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TIE CL {opr pi -------- eB > THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE on vn ---- an Thursday, April 24th, 1958 - Notes and Comments ~ Paradoxesof Pay Seymour. Harris, Harvard economist, points out some of the more glaring con-. traditions in the way people are paid in our society. - Generally speaking, he says, in our society laws of the market place rule . + « that is, high demand and-small sup- ply means large rewards. Hence we pay millions for a Frank Sinatra and a hundred - and thirty-five thousand dollars a year for a baseball player like Ted Williams. How- ever, scientists and teachers are in des- perately short supply and yet the average pay of teachers in America is two or three thousand dollars a year less than that paid to bricklayers, carpenters, electricians and plumbers. Heads of distilleries earn about $400,000 a year while the highest paid university president gets $45,000. All this and much more seems to add up to the fact that our interests and even sur- vival as a nation demands values quite op- posed to those that are at work in the market place. Somehow we seem unwill- ing or unable to divert money into better channels. ; og No single explanation of our pattern of rewards explains this cock-eyed set-up. Certainly costs of preparation do not ac- count for the difference. Professional - people with sixteen years or more of train- Thinking It Through TO oR ------_ . Recovery Act. His-name was Donald - movement in United States has fal- In the current issue of Macleans magazine . is an article by the well-known Canadian -author Bruce Hutchison. It is an article on democracy and a few years ago its title would have been sufficient cause for any magazine editor in this country to refuse it. It's entitled, Is Democracy Obsolete? A few years.ago such an article would have - earned- for the author a communist: label so fast that his resultant tail-spin would have carried him down to the depths be- yond the ken of 'the respectable Canadian reading public. But now the article is printed and in one of Canada's most popular magazines.: Mr. Hutchison pulls 'no punches. He flatly states that democracy in this country and in the West. generally is a very sick man who cannot long endure unless something _is done quickly and surely. He argues that the average Canadian, nine out of ten, does not know enough about government to vote intelligently; that the mén we choose to represent us are in the main neither quali- fied to govern nor to lead us. ' As a matter of fact he accuses them of being honest crooks and cites inflation to prove it. He claims that it is within the province of government to prevent depression and in- flation. He says that individually poli- ticians are honest but that as an institu- * tion they have contributed to making gov: ' ernment dishonest. ' ; 'Through the undisciplined amoral state democracy tends to make the easy -and wrong, rather than the hard and the right choices ... . or the failure to make decisions at all.' ' Politicians are committed to giving the people what they seem to want; and the people in their ignorance want what is wrong or impossible. And the reason they want these things is because they are ignorant and undisciplined. These two fundamental characteristics do not prepare an electorate for the role it must play in choosing representatives who are compe- tent to deal with the very complex and im- portant problems of government and who have the courage to do what is right than ing" receive. no more and often a great + deal'less than business managers who have anywhere from four to eight years of pre- paration. Incomes. generally rise in pro- portion to education but there are many and notable exceptions." Organization of workers has something to-do with high pay but what about doctors who are unor- ganized. With doctors it appears to arti- tically induced: scarcity by restrictions of entry into medical schools. The low pay of teachers has something to do with the number of women it attracts for it is obvious from studies that where large numbers of women are employed produc- tivity is low and the working life is rela- tively short. In a capitalist society supply and demand are supposed to explain every- thing. When the public want something badly enough it pays the price. Football coaches in a college make much more than the librarians. The highest paid people are business executives who average some $70,000 a year and some of them get a million. At a time when the automobile industry has hit a slump the gxecutive of- ficers of G.M. are receiving salaries in ex- cess of four hundred thousand a year. There is too little sense in this dollar busi- ness what will prove to be popular. He claims that politicians to-day tend to be television actors