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'u"--------,,--" "You must make some satisfactory arrangement. for payment with your area supervisor," answered H.E. Stimpson, OHC's new director of operations for Metro, "the On- tario Housing Corporation cannot treat a tenant on strike any differently from other tenantswho fall into arrears with rent and the reduction of your income due to strike action is a matter between yourself and your union." Upton reacted by lowering his own monthly payments to $28 a month, the CBC scale for a person making $31 a week, the strike pay he receives. Fellow tenants contend the present OHC policy allowing only for a rent reduction when the tenant's income is affected by a company lockout is strictly discriminatory against labor. Doug Upton, the 32-yearvold official and father of three has been on strike since November 14 when he Joined fellow members of Local 24739 in a walkout against their employer, the Johnson, Matthey and Mallory Limited. Since the beginning of the strike, Upton's regular take-home pay of $90 a week has been reduced to $31 a week strike pay, barely enough to place food on the table. _ A tenant at the Scarlettwood OHC project] Upton pays $124 monthly for his three-bedroom maisonette. With his pay now reduced he ap- proached Ontario Housing to request that his rent be temporarily reduced because of his drop in earning power. One cannot help but wonder if another Don Quixote has appeared upon the scene to "avenge the oppressed and run a tilt with the oppressor." For, like the satirical country gentleman of the famed novel, it would seem we now have our own gentleman of York offering himself to "oc- casions and dangers." Where the 'oppressor' originally took the form of a windmill, it now becomes the Ontario Housing Corporation - and the 'knight' a union official affiliated with the Canadian Labor Congress. . He has since been joined in his uphill struggle by a number of prominent individuals and groups, including the poor people of this province and the Ontario Federation of Labor, both of whom plan to pursue the problem with OHC and Stanley Randall, the minister responsible for the corporation. "We are going all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary," adds Peter Harrington, Scarlettwood Tenants Association president, "we want to know just what the secret clauses and policies of OHC are all about." Comments Upton: "I am not making an issue of this case solely for the benefit of my own family, but for all OHC tenants who might find themselves on strike." Whatever the case, it is interesting to recall, that in author's Crevantes' novel, the famed DOn Quixote eventually did succeed in avenging the oppressed and in length "died a peaceful Christian." Generally. the average working man will fall on the side of adventurer Upton and wish him well in his battle with the oppressor. First round games will see Jarvis Bulldogs meet Bathurst Heights Bears at 4 pant, followed at 5:45 pm. between St. Michtel's Blue Raiders and the Lions M Monarch Park. At7:15 pm. Runnymede Redmen open the evening against Central Tech's Blues, followed by Olkwood Collegiate Barons and George Harvey Hawks. Slum-y. A Korean Karate “play will be demomtrated am; the Friday evening pm. by members d the Park Tae Kym-D0 IttMitute. Jarvi- Collenm In situated at On coma-I d Jarvis and Won-Icy Sm. Tel-mu). Eight cage squads are geared to get the Sixth Annual Jarvis Collegiate Invitational Basketball Tournament underway, beginning 4 p.m. tomorrow. The tourney will be played at Jarvis Collegiate with finals wrapping up on Saturday evening. Winners advance to the championship round Saturday while the four loner- move into teottgolation Elly bum 10:30 a.m. who“ u an t..o'.r, Iooa. warm. on» Yummy m human ”or. Llama In...“ In. "totrttttratirm In woman hm: Ana County no Yul ”can. me Tun- and Gum, and Weston hm» Advilhsu and m. m "In. Show Class Mod Roolsvrahon Numb." um “Darin-on Ram " no our "a! m mum. to any auaress I" (coma cum cwnlnu n W Eight cage quintets enter Jarvis tourney Bureaucratic windmill V J MMAIIM, Prism!" AM Pumnsnev Craig Shun-art 00mm Manage: Dot-on Fawcett, Eintor Pal Donor. News Eons): .-York Times "Noam In 52” Tournament champions will receive the-Bloor, Toronto Kiwanis trophy. Consolation winners, the Telegram After-Four trophy and the Most Outstanding Player will receive the Charles Rayfield award. The NA. 