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ARF SY 0 FAD £) LL EAL 9 AAA SONIA wpe THE STAR EDITORIAL PAGE Thursday, March 24th, 1960 Of Many Things By Ambrose Hills POWER TO AGREE At a time when every single job is important, it is shocking that unions, What: are we going to do : { Member of 3 Weekly Newspaper . Notes and Comments The Enigma 3 The government has refused the House How differently we do things in Canada. 3 an opportunity to discuss defence policy. What are we going to do about the Avro- N It claims that such a discussion would give Arrow? Wait and see. We waited and H publicity to things which should remain we saw, but even then some of us didn't 3; secret. When the opposition pressed for understand. a debate, Defence Minister Pearkes dubbed about the Bomarcs? Wait and see. We . them a bunch of spoiled children. This are waiting. seems 8 rpiher, shildizh rebuke to what What is Canada's defence policy ? appears a legimate request. e era of secrecy is gone. 'To-day it is Why is it this and not some other policy ? ' not the policy of either side in the East- Are we committed to an arm's race p West struggle to keep mum about what which even the Soviet and the U.S. say i is doing about either defence or offence. they can't afford? \ The very opposite is true. Tell the other Why should we be spending a billion and k a half dollars on defence for 19607? CT ia Cm I agg [S TR er Se Loienslbe i men i in Nn side what weapons you possess and the strength of your military position. Give them the facts. Only by so doing can we make our deterrent strategy effective. That is why the United States is giving the widest possible publicity to her de- velopment of the nuclear submarine and the continuous experiments at Cape Cana- veral. : fe Russia is busy doing the same thing. She not only tells us about her intercontin- ental missiles, she also tells us about the ultimate weapons she is now planning. Divorce Bills The CCF is to be commended for its fili- buster on divorce bills. When the Fathers of Confederation provided for private di- vorce bills in the British North America Act, they had no idea that they were sad- dling future governments with such a miserable and disgusting burden. From 1918 on the business of granting private bills of divorce in the Commons. has been a parliamentary farce. Worse, it has re- quired of members routine passage of faked and dishonest evidence. It turned parliament into a rubber stamp for in- dividual and collective skulduggery that went beyond a joke. There is no reason why Quebec and New- foundland cannot handle their own divorce cases as do the other provinces. If they are unwilling to accecpt responsibility then divorce could be quite easily passed along - tions. There must be an answer to these ques- But they are not for us. Our gov- ernment has decided that secrecy is the thing and secrecy it is. But why should we have to be so secre- tive when the other powers are pursuing a completely different kind of action. The remarks of the Minister and the "stand of the government are not designed to inspire either confidence or support. Perhaps, there would be less of both if the whole matter of defence got public airing. Practically all the time set aside for private members bills is taken up with concocted divorces. There are so many of them that the House cannot possibly check the evidence. Until now Parliament has patiently but reluctantly submitted to the gross indignity of this procedure. The members of the CCF have wisely decided that it is time the farce was ended. Friday they succeeded in holding up every single divorce bill. Not one got through. If they continue to do as good a job for the rest of the session, there is little doubt that the government will introduce legis- lation to effect a change. It is long over- due. There is no justification for the present gituation. The Senate doesn't want it; House doesn't want it; and, you may be sure, that the people didn't elect represent- atives to waste their time with this sort which are the first to complain about unemployment, seem reluctant to seek labour-management peace. Failure of the Joint Conference of labour and management in the Ont- ario construction industry is an ex- ample. This month the Conference met in a second attempt to make some pro- gress -- but none was made. None could be made, because the union rep- resentatives at the meeting admitted they had no authority to reach an agreement. The five thousand mem- ber firms of the Federation of Con- struction Associations gave their rep- resentatives power to commit them to Here was still another case where management was prepared to take an enlightened stand, make agreements and stick with them." They were prepared to have such agreements binding on all parties. What's the use of making an agreement when it is quite clear that you will abide by it but the other party is not bound? Next time there is an upheaval in the construction industry in Ontario and work comes to a standstill, the first holler will come from union bosses. They will run to the govern- ment with all guns firing. This seems to be the chief purpose of so many union leaders today--to refuse agree- ments so that government coercion can be brought into the picture. This suits the career socialists "in the la- bour unions