co-ordinator Thomas Hopkins, who will stay on until the end of May in an advisory capacity. } DAYLIGHT SAVING IS EXTENDED ONE MONTH The Town of Whitby will, join 'with a number of other Ontario municipal. ities in ending the period of daylight saving time for 1957 until: the last The Town council has passed a by- law setting up the period 'of daylight saving from the last Sunday in April, the 28th to the 27th of October, an extension of one month over -1956. The extension follows the concur: rence of the Ontario Government to a request of the Railway 'Association that the times be made uniforgn to a- -Standard time. WHITBY TO REGULATE. BARBER SHOP HOURS Whitby Barber shops have 'become the first non-liquor retajl 'businesses * Whitby. Last week, the Town Coun- cil gave three readings to a by-law which will regulate the hours a bar. ber may keep his shop open and sets up a licensing fee of $1 per year. "The by-law algo 'stipulates a sani- tary code based on that in operation in the City of Oshawa. Under the new by-law all barber sheps will be closed all day Wednes- day. : . period of daylight saving this year.. LINDSAY TO HAVE LONGER. PERIOD OF DAYLIGHT SAVING Citizens of Canada and United States will enjoy one month longer Last week the Town Council com- plied with the request that daylight saving be introduced in Lindsay, com- mencing April 28th and concluding on Oct. 27th. LINDSAY HAVE HIGHER. MILL RATE FOR 1957 At last week's Council meeting the by-law setting the tax rate for the year 1957 as follows: Residential and public school rate. 69.62 mills; industrial and commercial, 76.567 mills; residential separate school, 67.96 mills; separate\ school and commercial rate 74.21 mills) | MARKHAM TWP. TENDERS FOR PHEASANTS Markham Twp. has received two tenders for the raising and supplying the township with 600 pheasants. A Brock Twp. firm agreed to supply 500 birds, sixteen weeks old for $1,000, with. a guarantee that any loss exper- ienced during the period of raising would be made up by the company. A second offer from a Maple concern asked only $500 to raise birds to ten weeks of age, but the township would only receive the number alive at the termination of the period. The ten- ders have been referred to Everett Harper, Game -Préserve Officer, for study. ) NEW COACH LINES BEGIN OPERATION ON APRIL 8TH Newmarket Coach Lines have re- ceived the final okay from the Ont: ario Highway Transport Board giv- ing them permission to operate a bus line from Sutton to Toronto, via Ball- Newmarket operators made represen- tation some months ago for a license to operate on this route, and a hear- ing was held last month before the Transport Board." Strongest opposi- tion to the request came from Rich- mond Hill'and the T.T.C. Supporting the application were the townships of Whitchurch; East and North Gwillim- bury;-also York County Council, Mt, antrae, Ringwood and Gormley. The Albert and the Richmond Hill Rate- payers' Assoc. . * The new line will commence opera- run one round trip daily to Toronto, | with additional trips being added as required. The northern terminus will be Sutton, and the line will pro- ceed south on Highway 48 down the 8th con, of Whitchurch to Ringwood, then westerly through Gormley to Bayview and south to the city. Clipped Comments UNFAIR COMPETITION Governments at no time should be allowed to compete with private enter- prise and that is what the CBC is continually doing and is going to do to an even greater extent if certain recommendations of the Fowler Com- mission are carried out. The Commission report suggests that the CBC should try to dip further into the local advertising field which strikes home at organizations such us the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association as well as the daily asso- ACTOR'S ACTOR Actor Jack Creley, regarded as one of Canada's top half-dozen actors, re- cently 'won three different awards for his ability. In the latest of these, fellow actors elected him as the best performer in television. He turns up frequently in leads on CBC tele- vision and also is prominent in Tor- onto theatre, Best known of these was his appearance in "Salad Days", above, where he played three hilari- ous roles, The third session, of the 25th Par- liament of Ontario was pyorogues by Hon. IL. O. Breithaupt, re Governor of Ontario at 4 p.m. on Wed- the longest sessions of the Ontario Parliament on record and as noted in Lieut.-Governor's speech was also one In the ten weeks that the Legislature sat 176 new Acts or amendments to existing acts passed, Some of these were routine, some were very far reaching in their efforts in the people of the province and some weré contentious even to 'the point of near explosion. In the last group was of course the Act respecting the Township of Scar- borough, or Bill No. 25 as it was called. It received third reading in the last days of the session and at this time the leader of the C.C.I. Mr. MacDon- ald uttered his now famous charges against three members of the legis- lature, charges which were put before the Committee on Privileges and elections. There, after hearing all the -evidence, the charges were found to be without foundation in fact, all members of the committee apgree- ing with this finding except the two C.C.I". members, Among the far reaching legislation, one might note the Farm. Products Marketing Act amendments. This was brought in after consultation with Farmer groups, with the express pur- pose of strengthening all marketing tion on Monday, April 8th, and will Jegislation, so that orderly marketing of farm products may be carried on. Complimentary to this was the Milk Industry Act, to look after the busi- ness of marketing. Both these bills gave rise to some discussion, and while it is not claimed that either. is perfect, it is believed that by their adoption some progress was made, and like all legislation this is flexible enough to permit of change and amendment as time apd experience will indicate. The Municipal Unconditional Grants Act required amendment to permit of the new schedule of unconditional grants to municipalities. The effect of these is already being noted in the mill rates DR. CLAUDE V ciation. Members of these organiza- tions are thus to be taxed to sustain a competitor which is about as unfair a situation as you could get. Compe- tition with private radio and televi- sion is to be expected as all free en- terprise has a right to the same field but for a government operated con- cern to try and lift busiress from some of those who are forced to sup- port it financially is like a slap at the hand which feeds it. To many Canadians, public sums required to tain the CBC are "staggering" and§far too great a price to pay for the preser- 'vation of a distinctly Canadian broad. casting system. estimated port states that privately-ownéd TV would be compelled to become the outlet for American networks and pro- grams. A great many TV viewers cannot see anything wrong with such an arrangement. ~S8touffville Tribune, The Fowler Commission in its re-, - Speaks over CKLB (Oshawa) MONDAY, APRIL 15th ; 7.50 p.m. ! "HOW WILL LABOUR VOTE?" Ontario Riding Liberal Association } nesday, April 8rd. This was one of | and home owner, This Week in the Legislature Dr, M, B, DYMOND, M.P.P, being announced by the municipal councils, It is believed these grants will in some measure at least lighten- ing the burden of taxation on the farm . We hear some criticism of these grants on the basis that it would be better to revise the entire system of taxation. No claim has ever been 'made that this is the ideal or even the best method of muni- cipal financing. Indeed, your member has stated on several occasions that the time was long over-due when all 8 levels of government, Federal, Pro- vincial-and Municipal should get to- gether &nd re-define the proper taxing spheres available to each. Until all of our political thinging comes to that or some such stage the system of grants in aid scems to be the most casily handled and the most satisfact- ory stop-gap method. The three year plan for Education is apparently a forward step. Begin- ning with the increase in grants this vear it will move forward to a new method computing grants in the next two years, a method whidh, it is hoped, will further relieve the already over- burdened real estate of some of this responsibility. Perhaps the most important single piece of legislation'at this session was that which brought into being the Ontario Plan for Hospital Care Insur- ance. This will make available to all the people -of Ontario, Hospital care insurance, providing standard ward care for all who participate for as long as it is RECessSary, so that :the crippling costs of catastrophic illness will no longer plunge persons or fam- ilies into debt from which it is-often impossible to recover. The plan is expected to go into operation on Jan- unary Ist, 1959, and will cover at the outset all those now known as pay-roll deduction groups. Along with those, it is confidently expected will be all those who now suberibe to the various Co-Operative Medical schemes. The rural members of Parliament have worked asiduously to see that these | are not to be neglected and we were given the assurance of the Commis- sion Chairman, My, A. J. Swanson that these folk would be looked after. This plan is to be something of an experi- ment for Ontario, in> that nothing of the kind has ever been done here be- -fore, but with the active help and co- operation of the various bodies who have been active in this work, such as the various County Co-Op groups, Blue Cross, ete., the plan should come into operation very smoothly. All Ontario folk will be watching this with much interest, During the session, I tried, as your member to bring your views and pro- blems to the attention of the appro- priate authorities. For all the help and 'encouragement 1 received from the good folk of this riding I want to offer my sincere appreciation and as this is the last report 1 shall be send- ing till next session 1 would remind all that I consider myself your servant. As such, if T can be. of help to any of you I would consider it a favour if you would let me know how I may serve you, Scugog The Head W.A. met at the home of Clara Dowson for their April meeting on April 3rd, with 17 present. The meeting was opened with the hymn "Lead Kindly Light", followed by prayer. led by Rev. Mr. Braham. Dorothy Martyn read the Scripture and our story about Esther.: Minutes of our last meeting were read and the voll call was answered by use for plastic bags. Rita Rodman. asked on behalf of the Hospital Auxiliary for two members to look after collecting for the cancer fund for the Head Com- munity. Ruth Heayn and Irene Cart- er were appointed to this worthwhile task. It was decided to purchase n stainless steel sink for our tea room, where our new cupboards are almost completed, It was decided to ask Alvin Heayn to make a new table for our church. The business meeting was closed with our theme prayer. Mrs. Alec Martyn led in a flower contest which was won by Ruth Heayn. Marie Healey then read two poems en- titled "The Mother Job" and "Dar- win's Mistake". Clara Dowson de- rected a contest on names of Ontario counties, which was won by Doreen Ashbridge. Lunch was served by Marie Healey's group. We were very 'happy to have our dear friend Mrs. R. Hood, of Prince Albert, at our meeting, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowson entertain- ed the Head Euchre Club last Satur- day evening. Prize winners were Mr. Clazence Carter and Mrs. Don Gerrow. Consolution prizes were won by Joyce Heayn and Jim Wilson. The evening service at the Head Church was much enjoyed by a good congregation. The Junior Choir are Of Many Things Ambrose Hills ALL ABOUT ADVERTISING Last week, because of one of these columns | was asked by a leading Can- adian trade magazine to write a 2000- word article on the subject. of adver- tising. So 1 began a study to find out what others had said on the sub- jeet over the years. | was surprised at the long history of the subject. The first known advertisement printed in the English language was written by a fellow called Bill Caxton, back in 1497, and apparently it paid off because he kept advertising for the rest of his days, In a couple of hundred years from then, old Sam Johnson said, "The trade of advertising is not so near to per- fection "that it is not easy to propose any improvement." - Macauley, the famous historian, in 1820 declared, "advertising is to busi- ness what steam. is to machinery-- great propelling power." The editors of the Reader's Digest portant comment on advertising over the centuries, and came up with a bookful which it provides, free, to its advertising friends throughout the world. Reading it renewed the faith I've always had in the power and importance of advertising in a free world. Away back in the early 19th century, Alexis De Tocqueville said, "A news- paper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the same moment. A newspaper is an advisor who does not require to be sought, but comes to vou briefly every day of the common weal, without distracting your private affairs. Newspapers, therefore, be- come more necessary in proportion as men become more equal individuals, and more to be feared. To suppose that they only serve to protest free- dom would be to diminish their im- portance, they maintain civilization." How true that is today! support the daily and weekly press? Suppose the only news we could get would be that dished out by officials, in some far-off capital? How could our democracy function? = Wouldn't it soon decline into a dictatorship by the few over the many? Advertising is one of the most im- portant processes of freedom. As long as free men have access to the means of publication, without licensing, we can hope for the retention of the free- doms we love and the material well- being we all desire. Maybe you'll think about some of these things as you look through the advertisements in the paper you now hold in your hand. sola-by Mrs, Rita Rodman and a duet by Dianne and Sandra Fralick delight- ed all who heard them. Mr. and Mrs. S. Rodman attended a birthday celebration at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Ashton at Ennis- becoming very nice singers, and the killen last Sunday. nation. tons. IN recent years, the Canadian steel industry has expanded more rapidly than the steel industry of any other major EC) Between 1946 and the end of 1956, the increase in capacity in Canada was 62 per cent, or about 2,140,000 Stelco is the largest Canadian producer, and in the same period invested $195,000,000 in new plant and raw material sources. THE ) STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL ~ GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD ~ TORONTO set out to find and compile all im- Suppose we had no advertising to 1H. { t INF I pi WE rr JAS J"