'Pete' Beach award will go to the Most Sportsmanlike team. Team coaches include: Peter McAleenan (Bethurst Heights); Gerry Toc. zylowskl (Central Tech); John Petrushchak (George Harvey); Geoff Snowdon (Monarch Park); Doug Lockhart (Runnymede); Al Quince (Oakwood); Dan Prendergast (St. Michael's); Chet Ciupa (Jarvis Collegiate). Consolation final will be played Mturday a pm followed by the flnal game at 9:15 p.m. The awards ceremony will follow the final game at approximately W.30 pm. Admission to the tour- nament has been set at 75 cents for students, and 81.00 for adults. Any spending by the borough above this capital expenditure cost goes directly year by year to the taxpayer. Last year our mill rate was 105, of this 53 mills was a charge by the Board of Education and 22 mills was a charge by Metro. This leaves 30 mills (or 28.5 per cent) of collected taxes for local services, and is the part of annual taxes controlled by Council. Increased assessment during 1970 will result in extra taxes of $700,000 in 1971, and will be partially offset by $665,000 increase in wages to present staff during the year. This annual competition to see which borough will have the lowest mill rate is healthy. Unfortunately, there is no sue competition with regrd to the Board of Education levy or the Metro levy. The taxpayer does not stop to realize that North York can develop many empty acres of land to help them relieve their tax burden, with the help of Metro sewers, Metro water and Metro Roads. Nor does the taxpayer consider that Toronto has an edge with their 60 per cent imiustrial- commercial assessment and 40 per cent residential, as against York's 30-70 ratio. The past tour years have seen the decline and fall of a city press campaign to do away with York. Certain of its prominent citizens have written to the press sup porting amalgamation as an alternative to bankruptcy. The end result is that the average taxpayer is com fused, disheartened and fearful of the future. Financially, York cannot go bankrupt. Our capital expenditures are controlled by Metro allotment, which in turn is controlled by the Ontario Municipal Board and the Ontario Govern- ment Now before beginning a capital project, the OMB must approve the financing. Our per capita debt is 65.57 per capita, as against Toronto's 149.10 per capita and Metro's 427.42 per capita - and is the lowest of the Metro boroughs. Our borrowing is based on our total assessment and has risen from $270,380.00 in 1967 to$297,tH2.00 in 1970. York is the only borough with no debenture debt on its water and hydro services. s. As Budget Chief for the borough of York, and as a member of its elected Council since its creation by the Ontario Government at the beginning of 1967, I feel that the time has come when plain facts should be presented to its citizens. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR In spite of these disad- vantages, York keeps the mill rate in line with the other boroughs. This requires good ad- ministration by Department Heads and a careful am praisal of priority of im- provements by Council. If bigness is the answer to lower taxes, then Toronto, with its preferred assessment ratio, should have the lowest taxes in Metro. As long as York's tax rate is in line with the competition of other boroughs, York has. no problem financially. If its finances are not ad- "ministered carefully and its tax rate heavily exceeds competition, two things will happen. First, the citizens will elect a new Council. Second, if taxes are not brought quickly into line, the Ontario Government will annex us to another borough. One reason for removing leaside and Weston from the Metro setup was that their low tax position upset the balance. York will also be removed from Metro if their taxes drastically increase over the other borough. It has been an inescapable fact that competition amongst the borm'gns in Metro' helps io hold taxes down. and contrarily, amalgamation of them all would present a city state with power enough to make any Ontario Government studder. The four borough formation of Metro, as proposed by Mr. Golden- berg, was amended by the Ontario Government to six boroughs. I believe the reason for the’six borough system was reasonable -. if pressure for total amalgamation was suf- ficient then York mt East - Budget chief claims "we're paying our way" stop gap. Time would also prove to the Ontario Government whether or not a small municipality could compete in the annual mill rate competition. After four years, those tor total amalgamation have not had sufficient public clamour to achieve their desired results. After four years, it has been proven that size alone does not result in appreciable differences in yearly taxes. What has not been pointed out is that Leaside and Weston had many citizens who gave freely of their time to their municipalities and thus hleped to keep a lower tax rate. Bigness removes citizen participation and the result is a more costly operation, and the furthering d disinterest by its citizens. Yeti could be annexed to the remaining boroughs as a At present, York is stirring its citizens by its proposed Official Plan. Its ratepayer