just fine--but it is mighty tough on the rank-and-file members. Every time a career socialist gains power in the union, he seems to for- get the real interests of the members and strives instead to damage the free-enterprise system. Unions have, in the past, done a great service to the working man. They have improved his wages and his working conditions--not single-hand- ed, as they like to claim, but to a con- siderable degree. Collective bargain- ing put power in the hands of the any decisions made at the Conference. | to the Exchequer Court, of mucky business. District NO OPEN SEASON ON DEER IN ONTARIO COUNTY Ontario County Council has ruled | that deer hunters will not be able to hunt in the townships north of Whitby, East Whitby and Pickering Twps. un- less the municipal councils involved individually permit it. .The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests had recommended to council that a short open season be allowed in all parts of the country north of the three men: tioned townships but the council, at a meeting in Whitby last week, ruled that no hunting would be allowed un- less the councils of each township ap- proved. COUNTY MAKES $2,500 GRANT TO MUSEUM LE a Ontario County Council has apBrov:, "ed a grant of $2,600 to the Pickérin Township museum project to b% -lo-] cated in the hamlet of Brougham. Fhis action was taken on Friday, following an informative presentation by Mr. W. G. Lawson, one of the prime promo- ters of the museum program. An ad- ditional $2,000 is expected from Pick- ering Township Couneil. "A $500 grant was also approved by the County to the Ajax-Pickering- Whitby Retarted Children's Associa- It will be used in the construc- tion, tion of a $60,000 school in Ajax. It fs planned that the school might be ready for occupancy by September of this year. BOWMANVILLE TAX RATE JUMPS 10.5 MILLS The 1960 Budget for Bowmanville TJ Doings UXBRIDGE MAYOR QUITS UXBRIDGE-- Unruly, rowdy meet- | ings which have resulted in bad pub- licity for the town, and attempts by council to gag him are the reasons given by Mayor William Hochberg for his resignation. Council had taken the mayor to task for speaking to the press on at- tempts to have Chief Constable Gra- ham Chatterley dismissed. The may- or apparently had taken the stand that the campaign against the chief was not justified without proper evi. dence and, in fact, was not legal. "There has been too much haggling and too much rowdyism in council all year. It has been difficult trying to get things done. There's no dignity or decorum in our deliberations. It's too much for me. Unless you have an intelligent council, it isn't worth the trouble," said the mayor. -- OSHAWA AIRPORT TO GET NEW LIGHTING Oshawa airport will be operating undeer the lights in the near future. Runway lighting, believed to cost about $40,000, will be installed. The federal government will pay the entire cost with any additional costs being borne by the city. The proposal for lights eame from the department of transport on a re- quest by Labor Minister Michael Starr. Treasury board approval has been given and work is expected to begin in five or six weeks. 4 was approved at the meeting of Town Cotineil held in the Town Hall on Mon- day evening last week with all mem- FORM FLYING CLUB AT GOODWOOD AIRPORT '| Welfare Officer. COUNTY SNOW COSTS $20,000 OVER ESTIMATE Bad snow and ice storms have cost the county of Ontario an estimated $20,000 to keep roads clear; over and above the amount usually allotted for that purpose. At a meeting of the council, in Whitby last week ,the road board submitted a report on the prob- lem in its annual budget. During the present winter season the conditions that have been encoun- tered were more severe than in any winter for over 10 years. Within the last three weeks heavy snowfalls and high winds have caused repeated road blockages. [Every effort has been made to keep all roads open but in many instances this proved impossible. DEPUTY-REEVE SUGGESTS UXBRIDGE "TOO SOFT" WITH RELIEF REQUESTS Deputy-Reeve, Robt. Nesbitt of Ux- bridge Township suggested that the Welfare Officer, Mr. Isaac Cather- wood was becoming "too soft" in deal- ing with relief requests from unem- ployed residents. Deputy-Reeve Nes- bitt was supported by Councillor Al. vin Redshaw. The brief discussion took place at _g_regular meeting of Council on ufiy afternoon, Councillor Redshaw charged that a party could obtain relief assistance for a two week period, then receive assistance through unemployment in- surance that would cover the same period, "They should obtain their goods on credit until their insurance payment comes through," stated the couneillor, "«"Many won't charge their goods and I don't blame them," argued the Mr, Catherwood in- formed the members that some relief worker to meet his employer on an equal footing. No enlighteneed per- son will deny that. But today, many union bosses have forgotten the ori- ginal purpose of collective bargaining, and they use their vast union power for political purposes. Their goal is to thwart private industry and make government intervention essential-- for the more government intervention we require, the closer we come to complete socialism. Is the rank-and-file worker too blind to see this? Does he think so- cialist labor bosses sincerely want labour-management agreement and prosperity within an industry? Isn't ft time dues-paying members insisted that their leaders concentrate on wages and working conditions and leave politics to the politicians? There will be no church on Sunday, March 27th, There will be Sunday School only. Sunday April 8rd there will be Sunday School and church at usual time. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Ashton were re- cent dinner guests of George Harp- ers. Mr. and Mrs. C. Harper visited Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gall of Uxbridge last week, On Sunday, Walt Mitchell and sons called on Mr. and Mrs. J. Mitchell. Ken Skerratt went to Peterborough Sunday to visit his grandmother, Rinsa Grani is having a holiday in Florida. Visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. Suther- land Sunday were Mr. and Mra, Ash- ton. Mr. and Mrs. J. Crosier recently attended the funeral of Mr, Crosier's Aunt, Mrs. Evelina Lang in Toronto. Lou Cassidy of Brooklin called on Mrs. F. Kendel Monday, Mary Barber of Georgetown was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mra. Frank Kendall, and visiting the Kendall's Sunday was Mr. and Mrs. Ken Harm- bers present. There is only half a mill more than last year in the 1060 general levy for carrying on the busi- ness of the town. But, as the cost of education to Bowmanville this year has increased by 8.85 mills, and the county levy is up 1.66 mills, it was necessary to increease the mill rate for this municipality by 10.5 mills, A Flying Club has been organized in association with the Goodwood air- port. There are now between 80 and 40 persons taking lessons. Three have received their licenses. They are, Oliver Howard, Bill Low and Howard Thompson, President of the new club is Mr. Howard with Mr, Thompson as first vice. Mrs. Howard Is secretary and Bill Low treasurer, Three directors, Mra. Betty Cornell, Cecil Turner and Beautiful Personalized Stationery may be obtained from er and family of Oshawa. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Kerry of Port Perry were guests of Frank Kendalls Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sutherland and family dined with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Connor of Brooklin. Mr. and Mrs, B. Connor called on Tom Sutherlands, Monday, requests were quite urgent and the persons could not: be neglected. "Surely they don't live that "close" that they can't wait for five days," stated Dep-Reeve, Nesbitt. "I think perhaps that we're getting too soft with relief payments", he said. Councillor Redshaw agreed that in gome instances, the waiting period would result in a hardship on certain residents, Reeve Earl Dowswell suggested >) «on into the possibility of duplication in relief vouchers and unemployment in- Ms. Chatterly Loses Claim fo Seat WHITBY -- Judge A, R. Willmott ruled Saturday that Mrs. Marguerite Chatterley did not qualify for a seat of this year's Uxbridge town council. Mrs. Chatterley had claimed she was entitled to a council seat because the returning officer should have declared her elected by acclamation, The judge said she was justified, however, in applying for a hearing because of all the circumstances relat- ing to the conduct of this election by the returning officer, Delmas Long. The judge concluded, after a three- day hearing,that Mrs. Chatterley had been twice nominated at a meeting Nov. 25 and had she (the following day) properly completeed her quali- fication papers she would not be pre- cluded by any procedural errors from succeeding in the motion. Evidence revealed that on the ad- vice of the town solicitor, Mr, Long had informed Mrs, Chatterley, after she thought she had qualified on Nov. 26, that her qualification was illegal because she had not been properly no- minated and that the entire nomina- tion was disqualified as a result. "This turned out to be an error and Mrs. Chatterley was the only one dis- qualified. As a result of this advice, a new election was held for the one remaining seat on council and the res- pondent, Mr. (Wilfrid) Gould, was elected in the two-man contest. Mrs. Chatterley claims this council seat on the ground that the returning officer should have declared her election by acclamation in the first election," said Judge Willmott, Referring to evidence submitted Judge Willmott said "There can be no question that Mrs. Chatterley was properly nominated in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Act", Judge Willmott noted that, accord- ing to Mr. Long, the first nomination paper had beeen inadvertently lost. However, his ultimate decision was based on the fact that Mrs. Chatter- ley neither took the solemn declara- tion nor did she swear the oath of allegiance as required under the Mu- nicipal Act. On Sunday afternoon last, the mem- bers of the Official Board met in the Manchester Church. The Financial Statement, with estimates of $6086.00 for the new year were accepted. A motion of thanks was given to Betty Reader for the fine work she did in cutting all the stencils for the Report. The total receipts for the year, in- cluding balances brought forward, a- mounted to $14,088.97 and the total disbursements $11,128.20, leaving bal- ances in the various organizations of $2010.77. The sum of $906.14 was given for Missions: $2208.78 spent on Church Buildings and Fixtures. $427. 