rather than statesmen: He attacks an education which so ill prepares people for living democratically, especially as it pertains to political knowledge. He concludes that. the problem finally comes down to a personal one. How can we penetrate the cranium of the ordinary man and woman and start him or her thinking? For him this is the final question. What Mr. Hutchison has to say is timely and his analysis of our present situation is fairly accurate. However, the final pro- "blem for mankind has always been how to get people to think. In a democracy it is a more crucial problem than it is under other forms of government if democracy is to survive. It is an even more crucial problem today because we have atomic power to use or abuse. Mr, Hutchison might have stressed much more than he did that the funamental responsibility for a thinking individual and a competent gov- ernment is that .they face problems and seek right solutions and have the courage and the fortitude to make the necessary decisions 'and carry out the necessary acts regardless of popular clamour; any other kindof action is amoral and in the end inescapabaly destructive. In this country today the most pressing problem is inflation . . . any government which will not bend its every effort to con- trolling it has no business to be in office. Unemployment is an evil-but an incompar- ably minor one in relation to inflation. Inflation can only be stemmed by some form of wage control and perhaps price control too. This would prove most un- popular with the general public so the job of the government is clear. Educate the public to see and recognize the real and most serious threat to our country and as the education proceeds the government should begin to apply those remedies which must be applied if we are to save and improve our democratic way of life. 'seemed to me4o have gone for it with Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills A TRIBUTE This is a tribute to a labor lawyer, a man who has spent most of his life defending the rights of Labor. I re- member, back in the days when I was a young school teacher, I didn't have much use for the fellow. The go- called "New Deal" was in process down in the States, and this man his eyes closed." He was one of the authors of the National Industrial R. Richberg. Tag I had forgotten ahput him until just. the other day when I read a res view of a book ealled "Labor Union Monopoly." It pointed out in power- ful language that while the people have been keeping vigilant guard against the - formation "of business monopolies, apparently numerous lab- or union monopolies were. established behind their backs. The labor union len, to a large degree, into the hands of political reformers rather. than working-class representatives, The is to create a tyrannical political force "with the objective of establi- shing a socialist labor government." The author says it is no longer a movement of workers banded toge- ther to protect their legitimate inter- ests, Sr Reading this; I turned again to read the name of the author. It was Donald R, Richberg himself! Whether a great deal of the dam- aging evidence he presents is entirely accurate or not I cannot say. But one thing I am sure of--it must have taken tremendoud courage for him to write that book. He must have ask- ed himself a thousand times what it would do to him among his. friends in the Labor movement. It is easy to write about the dif- fusion of light through a butterfly's wings, or about the natives of Bonge Bongo, and there you 3get into no] trouble. But it takes courage to write forcefully about real evils in your own country, particularly in a movement with which you are closely associated. Reprisals come fast and are often aimed at destroying the writer rather than the arguments he has presented. : Men and women in the labor ranks, pose the manner in which some Ame- rican Labor leaders are wandering far from the finer traditions of trade unionism and turning collective bar- gaining into "collective coercion. Cedar Creek Mrs. Doug Kinlin of Scarboro, and Mrs, Albert Trick of Epsom, visited Mrs. Bruce Cumming, last Tuesday afternoon. Clave Mrs. Charlie Pram, who has been spending the winter in Toronto, with her brother, Jim, has visited her son Sam, the past week. Miss Flossie Spencer attended the Columbus United Church Bazaar on Wednesday afternoon, Ronnie Larocque is working for the Caradoc Nurseries at Strathroy. Mrs. Kilpatrick visited Mr, and Mrs. John Lawrie in Oshawa on Thursday. The Spencer family attended the wedding luncheon on Saturday for the newly weds, Mr, and Mrs. Reg Amaell, Tt was held at the Seout Hall, in Port Pefry. Whitby, Miss Flossie Spencer visited her sister, Mrs, Walter Manns, at Raglan, pn Monday afternoon. Mrs. Manns The 'wedding was held in however, will owe Richberg consider- aim of 'many of these men, if seems, able gratitude. He has dared to ex- had just returned home on Sunday from Oshaws General Hospital, C€ANADIANISM CHALLENGED | BY OUTSIDERS From the trend of things that have 'been going on the past week, partl- cularly threats from U.S. labor bos- 'ses, Canadians, in every walk of life, 'must be more outspoken in assert- 'own destiny, without interference from outside our borders. During the recent federal election many well informed politicians tou- ched the well-springs of this coun- try's history and gave expression to aspirations that have not waned, but have gathered strength in the years since Confederation. Canadianism has been challenged in the past--from outside this coun- try's borders. Today it is being challenged again in a way that can evoke nothing but righteous indigna- tion on the part of every loyal Cana- dian, ° The challenge comes from Chicago, a city noted for its contemptuous attitude towards the Crown afid other symbols of Canadian democracy. It comes from a U.S.-based "interna- tional" union, the Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Firemen, who threaten ec- onomic sanctions against. Canada if this country's railways implement the findings of the Kellock Royal Com- mission, . The Royal Commission of three outstanding judges, under the chair- manship of Mr. Justice Kellack, who only recently retired from the Sup- reme Court of Canada, found that firemen are not needed on yard and freight diesel locomotives on the / District PICKERING TWP. CANNOT STOP GRAVEL PITS The Ontario Court of Appeal recen- tly ruled that Pickering Twp. does not have the power to prohibit any- one from digging gravel pits within the municipality. oe ' The court dismissed an appeal by the township against a decision made last December by Mr. Justice F. H. Barlow of fhe Ontario Supreme Court. Mr, Justice Barlow refused to grant Pickering an injunction which would restrain W. H. Godfrey from digging and transporting gravel from his land in a township green belt zone. In the Appeal Court's written jud- gment Mr. Justice K. G. Morden said a township by-law governing the use of land was not applicable in the God- '| frey case because what Mr. Godfrey was doing did not come under the de- finition of land-use laid down by the 'ing Canada's right to determiné her C.P.R, They found further that pro- posals for protecting the livelihood and seniority rights'of firemen whose jobs have become obsolete were fair and generous. J From Chicago comes word that the U.S.-dominated Firemens Union in- tend to foree a boycott by U.S. fire- men on freight destined for Cana- dian border points if the Canadian railway insists on giving effect to the Kellock Royal Commission report. By this threat, officials of the U.S.- dominated Firemen's Union have chosen a course that takes the so- called diesel issue out of the category of a labor dispute. They have made it an issue affecting every Canadian, by threatening measures aimed at forcing Canadians to cast aside the findings of a Canadian Royal Com- mission of three eminent judges-- measures that, if carried out, would do' grave damage to the Canadian economy. - Here, surely is an affront to Cana- dianism and to Canadian sovereignty so irresponsible as t6 be well-nigh in- credible. : --Canadian Statesman TO BE SUCCESSFUL-- BE ENTHUSIASTIC! Those who do the most and best in life invariably have the radiant quali- ty of enthusiasm; they take hold of a job, with zest and.stimulate the for- ces of accomplishment in themselves, So writes the internationally known clergyman, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. If you are now defeated by weakness, Doings $140,000 WATERMAIN FOR WHITBY Nearly two miles of 12-inch water- main will be installed this summer by the Whitby Public Utilities Com- mission in the first large extension of Whitby watermains since 1930. The project will cost in the neighbor- hood of $140,000. Work will com- mence about the middle of May. DUNBARTON LIONS PLAN TO DEVELOP PARK A delegation from the Dunbarton Lions club appealed to Pickering Twp. Council last week for a grant, to help them in developing a new sports and recreation park in the East Wood- lands district of Pickering township. _ The proposed park is three and a half acres in size, and will cost $7,000. Speaking on behalf of the delegation club was William New- man of the Dunbarton Lions club. Clipped Comments tensions and fears, it may be only because: you have never tapped this source of power. In his article, "The Priceless Pow- er of Enthusiasm", he says the first step toward unléashing this power is to observe the character of your thoughts and attitudes. Enthusiasm cannot live in a mind filled with dull, unhealthy, destructive ideas. To change this, look in the mirror every morning and say something like this: "Today is my-day of oppartunity. I have so many .blessings--home, fam- ily, job, health. I will do my best all day and God will help me. I am glad to be alive", This daily process, he says, can be important, since your ideas affect your whole being. Unhealthy thoughts can make" you unhealthy; defoatist thoughts can defeat you. Another effective' way to develop enthusiasm, Dr. Peale writes, is sim- ply to act enthusiastic until you be- come so. It is a demonstrable psy- chological fact that you can' be freed from an undesirable feeling by as- suming the exact opposite feeling. If you are unhappy you can induce happy feelings by deliberately act- ing as though you were happy. Simi- larly, you can make yourself enthu- siastic simply by acting with enthu- siasm. In a short time, you will no longer need to force it: it will become natural. The article is condensed from Dr, Peale's book, "Stay Alive All Your Life." --Canadian Statesman chard, and this year, plans have been made to clean up the property, and level the land, making it look res- pectable, Mr. Newman told council. There is a barn on the property, and the Lions club are planning to renovate this building, and then, la- ter, build a new hall on the property, and in case of expansion, provisions have been made for such a case, "We feel that there is a definite need for a park in this area, and we intend to go ahead with the pur- chase of this property, in any event," said Mr. Newman. The council decided to give the matter further consideration because of the problem of the Lions club not being able to pay cash for 'the pro- perty. This problem aroused some doubt concerning a provincial, and a UXBRIDGE TOWNSHIP NOT QUALIFIED FOR REGULATED GAME AREA ment of Lands & Forests revealed that Uxbridge Twp. did not qualify in its number of hunters, for. a-re- gulated game area. The figures were placed before council on Monday night. The census as taken by -the Department showed that in driving 436 miles through-out the township and spending 121 hous, only 56 hun- ters were observed. This figure works out to a percentage of 5%. A census in Peel County showed a percentage of 7.7%, PICKERING VILLAGE TAX RATE LOWER The Pickering Village Council struck the mill rate for the year at its regular meeting last week. The residential rate is down 8.06 at 69.1 mill. The industrial and com- mercial rate also shows a drop of 3.46 at 178,000 mills. The public school rate is down one mill from last year while the high school rate is down one mill, The water rate is down three mills. $1,050 FOR GRASS FIRES IN 5 DAYS Concerned with the high cost of fighting grass fires, Markham Twp. Council last Monday issued instruc- tions that all future fire calls are to be referred to the police department for investigation. The discussion was brought on by the tabling. of a bill from the Richmond Hill Fire Brigade for $1,060.00 covering 21 fire calls over a five day period. "I've never seen anything like it," remarked Clerk H. Crisp in present- ing the, account. "All these fires should be investigated," stated Reeve 'W. L. Clark. "I think there is a good deal of carelessness in starting these fires," he added. - Council plans to send out a printed card to all taxpayers informing them that the police should be notified of all fires. The tremendous increase in fire calls during this spring is shown in the number of calls answered by the Unionville Brigade. Last year Union- ville had only 21 calls during the whole year. In the month of March of this year alone, they have ans- wered 28 grass fires: B LIVE BETTER Electrically... | | with an..ELECTRIC | WATER | MARE MS Ly ~ "orp Ontario Municipal Act. The site is presently a neglected or- | municipal grant. ---- A RARE BL SL 4 AR oN The farmer needs cash to Wen + The canner must take care finance operations until of purchases and payroll his crop Is delivered before his pack is sold vee SO both are borrowing from a bank When borrowing is sound business prac- rolls, buy raw materials, market goods tice, it is a simple, straightforward process and meet a multitude of financial needs. to Arrange a loan from a chartered bank. A bank manager is constantly on the look- Every day, in every part of Canada, the out for opportunities to make such loans chartered banks are lending money to --that's his job. Bank loans are an essential : : farmers, fishermen, producers, manufac- part of the process that provides the goods turers, processors and other commercial and services that make life better for all customers, large and small...to meet pay- Canadians. - THE CHARTERED BANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY LJ ~ A communication from the Depart- | Fen Sr wm EL NS KORE n - cy g i : , a 0 feo WA Thy A oat At 6, TR EN pid nA AS ots oy i PABA ~~ i So io! es 2 yr do J Ahr + ~~ ar