groups are asked for their opinions by Council, and in turn some members of Council are asked to state their opinions at group. meetings. We have not come the full circle to the Town Hall Tonight meetings of yester-year, but we are progressing in that direction. At the present time, our proposed Official Plan is setting aside areas for highrise development in co- operation with its citizens. It is being done not as astop gap to delay bankruptcy or amalgamation, but in order to limit areas where apart- ments'are allowed. Without such a plan, any owner of land has the right to ask for highrise in any area of York. At the present moment we have asked our Treasurer for a report on whether apartment buildings yield a if '7) ' --"7_..., L -5 q _ A j. . rf,: - "i'2 , l" ,. "rir' , g‘fiu xiii} , Illllilh f Ir, l jr, - J 1 ., CANADIAN 'li),:.,-.) a ‘Tv Thank goodness for work and routine. They're the best therapy there is in the neurotic world we live in. The highlyrtquted "ho1idaf season" should be enough to make a great many people agree with me, Looking back, I predicted a quiet holiday. And it started out all right. Kim came home from college a couple of days early, quite happy, just like her old self. But each day her face lengthened as she sorted the Christmas mail. Nothing for her. Day after day. Her secret desire, of course. was a message from the loved one, who is spending the winter up By Bill Smiley To quote Reverend Don Reed Of the Westminster United Church, "We each of us, without exception, have something we can give for the good of the community. What we need are more people to give themselves, not wholly and entirely, but in due proportion to other responsibilities to the cause of the community." Such men are Ralph Cowan and Bert Stollard who bring their concerns to the public. Such men are Reverend Reed and Reverend Fields who,are quietly trying to bring another Citizens Information Centre to York. Such people are the minor hockey associations, service clubs, boy scout and girl guide associations, and others. As applies to OHC and CMHC buildings also, which are spread all over the boroughs as evenly as possible. profit or lass; locompare we are also seeking an outside consultant's View on the same question. Regardless of the answer from these two sources, with 50,000 extra people a year coming to Metro, we will have to ac- 'iiiiiiliii'it our share. This How I feel about the New Weston High School, and this is just the library of that bleak institution. The books are bound and neatly straight, Precise, as Dewey planned. The glaring sterile room does wait The liberated student clan. Dear Editor Where the rooms of yesteryear? around Hudson Bay somewhere. Nothing. She alternated between revil'ing him and glooming about the place. The day before Christmas, it came - long letter, so personal that she would read only bits to her avidly-interes- ted mother. And the thing that really killed her was that in the same mail she received an equally ar- dent letter from a young man she's been seeing at university, "Just to pass the time until Joe gets home." She chortled at the irony of it all. Gentle grandad arrived and we settled in to spend a quiet Christmas Eve. All serene Then comes a phone call from son Hugh, from some goeMoresakert village in deepest Quebec. Ode to a schoolroom Work a relief from hectic holiday " / FEEL LIKE F; (A)! "dl v, _ c",. _ , f Is' _i'rii(iCsi'l,:/:,,,,./i',r,),'_ol-, /50 Mud/0M bow/xv THE DEA/M / suggested, we need more citizen participation. A rejuvenation of the tribe or village spirit Then trust would grow. Fears oi the unknown would be cast aside. A sense of belonging, which is essential for man's happiness and peace of mind. would previal. York is alive - and well - and carrying its load in the federation of Metro. It has a recreation program second to none. It is keeping up its end in pollution by separating its storm and sanitary sewers according to the Ontario Water Resources formula, without seeking federal assistance. It is buying parkland in areas at Reverend Reed It is easy to pull down a house, a barn, a municipality. We have weathered a four year storm from the press in trying to elimirhte York. We are still here -- alive and well, and paying our way. That linked present with the past Scruffy, yes and shabby too, Replete with many smells. Great cozy springy chairs, Dust moat, lazily floating In sunlight, slanting through the pane From which there is a view, To lift wondering eyes, to sit and gaze, And dream a little in quiet He and a friend had been in a car accident. The car was a writtroff, but they were both alive. (They weren't even supposed to be coming home for Christmas.) They arrived the next day, all racked up and bruised and abrased and cut. The only thing that hadn't been damaged