77 on Boys and Girls work. $847.43 on Local Church Expenses. $326.61 on the Choir. $198.01 on Fire Insur- ance. $173.44 were donated to vari- ous charitable organizations. $161.93 on flowers and fruit for the sick, and other small amounts. There are still a number of the Reports in the various Churches waiting to be taken home. Mr. C. L. Fralick was appointed our Presbytery and Conference Represen- tative, and Mrs. Gladys Archer the al- ternate. Mr. William McCartney was appointed our representative on the new organization for the Bible So- ciety to be set up. The dates for our Anniversary Services were set for September 11th, Sept. 26th .and Octo- ber 28rd. The Minister will take the month of September for his holidays. There will be a Service at 8.00 p.m. in the Manchester Church on Good Friday. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed at our three Churches on Palm Sunday, April 10th. The Minister's text on Sunday was taken from St. Mark 10:14--"When Jesus saw it, He was displeased." In the field of religion too many of us The Port Perry Star Bruce Timbers, have been named. 7 that the Welfare Officer should check | surance payments, Ls di i ie thousands of years . . to produce steel. last year. turned out 25 pounds per person. MONTREAL are so easily displeased. Much of our so-called "righteous indignation" were really personal grudges. This does not mean that we should not really be moved by the injustice that is meteed out to others, nor the stumb- ling blocks placed in the way of the development of others. And it is a- mazing what can be accomplished when a people become displeased about some injustice or something that really hampers their progress. If we wish to know what things Jesus cared deeply about, one clue is to be found in the things that roused His indignation--the hardness of the hearts of those who placed the man with the withered hand in the Syna- gogue that Sabbath, hoping that Je- sus would heal him, and thereby break their Sabbath laws, and give them a chance to accuse Him. Here He is indignant because the children were prevented from coming to Him. Je- sus never showed indignation over personal affronts. He opened not His mouth at the accusations thrown at Him during His trial. He prayed for His executioners, "Father forgive them." He said "Suffer the litlle children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of heaven." As the child is dependent on his earthly parents, so much more the children of the Kingdom are de- pendent on God. Also the children of the Kingdom must be as receptive to God's word as the hearts of little children to their parents. As the little child is welcomed in the home of the parents, so are the children of the Kingdom in the home of God. These were excerps from the Sermon. The Minister closed with the following: "What a religion we have! What District Churches. Scugog, Manchester and Prospect possibilities lie dormant within us! How great is the love of God for all children!" We invite all the friends of Scugog to be with us this coming Sunday evening, March 27th at 8:00 p.m. in the Church at the Center. We have looked forward to this for a long time. Our new organ, the gift of Centennial United, Highland Creek, will be dedi- cated. Centennial Choir will lead us in song, and our Minister will conduct the Service, and preach. The theme will be "The Ministry of Song". There will be a social half-hour after the Service, and we give a very cordial invitation to all. There will be NO MORNING SERVICE ON THE IS- LAND. The Services at Manchester and Prospect will be at the regular hours, Today (Monday) is a wonderfully bright day. It is the first day of Spring. The banks of snow are high; but the warmth of the sun is working on them. The crows are back, and goon the miracle of Spring will be here. Brownies and Guides and Cubs and Scouts, will be better attended as most of the roads are open. We are looking forward to good times at our Camp. Life is full of variety and new interest, and adventure. Happy birthdays to Carol Wilson, Ron Nixon, Eddie Johnston of the Island; to Rus- sell Leach, Walter Green of Manchest- er; and to Donald Holtby of Prospect. Our prayeers go out for all who are in trouble, and who are in hospitals or laid aside at home. However dark the night might be, be sure that it will come to an end, and the sun will shine for you again. Come and wor- ship with us on Sunday. CANADA AND CHINA... Canada has been a nation for not quite a hundred ¥ years. In that time Canadians have earned a way of life unequalled outside North America and not even approached by countries whose histories go back . countries such as China. Part of Canada's success comes from her ability Canada, with a population under 18,000,000, produced 660 pounds of steel per person China, with a population of 600,000,000, For example, THE LIMITED GANANOQUE HAMILTON BRANTFORD Canadian-made steel from Canadian-owned plants ....This higher productivity comes from the factories Canadians have built. Company of Canada, Limited has invested more than $300,000,000 in its plants and equipment since 1940. The Steel Canadians produce more mainly because Canadian companies are continually improving their plants and equipment. STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO --