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TUeoton taf The word has been degraded in everyday talk until it raises, subconsciously, a spirit of antiâ€" official jocularity. You put a cent into the automatic machine of public opinion under the label "bureaucracy‘‘, press the button, and a sneer comes out accompanied by a picture of the fussy, briefcaseâ€"carrying incompetent whom we read about in nineteenthâ€"century novels. As in most features of life, there is much to be said for and against the system of bureaucracy. The good that is in bureaucracy should not suffer by the faults of some of those who administer it, and irresponsible attacks upon public servants, workers in industry, and people who serve in social and cultural and community activities, are a luxury that no democracy can afford. Those who speak and write against bureaucracy are in reality critizing the system of government and business, and the bureaucrat is merely the handy scapegoat. Bureaucracy has been made into a new variety of sin in many people‘s minds, but bureaucrats providing they are doing their jobs conâ€" scientiously are on the side of all good men and true. Bureaucracy is a way of doing business, a way without which we could not carry on today‘s complex affairs. _ es A judicious view is made difficult by the fact that while one sector of voters is as frightened by the word as are some zealous people who see sin in everything they don‘t like, others are fascinated by the plan to transform the whole world into a bureau, wiping out the individual and looking after mass welfare through comâ€" puters. o It is possible that much of the reaction of the bureaucrat is sparked by the negative or hostile approach made to him. Perhaps much that is objected to as being "bureaucratic‘ is in the mind of the beholder. â€" One simple and generous thought will help the man in the street in his dealing with bureaucrats. Remember that this is the first time you have tripped over this problem, and it irritates you, but for the man to whom you turn for help it is the hundredth time the same question has been asked. He will answer you efficiently, according to his knowledge and experience, but do not ask that in addition he console you. If he is slow to do what you want, do not write him off as being stupid or obstructive. He may be waiting until he digests all the evidence before giving his opinion. For their very existence both government and business demand this sort of deliberative apâ€" proach to problems. Certain restraints and restrictions are not only necessary; they are inevitable; and, despite the endless jibrs thrown their way, they are desirable when the broad view is taken. . The thing to do is to view the contacts between bureaucrats and the public from both sides, and for both parties to make the effort necessary to make the ocntacts as pleasurable as possible. Bureaucracy Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday W. K. Wilson, General Manager B. J,. LeMaitre, Advertising Manager Mrs. Doreen Fawcett, Edito® Classified Advertising Mrs. Edythe Mannon Display Advertising Bernie LeMaitre â€" Leigh Siegtried t Telephone 241â€"52 11 Second Class Mail Registration Number 1588 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada Other countries $9.00 As to offer and acceptance â€" If "B" in Windsor writes to "C" in Toronto offering to sell, say, a piece of machinery of certain specifications, for $5,000, the offer to remain open for one week, and "C" receives the letter the following day â€" this would be an offer. This offer implies that the acâ€" ceptance may also be by mail. If "C" posts A letter of acceptance within a week, the contract is complete the Some readers have raised questions about the forâ€" mation of a contract by letters passing through the mail. Every contract must have four parts â€" The offer, the acceptance, some conâ€" sideration or a seal, and form. Consideration is usually the payment of money for goods or services. A seal is a red wafer atâ€" tached to a written contract next to each signature. Form simply means that the terms must be ascertained by reading a contract, if it is in writing, or by means of what the parties said in their conversations with each styles of smoking according depending upon your style you may find it easy or difficult to break the habit. culosisâ€"and â€" Respiratory Disease Association and Yet in the last two weeks the Robarts government has done virtually nothing to stop an inflationary move in its own backyard. I am referring, of course to the recently announced decision by Ontario Hydro to increase its rates to municipalities by some 6 per cent effective January ist, 1970. This uniâ€" lateral decision, which will undoubtedly mean that you and I will be paying more to clothing, the price of pretty well everything is caught up in a spiraling inflation. Clearly the _ Ontario Government has a responsiblitity to _ do something to protect the purchasing dollar that all of us find is shrinking. â€" by Donald C. MacDonald MPP Ontario Leader New Democratic Party Everything is going up. light our homes, very Stabilization Fund was The price of food, the price of definitely contributes to the brought to light that this housing, the price of current inflation. would spell the end of the QUEEN‘S PARK COMMENT JAMES TRIMBEE York f worker:s m 1 would like to express my appreciation | to all the ratepayers in the Borough of York for electing me Controller. | 1 am also grateful to the many volunteer workers who worked so hard on my behalf. I will continue to do my best in an effort to make York a better place in which to live. y ,___JAMES TRIMBEE THE WESTON TIMES aedur Which is your style? 2% moment the "Acceptance" is dropped in the mail box. The acceptance may go astray or be delayed in the mail but "B" is liable under the contract and could be sued if he did not make delivery. This rule may appear as being harsh against "B". He, however, is in control of the method of acceptance and could have stipulated, for example, that the acceptance must be received by him within a week â€" thus avoiding the difficulty. "B" may cancel his offer at any time before acâ€" ceptance but here the rule reverses itself. The canâ€" cellation to be effective must reach "C‘"‘ before "C‘‘‘s acceptance and the posting of such a cancellation by itself means nothing. Contracts entered into in this fashion are common in commercial transactions. If, however, the amount of money involved is subâ€" stantial, it would be safer to have a lawyer draw a proper written contract for both parties‘ signature. For this reason, the New Democratic Party asked that the whole question of the Hydro increase be referred to a committee of the Legisâ€" lature. We hoped that through this Committee hearing it would be possible to determine whether or not the increase was justified. The Government acceded to our request and the Committee hearing was held last week. It soon became clear from our questioning that the existence of a $177,800,000, â€" Rate Stabilization Fund (to grow this year to $183 million) makes the rate increase completely unjustified. It was our hope that when this fact about the Rate respiratory illnesses conâ€" tinues â€" to â€" rise, the Association, through its Christmas Seals funds, has stepped up its research programmes on emâ€" physema, and chronic POINT _ OF LAW 4 pmclicing o[awyer Hamilton announced a price increase which will have a very wide effect throughout the economy. We are thoroughly disappointed with the Conservative atâ€" titude that the public has no business looking at the price increase proposals of private corporations. As far as the NDP is concerned, we believe that all proposed price increases, whether made by a public corporation or a private corâ€" poration, must be justified before they are to be perâ€" mitted. In recent weeks several oil companies have announced increases in the price of gasoline which will affect all of us, and before this, the Steel Company in In these days of inflation, it is surely not asking too much to have these companies appear before some sort of impartial commission to justify their price increases. Most of us are required, either through collective bargaining or individual negotiation, to justify any wage or salary increase we might get. It seems only fair that corporations should be required to do the same for their price increases. bronchitis. Cigarette smoking hasâ€" been blamed for the drastic rise in these diseases but those wishing to quit the habit often feel they need more than will power. The Medical Bulletin on Tobacco agrees that some In the case of Ontario Hydro the deliberations at a Committee of the Legislature showed clearly that a price increase was not justified. Similar hearings before an independent Prices Review Board could, in many cases, show that other proposals to increase prices were equally unâ€" justified. We were shocked then, to learn that George Kerr, the Minister responsible for Ontario Hydro, believes the Ontario Government to be powerless to stop the rate increase. Here we have a publicly owned ‘corporation, introducing . inflationary doubtedly harm the economy of this Province, and yet the Government proclaims itself to be unable to do anything to prevent these inflationary measures. Surely this is the worst kind of abdication of responsibility. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1969 The addictive smoker is always aware when he is not smoking. The lack of a cigarette builds need, desire and discomfort at not smoking. Pleasure â€" at smoking is real, just as the buildâ€"up of discomfort at not smoking is real, sometimes rapid and intolerable. The enjoyment of the cigarette, however, is brief, and ~may be disappointing but the suffering for lack of relief is considerable. For this smoker, tapering off doesn‘t A 14â€"yearâ€"old Weston boy was killed by a car near his home last Saturday. David Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Moore, Bellevue Crescent, was walking on the roadway outside his home with two friends when he was struck by a car driven by Thomas Trimble, 18, of Koral Avenue, Weston. Police said David had become aware of the car and stepped into its path by mistake in trying to avoid it. He was taken to Humber Memorial Hospital where he died later. Services were held Tuesday at Ward‘s Funeral Home in Weston. Interment was at Riverside Cemetery. smokes as if it made him feel good, or feel better, but in fact it does neither. Smoking has become :completely automatic to him and before he can give up he must first become awareâ€" of his smoking pattern when he is smoking. Those who smoke for the positive affect use the cigarette as a stimulant to produce exciting pleasure or as a relaxant to heighten enjoyment as at the end of a meal. If positive affect smokers can be persuaded to make an effort, they may find giving up cigarettes relatively painless. reduce feelings of distress, fear, shame or disgust, or any combination of them. These smokers give up often, but when the heat and pressure of the day hit them, when there is a challenge, they find it very hard to resist lighting up a cigarette. seem to work: the only solution is to quit cold. Once he has been through the intense pain of breaking the psychological addiction he is unlikely to ‘start smoking smokers find quitting more difficult than others. It describes the four different types of smoking as habitual, positive affect, negative affect and addictive. The habitual smoker may hardly be aware that he has a cigarette in his mouth. He Negative affect smoking means using the habit to Boy killed ons