in the accident, it seemed, was their appetites. They got through about eight pounds of our nine-pound goose. Then there was a round of X-rays of chests, calls to insurance adjusters, and confessions that some people had six ”says overdue, that others had an exam right after the holidays and hadn't done a tap of stuydlng and that others were out of a job. BUCK; J . W. Trimbee, Controller, Borough of York. Thelma Devries. CONSUMER NEWS "This is the age of ecumenizn in the history of the Church. It is an age in which 01ristians recognize that the (lunch is to be a sign of the final reconciliation of all 'mm with each other and with God, but the sign is blurred so long as the Church itself experiences divisions. "It is with this vision of the Church’s mifying mission that the World Council of Churches in cooperation with the Vatican Secretariat for Christian Unity has chosen as the theme for the Week of Prayer: "United by the Spirit". This expression captures the essence of St. Paul's closing Words in his second letter to the Corin- thians: "the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all". Today's consumers enjoy all the benefits of man-made fibres, but many shoppers are bewildered by hundreds of brand names which mean little to them. Consusion exists because more than 700 different brand names, are now on the market. But there are, only 17 types of man-made fibres and most of this confusion would disappear if they were labelled by their generic names. Years ago, buying textiles was easy. You could only buy natural materials like wool, linen, silk and cotton; and practically everyone knew what to expect of these easy- txridentity fibres. Generic relationship is best understood by com- paring it to a person's name: the brand name corresponds to the first of given name, while the generic is the family name or surname. To know who someone is, you must know his family name. The same applies to textiles. Consumers should know the generic of family name, if they are to know what they are buying. Some manufacturers have voluntarily labelled their textile products 'using generic names, but something more needed to be done to take the guesswork "The Week of Prayer started as the Octave of Prayer in 1908. It was the idea of twtrAnglicans, Spencer Jones and Lewis Wattson. Wattson became a Roman Catholic in the same year and popularized the practise in the Catholic Church. In 1935 Abbe Paul Couturier, an outstanding French ecumenist, found the call for conversion in the Octave obgectionable and reformed the approach. A ter 1945, when the World Council of Churches was for- med, the Faith and Order Commission of the Council approved substantially the perspective of Abbe Couturier and the Week of Prayer was adopted by the World Council at its second plenary meeting in Evanston, Illinois." This Week of Prayer for (hristian Unity is vital. Unity has to be the deep felt cogcem ot all, Christian people. The curse of our age is alienation. It is this that constitutes our so-called "urban" problem. The problem is not that people cannot be accommodated and provided for in large cities. In all physical respects city life is much easier and more convenient for people. The problem is that, though hr - Quinlan the world over. It In the Week of Prayer hr Christian Unity. Here’s what the Canadian Churchea' press release any: abut it: "The desire of Christians all mrer the world to achieve the unity that am: will: is brought on each year by the Week of EYayer for Christian Unity which, this year, is from January 17 to M. The Iqratmlrtg, wk In arrirntortartt one This was all very good for my wife's nerves. Combined with the general slobbiness of the. young people - they all smoke makings and there's tobacco all over the floor; they eat and drink coffee in a corV tinuous process tor M hours and never wash a dish; their clothes are draped all over the house; and the hi-fi goes at a train-shattering decibel count-- all this made her come down with what seemed like stomach 'tlu but to me was a break- She threw up regularly. She couldn't eat or sleep. She had no energy. She snarled. She whimpered. Aa a result, I was busier than the proverbial one. armed paperhanger. What's in a nam ITT' RN. and is mama- of Watminnpr United Church a? _ in We". out of textile buying. So the Canada Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs sponsored a new Textile Labelling Act which will go a long way towards correcting the situation. Now, textile products such as wearing apparel, yard goods and household textiles, will be clearly labelled to disclose fibre content by generic names and the percentages of the content for each fibre. For example: one fabric may be acrylic only; another fabric may be a blend of 60 per cent polyester and 40 per cent cotton. This information must now be marked'on the article when it is sold to you, the consumer. The legislation also prohibits fraud and deception in the labelling and advertising of textile articles. No longer will you have to guess whether or not a dress is made of pure wool, or try to decipher some mysterious trade name. The fibre or blend of fibres will be clearly marked on an attached label and you will know that this information is true. Here is a list of the 17 generic or family names that manufacturers will use for man-made fibres. Some may be familiar; others may not, though you may have beer Talking to Kim about her love life. Assuring Hugh that he wouln't die, even though every time he coughed it was like an arrow in the chest. Calling the doctor. Getting Alex in touch with insurance people/Telling my wife to get off her tail and give me a hand. And I cooked every- thing from the Christmas, goose to the New Year's ham. And washed dishes until I couldn't bear a TN commercial about the beautiful hands you have if you use Ivory soap. And didn't have time to watch TV anyway. And would come down In the mor- ning to read my paper and find that the young gentlemen had seized a section each and were immersed In it and their third cup of coffee DON REED Vital unity for Christian Unity during this 60mins week, and pledge ourselves to work together tor unity in the weeks ahead. Conversations have been proceeding for years between the top echelons of the United Church and the Anglican Church. A hint Hymn book is to be published this spring. But here in Weston (I confessto my shame) you would think ._ denomination wiae-wewerestilllivinginapre- ecumenical age! However, there are hopeful signs. Our Churches are already working together in such excellent services as "Meals on Wheels”. They are also cooperating in the community venture of setting up an In- formation and Referral Centre. Central United, to mark its 150th Anniversary, is holding an Ecumenical Service on Sunday, Feb. 14th at 7:30 pan. Ministers and clergy are gradually getting to Mow one another better. _ Though we shall not be Vining together for common worship, prayer and activity during this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity it is my sincere hope that we will next year. ' ' Meantime," let us as individual Christians and as individual congregations give ourselves wholeheartedly to prayer When I came to Canada four years ago I rejoiced to know that I was arming to a “United and uniting Church". But after experiencing Church life both out West and in Toronto I am baffled by a strange ambivalence in the Church's search for unity. The leaders of the Church are en- thuaiagtie. The rank and file seem strangely apathetic. city lite king; people close togethe- #tygicaliy, it he: no far failed to enable than to led together in community. The Churchby becoming a unity in itself could mow the way to the commity so neetul tor human well being. Divided, the dutch itself is part of the problem. United, it can be a living demonstration of tttean-.Thatiaitsmiasiorctotrea living example of reconciliation. the Church must live out its gospel before it can effectively preach its gospel. If the thureh is a house divided against itself it denies in deed what it proclaims to the world in word. buying them under din-En trade names. For example polyester is the generit name of the fibre used ir many drip-dry garments Take a good look at them generic names __ soon, yot will see them 'whenever yot buy certain textile products acetate metallic anidex modacrylic acrylic nylon azlon nytril olefin saran pblyester a spandex rayon vinal rubber vinyon The Regulations tor the Textile labelling Act will be announced shortly. Industry will then have a period of grace in which they will change their labels to in. clude generic names. It is hoped that industry, when making this man. datory change, will (also include the voluntary care symbols. (See Consumer Communique No. 12). This voluntary care labelling system has been introduced by the Honourable Ron Basford, Minister of Con- sumer and Corporate Affairs because you, the consumer, need to know what you are buying and also how to care for it. The only privacy I had was when I locked myself in the bathroom, and then my wife would be shrilllng from her bed, "Are the dishes done? Who's, going to vacuum the rug? There are four loads of washing in the basement!“ The only other private moments were when I went ‘shopplng. And baby, Ididn't hustle through the supermarket. l strolled like a tired tortoise, en- joying every voluptuous moment of It. All In all, it's wonderful to be back to wdrk. But the worst thing of all was the complete lack of privacy. I am not anti- social, but I do need an hour or two a day to escape from people, read, think, sleep.