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ing the argument contained in a new, Member of The 'Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Yn as. ey SALLI +, : a ANE oh Se * £4 oy Rr rh ia LC a Alta RIS SE SESS Thursday, February 26th, 1959 - Notes and A i = The decision of the Conser - ment to ditch the Avro-Arrow was dictated "by military common-sense necessity. military weapon. ployment it has precipitated i area. mark. While the government was justified in taking the action it did, there are many who who will question its decision to inte- grate our defence with that _States. "nor the industrial Cyprus What happened about Cyprus this week The bitter civil war in Cyprus has been ended; the tiny island is to become an independent repub- lic with a government drawn from the two racial groups who make up the island's The Turk and the Greek Cypriots have buried their enmity and entered a compact to live and to work together peacefully to the betterment of was simply wonderful. mixed population. all. This is a great tribute to diplomacy. Just It was the height of foolishness to continue to add millions more to the 400 millions already poured into this obsolete The members of all the parties in the House have unanimously agree that the Government has shown great courage in this action, but they will bitterly assail it for the shock of unem- It is tragic that some thirty thou- sand workers will be out of work. will serve to bring the. unemployment in = this country well over the half million Since we have neither the money potential significant roll in: the development of the missile nuclear-warhead weapon, the Unit- ed States will not be prepared to give us vative Govern- and economic visers. With in the Toronto This fa, president made when he called Canada a part of the States might rapidly become a true state- ment of fact. of the United to play any cided on. Who knows? any real voice il-defence planning, should she? Why would she? This present government has been too strongly influenc- ed by the expert opinion of her military ad- Comments Why their vested interest in de- fence--it is their specialized field--they have naturally been anxious that we should ally ourselves with what is best in present day military preparedness. But it may be that the net result will see us a satellite of the United States; with our defence Integrated with that of the States will we be a foreign policy of our own. seems obvious, n any position to have The answer The unconscious slip Hof- of the Teamsters Union Canada should stay out of the nuclear arms race for the very good reason that we cannot afford to get into it. a role for us to play in seeking world peace but it is very doubtful if that role is the one the Diefenbaker Government has de- -There is when we begin to dispair of negotiation and round-table conferences along comes the near miracle that we have witnessed this week. Perhaps, human nature is not so intractable after all! that we can entertain some hqpes for the talks between Macmillan of Great Britain and the hard-headed leaders of Russia? Does this mean At least, there are some rifts in the numerous clouds that darken our present. ~ For these rifts, we are grateful. Clipped Comments CANADA'S SO-CALLED "LABOUR-FARMER" PARTY ) Revival of the popular front is the tactic to be employed by Canada's com- munist party in its attempt to revive its own political fortunes by infiltrat- ing, or taking over, the proposed labor- socialist party that may succeed the moribund CCF.. At political education seminar convened at Hamilton by the Ontario Federation of Labor, commun- ists and fellow travellers made their bid on the basis that the new party must be a movement embracing all workers. Employing many familiar ruses, in- cluding 'points of order and: plea of weak voices, the communists and their aides sought to get the Hamilton mi- crophones in order to read to the meet- 23-page, five-cent booklet issued by the Labor-Progressive Party. The booklet sums up the Popular Front campaign by advising "trade unionists, members of farm organizations, CCF and LPP members" that they can help the birth of the new political move-: ment by debating "the problem of un- ity and convince their friends that without all-inclusive unity, and the re- jection of anti-communism, there can be no real movement, but that with all-inclusive unity, we can organise a labor-farmer party." Despite the well-organized atimph, the leftists failed to win control of tha Hamilton seminar. Angry union men later said the incident served the useful purpose of publicizing the com- munists' party line. But, as labour leaders no doubt know, vigilance will be ential if the leftists are to be left" it of the proposed new party. Since the Hungarian Revolution the communist party in Canada has been reduced in numbers but the party's core may be assumed to be (avioys and ruthless as before. --The Letter Review VIOLENCE-IN STRIKES Evidence of private forms of vio- lence comes with almost évery strike called in Canada of the U.8, Violence is the principal tool of racketeers cur- rently under investigation by a Senate committee in Washington. One wit- ness, a Brooklyn salesman, hag testi- fied to being unmercifully beaten by three hoodlums until he agreed to sur- render to them the major interest in his coin-machine business. Employees of Montreal CBC who who have dared to cross picket lines set up-by the striking television pro- ducers have been beaten up or threat- ened with violence by unidentified as- sailants, ' ~The Letter Review PRIMARY FACTOR Year by year, decadé by decade, in- dustrial man is steadily improving his productivity, Inevitably, the rate of progress in producing an increased volume of goods in less time and at less cost varies from one industry to another; but the process itself is a continuing one. * Until lately it seemed reasonable to assume that most people knew why. Arguments put forward "authorita- tively" in the course of recent strikes, however, point to certain widely-held misconceptions. Basically, these re- volve around the supposed "right" of every worker in a plant to receive wage increases fully commensurate with the rise in productivity in that plant in a given period. The fallacy underlying this argu- ment is in attributing productivity im- provement, pure and simple, to harder' work on the. part of the company work force, Now it's perfectly true that such things fis the -increased technological "know-how" of certain key workers, and the general attitude of the work force generally, are factors in improv- ed productivity. So is greater man- agerial efficiency. But it's even more true that the primary factor, now as in the past, is the provision of more efficient machinery. Such machinery, needless to say, re- presents enormous capital investment --on the part of the company, not the worker. Organization and operation of the new machinery in such a way as to give maximum advantage cer- tainly entitles workers and manage- ment alike.fo share in the praductiv- ity gains which follow. "~~ But let it not be forgotten that a considerable time must elapse before the said machinery has paid for itself. And let it not been forgotten, éither, that there are two other claimants for a share in improved productivity; those who own the company --. and those who buy its products. From the standpoint of the com- pany's future--and therefore that of all who work for {t--it is by no means certain that benefit to the customer in the shape of lower prices should be considered last rather than first. ~Industry. District Doings MARKHAM TOWNSHIP ROAD ACCOUNT SET AT $215,000 Markham Township's 1959 road ap- propriation as authorized by the De- partment of Highways will be $165,- 000. A by-law covering this amount was passed at a regular meeting on Monday night. In addition to this figure, a supplementary by-law was passed, requesting the sum of $50,000. It will be forwarded to the Depart- ment for approval. Reeve W. L. Clarke stated that the Department favoured the construction of more paved roads in the municipal- ity. The Reeve contended that a sup- plementary by-law for the additional $60,000 would cover this added ox- penditure. The Reeve informed the members that he belleved the increased assess- ment in the Township would be ab- sorb this supplementary amount with- out increasing the mill rate. LAKE SIMCOE SCENE OF WINTER FISHING ACTIVITIES According to officials of the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests Lake Simcoe which is dotted with many ice-huts is probably the heaviest" fished lake in the province during the winter months. Main catch is white fish, herring, lake trout. And, despite the fact Lake Simcoe has been fished, winter and summer, for at least two hundred years, the big lake seems to take all the fishing possible and still produces practically every variety of fish to be found in Ontario waters, \ YORK COUNTY BOOST PAY FOR WARDEN AND COUNCILLOR Increase pay for the Warden and members of York Couneil provided a lively discussion at last week's session of council. The present rate for coun- ty council members is $10.00 per day. There was some suggestion that a member might receive two days pay for attending two meetings on the same day. However, this was quash- ed, Reeve Sellers of Sutton stated that he would move the rate be $14 a day regardless of the number of meetings in a day. He commented that the amount of $14 was ample and "is pos- sibly_-more-than most members would make if they were at home. ) The final resolution also moved the salary of the Warden from $2,000 to $3,000 and his expense account from $1800 to $2,000. Councillors also re- ceive 10¢, per miles for travelling, YORK COUNTY POPULATION | IS CLIMBING The population of York County has increased from 69,640 in 1964 to 98,210 in the year 1968. This increase in growth is partially indicated by the revenue from the Registry Office. In 1955 the fees from the south and north York, offices combined amounted to $37,000, By the end of last year this amount had grown to $53,000, MUNICIPAL BOARD REFUSE APPROVAL OF PICKERING SEWERS Dr. A. E. Berry, General Manager of Ontario Water Resources Commis- sion, in a telephone conversation with Reeve Morley, advised that the Appli- cation of the Ontario Water Resources Commission to install Sanitary Sewers in the Village of Pickering has not been approved by the Ontario Muni- cipal Board. LINDSAY'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH Lindsay's industrial growth received a substantial "shot in the arm" last week when it was announced that L. Braunton and Company, well known general contractors, have received the contract to erect a substantial addition to the plant of Visking Company on Colborne street, east. Mr, Braunton has enjoyed a number of contracts from the above Company. Citizens will be delighted to learn that Visking is expanding and that the new addition will mean an increase in the number of employees. Mr. L. A. Hanson, President, has re- leased the following statement regard- ing the proposed addition. Visking Company, Division of Union Carbide Canada Limited, has just an- nounced that L. T. Braunton & Com- pany has been awarded the contract to expand the existing building to the East. The addition to the present building will be approximately 8,300 square feet, and the construction similar to the recent addition on the West side. 'The total cost will be approximately $83,000, and completion is expected during June. The decision to start the construe- tion at this time is because Visking l wishes to do their share in providing T, | ducted the opening exercises and de- INCREASE IN BEAVER HARVEST REPORTED Reports. received by Assistant Sen- ior Conservation Officer, J. S. Rorland at Maple, as of the end of January indicate harvest of mink is reduced for the first time, in the Lake Simcoe District, since the 1951-52 season. The reduction may reflect both a decline in population and also fewer numbers en- gaged in trapping, Beaver harvest, on the other hand, show a decided increase over the pre- vious year's production. In view of the problem created by many nuisance colonies throughout the district the present trend is very welcome. Nuis- ance beaver, according to any records availuble to Fish and Wildlife "staff, are being harvested this winter in Peel County for the first time in half a century. Prospect . The W. A. met on Thursday even- ing, Feb. 12th at the home of Tot Holtby. Group convenor, Roxie, con- votional session. Hymn 388, "OQ Mas- ter let me Walk with Thee", was sung. Tot read the Scripture taken from I Corinthians 12:31; 13:1-13. The Les- son Thoughts based on John 15:12 were read by Roxie. Hymn 384, "Go, Labour on", closed this part of the meeting. ~~ * ' The president took charge of the business portion. Eight members and 5 visitors were present. An invita- tion was received from Manchester to attend an evening of films on March 19th. Mr. Braham will show his films on Jamaica and the J. M. Schneider Co. will present their films and pro- vide a cold meat lunch. Sounds like an interesting evening so let's keep this date in mind. Our own W.A. is planning a similar evening on Thurs., March bth, wea- ther and roads perniliing. Mr. B. C. Roper of Whitby will show films on his trip to various parts of, Europe. An invitation is extended to everyone to attend. -- The March W.A. will be held at the home of Mrs. F. Vernon. We are hoping to make this a Missionary Meeting and are planning to send a TUNE TYPES Most people know the song My Blue Heaven, but how many can name its composer -- Walter Donaldson? "Tune Types", a CBC radio show heard each Friday on the Trans-Can- ada network, is especially designed to bring to light some of the more ob- ry scure tune-writers and to give listen. ers interesting background chatter about the tunes they wrote. Dave Woods, left, conducts the orchestra for the show and Ira Stewart is the producer. Mary de, Girrior, right, leader of the Armdale Chorus, ap- pears with her singers as guests, meeting. Members have been con- tacted re donations but if any friends of the W.A. wish to donate we shall be most grateful. Even at this early date, plans for the bazaar late in May, are taking shape. The committee has assigned the tab- les as follows: Tea Tables-- Margaret, Willa, Mrs, Zylstra, Kaye, Ruby. Aprons-- Mae Smitherman, Olive Painter. Fancy Work-- Janet, Helen, Candy-- Jean. Parcel Post-- Marion. Yariety-- Mrs, F. Vernon, Mrs. E. Holtvy Baking-- Roxie, Flossie, Mrs. Mosienko, Mrs. Durham, Fish Pond-- Mrs. Dearborn. So let's to work girls! Jean gave an interesting reading on the origin of St, Valentine's Day and the card. Marion won a Valentine contest. The group served a tasty { winter employment in the Lindsay) | area. layette to our Northern Missions so: please bring your lunch and all enjoyed a social half articles to this hour. February 23, 1959 Scugog, Manchester and Prospect United Churches We certainly missed the children at our Service at Manchester; but we know that most of them were attend- ing Church at Port Perry. The world owes so much to Lord Baden-Powell for his interest and faith in boys and girls. Scouts and Cubs and Guides and Brownies all went in a body to Church on Sunday. It was in 1908 that the first part of "Scouting for Boys" appeared, and in Part 4, B-P wrote: "No man is much good unless he be- lieves in God and obeys His laws. So every Scout should have a religion." At our service at Prospect Church, our Scout Master Mr. Jack Witherspoon initiated the following five boys into Scouting: Richard Franks, Eric Don- nelly, Beverly Vernon, Brian Holtby, and Murray Croxall. . We were glad to have one of our Cub Leaders, Mr. Alan Craig of Manchester with us. The Minister spoke to the boys, con- gratulating them, and emphasizing how important a part worship played in the carrying out of their duty to God and the Queen. Here is the pro- mise of every Scout: "On my honour I promise that I will do my best--to do my duty to God and the Queen. To help other people at all times. To obey the Scout Law." The founda- tions are being laid for our rural boys and girls to become members of this world-wide organization. It would be a very fine thing if in all our Sunday Schools there were classes for these boys and girls, together with some Ieader of the Movement. There would be the attraction of the Group Spirit, so that there would be the mid-week Scout Hall in Port Perry last Wednes- day. They were invited by the Guides to join in their meeting. Eighteen of our girls turned up, and had a very enjoyable time. We have missed our choir for the past two Sundays; but roads have been icy; and no doubt, cars have given trouble in starting. On Wednesday our P.M.S. HiC Club will meet in Prospeet Church at 8.30 p.m. This will be our first med-week meeting in Prospect Church, and we hope that there will be a good attend- ance, Let us keep in mind the next Church Service for our Young People which will be the Sunday evening hefore Easter. We haven't all the particulars; but we hédve succeeded in procuring our speaker for the evening, namely Rev. Harry Mellow, B.A., Minister of Northminster United, Oshawa. On Thursday, March 5th at 8.00 p.m. there will be an evening of films and music numbers in Prospect Church. Mr. B. C. Roper of Whitby, will show films of his recent trip to Europe. Here are a few excerpts from the Minister's Sermon on The Holy Spirit last Sunday: "We must always keep Jesus central. The Bible, the most wonderful Book, must be secondary to Jesus Christ. Who would want to go back to the days of Samson and Sam- uel? It is the Holy Spirit that widens our sympathies, and broadens our hor- izons. We Christians must cease to squable about the religions. We must unite the world ever. Ouf conception of the Holy Spirit must conform with the Spirit of Jesus. Doctrine has a place--but one may believe in the in- falibility of the Pope, or the infalibil- ity-of the Scriptures, and yet not be gathering, and also the Sunday meet- ing in the Church. These are days when the Churches and Sunday Schools are losing so many boys and girls as soon as they commence their High School work.. This hag Become a pro- blem on our rural Charges now, and new methods must be found to keep our boys and girls in the Church. Even where father and mother go to Church regularly the whole family is not re- presented. We had a wonderful gath- ering of our teen age girls at the truly Christian. In the dark world, God's children ery for light. God hears and sends His Holy Spirit. Turn your soul to the direction of the Light. We believe in the Holy Spirit by whom God is ever at work in the minds and hearts of -men; inspiring every right desire and every effort after truth and beauty." It has been a long time for Arnold Goose {n the Hospital, and we rejoice that he will be home, we hope, this week. * District Churches Scugog, Manchester and Prospect Happy birthdays to Cathy Johnston, Virginia Eden, Ruth Wilson, Beverley Aldred, of the Island; to Gordon Holt- by, Carol Craighead, and Beverley Vernon of Prospect; and to little -Elsie A presentation for our newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. F. Filion (nee Fayo Painter) -was held recently at Pros- pect School. Due to the slipnery con- dition of the roads, many people were unable to attend. However those who braved the elements had a good time playing euchre; Ruby Smith and Phil Goreski being the lucky winners. Matching Step Table and Coffee Table who are now residing in Oshawa. \g a YES FOLkS..! NAA AAA AA AAA A LLL LAA AAA AAA AA AAA a a a ad Gord. = FARM TRADE AGENT ODIO Phone YUkon 5-2572 PORT PERRY ONTARIO Hofstree of Manchester. Ba a SS EN A I TS NS TNT V VV VV VV VU VV VV VVV VV VV VIVO OVW yo Daddy's voice... It's the first of many warm and wonderful moments in store for Surie: moments that will come to her, by telephone, her whole life through. The lives of all of us are constantly enriched by hearing the voices of our children, our parents, our friends -- loved ones who may be out of sight or far away but are never out of reach by telephone. 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